How the Talking Heads wrote "Once in a Lifetime"

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    00:00 Intro
    00:43 Title Card
    00:50 New Writing Technique
    01:52 Bassline
    02:20 Misheard Counting
    03:05 Lyrics
    03:53 Performance
    04:20 Trance-like
    05:07 Water and Time
    05:45 Music Video
    07:19 Conclusion

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  • @CoreyLaddo
    @CoreyLaddo 3 роки тому +3165

    All you need to create an iconic music video is zero budget, and a greenscreen.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 5 років тому +3711

    Same as it ever was
    Same as it ever was

    • @wittyson4522
      @wittyson4522 3 роки тому +72

      Same as it ever was
      Same as it ever was

    • @farateq
      @farateq 3 роки тому +60

      Same as it ever was
      Same as it ever was

    • @freezingjazzy
      @freezingjazzy 3 роки тому +53

      Same as it ever was
      Same as it ever was

    • @buckbedrivertooth5599
      @buckbedrivertooth5599 3 роки тому +51

      Same as it ever was
      Same as it ever was

    • @pumpkinvirus7473
      @pumpkinvirus7473 3 роки тому +47

      Same as it ever was
      Same as it ever was

  • @OldMovieRob
    @OldMovieRob 5 років тому +3694

    David Byrne dancing makes me think of Bill Nye losing his mind.

    • @maxmichaelhatling
      @maxmichaelhatling 3 роки тому +58

      Bill Nye'remindds me if David Byrne teaching

    • @FourByteBurger
      @FourByteBurger 3 роки тому +48

      _"Bill Nye has lost his mind!"_

    • @zozo2354
      @zozo2354 3 роки тому +18

      More like 60 minutes on acid

    • @RobMacKendrick
      @RobMacKendrick 3 роки тому +5

      Exactly! Every time I see this, I think of Bill. Thought it was just me.

    • @darksuns7384
      @darksuns7384 3 роки тому +18

      Bill Nye did lose his mind.

  • @emmafr1edman
    @emmafr1edman 4 роки тому +2002

    I HATED this song as a kid when my parents turned it on.
    Now I hear a piece of art.

    • @mattsmerge9859
      @mattsmerge9859 4 роки тому +31

      I love this song why do you hate once in a lifetime

    • @followerofeir
      @followerofeir 4 роки тому +69

      cool 2614 I’ve had this quite often where a song your parents would listen to over and over and over becomes annoying but now i love them.

    • @DC-js4gk
      @DC-js4gk 4 роки тому +26

      I remember where I was when I first heard this when it was released, on a great system. I just stood up, jaw dropped for the whole time, orgasmic when the choral voices came in. It just hangs so well. There really was nothing else like this, but there was, if you get my drift. Art yes it is

    •  4 роки тому +9

      Me too. It’s “Grown-Up” music apparently. 😁

    • @caincotterill5493
      @caincotterill5493 4 роки тому +11

      It ridiculously good.
      I’m the same though, hated as a kid.

  • @flashtheoriginal
    @flashtheoriginal 3 роки тому +803

    David Byrne was once interviewed on English television (may have been BBC2) around the existential nature of this song, the spiritual meaning, the motivation, the message in the writing, the treatment of conventional life sequences etc, etc......
    Byrne listened, his head bowed. He paused and then breathed in, calmly looked up, softly flicked an eyebrow, stretched in his chair and joined his hands firmly together. Turning his face slowly toward the interviewer, he slowly murmured "its a song about drowning"

    • @callmeishmael5742
      @callmeishmael5742 3 роки тому +14

      Suffocation moment

    • @IronicHavoc
      @IronicHavoc 3 роки тому +57

      To be fair you can connect a life or death moment like drowning (or the concept of figuratively drowning) to a lot of that stuff. But people do definitely over complicate it.

    • @akkico
      @akkico 2 роки тому +5

      where can i find this?

    • @Sharperthanu1
      @Sharperthanu1 2 роки тому +13

      Yes,I can believe that HE would say a thing like that.

    • @cbtillery135
      @cbtillery135 2 роки тому +10

      I related it to Fahrenheit 451 when Guy Montag finally figured out what the fuck was going on in the world and wanted to try to fix it.

  • @ringosfruitreview3376
    @ringosfruitreview3376 3 роки тому +415

    The reason it’s 0 budget is because the rest was spent on cocaine for David to get that nice m o i s t look

  • @bobkessler937
    @bobkessler937 4 роки тому +742

    As their live album proclaims, "The Name OF This Band Is Talking Heads." It is NOT 'The" Talking Heads.

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 4 роки тому +96

      To his credit he used a lower case "the". Similar to the Eagles (right) as apposed to The Eagles (wrong).

    • @brandonpage7087
      @brandonpage7087 4 роки тому +18

      Lol, & now their name is more relevant than ever. As nowadays, we have talking heads on numerous 24 hour "news" channels, who are constantly feeding us lies & bs.

    • @dingalarm
      @dingalarm 3 роки тому +1

      You're absolutely right !

    • @vaguesoft8445
      @vaguesoft8445 3 роки тому +37

      @@brandonpage7087 same as it ever was

    • @jstohler
      @jstohler 3 роки тому +3

      It's like when people spell the band R.E.M. as REM.

  • @theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149
    @theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149 5 років тому +1618

    The whole Remain in Light album deserves a video on its own.

    • @florida_mane6267
      @florida_mane6267 5 років тому +4

      That would be amazing

    • @ThatOneGuy7550
      @ThatOneGuy7550 5 років тому +1

      YES

    • @sal3060
      @sal3060 5 років тому +16

      Oh hell yes. I've listened to it all the way through several times in the past couple of weeks... the music still touches me all these years on.

    • @goncalomarques2711
      @goncalomarques2711 5 років тому +3

      You stole my comment

    • @TheACEcompany
      @TheACEcompany 5 років тому

      @@ThatOneGuy7550 Saw your channel thumbnail. NIN for ever.

  • @RunnJake
    @RunnJake 3 роки тому +124

    "captures the manic monotony of middle class living"
    FUCK THAT'S WHY I LIKE IT SO MUCH JESUS

    • @WarrenBurstein
      @WarrenBurstein 3 роки тому

      "Manic Monotony" was a great Bangles song

    • @Ellis_B
      @Ellis_B 2 роки тому

      @@WarrenBurstein a 2021 re -working

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 5 років тому +2668

    You may ask yourself, how long have I been waiting for a Talking Heads video?
    Best Polyphonic video yet.

    • @ThatOneGuy7550
      @ThatOneGuy7550 5 років тому +4

      HARD AGREE

    • @mayflower2370
      @mayflower2370 5 років тому +4

      Yes TALKING HEADS are a good band

    • @tmseh
      @tmseh 5 років тому +8

      Did you know there is water at the bottom of the ocean?

    • @Ivan-ig6ii
      @Ivan-ig6ii 5 років тому +4

      TRUUUUUE!!!

    • @irakli667
      @irakli667 5 років тому +10

      My God, what have you asked?!

  • @bradleyp3655
    @bradleyp3655 5 років тому +508

    "Once in a Lifetime" and "Burning Down the House" are two of my favorite Talking Heads songs.

    • @cazador2711
      @cazador2711 5 років тому +12

      Aries Dragon road to nowhere is also a masterpiece.

    • @jimjam1719
      @jimjam1719 4 роки тому +7

      is that all??? they have a ton more. pfft.

    • @napatora
      @napatora 4 роки тому +12

      wow some really deep cuts there 🙄

    • @brandonpage7087
      @brandonpage7087 4 роки тому +2

      Me too! Along with Road to Nowhere, a song I completely relate to!

    • @popeofsimps2924
      @popeofsimps2924 4 роки тому +13

      Mine is Psychokiller, that bass is catchy

  • @63mckenzie
    @63mckenzie 3 роки тому +215

    The number of Scots who left Scotland as children then went on to form major bands is incredible. David Byrne Talking Heads. Angus and Malcom Young AC/DC, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Mark Knopfler Dire Straits, Colin Hay, Men at Work, Brian Connelly Sweet

    • @sunsetpalms1923
      @sunsetpalms1923 3 роки тому +3

      I can name more famous bands who came just from the state of Michigan. Alice Cooper, Kiss, Madonna, Ted Nugent, Bob Seger, Eminem, Kid Rock, MC5, Iggy Pop, White Stripes, and of course there was that whole Motown thing.

    • @63mckenzie
      @63mckenzie 3 роки тому +15

      @@sunsetpalms1923 The people I included were just those that left Scotland, not every Scot's band/performer. It was an observation of a quirk. BTW what's the pop of Michigan? Scotland has only 5 million.

    • @fuckwit107
      @fuckwit107 3 роки тому +2

      We're naturally talented 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @MortanAMrk
      @MortanAMrk 3 роки тому +4

      Also Bon Scott of AcDc was from scotland
      its weird how most of AcDc is just people from britain

    • @63mckenzie
      @63mckenzie 3 роки тому +2

      @@MortanAMrk Maybe they should have been called AC/UK!

  • @midplanewanderer9507
    @midplanewanderer9507 3 роки тому +125

    The bass line is one of those perfect examples of: "Less Is More."

    • @ricardojmestre
      @ricardojmestre 2 роки тому +2

      As it's so often with bass.

    • @spindriftdrinker
      @spindriftdrinker Рік тому +1

      @@ricardojmestre Under pressure..dum-dum-dum-dum-dadda-dum-dum...

    • @ricardojmestre
      @ricardojmestre Рік тому

      @@spindriftdrinker precisely - and everyone knows what song it is 👍🏼

  • @nlpnt
    @nlpnt 3 роки тому +121

    And now surrounded by SUVs and McMansions you may ask yourself "How did automobiles get so large again anyway?" and you may ask yourself "Who thought *that* was a beautiful house!?"

  • @TellItAnimated
    @TellItAnimated 5 років тому +1793

    Talking Heads and Bowie are my favorites, great video as always man

    • @weegee_47
      @weegee_47 5 років тому +7

      I wholeheartedly agree

    • @charlierose182
      @charlierose182 5 років тому +13

      With Mr Eno as the common denominator...absolutely!

    • @jeremyfalkner9223
      @jeremyfalkner9223 5 років тому +5

      same as it ever was

    • @lukethespook2784
      @lukethespook2784 4 роки тому +5

      You need to do an evolution video on David bowie

    • @chickenface6575
      @chickenface6575 4 роки тому +1

      Good to see you! Didn't expect you would be here though... XD

  • @wildsheepc
    @wildsheepc 4 роки тому +235

    Toni Basil directed the video?!?! That woman is such brilliance.

    • @plawson8577
      @plawson8577 4 роки тому +17

      Heather Andrews She dated Byrne during 1980-1983.

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 3 роки тому +4

      She was a staple of MTV music videos in the 80's. Worked on so many great ones.

  • @revjim77
    @revjim77 5 років тому +329

    I never liked Once in a Lifetime when I was growing up in the 80’s. Now, in my 40’s, I totally get it.
    I have a satisfying life, but the lyrics still make so much more sense now.

    • @ButterCookie1984
      @ButterCookie1984 4 роки тому +4

      Same here! I'm black, by the way, and I JAMMED this loudly with my windows down in my car this afternoon

    • @MkeKen67
      @MkeKen67 3 роки тому +6

      When I was in high school in the 80s, I thought Once in A Lifetime was the coolest song I ever heard. Then I heard "Listening Wind" on the same album, and I was like, damn, two amazing tracks on the same album!

    • @ButterCookie1984
      @ButterCookie1984 3 роки тому +1

      @Justin Case Absolutely. Take a whole weekend and listen to the 80s....that's what Im gonna do in the midst of all this misery.

    • @MsElke11
      @MsElke11 3 роки тому

      Groundhog day after 20 years of marriage

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 3 роки тому +4

      It conveys the same message as Pink Floyd's "Time", but instead of ripping your heart out, it makes you dance! :D

  • @kortomor8003
    @kortomor8003 3 роки тому +531

    I can't hear this song without thinking of gman

  • @SgtStevePH
    @SgtStevePH 3 роки тому +43

    Thanks to this video, "Once In A Lifetime" blew up again online (aside from the G-Man version too).

    • @valiant8248
      @valiant8248 3 роки тому +10

      ENA is also one of the reasons its blowing up again

  • @myaccount4586
    @myaccount4586 5 років тому +505

    Read David Byrne’s “How Music Works” it’s a great book.

    • @hestonblumenthal4263
      @hestonblumenthal4263 5 років тому +18

      My Account just started reading it today. So far very interesting

    • @hammalammadingdong6244
      @hammalammadingdong6244 5 років тому +8

      Another interesting read by DB is 'the New Sins'

    • @dianaruiz8604
      @dianaruiz8604 5 років тому +5

      @@hammalammadingdong6244 what is it about?

    • @MkeKen67
      @MkeKen67 3 роки тому +12

      @@dianaruiz8604 - Oddly enough, it's about small engine repair.

  • @chrisgavin
    @chrisgavin 4 роки тому +75

    It doesn't happen very often, but just sometimes a real piece of ART works its way into the mainstream and becomes A THING forever.

  • @barkingdoggo3331
    @barkingdoggo3331 3 роки тому +19

    it first was an easter egg from ENA, it was just something neat, then i fell in the best rabbit hole ever.

  • @jackragland7386
    @jackragland7386 5 років тому +212

    Oh my god I’ve been obsessed with this song for weeks what a coincidence

    • @xsrrr
      @xsrrr 5 років тому +10

      Coincidence? I say algorithms

  • @djvibekiller
    @djvibekiller 5 років тому +58

    You're the first person I've heard acknowledge the ambiguous counting in this song. I knew I wasn't crazy

  • @joefry22
    @joefry22 5 років тому +32

    The cool thing about the bass line is that it stays consistent throughout the song, but because there’s an extra 2-beat turnaround before each chorus, the notes “land” differently in the chorus than they do in the verses. And yet it still works! I’m a huge Talking Heads/Eno/Bowie fan, and I think one of the common threads is that they all have a similar approach to creating music, where simple individual parts can become really interesting depending on how they’re layered and arranged and interact with each other.

  • @bgorski6937
    @bgorski6937 3 роки тому +21

    Jerry, Chris, and Tina were all integral parts to Talking Heads, but the relationship between Byrne and Eno is where the true genius of the band comes from.

  • @KyleRoy
    @KyleRoy 5 років тому +138

    _Same as it ever was._

  • @cremetangerine82
    @cremetangerine82 5 років тому +168

    Thank you for highlighting the awesomeness of Tina Weymouth’s bass playing!

    • @aquamarine99911
      @aquamarine99911 4 роки тому +6

      Absolutely, although it was interesting that Chris inspired this bass line. Reminds me of another random bass inspiration - Billy Preston dreaming up the original "Miss You" line that Bill Wyman plays on the record. Inspiration can come from anywhere, and great music happens when musicians genuinely collaborate with a minimum of ego.

    • @Fiveandime
      @Fiveandime 4 роки тому +1

      Would love to hear about The Tom Tom Club

  • @classicpinball9873
    @classicpinball9873 5 років тому +670

    What's your Spotify i wanna see what playlists you have

    • @jackgraham4184
      @jackgraham4184 5 років тому +42

      his handle is watchpolyphonic
      open.spotify.com/user/watchpolyphonic

    • @danielbelkin4652
      @danielbelkin4652 5 років тому +35

      @Isaac Dweck ah, yes, a record store playlist. my favorite

    • @Outta-hz1ej
      @Outta-hz1ej 3 роки тому +14

      @Isaac Dweck cringe, m8. Don't gatekeep how people listen to music. if I want to download flacs from Soulseek or if I want to listen to 192 kbps tracks neatly arranged and recommended for only ten bucks or vinyl records or cds or 24 kbps mp3s from limewire with 12 Trojan viruses hidden inside I should be able to without some asshat saying that I'm "listening to, like, half the song"

    • @vehemetipolygoniae2197
      @vehemetipolygoniae2197 3 роки тому

      @@Outta-hz1ej
      Oop, he deleted the comment.
      What did it said I'm curious now lol

    • @Outta-hz1ej
      @Outta-hz1ej 3 роки тому +2

      @@vehemetipolygoniae2197 oh he was just saying something like "vinyls the only way to listen to music or someshit"
      I like vinyl, I'm not a big Spotify guy and I also think that gatekeeping isn't bad, but I dunno m8 I think that sayin that gets annoying

  • @Serai3
    @Serai3 3 роки тому +14

    Such an amazing band. Their albums contain so many fascinating songs, more than most people realize.
    When Byrne's film "True Stories" came out, I went to a signing for the accompanying book. I brought along a couple of TH albums, one of which was "Fear of Music", with its black album cover. When Byrne got to that one, he looked at me, I smiled at him, and he went ahead and signed it - with his black pen. I kept that album for years, and whenever anyone questioned my claim that he signed it, I'd hold it at an angle so the light would hit it just right, and the signature would appear. Good thing he used a ballpoint! :D

    • @joadbreslin5819
      @joadbreslin5819 7 місяців тому +1

      That's actually a really cool story.

  • @ryanjamesbarr1465
    @ryanjamesbarr1465 5 років тому +16

    “Life During Wartime” is probably their greatest song though. The imagery it conjures is just amazing

    • @jeffkramer28
      @jeffkramer28 5 років тому

      Ryan James Barr oh man. Don’t get me started. Life during wartime IS one of the best TH songs, and lyrically it’s so unlike any other TH song.
      I got turned on to them by the song “Swamp” in the movie Risky Business and then on the soundtrack.
      Great band. All members alive and well. Chance of a reunion tour? I’m guessing not.

    • @edward4840
      @edward4840 4 роки тому +1

      Ryan James Barr I feel like I don’t enjoy the studio version, but instead the live one from Stop Making Sense

  • @LycanWitch
    @LycanWitch 5 років тому +165

    How about The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, or chiefly known as Oingo Boingo. Rather than art students like with the Talking Heads, Oingo Boingo formed from a surrealist performance art theatrical troupe. Plus there's the vocalist, Danny Elfman who afterwards went on to achieve Hollywood Stardom in music composition for film and composed many great award winning movie scores, plus themesongs for tv shows (such as the iconic themesong for The Simpsons), so definitely need a video on Oingo Boingo with their numerous hit and cult songs, and/or a video on Danny Elfman himself.

    • @FreyaEinde
      @FreyaEinde 5 років тому +2

      Raven A video on The Forbidden Zone perhaps?

    • @KevinFinkbeiner
      @KevinFinkbeiner 4 роки тому +6

      Or Devo? Mark Mothersbaugh, his brother and friends were all art students at Kent State.

    • @brandonpage7087
      @brandonpage7087 4 роки тому

      I agree!! Oingo Boingo deserve some recognition & a Polyphonic video. 😊

    • @MrEazyE357
      @MrEazyE357 3 роки тому

      It's "Talking Heads". There's no "The".

    • @LycanWitch
      @LycanWitch 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrEazyE357 hence why "the" is lowercase.. rather than The Talking Heads which would indicate it's apart of a name/title if it were capitalized, for example The Beatles.. The use of "the" here is just called proper grammar.

  • @BurningThroughTime
    @BurningThroughTime 4 роки тому +19

    Never thought about Once in a Life time having the same cadence as televangelists, but it makes total sense! Especially thinking about the song Jezebel Spirit that Brian Eno and David Byrne did the same year. Great video!

  • @florida_mane6267
    @florida_mane6267 5 років тому +212

    Finally a Talking Heads video!

  • @Pangloss6413
    @Pangloss6413 3 роки тому +20

    "you wouldn't need all that to imprison...David Byrne"

  • @coolusername588
    @coolusername588 2 роки тому +2

    2:39 using byrne dancing to represent the counts is hilarious

  • @Cazra-VaporwaveWitch
    @Cazra-VaporwaveWitch 3 роки тому +9

    Turrón! Turrón! Turrón!

  • @QNEENSTAR
    @QNEENSTAR 3 роки тому +15

    Once in a turron.

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 3 роки тому +5

    “Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams

  • @GlenHallstrom
    @GlenHallstrom 5 років тому +32

    Love that song. My (then) girlfriend and I referred to it as "a musical version of a mid-life crisis."

    • @ronnickels5193
      @ronnickels5193 3 роки тому +4

      Fitting considering Baby Boomers hit middle age in the 80s

  • @EQOAnostalgia
    @EQOAnostalgia 3 роки тому +15

    Sonically strange... best way to describe that entire decade lol. It was... pretty cool as a kid honestly. I think this is why my imagination was always so colorful. Growing up with what was essentially a constant acid trip as media for 10-15 years was... well kinda strange lol. I say 15 because this stuff DEFINITELY spilled over into the 90's... we had some STRANGE stuff in the 90's man.
    When you remember this video and Sledge Hammer as a kid... weird is just kinda art. Not to mention a large part of this generation grew up with analog systems and by the time we graduated we were in a nearly 100% digital world... for example when i began school card catalogues and typewriters were the norm, by the time i was out everyone had a PC and the internet was WELL under way.
    This was a strange time, but even stranger to grow up in.

    • @glanni
      @glanni 2 роки тому

      It's like 5,258,880 minutes on acid.

  • @01aleph
    @01aleph 3 роки тому +7

    I bought the album in 1981 until today and I think “Remain In Light” is one of the most important albums in pop culture ever , of course Once in a Lifetime is brilliant song as well ... Remain in Lights is an absolute masterpiece ! ! !

  • @felixcharles9773
    @felixcharles9773 5 років тому +217

    Yes, but why a big suit?

    • @florida_mane6267
      @florida_mane6267 5 років тому +91

      Because David Byrne

    • @bryanalone
      @bryanalone 5 років тому +157

      To make his head appear smaller

    • @ISuckOffCops
      @ISuckOffCops 5 років тому +13

      Felix Charles it’s not big suit he’s just small brained

    • @Pepelivingston77
      @Pepelivingston77 5 років тому +20

      W I D E B O Y

    • @harvestspam
      @harvestspam 5 років тому +56

      From Wikipedia:
      "The suit was partly inspired by Noh theatre styles, and became an icon not only of the film - as it appears on the movie poster, for instance - but of Byrne himself. Byrne said: "I was in Japan in between tours and I was checking out traditional Japanese theater - Kabuki, Noh, Bunraku - and I was wondering what to wear on our upcoming tour. A fashion designer friend (Jurgen Lehl) said in his typically droll manner, 'Well David, everything is bigger on stage.' He was referring to gestures and all that, but I applied the idea to a businessman's suit." Pauline Kael stated in her review: "When he comes on wearing a boxlike 'big suit' - his body lost inside this form that sticks out around him like the costumes in Noh plays, or like Beuys' large suit of felt that hangs off a wall - it's a perfect psychological fit." On the DVD he gives his reasoning behind the suit: "I wanted my head to appear smaller and the easiest way to do that was to make my body bigger, because music is very physical and often the body understands it before the head."

  • @adamkrsnak8882
    @adamkrsnak8882 5 років тому +167

    Still waiting on a ccr video

  • @dbcollin3
    @dbcollin3 5 років тому +4

    I LOVE THIS VID. Made me smile at several points throughout. My favorite thing about your videos is how you find words and explanations to express exactly how i feel about a song or group, and explain why i felt that way when i otherwise wouldnt know how. For example, the lyricism in this song. I had no idea why i felt it was familiar, like i had heard it before. The parallel you drew between preachers' cadences and Byrne explained it without a doubt, as I have always been religious and gone to church. I love this song so much and you did such good justice to it. Naive melody would be hella cool to see as well

  • @marcusy.6372
    @marcusy.6372 5 років тому +104

    OH MY GOD HE FINALLY MADE A TALKING HEADS VID THANK THE LORD

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt 5 років тому +1

      David Byrne is an Agnostic. Mind your language.

    • @marcusy.6372
      @marcusy.6372 5 років тому +1

      I am a member of the Church of Latter Day Heads, and I am proud, thank you very much

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt 5 років тому +4

      @@marcusy.6372 My condolences. What a cursed life you have. It's really not fair.

    • @epicnooo
      @epicnooo 5 років тому +2

      teppolundgren LMFAOOO

    • @luismoraless7133
      @luismoraless7133 5 років тому

      i was expecting this comment haha

  • @joer4
    @joer4 6 місяців тому +1

    The one thing you miss about the Talking Heads that helped make them so popular is that they put on high energy shows with music that was very danceable. You can see this in the many live videos of the band played on UA-cam. Once in a Lifetime also covers this element of their popularity. Love all of your work, keep it up!

  • @willows861
    @willows861 5 років тому +248

    Would love if you did a video on Tom Waits!

    • @ThatOneGuy7550
      @ThatOneGuy7550 5 років тому +11

      I would love a video on Tom Waits tbh

    • @bacht4799
      @bacht4799 5 років тому +8

      That One Guy same here I truly would ❤️ that too.. Tom Waits is awesome.. and that’s is a fact.. !

    • @shruggzdastr8-facedclown
      @shruggzdastr8-facedclown 5 років тому +6

      SportsRGreat: feet for children's shoes

    • @chemistryset1
      @chemistryset1 5 років тому +2

      @@shruggzdastr8-facedclown - dayum that was a slick reference

    • @thekornwulf
      @thekornwulf 5 років тому +1

      Please do this.

  • @fantanofanfiction5451
    @fantanofanfiction5451 5 років тому +15

    One of your best video's👌 Excellently written and excellently edited!

  • @T.V_boi
    @T.V_boi 3 роки тому +11

    Gman fans 🤝 Ena fans
    Once in
    A lifetime

    • @EQOAnostalgia
      @EQOAnostalgia 3 роки тому

      Half Life Alyx is amazing.

    • @MisterGeneric_
      @MisterGeneric_ Рік тому

      Ahaha both of those made me aware of the song, both from CoreyLaddo's video and ena

  • @rainearnstowski7049
    @rainearnstowski7049 3 роки тому +117

    Heres the one ENA comment you’re looking for

  • @manakin5
    @manakin5 4 роки тому +8

    I've always loved how, at the end of the interlude about water, the bass plays that reverbed (?) short sequence of notes that reminds me of a whale song. It was just the perfect motif to carry the song from that interlude in the chorus.

  • @devilsMasquerade
    @devilsMasquerade 3 роки тому +15

    Sent by The G-Man.

  • @andrewmoseley4029
    @andrewmoseley4029 5 років тому +6

    I seriously heard this yesterday and thought,, “I’ve really got to finally figure this song out.” I always mean to every time I hear it, so thanks for this! It really is a brilliant work.

  • @real_fjcalabrese
    @real_fjcalabrese 5 років тому +13

    "It's Talking Heads..." David Byrne.

  • @mariocastillo8334
    @mariocastillo8334 5 років тому +88

    You referenced Fela Kuti my friend, might as well make one of your excellent videos for The Black President himself.
    Edit: I mean, if the story of Zombie and the invasion of Kalakuta doesn't make for an awesome video, nothing will.

  • @roosterfog2610
    @roosterfog2610 5 років тому +37

    Whenever a polyphonic video is released, a good day is made.

  • @paisleyprincess7996
    @paisleyprincess7996 4 роки тому +5

    Man, I remember hearing this song as a 7-year old back in 1981. It was so cool because it was so different. Great video!

  • @joint2joint2k
    @joint2joint2k 5 років тому +1

    I've never been much of a Talking Heads fan, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. Your videos are always clean, professional, informative and impeccably well-researched. Huge props man.

  • @paulconway5693
    @paulconway5693 5 років тому +1

    Honestly, Polyphonic's video are some of the most satisfying to watch. Interesting content paired with amazing visuals and editing

  • @HipNerd
    @HipNerd 3 роки тому +3

    If I had to pick a favorite song of all time, this is it. The regretful refrain, "letting the days go by," still gives me feels.

  • @lorenpeterson5255
    @lorenpeterson5255 5 років тому +5

    Legendary song. Thanks for the great vid!

  • @wokebutstillsleepy8426
    @wokebutstillsleepy8426 5 років тому +2

    It's hilarious how you posted essentially my most favorite song on my 20th birthday. This is a fantastically informative video- love your channel!

    • @davidzachmeyer1957
      @davidzachmeyer1957 4 роки тому

      When I first saw this video on MTV, I was about 16 years old, an Talking Heads instantly became my favorite band. It's awesome to see young folks enjoying it now as much as I did back then!

  • @ianmacfarlane1241
    @ianmacfarlane1241 2 роки тому +2

    Cannot believe this is FORTY TWO years old - I was 9 when this came out - it's as brilliant today...as it ever was.
    Proud to claim David Byrne as a Scot...even if he left at a young age, he's still one of us.

  • @anthonypicco7811
    @anthonypicco7811 5 років тому +44

    You keep calling them THE Talking Heads. The name of the band is Talking Heads.

  • @BabyBoomerChannel
    @BabyBoomerChannel 5 років тому +5

    I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this album. It was 1980 - and I was visiting a friend at college - and a hippy girl played this weird, African-inspired punk music that caught my attention. I'll never forget it.

  • @portostrengthunion
    @portostrengthunion 3 роки тому

    This video was so well done. Thank you for posting

  • @ChorusArtists
    @ChorusArtists 5 років тому

    Thank you so much for researching & creating this. Information like this informs the music so much, and makes it so much richer to enjoy. The Talking Heads, and David Byrne in particular, were brilliant in their rhythmic artistry. Huge fan. Really enjoyed this vid and learned some new things, too. Kudos!

  • @fawkkyutuu8851
    @fawkkyutuu8851 3 роки тому +6

    "This Must Be The Place" imo equally trancends, especially In the movie Wallstreet as Charlie Sheen moves up In the world , and at the end as he's fallen down but finally lands In the place he always needed to be.

  • @dylanpearson9480
    @dylanpearson9480 5 років тому +3

    I've Always loved this song and the video is my absolute favorite because of how awkward but brilliant it is. Beautifully insane. Thanks for spreading the love of it's creation.

  • @sunandablanc
    @sunandablanc 5 років тому

    This was one of the best you've done. Hats off.

  • @firemarshal2629
    @firemarshal2629 5 років тому

    Just want to say how proud of you and this channel I am. I knew from the very first video this channel would be big. Keep up the good work bro!

  • @marag7816
    @marag7816 5 років тому +371

    "the Talking Heads" ahem the of this band is Talking Heads

    • @russ6541
      @russ6541 5 років тому +33

      Congratulations, you’re the only one who cares.

    • @luismarioguerrerosanchez4747
      @luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 5 років тому +41

      I do too.

    • @NASkeywest
      @NASkeywest 5 років тому +41

      The 't' is lowercase meaning it wasnt put there as part of the title of the band. The is part of the title sentence not the band name.

    • @marag7816
      @marag7816 5 років тому +43

      @@russ6541 It's a joke...one of their albums is called "The Name of this Band is Talking Heads" but yes I am know most people just say the Talking Heads...myself included sometimes

    • @russ6541
      @russ6541 5 років тому +1

      Okay.

  • @vard000
    @vard000 5 років тому +42

    Wait, wasn't Toni Basil the chick who did "Mickey"?

    • @BronsonTheCat
      @BronsonTheCat 5 років тому +5

      Dildo Baggins Yes that is her!

    • @Louie4711
      @Louie4711 5 років тому +16

      Yes - but for most of her career she's been a brilliant coreographer. Look her up on UA-cam, she's one of the people that initially brought popping and locking to the masses.

    • @steveplease
      @steveplease 5 років тому +3

      She also did a decent cover of Devo's "Be Stiff".

    • @Louie4711
      @Louie4711 5 років тому +2

      @@steveplease Yeah! Devo played on that. She also covered "Pity You" and "Spacegirl Blues." Her first album "Word of Mouth" is a secret classic.

    • @nazfrde
      @nazfrde 5 років тому +3

      She also was a go-go dancer in The T.A.M.I. Show (along with Teri Garr) and was one of the women Fonda and Hopper hung out with in New Orleans in Easy Rider (along with Karen Black).

  • @nitedreamer23
    @nitedreamer23 5 років тому +2

    Polyphonic consistently raising the bar for UA-cam content creators. Yet another great video.

  • @Jim-db9bt
    @Jim-db9bt 3 роки тому +1

    I love how Polyphonic breaks down the creative process within a song, I wish there was a motion pictures equivalent site that did this, any songwriter has a rich resource with this site!

  • @GnarMarv2
    @GnarMarv2 5 років тому +4

    If you're from the east coast, and are a true lover of rock and alt you knew years ago about the alternative radio station that once a rock lovers must. They played this particular song EVERY day and at a teenager I just enjoyed it but now being 22, the song not only holds meaning to me but memories as the years have now gone by. Thank you Pitchfork

  • @wonkusbonkus8528
    @wonkusbonkus8528 3 роки тому +126

    Why hello there fellow ENA fans

  • @mistamemewide
    @mistamemewide Рік тому

    This is probably my favorite video covering a song ever, seriously.

  • @ricadeirov
    @ricadeirov 5 років тому

    Always good to be notified about a new Polyphonic video...Specially with Talking Heads!! Thank you for all the great videos :)

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 5 років тому +8

    I heard this song for the 1st time on my way to school for the 1st day. I was so amazed , I pulled into Tower lot to pick up tape of " Remain In Light " I was late to school ! A Desert Island Disc. 🎸

  • @nestorarranz2797
    @nestorarranz2797 4 роки тому +4

    There is a spanish band that sounds a lot like Talking heads if youre interested. Golpes Bajos, wich literally translates to Low Hits or strikes, but is probably referential to their awesome basslines (bajo=bass, the "s" is plural)

  • @johnjohnson3709
    @johnjohnson3709 4 роки тому

    I’ve always loved this song. Thanks for showing me more than I ever knew. Love Polyphonic!!

  • @theHumanBryno
    @theHumanBryno 5 років тому +2

    I saw the music video in the waiting room at the hospital at 12 years old just prior to having my adenoids removed. It stuck with me for years until I finally had a part-time job as a teenager and could afford to start buying CDs and I got into Talking Heads pretty deep. I finally saw David Byrne live in 2018 and I don't know if I've seen a better show, and I would be fine if nothing ever tops it. I hope a live DVD is released at some point.

  • @Carzy4232
    @Carzy4232 5 років тому +33

    I love the Talking Heads! One of my favorite bands, up there with the Pink Floyd, the Led Zeppelin, and the Radiohead! Great video from the Polyphonic

    • @moka8267
      @moka8267 5 років тому +6

      I nearly wooooshed myself

    • @nat90957.
      @nat90957. 4 роки тому +6

      Great comment from The Jake Chapman...😁

    • @DC-js4gk
      @DC-js4gk 4 роки тому

      Yeah it's like having the narrator from Wonder Years telling you about music. Very perceptive but. He's really thought about this stuff. My fave is the Bonzo drumming vid, which could have been an hour long

    • @daniilromanenko3677
      @daniilromanenko3677 4 роки тому

      You just listed the only 4 bands that I listen to

    • @MrEazyE357
      @MrEazyE357 3 роки тому

      😂🤣

  • @magichands135
    @magichands135 5 років тому +94

    There is water at the bottom of the ocean 😂

    • @radtech21
      @radtech21 5 років тому +11

      Don’t remove it!

    • @wednesday181
      @wednesday181 3 роки тому +7

      It sounds ridiculous until you remember there are deep sea rivers that flow thousands of meters below the surface.

    • @MkeKen67
      @MkeKen67 3 роки тому

      @@wednesday181 - Underwater currents rock!

  • @paulbraasch3960
    @paulbraasch3960 3 роки тому

    This was a great vid...informative and well presented.
    Thanks

  • @blackfriarsffc5232
    @blackfriarsffc5232 5 років тому

    Thank you for another well researched and presented video. I appreciate your work!

  • @yuriofblades4981
    @yuriofblades4981 3 роки тому +4

    Cheese & rice moony!

  • @knickknack1657
    @knickknack1657 4 роки тому +3

    i'm so glad I got to be a part of one of david byrne's projects geez

  • @owlcu
    @owlcu 4 роки тому +1

    If you have good headphones and listen closely, that's not just a bass line you're hearing - it's overdubbed with someone's deep human voice to thicken the effect. It's easiest to hear it at the beginning of the song before the strong vocals come in. And by the way, "There is water... at the bottom of the ocean" has got to be one of the coolest lyrics ever written.

  • @en3usiastfortesque368
    @en3usiastfortesque368 3 роки тому

    A clear and engaging exposition on one of the most original and creative pieces of audio/visual art ever.......

  • @lucaszurdo8952
    @lucaszurdo8952 5 років тому +11

    Nothing pleases me more than opening UA-cam to a new video from Polyphonic on the Heads...

  • @max2082
    @max2082 3 роки тому +7

    This song is almost the perfect expression of how repetitive life is, was and will be. Especially as an adult. "Same as it ever was" just repeats in my mind from time to time.

  • @allancesterjr4494
    @allancesterjr4494 4 роки тому

    THIS IS VERY GOOD ! I always wondered how that song was put together ! 🙌

  • @WaikikiRed
    @WaikikiRed 5 років тому +1

    I'm so glad somebody can verbalize what I feel about certain songs. I couldnt describe efficiently why I always felt something was off sent or staggered about this song. Thank you for reaching in my brain and explaining that to me.

  • @luismarioguerrerosanchez4747
    @luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 5 років тому +131

    The name of the band is "Talking Heads"

    • @Tearyatobitz
      @Tearyatobitz 5 років тому +7

      Luis Mario Guerrero Sánchez god i hate this shit! It’s like the people that correct others for, “it’s GERMS not The Germs.”foh

    • @tskmaster3837
      @tskmaster3837 5 років тому +5

      I tried to ask for that album back when records stores actually existed.
      It did not go well.... but they did know who the band was... and this is now officially a comedy routine.
      Yes.

  • @jacobramon1138
    @jacobramon1138 5 років тому +48

    Thoughts on Pete Townsend’s lifehouse? Would love to see a video on it

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt 5 років тому +1

      So would I. But I'm afraid it would be a video based purely on speculation. I mean, Townshend is the only one who understands the thing, and as far as I know,
      he's never published a script or offered up anything more elaborate than a brief synopsis of the overall concept.
      The story of the failed Lifehouse project is already well documented, so a video about that would just serve as repetition without adding anything new.

    • @jacobramon1138
      @jacobramon1138 5 років тому +1

      teppolundgren I don’t know I think polyphonic could do it some real justice. To be honest anything about The Who would be great from him

    • @jacobramon1138
      @jacobramon1138 5 років тому

      Rust Belt Kid bro relax it’s not that serious

    • @jacobramon1138
      @jacobramon1138 5 років тому

      Rust Belt Kid I mean the charges were dropped, and I believe he WAS doing it only for his book, but we’ll never know. I really like the music Pete Townsend has made and I don’t want that to be ruined because he made a mistake. Yes it was a BIG mistake and he definitely should have gone about the book research in a very different way, but he was a man on a mission that wanted to know if the things he went through as a child were the same as the kids in the videos(of course these are just my thoughts the subject).

    • @YambamYambam2
      @YambamYambam2 5 років тому

      Hey, they actually made one on it a few weeks ago! ua-cam.com/video/6gAd1X0Uawk/v-deo.html

  • @markdorman52
    @markdorman52 3 роки тому +2

    Byrne & Eno = magic

  • @zachariebiollo5836
    @zachariebiollo5836 5 років тому

    I really love this video since the talking heads is my favorite band and you do a great job of analyzing one of their most popular songs