RE-RELEASE - David Byrne
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Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
1h 2m
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8 chapters
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What is the significance of David Byrne in music history?
Republish, get ready for the burn, as in David Byrne. Talking heads much?
Maybe you've heard of it. Maybe you've heard of them. With the big boxy coat. Of course, I ask him about that. I drill him right between the eyes.
Yeah, he's he's artiste. I mean, he gets up there. His choreography and his movements are just as big as the songs. It's like it's very, very quirky, cool, laid back guy.
Just like I have to say, he's legendary. I mean, that the Talking Heads is one of those bands everyone's heard of. They might have a T-shirt with talking heads. David Byrne sort of runs the show over there.
How did David Byrne's style influence performance art?
He's doing a play. I mean, he's all over the place. And he's a very influential dude. So, uh, Dane and I chatted up. I'm sure he was bored to tears with us, but who isn't?
I think he was mesmerized. I don't think he blinks.
He was mesmerized by us? That's a better way to put it.
Yeah. But yeah, it was really fun to talk to him. He's quite a famous enigma in some ways.
Here he is, David Byrne.
When David Byrne comes on the Zoom.
What unique aspects does David Byrne bring to his live performances?
Dana, that's the guy. I'm on the Zoom. Wait a minute. I'm nearsighted. Hey, David.
Oh, my God. I'm on the Zoom. How are you doing?
We're doing incredible now that you're here.
Nice to meet virtually.
Yes. Is this your first Zoom today?
No, it's my second one today.
Really?
Good.
How does David Byrne perceive the evolution of music videos?
Did you have one with Lorne Michaels earlier? You'll find David and Dana. Well, we'll try to make this interesting. Here's my first question, David. This is just to kind of be a little pithy. Has anyone ever used your last name against you in an argument? You burned me, Byrne.
No, I don't think so. But yeah, there's been some probably plenty of articles where they did make puns, make puns like that, you know, burning down the house. But we like with my name. All right. Things like that. Yeah.
Yeah. I was called Dana Carkeys in grade school.
What are David Byrne's thoughts on the intersection of art and technology?
It drove me nuts. Why car keys? Car V, car keys. It didn't even make sense, but it brutalized me. I'm still wounded.
It's basic bullying. David, my name is David Spade. Nice to meet you. First of all, I'm a little nervous because David has such a vast career and it's almost too much and we... It's almost like an intervention.
It is almost too much. I got exhausted. He's doing too much. Too much. Well, or not enough, but you've done so much.
How does David Byrne approach the topic of mental health and creativity?
It's really kind of amazing. I want to ask you things you haven't been asked for, but what I observed when I was watching you in some of these videos is the way you move. So I think of you as a dancer first, and then singer, songwriter, filmmaker, and pretty much everything artistic. So was that conscious? Because it's kind of Polynesian to me. It's sort of slow, but it's very graceful. Interesting. And it's graceful, and it's inside the loop. You never are frenetic. It's very interesting to watch. Anyway, am I the first person to ask you that, or maybe the 20th?
I have been asked. You're like, where does your dancing come from? I made a conscious... It looks like you're falling.
Uh-huh.
What insights does David Byrne offer about the music industry today?
You're constantly tripping.
That's what it looks like. There it is, yeah.
I...
Pretty early on, I thought to myself, I don't want to dance, move like other kind of rock and roll.
Mick Jagger or James Brown.
Yeah, so I thought, oh, yeah. I mean, that's where the bar was set, kind of.
Yeah.
people and many others. And I just thought, well, there's no way I'm going to do that. And besides, they've kind of cornered that, but they do that and they do it really well. So I have to find something that works for me. So for a long time, I didn't do anything. And then gradually, little by little, I started kind of
What does David Byrne consider as reasons to be cheerful in today's world?
figuring out moves and things that kind of felt like they were coming from me and that they emerged from the music. And they didn't feel like they seemed like anything else that I'd seen out there. They seemed a little bit odd sometimes.
Well, it's charismatic because there's no overt effort, right? And it just seems to work. I was watching the Jimmy Fallon thing from your show. That's what humans do. And your little choreography with everyone and how you go up and do the chorus and you come back and you're barefoot.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of David Byrne in music history?
0:00–0:38
2
How did David Byrne's style influence performance art?
0:38–1:18
3
What unique aspects does David Byrne bring to his live performances?
1:18–1:43
4
How does David Byrne perceive the evolution of music videos?
1:43–2:21
5
What are David Byrne's thoughts on the intersection of art and technology?
2:21–2:52
6
How does David Byrne approach the topic of mental health and creativity?
2:52–3:33
7
What insights does David Byrne offer about the music industry today?
3:33–4:14
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What does David Byrne consider as reasons to be cheerful in today's world?
4:14–1:02:25