Edmonton Folk Fest Preview - 1

Since the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is coming up I wanted to celebrate a few of the acts that are coins.  The Finale next Sunday will include the great David Byrne.  As the CoFounder of the Talking Heads he has helped to write some of the most interesting political songs of the post-Vietnam era.

Some of the best include Once in a Lifetime and Nothing But flowers. 

In recent years he has had a lot of material and has written to reflect today's state of affairs.  From Grown Backwards songs such as Empire and Tiny Apocalypse reflect Byrne's political frustration:

Tiny Apocalypse
Written by David Byrne © 2004
Raise up - shake them lazy bones
Read the T-shirt but still don't understand
Coming' home with a little apocalyptic comes, now do you have time for this?

A 3-tone carpet and a Jackie Chan spear
Lookin' at a hairdo and a belly full of beer
Well I ain't no poet, ain't got no rhyme
Well I got me a car and I don't know how to drive
In the event of a pressure loss
All our lines are busy nowI will be laughing out loud anyhow
Ev'ryday, a little apocalypse
Lay down, lay down next to this
Lookin' at the body well I don't even know his name
Call me in this morning was a friend of mine
Well the wind so strong, it's blown us all around
Wind so strong, nobody settle down
Ev'ryday another apocalypse
Had a TV but I don't know how deep it is
Please read the print advisory
Would you like to go ahead?
Dancin' wherever she goes - Tippytoes
Rhetorical
Memorial
Invisible
Incredible
Unstoppable
Emotional
Illogical
Sensational
Little sister gotta take her medicine
Baby brother, gonna do it all again
Runnin' fast but cannot catch the bus
Funny feelin', this is part of us
And you must take your medicine
Getting better everyday
Good for a limited time - Feelin' fine
We will return your things to you
When it's time for you to leave
So quiet nobody knows - Tippytoes

David Byrne is has also contributed to Moveon.org's "Future Soundtrack for America"