47-396: Lead Us Not into Temptation is an album by David Byrne , released in 2003 for the movie Young Adam , a film directed by David MacKenzie . All songs written by David Byrne except where noted. This 2003 rock album–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . David Byrne (musician) David Byrne ( / b ɜːr n / ; born 14 May 1952) is
94-698: A Golden Globe Award , and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads. David Byrne was born on 14 May 1952 in Dumbarton , Dunbartonshire , Scotland , the elder of two children born to Tom (from Lambhill, Glasgow ) and Emma Byrne. Byrne's father was Catholic and his mother Presbyterian. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Canada, settling in Hamilton, Ontario . The family left Scotland in part because there were few jobs requiring his father's engineering skills and in part because of
141-455: A Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads . Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award , a Grammy Award , a Special Tony Award , and
188-584: A bass guitar player in New York for nearly two years, Weymouth learned to play the instrument. While working day jobs in late 1974, they were contemplating a band. By January 1975, Talking Heads were practicing and playing together, while still working normal day jobs. They played their first gig in June. In May 1976, Byrne quit his day job, and the three-piece band signed to Sire Records in November of that year. Byrne
235-587: A disco opera or song cycle about the life of Imelda Marcos , the controversial former First Lady of the Philippines . Some music from this piece was debuted at Adelaide Festival of Arts in Australia in February 2006 and the following year at Carnegie Hall on 3 February 2007. In 2008, Byrne released Big Love: Hymnal – his soundtrack to season two of Big Love , which aired in 2007. These two albums constituted
282-568: A CD collection and performed with Gilberto Gil at a benefit concert promoting the Creative Commons license. In 2006, his singing was featured on "The Heart's a Lonely Hunter" on The Cosmic Game by Thievery Corporation . In 2007, he provided a cover of the Fiery Furnaces ' song "Ex-Guru" for a compilation to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the founding of Thrill Jockey , a Chicago-based record label. In April 2008, Byrne took part in
329-504: A band to tour worldwide for the album for a six-month period from late 2008 through early 2009 on the Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour . In 2012, he released a collaborative album with American singer-songwriter St. Vincent called Love This Giant . The album featured both Byrne and St. Vincent on vocals and guitar, backed by a brass section. To promote the album, both artists travelled throughout North America, Europe, and Australia on
376-470: A bit of an outsider. But then I realized the world was made up of people who were all different. But we're all here." Before high school, Byrne already knew how to play the guitar, accordion, and violin. He was rejected from his middle school 's choir because they said he was "off- key and too withdrawn". From a young age, he had a strong interest in music. His parents say that he would constantly play his phonograph from age three and he learned how to play
423-583: A brass section and was driven by tracks such as "Girls on My Mind" and "The Cowboy Mambo (Hey Lookit Me Now)". His fourth solo album, titled David Byrne (1994), was a more proper rock record, with Byrne playing most of the instruments on it, leaving percussion for session musicians. "Angels" and "Back in the Box" were the two main singles released from the album. The first one entered the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, reaching No. 24. For his fifth studio effort,
470-520: A fairly long hiatus in Talking Heads activity. When it became obvious that Talking Heads frontman David Byrne had no interest in another Talking Heads album, Weymouth, Frantz, and Jerry Harrison reunited without him for a single album called No Talking, Just Head under the name "The Heads" in 1996, featuring a rotating cast of vocalists. Weymouth has been critical of Byrne, describing him as "a man incapable of returning friendship". She co-produced
517-669: A moderate dance hit in Europe, peaking at number two in the Dutch Top 40 , number five on the Belgian Dance Chart , and at number seven on the UK Singles Chart . Weymouth and Chris Frantz married in 1977. They live in Fairfield, Connecticut , and have two sons. Her niece, Katharine Weymouth , served as publisher of The Washington Post . In March 2022, Weymouth and Frantz were in
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#1732880547733564-596: A parody of "Road to Nowhere". This was Byrne's third appearance on Saturday Night Live . He previously served as the musical guest as part of Talking Heads in 1979 , and as a solo musical guest in 1989 . In 2022, Byrne again collaborated with Mala Gaonkar on another immersive theater production based on his life, "Theater of the Mind" transforming a 15,000 square-foot warehouse in Denver, Colorado. Byrne has contributed songs to five AIDS benefit compilation albums produced by
611-538: A rework of X-Press 2 collaboration " Lazy ". He also launched a North American and Australian tour with the Tosca Strings. This tour ended with Los Angeles , San Diego and New York shows in August 2005. He also collaborated with Selena on her 1995 album Dreaming of You with "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)". Byrne and Eno reunited for his eighth album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (2008). He assembled
658-507: A show recorded with Caetano Veloso in 2004 at New York City's Carnegie Hall ( Live at Carnegie Hall ). In March 2013, he debuted a fully staged production of his 2010 concept album Here Lies Love at New York's Public Theater , directed by Tony Award -nominee Alex Timbers following its premiere at MoCA earlier in the year. That same month, he and Sakamoto released a re-recording of their 1994 collaboration "Psychedelic Afternoon" to raise money and awareness for children impacted by
705-556: A soundtrack for JoAnne Akalaitis' film Dead End Kids (1986), made after a Mabou Mines theatre production. Byrne's artistic outlook has a great deal in common with the work of these artists. The same year he also added "Loco de Amor" with Celia Cruz to Jonathan Demme 's film Something Wild (1986). His work has been extensively used in film soundtracks , most notably in collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su on Bernardo Bertolucci 's The Last Emperor (1987), which won an Academy Award for Best Original Score . Some of
752-728: Is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member and bassist of the new wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club , which she co-founded with her husband, Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz . In 2002, Weymouth was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads. Born in Coronado, California , Weymouth is the daughter of Laura Bouchage and U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Ralph Weymouth (1917–2020). The third of eight children, her siblings include Lani and Laura Weymouth, who are collaborators in Tina's band Tom Tom Club , and architect Yann Weymouth ,
799-584: Is featured on the tracks "Money" and "The People Tree", on N.A.S.A. 's 2009 album The Spirit of Apollo . In 2009, he also appeared on HIV/AIDS charity album Dark Was the Night for Red Hot Organization . He collaborated with Dirty Projectors on the song "Knotty Pine". In the same year, Byrne performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. He also was a signator of a letter protesting
846-611: The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . In May 2014, Byrne announced his involvement with Anna Calvi 's EP, Strange Weather , collaborating with her on two songs: a cover of Keren Ann 's "Strange Weather" and Connan Mockasin 's "I'm the Man, That Will Find You". In August 2016, he was featured on "Snoopies" on the Kickstarter -funded album, And the Anonymous Nobody... by De La Soul . In 2022, he co-wrote and provided vocals on
893-731: The Happy Mondays ' 1992 album Yes Please! and contributed backing vocals and percussion for the alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz on their track " 19-2000 ". Weymouth was a judge for the second annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. She collaborated with Chicks on Speed on their cover of the Tom Tom Club's " Wordy Rappinghood " for their album 99 Cents in 2003 along with other female musicians such as Miss Kittin , Kevin Blechdom , Le Tigre , and Adult 's Nicola Kuperus . "Wordy Rappinghood" became
940-680: The Love This Giant Tour in 2012 and 2013, with each performing pieces from their career in the album's distinctive brass band style alongside those composed for the album. In January 2018, Byrne announced his first solo album in 14 years. American Utopia was released in March through Todo Mundo and Nonesuch Records. He also released the album's first single, "Everybody's Coming to My House", which he co-wrote with Eno. The subsequent tour – which showcased songs from American Utopia alongside highlights from his Talking Heads and solo career to date –
987-593: The Paul Simon retrospective concert series at BAM performing " You Can Call Me Al " and "I Know What I Know" from Simon's Graceland album. Later that year, Byrne and his production team turned the Battery Maritime Building , a 99-year-old ferry terminal in Manhattan , into a playable musical instrument. The structure was connected electronically to a pipe organ and made playable for a piece called " Playing
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#17328805477331034-462: The Red Hot Organization : Red Hot + Blue : A Tribute to Cole Porter , Red Hot + Rio , Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin , Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon , and Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip . He appeared as a guest vocalist/guitarist for 10,000 Maniacs during their MTV Unplugged concert, though the songs in which he is featured were cut from the following album. One of them, "Let
1081-591: The Ross brothers , and produced by Byrne. He collaborated with Stanford University professor Mala Gaonkar in 2016 to co-create NEUROSOCIETY, a guided immersive theater performance. In October 2019, his American Utopia opened at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway. Byrne appeared in comedian John Mulaney 's children's musical comedy special John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch (2019), where he performed
1128-855: The 1971–72 term before dropping out. He started his musical career in a high school band called Revelation; then between 1971 and 1972, he was one half of a duo named Bizadi with Marc Kehoe. Their repertoire consisted mostly of songs such as " April Showers ", " 96 Tears ", " Dancing on the Ceiling " and Frank Sinatra songs. He returned to Providence in 1973 and formed a band called the Artistics with fellow RISD student Chris Frantz . The band dissolved in 1974. Byrne moved to New York City in May that year, and in September of that year, Frantz and his girlfriend Tina Weymouth followed suit. After Byrne and Frantz were unable to find
1175-646: The Building ". This project was previously installed in Stockholm in 2005, and later at the London Roundhouse in 2009. Byrne says that the point of the project was to allow people to experience art first hand, by creating music with the organ, rather than simply looking at it. Also in 2008, he collaborated with the Brighton Port Authority , composing the music and singing the lyrics for " Toe Jam ". Byrne
1222-583: The House ". During his time in the band, David Byrne took on outside projects, collaborating with Brian Eno during 1979 and 1981 on the album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts , which attracted considerable critical acclaim due to its early use of analogue sampling and found sounds . Following this record, Byrne focused his attention on Talking Heads. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts was re-released for its 25th anniversary in early 2006, with new bonus tracks. In keeping with
1269-553: The Mystery Be", appeared as the fourth track on 10,000 Maniacs' CD single "Few and Far Between". On 24 March 1992, he performed with Richard Thompson at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity in Brooklyn Heights , New York. The concert was recorded and released as An Acoustic Evening . Byrne worked with Latin superstar Selena in March 1995; writing, producing and singing a bilingual duet titled "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)". This became
1316-608: The decision of the Toronto International Film Festival to choose Tel Aviv as the subject of its inaugural City-to-City Spotlight strand. In May 2011, Byrne contributed backing vocals to the Arcade Fire track "Speaking in Tongues" which appeared on the deluxe edition of their 2010 album The Suburbs . Jherek Bischoff 's 2012 album Composed features Byrne on the track "Eyes". The same year, he also released
1363-608: The designer of the Salvador Dalí Museum in Florida. Weymouth is of Breton heritage on her mother's side (she is the great-granddaughter of Anatole Le Braz , a Breton writer). Her mother was an immigrant from Brittany and her father was American. When she was 12, Weymouth joined the Mrs. Tufts’ Potomac English Hand Bell Ringers, an amateur music group directed by Nancy Tufts, and toured with them. At 14, she started to teach herself
1410-620: The documentary Île Aiye (1989) and the concert film of his 1992 Latin-tinged tour titled Between the Teeth (1994). In Spite of Wishing and Wanting is a soundscape Byrne produced in 1999 for Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus 's dance company Ultima Vez. In 2003, Byrne guest starred as himself on a season 14 episode of The Simpsons . Released the same year, Lead Us Not into Temptation included tracks and musical experiments from his score to film Young Adam (2003). In late 2005, Byrne and Fatboy Slim began work on Here Lies Love ,
1457-457: The emotional Feelings (1997), Byrne employed a brass orchestra called Black Cat Orchestra. His sixth, Look into the Eyeball (2001), continued the same musical exploration of Feelings , but was compiled of more upbeat tracks, like those found on Uh-Oh . Grown Backwards (2004), released by Nonesuch Records , used orchestral string arrangements, and includes two operatic arias as well as
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1504-510: The film's music. He was impressed by the experimental theatre that he saw in New York City in the 1970s and collaborated with several of its best-known representatives. He worked with Robert Wilson on "The Knee Plays" and "The Forest", and invited Spalding Gray (of The Wooster Group) to act in True Stories , while Meredith Monk provided a portion of the film's soundtrack. Byrne also provided
1551-458: The first releases on his independent record label Todo Mundo. Byrne and Brian Eno provided the soundtrack for the film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010). In 2015, he organised Contemporary Color , two arena concerts in Brooklyn and Toronto, for which he brought in ten musical acts who teamed up with ten color guard groups. The concerts were made into a 2016 documentary film , directed by
1598-503: The guitar. Her early inspirations came from Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul & Mary . As a student at the Rhode Island School of Design , she met Chris Frantz and David Byrne , who formed a band called the Artistics. She began dating Frantz and served as the band's driver. After graduation, the three of them moved to New York City. Since Byrne and Frantz were unable to find a suitable bass guitar player she joined them at
1645-606: The harmonica at age five. His father used his electrical engineering skills to modify a reel-to-reel tape recorder so that Byrne could make multitrack recordings . Byrne graduated from Lansdowne High School in southwest Baltimore County, Maryland . He attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island , during the 1970–71 term and the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore during
1692-434: The last song Selena recorded before she was murdered on March 31, 1995. The song was included on the singer's posthumous album Dreaming of You . In 1997, he was the host of Sessions at West 54th during its second of three seasons and collaborated with members of Devo and Morcheeba to record the album Feelings . In 2001, a version of Byrne's single " Like Humans Do ", edited to remove its marijuana reference ,
1739-561: The late 1970s and early 1980s with popular and creative music videos in regular rotation on MTV . In 1988 the band quietly went on hiatus during which Byrne launched a solo career and the other members pursued their own projects. Talking Heads reunited in 1991 to record the single " Sax and Violins " and officially split in December 1991. In 2002, Talking Heads was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , where they reunited to play three tracks, including " Psycho Killer " and " Burning Down
1786-467: The latter's request and began learning and playing the instrument. As a bass player she combined the minimalist art-punk bass lines of groups such as Wire and Pere Ubu with danceable, funk -inflected riffs to provide the bedrock of Talking Heads' signature sound. Full members of the Compass Point All Stars , Weymouth and Frantz formed Tom Tom Club in 1980, which kept them busy during
1833-624: The music from Byrne's orchestral album The Forest was originally used in a Robert Wilson–directed theatre piece titled The Forest . The play premiered at the Theater der Freien Volksbühne , Berlin, in 1988. It received its New York premiere in December 1988 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). The Forestry Maxi-single contained dance and industrial remixes of pieces from The Forest by Jack Dangers , Rudy Tambala, and Anthony Capel. Byrne released his soundtrack album in 1991. Byrne also directed
1880-457: The song "Pay Attention!" His song "Tiny Apocalypse" was also featured as the special's end credits song. On February 29, 2020, after a 30-year absence, Byrne performed as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live with John Mulaney as host. Byrne performed " Once in a Lifetime " and " Toe Jam " with the cast of the Broadway show American Utopia and appears in the "Airport Sushi" sketch singing
1927-432: The song "This Is a Life" for the original soundtrack to the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All at Once , alongside the film's composers Son Lux and American singer Mitski . Byrne performed the song with Son Lux at the 95th Academy Awards , with Stephanie Hsu providing vocals in place of Mitski. Tina Weymouth Martina Michèle Weymouth ( / ˈ w eɪ m ə θ / WAY -məth ; born November 22, 1950)
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1974-506: The spirit of the original album, stems for two of the songs' component tracks were released under Creative Commons licenses and a remix contest website was launched. Rei Momo (1989) was the first solo album by Byrne after leaving Talking Heads, and features mainly Afro-Cuban, Afro-Hispanic, and Brazilian song styles, including popular dances such as merengue , son cubano , samba , mambo , cumbia , cha-cha-chá , bomba and charanga . His third solo album, Uh-Oh (1992), featured
2021-524: The tensions in the extended family caused by his parents' interfaith marriage . When Byrne was eight or nine years old they moved to Arbutus, Maryland , in the United States, where his father worked as an electronics engineer at Westinghouse Electric Corporation and his mother later became a teacher. Byrne stated that he initially grew up speaking with a Scottish accent but adopted an American one in order to fit in at school. He later recalled "I felt like
2068-580: Was chiefly responsible for the stage design and choreography of the concert film Stop Making Sense (1984). Byrne wrote the Dirty Dozen Brass Band -inspired score Music for "The Knee Plays" , released in 1985, for Robert Wilson 's vast five-act opera The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down . He wrote, directed, and starred in True Stories (1986), a musical collage of discordant Americana for which he also produced most of
2115-464: Was described by NME as being perhaps "the most ambitious and impressive live show of all time", blurring the lines "between gig and theatre, poetry and dance". In 1981, Byrne partnered with choreographer Twyla Tharp , scoring music he wrote that appeared on his album The Catherine Wheel for a ballet with the same name, prominently featuring unusual rhythms and lyrics. Productions of The Catherine Wheel appeared on Broadway that same year. He
2162-695: Was selected by Microsoft as the sample music for Windows XP to demonstrate Windows Media Player . In 2002, Byrne co-wrote and provided vocals for a track, " Lazy " by X-Press 2 , which reached No. 2 in the United Kingdom and number-one on the US Dance Charts. He said in an interview on BBC Four Sessions coverage of his Union Chapel performance that "Lazy" was number-one in Syria . The track later featured with orchestral arrangements on his Grown Backwards (2004) album. In September 2004, Byrne co-authored
2209-419: Was the youngest member of the band. Multi-instrumentalist Jerry Harrison , previously of The Modern Lovers , joined the band in 1977. The band released eight studio albums to critical acclaim and commercial success. Four albums achieved gold status (exceeding 500,000 in sales) and two others were certified double-platinum (exceeding two million in sales). Talking Heads were pioneers of the new wave music scene in
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