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The Knee Plays

The mid-’80s was the pinnacle of David Byrne’s weirdness. Recording an album based on the indigenous music of a made-up tribe (In the Bush of Ghosts) was weird. Breaking up a successful group like the Talking Heads wasn’t normal. And The Knee Plays, his 1985 collaboration with playwright Robert Wilson, was an exercise in sustained […]

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