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progressoid

(53,263 posts) Mon Apr 20, 2026, 04:25 PM 8 hrs ago

David Byrne - Life During Wartime - Live at Coachella 2026

Watch it to the end. You won't be sorry.

...or forward to about 4:45 if you want to skip a 73 year old singing & playing with his band.

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
This ain't no Mudd Club, or CBGB
I ain't got time for that now

Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
You oughta know not to stand by the window
Somebody see you up there

I got some groceries, some peanut butter
To last a couple of days
But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones
Ain't got no records to play

Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time
Can't write a letter, can't send no postcard
I ain't got time for that now

Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock
We blended in with the crowd
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines
I know that that ain't allowed

We dress like students, we dress like housewives
Or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle, so many times now
I don't know what I look like

You make me shiver, I feel so tender
We make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving
You ought to get you some sleep

Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks?
They won't help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace
The burning keeps me alive

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David Byrne - Life During Wartime - Live at Coachella 2026 (Original Post) progressoid 8 hrs ago OP

David Byrne is a national treasure! Initech 8 hrs ago #1

Agreed ProfessorGAC 6 hrs ago #3

Excellent! progressoid 5 hrs ago #4

Door Called No. pecosbob 7 hrs ago #2

I need to find the time to get and listen to that release. progressoid 5 hrs ago #5

'Life During Wartime' is certain apropos GenThePerservering 5 hrs ago #6

Yeah, I noticed that too. progressoid 29 min ago #9

We saw The Who Is The Sky tour at Shea's in Buffalo EarthFirst 5 hrs ago #7

I'm not jealous at all. progressoid 2 hrs ago #8

Initech

(108,958 posts)

1. David Byrne is a national treasure!

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 04:29 PM

8 hrs ago

ProfessorGAC

(76,979 posts)

3. Agreed

Reply to Initech (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 06:27 PM

6 hrs ago

Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 07:49 PM - Edit history (1)

That's why my band covered 14 or 15 of his songs over the years!
Here's our take on the same song. (From the early 99s, I think)

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progressoid

(53,263 posts)

4. Excellent!

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 07:12 PM

5 hrs ago

pecosbob

(8,429 posts)

2. Door Called No.

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 05:27 PM

7 hrs ago

"A Door Called No"

I went to the place where I was told I should go
But when I got there, there was a, a door called 'no'
I met with a man who said I should know
That you cannot go in when the, the door says 'no'

He said, "Not so fast, you've got to go slow
And these things take time if the, the door says 'no'"
It said, "Don't open me, sir. There's a reason I'm closed, and
And no one can enter as everyone knows"

Then I met a girl, she gave me a kiss
I discovered a world where the door says 'yes'
I began to see things, there's more and not less
Every atom and tree is shouting out 'yes'

Every thought that we have, every step, every guess
Every sound, every stone, the whole world is 'yes'
From my head to my toes, even I can be blessed
The change, it has come, it is forever 'yes'

progressoid

(53,263 posts)

5. I need to find the time to get and listen to that release.

Reply to pecosbob (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 07:25 PM

5 hrs ago

Thanks for this.

GenThePerservering

(3,512 posts)

6. 'Life During Wartime' is certain apropos

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 07:28 PM

5 hrs ago

I grew up with the Talking Heads, and David Byrne's later work. It's great to see him, but a little sad that he's not moving very well, he was struggling along that stage.

progressoid

(53,263 posts)

9. Yeah, I noticed that too.

Reply to GenThePerservering (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:08 AM

29 min ago

I'm a decade younger than him. I hope I'm as spry as he is in a decade.

I caught a glimpse of my reflection while walking a while ago. What the hell happened?

EarthFirst

(4,187 posts)

7. We saw The Who Is The Sky tour at Shea's in Buffalo

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 07:31 PM

5 hrs ago

Blew the American Utopia tour out of the water!

As mentioned above; he is indeed a national treasure!

progressoid

(53,263 posts)

8. I'm not jealous at all.

Reply to EarthFirst (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 09:55 PM

2 hrs ago

Well, maybe a little jealous.

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