David Byrne has some observations about American life these days, and it worries him. The former Talking Heads frontman and prolific artist sees people divided into camps, not talking to one another, with politicians on both sides representing moneyed interests, rather than the people.
Something’s gone wrong, he said. Byrne’s new album, “American Utopia,” is about the longing people have amid fears and frustrations.
“They’re all wondering, ‘Could things be done in a slightly different way? Is there a better way than the way we’ve ended up?'” he said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.
The album’s lead single, “Everybody’s Coming to My House,” co-written with Brian Eno, is No. 5 on Billboard’s adult alternative songs chart, giving him his first Top 10 hit in 25 years. Last week he launched an international, 90-some city tour, which he calls his most ambitious since the shows filmed for the 1984 Jonathan Demme film “Stop Making Sense,” considered among the best concert films of all-time.
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