King David !

The Return of the King. On ne présente plus David Byrne. Alors que sort la réédition plantureuse du ansant More Songs About Buildings And Food de Talking Heads, David Byrne déballera son huitième album, Who Is The Sky ? le 5 septembre pour mieux ambiancer notre rentrée avant le blocage. Trois titres sont déjà en écoute dont She Explains Things to Me qu’il explique ainsi : « Très souvent, j’ai été impressionné par la capacité de certaines amies (généralement des femmes) à percevoir ce qui se passe entre les personnages d’un film bien avant moi » avance David. « Parfois, je comprends la poésie, mais parfois j’ai besoin d’aide. Bien que le morceau s’inspire du livre de Rebecca Solnit Men Explain Things to Me (Les hommes m’expliquent la vie), il y a une différence majeure : le mansplaining est généralement non sollicité, alors qu’ici, c’est moi qui demande. » ET nous on en redemande !

Who Is The Sky ? de David Byrne & Ghost Train Orchestra sort le 5 septembre chez Matador.

David Byrne sera en concert à La Seine Musicale à Paris les 18 et 19 mars 2026.

David Byrne – Everybody Laughs

One…two…
One, two, three, and–

Everybody laughs and everybody cries
Everybody lives and everybody dies
Everybody eats and everybody loves
Everybody knows what everybody does

Everybody’s going through the changes
Every complication
What you say with gesture and expression
In my imagination

Every mobile phone
In every restaurant
Everyone we know
And everything you want

Everybody wonders what you’re gonna do
Evеrything is closer, everything is truе
Everybody’s starting everything again
Everybody’s outside, now they’re coming in

Everybody’s going through the garbage
Looking for inspiration
Some will find it staring at the ceiling
Of the subway station

Everyone you love
And every kind of way
And everything you know
And every single phase
Every change of heart
And every saving grace
Every song we sing
And every kind of place
Go!

Everybody looks and everybody sees
Everybody’s asking everybody « please »
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
Everybody’s going everywhere at once
Everybody’s backside, everybody’s front
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh

Hey
Hey hey hey hey
Hey
Hey hey hey hey
Hey
Hey hey hey hey
Hey
Hey hey hey hey

Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh

Everybody dances, everybody stops
Everybody wants what everybody’s got
Everybody wonders what you’re gonna do
Everybody’s wearing everybody’s shoes

David Byrne – She Explains Things To Me

I saw a woman in a leotard
Now I’m not sure how I feel
About the avant garde
Now I like the idea their politics too
But I’m not really sure
If that means that it’s good

I wanna go there, yeah, yeah!
I wanna go there

And when we go there you will observe
It’s a passionate life, it’s a head of a curve
It’s deceptively weighty, profaundly absurd
Well, it’s whatever fits
It’s the avant garde
And it doesn’t mean shit
It’s the avant garde

Should I be more likе the avant garde ?
Would it be еasy ?
Or would it be hard ?
For a life that’s exciting
If one wants to go far
There’s only one place
That’s the avant garde

I wanna go there
I wanna go there
I’ll take you with me
The things that we’ll see

Just look arround you will observe
It’s a passionate life, it’s a head of a curve
It’s deceptively weighty, profaundly absurd
Now, it’s whatever fits
It’s the avant garde
And it doesn’t mean shit
It’s the avant garde

I wanna go there
I wanna go there

And when we go there you will observe
It’s a passionate life, it’s a head of a curve
It’s deceptively weighty, profaundly absurd
Well, it’s whatever fits
It’s the avant garde
And it doesn’t mean shit
It’s the avant garde
And it doesn’t mean shit
It’s the avant garde

David Byrne – She Explains Things To Me

She explains what is happening in the movies we watch
I ask, « Why did they do that? Why did they stop ?
Why did they say that on that TV show ? »
And I ask myself, « Wow, how did she know ? »

She explains what a character really meant
What was their motive ? What was their intent ?
She explains the things that we’re supposed to infer
Well, how come it’s all so obvious to her ?

How did she know that ? How did she see ?
Why is that funny ? Can you explain it to me ?
Can you explain my heart ? Explain my love ?
Explain what’s happening ? Well, that’s what it does

She explains to mе what a poem is about
Not what you think, you have to figure it out
Shе tells me that folks don’t always mean what they say
You can tell what they’re thinking by the look on their face

Now, how does she know that ? How did she see ?
Why is that funny ? Can you explain it to me
Can you explain my heart ? Explain my love ?
Explain what’s happening ? Well, that’s what it does