Musicians Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth (also known from Talking Heads) tell the story of the song ‘Wordy Rappinghood’ by Tom Tom Club. Een reportage van Top 2000 a gogo uit 2009.
Back in my younger days, this song sounded like a masterpiece when really high. Chris, you can still see the love he has for his wife after all thses years.
What a waste of brainpower,to memorize song texts. I bet you are regretting it now.. You could have memorized Al lot of things that would have brought you're live to prosperity... It is like the song..what are words worth. NOTHING....
@CommieBash Why not? We're not delusional as a race of people. We have memories and can look up information if the main event happened before our time. I happened to remember it I was either in high school or college when this song came out. I purchased the cassette tape. Take a look on Wikipedia at all the songs that have sampled Genius of Love.
@@axepagode33626 right! Art is art.. rhythm is rhythm, call it like it is. 80s were a grand time for crossing genres and pushing the envelope no matter from where.
People who think this song is trash are rhythmically and harmonically handicapped. Luckily for them, due to their disability, they will never realize what they're missing ;-) Peace
This song is pure gold. A timeless classic. I remember hearing it for the first time way back when and just being blown away at how original and awesome it was.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT THIS IS BRILLIANT GENIUS, ANY ONE DON'T LIKE IT CAN CUNTING SUCK STD COCK !!!!!!!!!!! YEAH FOCK OFF RUDE BWOYS....AND GIRLS !!!!!!
if you like a crazy mish mash of fun, go play "Super Heavy" Which is from Super Heavy. Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, Damian Marley, and A.R.Rahman. It's a rock, rasta, some indian mix with joss stone singing. It was one of the coolest albums I ever heard.
The 1st commercial rap record (rapper's delight) was released only 2 years before this and was thought to be a fad that would fade away. This guy was thinking WAY outside the box in asking her to do this.
So dang happy that we got to hear and see Tom Tom Club in person during the Escape From NewYork tour. It was in Cleveland. Blondie and the Ramones also performed but Tom Tom Club and Jerry Harrison's band took the cake. Thanks Tina and Chris. Thank you!
@@Bikewithlove - No, your reply did not lift my spirits. It brought me down more. I will delete these comments - I don't need this kind of negativity in my life.
justmadeit2 especially if you ever came as a nerd with all the statistics of words, that's why there a dictionary, but Tina didn't use a dictionary. LOL!!!!😆
Wow, just watched them on Colbert the other night. And decided to do a little memory lane and ended up here. After allllll these years, I had no idea these guys were a couple. Or apparently that Tina spent time in France as a kid. But hey, glad I lived through that era. Damn, I'm glad.
Tina, Jean jacques, Roger waters, Pino Palladino, Robbie Shakespear, Russell Jackson, Verdine White, Mark King, Alan Thompson, were 'all in a grove' ;)
Doo you have any clue how cool you were in 1982? And still are now? God love you. Cubby bear chicago/first night front center (sorry for putting out motorcycle hermits on the stage..) you were awesome. Never forget.
RL R They started seeing each other in ‘76 during production of Talking Heads ‘77. Both were YOUNG. Chris was 24, Tina was 25. They were married on February 11,1978. They have a Daughter, born in ‘79(She appears at the beginning of the Talking Heads Video Road To Nowhere) and son born in August 1985.
This was the summer of 81. I was 12. I dug it then, and dig it now. The synths on this track are (mixed) awesome(ly) (similar to their "The man with the four way hips", from the album 'Off the bone'...yes I'm an admirer). Summer 82: Bingo again: Genius of love... I got nuttin' but love for you Tomtommers.
@@hgone7221 Tom Tom Club were a cute novelty act with a few excellent songs.....Talking Heads are in the Rock n roll hall of fame and have influenced hundreds of other bands .....Tom Tom Club have been free to record additional songs and albums since the Talkimg Heads broke up in 1990.....if Chris and Tina have music to make & release - nothing has stopped them these past 30 years
@Jon N Yep......David Byrne is brilliant.......Tom Tom Club was a cute little side project Chris and Tina......I saw the Talking Heads once in concert while they were on the Stop Making Sense tour.....I still contend it was the best concert I ever attended - I've probably been to 200 concerts
There's only a dozen or so bands and a solo artist here and there that sound like they made-up their own variation on the New York Hip Hop genre while others sound like they're really struggling to get a handle on it and mimicking another.
She's wrong though: the "macadam" child's song is not from Africa. It's a typically European marching song, quite commonly known among scouts. It's not meaningless either. Macadam is a sort of tarmac/road pavement and the song is about the rhythmic sound your shoes make when they hit the hard tarmac while walking on it.
Sorry but you are wrong: It is a Moroccan children song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Ram_Sam_Sam Yes it is used by boy scouts in Europe but that does not make it European.
Tina Weymouth is a great but nerdy genius just to know the way to use dictionaries with the song. when my father brought the tomtom club album with all the punk funk reggae cartoons on there which the song genius of love hits all the b- boy and b- girl knew the tomtom club for. at first. I thought they came from england because of culture,and the music empire ever come close to rule the while world and that's why founders amd records makers like Chris Blackwell. I mean thanks to him. now I get the whrxsyory of words rappinghood,at first i thought it was a guy. thanks . pleasure of love is one of favorite and I love the cartoon video of that. can you please do the behind the song genius of love.
I must have danced to this until I blacked out in the streets of Detroit Waving Popping, Funkateering talk about an obsession this is MY SHIT. On another note I cant believe something so goofy and nonsensical blew my mind, I guess with a dope beat anything is possible.
Mots pressés, Mots sensés Mots qui disent la verité, Mots maudits, Mots mentis Mots qui manquent le fruit d'esprit What are words worth? What are words worth? Words!
if you reached the pinnacle in your craft you can realize 'silly things like these. would've been different if they weren't part of one of the most respected and talented bands ever. it's like Picasso scribbling stuff you cannot even recognise as art, but a true artist has the freedom to 'unlearn' and be amateurish again. Gorillaz have a very successful career with this approach, takes a lot of talent to create this kindof stuff, wouldn't stand the test of time if 'silly' was the only aspect of it
@@escaton74 "Talented bands ever" ? Pinnacle of your craft? HaHa,,, What craft is that? It certainly isn't musicianship. Sam Cooke was talented. Jimi Hendrix was talented. This is just a very clear window into the very average mind of the American music consumer and what appeals to them if their "peers" suggest quality. Horribly simplistic, and not in a good way. Indeed silly at best. Art is subjective. I will never make a value judgement of someone based on their interpretation of the quality of "art" they enjoy, but I will reserve the right to say the Talking Heads, and Tom Tom folks are at best crap. And,,, that's just me.. I'm sure some art I enjoy would be viewed as crap...
