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David Byrne's American Utopia

Some of them might beputting up a front, but that doesn't mattercos it's all working for...

Some of them might be
putting up a front, but that doesn't matter
cos it's all working for them

Full Transcript

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Some of them might be putting up a front,
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but that doesn't matter cos it's all working for them.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:31
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.
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
♪ A bim beri glassala grandide - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:09
♪ A bim beri glassala grandide
♪ Gadji beri bimba glandridi - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:18
♪ Gadji beri bimba glandridi
In 1976, the band I was in, Talking Heads, we got a record contract. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:06
In 1976, the band I was in, Talking Heads, we got a record c...
(CHEERING) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
(CHEERING)
It was a contract, but not for very much money. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:04
It was a contract, but not for very much money.