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I went to this concert primarily for Ani DiFranco and she was as always a tremendous performer...we were up close to the stage and part of this amazing musician's "force field." Fantastic! David Byrne was a blast! The modern dancers on stage were a hit . All in all...great concert to start off the summer...
Ani DiFranco opened and was terrific. David Byrne was just a good as he ever was. Great play list.
My wife and I went to the Tower Theater In Upper Darby (Philadelphia), PA. to share "An Evening With David Byrne" in November 2008. I expected a good concert and that's what it turned out to be. He did several songs from "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today." He did a couple of songs from "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts." He also did way more from Talking Heads than I expected. He did "Houses In Motion," "Crosseyed and Painless," "Born Under Punches," "Heaven," "I Zimbra," Life During Wartime," "Take Me To The River," and, of course, "Once In A Lifetime," and "Burning Down The House." (...the only Taking Heads song, that I like that he didn't do was "Psycho-Killer") Byrnes's voice was spot on and his band did a great job. It was a great evening with David Byrne! I enjoyed the November show that I described above so much that I went to spend another "Evening With David Byrne" on June 5, 2009 at The Mann Center in Philadelphia. It was basically the same show and equally as good. This show was enhanced by an opening performance by DeVotchKa. Man, they are a fun band to see live. I was very much impressed and encourage those who like them to seek out a live performance. Great musicianship and an eclectic sound that draws on many influences. A great evening despite the weather. I could see David Byrne's breath as he sang.
This concert was very entertaining in every aspect. Even if you are not a Talking Heads fan (or David Byrne for that matter) the mix between theatrics, music, and light show is enough to convince anybody that this concert is one not to be overlooked. And if you are a fan of David Byrne and the Talking Heads, then what are you waiting for? All I have to say is, "same as it ever was".
It was everything I expected -David Byrne knows how to give a great concert. He played a great mix of his new stuff and old stuff. His dancers were very entertaining, they were all over the stage and of course David was interacting with them. I have seen his show twice for this album and prior albums. And David never disappoints!!!!! And I recommend to go see his show.
Voice and music are amazing and eclectic. Big time.
The opening act by Devochtka was a good warm up on the cool and drizzly night. A young singer with a guitar led a three men/one woman band playing an eclectic set of instruments for pop-rock (violoncello, tuba, violin, achordeon), and whose voice games resembled a younger Byrne. Good and vybrant music overall. There comes Byrne, all dressed in white, white hair, white band, white guitar. Talkative, intense as ever, artist and performer. Singing staples, his old and new Brian Eno collaborations, two encores show clearly the level of engagement of the audience who stood up tranfixed and participating most of the concert. Three dancers also dressed in white sparkled the stage several songs, with convulsory dances obviously choreographed by Byrne, some with the participation of Byrne himself. Watching him close enough shows an intense performer, committed to his art, never smiiling, so complete. Singing songs he has sung for decades, still the same flavor to his Once in a Lifetime, Take me to the River, and the grand finale with Burning Down the House. A delight to see, a spectacular concert, a superb artist and several degrees difference between the cold weather outside and the melting intensity of Byrne in the outdoor center.
I have seen Ani DiFranco 6 times now, and I just absolutely love her more every time. To be perfectly honest, she's the reason why I went to the concert. My fiancee came along for the concert and he was amazed at how much fun he had too. :) I had always enjoyed the Talking Heads on the radio, but never owned an album. Well i do now! David Byrne put on an amazing show. His energy, his talent, it was just astounding. Ani was just incredible, as she always is.The only thing that was a drawback was the guy sitting behind us that INSISTED on talking through her entire set! Amazing amazing amazing concert!
David Bryne played a 2 hour set that was the best I've seen in many years of going to shows. The dancers were dancing: the musicians were playing their hearts out and David himself was in good voice and in rare form. They were truly in to what they were doing on stage. The result was a show that looked and sounded like non other I've seen. Most of the people in the audience stood for the entire show and some wound up dancing in the aisles. He played a mixture of his own music and music that he recorded with the talking heads and Brian Eno. The sound was stellar and the musicianship spot on. You could tell they were having fun on the stage and we had a blast in the audience. I will see him in concert again.
what a blast - but you know, three girl dancers beats two!
The show was amazing. Extremely entertaining and enjoyable. I had listened to his newest cd a couple of times and thought it was okay but then after the show I was in love with the CD. He had amazing dancers come out and dance and they all wore tutu's at the end, it doesn't get better than that.
David Byrne had people dancing in the aisles!!! I know "this ain't no party, this ain't no disco" but this night's concert definately was!!
Great concert, always have been an Ani fan, but David and band knocked my socks off!
The audience was diverse; all walks and ages were represented. I bought our tickets as a 29th annivesary present for my husband, who is a HUGE Talking Heads fan. I am guilty of the same by association. My husband had seen David Byrne live just after he went out on his own; he was impressed to the point of never forgetting. He has to this day made reference to the concert he saw. I wasn't sure what to expect but after 29 years of marriage i have learned to keep an open mind... The show was fabulous. Any thing i write will not do justice to Mr. Byrne or his band/performers. With him it was all about the show. We stayed for all three (THREE) encores and i do believe the people on stage were having as much fun as we dd. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!!
When I purchashed tickets to hear David Byrne I was unsure of how the concert would be as I have not followed him since the Talking Heads broke up. I had to con my husband into going as he was convinced it would be another has-been trying to make a comeback. I have seen many concerts in my day but David Byrne was probably the best live performance ever. His voice was just gorgeous and the music selection was a perfect blend of classic Talking Heads and modern David Byrne. The venue could not have been better- a gorgeous night, wonderful music, and a great selection of food and drink. My husband is still raving about it. We can't wait for Pat Benatar! Thanks for booking performers who extend beyond the basic Darien Lake selection.
Saw The Talking Heads in 1982, Red Rocks Colorado, and 1983, Rochester NY. Love the new David Byrnes/ Brian Eno collaboration. David Byrnes has just become more talented.
David Byrne was able to capture the energy, enthusiasm and electricity of the 1980's Talking Heads as much as the effusive, eclectic and ebullient Byrne of the 90's and beyond. His reportoire of music was wide and far-reaching and he celebrated himself being reinvented numerous times through the 90's and beyond. David Byrne made it fun fun to be at CMAC. With three full encores, this was one of the best concerts I have ever attended. Having been to Woodstock '69 along with numerous Who, Jefferson Airplane, Santana and Joe Cocker concerts among others, David Byrne' s concert at CMAC was really quite amazing. An event that was not to be missed.
What can you say ? The man is unique, fresh, and still able to pull off the old Talking Heads songs as if he wrote them today. Incredible !
I first heard Ani Difranco perform at an open mike at Nietzsche's. (Ah, Nietzsche's, where no matter who you are you’re never outa place.) I hadn’t gone to hear her; I’d never heard of her. I went to hear a friend sing Irish ballads while accompanying himself on the autoharp. I got there early and already on mike was a young woman singer accompanied by an upright bass player. From her introductions I learned that the songs she was singing were her own. The songs were powerful poetry, a tumbling rush of words. She had a strong voice; she played a mean acoustic guitar. She was, I learned that evening, eighteen years old. I remember thinking at the time, “She’s better than anybody else in this room. Hell, she might be better than anyone else in town.” I was to hear her perform many more times after that as A-twin* Dale soon took over her management. I’ve long thought that a large part of Ani’s success was due to her work ethic. We’ve all known lotsa talented people whose talent alone got them nowhere. Ani took her talent out on the road. She toured endlessly starting with coffee houses and college campus gigs. She broke first in Canada where the distances between gigs are huge and the travel is arduous. As her star ascended the size of the venues she played and the number of musicians joining her on stage grew proportionately. It was great fun watching her grow and change. And then, right around the time she became national phenom I, for various reasons not the least of which was an unhappy parting with Dale as her manager, stopped attending her performances. So when she opened for David Byrne earlier this month at CMAC I was curious to see if and how she’d changed over the years. What we got was rockin’ Ani. OK, there are no anthems in Ani. The words still tumble like water over rocks in the upper river. But she showed from the moment she hit the stage that she can rock her tunes. Accompanied by a drummer and killer upright base player and Ani drove them like a power trio. Ani has always had major guitar chops and this time out she showed she could play solid rock leads on her acoustic. Absent was the jazzy contralto she’d affected on some of the later recordings. Instead we got a big voice strong enough to fill the outdoor arena. And there was no sigh of freaky Ani. Her auburn hair was shoulder length. She wore subdued clothes and little if any make-up. And also notably absent was all that angst that so typified her early songs. Rather she sang about democracy (she’s in favor of it), motherhood (she likes it) and Election Day 2008 (she’s happy her guy won, “oh president Obama it’s an honor just to say it, i used to hide my passport now i want to display it.”) I hadn’t seen David Byrne since last December. It turned out this was still the same tour, still the same show. Mind you it’s a really good show. Singers sing, dancer dance, the singers dance, the dancer play instruments and David himself does all of it. If features most of the songs from Everything That Happens will Happen Today, my favorite CD from last year. I’d said before the performance is one of those felicitous places where art and rock intercept. If you care about this sorta thing at all you can still catch the tour although you’ll have to go to Europe for most of it this summer. But as Shelley quipped, “See something once, why see it again?” *A-twin, def.: Astrological twin. A term coined by Dale, oldest and dearest friend, to describe the uncanny agreement on so many subjects and spookily similar tastes of two guys born less than forty-eight hours apart.
David Byrne played a great mix of his new tunes from his latest CD 'Everything That Happens will Happens Today" and the songs that will last forever. At time the dancers vaulted over Byrne while other times just sat in chairs and swung to the music with David. It was a great party that had everyone up dancing in the aisles.
