Tonight I feature David Byrne, master of the rubber-legged dance and high energy performance. (The guy must burn at least 12,000 calories every show.)
First an interview from a 1983 David Letterman show.
David is perhaps most widely known as the frontman, guitarist and vocalist of the 70's and 80's band The Talking Heads.
Here is a selection of their work.
Letterman Show Part 2 –
Talking heads performing I-Zimba
Warning Signs
Psycho Killer
Road to Nowhere
Life During Wartime
Take Me to the River
Girlfriend is Better
And She Was
Sax and Violins
Burning Down the House
Born Under Punches –
with King Crimson’s Adrian Belew on guitar.
Flippy Floppy
Thank You for Sending an Angel
Slippery People
Cities –
another with Adrian Belew
The Great Curve –
one more with Adrian Belew
Cross Eyed and Painless
Swamp
The Lady Don’t Mind
Once in a Lifetime
This Must Be the Place
After The Talking Heads, David has pursued a solo career.
Here he interviews himself and explains that incredibly huge suit.
Make Believe Mambo
Dirty Old Town
Miss America
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
She’s Mad
Glass, Concrete, Stone
Nothing But Flowers
Psycho Killer
Take Me To the River
Love For Sale
Dance on Vaseline
Girls On My Mind
Angels
Back In the Box
Hanging Upside Down
David has also collaborated with a number of other artists over the years.
Mea Culpa – with Brian Eno
America is Waiting – with Brian Eno
Qu’ran Eno – with Brian Eno
The Big Country - with Richard Thompson
Psycho Killer - with Richard Thompson
Daddy Go Down - with Morcheeba
Finally, to close the show, a couple to slow you down:
The Great Intoxication - including a Chamber Orchestra
Secret Life – with Brian Eno
