Last night, following a very nice Birthday meal, I settled down and watched Live at Union Chapel.
Firstly, it inspired me to listen to Look Into the Eyeball, which I'm enjoying more than I did before.
The show itself was excellent. David Byrne looks fantastic for 54/55. Much happier and comfortable on stage.
The choice of songs was quite unusual (especially the Whitney Houston cover!) but overall I thought it worked really well, with the minimal strings, guitar and percussion backing. It was pleasantly surprising to hear old Talking Heads songs reworked in this way, very successfully.
My only gripe was with the 2 'opera' tracks, which to be honest I thought were pretty bad! Byrne's frequently dischordent vocal style didn't work for me on those tracks, and I found it a bit frustrating, knowing just how darn well the man can sing, as he then proved on "Road to Nowhere".
Overall, I felt it was a very refreshing performance. He's certainly one of a kind!
Very happy I bought this :-)