Talking Heads - "Once In A Lifetime"

[courtlung1]

and you may awake in the present, without knowing how you arrived

[mswoish]

Corbert Report at 1:30.

[Damasterdotorg]

0:46

[925goodfella]

you might find yourself with a beautiful wife/ you might find yourself with a big house.. and you might ask yourself,,,, how much will this cost me??????????

[topshoptights]

listen YOUTUBERS, you may find yourself watching reality shows on Mtv, you may find yourself paying higher gas prices, you may find yourself owning an apple I-phone, , you may ask yourself,  HOW DID the future get SO FUCKED up

[MrAndyXDify]

HOT TUB TIME MACHINE

[chadt2a]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug....

[RickyRocker821]

i should be doing my homework right now........

[MiracleFruitClock]

fuck you

[Ddemoss61362]

David Burn you crazy scientific genius. no one said white men cant dance... its just.....this though

[KongoInSweden]

WTH did they smoke when they created this video hehe ... great memories from the 80s thou :D

[RockinPunk24]

Saw this first time on totp in 1981.I am asking the questions he does in this video.But when u get old and philosophical about everything u say "same as it ever was.Chase the rat race or leave it!

[Benafrd]

YOU MAY TELL YOURSELF . TO GO FUK YOURSELF

[925goodfella]

@Benafrd and i might ask myself, what have i done to myself?? O.O

[14realmofo]

the rush limbaughs of music. misery loves co

[wedgeskywalker9]

Talking heads are so boss

[jowston100]

Ah another gay video from the 80s.

[ApplianceOperator]

@jowston100 = troll alert.

[jowston100]

@ApplianceOperator

ApplianceOperator = Fag Alert!

[sallygirl2066]

This is the best ever ever ever music video ever ever ever made. Coming from a 13 year old who never had this on tv.

[Deathflame587]

great song but wtf really...

[SilentStealthyWalrus]

And you may ask yourself, "What the heak am I watching?"

And you may ask yourself "Why is he sweating so much?"

And you may ask yourself "Is he a genius or just a weirdo?"

My Lord what have I done?!

[shiningbeans]

@SilentStealthyWalrus the answer to all of those questions is cocaine.

[mellodee123]

@SilentStealthyWalrus Lmaoooooooooooooo!!! I guess it's "the same as it ever was"!!!!

[pennylaneable]

@SilentStealthyWalrus your 14!!!! what the fuck do you know about good music. Shut the fuck up.

[cdanieldaniels]

@pennylaneable makin' my day with this awesome logic.

[jufeds]

@SilentStealthyWalrus Sweating because he is dressed like the typical paedophile character

[notyetman]

....Same as it ever was....

[jutubaeh]

1:20 "ozzy"?

[MrMushroom123]

and you may find yourself in the weird part of youtube again.

and you may ask to yourself "how did i get here?"

[faeembrugh]

He does look like a Dumbarton guy to be honest

[mysticlawlotus]

Best American Band of the 80s. Love the visual delights =this man creates. The "Chopping motion down the arm symbolising TIME/ movement/ IS BRILLIANT! ASK YOURSELF "HOW DID I/we GET HERE" =LETTING THE DAZE GO BY!

[patter10111]

Endless days onboard the USS Independence during the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Listened to this with the water flowing under. ---How did I get here? What have I done?

[edgeswan]

Best gee up song ever!!



[anthonyjthorne]

Still one of the greatest songs ever written.

[kingofkingstattoos]

Hot tube time. Machine!

[jazzy4266]

thats funny lol

[SeantheBaldman]

Hot Tub Time Machine FTW!

[notabanana2]

and for anyone else who cares the dances he is doing are mostly tribal dances to further prove the point that you dont need all of these materials to be happy b/c all of these tribes have nothing yet they r pretty damn content

[dedededanny]

he just spazzes out at 1:43

[sausagemanlorne23]

The Talking heads are amazing. even better live..

[MissPhyscosocial]

So fit.

[vjreejr]

This is when The Talking Heads were actually good - before "Burning Down the House"....

[MissPhyscosocial]

@vjreejr That's an excellent song. Problem?

[sausagemanlorne23]

@vjreejr Hey, I love that song.

[texashsad]

I liked this song when it came out, and today I like it even more...

[watchORlisten]

Don't waste your money on bottled water.Tap water is good.Unless you still have old galvanized pipes.Then you're being polluted with rust.Spend the money on copper.Sell yourself.Get people to bet you that you won't eat anything they can cough up.Do what you have to do.Or...look for water underground.Just find out first how deep you can dig before it violates some city ordinance.But whatever you do...don't buy bottled water.It's just tap water run through a filter that YOU can buy.Thank You.

[luckystriker888]

Thanks David and Talking Heads, glad to hear you again in another lifetime

[Jongolia]

You may ask yourself, How do I manage to get so sweaty?

[zile217]

Čovek je čist "Genije"

[jrmetmoi]

The beginning is part sea water and part microbes

[ABaconBusAflame]

The music video for this song is exactly what I expected.

[f18l]

Er, thanks for the music history lesson, Prof. I was simply making the point that Talking Heads were a collective, not just David Byrne. It would have been good to see them in the video, but David Byrne, as undeniably talented as he is, is a clearly a malignant narcissist, which is why the rest of the band hate him to this day.

[FairEllenLochinvar]

@f18l

Seeing as how you already knew all that you could have just watched the video in answer to your own question.

[mapofyourheadmuse]

@beatlesfan134 stop hiding behind your username. Using a universally likable band in it doesn't by any means make you likeable. David Byrne is a lyrical genius, not to mention a trendsetter in incorporating unconventional rhythms into his songs. And his vocal range is by no means limited. You actually have to know an artist better to insult them. His voice has deep emotion to it in a countless number of songs.

[f18l]

Apparently, David Byrne had a backing band. Do they make an appearance in this video?

[FairEllenLochinvar]

@f18l

Did you read the title to this video? And Talking Heads is no "backing band", they were a ground-breaking band formed in the mid-70's and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

[julpitt]

Please ! tell me who made this vid with David and what are they working on NOW !?!

[FairEllenLochinvar]

@julpitt

The title of this video will tell you, also Google and Wikipedia.

[chixaladymusic]

Originator!!!!!!!!!!

[Spencerrocks222]

Vermin Supreme :D

[misscheesyblasters]

TEMON LOCO.....TEMON.

[ToolBeing]

Why doesn't youtube have links to 'buy this video' like they do (not here unfortunately) to 'buy this mp3'? And more to the point, why don't the music houses sell the videos? It's rare that the videos themselves are on sale. What can it mean? It's a rare thing to see capitalists sleeping on the job like this.

[pitkinator]

this isnt my car.....its a rental

[pedroromero180]

you may be surfing on you tube asking how did I get here!!

[hotsingleandshit]

@pedroromero180 :| gtfo

[pedroromero180]

this song has been the same as it ever was

[defragmyhead]

LOVE THIS SHIT! SAME AS IT EVER WAS!!!!!!!!!

[defragmyhead]

@defragmyhead I talk major shit on people who type in all CAPS. This song made me forget myself!

[GREGZILLA69]

Back in to face to face with my tv on Mtv!

[starclover17]

songs that make me smile :)

[FairEllenLochinvar]

... and you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?" ...

The rallying cry of confused YouTubers everywhere!

[kieranification]

@FairEllenLochinvar Ha ha... nice one,,, seems like we're all just as lost as each other

[pavelow235]

Story of my life...., soon to live in a shack, hopefully I'll get a beautiful wife soon

[homerbialy]

I'm sorry, but I can't summarise how much I love this song, this video and this band...

[checkyourhead37]

:55 is how Ive been walking around all day.

[live1234561]

just watched this on tv and had to watch again on utube

[Limerick1993]

@live1234561  haha im the exact same. saw it on vintage tv :DD

[AdrianXAlexis]

I've been everywhere. I've left every place. Here I have no abiding city.



[spgottawa]

Great song, great video but why oh why did they cut out part of the song?? The album version is only about 40-50 s longer....

[kimmois1]

@spgottawa This was the version for commercial release which was cut to be under four minutes in order to get radio chart play.

[spgottawa]

@kimmois1 Thanks - I figured it was something like that - funny that I have never heard the short version in 30 years - it caught my ears right away...

[razzpng]

Talking Heads RULL Man My Fav band of all time yeah yeah

[kellercoleman]

LOVED THIS!

[CentinelThe]

norman bates!



[drjamyma]

I think of Eulogy by tool when I hear this and think of the name talking heads.

[gtorres023]

My theme song, where is my beautiful wife?

[burnpillageplunder]

People who dislike this, just don't get it.

It is a comment on our lives of how we chase material things for years - from cars to fancy houses - and in the end "it's the same as it ever was".

[thedavetrain]

@burnpillageplunder Just because someone doesn't like something doesn't mean they don't get it. Not that I don't love this song. Also, it's not just about materials. It's about trying to achieve the ideal life you picture in your mind, which usually includes a lot of material goods, but also a specific job, a spouse perhaps, and finding yourself somewhere down the road, successful or not, and realizing that it doesn't make a difference. Same as it ever was.

[theKnightthginKeht]

@thedavetrain That's EXACTLY what it means.

[AnotherRandomGeek]

@burnpillageplunder Byrne said that it was meant to be taken literally, that it's about how we go through life half-awake and that we end up with all these things and never stop to ask how we got here.

[burnpillageplunder]

What an awesome song - fits today.

[Noyfb33]

I don't always trip on acid, but when I do, I watch this video

[MegaWendyWilliams]

278 dislikes can be WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lawabider1]

And you may ask yourself "Why am I watching this shite?"

[TVindustries5000]

@lawabider1 and you may ask yourself "why am i abiding the law?"

[1madinjun]

How did I get here ?

[MissPhyscosocial]

He is just so fit.

[jrmetmoi]

@MissPhyscosocial No but the song and video are greta. I love weird arty farty, and this time this isn't sarcasm.

[FairEllenLochinvar]

... and you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"...

The confused rallying cry of confused YouTubers everywhere!

[TeRRoRNaZzii]

and 278 people may press the dislike button and say to themselves "MY GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE

[palui]

10 "years" :)

[palui]

David Byrne was really 10 ahead of his time. Brilliant rock group.

[kartikm24]

god like :)

[rainm1963]

My God! What have I Done!!

[chrissjg]

letting the days go by letting the water hold me down. I've been doing this foreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever

[PippiClaremont]

@chrissjg OH GOD!! ME TOOOOOOOO!

[chrissjg]

@PippiClaremont People should be more like us

[PippiClaremont]

@chrissjg In retrospect, uhhhh, no they shouldn't... lol

[chrissjg]

@PippiClaremont they should probably go away under a hole and never come out then.

[nemoism]

Man i miss them days! When mainstream music had originality and heart, substance. The shit today makes me cry....

[kndycane6]

didn't relize I liked soo many talking head songs

[sauquoit13456]

Happy Birthday Jerry Harrison (born Jeremiah Griffin Harrison) was born on this date in 1949. {Feb. 21st}

[NerdyCanadian]

Fucking cool.

[hArbingeRofDumb]

And you may ask yourself "How do 278 people dislike this?"

[diekontrolleure]

@hArbingeRofDumb cause it sucks?

[kimmois1]

@hArbingeRofDumb More to the point you may ask yourself "How do 278 million people like Rhianna?"

[theendlessenigma]

@hArbingeRofDumb into the blue again ... all the bieber fans....

[notsuretwo]

@hArbingeRofDumb And I would answer. We live in Idiocracy.

[beatlesfan134]

@hArbingeRofDumb And the answer is...... It sucks.

[minielk454]

@beatlesfan134 how does t suck? this is a fucking classic man.

[beatlesfan134]

@minielk454 Limited vocal range, meaningless lyrics, and an overall mediocre band playing.

[minielk454]

@beatlesfan134 well, that's your opinion. i found alot of meaning in these lyrics.

[beatlesfan134]

@minielk454 Well you find meaning in these lyrics. I'm gonna go ahead and find meaning in the lyrics of Stairway to heaven if you need me.

[giadajenkins]

@hArbingeRofDumb No idea this song is one of my all time fav's

[ophiocephalus]

They don't know where that highway goes to. My God, what have they done?

[MrsEvelynBreebles]

@hArbingeRofDumb Because the 280 odd dislikes are in bred fuck wits

[MARLEYFANcbr]

this was considered a high tech video back when dinosaurs watched MTV music videos

[ATOMICxEGG2000]

I am so confused....



[mrdumbname]

Da fuck did I just watch?

[David18151]

This is one of the greatest songs made, came out when I was in high School. God I miss those days.

[kimberlyph67]

@David18151 I AGREE I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL 1985 THIS WAS THE BOMB!! I MISS THEM TOO

[zonumb]

My life's theme song

[mundo19841]

Tremendously funny and enjoyable...danced it many times in the 1980´s.

[heavayburtation]

why are there any dislikes?

[popesnose]

@heavayburtation The dislikes are probably dyslexics: they see the thumbs down and press it thinking "I love this".

[diddygt]

this is such a weird video...lol :D

[ryanefoley82]

Wow, I didnt know Stephen Colbert was the lead singer of Talking Heads! lol

[themanmaschine]

What always amazes me is that people think that David Byrne is a Canadian, but he is actually originally from Dumbarton in Scotland! Always loved this song!

[JomoFoSho31]

How dare you say that David Byrne has no talent.

[TheYoungActivist101]

If the answer to life is 42 then what's the question?

[TheYoungActivist101]

Great song. Nothing more to say.

Anyone who thinks that modern musicians have no creativity like this post.

(A.K.A. Nicki Minaj.)

[ubsme2]

you may ask yourself many things,but will the answer be right ?

[mb72297]

This made my day

[ubsme2]

.22 looks like hes getting a b.j.

[PrivateSchemers1]

I didn't now Bill Nye had his own a band.

[WallyFamine]

I never knew Atticus Finch was in a band.

[ThePathickey]

timeless



[heavayburtation]

Lol one of the top comments isn't even in english!



[MyLouis1970]

geweldig 

[Chevaleresk1]

Chuck Versus the Suburbs (y)

Love Chuck forever!!

[nerdflanders8710]

david byrne sucks. no talent ass clown



[CiaranConnollyIdeals]

@nerdflanders8710 right, of course, he has no talent. even if he did, it's not he like, oh pioneered and entire f***ing genre of music

[nerdflanders8710]

@CiaranConnollyIdeals no it's not.

[CiaranConnollyIdeals]

@nerdflanders8710 geek rock? never heard of it?

[fendermustang96]

Genius

[TheBOZORUS]

WTF?????

[00GreyEyedGirl00]

This guys got some SERIOUS moves. My teacher told me people actually danced like this at her prom.

[rutzen21]

that would be so awesome, great idea

[Crisszilla]

He's such a weirdo. Gotta love it.

[chuckles222]

love the song, can't say i'm fussed with the video

[pitkinator]

for a long time i felt without stye and grace

[pitkinator]

byrne eno life

[blaaaaaah823]

the waving blue background in the beginning is tripping me the fuck out, bro...

[buck65100]

Just sucked back to the 80's Dam, I'm getting old!!

[ianpr25]

same as it ever was

[VegetarianZombie140]

And you may ask yourself... lolwat

[mromsennis]

i was in jr high when this video came out....never liked it back in the 80's, but now....what a fabulous song and video.

[1therealbigcheese1]

i prefer that psycho killa upload

[TheJinxster10]

This song is a classic