David Byrne and band (& a marching band!) came to Portland tonight… and put on a real Show! Basically a career highlights retrospective, he mixed recent Byrne/Eno material with well-known songs from the Talking Heads days and afterwards. He had with him three singers, three dancers, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards. A big, wide open stage, with everyone in back except for David in front and center. On most songs dancers would be out with David and the other singers – most fun when one guy hopped right over David mid-song. Each song had its own feel with the lighting and stage arrangements. As best I can remember, songs included:
- ‘Strange Overtones’ & about three others from the latest Byrne/Eno album
- ‘I Zimbra’
- ‘Air’
- ‘My Big Hands’
- ‘Houses in Motion’ – this one got a huge ovation
- ‘Heaven’
- ‘Crosseyed and Painless’
- ‘Help Me Somebody’
- ‘Heaven’
- ‘Born Under Punches’
- ‘Life During Wartime’
encore:
- ‘Take Me To The River’
- ‘Once in a Lifetime’ – another huge response
then out came a sexy San Francisco marching band through the audience and onstage to join for:
- ‘Road to Nowhere’
- ‘Burning Down the House’
That’s Entertainment!
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Curt: Can you elaborate on “a sexy San Francisco marching band”? – Harry
Well, I don’t have any pictures, but let’s just say that both the ladies and gentlemen of the ‘cheering section’ of the band were minimally clad.