Godley was still sceptical, but came up with a radical idea, telling Stewart, "I tell you what, the only way that song is gonna work is if we totally fuck it up and we do it like nobody has ever recorded a thing before. Let's not use instruments.
Godley was hesitant, but proposed an unorthodox approach to the song: they should abandon traditional instrumentation entirely. He suggested a radical departure from established musical norms.