David Byrne

David Byrne teams up with Fatboy Slim for pop-tastic Imelda Marcos concept album ‘Here Lies Love’ (yes, really)

Talking Heads frontman and general art-pop oddball David Byrne has penned an Imelda Marcos musical (as you do), and he’s since turned into a double concept album.

Well-connected Byrne has roped in Fatboy Slim on production duties, and bagged a seriously impressive list of WAPS-worthy guest vocalists such as Tori Amos, Cyndi Lauper, Roisin Murphy, Sia, Santigold, Florence Welch (of Florence and the Machine) and Camille. We’re intrigued!

You can see the full tracklist after the jump, but for now why not have a listen to some of the music?

‘Here Lies Love’ is released on April 6th. You can find more information on David Byrne’s site, and why not read about Imelda Marcos while you’re at it?
Tracklist:

• ‘Here Lies Love’ (Vocals by Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine)
• ‘Every Drop of Rain’ (Vocals by Candie Payne and St. Vincent)
• ‘You’ll Be Taken Care Of’ (Vocals by Tori Amos)
• ‘The Rose of Tacloban’ (Vocals by Martha Wainwright)
• ‘How Are you?’ (Vocals by Nellie McKay)
• ‘A Perfect Hand’ (Vocals by Steve Earle)
• ‘Eleven Days’ (Vocals by Cyndi Lauper)
• ‘When She Passed By’ (Vocals by Allison Moorer)
• ‘Walk Like A Woman’ (Vocals by Charmaine Clamor)
• ‘Don’t You Agree?’ (Vocals by Róisín Murphy)
• ‘Pretty Face’ (Vocals by Camille)
• ‘Ladies in Blue’ (Vocals by Theresa Andersson)
• ‘Dancing Together’ (Vocals by Sharon Jones)
• ‘Men Will Do Anything’ (Vocals by Alice Russell)
• ‘The Whole Man’ (Vocals by Kate Pierson)
• ‘Never So Big’ (Vocals by Sia)
• ‘Please Don’t’ (Vocals by Santigold)
• ‘American Troglodyte’ (Vocals by David Byrne)
• ‘Solano Avenue’ (Vocals by Nicole Atkins)
• ‘Order 1081′ (Vocals by Natalie Merchant)
• ‘Seven Years’ (Vocals by David Byrne and Shara Worden)
• ‘Why Don’t You Love Me?’ (Vocals by Cyndi Lauper and Tori Amos)

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WAPS believes in Santogold

Normally WAPS doesn’t jump on bandwagons – they tend to move and therefore it’s a dangerous pursuit – but in the case of Santogold we will be honest.  We heard a lot of hype about her and thought ‘Boring, who needs a new MIA when the one we’ve got never quite seems to succeed’. But then we heard her new single ‘LES Artistes’ and changed our minds.

Also, a friend of WAPS saw her gig at Texas’ SxSW conference and said her performance with two dancers was ‘very good and very pop’. In our opinion, every band should have AT LEAST two dancers on stage so it’s good to know Santogold is heading in the right direction.

Check the incredible song and video out here:
» http://www.myspace.com/santogold