David Byrne

2023 - 3 - 5

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David Byrne on Talking Heads and following his own beat (CBS News)

Anderson Cooper speaks with David Byrne about his boundary-melding and eclectic body of work and artistic innovations.

And it wasn't until I saw the show and I realized, "This is-- this is not about that at all." Anderson Cooper: By the way-- were they saying that in a nice way? Like Byrne's life, the show tells a story about how over time our identities are malleable and how we all have the capacity to change. like an out of proportion kitchen, that makes anyone in it feel like a child. He's lived in the city for five decades, and it's not uncommon to see him pedaling around on his bicycle. And-- and I thought, "I want to do more of that. David Byrne: I don't know if that's the case. That they read about it in a newspaper. Or, "We liked the guy who was t-- really struggling with himself and really having a hard time." You probably know David Byrne as the lead singer and songwriter of Talking Heads, the hugely influential post-punk rock band of the late 1970's and 80's. I might not have been the most pleasant person to deal with at that point. David Byrne: I'm glad I did it.

David Byrne: The Artistic Innovations of a Post-Punk Icon (NNN)

David Byrne, the lead singer and songwriter of the post-punk rock band Talking Heads, has been on an eclectic journey since the band broke up 30 years ago.

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3/5/2023: Please Let Me Die; Who is Minding the Chatbots?; David ... (CBS News)

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David Byrne talks hit songs (CBS News)

The Talking Heads front man tells 60 Minutes how he wrote "Psycho Killer" and "Burning Down the House."

"This is a record where we improvised a lot of the music," Byrne told 60 Minutes. "And I thought, 'Well, why should I trade in my happiness for some cash?'" "It wasn't a song title," Byrne said. And they'd force the radio to start to play some of the songs." "And we had records of radio preachers, and radio exorcists [and] we said, 'We'll use that. And I thought, 'What if those two got together and wrote a song about a serial killer?'"

David Byrne Featured on '60 Minutes' | Nonesuch Records (Nonesuch Records)

David Byrne was the subject of a feature profile on the latest episode of CBS's 60 Minutes. He spoke with correspondent Anderson Cooper about his life and ...