David Byrne performed on Saturday Night Live this weekend, offering versions of the Talking Heads classic "Once In A Lifetime" and "Toe Jam," which Byrne originally cowrote and recorded for The Brighton Port Authority's 2008 album, I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat. Both selections are part of Byrne's American Utopia Broadway stage show.
Previously, Byrne appeared on SNL with Talking Heads in 1979 and again as a solo artist in 1989.
The American Utopia singer also acted in the "Airport Sushi" sketch alongside host John Mulaney. Byrne played the Baggage Handler Who Tosses Everyone’s Suitcase Into Long Island Sound and led members of the cast through a bit of Talking Heads' "Road to Nowhere," which was retooled as "Plane to Nowhere."
Recently, Byrne and Mulaney worked together on Mulaney’s Netlix special, John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch. Jake Gyllenhaal. another Sack Lunch alum, also made a cameo in the "Airport Sushi" sketch.
Watch Byrne perform "Once In A Lifetime" and "Toe Jam" below:
