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Talking Heads: Hammersmith Palais, London

Richard Williams, The Times, 3 December 1980

TALKING HEADS opened with 'Psychokiller', their early anthem which contains the line: "Say something once, why say it again?" One may justifiably express certain reservations about their present tendency, which involves extra musicians and repetitive Afro-funk patterns, but one can find only praise for the way they take their own advice.

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