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…
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