Being a fan of Talking Heads' classic material, I jumped at the chance to see David Byrne in concert this past October, and since I was made aware that he would be playing a lot of his new record, I figured I had better give it a whirl, so I would at least be familiar with them when he played them.
Suffice it to say, I was not expecting to be blown away like I was by this record.
While influenced a bit by electronic music at times, it is less rhythmic than Talking Heads music was, and definitely more melodic. And I was stunned by how great Byrne's voice still sounds. He sounds as good as he did back in the 70s and 80s. Really. Six months later, I am still getting a ton of mileage out of this record. I am not familiar (yet) with the first Byrne/Eno record, but I'll be checking it out sooner than later. All I know for now is, this record is a winner, in every sense of the word.
Oh, and the concert was incredible. My brother and I saw him at the Fox Theater here in St. Louis, and both our expectations were exceeded by a wide margin. It was just one of those shows where, as long as you have a pulse, you were having a blast. I cannot even count how many people we saw dancing in the aisles. David Byrne's music tends to have that effect on music fans, of all ages!
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