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David Byrne — Like Humans Do
Album: Look Into The Eyeball
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Released: 2001
Length: 3:30
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For millions of years, In millions of homes
A man loved a woman, A child it was born
It learned how to hurt and it learned how to cry
Like Humans Do

I'm breathin in
I'm breathin out
So slip inside this funky house
Dishes in the sink
The TV's in repair
Don't look at the floor
Don't go up the stairs

I'm achin
I'm shakin
I'm breakin
Like Humans Do
(2x)

I work & I sleep & I dance & I'm dead
I'm eatin, I'm laughin & I'm lovin myself
We're eatin' off plates and we kiss with our tongues
Like Humans Do

I'm breathin in
I'm breathin out
So slip inside this funky house
Dishes in the sink
The TV's in repair
Don't look at the floor
Don't go up the stairs

I'm achin
I'm shakin
I'm breakin
Like Humans Do
(2x)

I'm breathin in
I'm breathin out
So slip inside this funky house
Dishes in the sink
The TV's in repair
Don't look at the floor
Don't go up the stairs

I'm achin
I'm shakin
I'm breakin
Like Humans Do
(2x)

I'm breathin in
I'm breathin out
So slip Inside this funky house
Wiggle while you work
Anybody can
The rain is pourin in on a woman & a man

I'm achin
I'm shakin
I'm breakin
Like Humans Do
I'm breathin in
I'm breathin out Oooh
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Remember when this was in Windows XP? https://news.microsoft.com/200...
Posted 6 months ago by mcullers    [ Reply ]
The lyrics are missing stuff
Posted 1 year ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 AliGator wrote:

Gah, this reminds me of a computer. Microsoft bought this song, if memory serves. Anyway. I like this song, but it conjures up memories of my former life. 



This also came with two computers I bought at that time. Could have sworn it was the 90s? 2001 seems too late.
Posted 1 year ago by brianbouton    [ Reply ]
6% of the ratings are "sucko barfo"?

This song needs more love.
Posted 1 year ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
Disappointing. Seriously disappointing And then there is yesterday’s duet w Miley of ‘Let’s Dance’. Yikes. Abysmal.
Posted 1 year ago by Montreal_Mort    [ Reply ]
This 1985 Chrysler LeBaron convertible is privately owned....
Posted 2 years ago by marysclark    [ Reply ]
 noe.architecte169 wrote:

Master Byrne



True - just not on this track
Posted 2 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Master Byrne
Posted 3 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
I've recently been spending way too much time watching David Byrne videos on YouTube. I'm amazed at how strong his voice is well into his 60s. He sounds just as good if not better than he did during the Talking Heads.  He's still got the quirky dance moves, too.
Posted 4 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
David Byrne is a dick going to hit the next button
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
My Gawd this is frickin' awful....



 

Glad to see the barf gif is long gone.
Posted 5 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 ruthless wrote:
" interesting-for-interesting's sake"

Could that be called "Art"?
 
That's one definition.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Not a fan at all of the Talking Heads but I kinda like this one.  
 
I'm in the same boat. But I'll add that his solo stuff is slowly making me appreciate the TH stuff more.
Posted 5 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by Big_Daddy    [ Reply ]
Like this song but hear way too much from this guy on RP....
Posted 5 years ago by daniel_rusk    [ Reply ]
 AliGator wrote:
Gah, this reminds me of a computer. Microsoft bought this song, if memory serves. Anyway. I like this song, but it conjures up memories of my former life. 
 
Indeed, "The radio edit version of the song (which omits the line referring to cannabis) was selected by Microsoft as the sample music for Windows XP to demonstrate the new Windows Media Player. It was also included as a sample track on the Rio Karma media player." (Wikipedia)
Posted 5 years ago by majdnemkocka    [ Reply ]
Byrne is like Bowie's more cerebral brother. 
Posted 5 years ago by timqueeney    [ Reply ]
I could do without the orchestration.
Posted 5 years ago by jcleworth    [ Reply ]
Human stew?!
Posted 6 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
We love this guy, and not just because he shares something special with my girl... but Byrne is a true musical genius (esp w/lyrics).  Like Bill G @ RP!
It learned how to hurt and it learned how to cry
Like Humans Do
I'm breathin in
I'm breathin out
So slip inside this funky house
Dishes in the sink
The TV's in repair
Don't look at the floor
Don't go up the stairs
I'm achin
I'm shakin
I'm breakin
Like Humans Do
Posted 6 years ago by boltonblue242    [ Reply ]
Love the percussion!   
Posted 7 years ago by BigDaddyPA2    [ Reply ]
Curious that there's a full four-year gap evident here during which not a single listener commented on this song. Some people can be so ungrateful!
Posted 7 years ago by gmichaelt    [ Reply ]
WwoOoOoaAaAAHhhhh.... gag!
Posted 7 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
tonight this set and this song are perfect. the comments hating on it are hilarious. Byrne is an annoying artist. an artist, nonetheless.
Posted 7 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:
So Bill, you payin' for this?

  Even if zero the price is too high.  Byrne doing reworked disco? Did Rick Dees produce this? 

Posted 7 years ago by zurcronium    [ Reply ]
Gah, this reminds me of a computer. Microsoft bought this song, if memory serves. Anyway. I like this song, but it conjures up memories of my former life. 
Posted 8 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
So Bill, you payin' for this?
Posted 8 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
please put it away, blah
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Not a fan at all of the Talking Heads but I kinda like this one.  
Posted 8 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 kevwal wrote:
What a wanker{#Frustrated}
 

U say that like it's a bad thing... {#Mrgreen}
Posted 12 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
Always awesome {#Clap}
Posted 12 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
Mute.  I guess in Paradise this sounds good.  Not on humble planet Earth, though.  This tone-deaf guy even looks creepy.  

Posted 13 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
Not good...
Posted 13 years ago by NuggetNectar    [ Reply ]

davidbyrne.jpg by Johnnie Utah
Sharilyn Neidhardt
https://www.flickr.com/people/johnnieutah/

David Byrne and Cindy Sherman
The Tate Dinner, Riverside Pavilion


Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
I like it!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
well that is a Live / Life — Song isn't it - breathing in breathing out... like it
Posted 13 years ago by Det    [ Reply ]
Max Headroom without the fun... ouch
Posted 13 years ago by tphord    [ Reply ]
Talking Heads and David Byrne in the same daytime hours....spare me {#Puke}
Posted 13 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
MUTE
Posted 13 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I'm liking this like humans tend to do
Posted 13 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
Such an eclectic, unpredictable vocalist/lyricist.  He keeps me off-balance most of the time, which is why I love his music. Well, that, and he looks so darned CUTE in that oversized suit.
 

I have to admit I never thought of the suit aspect, but I agree with you on the rest!
Posted 14 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
 Nerubo wrote:
Sufficient cowbell.
 

Can you ever have enough though?
Posted 14 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
Such an eclectic, unpredictable vocalist/lyricist.  He keeps me off-balance most of the time, which is why I love his music. Well, that, and he looks so darned CUTE in that oversized suit.
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
I like this song, but I could see how someone might think "Sufficient cowbell" is not a compliment.  I think the cowbell adds to the song, gives a nice bouncy feel, but is not there the whole song.  So, Sufficient cowbell.
 
Posted 14 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
I like TH, but this sucks. 3
Posted 14 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
I like it!  Why you hating?
Posted 14 years ago by stevo_b    [ Reply ]
Sufficient cowbell.
Posted 14 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

there's a "clean" version of the song where the line from the album version "I never watch TV except when I'm stoned" is replaced with "We eat off our plates and we kiss with our tongues"
 
{#Ask} {#Arrow}{#Devil_pimp}{#Arrow}{#Sunny} 
Posted 14 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
 TheKing2 wrote:
so east-cost.
 

Oh, pul-EEEZE. I'm New England to the marrow, and this makes me ill.

Please do not blame us for this.
Posted 14 years ago by denmom    [ Reply ]
Tolerable for DB....
Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
" interesting-for-interesting's sake"

Could that be called "Art"?
Posted 14 years ago by ruthless    [ Reply ]
What a waste of a perfectly good genie.  

Well...okay...I agree with #2.

 fatcatjb wrote:
when the genie pops out of the bottle, here are my three wishes:
1. Mick Jagger becomes president of the United States
2. All children get music and art education
3. David Byrne is erased from Radio Paradise forEVER

(ok, I am a hater, but DB's music is whiney and interesting-for-interesting's sake) 
 


Posted 14 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
when the genie pops out of the bottle, here are my three wishes:
1. Mick Jagger becomes president of the United States
2. All children get music and art education
3. David Byrne is erased from Radio Paradise forEVER

(ok, I am a hater, but DB's music is whiney and interesting-for-interesting's sake) 
Posted 14 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
This evokes a certain place and time for me. It's a wonder I don't hate it.
Posted 14 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
What's that idiotic bell or whatever it is in the background all about? Mr. Byrne, WTF?

(Edit: Hehe, just realised my location tag makes it look like I'm in prison or something... I'm not though, not that anyone would care...)
Posted 14 years ago by evermovingtarget    [ Reply ]
Great piece of drumming here.
Posted 14 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
What a wanker{#Frustrated}
Posted 14 years ago by kevwal    [ Reply ]
Cool tune. Had a girlfriend Sandy, who just loved Talking Heads and when they were playing, so were we. So I ended up loving the Talking Heads as well.
Posted 14 years ago by jpbergjr58    [ Reply ]
Dislike the loopy lilt in his voice. It never changes.
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Love this stuff.  LOVE IT.
Posted 15 years ago by drekar    [ Reply ]
My Gawd this is frickin' awful....



Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 Tonedeaf wrote:
How is it that someone can say this voice sucks but then think someone like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and a ton of other "greats" have good voices?!
 
I never said those guys had great voices.  As a matter of taste, I detest Mr. Byrne, sorry deaftone!

Posted 15 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
so east-cost.
Posted 15 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
 MJMJ wrote:

Is this really singing?
 
No... {#Snooty}


Posted 15 years ago by Shamsiel    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...viva windows XP!..
 
I was just thinking the same thing!

Posted 15 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
 strange_brew00 wrote:
is this the singer from talking heads?
 
Is this really singing?
Posted 15 years ago by MJMJ    [ Reply ]
Not only a great voice, but great command of it and wonderful "phrasing"

 Droidac wrote:


Don't forget to add Van Morrison to that list!
 


Posted 16 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
Tonedeaf wrote:
How is it that someone can say this voice sucks but then think someone like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and a ton of other "greats" have good voices?!
Don't forget to add Van Morrison to that list!
Posted 16 years ago by Droidac    [ Reply ]
...viva windows XP!..
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
The out of key triangles are terrible.
Posted 16 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Zappa kinda. It's ok.
Posted 16 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
Ballzak wrote:
Somebody help me. I'd swear I just heard David sing something like, "I only watch TV when I'm stoned..." I thought that was a pretty cool line and I looked up the lyrics online but I can't find anything in the listed lyrics
there's a "clean" version of the song where the line from the album version "I never watch TV except when I'm stoned" is replaced with "We eat off our plates and we kiss with our tongues"
Posted 16 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
SmilinJimmy wrote:
LOL that's what I was gonna say..... I have tested many an installation of Media Player to this 'tune'
I worked at an electronics store for a while and one night the guys in the computers department decided to set all the pc's to play this song at the same time. The customers seemed rather bewildered to walk into a department with 15+ computers playing the same song.
Posted 16 years ago by supremo    [ Reply ]
I think it's "I never watch TV except when I'm stoned" -- does that help?
Posted 16 years ago by wildiris    [ Reply ]
Ballzak wrote:
Somebody help me. I'd swear I just heard David sing something like, "I only watch TV when I'm stoned..." I thought that was a pretty cool line and I looked up the lyrics online but I can't find anything in the listed lyrics except some something about taking a TV in to the repair shop. Any stony TV watchers out there that can help clear this up?
Um...Yes.........what was the question again?
Posted 16 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
Ballzak wrote:
Somebody help me. I'd swear I just heard David sing something like, "I only watch TV when I'm stoned..." I thought that was a pretty cool line and I looked up the lyrics online but I can't find anything in the listed lyrics except some something about taking a TV in to the repair shop. Any stony TV watchers out there that can help clear this up?
I concurr... "I only watch TV when I'm stoned" is definitely the lyric I heard.
Posted 16 years ago by adroc    [ Reply ]
Somebody help me. I'd swear I just heard David sing something like, "I only watch TV when I'm stoned..." I thought that was a pretty cool line and I looked up the lyrics online but I can't find anything in the listed lyrics except some something about taking a TV in to the repair shop. Any stony TV watchers out there that can help clear this up?
Posted 16 years ago by Ballzak    [ Reply ]
tiare wrote:
No question there (yes)
i saw your first comment right after i posted mine. i'll read gthen ask next time. what a novel idea.
Posted 16 years ago by strange_brew00    [ Reply ]
ah, i guess so.
Posted 16 years ago by strange_brew00    [ Reply ]
strange_brew00 wrote:
is this the singer from talking heads?
No question there (yes)
Posted 16 years ago by tiare    [ Reply ]
is this the singer from talking heads?
Posted 16 years ago by strange_brew00    [ Reply ]
Love the Heads and the man on his own from the begnning :) Still eclectic, still goos after all these 30 years!
Posted 16 years ago by tiare    [ Reply ]
There's...something...about...Mary.
Posted 16 years ago by punkbot    [ Reply ]
I think his voice is great.It has character and personality kind of like Adrian Belew, and unlike so many of the current whiney boy clone "singers" out there who are pretty much tone deaf and cant carry a tune.
Posted 16 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
The guy is a genius, but still makes a mistake every now and then, like humans do.
Posted 16 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
How is it that someone can say this voice sucks but then think someone like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and a ton of other "greats" have good voices?!
Posted 16 years ago by Tonedeaf    [ Reply ]
THIS GUYS' VOICE SUCKS! can't he find a lead singer? Oh never mind, the ego is too frickin uncontrollable. He apparently doens't know he has a shitty voice. not a bad song though . .
Posted 17 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
michaeleconomy wrote:
i hear this song and think of windows xp
LOL that's what I was gonna say..... I have tested many an installation of Media Player to this 'tune'
Posted 17 years ago by SmilinJimmy    [ Reply ]
Well, if he is 25% of the talking heads...that would put the rating at about a 2.5 - but it IS music, afterall, and isn\'t something you would hear on American Idol - so we\'ll double it and give it a 5. Maybe I should stop making sense! Utterly so-so....
Posted 17 years ago by nctomatoman    [ Reply ]
princeofpeoria wrote:
David Byrne is one of the greatest artists of our time.
Hyperbole! Mr. Byrne is a competent songwriter who is smart and savy. His singing is not good and this song showcases this deficit for anyone with ears.
Posted 17 years ago by healyf52    [ Reply ]
michaeleconomy wrote:
i hear this song and think of windows xp
Same here. Damn you microsoft for ruining a good song for me. I have heard the first 60 seconds of this song and Beck's "Beautiful Way" waaaayyy to many times!
Posted 17 years ago by misterclaw    [ Reply ]
Bill loves Byrnin' down the house.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
For such a good title this song is really annoying. I was expecting 'do it like they do on the discovery channel' from the title.
Posted 17 years ago by Arianrhod    [ Reply ]
i hear this song and think of windows xp
Posted 17 years ago by michaeleconomy    [ Reply ]
healyf52 wrote:
Horrid stuff. This man simply cannot sing. A perfect example of the creeping crud that can infect music. Oh yeah, now I remember where I've heard this kind of straining, whiney voice, Alfalfa from Little Rascals... Thank God it's over..
David Byrne is one of the greatest artists of our time.
Posted 17 years ago by princeofpeoria    [ Reply ]
from 8 to 9 .... bravo
Posted 17 years ago by princeofpeoria    [ Reply ]
Horrid stuff. This man simply cannot sing. A perfect example of the creeping crud that can infect music.
Posted 17 years ago by healyf52    [ Reply ]
Saw him perform his "classical" piece, The Forest, with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra some years ago. Very talented, but strange.
Posted 17 years ago by skdenfeld    [ Reply ]
mZk wrote:
Damn, now I know where I heard this before, its usualy the first thing I erase after installing windows
yes, another curse of the Bill Gates nexus...could be worse though, at least they didn't use Pet Shop Boys or something like that...
Posted 17 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
I was having dinner the first night of SXSW in Austin and who walks into the resturant but DAVID BYRNE! He sits at the booth next to us (I was too starstruck to stare) with a group of people including Gilberto Gil....it was quite exciting. Little guy, he is. But oh so talented....
Posted 17 years ago by Honeybee    [ Reply ]
i'm rating songs on radio paradise instead of editing my story that is due tomorrow, like humans do.
Posted 17 years ago by jubilantme    [ Reply ]
DigitalJer wrote:
Actually this song came with Windows XP (far superior to Win98) - Win95 (and I think Win98) shipped with the song "Good Times", by (click here) Edie Brickell.
Damn, now I know where I heard this before, its usualy the first thing I erase after installing windows
Posted 17 years ago by mZk    [ Reply ]
arctos wrote:
Agh, the only song that comes with the windows 98 version of Media Player!!!
Actually this song came with Windows XP (far superior to Win98) - Win95 (and I think Win98) shipped with the song "Good Times", by (click here) Edie Brickell.
Posted 17 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
I only watch TV when I am stoned...great lyric...the only I can stomach TV
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
arctos wrote:
Agh, the only song that comes with the windows 98 version of Media Player!!!
Can David run Powerpoint on that?
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
I'm avoiding work, like humans do...
sipping (gulping?) coffee, like humans do....
Posted 17 years ago by meower    [ Reply ]
stevo_b wrote:
I'm crunching numbers, like humans do.....
I'm avoiding work, like humans do...
Posted 18 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
stevo_b wrote:
I'm crunching numbers, like humans do.....
Beats talking to witless customers....
Posted 18 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
Agh, the only song that comes with the windows 98 version of Media Player!!!
Posted 18 years ago by arctos    [ Reply ]
if you look beyond the fact it was bundled with Windblows, it's rather okay. But then again, you can never look away from the fact that it was bundled with macrohard's windblows.
Posted 18 years ago by Sobient    [ Reply ]
David Byrne, what a jerk! He's pretty darn good tho.
Posted 18 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
Not the windows version: this one says "I never watch TV except when I'm stoned" which MS didn't allow. Regardless, I like this tune and this disc; summer 01, a big one for me.
Lawl, didn't notice that. However, nice to hear this song in aac+ rather than the crappy wma copy that came with windows...
Posted 18 years ago by apecat    [ Reply ]
bradleyoli wrote:
eeugh the free windows song
I'm so glad I don't use windows for music otherwise I might have the same bad feelings about this song. On the other hand, I've seen Dave perform it live thrice, and those memories stick in my head.
Posted 18 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
bradleyoli wrote:
eeugh the free windows song
Not the windows version: this one says "I never watch TV except when I'm stoned" which MS didn't allow (changed it to "except when I'm home"). Regardless, I like this tune and this disc; summer 01, a big one for me.
Posted 18 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
bradleyoli wrote:
eeugh the free windows song
lol yeah... I'm not sure whether I like it or not. It's kinda catchy, but very annoying.
Posted 18 years ago by Fredrikson    [ Reply ]
eeugh the free windows song
Posted 18 years ago by bradleyoli    [ Reply ]
dmax wrote:
It's just a faux-reworking of the concepts of "The Big Country," isn't it? I'm outside the world, but I can mix in and remain separate. But I don't really want to - implying that I (he) has a choice.
A perceptive comment.
Posted 18 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
Hello from Paris France This is just a terrific radio, I just love it Thanks a lot Radio Paradise Cool music too to relax All the best
Posted 18 years ago by I_love_RP    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
Get over yourselves, everyone. It is a happy fun song. Forget about marketing, Microsoft and all that other crap. Just enjoy.....
Agreed
Posted 18 years ago by texastimr    [ Reply ]
randomprime wrote:
That's the price you pay for using Windows. I recommend switching to something else: (click here) (click here) The only things you'll miss are the spyware, viruses and worms.
Well said!
Posted 18 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]