To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
Meeting people is hard
Please log in to add to collections.
David Byrne's American Utopia

Meeting people is hard, but I know... I know we have to do it

meeting people is hard, but I know... I know we have to do it

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.096
meeting people is hard,
00:00:03.043 --> 00:00:06.038
but I know... I know we have to do it.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
51
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:00
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

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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.
These people over here, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
These people over here,
(LAUGHTER) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:06
(LAUGHTER)
These people over here don't need apps. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:04
These people over here don't need apps.
(AUDIENCE WHOOPS) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
(AUDIENCE WHOOPS)
Some of them might be putting up a front, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:07
Some of them might be putting up a front,
Meanwhile, I'm, well, you know, observing. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:04
Meanwhile, I'm, well, you know, observing.
Objectively, I could never figure out why, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:16
Objectively, I could never figure out why,
But, yeah, looking at people? That's the best. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
But, yeah, looking at people? That's the best.
My friend Brian Eno suggested that we use a nonsense poem by a Dada artist - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:11
My friend Brian Eno suggested that we use a nonsense poem by...
I was familiar with a different Dada artist, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:07
I was familiar with a different Dada artist,
His name was Kurt Schwitters, and he recorded one of these in 1932. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:06
His name was Kurt Schwitters, and he recorded one of these i...
It was called the "Ursonate," the primeval sonata. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:06
It was called the "Ursonate," the primeval sonata.
Schwitters and some of the others in the... this group were, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:09
Schwitters and some of the others in the... this group were,
To help explain a little bit what that means, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:11
To help explain a little bit what that means,
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:07
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
The world they were trying to make sense of... Yes, it was pretty crazy. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
The world they were trying to make sense of... Yes, it was p...
There had recently been an economic crash. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:04
There had recently been an economic crash.
The Nazis were coming to power, this is 1932, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:09
The Nazis were coming to power, this is 1932,
The Dada artist Hugo Ball said that their artistic aims - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:17
The Dada artist Hugo Ball said that their artistic aims
♪ Bim blassa glallassasa zimbrabim - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:09
♪ Bim blassa glallassasa zimbrabim