Originally intended as interludes for Robert Wilson’s unrealized CIVIL warS, David Byrne’s The Knee Plays stand well enough on their own—enervated, funereal jazz mixing with mostly surreal slices of life. But it's the set of cryptic prophecies on “In the Future” that proves to be the most compelling. The song itself may be over twenty years-old, but it, like its creator, still has an awful lot to say about today. Buy It