![]() ![]() This can be seen in Stop Making Sense, where the majority of the band wear grey (though drummer Chris Frantz wears a turquoise polo shirt).With enlisted his pal Rodaidh McDonald, who produced the record with Byrne and Patrick Dillett. It worked, the evenness meant the effects of the various lighting cues and gags were always more consistent." "And if they wore something different the next night the opposite might happen.During the shows that were eventually filmed for Stop Making Sense I asked everyone to wear medium grey outfits, whatever they wanted style-wise (a questionable decision there) but always in medium grey. If someone wore dark clothes they'd recede and if someone wore white they'd pop out. Speaking to Vestoj, Byrne has said of wearing the color on stage: "Back in the mid-Eighties I realized that if band members wore whatever they wanted the effects of the stage lighting would mean that who was seen and who was not on any given night became a crapshoot. Of course, this also calls back to the big suit, which was also grey. This piece also noted that the suits are grey, because it is easier to light than very light or dark colors. In fact, each suit was tailored to cater to the specific needs of each band member.Ĭompared to his most famous suit, these new ones are far more hi-tech, with infra-red transmitters within the shoulders that allow light to track them wherever they are on the stage. Designed by Kenzo and made by Brooklyn tailor Martin Greenfield, they used a three percent Lycra fabric to allow maximum movement for American Utopia's roving band of percussionists, dancers and guitar players. This piece uses gives us a lot of insight into these suits. Speaking to the New York Times, Byrne said of these suits: "I thought plain but elegant suits would unify us and help reveal us as a tribe, a community." 'David Byrne's American Utopia' sees the singer and his band wearing identical grey suits. With the show, a live recording of his Broadway show, there is a lot of dancing and moving around, which had to be facilitated in the suits. While during Stop Making Sense, the boxy suit was meant to be awkward, emphasizing Byrne characteristic jerky dance moves and acting in contrast to his wiry body, the suits for American Utopia had to be more functional. This suits (pun intended) the theme of the show, with also sees all of his band "untethered" from wires and risers, making everyone equal within the hierarchy of the show. However, what makes his new special visually compelling is that all of his band and dancers are also in identical suits. ET and then coming to HBO Max, the 68-year-old performer is clad in another natty suit. So, of course, in his new HBO special, David Byrne's American Utopia, airing on the channel on October 17 at 8 p.m. ![]() While Madonna has her cone bras and Michael Jackson is known for his bejeweled white gloves, the former Talking Heads frontman is known for his suits, from his geeky professor at a wedding chic of the "Once in a Lifetime" video to his most famous sartorial moments, the giant suit he dons towards the end of the Heads' seminal concert film, Stop Making Sense. David Byrne will forever be associated with one item of clothing. ![]()
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