"Tom Tom Club (Chris & Tina of Talking Heads) (RBMA Tokyo 2014 Lecture)"
As Tom Tom Club, the husband-and-wife team of Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth have had a wild career, from being in the center of the downtown New York scene in the early '80s — the crucible where punk, new wave, and hip-hop melted together — to playing in the Talking Heads and working with everyone from Lou Reed to Grandmaster Flash to Sly & Robbie. And over 30 years after its release, their "Genius of Love" still has one of the most distinctive melodies in pop music, the kind that maybe transports you to the Bahamas (where it was recorded) or maybe even Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" (one of the many songs to sample its hook). Listen in as they talk about how they were inspired by Soul Train and Zapp & Roger to to what CBGB was really like.
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