S3E3 | Music: Talking Heads’ Once in a Lifetime

“Hey, snap out of it! Look around, or else you’re going to miss something incredible!” If Talking Heads frontman David Byrne could condense the wit, complexity, and ironic sensibility of their hit single off of 1980’s Remain in the Light into a 2022 Tweet, this would be it. Blending rock, synth, dance, Afrobeat, and even radio-broadcast preachers into a wholly unique New Wave sound, Once in a Lifetime - and its avant-garde music video - lit up the airwaves and video waves of radio, vinyl, and MTV in the early 80’s, inspiring a generation. One such muse-inspired author, Suzanne Mattaboni, joins us on this episode to co-host and share her perspective on the Talking Heads, as well as her new novel, Once in a Lifetime.

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-- Can I Borrow Your Notes? -- 

• Kermit the Frog - Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime" (Laser Time, YouTube)
• Women With Attitude: How ‘80s New Wave Music Fueled Feminism (Suzanne Mattaboni's article on Women Writers, Women's Books)
• Suzanne Mattaboni's official website
• onceinalifetimenovel.com (buy Suzanne's book!)

 

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