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New York, United States (1974 – present)

David Byrne started his musical career when he emerged with the band Talking Heads in New York in 1974. He released his first “proper” solo album in 1989, and remains active (in a variety of media) today.

His most recent release, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, is also his first collaboration with Brian Eno in 30 years. You can stream the full album or download an MP3 at EverythingThatHappens.com.

David maintains a frequently updated journal/blog. A detailed official bio and discography are available on his website.
His song “Like Humans Do” was featured in many installations of Microsoft Windows XP.

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1	Like Humans Do full track	271
2	Glass, Concrete & Stone full track	254
3	Like Humans Do (radio edit)	187
4	Dance on Vaseline	167
5	Miss America	110
6	Girls on My Mind	91
7	Hanging Upside Down	90
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9	The Man Who Loved Beer	72
10	Tiny Apocalypse	70
11	A Million Miles Away	68
12	Fuzzy Freaky	66
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mushroomtail wrote:
last month

such a good live act.

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Max_Ayala wrote:
last month

Loved Aguas de Marco

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matthewfoster wrote:
last month

The new song "Please Don't" is great.

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Alliban wrote:
last month

Along with Mike Patton, he is one of the must musically talented people on the planet.

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SirPerfectPitch wrote:
December 2009

damagedvinyl, there is surely no doubt about it.

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damagedvinyl wrote:
December 2009

Genuis, perhaps?

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rblakeisgreat wrote:
December 2009

talking heads tshirt and bag... here! -----------> http://rose-blake.co.uk/shop.htm

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dturgentbyrne wrote:
December 2009

I can't wait for HERE LIES LOVE! It's ridiculous, I know, but I'm already wondering about how I should tag all the tracks.

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Jontybloom1 wrote:
December 2009

David Byrne and Fat Boy Slim's bizarre Imelda Marcos concept album - 2010 release date and tracklist revealed http://www.neonfiller.com/page2.htm#davidbyrne

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Justyware wrote:
December 2009

what's a good starting point for his solo albums?

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HarlanL wrote:
December 2009

David Byrne spoke in Brooklyn on creativity, read about it, and his statement here: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-29589-New-York-Music-Scene-Examiner~y2009m12d1-David-Byrne-speaks-intimately-on-creativity-in-Brooklyn

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Lemon-Twist wrote:
November 2009

post realizing that he was the lead singer of the talking heads i was very intrigued by him, after realizing, it all made sense why i liked this guy so much

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brivsar wrote:
October 2009

does anyone knows when the album here lies love is going to be released?

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staplefish wrote:
October 2009

man is a genius like no other.

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alexia_N wrote:
October 2009

@MattKlomp haha you're right about that, i really did get a kick out of that song! I thought it was pretty funny.

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thatsnotmyage wrote:
October 2009

Check out my review of David Byrne's Bicycle Diaries at http://thatsnotmyage.blogspot.com

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SeriousMoon wrote:
September 2009

And also the new pic is totally rad. I'm gonna zip through Rei Momo a few times just to see it on my page :P

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SeriousMoon wrote:
September 2009

Thanks, MattKlomp, I'll check it out, even though I haven't heard a lot about Datarock.

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pankek wrote:
August 2009

hats off to microsoft for having the sense of humour to make a song with a chorus of "i'm achin', i'm shakin', i'm breakin' like humans do" the official windows xp song...

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Jinsie wrote:
August 2009

can't believe it's taken me so long to 'get' Rei Momo. Amazing. His blog makes for surprisingly good reading too

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