David Byrne - Houses in Motion 2009 (One Shot Not Show)

David Byrne plays Talking Heads - Houses in Motion.
A live performance at Manu Katché and Alice Tumler "One Shot Not" Show 2009 Paris. http://www.davidbyrne.com/

Houses In Motion lyrics:

For a long time I felt without style or grace
Wearing shoes with no socks in cold weather
I knew my heart was in the right place
I knew Id be able to do these things.

And as we watch him digging his own grave
It is important to know that was where hes at
He cant afford to stop...that is what he believe
Hell keep on digging for a thousand years.

Im walking a line-im thining about empty motion
Im walking a line-just barely enough to be living
Get outa the way-no time to begin
This isnt the time-so nothing was done
Not talking about-not many at all
Im turning around-no trouble at all
You notice theres nothing around you, around you
Im walking a line-divide and dissolve.

Never get to say much, never get to talk
Tell us a little bit, but not too much
Right about then, is where she give up
She has closed her eyes, she has give up hope

Im walking a line-i hate to be dreaming in motion
Im walking a line-just barely enough to be living
Get outa the way-no time to begin
This isnt the time-so nothing was done
Not talking about-not many at all
Im turning around-no trouble at all
Im keeping my fingers behind me, hind me
Im walking a line-divide and dissolve.

I turn myself around, Im moving backwards and forwards
Im moving twice as much as I was before
Ill keep on digging to the center of the earth
Ill be down in there moving the in the room...

Im walking a line-visiting houses in motion
Im walking a line-just barely enough to be living
Get outa the way-no time to begin
This isnt the time-so nothing was done
Not talking about-not many at all
Im turning around-no trouble at all
Two different houses surround you, round you
Im walking a line-divide and dissolve.

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[eternal0star]

Here is what I don't understand. David Byrne says the reason he wont reunite with Talking Heads is because "musically they are miles apart" now. Yet he still performs tons of Talking Heads tracks at shows. And he is the one who doesn't want to reunite, everyone else still wants to.

[TeheranJuice]

@eternal0star Maybe he is a real "artist person" :) ...

[TeheranJuice]

@eternal0star Yes, maybe the "artist person" mean some like this... :( :)

[Lunoki]

God, I've always loved this song, and somehow DB finds a way to make it even cooler.

[Juikale]

such a pity that the video is out of synch

[jimtheskim]

@eternal0star ,sometimes it easier to tell a white lie than to get into it fully.

Some cuts run too deep to heal.

who knows?

[SirHatchporch]

@lemsolaris67 Yes. Most of the music on "Remain in Light," "Speaking in Tongues" and "Naked" was all born out of jam sessions between the band members. Byrne improvised lyrics and melodies over the top of them later on. That's why all the band members (and Eno, on "Remain in Light") have writing credits on those tracks.

[lemsolaris67]

@SirHatchporch really ? I did not know , Remain in light and Speaking in tongues are the best ones

[ibanezguitar1]

@eternal0star David Byrne has taken a lot of drugs which has side effect to make him see things differently than we do. Musically and mentally he is miles away from the Talking Heads. Dont let the music suffer

[TheNellamaria]

Real a fantastic artist...

[MrGroovzilla]

they won't reunite because years ago the talking heads fought and david burn has a huge ego and won't have anything to do with the band. i've read hes a controlling type person. totally understandable for a great artist and he should do what he wants.

[mortalification]

the best thing hes done since talking heads glad he ditched that awful orchestra

[sherriffofhongkong]

Adding lame dancing doesn't enhance the music.... Check the 1980 Rome

Talking Heads Shows don't they rate at the top of music's heap.

That band does justice to any music....

[SirHatchporch]

@eternal0star While I certainly don't agree with DESsid that Frantz, Harrison and Weymouth merely "reaped the rewards of Byrne's hard work" (they are much more integral to Talking Heads than that), Byrne did write most of the songs. The only truly collaborative albums they did, compositionally, were "Remain in Light," "Speaking in Tongues" and "Naked," and even on those, Byrne still wrote the vocal melodies and lyrics. Byrne penned almost all of the songs on the other five albums by himself.

[Tullvideoclips]

@eternal0star I guess he means that they wouldn't create the kind of music he would want to create, which was not the case when he recorded all of this songs