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It was a contract, but not for very much money
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David Byrne's American Utopia

It was a contract,but not for very much money

It was a contract,
but not for very much money

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It was a contract, but not for very much money.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:12
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Genres
documentary, music, musical
Production
Participant,River Road Entertainment,Warner Music Group,Todomundo,40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks,RadicalMedia,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.
I spent some of my money on a Sony Trinitron color television. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
I spent some of my money on a Sony Trinitron color televisio...
The screen was about that big, but it was... - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
The screen was about that big, but it was...
I must have still been a little bit... a little bit isolated, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:11
I must have still been a little bit... a little bit isolated...
(LAUGHTER) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:25
(LAUGHTER)
Did the TV contain those millions of lost connections... - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
Did the TV contain those millions of lost connections...
Between me and them and them and me? - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
Between me and them and them and me?
♪ All right, I took a walk - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:26
♪ All right, I took a walk
♪ How am I not your brother? - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:25
♪ How am I not your brother?
♪ All right! It's good to lose and it's good to win sometimes - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:29
♪ All right! It's good to lose and it's good to wi...
(LAUGHTER) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:08
(LAUGHTER)
The song's called "Everybody's Coming to My House." - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:06
The song's called "Everybody's Coming to My H...
And in my version, and that's the version you're gonna hear, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:14
And in my version, and that's the version you're g...
And you can sense, although he never says it in the song, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:24
And you can sense, although he never says it in the song,
Their version seems to be about welcome, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:07
Their version seems to be about welcome,
I kinda liked their version better, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
I kinda liked their version better,
Unfortunately, I am what I am. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:04
Unfortunately, I am what I am.
(CHEERING) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:08
(CHEERING)
I... My parents brought me over from Scotland when I was little. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:04
I... My parents brought me over from Scotland when I was lit...
(CHEERING) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:07
(CHEERING)
♪ Everybody's coming to my house - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:16
♪ Everybody's coming to my house