Knee Plays

David Byrne - Knee Plays

Knee Plays
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Artist: David Byrne
Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Music Label: Wea/Atlantic/Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion)
  2. In the Upper Room
  3. Sound of Business
  4. Social Studies
  5. (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down
  6. Theadora Is Dozing
  7. Admiral Perry
  8. I Bid You Goodnight
  9. Things to Do (I've Tried)
  10. Winter
  11. Jungle Book
  12. In the Future
  13. Tree (Reprise) [*][Instrumental]
  14. I've Tried (Things to Do) [*][Instrumental]
  15. Tic Toc 2 (In the Future) [*][Instrumental]
  16. Whisper [Kabuki]
  17. Misterias [Kabuki]
  18. Faust Dance [Kabuki]
  19. Ghost [Kabuki]
  20. Super Natural [Kabuki]
Music CD 2
  1. Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion) [DVD][*]
  2. In the Upper Room [DVD][*]
  3. Sound of Business [DVD][*]
  4. Social Studies [DVD][*]
  5. (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down [DVD][*]
  6. Theadora Is Dozing [DVD][*]
  7. Admiral Perry [DVD][*]
  8. I Bid You Goodnight
  9. Things to Do (I've Tried) [DVD][*]
  10. Winter [DVD][*]
  11. Jungle Book [DVD][*]
  12. In the Future [DVD][*]
  13. Tree (Reprise) [DVD][*]

Music reviews of Knee Plays

Music Review: Another side of Byrne
Rating: 5 Stars

I first bought this album back in '84 as an LP. I had long been a fan of Talking Heads and was curious of this new piece of material by Byrne. The person behind the counter of the music store warned me that this most likely would not be what I expected - this was no ordinary Byrne music, he said. And indeed it was not! Ever since I have been listening to this album over and over again. It is amazing how these somewhat simple compositions can make such impression. A pity that the album was not available on CD. A big surprise then to discover recently that it now is! And I was quick to purchase it. The album contain not only the tracks from the original LP but in addition some previously unreleased tracks. And more - there is a DVD with a presentation of the play together with the music.
All in all a very satisfactory buy which I can recommend with all my heart.

Description of Knee Plays

The Knee Plays were commissioned in 1985 by avant-garde theatre director Robert Wilson for his 12-hour opera, CIVIL warS. David Byrne was one of six composers hand-selected for the opera, and his interludes were the joints between the larger acts. CIVIL warS was never performed in its entirety, but The Knee Plays did just that in various U.S. and European cities. The brass stars in this show, on both the rhythm and melody fronts, yet most of the songs mope along like a funeral march when they aren't providing dramatic tension. For all of Byrne's heady explorations, the man has an ample populist streak, and one needn't comprehend this music so much as merely sit back and enjoy it. In his peculiar deadpan, Byrne speaks in several pieces: a geeky, meticulous parsing of our daily the minutia (getting dressed, grocery shopping, writing letters, etc.). Subtly droll observational humor (or implicit criticism) reigns, just as Byrne fans expect. In treating The Knee Plays to their first release on CD, Nonesuch adds eight instrumental versions and a bonus DVD, featuring the original 57-minute theatrical performance as a slideshow with music. In all, it's an unearthed essential for Byrne fans. --Jason Pace

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