The Vinyl Countdown # 496

Talking Heads, Once In A Lifetime [Single] (1981)

The drums push forward, the bass pulls back and this isn’t really a song, it’s a bunch of ideas falling over themselves, cascading, oscillating, evading melody in favour of finding a groove. The words are catchphrases, evangelical, delightful. A tune existing in its own space, in its own way, separate fro…