Talking Heads and The Beat at the Greek Theater Los Angeles
Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 8 November 1980
THIS WAS no mere toe-tapper. We're talking worn shoe-leather tonight, holes in the soles and corns on the toes, sore feet in a venue more used to producing sore behinds with its no-dance policy. Two and a half hours of solid bop with barely a half hour off for cocktails.
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