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Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (Official Video)
Talking Heads ^ | 1980 | Talking Heads

Posted on 04/24/2022 11:36:38 PM PDT by DallasBiff

Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime," from the 1980 album Remain in Light

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


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From the days of household stereo systems with 3 foot speakers.
1 posted on 04/24/2022 11:36:38 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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Life During Wartime (2003 Remaster)
2 posted on 04/24/2022 11:45:48 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: DallasBiff
I was there with friends:

Talking Heads - Live At Central Park New York, NY August 27, 1980 - Full Concer

3 posted on 04/24/2022 11:49:30 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Thanks for post this one.   Awhile back I had this to say about that:
I was half way through listening to The Talking Heads song "Once in a Lifetime," from the 1980 album Remain in Light again and realized that I was probably one of the very few individuals who have seen water flowing underground.

When I was about twelve years old I lived in Huntsville, Alabama, "The Rocket City!"   I went on a Boy Scout camping trip with Troop 378 or 379 (I can't remember which), spelunking down into one of the vast limestone caves that cover Northern Alabama.   After a long hike down and going deeper down with ropes a couple of times, we stopped by a fast moving river with the water as clear as glass.   We unrolled our sleeping bags and slept the whole night a few feet from the water in pitch darkness.   "Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground"

Note: Regarding the the Scout Troop, it had grown so big that they had to cut it in half and a successive number was assigned.   I cannot remember if the cave spelunking trip was before or after the split.

I just happened to think that I cannot remember even one person in either scout troop and it more than likely disbanded many years ago.   My family only lived there less than two years.
4 posted on 04/25/2022 12:04:41 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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I have the T shirt.

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/5751379-you-may-ask-yourself-once-in-a-lifetime-pie-chart

5 posted on 04/25/2022 12:21:32 AM PDT by CtBigPat (The time of Crisis is ending. Now comes Normalization.)
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Nice! If I didn’t have too many t-shirts as it is, I’d have to get one.


6 posted on 04/25/2022 2:12:00 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Very cool!


7 posted on 04/25/2022 3:34:09 AM PDT by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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To: DallasBiff

Music is a time machine, and indeed, this is one song that will rocket me right back to the 1980s.


8 posted on 04/25/2022 3:38:17 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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We live in HSV now. I’ll have to see if this experience is still available. Thanks for sharing it!


9 posted on 04/25/2022 4:22:27 AM PDT by Theophilus (Convoy!)
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To: DallasBiff

Ha! Made my morning, thanks!


10 posted on 04/25/2022 4:49:10 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: DallasBiff

I still use my Cerwin Vega towers awesome 🤪


11 posted on 04/25/2022 5:52:14 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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In fact I gave an arm and a leg for the pair about a dozen years ago downward facing sub rear tweeters ald adjustable


12 posted on 04/25/2022 5:55:52 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: DallasBiff

Still have four Kenwood 100-watt, 30” tall speakers from mid-70’s. Not hooked up to anything, but they make a fine stand (below the widescreen TV) to hold other electronics.

“You may ask yourself...”


13 posted on 04/25/2022 8:50:07 AM PDT by moovova
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777 or 888?

I once had the 777's

14 posted on 04/25/2022 10:02:33 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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From the days of household stereo systems with 3 foot speakers.

Mine still work fine, and much better than a blue tooth Bose costing as much.

15 posted on 04/25/2022 10:04:22 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: DallasBiff

16 posted on 04/25/2022 10:05:27 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Had to look at the back of one...KL-777A. Also measured it...25-26” tall.

Those things would rock the house! Hooked up to a Pioneer QX-949 MW/FM Four Channel Quadraphonic Receiver and a Dual 1229 turntable.

The receiver and turntable are long gone. :¹(


17 posted on 04/25/2022 10:17:30 AM PDT by moovova
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It was very worth it, but getting a troop of kids with backpacks down underground cliffs was really difficult.   My brother carried our eggs in a plastic holder but they got smashed against the cave wall anyway.   I would not relish doing it at my age now.   Ask whoever you consult about which cave has an underground river.   "Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground."
18 posted on 04/25/2022 10:19:53 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: NWFree

Klipsch KG-4s and a Kenwood 80 WPC amp. The difference is that I stream Amazon music through the TV into it.


19 posted on 04/25/2022 10:22:32 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: moovova

I got mine at the BX at Lajes Field, the Azores.


20 posted on 04/25/2022 10:24:32 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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