David Byrne - Look into the Eyeball
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Artist: David ByrneEdition: Music CD
Published: 2001
CD Release Date: 2001-05-14
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- U.B. Jesus
- The Revolution
- The Great Intoxication
- Like Humans Do
- Broken Things
- The Accident
- Desconocido Soy (with NRU from Cafe Tacuba)
- Neighborhood
- Smile
- The Moment Of Conception
- Walk On Water
- Everyone's In Love With You
Free Music Notes for Look into the Eyeball
Free Music Review: Byrne's Come into his own as a solo artist
Hit: 4 Stars
I'm writing this review late at night, so forgive me if I wander a little bit. I'm a huge fan of David Byrne's. I loved him when he sang with Talking Heads and his solo efforts. Sorry, I'm not really familiar with his work with Brian Eno, yet -- though I plan to check it out in the future.
Tonight, as I think about Byrne's music, it reminds me a little of cubist paintings (a postmodern art movement, led by masters like Pablo Picasso, that paved abstract expressionism.) Byrne draws from a variety of worldly influences like these great painters (especially African and Latino music.) Like the forms that are reduced to near abstract shapes, Byrne's portraits of emotion are sometimes sarcastic, ironic characterizations of the awkward plight that humanity must face, contemplate or endure. Byrne always manages to do it with a sense of humor and self-effacement which is endearing and masks the edge of the song's seriousness though. Examples: "Like Humans Do," "The Great Intoxication," "U.B. Jesus."
On the album, a surprise: a gorgeous song sung in entirely Spanish by Byrne "Desconocido Soy."
Look into the Eyeball Poster
Japanese edition of his 2001 studio album includes one bonustrack, 'Empire'. 13 tracks in all.Since disbanding the Talking Heads many years back, David Byrne has charted a singular course in the pop world. He has delved deeply into the worlds of both Brazilian and African music, while never losing touch with his art-school rock roots. With the release of Look into the Eyeball Byrne once again delivers a seamless blend of the musical forms that inspire him, with his trademark wry humor and keen sense of detail. While Byrne may never write the great heartbreaking standard, there is something quite moving about his droll observations on modern life. In songs like "Smile" and "The Revolution" (both of which feature beautiful string arrangements) one senses a genuine sadness, whereas perhaps in the old Talking Heads days one would feel only that they were lucky to be in on some prankster's intellectual joke. So what we have here is a mature artist at the height of his powers adding yet another classic to his already prodigious canon. --Ike Bolton
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