Choon Choosday: David Byrne – This Must Be The Place

I haven’t done the maths (you can if you like) but Talking Heads / David Byrne must be the most linked artists in the ChCh series. Here is a modern(ish) solo reworking of a TH classic. Among so many songs that are full of complicated and clever arrangements and inter-weaving melodies, TMBTP is one of the simpler tracks, but no lighter on quality as a result. Here Byrne reworks it on Jools Holland’s TV show for a full band with String Section and it works a dream. In fact, if anything, he’s made it even more of a

 

choooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonn!!