Talking Heads' David Byrne talks music industry, film and art
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- Опубликовано: 26 окт 2014
- David Byrne is best known for his music with Talking Heads, but his influence as an artist extends to film, photography and theater. For nearly 40 years, he has been outspoken about the music industry. Byrne joins "CBS This Morning."
They mentioned Taylor Swift as an example of someone who is selling records. But they ignored what Byrne was saying. He said it's hard to break through as an underground artist. Which is still true.
A member of Talking Heads interviewed by talking heads....
Lea Hannigan I doubt the irony was lost on him. This "interview" was as pathetic as I'd expect, and I'm sure David knew it was gonna be as suckass as it indeed was.
Lea Hannigan ....THAT was a brilliant comment! The Heads would be proud. Thank you for making my day!
Lea Hannigan best comment I’ve read in years
Huh, almost as if that was the point the band was making with the name of their band... 🤔😱
THAN K U
Let's invite David Byrne so we can call him old, ask him two of the same question, and then one about Taylor Swift. Leave the interviewing to Charlie haha.
charlie was phoning it in wtf lamest interview of all time
Charlie was no better .... he started talking about swift, too.
But Charlie was the worst...
what an awkward interview - David Byrne is a genius and outrageously talented and they (the hosts) act like they've got nothing to talk about!
Amanda Shaw they use any opportunity they have to throw in fake laughs, which makes the whole interview even more awkward
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Look at how smugly shrewd everybody is here, erroneous perceiving and then taking the high ground and then segwaying into a random comment
David Byrne is a musical genius period.
Very true!!!!!!
Like we don't know that
you have one of the greatest creatives of the past 50 years in your studio and you ask him about... Taylor Swift.
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Media bullocks.
And shoes. It's like these tools have next to no idea who they're talking to.
Steven Gomez The SHOES was a reference to Marcos(subject of his show) having thousands of them, while the people of her country (The Philippines) were poor and hungry. She was the dictators wife. Guess they don't still teach world history anymore.
Sad questions. You get opportunities to interview people and its painful when they know nothing about who they're interviewing.
The amount he swings around in his chair makes me like him even more
Jason Lee I think he still may feel umcomfortable being interviewed. It takes him awhile sometimes to think of the right words so the interviewers keep pushing their own thoughts ahead. They’re afraid of “dead air” while David is thinking of the right phrase to use. He has mild Asperber’s Syndrome I read somewhere. So, even if he seems calm he may still have some awkward feelings maybe. Just a theory. ??
@@marykuranda7254 he's stimming, I have Asperger's and do the same thing. Along with the feet shuffling he does at the Rock and roll Hall of Fame induction, it's a common thing with people who have Asperger's/autism do to help them focus on conversations
So weird how they interrupt him and keep his answers short. If there's anyone I'd want to hear dig deep, it's David Byrne.
David Byrne has become very handsome as he's matured. Wow!
Dicegirl72 Pretty sure he was always quite handsome? 🤔🤔🤔
They don't let him talk.
It's too bad that this TV show format is so strict and short. Just when he starts to elaborate and give some real insight, they jump to the next question. Fast food TV programming. David Byrne is a genius artist - I'd love to just sit and listen to him talk all about music and the world!!!
David was very polite considering these interviewers, he made conversation out of really what was nothing
I was in a Talking Heads cover band for one night only and learning the set and diving into it changed me. Such an a amazing musician and mind!
David Byrne has fascinated me since my teens. A whole crowd of friends watching MTV, loudly laughing eating. Then......Talking Heads video starts to play Once in a Lifetime video. 20 people in the room. 19 continue talking and then there is Me!! I'm floored! He has my Daddy's glasses, He didn't look like everybody else and certainly didn't sound like anything I've ever heard!👍
shawnda heisser And that WAS a good thing!
Why on God's green Earth would you waste THIS man's time (and ours) by discussing Taylor Swift during his interview?
See how his eyes glaze over at the mention of Swift's name.
nobody will be playing Taylor Swift after 30 years, people will still listening to Talking Heads in 30 years, the music is that good.
If people still enjoy Leslie Gore today, I'm sure people in 30 years will still listen to Taylor Swift. Though she's definitely not my favorite artist.
I'm still listening to them, I'm 66 next week! Came back after a belated birthday wish, 68 pushing 69 now, still love the Talking Heads
@@Jack.Strait NO WAY JOSE, I don´t think so, Lesley Gore is a classy act U IDIOT, She´s a classic
@@carlosbuscatore I actually really like Leslie. I'm just saying that music doesn't have to be deep for people to remember/appreciate it.
yes!
Why mention Taylor Swift while interviewing David Byrne?
who is Taylor Swift lol, kind of know what she looks like but that is it really
one of my biggest inspirations. fearless, modest and deeply progressive.
They like "but Taylor is doing so good" and David's like "you won't give me enough time to explain this" haha
It really sounds like they have no idea how the music scene works nowdays.
waste of an opportunity, but he had class
Yeah, he was totally in control of himself. Tried to make the best out of a real cluster f#@k. Well done, David!
David does not look like he wants to talk about Taylor Swift at all hahaha
Can you blame him? If someone brought John Lennon back from the grave, there are some assclowns who'd ask him what he thinks of Drake or Justin Bieber.
Of course I can't blame him. If I don't want to talk about Taylor Swift why the hell would David Byrne?
What a dumb reply.
What a dumb reply.
Loved the "David Byrne Invited Into Lame Morning Program to Discuss Taylor Swift" segment.
The heck?
"Why is it so difficult to sell records now?" Man, what an obvious question. Really, doenst she know what the internet is?
I can't believe they just asked David fucking Byrne about Taylor swift. Jfc. I'm sorry Dave.
+Shannon Mares I know that this is a morning show and it's usually fluff. But dammit, Charlie Rose knows better.
Isn't exactly that a common approach to "upgrade" something that is not that good?
He seems to have overcome most of his shyness in interviews
Weird weird weird interview lol I gotta come back to this every so often I don't even know why but respect and shout out to David... All he wants is for someone to mirror his energy and he's not gunna get it from those tests.
"-they probably won't make any money from record sales."
Wow, right on David B-
"Maybe ever." -David Byrne
Annnnnnd, favorited this video.
Charlie: -"mostly touring."
David: "Maybe touring-"
LOL, maybe! Maybe!
And people wonder why music sucks nowadays. There's no incentive for young people to put off making a decent living in order to form a musical group and try to make good, artful music if one can't even afford to put food on the table while doing it.
Unless you're Lou Reed. But, if that's the case. have fun waiting three decades for money and recognition.
David Byrne's idea of Talking Heads was as much experimental performance art as anything else. If there must be a guarantee of decent living then they should be accountants. They probably should talk to someone successful and get their opinion on the quality of the work. Anyone can say "I am an artist" but few produce art and even fewer produce interesting worthwhile art.
think that is sad, for the musicians but for us too, music lovers. I still buy CD's , supporting them.
There's probably more money in being a session musician.
I haven't bought any new music in over 20 years.
David is a real class act. Very sad that they cannot go beyond surface level, commercial crap like Taylor Swift. Perhaps they subconsciously became uncomfortable when he began to speak about the consumer culture's impact on creativity.
Amen....
David Byrne is a fantastic artist that helped make the 80s the awesome decade that it was.
This reminds me of the Michael Bolton interview scene in Office Space. I can almost feel Byrne's pain.
I look at David today and it just amazes me. I discovered Talking Heads and started collecting their music as a college kid - shortly after they hit the scene. They started the new wave genre. I knew him so well as that wonderfully odd dark haired guy. And now he's completely gray and his own granddad! And still going! How does time fly so fast!
And predictably wearing masonic black and white, duality. They are all related, assets of state.
My dad's name was David Byrne. (No relation). Almost every day he would get a call asking for David Byrne. When he said he was David Byrne they would scream and laugh then hang up. This went on for years until he passed away.
Huh, i didnt know david byrne made a show that referenced imelda marcos. I know he is great at his job but i didnt know he is this aware and cultured. I love him even more.
David Byrne always tripped me out but he's way cool!
I love his music and he still looks great.
So pleased to have discovered David Byrne
David's got the Bond villain look going on.
They really struggled with that. From other interviews, I think David may be difficult to relate to. He has a brilliance that most of us can only experience without understanding. Or so it feels to me.
David byrne's music is priceless. He's a legend. These people are all out of touch with music except I think Charlie rose...
David Byrne’s sheer genius eclipses everyone in this “interview”. He handled himself with such grace after being asked such an inappropriate question about Taylor Swift.
A hugely attractive Man.
God I hope my hair changes to silver locks like his when I'm 50 lol 😅😂😆
Me too! He looks great!
I'm 30 and my hair is that color but I keep it shaved.
You may ask yourself, who is this guy, you may ask yourself, why does he have grey hair......
You may ask yourself, why is he sitting there?
You may ask yourself, what do these people have in common?
Cathy Creswell You may ask yourself, why did no one laugh at my comment?, you may ask yourself, why do I flick my bean every night instead of having a man?" And as the days go by......
Many days go by (Dave's no longer underground)
You may ask yourself, why did I click this and you may ask yourself what does this say about us and you may tell yourself I’m just like anyone else and you may tell yourself I’m a special person!
I ❤David Byrne!
I've always liked the talking heads, ( their music marked some the most vivid memories of my young life) but I never knew he was still working. What an amazing guy!
ahhh David is like wine: just getting finer with time 😍
Can't get much finer than he was in the 70s and 80s tbh! Back then, wow, he was fiiiiine.
RoseMary Jane Female chauvinist basing a man just on his looks 🖕
Thats sexist and objectifying someone. He has actual talents. You are a simple minded bigot.
Their music defined the eighties. Great great band, which cannot be labelled.
I just discovered True Stories and absolutely love it!
I would love to meet David Byrne, it is one of my biggest dreams.
Micaela Bicudo Me, too!
He's being quite gracious in response to those dull questions.
David Byrne is a genius.
His hair is brighter than my future
A dab of everything A blackboard is brighter than your future 🖕
His heir is brighter then all our future
I just came from "stop making sense interview", is like 60 min on acid.
Clever guy ..thanks for all the input through the years ..
He wrote Like Humans Do, which is the "anthem" of Windows XP!!!
Why can't they just stick to the subject, This interview was not about Taylor Swift, Gale was just lingering on and on and on until they cut her short.
i know wtf ._. she wanted to keep pushing it for someone reason.. even kind of cut him off to bring her up again..
peace ofthenation I think it’s the Oprah Winfrey complex. Talk over your guest and gab as much as possible.
I can't believe they wasted his time asking about a different artist. If David Byrne wants or has time to talk to me, I am going to give him my full attention and in a comfortable setting we can talk. But if you want someone's opinion on a subject other than their raw talent, their time and such write them a letter. But don't take an opportunity like CBS morning and cross check your google stories. Come on. This is why television broadcasting these days is a joke to me. No I don't have cable. No I won't pay for it. I want public broadcasting back. I want the tvs to go off at midnight.
Weird that they bring up Taylor Swift.... do they at all know the audience?
Do you even know that each generation repeats the same behaviors, same cycles in their life. Everyone thinks they're completely different from their parents until they realize they're exactly like their parents - the assumption takes place without any information about their parents' past and only goes from what you see now.
meribast Yeah I did. Except it's being more and more whittled down.
I think I was talking about the lack of overlap with audiences who listen to music, and audiences who listen to the metronomes people are now calling music.
meribast Not necessarily. There is always counter-culture and revolutions in history. They change the norm completely.
madame ex
How dare, how DARE they mention no-talent Swift in the presence of David Byrne. Like, WHAT was the point of that? Could have asked the question without mentioning her.
Lori Maddox lost her virginity to Bowie at 13.
+mary hadfad Never heard of Lori Maddox.
She's like the Debbie Gibson of the late 80s. Not my cup of tea, no, and there's so much out there that would never have made it past the 'gatekeepers' that existed in the past, now people can self publish if they want to go that far and put it out on free venues - like David said in the interview, the issue is getting people to want to pay for it when its been put out for free; enough people will take their free stuff and won't look to keeping that artist able to put out even more free stuff because they don't understand how paying for something you like keeps it going, but only if enough people do, otherwise people are forced to do other things to live unless they're independently wealthy and that's often not the case with artistic talent, ease often does not create passion, nor does it create experiences that resonate with the general public.
+RockyHorrorWildChild To say Taylor Swift is completely devoid of talent is foolish. She's not amazing by any means, but talentless? That's unnecessary belittling.
+RockyHorrorWildChild That really burned me too. What an insult!
That was Awesome! Thank you for sharing with People like us!!
dang he looks GREAT!!! STILL handsome as ever xo
I thought the old anchor was gonna say "Well Back In My Day"
Top geezer David with an awesome singing voice.
He sounded fantastic live three nights ago!
genus. Thank you David Byrne
Good on David Byrne for entertaining the stultifying things they're saying
Next up, they interviewed John Cale and spent half the interview asking him about Miley Cyrus's new album.
Hes talent comes from another dimension and hes been giving a gift and hes spread that throught the whole world this guys a pure genius and I absolutely love hes music
I like the Second Talking Heads album. For me, "More Songs For Buildings And Foods is a Newwwave classic 🤘😊
Byrne ... a true legend. and a genius in his own right !
his skin is so good!
Love his suit!
His music is timeless.
David wants to talk about his musical. You can tell how passionate he gets compared to the rest of the interview and I think he had some interesting and profound ideas about how he wanted to present the narrative, the avenues of conservation you can go down and instead of elaborating on that they just skip right along go back to repeating themselves.
They respond with dead air and you can hear the whole thing deflate.
The True Definition Of A Musician/Artist,,, Right There !!!!!!!!!!.. No Shit.. I Truly Love Your Art Mr David Byrne... 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Yes,a great great talent.Thank you David Byrne!👌💚
Did anyone else see David's eyes wander when they bring up Taylor Swift?!? 😂
EWW TAYLOR SWIFT! 😖😤
XxCyberPhenioxX yep he was very polite to be fair lol
Yeah the suit is awesome and how the camera digs it too : )
A good interviewer would ask him about the Windows XP/Like Humans Do phenomenon in pop culture (Instead of asking about Taylor Swift)
In the interviewers’ defense, it would be near impossible for ANYONE to pick David Byrne’s brain in 5 minutes, never mind with a director barking in your earpiece half the time. I’d like to see a 20 minute interview with just he and Charlie, with a little more homework having been done beforehand.
You are so articulate explaining how to get people to pay for your work. I have been maimed by people when I first started out taking credit for my ideas and they collecting the salary that they should be sharing. I am finding out now, that what I suspected was right because I have been getting the silent treatment from people who could vouch for me but apparently they do not want to share in the wealth that my work created for them. I have discovered that I have been taken advantage of presently and in the past and wonder what the answer is. When it comes to money, it seems people are so greedy, they just can''t do the right thing. I had this happen way back in the 70's when I first began and now it seems that I have more obstacles than ever preventing me from collecting the money I have rightfully earned. What's the secret? Well known to you, I'm sure, but never been taught to me.
Awkward ending there but always love to see DB talking his craft......
David Byrne. The man.
All brilliant people are so obscure
love it
he is one interesting silverdaddy
Boy did this look uncomfortable. I kept waiting for David to throw his hands up in the air and yell. 'REALLY! HOW DID I GET HERE!'
David Byrne made me open my eyes to the different generes of music, but mostly, I felt it was ok to be different and to have fun! I love the music of the talking heads. I am really attracted to him, I wish I was his wife 😁
Me too rrreow!
They wrote some of the coolest music Ive EVER heard.
Asking David Byrne about Taylor Swift is like asking Beethoven about The Monkees.......😫
Would be great if he ever read these comments
What’s the song at 0:50?
I cant figure out if David's suit is black with white stripes or white with black stripes. HELP!!
David Byrne is a creative and musical genius and has been for decade's, don't mention swift's achievements in the same interview please..
Would love to see Talking heads i never got to see them live.
Pure artistic genius.
I feel....and even the band felt ....that the "innovative music videos" bolstered BYRNE'S popularity and notoriety ...but it back-lined the band. The first write up I saw in a audio magazine for "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" was 5 times as long as any Talking Heads album review.
+martianshoes BTW - Byrne looks amazing....he has aged incredibly well..
I know bands that put out their own CD's and they sell them. You almost have to if you want to travel. Merch and Music sales are the bread and butter of a musician's living. The problem is the music industry is secretive. And the musicians are at fault for just giving their music away. Believe me. I know. I've played music with many people who absolutely refused to deal with the business side of music. Part of making it as a musician are finding the right people to work with and finding the people who can tell you when, where, and how much. If you can't, find someone who can.
Love him
Cool blazer, to be expected.
Two great men.
They didn’t even mention his film, True Stories.