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There\u2019s no downplaying just how much Talking Heads and David Byrne<\/a> did for music. And yet, somehow, they feel criminally underrated.<\/p>\n When you look around now and pay close attention to our biggest stars, Byrne\u2019s name rarely comes up. He\u2019s around, of course, fresh off the back of his latest album, Who Is the Sky?, plus the promo that comes with, launching into his familiar charisma with songs like \u2018What Is the Reason for It\u2019 at places like Rough Trade. But it\u2019s hard not to miss his absence where he should have pride of place, beyond subtle sonic references.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not like he ever really went away. He did an exceptional performance alongside Robyn for SNL50. And Talking Heads remains a major cultural talking point regardless of Byrne\u2019s newer material. One of the greatest concert films of all time, Stop Making Sense, was rereleased a couple of years ago, drawing in new fans who looked at Byrne\u2019s weirdly appealing onstage presence and realised nobody, not now or ever, did it like he did.<\/p>\n Yet it feels like there could be more. Aside from the sheer brilliance of their music, a lot of what made Talking Heads work, and something most should pay closer attention to nowadays, is their authenticity. And that loosely meant how they appeared onstage, from the beginning up to some of their more well-known performances. It was almost like everything was improvised, and nothing had that stiff, staged feel.<\/p>\n Beyond Talking Heads, this has always been Byrne\u2019s forte. If you\u2019re ever lucky enough to catch him live, you\u2019ll probably leave thinking about how wonderfully real he seems. Because, in short, that\u2019s all he knows how to be. Even in the beginning, he said he\u2019d learned his odd dance moves because everyone else, the professionals, already had their \u201cthing\u201d. So coming up with something different wasn\u2019t to be revolutionary but to feel \u201ccomfortable\u201d, which in itself could be considered a power move.<\/p>\n