{"id":14952,"date":"2013-01-29T07:26:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=14952"},"modified":"2013-01-29T07:27:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:27:33","slug":"we-should-watch-david-byrne-and-st-vincent-on-tv-last-night-on-late-night-with-letterman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-01\/we-should-watch-david-byrne-and-st-vincent-on-tv-last-night-on-late-night-with-letterman\/","title":{"rendered":"We Should Watch David Byrne and St. Vincent on TV (Last Night On Late Night With Letterman)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The collaboration between <strong>David Byrne<\/strong> and <strong>St. Vincent<\/strong> continued last night on the <strong>Letterman Show<\/strong>.\u00a0 The artists and their big band reeled off the best song, <em><strong>I Should Watch TV<\/strong><\/em>, off of their album from last year <strong>Love This Giant<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Byrne<\/strong> 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