Hell You Talmbout - David Byrne's American Utopia

[@irissagar1080]

The fact that Janelle's original was 4 minutes long and the new version she released last year is nearly 18 minutes long... chilling

[@feliperamirez9215]

I saw this show twice a year apart and so many names were added. It just hurts

[@ellenbowen7438]

Brings tears to me eyes! saw them perform this powerful protest song on tour, and again on Broadway. NOW more than ever...this list of names need to stop with #GeorgeFloyd #sayhisname #BlackLivesMatter

[@cherseattle]

Breonna Taylor! SAY HER NAME! (thank you for this David and crew)

[@molloyxx1]

Brilliant at every level. Byrne is among the best we have, under-estimated for decades , but now , without question, the most prescient of them all.

[@ltrecker]

This comment is incredibly underrated

[@burna21bit]

This isn't his song. Hell you talmbout

[@dimetrodonz]

@@burna21bit its by janelle monae, and he states that before performing the song in the show. he talks about asking permission to perform her song. i think it's an incredible rendition of a powerful song.

[@SpiritGirlSF]

Bless David's dark little heart.

[@むム-v1b]

Today I watched the film at the theatre in Japan! Especially the movie rendering of this song by Spike Lee was really amazing and it brought me to tears. I really love it.

[@SpiritGirlSF]

Propaganda music. open your 👀& 👂.

[@evannegregory3089]

Awesome I want to drive down the street with my windows open playing this as loud as I can

[@raymondowens5852]

ME TOO!!!

[@firesign4297]

🤗👍🏾👍🏾

[@The1984nuki]

Yessssss ❤

[@jonnaphillips7124]

EXACTLY!

[@SpiritGirlSF]

Yay! Just like that dude on the 4 wheeler bombing around San Francisco last year playing the "F Trump" rap song! Hell yeah, do it! Let everyone know how much you love it! 🎶🎵🎵

[@MrYourekiddingme]

I got to see David Byrne on Broadway in November. It was a MIND BLOWING experience! Everything he said...and everything he and his fellow performers did felt like it was custom made for me. Right down to his silly barefoot dancing in a suit. The whole show was heavily based on controlling the amygdala (fight or flight area of the brain....the one that screws all kinds of stuff up if you don't learn how to control it...especially if you have PTSD). Here's the deal, though. I had just the morning of the show had a long conversation with a good friend of mine.....who happens to be a therapist ..... and he was explaining how it works and that there is new therapy (that does not require you to sit on a couch and yap about your "issues") to help with it. I had, and still have somewhat, issues with being comfortable with where I am....I never feel at home....even though that is my greatest desire....to have a place to call my own. Anybody that has listened to David's songs knows he suffers from some of those same issues ("Everybody's coming to my house"....." This is not my beautiful house...")for example, ANYway...I had absolutely NO idea what this show was going to be like...at all. It was a beautiful theater .."The Hudson" It's extremely intimate and positively glows with craftsmanship and an intense glamor I will never be able to put into words. It was One of the first built on Broadway. I want to say the 10th. I warned myself that this show just might affect me and tried to steel myself. The show STARTED with David Byrne...sitting at a table...holding a frikkin model BRAIN! I knew instantly I was a goner. Of COURSE he talked about the amygdala and how a child's brain is slowly washed away by various and sundry traumas. We don't allow ourselves to use our child brains and wind up being polarized inside ourselves AND outside. War. That we allow. War that we create. And we don't have to! That theme was there throughout the entire show. In the music, and the monologs (that didn't bore even me....ME who NEVER attends any kind of event that involves sitting still for more than 5 minutes lol....no joke. The last movie I saw in the theater was "Meet the Parents".....before that? Total Recall....the original.) Lost it.....biting one's lips, cheeks? Useless. (David) looked directly in my eyes several times ( He was only 20 feet away or so most of the time) and I know he saw the awestruck tears of deeply felt connection on my face. I HATE crying in public. But this was absolutely impossible to control. When he/they did "Say his name" we were an entire theater full of peaceful, powerful protesters saying alllllll of their names...from Emmit Till to Trayvon Martin and, of course, George Floyd. It was not somber in any way but ¹I swear, he covered just about every issue that was giving me some severe grief. It felt good to be solidly his corner. Remember....this was November 1999. Right before the dreaded plague shut that city DOWN. I am not so sure I would have handled this mess as well if I had not payed attention to these powerful performers. Not one single note was piped in either. Every bit of the music was created right there in front of us. Stunning. He has said he will perform this show again and I say it is worth every penny. Go if you can. It is EPIC! Remember. That IS your house. Make the best of it. Use your brain. Wipe the stains away. Something hard to do for a whole lot of people....but not impossible. Don't be an ass and don't follow those who are.

[@SpiritGirlSF]

Sounds like Tavistock level mind control to me.

[@mback13]

SONYA MASSEY SAY HER NAME

[@willyevans2352]

DUANTE WRIGHT - SAY HIS NAME

[@baoduyle4635]

Just came back from the American Utopia "movie" and Spike Lee really makes this song much more Powerful

[@Isa-lm1id]

Totally agree

[@lisagulick4144]

The sad part is that every year, more names have to be added. Never has a song been so simple yet so profound. #SayTheirNames

[@chrisl2466]

Such a wonderful interpretation of Jane Mone's masterpiece.

[@GavinCloke]

THIS IS WHY WE SAY THEIR NAMES.

[@cmspecial91]

Saw this live in 2018 in Belgium. Just as hard hitting two and a half years ago

[@saianjuma1]

My nephew in Lexington, KY is named after a man named Emmett. My uncle and aunt have a back-up: Emmett Smith, from the Dallas Cowboys, but I know what they mean. Braveness. I don't have enough. They do.

[@stuartholme4457]

I wonder who Emmett Smith was named after?

[@therainman7777]

What are you on about

[@hazisimone]

There are so so many names. This is beautiful.

[@nejafeja]

Saw it live in NYC in Dec 2019

[@pat_fez]

Fantastic

[@stevetrockman204]

SAY THEIR NAMES

[@KyleLThayer]

I hope this song blows up because over the new agenda

[@geoffreymead5446]

GEORGE FLOYD SAY HIS NAME.... LOUD!

[@HaciendoAmigos]

Ah, the dangers of the rituals. I understand the meaning, but the eternal useless ritual, the nice show hidding the real thing... . But David Bryne and his amazing crew are amazing people, of course. :)

[@lelenias__weird__anime__ch7036]

I’ve seen the American utopia twice because it’s amazing!!!

[@wideawake5630]

And so many more

[@hankthepatriot3733]

SAY THEIR NAMES ✊

[@ltrecker]

Say their names

[@klakkinkittykat]

i like david byrne

[@firesign4297]

👏👏👏🙏👍🏾👍🏾👏👏👏♥️

[@lsspll]

David Byrne.....Always woke!!!

[@weholdparties]

I think it’s really important to remember that he wasn’t always. He’s made ignorant choices in the past, but he approached those situations with humility and a desire to learn and do better. It’s an excellent lesson that we are all capable of growing to be better versions of ourself for the sake of others.

[@therainman7777]

It’s terribly sad that we’ve lost yet another great artist to the woke mine virus.

[@KalElvis]

David Dorn

[@tielenstheo6132]

wow wat is dat goed

[@danjones3176]

More and more artist should cover this,

[@brendaholiday2634]

DAUNTE WRIGHT! Say his name! DAUNTE WRIGHT! Say his name! DAUNTE WRIGHT! Say his name! DAUNTE WRIGHT! Won't you say his name???

[@eb311235]

smehh

[@tonywallens217]

Robert Paulson

[@ma-tanica]

What's the context? I don't get it..

[@JSG3641]

It’s a song of remembrance and protest for black lives unjustly taken by police/those in authority. The original version was by Janelle Monáe and if you want better context and to get a sense of the raw emotion behind the song, watch the music video for that first iteration OR the Spike Lee directed version from HBO’s airing of American Utopia.

[@doomicle]

Ahahaha, so this isn't a comedy skit, it's a protest?! Had me going there lol...

[@idorus]

lol

[@jaykapolka6111]

Ajumbabafufafa Say his name

[@RobertMaxwellMediaCorp]

Hahahahaahahahah!!

[@exiledsavages6600]

lmao jfc

[@nbinghi]

Geez. Byrne's really sold his soul out to the Woke Brigade. Sad. The Soviet grays a great choice for this.

[@williamevans1708]

Go cry about it

[@ringer1324]

David Byrne has always been like this he’s been “woke” longer than the non existent Soviets (probably a dog whistle for minorities you don’t like) you talk about

[@andrewberghorn5598]

Imagine thinking David Byrne hasn't always been woke as fuck

[@tashazalinski5250]

This was performed before the recent popularisation of the Black Lives Matter movement. Sorry to tell you but Byrne’s always stood for things he cares about; always cared about innocent black lives.

[@cantymccantfuce2078]

@@tashazalinski5250 Haha, "innocent"... you're funny!

[@JOEB955]

For me this is kind of like a high school marching band and the quality of the musicianship is not that good! When he was touring with Saint Vincent everything was so much better, the vibe, the music and the overall feeling of the concert

[@lansingdimon5235]

You see that thing over you? That's the point completely going over your head...

[@debralarue2596]

What drug are you on? You can’t be a musician. They are tight and perfect BIRDMAN wake up.

[@JOEB955]

Who played the song better??? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJO8m6eArrCkhc0. Please check this out

[@lansingdimon5235]

@@JOEB955 uhhh idk what this has to do with the song above. Regardless, the video of the Clarke family is pretty cool... but... you have your opinion, I have mine. I'm looking forward to seeing the full production.

[@andrewberghorn5598]

Spoken like a true non-musician.

[@stanlycat2146]

Sure would be nice these days to see a concert or sporting event without the heavy dose of white guilt.

[@FGP_Pro]

Would you like some brie to go with your white whine?

[@stanlycat2146]

@@FGP_Pro Oh yes please; that would be very nice, thank you.

[@lansingdimon5235]

@@stanlycat2146 If the shoe fits....

[@jonathanfurman3411]

I'll trade your white guilt for my colored terror every time I see a police officer, Trump sign or confederate flag. 🙃🙃🙃

[@darlenejosephjones1428]

Bruh! It must be WHITE UTOPIA to be so CLUELESS and HOPELESSLY idiotic!

[@jimmyp5487]

What in the hell is this cult BS??

[@ringer1324]

Nice low key racism mr American flag profile picture

[@jimmyp5487]

That’s why I love the 2nd amendment and my American flag to protect my family from morons like you 🤘🤘🇺🇸🔫🔫🇺🇸

[@ringer1324]

@@jimmyp5487 Oh shit we got a badass over here shove those water gun emojis up your ass my man