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Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club .gif) By Steve Gdula
Talking Heads drummer Chris Franz and bassist Tina Weymouth formed Tom
Tom Club to continue exploring the polyrhythmic experiments conducted on
the Heads' Remain in Light release. On this self-titled debut, the
husband-and-wife team mixed urban and arty new wave elements, generating
two mammoth dance-floor hits. "Wordy Rappinghood" is a study in
art-school rap as it percolates along with the help of funk beats and
synthesized bleeps. The brilliant "Genius of Love" gives props
to James Brown. A slow, slinky funk masterpiece, it includes
call-and-response vocals, a rap, and a lilting melody.
"L'Elephant" is a pure delight, rollicking like a nursery rhyme
from some ultrahip daycare center. The band also tackles the doo-wop
standard "Under the Boardwalk," though it feels like a mere
novelty item. Still, Tom Tom Club proves that David Byrne wasn't
the only genius in Talking Heads.
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| 1. Wordy Rappinghood | 7. On, on, on, on... | | 2. Genius of Love | 8. Booming and Zooming | | 3. Tom Tom Theme | 9. Under the Boardwalk [*] | | 4. Elephant | 10. Lorelei [Remix][*] | | 5. As Above, So Below | 11. Wordy Rappinghood [Remix][*] | | 6. Lorelei | 12. Genius of Love [Long Version][*] |
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|  | Artist: Tom Tom Club
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| | Released: October 4, 1981
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