Corby Dinzen Yes and now we’re talking about it. You wanna talk sports or some shit? Want to discuss topics totally removed from that of the video? If you don’t like people outlining parts of the video they liked then either don’t read the comments of the fucking video expecting people to talk about the video... maybe don’t even read the comments at all if it’s an irritant to you.
I had a very brief encounter with David Byrne. Talking Heads performed on my campus in '82 or '83 and I helped the stage crew. As we were breaking down after the show, he came out from wherever the band had been backstage and on the way out of the colosseum he stopped for a few seconds and softly said, to no one in particular, "thank you very much, I really appreciate you guys."
The same happened with Adam Granduciel from War on Drugs. He was cleaning up the stage with the roadies, rolling up cables and I walked up to the stage to get the setlist and he didn't even hesitate to drop everything, rip it off the floor and he kneeled and gave me one of those surfer handshakes (apparently it's called a hand hug lol) and after me saying I loved the show, he said "Thanks dude, I really appreciate that." and something along the lines of hopefully coming back soon with the biggest smile on his face. After that he just went back to helping the roadies and kinda ignored the other fans hovering in front of the stage.
As someone who for an unknown reason, idolises many artists without technical singing abilities, I really like this explanation! Dunno if it's true, but its better than cus I'm just a hipster.
byrne: I hate talking to people, I don't wanna do publicity interviews producer: well you have to do some kind of interview! byrne: wait i have an idea
not really. This kind of weirdo shit was common in the early 80s. One example I saw recently is the band 'Crash Course in Science' playing their song 'Kitchen Motors', which they did using common kitchen devices.
It's funny how some people do put a "the" before a famous celebrities name sometimes, like the Howard Stern types David Byrne was impersonating. "You wanna be in movies like 'the' Prince, 'the' Sting, 'the' David Bowie." Meaning like Prince in Purple Rain, Sting in Dune, David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth.
I thought it might be the case but it was very hard to recognize him under so much make up. Was looking for clarification in the comments section. Thanks.
David Byrne’s ASD really adds to how odd he seems. He’s a real inspiration to me as a person with Asperger’s, knowing that he feels no shame in seeming odd to other people.
@@myway7367I’m not entirely sure what you mean by this, but Byrne has said he is on the ASD spectrum. He doesn’t simply have dry humor and autistic people are not “slow”. Many of us think in ways considered incredibly smart because we can find answers to problems someone not autistic couldn’t find. Some of the greatest minds in recent history were likely autistic.
A statement from Bryne on this video: Recently a journalist pointed out something I did in a promo video skit in 1984 for the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense. In the piece I appear as a number of different characters interviewing myself, and some of the characters portrayed are people of color. I’d just about forgotten about this skit and I’m grateful that it has been brought to my attention. To watch myself in the various characters, including black and brown face, I acknowledge it was a major mistake in judgement that showed a lack of real understanding. It’s like looking in a mirror and seeing someone else- you’re not, or were not, the person you thought you were. We have huge blind spots about ourselves- well, I certainly do. I’d like to think I am beyond making mistakes like this, but clearly at the time I was not. Like I say at the end of our Broadway show American Utopia "I need to change too"...and I believe I have changed since then. One hopes that folks have the grace and understanding to allow that someone like me, anyone really, can grow and change, and that the past can be examined with honesty and accountability. - David Byrne
That's the smart and sensible response. David understands that there is no need to drag this out with the SJW crowd. No sense in being rational to an irrational point of view.
If he didn't have at least one black character, people would have complained that all the interviewers were white. It's a no win situation. At least nobody is calling the female interviewer trans, or "womanface."
Notecrusher yep. Probably. Now that I think of it he also had a hit song called 'And She Does' where he talks about a girl "feeling the highway breathing".
For someone who endorses the idea of "stop making sense" he sure does give some pretty logical answers to these questions. Which I guess in itself doesn't make sense. Damn David, you're good.
I love you guys... genius. But your comedy timing is for shit. Even that made me laugh... Keep it up guys. Good material. You're spinning straw into... pure... gold. Congratulations!
@@Paranormal_Gaming_ Who has a "fake account"? You know some people just watch youtube and don't create their own content, right? But it's kind of odd that you're so upset because someone said that a person wearing a giant suit to make their head look small looks odd. He meant it to be odd, so I don't know why your feelings are hurt, sir.
@@jan_Travis Maybe because he was intentionally portraying black characters/people like Sammy Davis and Issac from The Love Boat? If I interviewed people dressed like Jerry Lewis and talking/immitating the body language of Woody Allen, I'd expect people to be offended, just saying. Maybe work on your empathy stat a bit, chap?
I say this about the Talking Heads all the time. They are almost impossible to cover because of that. If anyone does what they try to do, it sounds awful. Only they could make it genius.
David IS talent, much loved here down under and an inspiration to musicians all over the world!! Thank you David... thank you for your honesty through your art
i was half asleep last night going through youtube in a daze and i woke up with this video open on my youtube app so confused, i’ve never actively listened to the talking heads so i don’t even know how i came across this but i feel blessed with its presence
It's so dense, every single frame has so many things going on. David's a much more tense character than we've ever had, and far less relaxed. But we can diminish the effects of that. It's gonna be great.
stop limiting autistic people to their autism. He just made a funny interview that other people could have done without autism. It's so sad to be seen as the autism itself instead of a normal person with a slightly different mindset
"... like The Prince, The Sting, The David Bowie?" Ouch, that's a suspicious omen. If Sting doesn't make it to the year's end I think David Byrne should be taken in for questioning.
This is the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. Seriously sometimes I randomly think of it while I'm walking down the street and I spontaneously start laughing
i added this to my watch later playlist to remember later all i can about anything about history and what i want, and what i missed or forgotten. thanks David Byrne for making it easier for me to be human. and also, it makes the newcomers new to being weird and creative and individual philosophers in my talking voices, so yes, peace and amazing funny amazing everything, amazing music by byrne, eno, manzanera, compelling artists and wonderful people, the more i get to know, the more i feel safe.
don't worry - you're absolutely right. he was mocking interviewers in general and decided to portray a variety of people, suggesting he at least thought "an interviewer can be any gender or color" - ironically (but for the better) what is offensive is decided by the offended, not by the offender.
I think he shouldn’t have done it - but he definitely didn’t mean to cause offence or hurt anyone. Idk the guy apologised for being thoughtless, hasn’t done it since and has consistently brought black artists from around the world into the spotlight via Lukabop. I genuinely think Byrne’s one of the good guys that had a severe lapse in judgment.
@@budusbusham3324 the flipside of my argument is that it's easy to be critical of artists without having to back it up with anything other than "it's obviously offensive" which sometimes misses the point of the original artwork. i'm not saying you just don't understand the work, but there's more to art than just whether a provocative image is "offensive" or "not offensive."
Back then it wasn't considered offensive, and notice he didn't play up the character's race or make any jokes about it. He simply acted as he would with any character. I don't even consider this blackface, because blackface is deliberately mocking black or brown people through a character.
LOL, this is so brilliant! I always felt that Byrne has the dryest wit in the world, and you can't always tell what it is he's poking fun at, or if he's poking fun at anything. "True Stories" should be watched about every 2-3 years or so, because as you age, the film changes.
It took me ages before realising that David Byrne plays every character in this video.
Your animations helped me rediscover talking heads. Thanks
WTF XDDDDD
Never realized that XDDDDDD
How did I get here
@@LoveSickWorld look where my hand was!
We'll be waiting for an sfm recreation of this interview...
he looks like when you press caps lock and hit shift for the first letter
macey is sad that’s a great one LOL
mACEY iS sAD
That's actually really underrated
Lol!
@@benjamincox4211 that's great!
This is a great interview. It’s like sixty minutes on acid.
Feels like it
Or an hour...
@@karlthornell2057 You do know that "60 Minutes" was a tv show, right?
I just read that on the exact moment.
@@plr.5036 same
Every response of his is the neutral dialogue option that doesn’t raise your evil or good reputation.
True
Maybe later
lol
When you haven't decided what faction to ally with yet.
And is spoken much like a computer would
"i wanted my head to appear smaller, and the easiest way to do that was too make my body bigger" Please put that on my tombstone
+hat wobbla flat eric's got some fly kicks
@AllYouKnowIsWrong does he regret it now though
other people may have made better choices
I wonder what the hardest way is.
How did he do that?
(I got the video muted and I don't care enough to google it.)
Thank you, this shit came on my recommendations so i went immediately to comments and had a seizure belly laugh at your comment!
"Have you ever been to a psychiatrist? Or taken drugs?"
"I'll tell you later."
"What do you think happens when you get to far from your house?"
"I'll tell you later."
Corby Dinzen Yes and now we’re talking about it. You wanna talk sports or some shit? Want to discuss topics totally removed from that of the video? If you don’t like people outlining parts of the video they liked then either don’t read the comments of the fucking video expecting people to talk about the video... maybe don’t even read the comments at all if it’s an irritant to you.
...yes
Was reading this comment as it played in my ear, beautiful symmetry
I had a very brief encounter with David Byrne. Talking Heads performed on my campus in '82 or '83 and I helped the stage crew. As we were breaking down after the show, he came out from wherever the band had been backstage and on the way out of the colosseum he stopped for a few seconds and softly said, to no one in particular, "thank you very much, I really appreciate you guys."
:)
That’s really sweet in a very pure way.
The same happened with Adam Granduciel from War on Drugs. He was cleaning up the stage with the roadies, rolling up cables and I walked up to the stage to get the setlist and he didn't even hesitate to drop everything, rip it off the floor and he kneeled and gave me one of those surfer handshakes (apparently it's called a hand hug lol) and after me saying I loved the show, he said "Thanks dude, I really appreciate that." and something along the lines of hopefully coming back soon with the biggest smile on his face. After that he just went back to helping the roadies and kinda ignored the other fans hovering in front of the stage.
i love seeing comments like this on youtube, they're rare but great finds.
Those stories don’t have much in common besides meeting a band leader
“I’ll tell you later” or “maybe later” is such an amazing way of avoiding questions I’m gonna use that from now on
Questions hes asked himself, mind you.
just say, “how did i get here?” and then walk away
@Patrick McManus I'll tell you later.
@@bonjolor8298 Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
@@mazumnoob3510 into the blue again
Water flowing underground
“Music is very physical and often the body understands it before the head” actually genius!
common sense. know the word genius better
@@aaronaaron5968 understanding how your body and mind reacts to music is a bit more advanced than common sense
Favorite line:
"I'll tell you later."
mine too
Tell me now! What is your favorite line?
He knew what not to do is what he did do.
Jonah Dunn what’s really weird is I saw the comment right as he said
He said that as I read this
"The better the singers voice the harder it is to believe what they're saying" this makes so much sense it's insane
tieler someone needs to tell this guy to stop making sense
Bob Dylan
As someone who for an unknown reason, idolises many artists without technical singing abilities, I really like this explanation! Dunno if it's true, but its better than cus I'm just a hipster.
"So I use my faults to an advantage"
Strat Man like Kurt Cobain?
I feel like David Lynch directed this.
Written by David Bowie, directed by David Lynch, and acted by David Byrne.
I got that same feeling.
Apparently the name "David" just brings out our inner chaos.
Written by Bowie, directed by Lynch, and starring Byrne.
🤣😂👏🏼
David Byrne really does have an incredibly mouldable, versatile head.
As seen in "Sax and Violins."
Insert the lyrics of Seen And Not Seen here.
His head is one of my obsessions
It's fancy headwork alright.
It’s a cool, multipurpose shape
"The better the singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying."
Nailed it.
That ignores the entire genre of soul music which is filled with great singers who are also entirely believable.
byrne: I hate talking to people, I don't wanna do publicity interviews
producer: well you have to do some kind of interview!
byrne: wait i have an idea
someone already complimented your pfp, this is me doing the same, nice!
@@sec6059 literally me too, was this in your yt recommended as well?
Ethan Mac hahaha yes
Genius
An I’ll tell ya later
Decades later and I still want to know what David thinks happens when you get too far from your house. He looks genuinely haunted by the question
don't worry he'll tell you later.
I’ll tell you later..
I'd rather not know
David Byrne was a shitpost God amongst men before humanity knew what shitposts were.
Facts
not really. This kind of weirdo shit was common in the early 80s. One example I saw recently is the band 'Crash Course in Science' playing their song 'Kitchen Motors', which they did using common kitchen devices.
Shatposter
Nobody knows what words mean anymore
Three great movies:
~the prince
~the sting
~the david bowie
It's funny how some people do put a "the" before a famous celebrities name sometimes, like the Howard Stern types David Byrne was impersonating. "You wanna be in movies like 'the' Prince, 'the' Sting, 'the' David Bowie." Meaning like Prince in Purple Rain, Sting in Dune, David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Wait, all the interviewers are just David Byrne in suits?
1Superchops Yup!
Man, I never would've noticed that!
I think it’s poking fun at how everybody’s calls them “The Talking Heads” even they are just Talking Heads
he seems nervous talking to himself..
That's understandable when talking to yourself. What could you possibly say to yourself that you weren't already thinking?
tense and nervous and he couldn't relax
me too, the fuck
Accidentally profound comment. Nice
@@beflygelt well done my man, perfect one-liner, the kind you get once in a lifetime...
This level of awkwardness is my exact type of humor
"I have written a love song though, in this film I sing it to a lamp"
Home, is where I want to be, pick me up an turn me 'round....
Is this the very beginning of "I Love Lamp" decades before Anchorman?!?!?
David Byrne seems so condescending, to himself.
Me to my brain: “Do you have anything fun to comment?”
My brain: “I’ll tell you later.”
"No but do you have anything to eat?"
It's like this is directed by David Lynch. Really, it looks like something from twin peaks.
Well, I'd love to see Byrne in the Roadhouse for the Twin Peaks new season ! Performing, "Psycho Killer" with Badalementi, maybe ?
Needs more foghorn.
no I was going to say that!
i was gonna say that it looks like david lynch
They have an eerily similar aesthetic, those two. And just about the same kitsch-inspired sense of humor too, along with Mark Mothersbaugh.
I just noticed that all of the interviewers are David Byrne omg lol
i wouldn't have noticed if it weren't for this comment lol
Holy shit, wouldn't have noticed it
Wait even the black dude?
rampage yes
I thought it might be the case but it was very hard to recognize him under so much make up. Was looking for clarification in the comments section. Thanks.
David Byrne’s ASD really adds to how odd he seems. He’s a real inspiration to me as a person with Asperger’s, knowing that he feels no shame in seeming odd to other people.
I agree. I have autism, which isn’t much different, but I love how odd I seem to other people. Being odd to me is like the best thing in the world.
@@laverdadastuta8384 it isnt different at all, asperger's = autism. im glad youre proud to be odd! me too :)
In so many words, he doesn't mask, which is why I don't mask myself
Sometimes a dry sense of humor can be mistaken for tardiness.
@@myway7367I’m not entirely sure what you mean by this, but Byrne has said he is on the ASD spectrum. He doesn’t simply have dry humor and autistic people are not “slow”. Many of us think in ways considered incredibly smart because we can find answers to problems someone not autistic couldn’t find. Some of the greatest minds in recent history were likely autistic.
"One must never underestimate the power of a good hair-do". Wisest man ever.
David Byrne is a genius. Everything about him is just so captivating. Its like a book you cant quite understand but you still cant stop reading
So Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon?
That's a good analogy for everything he is.
A statement from Bryne on this video:
Recently a journalist pointed out something I did in a promo video skit in 1984 for the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense. In the piece I appear as a number of different characters interviewing myself, and some of the characters portrayed are people of color.
I’d just about forgotten about this skit and I’m grateful that it has been brought to my attention. To watch myself in the various characters, including black and brown face, I acknowledge it was a major mistake in judgement that showed a lack of real understanding. It’s like looking in a mirror and seeing someone else- you’re not, or were not, the person you thought you were.
We have huge blind spots about ourselves- well, I certainly do. I’d like to think I am beyond making mistakes like this, but clearly at the time I was not. Like I say at the end of our Broadway show American Utopia "I need to change too"...and I believe I have changed since then. One hopes that folks have the grace and understanding to allow that someone like me, anyone really, can grow and change, and that the past can be examined with honesty and accountability.
- David Byrne
He should not have apologized. He deserves whatever happens to him now.
@@TiberianFiend Nowhere in his statement did he apologise. He states that it was a major mistake, but he doesn't apologise at all...and nor should he
@@Penguin_of_Death Oh, that's such a huge difference.
That's the smart and sensible response. David understands that there is no need to drag this out with the SJW crowd. No sense in being rational to an irrational point of view.
If he didn't have at least one black character, people would have complained that all the interviewers were white. It's a no win situation. At least nobody is calling the female interviewer trans, or "womanface."
the absolute madman
Listen to the man. He has broad shoulders.
This Twin Peaks trailer was really cool
I don't think that jacket fits him well, maybe one size bigger?
hadiordanyalanci
And more shoulder pads.
hadiordanyalanci HAHAHAHAHA literally cracking up
John Goodman actually let him borrow his suit
No, that's just Klaus Nomi's summer suit.
Is that like "You should always have one more zipper on your jacket than you feel comfortable with." ?
"The better the singer's voice the harder it is to believe what they are singing".
Well said Mr.Byrne
David Byrne feels like an automated bot/alien blatantly explaining his plans to the protagonist without missing a beat.
This man is my greatest creative inspiration
It's like 4 minutes and 31 seconds on acid.
he was talking about the movie he was about to make, true stories. Which actually ended up being about 90 minutes on acid.
Sid Benedict has David Byrne taken acid?
Well he wrote a song called "Drugs" and the first line is "All I see is little dots". Sounds like he's talking about acid to me.
Notecrusher yep. Probably. Now that I think of it he also had a hit song called 'And She Does' where he talks about a girl "feeling the highway breathing".
Christopher Walker most people have tried acid
I love this Man. The Talking Heads got me through some hard times. Excellent entertainer. Awesome song writer great band.
This is amazing.
It's like 60 minutes on acid.
Hello RUSHNERD! Keep SASing!
How's that?
omg it's Rushnerd - I remember when you were the big youtube sensation
"The better the singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying. So I use my faults to an advantage." Awesome.
For someone who endorses the idea of "stop making sense" he sure does give some pretty logical answers to these questions.
Which I guess in itself doesn't make sense. Damn David, you're good.
This guy is my new hero
MindLaboratory where have you been hiding all these years? Who is/was your old hero?
@@christopherwalker8240 I'll tell you later
Q: Why do you love this video so much?
A: I'll tell you later.
Are you on drugs?
@@gabboman92 it's like 60 minutes on acid
🤣🤣🤣
lmaooo
I love you guys... genius. But your comedy timing is for shit. Even that made me laugh... Keep it up guys. Good material. You're spinning straw into... pure... gold. Congratulations!
This is what it feels like talking to distant relatives
The better the singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying
there would be no Tim And Eric without this.
RawbThatPunk *gracious applause*
RawbThatPunk i doubt they even saw this
i think of casey when i see him sweating in the video to once in a lifetime
TheZurul Eric is a fan of talking heads but who knows haha
Great Teacher Onizuka is right.
“I got a movie in my head! Wanna see it?”
“No, but do you have anything to eat?”
He looks like that shrunken head guy from Beetlejuice.
I was thinking of Goombas (marios bros movie)
@@Paranormal_Gaming_ As opposed to crackheads at the spa?
@@moonlily1 FAKE ACCOUNT 37 SUBS NO CONTENT PATHETIC SORRY EXCUSE!!!
@@Paranormal_Gaming_ Who has a "fake account"? You know some people just watch youtube and don't create their own content, right? But it's kind of odd that you're so upset because someone said that a person wearing a giant suit to make their head look small looks odd. He meant it to be odd, so I don't know why your feelings are hurt, sir.
@@moonlily1 FUCK OFF YOU DON'T DESERVE AN ACCOUNT!!!
Watching this again because DB just apologized for it. I honestly never even noticed he was doing blackface until he mentioned it.
Yeah. I don't see why he have to. People get offended easily.
@The Abstract Thinker yeah exactly. People are just little bitches.
@@jan_Travis Maybe because he was intentionally portraying black characters/people like Sammy Davis and Issac from The Love Boat?
If I interviewed people dressed like Jerry Lewis and talking/immitating the body language of Woody Allen, I'd expect people to be offended, just saying.
Maybe work on your empathy stat a bit, chap?
@@zigfaust A black guy in white face dressed like Jerry Lewis and imitating Woody Allen would be fucking hilarious. As a white guy, PLEASE do that
@@Dregkar god that would be great
Only David Byrne could make being incredibly uncool into being incredibly cool.
I say this about the Talking Heads all the time. They are almost impossible to cover because of that. If anyone does what they try to do, it sounds awful. Only they could make it genius.
This guy wears his suits like Reviewbrah from TheReportOfTheWeek.
*Reviewbrah wears his suit like David Byrne
Doug Bairead
Are you sure Reviewbrah hasn’t time traveled from the 1980s*?
@@grammarnazi7428 *1980s
Doug Bairead *1940s
Bro I’ve seen ur comments multiple times now. The internet is getting smaller
It's like 60 Minutes on acid.
Sean Byrne Same last name! Lucky you! Dave that is
It's like 60 Minutes on acid.
Glad to see that Jordan Peterson is getting better.
lol it does sound like him
and the tiny head looks like Charlie Kirk's small face
fivedriedgramsinsilence BRUHHHHH 😂😂😂😂😂😂
one of the best comments on youtube xD
He's hilarious.
dont you dare insult my man david byrne like that
Didn't expect this to be so entertaining. I still don't understand why i found this funny lol
Ian Higdem The big suit.
Ian Higdem why? I'll tell you later....
Why did you find it funny? because its funny
"The better the singers voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying...so I use my faults to an advantage."
I love it.
This was the only thing I have watched in 2020 that made any sense.
hes hungry give the poor man something to eat
+Marianne Yang hes so hungry his head shrunk
"Skyrim_NPC_Conversation.mp4"
so glad he calls This Must Be The Place his only love song and mentions his Lamp Dance
Kid: Mom this suit is too big on me
Mom: be quiet David, you’ll grow into it
Love this. Totally weird. A great vehicle for david Byrne to express what he is all about
acid
Interviewer: I've got a movie in my head... Would ya like to see it?
David: No... but do you have anything to eat?
I'm dead.
"I wanted my head to appear smaller, and the easiest way to do that was too make my body bigger." If I'm ever fat, this will be my excuse.
Yes especially if you have a large head it's good to gain weight to help proportion.
Ahahahah
him as the lady gets me literally every time he’s such a great actor
The world really became a better place in the moment David Byrne was born. Too bad I was born too late to see him playing live with Talking Heads...
Talking Heads is like if Monty Python had a band...
I'd say bonzodog doodah band would be the monty python as a band.
The Mothers of Invention?
Pink Floyd were huge Python fans - and helped with financing the Holy Grail film.
I mean technically they did... They performed a lot of songs and they have multiple albums that they released
What about They Might Be Giants?
this is one of my favorite things on earth
David Byrne. Awesome and ahead of his time.
David IS talent, much loved here down under and an inspiration to musicians all over the world!!
Thank you David... thank you for your honesty through your art
i was half asleep last night going through youtube in a daze and i woke up with this video open on my youtube app so confused, i’ve never actively listened to the talking heads so i don’t even know how i came across this but i feel blessed with its presence
Are you listening to Talking Heads now? I hope the answer is yes.
It's so dense, every single frame has so many things going on. David's a much more tense character than we've ever had, and far less relaxed. But we can diminish the effects of that. It's gonna be great.
Fuck you Rick Berman!
You're right, he can't seem to face up to the facts - he's tense and nervous, and he can't relax.
took me until the moon to realize that the background was also changing
Took me until I read your comment!!
Same
Hey you should coin that phrase "took me until the moon" kinda work well with "took me until ages"
I read this comment and then looked up in the moon background was the one that was on and I was like... Wow
I just watched that concert again two weeks ago, I was smiling from ear to ear, just special 🔥
Watching this interview made e feel like I was autistic.
bird10498 David is so, makes sense.
@@ttapioca5 No, it does not make sense
@@mauricioandres7470 he has aspergers, so it kinda does
It made me autistic
stop limiting autistic people to their autism. He just made a funny interview that other people could have done without autism. It's so sad to be seen as the autism itself instead of a normal person with a slightly different mindset
"... like The Prince, The Sting, The David Bowie?"
Ouch, that's a suspicious omen.
If Sting doesn't make it to the year's end I think David Byrne should be taken in for questioning.
Psycho killer...qu'est-ce que c'est?
This is my favorite David Byrne moment. It's like sixty minutes on acid.
Ive watched this dozens of times and it just gets better
"I GOT A MOVIE IN MY HEAD, YOU WANNA SEE IT?"
"No, but do you have anything to eat?"
david byrne blackface jumpscare
When he was on Letterman around that time, Dave’s first question was, “so what’s with the size jumbo suit?”.
@Dave Smith "I'll tell you later"
That was Rich Hall
The DM roleplaying 2 NPCs having a conversation:
"In this film, I sing it to a lamp."
And it's romantic as hell, and I wish I had someone to dance with the way he danced with that lamp.
I'll tell you later
can you all stop commenting about how "david byrne is just like poppy" david byrne was here long before her
Ok boomer
Yeah I don’t like poppy either, I just wanted an excuse to say ok boomer
In the future everyone will be poppy for 15m
WTF is a POPPY ?
"I have written a love song though. In this film i sing it to a lamp."
beautiful song too!
This is the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. Seriously sometimes I randomly think of it while I'm walking down the street and I spontaneously start laughing
2:33 "I have written a love song though. In this film I sing it to a lamp."
Oh my god that entire song and performance just made sense to me.
Everyones commenting about the BIG SUIT ...I still get a smile when he dances in that suit . Takes me way back. One of the greatest concerts ever
“The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma” Patrick Star
Kinda surprised how similar his natural voice is to his singing.
His singing voice is just his natural voice but screaming.
This clip is realy special. Undiscovered by most, needs to be witnessed by as many as possible.
i remember when it was new
i added this to my watch later playlist to remember later all i can about anything about history and what i want, and what i missed or forgotten. thanks David Byrne for making it easier for me to be human. and also, it makes the newcomers new to being weird and creative and individual philosophers in my talking voices, so yes, peace and amazing funny amazing everything, amazing music by byrne, eno, manzanera, compelling artists and wonderful people, the more i get to know, the more i feel safe.
pure pure gold. This makes me laugh and glad to breathe.
He knew what not to do is what he did do
As a brown person, I do not feel mocked at all by this. He is simply just playing characters. . .
don't worry - you're absolutely right. he was mocking interviewers in general and decided to portray a variety of people, suggesting he at least thought "an interviewer can be any gender or color" - ironically (but for the better) what is offensive is decided by the offended, not by the offender.
I think he shouldn’t have done it - but he definitely didn’t mean to cause offence or hurt anyone. Idk the guy apologised for being thoughtless, hasn’t done it since and has consistently brought black artists from around the world into the spotlight via Lukabop. I genuinely think Byrne’s one of the good guys that had a severe lapse in judgment.
@@budusbusham3324 the flipside of my argument is that it's easy to be critical of artists without having to back it up with anything other than "it's obviously offensive" which sometimes misses the point of the original artwork. i'm not saying you just don't understand the work, but there's more to art than just whether a provocative image is "offensive" or "not offensive."
Back then it wasn't considered offensive, and notice he didn't play up the character's race or make any jokes about it. He simply acted as he would with any character. I don't even consider this blackface, because blackface is deliberately mocking black or brown people through a character.
@@romilrh yeah another great point, he did not play on any stereotypes.
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You can hear the acid in his voice
Sir Winston Lennon it's like 60 minutes on acid
maybe later
The world needs more David Byrne.
LOL, this is so brilliant! I always felt that Byrne has the dryest wit in the world, and you can't always tell what it is he's poking fun at, or if he's poking fun at anything. "True Stories" should be watched about every 2-3 years or so, because as you age, the film changes.
That suit is quite possibly the most 80’s piece of clothing I’ve ever seen
2003 NBA Draft type beat
the father we never had..the brother everyone would want and the friend everyone deserves..dunno a better person