The title of my mashup video and the vocal fragment “Same as it ever was” used as a loop come from the song “Once in a lifetime” by the band Talking Heads, sung and performed in the music video by David Byrne. The piece also provided the inspiration for the theme of this work.
References
- Mind Stories: Law of Karma in Buddhism: Understanding the basic
- All others: Storyblocks
Byrne gave his take on this song to NPR: “We’re largely unconscious. You know, we operate half awake or on autopilot and end up, whatever, with a house and family and job and everything else. We haven’t really stopped to ask ourselves, ‘How did I get here?’” Source: NPR
Concept and process: Mashup-Videos