Who is David Byrne

David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads.

Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads.

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David Byrne was born on 14 May 1952 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the elder of two children born to Tom (from Lambhill, Glasgow) and Emma Byrne. Byrne's father was Ca...
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Drdavidhabbel: improvising drum solos like a giant ginger baker. “he was particularly talented,” soldier told me…soldier will be sixty-seven in november and has been a fixture of new york’s downtown music scene since the early eighties. he has composed string arrangements for david byrne &
Radiokplaylist: brian eno & david byrne - mea culpa (my life in the bush of ghosts)
Radiobeccles: x-press 2, david byrne - lazy (feat. david byrne)
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Barnburn_: i didnt get a good pic this morning bc we dont have a good big mirror at home but david byrne big interview suit
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Spleen III
 by Charles Baudelaire

Je suis comme le roi d'un pays pluvieux,
Riche, mais impuissant, jeune et pourtant très-vieux,
Qui, de ses précepteurs méprisant les courbettes,
S'ennuie avec ses chiens comme avec d'autres bêtes.
Rien ne peut l'égayer, ni gibier, ni faucon,
Ni son peuple mourant en face du balcon.
Du bouffon favori la grotesque ballade
Ne distrait plus le front de ce cruel malade;
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