All My Favorite Songs #14: Once In A Lifetime

The centerpiece of Talking Heads' greatest album, 1980's Remain In Light , "Once In A Lifetime" is a studio tour-de-force, a headphone-friendly sonic epic. The composition itself represents one of the band's most infectious and unforgettable songs--David Byrne's "You may find yourself..." ponderings embedded in the national psyche, the "Letting the days go by" chorus insisting on listeners singing along, the wickedly insinuating 2-note bassline and intricately syncopated percussion carving out th...