American Utopia: Detroit

[@roblopez8529]

Amazing , great job young men and women. ✌️🕉️🤘

[@sirfirfry6761]

This needs to go viral! Right now!

[@patrickisirish]

great job everyone.

[@rocksteady6793]

Great Version

[@PatWashburn]

I love all these kids. May they grow up safe and happy and singing.

[@caznagilder]

You kids give me faith. What a beautiful teacher. What beautiful young adults. Going far. Big loves xx

[@leecash9767]

uplifting, amazing, & life-affirming. Big love for ranking Miss V.

[@oest2029]

Those kids are lucky to have such a wonderful teacher and mentor. Beautiful rendition.

[@hang-sangitch]

Wow. That is wonderful. Pure joy 😊

[@aokateoleary]

David, everybody, E V E R Y B O D Y ! ! ! Thank you for a brilliant show last night at the Fox Theater in Detroit. The appearance of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble was absolutely the high point of the program. OK, everything was perfect, and magical, and all of my friends were just thrilled to be there. Still, I wanted to embrace these young people. They pulled off a pitch perfect a capella rendition of the song. Clearly, they had rehearsed their butts off. At first we were clapping to the rhythm, but then, with respect people were hushing the clapping so that we could enjoy the pure sound of these young, cheerful, hopeful voices. Thanks again. It was one of those magical lifetime events and I feel so lucky to have been a part of it.

[@barangstyle]

Kate OLeary I was there too! Well said!

[@wbhdev]

I love Ms. V !! and those students. This is wonderful.

[@evanmcdoniels]

This is so beautiful! I don't know why but the lyrics make me think of diaspora cultures (how do we find home? the song makes it seem we never go home but we find togetherness in this moment of making music together despite fascism rising, poverty, trauma... we find beauty in each other's art. Thank you Detroit School of Arts and David Byrne for giving us art in an era where fascism is attempting to rise again. Let us quash it with our art, music, poetry and vinegar in our veins to fight evil wherever it should rise.

[@benoitjolivet5658]

I'm a canadian french guy from Montreal and it's like i'am with you into your house ! Tank you students of The Detroit School Of Arts and thank you David Byrne for your wonderful music, you are a truly artist who makes me feel alive for more than 25 years !!!

[@citrusandclove340]

The power of music is glorious and contagious. Well done, everyone.

[@williamgartner864]

Wow! All of us who work in a classroom aspire to have moments such as the ones so beautifully captured on this video. Thanks Miss Vee, and also David Byrne, for creating an enabling space for creativity and performance. And, to these amazing kids who will create so many more... .

[@Oedipus104]

Simply wonderful. Thank you David

[@hendershot01]

Quite moved by this, Detroit. Power is in everyone. Cheers from Quebec!

[@StudioLeatham]

Brilliant. Thanks from the UK.

[@mariaochoa8353]

Beautiful ❤

[@edwoodlira7927]

Another great song from the genius mind of David Byrne.....That sounded fab....

[@brienrullman1540]

Awesome !!!! so inspiring to see the such epic enthusiasm !!! KEEP singing Detroit !!!

[@rickschnurr6850]

Fantastic! Love this video. Got to sing this with Toronto"s Choir Choir Choir on Tuesday night. What fun

[@rcone7291]

Bravo! - Art is expansion. Thank you Detroit School of Arts & The Vocal Jazz Ensemble. You all made my day.

[@rogerioalmeida7072]

It's great!

[@geraldoleary1259]

Inspiring. Beautifully rendered by great talent. David mentioned this from the stage at his recent concert in Ireland, and graciously acknowledged that this interpretation of the song added something special to the original. Glad I found it this morning.

[@cindypauldine1819]

As a David Byrne fan and a long time teacher, this video fills my heart.

[@itsdodi]

please keep up this kind of work, Mr. Byrne, this is simply amazing and these kids will be singing this tune for a long time

[@lajuanaturner7774]

Loved it! Thank you Ms V, the kids are amazing. Growing well under your wing. Thanks David Byrne for your brilliance and assistance in shaping our kids.

[@LizPaprikaCreative]

beautiful! love all the smiling faces and the passion in this group - amazing talent! and wow to have a teacher like Ms V in your lives!

[@lieveM62]

Another reason to be cheerful .Thank you, David, teacher V and you crazy wonderful kids :-)

[@Pancyclemusicbrussels]

Wow, tears of joy flowing. They really made it their own.

[@witchinghourtv6651]

david, i love you

[@davidperlmutter3692]

Definitely a reason to be cheerful. Uplifting.

[@kozykitty]

Thank you for this. I taught public school music in a school with similar demographics. The arts really are the soul of the school and so important.. I loved their rendition of your song!

[@markfichman6]

Exciting to watch these kids create new music

[@ConScortis]

Beautiful video, David Byrne. Also, there were ten "likes" in the first 37 seconds.

[@intherushes]

Beautiful!!! Makes for a happy day and days to come. Thanks David , and to all the kids and teachers for bring this to life and sharing!

[@coreycox2345]

Those young people can really sing.

[@Dollzandthingz]

Quite wonderful!

[@benjaminholsinger5120]

Is there any way that you can make this version available to purchase on iTunes? I know I’d pay money for it!

[@danthebeachman]

Fantastic!!

[@douglhill]

Heart warming. This makes me love Detroit even more than I do already.

[@anneberne2660]

I love this so much. When is the next video for American Utopia coming out? I can't wait to see what you have done with your next song out in the community!

[@WoRN808]

Tears.

[@massimilianogarre2900]

Brillian idea and terrific performance. These are the places where any form of art should get lost more often.

[@glenn1075]

beautiful. Day made!

[@nosowisewoman]

not able to watch this with a dry eye.. thank you ... thank you

[@JohnPaul2006]

beautiful! tears in my eyes.

[@LeapingLeon14]

Fantastic! I bought the new album last Friday, release day. Another gem.

[@LuakaBop]

wooohoooo!

[@tedem2796]

The future ☝🏼 And it’s awesome ☺️

[@filipgeron9146]

So fucking cute

[@TheElewalker]

I really enjoyed this music but I don't understand why this is on my uploaded videos. I think I'm KZbining wrong. I really love your music though!

[@hoptologist4526]

Beautiful! Extremely human

[@briankiczula6756]

This is perfect. I love this shit so much.

[@MarkTulk]

oh yeah!

[@justicejericho97]

This is fantastic

[@megustadiscos]

Amazing David, make my day better!

[@markhassett687]

Wonderful!

[@bookaholicblue2169]

Amazing♡

[@justindoan]

Reasons to be cheerful indeed! I love the ending credits. End on a dab!

[@unironicaluser1867]

I see a problem. The title.

[@IkoX2]

Fantastic but Ms. V needs a new piano...hmmm opportunity here?

[@jimsmint]

someone wanna spring for piano tuner??

[@prhurwitz]

Sounds great in a capella

[@geoffreygodffreystarfieldt2189]

Important your music ...incredible Tec info...runing club pa or pm Powet mixer pa means power amp 500watts thru PHILLIPS Hi Fi Cue drop down SPEED TAPE SPEED JUST slightly High power Low volume Its so Good to hear iwas Covinced Heads got a new Hit song Houses in Motion Bro said NO I always had advanced AUDIO im useing BERRINGER PM 2000 Club. Swear here !!! Best club music On EARTH may I. Thankyou ihave to steal it !!hope your feelin better You were pretty mad usein that Elephant horn so i couldent hear Igo ill dig in if i want to.idident do anything. Anyway thankyou

[@oracleOFduchang]

very enjoyable - well done

[@chrisvibberts]

Wonderful. xoxo

[@cnhhnc]

There is so much talent in the world and so little reward for it in a society that values only paper and numbers? Why can't we create a world where people can live for what they can "do" rather than what another wants them to DO! Usually another who's IRONIC title is "job creator", lol! Utopia is a place where everyone LIVES, WORKS and RESPECTS each other for a common purpose and cause; always reciprocally and on a field that is equal! Humans, throughout their LONG history and pre-history survived because of this, but have lost that sense in more recent times but NOT fully! Bravo!

[@hang-sangitch]

cnhhnc Great comment and so true. I hope for a beautiful oitcome for all of humanity

[@NickLewin]

A great video! Fun and fresh to watch. Looking forward to the rest...

[@RobHollanderMusic]

This is the medicine for Trump Poisoning. Bless these kids, their teacher, and David, of course. The tide is turning.

[@weigh2playa825]

Winfrey/Weinstein 2020 Make America Rape Again agreed!

[@oiyabastard7275]

Rob Hollander. Black unemployments down under trump.. obama. Had illegal immigrant kids in cages .look up the photos on google.. Trump is sending them back home obama released kids and some were murdered in child sex rings. The dems want blacks to stay on their plantation . look at how mothers in haiti despise hillary for stealing thier earthquake fund money.. And again haitian children handled by hillary wound up in child sex rings. Now look at how hsrd trump is going after sex rings. And ms13 gangs . please ...trump is anti new world order

[@oiyabastard7275]

Winfrey/Weinstein 2020 Make America Rape Again. Omg your page is awesome m.a.r.a. lol love it I was just telling that woman who talked about Trump poisoning about how children under Obama we're putting cages and how some of those kids wound up insects rings and how Hillary screwed over

[@geoffreygodffreystarfieldt2189]

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[@marcinskrzypek4233]

I want to be black :-)

[@geoffreygodffreystarfieldt2189]

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[@geoffreygodffreystarfieldt2189]

Eno yes him and david ripped me off bought 2 tapes they were doing garbage yes THATS when isaid OCEAN STROW ... David Bowie is He's Ocean strow ihave never thrown anything out befor especially david bowie +said Brian eno. Stro refering to stray floating garbage Probably mad.