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Jack Valentino

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2. I am very familiar with that song's lyrics, have always thought of it as one of the

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 11:01 PM

Jan 7

'defining songs' of the group "Talking Heads"----

but oddly enough I never knew the title of it! Probably because
the album rock radio stations of the 80's rarely announced song titles...
and I didn't buy enough of their albums

so I always thought of it as "this ain't no party, this ain't no disco" etc. LOL

Thanks for the education!

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