This was stupendous! The best show that I've seen for some time. It wasn't just a rock concert but was more like an opera that Kurt Weill or Benjamin Britten could have put together. The constant movement and rhythm used Brazilian samba beats and USA high school marching band motifs.
The musicians and singers - 12 of them including Byrne - carried their instruments including percussion on body harnesses so were able to move in a choreographed two hour performance - vibrant and alive.
David Byrne is no imitator and once again sets a new standard for on-stage performance - not that his Stop Making Sense has ever been eclipsed.
I normally hate it at concerts when people stand up in front of you to dance but at this show everyone, from the second piece of music in stood up and moved and it was infectious. Byrne certainly knows how to motivate an audience unlike that fat foolish fuck Donald Trump who thinks he does. American Utopia is political of course and alludes to the fact that The United States of America had its beginnings as a utopian experiment that has largely failed. If David Byrne had been born in the USA then I have no doubt the man could be President.
Get a life Robert.
ReplyDeleteGreat clip! I had heard about this. Great stuff!
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