The Untold Truth Of David Byrne
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- With his band Talking Heads, David Byrne helped define the art rock genre for the 1970s and '80s, in part because of his eccentricities as a frontman. With his oversized suits, experimental vocals, oddball dancing and sometimes difficult attitude, he's one of a kind.
He's branched out well beyond music, working in epistemology, writing, bicycle design, podcasting and, most recently, on Broadway. The Scotland-born singer clearly has a wide array of interests. His TED Talk about shape, space and creativity also touches on West African music, Bach and birds.
Is it possible to get to the center of this multilayered artist? It helps to know his background. Here's the untold truth of David Byrne.
#DavidByrne #TalkingHeads #bands
Unique voice | 0:00
Early musical pursuits | 1:21
Kicked out of art school | 2:37
Not just a musician | 3:44
Bad bandmate | 4:49
Byrne and Eno | 6:02
Film work | 7:02
Collaborations and covers | 8:20
What's with the big suits? | 9:45
The story behind American Utopia | 10:39
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What do you think about David Byrne?
He's a psycho killer, but he makes some great tunes.
He also did a movie with Sean Penn and Francis Mcdermott " This Must Be the Place"!
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Love at first hearing, then loved at first sight in the 80’s video Burning Down the House
Excellent Dude
In the Talking Heads interview with CBS and then late night, David Byrne took the lessons he learned from Chris's comments to heart. The amount of change is incredible three years ago. They really have repaired most of the damage done at end of their time together. He now acknowledges the others who contributed to Talking Heads, and actually is a much better person today than he was back in the 1980s. It really is too bad it took him so long to acknowledge others - the Talking Heads paid for it with a greatly shortened time together.
Not mentioned in this video is his years of struggle with Asperger's, which he started to admit publicly in 2020, I think this is why he had issues for years with people he collaborated with, his impulsive nature to be in charge and inability to share credit as well as give praise, especially when it came down to his relationship with the other Talking Heads.
sadly his diagnosis and acknowledgment of his past transgressions haven’t translated into acceptance and forgiveness from his former bandmates. chris and tina continue to be incredibly ableist towards him, although his relationship with jerry seems to be on good terms
@@lyleugleman9799 you failed to mention the number of times David tried to pull publishing right for songs they fully collaborated on. Matter of fact without their knowledge in the first pressing of Remain in Light it was stated as - Written by David Byrne, Brian Eno and the Talking Heads.
Take a read into Chris' book and there's a bit more of the insight and not cadyness of the tale of the end of the band. Most of it was due to David's not wanting to give full publishing and credits, meanwhile, Tina wrote the hook for Psycho Killer because we'll she spent most of her childhood in France and that hook well, speaks for itself.
Even leading up to a Netflix series the can was in contention even if arrangements were skewed enough to try to not pay former bandmates and fellow songwriters.
@@lyleugleman9799 you can’t really blame Chris and Tina, he did belittle their contributions throughout the years and had ample opportunity to make amends and to acknowledge publicly that they are important to the success of Talking Heads.
@@MikeyAfterDark None of that gives either of them the right to be outwardly ableist towards Byrne, though. So i'm not sure what your point is.
@@lyleugleman9799 They have both been undignified and pissy from the day he left the band.
In his book "How Music Works" he explains that his giant suit was inspired by kabuki theater in Japan where they use similar oversized costumes.
It's a crime not to mention his prolific collaboration with Eno on "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts" from 1980 - one of the most important contribution to the history of modern music. Way ahead of it's time.
Talking Heads were like my ‘Grateful Dead’ I saw them whenever they played in NYC which was often. I was heartbroken when they broke up. Stop Making Sense the best concert film of all time, RIP Jonathan Demme
Beautiful said!!!!! Agreed!!!! New yorker here!!!!!!
@@vampirascoffin870 👍🏻🤝remember how many venues for music there were, both large and small, in the mid 70’s-mid 80’s?. We were blessed but didn’t realize is. We just were excited all the time. We also had all those concerts in Central Park. You were probably at that concert at Forrest Hills (tennis courts)
This ain’t no party, this ain’t true no disco
This ain’t no fooling around
This ain’t no Mudd Club, or C.B.G.B.
Ain’t got time for that now
☮️🖖😻
Loved stop making sense! Was visibly distraught when they then released the completely sh*t album Little Creatures and I completely disowned them at that point
The Grateful Dead,...one of the most overrated and boring bands on the planet. The sound of snoring.
@@garyreams8123THANK YOU!!!
That was a terrible comparison.
The Talking Heads are INFINITELY better than The Grateful Bore.
Sometimes I wonder about RUclips's algorithm and have ask "How did I get here?"
Hahahahahaha
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Underrated comment. Top tier.
As young surfers living the dream & spending months on end in bali during the 80's we played Talking Heads tapes till they wore out.
I saw him play a show in New York City years ago. My friends and I were milling around outside shooting the breeze after the show when, who else but, David Byrne rides by us on his bicycle.
Yes big bike fan.....
Creative genius who had a huge influence on the new wave bands of the 1980s and beyond.
I worked for him doing his taxes. And he was standing at my desk and I didnt know who he was...and I was rude to him!!! He was so handsome and lovely! I felt like an idiot.
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Brilliant. He was 66 when I first had a chance to see him in Indy. Great show..what an entertainer!!
Hell yeah, we must have been at the same show at White River State Park. Fantastic concert.
Talking Heads are tied with David Bowie as my all time favorite musicians.
He is a HERO of mine.
He was on an episode of Star Talk - Neil deGrasse Tyson’s old TV show and I saw what a ‘deep thinker’ he was.
Thanks so much for doing this❤️
Wow...Scotland to Ontario,makes me even prouder to be Canadian and Scottish, always loved David's amazing artistic merit, his incredible music and beliefs...what a guy !!
Listening to Byrne's music is a good place to get some thinking done. 🎧
I don't know about you guys, but i feel like Bill Nye and Byrne would be best friends
Well Nye is a fraud and a buttplug so...
I don't know how David feels but I feel like David Byrne & I should b best friends🥰
@@robertpalmer4806 what?
@@oooo-dw7gg I believe he said that he was a buttplug.
David Byrne is a genius pure and simple. He thinks outside the box and I get that. Wouldn’t surprise me if he is on the autism spectrum and I definitely wouldn’t call it a disorder with him though it’s sometimes hard to be around people that have a brain wired like that.
It would surprise me, since there's no such thing.
@@baronfyrewhine No such thing as autism? Care to explain or nah?
@@baronfyrewhine uhm, there is no autism?
From what I understood, he has a form of Asperger's
@@baronfyrewhine …?
I was amazed to learn he was born not ten miles from my home, yet another musical great exported abroad.
Beee-n a Talking Heads, David Burn fan for many years. He lives his own life and goes his own ways. His thinking chanced my thinking .-) Beee your self!!!
Uniqueness is what sets us apart.
I thought that sameness is what sets us apart.
Really? Gee,.....what a deep thought.
David Byrne is extremely talented. The talking heads absolutely one of my favorites. In the 90s I worked in a technology company with Tina Weymouth cousin Michelle Weymouth.
Amazingly, he was born in Scotland 10 days after me and both of our families moved to Hamilton, Ontario. I may well have gone to school with him.
No offnese but Scotland is not a real country
@@eddiew2325 No offnese taken, whatever that means.
@@williamgeorgefraser I love u
@@eddiew2325 Neither is Ontario.
@@glanni Scotland is definitely on the same list as England and Canada on the list of countries of the world. Ontario and Mid Lothian are also definitely on the list of Provinces / Regions of their respective countries too. Everything else is just hot air. Don't argue with idiots. They'll only drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
It sounds like he has lived an interesting life. Thank you for sharing this.
His work is ART.
Scotlands greatest export has always been brains....
And balls. Can't forget the courage it took for alot of your wold changers. They had balls.
Proud to have scottish blood
And haggis.
witchcraft
and bairns
His book About Music is a masterpiece, should be required reading for every music major.
The bad voice is a great voice.
I didn’t knew who he was till i saw him on Stephen Colbert and now I’m obsessed 🤩
Stop making sense the music video is a masterpiece the best video I've ever seen what a cool guy he is just love talking heads
AWESOMENESS
Absolutely love David Byrnes
Love talking heads. Hopefully i can see him soon
How about the rest of The Talking Heads? Would you like to see them too?
Well we know where we're going, but we don't know where we've been🎶.
Love Talking Heads♥️
Pure genius.
I saw him sing ah capella in Croatian at Bonnaroo in front of 80,000 in 2004. He sings powerfully and well.
Brilliant and resourceful - unique view on sound - the music doesn’t age at all
He was nice to me ! My best friend died and he was at the benefit he was studying me ! I dig the guy !
did he look at your emotions? what was he like
@@Ami483 Very sympathetic
David is to my knowledge a “national treasure “
Awesome thanks indeed 🙏😊🤗🌍😎☮️✌️🎵🎶🎼💖🤩😲❤️🤍🕊️🌄😃😂🎵
Saw the Talking Heads over 10 times between '76 and '82. I once shared a toilet with him at the Main Point in Philly in '77 LOL.
Other than his album "Stop Making Sense" I really like his work on the soundtrack of the movie "The Last Emperor".
Interesting and worthwhile video.
I've been a fan of Talking Heads and David Byrne for many years... thanks for this fantastic vid ! It's a pity about what happened to the band, but we've all got to move on, and grow ! Sometimes it's a messy business, like a divorce 😢
Always liked his music
Let the water hold me down
Was at Pantages ( I think) Theater when Talking Heads filmed Stop Making Sense. Epic
Wow what a treat. Must've been the best show in your life.
On the road to nowhere. One of my favorites
i love david and talking heads sm
To sum it all up ....David Byrne ....wanted to project " unpredictableness ' which gives the viewer something to experience over and over.
Suites , symmetry , wackiness , and music in the same caliber , results in His Creation , that's intriguing and fun to watch and listen to as well .
This guy is my spirit animal 😆
Love the Talking Heads.
Byrne makes people wonder "What could I have done if I'd taken the "road less travelled ?"
Gone and or gotten nowhere?
Eclectic creative artist.
We saw American Utopia just before the pandemic hit and it was fantastic. If I were sent back in time and given my choice of which cultural event to take advantage of to sustain myself through two years of covid and not going out to crowded spaces, I'd pick American Utopia all over again.
Fake it until you make it.. And Asperger's actually gave him an advantage..being "weird" gave him the hits. And he seemingly didn't become depressed in the process of making his stuff unlike so many others. I think there were drugs involved to, like LSD, cocaine, etc which likely had a huge influence at times..
God, Talking Heads opening for The Ramones! Don't see many bills that good, these days.
Definitely unique!!
He's out there like Pluto, guess that's what makes he a brilliant entertainer
Love this
His dancing still reminds be of drunk uncle
So awesome then?
“BEE!....hic...hic...Ish yat ewe?”
Come give unkie uh hug!”😉
@@57Jimmy LOL....that's probably how things would go, and repeating the same story every 2 minutes!
Actually,....your "drunk uncle" was probably a much better dancer and a lot less contrived and less pretentious than D. Byrne.
“Close enough
But not too far
Baby, you know where you are
Burning down the house!”
when I went to art school the faculty encouraged us to take risks, that it was the time to experiment, etc. sounds like he really did that. I can't believe he was kicked out. I'm pretty impressed he had the courage and vision to try really out-there ideas (as someone who was pretty conservative in my work). I would like to hear more about his thoughts on art school and his life before dedicating himself to music.
At Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle I was also encouraged to take risks, but some of the professors didn't really mean it. I was in a class that involved artists from all the art forms taught at Cornish. We had to develop performance pieces using multiple arts. One of the elements in my performance involved selling a painter as if he was a piece of meat in a butcher shop. The teacher was offended with the subject and gave me a low mark. There was no mention of the quality of the rest of the performance involving the other arts. Oh well. It was a great school and I use everything I learned as a musician to teach to this day.
Their 70s stuff is genius most of which is never played on radio...
Thank God
Great video
He used to live a couple of miles from me. The high school he went to Waze in Lansdowne, Maryland. It’s in kind of a rundown area actually and the house that was burning down was in Arbutus, Maryland, which is a town I used to live in.
I don’t know if his parents are still alive, but his mother used to live in Maryland
Byrne & Peter Gabriel really stretched the whole art/music scene.just my opinion...
He's creative and quarky. Adrian Belew brought talking heads to a higher level. Live in Rome is the best. So intense compared to stop making sense.
Thanks for the info brother
Genius
Scotland - Canada - Maryland USA... Arbutus Maryland ! So yeah he was a home town boy .
Tina said that Gratitude was something that David had. It was just missing from his being.
The big suit was inspired by a trip to Japan. He was told by a local that everything in theatre should bigger than life. Well, yeah. Big suit was born
There’s a sort of unofficial club to which he belongs- conscious artist pop icon divas- John Lennon, David Bowie, Nick Cave. Maybe there are others, Captain Beefheart, Joni Mitchell. Not sure about Bob Dylan either. Don’t think they make ‘em anymore.
,,, saweyed 'im solo n late 80s,, lovely inDeeDow ...
He's right about art school, they don't really teach you much about anything.
Oversized suits were popular in Japan in the early to mid 1980s, and David had a Japanese girlfriend at the time. Just saying...
"It's like 60 Minutes on acid."
"When I have something to say, I say it once, why say it again?"
Because we got to get those vaccines into these arms of the hesitant crowd ... come on man.
Same as it ever was....
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This is not my beautiful house..
So nice looking as a young man as well
Love the Man.
Man, Byrne was a skinny dude.
3:54 "books on everything from music to epizzmetology" LOLOLOL
Yeah I laughed at that too. Narrater can't say epistemology :o)
i love him with all of my heart
I think all of David Byrne's fans are insane, also his non-fans are insane, As a long time fan. I think I am a fan. Kind of like the music. Kind of like the man.
I feel ya Lew. I feel ya.
You "think" that you are a fan? Don''t you know for sure?
His career reminds me of the KLF just less mystery.
I don't like weird, but that particular kind of weird is awesome!
Musicians then had Something to say. They Spoke out there mind What are musicians these days do they have a brain do they stand for something they should speak out for the people the musicians are the real voice of the people not the politicians SpeAk out !!!! You have the mic and the power supported by the music and the power speakers ❤️❤️🦋
I love your comments. "They Spoke out there mind"? Perhaps they should speak out "their minds"?
"What are musicians these days?" Could they be musicians? What kind of "power speakers" JBL's? Altec Lansing?
So good they'r still a treath. I did not clutter my mind with this 'sense' video.
I'd say Chris Frántz was the guy that pushed talking heads to success..he believed in David's kwerky style..without him who knows ?
Thank you. And not to mention Tina!
Why didn't he stay in Hamilton? I always cringe when I see that fact and realize that I could have met him in my hometown...
Excellent video, BTW!
His father took a job in Baltimore, or that's what I've read.
7th to comment, darn it! Anyway, I want to state here that I am a strong, long time David Byrne/Talking Heads fan! :)
the man is a genius.
There is water at the bottom of the Ocean, Under the water, Carrie the Water
Water moves Water moves..
I loved him in the 80s. His comeback in the 2020s just seemed a bit weird. To old a bit creepy.
I second that emotion.
"same as it ever was"
I was spending summer in Sardinia when the Stop Making Sense movie came out and you couldn't go into any bar without either that movie or the Italian dubbed Blues Brothers movie playing on their TVs.
What happened to the other David he lived with in Baltimore along with Brian Eno?
As a youngster I loved his bold 'no f"**s given' wackiness & wondered what it felt like. Now I'm older, I know, and I am glad I never went there.
The party is (and always has been) in my head ...and you're all invited.
So is RISDY an American version of Ealing Art College in Britain?
Dyspeptic is a great word.
epismetology isn't a word
epistemology is, but its a forbidden word so just pretend i didn't mention it
since the host didn't either
@@atomictraveller , thanks for reminding me about this.