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David Byrne's American Utopia

?? Oh ♪ I'm wicked and I'm lazy ♪ Oh, don't you wanna save me? ♪ I'm lazy when I'm loving...

�� Oh ♪ I'm wicked and I'm lazy ♪ Oh, don't you wanna save me? ♪ I'm lazy when I'm loving ♪ I'm lazy when I play ♪ I'm lazy with my girlfriend
a thousand times a day ♪ I'm lazy when I'm speaking ♪ I'm lazy when I talk ♪ I'm lazy when I'm dancing
and I'm lazy when I walk ♪ I open up my mouth ♪ Air comes rushing out ♪ Nothing doing, nada, never,
how you like me now? ♪ Wouldn't it be mad? ♪ Wouldn't it be fine? ♪ Lazy, lucky lady dancing,
loving all the time? ♪ Oh, I'm wicked and I'm lazy ♪ Oh, don't you want to save me?

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♪ Oh
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♪ I'm wicked and I'm lazy
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♪ Oh, don't you wanna save me?
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♪ I'm lazy when I'm loving
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♪ I'm lazy when I play
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♪ I'm lazy with my girlfriend a thousand times a day
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♪ I'm lazy when I'm speaking
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♪ I'm lazy when I talk
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♪ I'm lazy when I'm dancing and I'm lazy when I walk
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♪ I open up my mouth
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♪ Air comes rushing out
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♪ Nothing doing, nada, never, how you like me now?
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♪ Wouldn't it be mad?
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♪ Wouldn't it be fine?
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♪ Lazy, lucky lady dancing, loving all the time?
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♪ Oh, I'm wicked and I'm lazy
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♪ Oh, don't you want to save me?
Duration
59 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:29
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.
Meeting people is hard, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:06
Meeting people is hard,
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