‘Here Lies Love’ reimagines what it means to be a Broadway theatergoer — while putting our political climate in sobering context.
David Byrne may not be able to see into the future, but he’s certainly lived a creative life that’s ahead of the curve.Rewind back to 1979. By the time mainstream radio was catching up to the nervy new wave of bands like the Talking Heads, frontman Byrne was pushing the group to incorporate African polyrhythms into their palette — several years before other rockers followed suit.
Like the music industry, part of it is frustratingly opaque. How do you figure my percentage based on this, that and the other? It’s like trying to figure out what you’re owed from streaming. But Broadway has a completely different set of rules and thank God I have lawyers and other people to help me figure out and untangle that stuff and negotiate on my behalf. It’s really complicated, the structure of the deals on Broadway.
You started working on this a while ago. What was it about Imelda that compelled you to tell this story? There’s that hope — with live performance you can draw attention to some of the music. I can see doing another album. I write songs, it’s part of what I do, but I have to keep asking myself, “What would be a really exciting thing to see?” I don’t have an answer to that. Setting up drums and amps and playing songs again feels, “You’ve raised the bar a little higher than that.”just got a 40th anniversary re-release from A24.
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