Stop Making Sense - David Byrne

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

David Byrne Wiki