"On Talking Heads' seminal hit "This Must Be the Place," frontman David Byrne sang the immortal lines "home is where I want to be, but I guess I'm already there." The lyric raises the question of what home really means: Is it a place, a person, a state of mind? Physically, one can imagine Byrne in an artsy Manhattan apartment, living a dreamy creative existence surrounded by walls of books and records and downtown skyline views."
"In San Francisco on Sunday night, audiences at the first of three Bill Graham Civic Auditorium shows got a peek into Byrne's literal home during the song "My Apartment Is My Friend." He introduced the song by describing how he wrote it during the early days of the pandemic, when he was forced to fall in love with his living space."
David Byrne performed at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, introducing "My Apartment Is My Friend" with images of his living space projected behind him. He wrote the song during the early pandemic when he learned to fall in love with his apartment. The stage displayed a wide photo of his living and dining rooms, complete with a live-edge table, a quirky TV-like sculpture, a red-and-yellow couch, an eyeball-embroidered pillow, and many books. Byrne played five songs from the new album Who Is the Sky, whose lyrics address love and surreal encounters like meeting Buddha at a party. The new tracks sounded vibrant and playful, but fans paid premium prices expecting classic Talking Heads hits. Byrne founded Talking Heads in 1975 and released eight studio albums, gaining icon status through genre-shattering creativity and the theatrical Stop Making Sense concert film.
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