How architecture helped music evolve - David Byrne

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  • Опубликовано: 7 мар 2013
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    As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He asks: Does the venue make the music? From outdoor drumming to Wagnerian operas to arena rock, he explores how context has pushed musical innovation.
    Talk by David Byrne.

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  • @sh0cking21
    @sh0cking21 11 лет назад +238

    i love that he seems a little nervous. he's such a confident and absorbing performer, it's interesting to see hims sort of out of place as a lecturer.

    • @sirfer6969
      @sirfer6969 3 года назад +10

      Yeah agreed, but turns out he's a pretty good lecturer as well =P

    • @BiggusDickus79
      @BiggusDickus79 3 года назад +62

      He's tense and nervous, and he can't relax.

    •  2 года назад +28

      He’s got Asbergers. It’s not easy for him to do a talk like this. He didn’t find it comfortable but he did it anyway and he did it good!

    • @BEDLAMITE-5280ft.
      @BEDLAMITE-5280ft. Год назад +1

      Stop projecting on him. Weirdo

    • @ValreeShoe
      @ValreeShoe Год назад

      I'm very much the same. With friends and other familiar faces, no problem. But when I start to articulate on my thoughts and beliefs I get a bit out there and somewhat defensive if I'm in a group that I don't know well or haven't been around much before. It's hard sometimes when we put ourselves out there. I think it's just part of the human condition.

  • @obody-sl9np
    @obody-sl9np 3 года назад +146

    I love how David is talking about the evolution of musical technology and technology in general like it's a completely natural and obviously inevitable thing unlike other boomers that talk sht about it. Great musician, director and person

  • @Kim_Miller
    @Kim_Miller Год назад +23

    Each time he said, "And I ask myself..." I was expecting "What is that beautiful house?" or "Where does that highway go?"
    All these years later and I've still got 'Once in a Lifetime' in my head.

    • @aerozz8851
      @aerozz8851 Год назад +1

      Hahaha, if only you or I were in that audience. I wish I could've been there and shouted out on of the lyrics. Would be kind of rude to interrupt him and shout, but I think he would find it funny and endearing.

    • @GenDischarges
      @GenDischarges Год назад +1

      'Well, how did I get here'

    • @jennywolff2120
      @jennywolff2120 Год назад

      Hahaha...this is exactly what I thought! It even sounds very much like straight out of the song ❤.

  • @simaoski5560
    @simaoski5560 3 года назад +41

    i love how music always creeps in when he's not expecting

  • @justinesedky8223
    @justinesedky8223 11 лет назад +61

    i love that his little jokes and comments are straight out of his book

  • @egorshamanin
    @egorshamanin 3 года назад +42

    Byrne is one of my favorite person in this world. And Talking Heads live Stop Making Sense is my favorite of ever all.

  • @TazManiac008
    @TazManiac008 11 лет назад +65

    Interesting lecture. It is quite fascinating when people recognize subtle too familiar patterns in behavior or anything else for that matter.

  • @mentonerodominicano
    @mentonerodominicano 11 лет назад +57

    The U2 shade.

    • @_keato
      @_keato 3 года назад +2

      shots fired.

  • @dstuart2918
    @dstuart2918 5 лет назад +16

    Mozart Junior. Been a fan for 42 years. Aren't we lucky to have him?

  • @nightreaper1824
    @nightreaper1824 2 года назад +15

    I was captivated. This was the most I'd learned about music in years.

  • @lydiaorr6270
    @lydiaorr6270 4 года назад +10

    We learnt about this at uni yesterday. Love you Bryne

  • @experimenteight4550
    @experimenteight4550 4 года назад +42

    12:08 ... How did I get here

  • @oldstuff767
    @oldstuff767 8 лет назад +31

    I learned this in "school". very true.
    Dear venues: No Big Glass Windows Please.

  • @brandonX360
    @brandonX360 11 лет назад +20

    this in a very good talk thanks ted

  • @starsstolen7558
    @starsstolen7558 5 лет назад +41

    IMAGINE if David Byrne could have done a Ted talk in the 80s or 90s ;(((

  • @basestereoclub
    @basestereoclub 2 года назад +8

    Thank you david, you're the best human alive

  • @candaceharris5449
    @candaceharris5449 2 года назад +3

    I LOVE David Byrne ♥

  • @DJG_Studios
    @DJG_Studios 3 года назад +3

    This is the greatest crossover of all time

  • @garygoldie9678
    @garygoldie9678 3 года назад +3

    Very very clever man! Very interesting

  • @jimreynolds2399
    @jimreynolds2399 2 года назад +6

    Very interesting talk - much more than I thought it would be. Should've guessed because he was always different so should be no surprise that he sees things differently. I was amazed when I discovered that he's Scottish. He's from Dumbarton, on the Clyde estuary, which is near where I live.

    • @kinglear5952
      @kinglear5952 2 года назад

      I wonder how old he was when he moved to the U.S.

    • @nancywelsh2837
      @nancywelsh2837 Год назад

      @@kinglear5952 He moved to Canada from Scotland at a very young age then to the US when he was 8

    • @kinglear5952
      @kinglear5952 Год назад

      @@nancywelsh2837 Thank you Nancy. Have a nice life.

  • @ryanisfun123
    @ryanisfun123 10 лет назад +8

    in the middle of his book 'how music works'. he covers this in early chapters. I think this may be a sub-promo talk to introduce perspective buyers to said books. it's a book talk innit?

  • @tonytuthill
    @tonytuthill 11 лет назад +1

    Thank you

  • @AlbertBalbastreMorte
    @AlbertBalbastreMorte 2 года назад +16

    I always suspected Hindu instruments have this metallic zing sound co-evolving with their temples, which seem to have more metallic interiors rather than hard stone.

  • @patricwr
    @patricwr Год назад +5

    A very david byrne moment when he says simply the word “africa” and it hard cuts to african music

  • @franklyvulgar1
    @franklyvulgar1 3 года назад +9

    this guy is a genius

  • @usernamerist9621
    @usernamerist9621 2 года назад +2

    So true bestie!

  • @Tamar-sz8ox
    @Tamar-sz8ox Год назад +1

    Everytime I listen to David Byrne, I feel like I’m smarter 😂❤ he’s known for having this effect on us

  • @tkcyb
    @tkcyb 2 года назад

    This should have more commentaries

  • @giuseppelogiurato5718
    @giuseppelogiurato5718 4 года назад +6

    I'm surprised he didn't mention Reggae/Dub in the section about soundsystems

  • @toniigx8
    @toniigx8 4 года назад +19

    HIS LITTLE LISP IS THE CUTEST THING

  • @hjancaitis
    @hjancaitis 3 года назад +7

    Mr. Byrne shows the wrong theater when mentioning Wagner. He shows a different opera house in Bayreuth built about 125 years before Wagner's Festspielhaus.

  • @perssonL
    @perssonL 10 лет назад +2

    is that Tim Armstrong in the cbgb photo?

  • @roundchaos
    @roundchaos Год назад +1

    bloody genius

  • @GenDischarges
    @GenDischarges Год назад

    Brilliant

  • @Tamar-sz8ox
    @Tamar-sz8ox 4 года назад +2

    DB - good point , We’ve all seen shows , but the venue / acoustics were off ( not the singers/ musicians ) Wasn’t a good fit.

  • @macrosense
    @macrosense 4 года назад +1

    Thomas Frank shout out!

  • @Bevanmusiq
    @Bevanmusiq 2 года назад +10

    And you may find yourself lecturing in Carnegie Hall...😂😂

  • @videobrooke54
    @videobrooke54 11 лет назад +2

    Interesting

  • @Miauwen_
    @Miauwen_ 9 месяцев назад

    this guy knows his stuff

  • @pedropabloperezpeniche1428
    @pedropabloperezpeniche1428 2 года назад

    List of songs please!

  • @Spaceisprettybig
    @Spaceisprettybig 11 лет назад +2

    List the music!!!

  • @nomoreliesandy2302
    @nomoreliesandy2302 5 лет назад +1

    LOVE YOUR esthetic, VIEWPOINT, ART AND WORK AND YOU. COME SEE US LOVE and have some laughs and such joy...WHEN YOU ARE IN NASHVILLE., KANSAS CITY, OR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CARLOINA. Much Theta ML
    keep creating, it is so you, so very well done. : )

  • @NewWaveEnthusiast
    @NewWaveEnthusiast 2 года назад +1

    Aww he seems a bit nervous haha, I'd be nervous too!

  • @mariapatriciabolan244
    @mariapatriciabolan244 3 года назад +2

    Can I find the transcript of this talk somewhere?

    • @alanjonathanvazquezrojas7330
      @alanjonathanvazquezrojas7330 3 года назад

      he has a book "how music works" . In chapter one he says the same than here

    • @aly.campos
      @aly.campos 3 года назад +2

      transcript is here if you’re still looking for it :) www.ted.com/talks/david_byrne_how_architecture_helped_music_evolve/transcript

  • @dannordquist
    @dannordquist 10 лет назад +4

    what's the song playing at 3:14??????? need to know

    • @fish5215
      @fish5215 4 года назад +4

      Spem In Alium by Thomas Tallis.

    • @nancywelsh2837
      @nancywelsh2837 Год назад

      @@fish5215 Love how your answer is followed by Translate to English

  • @thelovehandles1985
    @thelovehandles1985 10 лет назад

    It's just gregorian chant. I don't know the song in particular, but the genre is gregorian chant

  • @AleksPirok
    @AleksPirok 11 лет назад +1

    But isn't it that you can actually listen any time of music on your headphones, without any restrains? I mean that's why they where invented, besides isolation of surrounding sounds

    • @LOCKEYJ
      @LOCKEYJ 6 лет назад +4

      dogslowe headphone space is a space that affects the music as much as room.

    • @proideot
      @proideot 3 года назад +8

      As a matter of fact, it does fundamentally change how music is designed. The music of today is much more textural than tonal because some earbuds are bad at conveying bass.

  • @jessicaheartland9130
    @jessicaheartland9130 6 лет назад +1

    sooooooo marx?

  • @christopherkettler8727
    @christopherkettler8727 4 года назад +4

    He is brilliant but i wish he braught it home a little better

  • @oliveralvarezharold1295
    @oliveralvarezharold1295 2 года назад

    13:16. Shpeshies

  • @DavidGomez-xm3uj
    @DavidGomez-xm3uj Год назад

    Las imagenes XD

  • @tzvrchka
    @tzvrchka 11 лет назад +17

    Talking Head :)

  • @quinnzyker6521
    @quinnzyker6521 3 года назад

    He’ll tell you later

  • @spacefrog2025
    @spacefrog2025 2 года назад

    A old friend of mine took acid with this guy in New Zealand in the 80s . Not very interesting, he sounds like a real nice guy.

  • @darthnatus
    @darthnatus 11 лет назад +2

    Yeah I know it's like he locked his neck.

  • @pixelking2000
    @pixelking2000 6 лет назад +15

    at 14:45 he explains why trump is president
    In 2013 Damn.........

    • @ayle1312
      @ayle1312 5 лет назад

      The video says 2010

  • @rogeriojudo23
    @rogeriojudo23 11 лет назад

    I think it would be better that David Byrne returned with his celebrated band: "Talking Heads"!!!!

  • @vaishnavsirsat2160
    @vaishnavsirsat2160 2 года назад

    As an Architect and Musician , i can definetely say that this was the most boring lecture on both 😪

  • @laplandJJ
    @laplandJJ 10 лет назад +1

    The idea was good, but the presentation...not so much.

    • @oofym353
      @oofym353 5 лет назад +5

      What do you mean?

    • @dylannewnham8522
      @dylannewnham8522 5 лет назад +30

      @@oofym353 They're getting at Byrnes social awkwardness, which did not hinder the presentation whatsoever. They're just nitpicking something Byrne is unable to help.

    • @guttergazer
      @guttergazer 4 года назад +12

      Seemed fine to me...