![]() ![]() I wouldn't have to be as aware of, okay, you're going to say something now, and you're going to refer back to what you said in the beginning. I've talked to an audience before, but usually, it's not very much in the past. “That was a bit of a learning curve for me. Or you could say that the talking bits break to the songs either way.”ĭo you feel comfortable talking to the audience? When I talk to the audience, and I use the songs to kind of sometimes bridge those talking bits. I use kind of occasional elements from my own life to hang things on. “It has elements of me in it, but it's not completely autobiographical. ![]() He's going to do the whole show, isn't he? Okay, he's going to sit at a desk, holding a brain. Some audience members, this has happened, where some friend has told me, he thought, ‘Oh, this is going to be a really self indulgent show. That's his work at the beginning of this show. It also says as far as the character goes … here's a guy who's kind of inside his head … and he's holding a brain in his hand, turning it over and pointing to the different parts, like here's where speech is processed, here's what visual stuff is processed. This is not going to be kind of your usual music concert. What are you asking the audience to consider with that opening?ĭavid Byrne: “An opening like that … it's letting the audience know that you're in for something a little bit unexpected. And then you ask if they're smarter than we are. And you note later that babies have hundreds of millions more neural connections than adults have. You are singing solo and contemplating a plastic brain in your hand. KCRW: The show begins with just you onstage (more band members come on the stage later). ![]() “American Utopia” is now a movie, directed by Spike Lee, and premieres on HBO Max on October 17. The live concert was a compilation of new songs from Byrne’s album “ American Utopia ” and old songs from his days with the band Talking Heads. David Byrne’s show “American Utopia” debuted on Broadway to rave reviews a year ago. ![]()
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