So necessary
― Blood roses (Ross), Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:26 (six years ago) link
Very nice
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:44 (six years ago) link
Wow, love the Born Under Punches. Less said about her Once in a Lifetime the better.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 12 May 2018 06:20 (six years ago) link
Yeah, agree. That's really good. I'm really curious to hear her version of "Houses in Motion," kinda not too optimistic about "Listening Wind," which really won't benefit from a big voice.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 12 May 2018 10:58 (six years ago) link
I always liked this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPxpgvCAdeM
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
― that's not my post, Saturday, May 12, 2018 1:20 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
u r hi af. her version fuckin slaps.
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:34 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRxxt53yFBs
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcGUXNRV-NI
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:36 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewKRqWZXrbY
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Xi2AdpEDU
sure?
― add surface noise (Ross), Friday, 25 May 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link
i saw this latest tour, it was quite good
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
that video misses how great the lighting design was, definitely see this in a theater hall if you can
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
Seeing him Friday, seen him before but still looking forward to it.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
Great documentary about the London scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwCCfWiYk2s
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
Yo global tell me more about the tour
― Ross, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 22:21 (six years ago) link
i will be seeing his tour too
― dyl, Thursday, 31 May 2018 01:57 (six years ago) link
it was staged like a field show/halftime marching band show, tightly choreographed, extremely minimal staging- no amps, no gear. at least 4 percussionists, byrne said it was like the most ambitious thing he'd done since SMS although that could have been hyperbole. expect 7-8 talking heads classics but no variation from night to night. personally i thought the lighting was one of the most impressive parts. i dunno, just a pro knocking it out of the park basically. people smoked weed near us and upset my mom, who i took for mother's day haha
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 31 May 2018 02:54 (six years ago) link
Thanks global and you sound like a nice person
― Ross, Thursday, 31 May 2018 03:12 (six years ago) link
I saw him maybe... nine years ago? and that show was incredibly choreographed, as many dancers as musicians, moving amongst them, sitting the musicians in office chairs & wheeling them round as they played etc
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Thursday, 31 May 2018 07:05 (six years ago) link
I saw him on that tour (Songs of Byrne and Eno) too. Fantastic show. It was a seated show but soon enough everybody was out of their seats and dancing. Great setlist.
Strange OvertonesI ZimbraOne Fine DayHelp Me SomebodyHouses in MotionMy Big NurseMy Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)HeavenWanted for LifeLife Is LongCrosseyed and PainlessBorn Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)Once in a LifetimeLife During WartimeI Feel My Stuff
Encore:Take Me to the RiverThe Great Curve
Encore 2:AirBurning Down the House
Encore 3:Everything That Happens
― willem, Thursday, 31 May 2018 09:12 (six years ago) link
urgh fck off setlist spoilz
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 31 May 2018 09:15 (six years ago) link
No worries, this was from the 2009 show. Considered comparing it to a recent show but refrained, at your service :)
― willem, Thursday, 31 May 2018 09:17 (six years ago) link
Going to see him in London, hope he doesn't play Lazy but everything else I've glimpsed from that Chile concert I'm excited about.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 31 May 2018 09:57 (six years ago) link
I saw him on the eno tour and his voice blew me away. Regret missing the vincent tour
― Ross, Thursday, 31 May 2018 17:05 (six years ago) link
I hope he brings out Rocky & Diesel and plays a 15-minute version
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Thursday, 31 May 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
vincent tour was great!
― niels, Thursday, 31 May 2018 18:12 (six years ago) link
Nice Niels!
The live YouTube clips from that tour ripped
― Ross, Thursday, 31 May 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
Saw this in Portland a few days ago
One of the most memorable concerts I've ever attended, joyous and life-affirming at every possible moment
Byrne's voice is a marvel, he's singing better than ever
Lighting is unreal
Go see it
― Davey D, Thursday, 31 May 2018 19:01 (six years ago) link
and a few lucky(?!) punters got to peep this while he was in town:
https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2018/05/29/20188583/david-byrne-sang-a-prince-song-at-a-portland-karaoke-bar-over-the-weekend
― (I Just) Died In Your Asshat Tonight, Thursday, 31 May 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
One of the coolest shows I've seen in years.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 2 June 2018 12:21 (six years ago) link
Saw it last night and agree. ^^ Considering going back for a second time tomorrow night.
Full-on peak-80s conceptual concert, Stop Making Sense Pt. 2 and holding its own against the original, with pt. 1’s Robert Wilson influence replaced by Ivo Van Hove’s.
Does away with any traditional band-on-stage setup, instead being both carefully choreographed and playing all over a giant empty space with no grounded instruments.
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 2 June 2018 19:40 (six years ago) link
I likened it to a neo-futurist drumline.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 2 June 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
Friday tickets were going for $45 on StubHub, and tonight’s are $95-$400, so I think word has gotten out about how exceptional this is. On par with Stop Making Sense, United States Love — those 80s epics.
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 3 June 2018 23:24 (six years ago) link
I'm in Chicago for work training thing tomorrow said fuck it and shelled out $150 for a ticket, orchestra pit seat looks like I'll be really close (printed face value is $125 doesn't feel too bad) got it from a local broker through Vivid Seats app which seemed to have better prices than Stub Hub but had to go pick it up physically at office
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 3 June 2018 23:38 (six years ago) link
^^ good move imo, plz report back
I am a moron for not going to see this
― sleeve, Monday, 4 June 2018 02:07 (six years ago) link
My first thought after seeing it Friday was that if I had time I would have totally seen it again the next (two) nights.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 June 2018 02:24 (six years ago) link
goddamn, can attest nothing anyone has said is hyperbole.. maybe the most creative staging and choreography I've ever seen. band is just incredible. Byrne's voice and energy level is like the mid 80s, what a show!
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 4 June 2018 03:46 (six years ago) link
You guys have convinced me to buy tickets to this show’s L.A. date!
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Monday, 4 June 2018 03:56 (six years ago) link
do it!
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 4 June 2018 04:12 (six years ago) link
really wish i'd heard all this praise before he came through the pnw!
― Clay, Monday, 4 June 2018 04:20 (six years ago) link
*sees he's coming to dallas in....fuck thats a long time*
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Monday, 4 June 2018 04:56 (six years ago) link
Ok, got tix for the SF show. The Oakland shows are already sold out.
― that's not my post, Monday, 4 June 2018 04:58 (six years ago) link
Clay otm
― sleeve, Monday, 4 June 2018 14:01 (six years ago) link
well, he did announce the tour by calling it his most ambitious since SMS ...
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 June 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
ok you guys convinced me to get tickets to the forest hills stadium show. 35 years since we last saw him there!
― Thus Sang Freud, Monday, 4 June 2018 16:41 (six years ago) link
Benjamin Clementine (of the Mercury Prize and Benjamin Clementine - I Tell A Fly (!!!!!) ) opened and baffled and/or failed to distract the Chicago audience.
There was no introduction, and I hadn't bought the Byrne tickets, so thought it was the first song or two of the Byrne show itself. And in a way threw the audience a "difficult" curveball (Tune-Yards may do the same when they open later shows).
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 4 June 2018 16:42 (six years ago) link
Just missed his show here, fuck man
― synonym toast crunch (Ross), Monday, 4 June 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
According to Andy Zax, the producer of Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime box set, the band has an enormous cache of completed songs that Byrne is continuingto withhold.
― beamish13, Monday, 4 June 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
Does it say why he’s withholding them? (Like Lucille Bluth, does he “get off on being withholding”?)
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Monday, 4 June 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
I know that he would maybe know, but imo that seems unlikely. First, the band released their stuff at a pretty good clip, and it's not like those albums were bursting with material, even as contemporaries were eventually releasing double and triple albums. Even then, say it was an artistic decision to keep things short, there have been a couple of sets of reissues - Sand in the Vaseline and that Once in a Lifetime boxed set, plus that other boxed set - where unreleased songs might have popped up, but the bonus stuff was pretty scant or just sketches. Googling around, there seem to be maybe a couple of tracks they played live but never put on an album, but I'd be shocked if there were tons of unreleased things that were never played live, never put on a reissue, and escaped being bootlegged.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 June 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link