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Musician Performs Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’ in the Distinctive Style of David Byrne and Talking Heads

A Wonderful Tribute to the Pioneering Bassist Tina Weymouth of ‘Talking Heads’ and ‘Tom Tom Club’
Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame put together a wonderful inductee tribute to the incomparable Tina Weymouth, the pioneering bassist, producer, and founder of two really…

David Byrne and the Barefoot Cast of ‘American Utopia’ Perform a Joyful Version of ‘Road to Nowhere’
With the success of David Byrne’s American Utopia on Broadway, the prolific singer songwriting David Byrne and the barefoot cast of the show performed a…

Saturday Night Live Makes Fun of New York City’s LaGuardia Airport With a Medley of Broadway Parodies
In a Saturday Night Live segment entitled “Airport Sushi”, a passenger (Pete Davidson) who was shopping at an airport market decided to buy pre-packaged sushi…

Talking Heads Songs Reimagined as 1950s Pulp Fiction Novels, Magazine Covers, Flyers and Advertisements
Artist Todd Alcott (previously) has visually reimagined the songs of the Talking Heads as mid-century vintage paperback books, magazine covers, ads and flyers that perfectly…

Michael Stipe and Mike Mills of R.E.M. Explain the Meaning of Their Iconic Song ‘Losing My Religion’
Michael Stipe and Mike Mills of R.E.M. sat down with the Dutch NTR station Top 2000 à Go-Go to discuss the meaning behind one of…

Donald Trump Takes the Place of David Byrne in a Talking Heads ‘Once in a Lifetime’ Video Mashup
Videographer Swede Mason has put together a hilarious mashup that traded in the prominent visage of David Byrne in the video for the iconic Talking…

Talking Heads vs. Television, A Live BBC Special (1984)
In 1984, Talking Heads performed live at London’s Wembley Arena for a BBC Channel 4 special officially titled Once In A Lifetime but more familiarly…

The David Byrne Bike Racks of New York City
photo by Julie Ruiz Back in 2008, the New York City Department of Transportation installed nine bike racks designed by David Byrne. Each bike rack…