WHAT?!..FIRST TIME HARING Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love REACTION

[@GeorgeBratcherIII]

Imagine being 13 years old, and this comes over the radio, and sounds like it came from the future, there was NOTHING else like it on Radio in 1981, and it was so popular, you could tune to any TOP 40 station and hear it at least once every hour of the night!

[@chrisharris6206]

I was eight years , remember this and Wordy Rappenhood.💯🤗🤗, That decade of my first ten years, 73-83, had the best music growing up , adolescence. 1980-81, going in to 1982, 40years ago man 🤗🤗🤗💯💪♥️💯

[@billyleroux]

I was 20 in 1981 and this was a regular play in clubs and r&b setlists..

[@NoNo-ks4gg]

Give credit where credit is due . . . back in the day, this cut was dropped FIRST! on Black radio . . . when it took off . . . then, it went to Top 40! Just keepin' it real! 💯 #cuzfactsisfacts

[@GeorgeBratcherIII]

​@@NoNo-ks4gg I grew up listening to my Native Alaskan Mother's Motown records on the little 45s on the LP Player, so for me, it's never been about the COLOR of the music, but its SOUL! I mean it's great Black Radio Stations played it first so I could later discover it on Casey Kasem's Top 40 in the rural KY ghetto I grew up in with all the White Boys back in the 80s! I had a black coworker ten years my senior who was surprised to find SOUL in my playlist on CD years 19 years later after 1980 at work, and he said, "How did you discover this music?" I told him, I grew up cutting my teeth on TOP 40 in the 1980s because Cable didn't exist for me in the country to watch MTV, so TOP 40 played all genres of Pop, Rock, Country, and Soul, and so that is why Hall & Oats, Earth Wind & Fire, the Commodores, the Pointer Sisters, etc were in my playlist inventory, and 35 years later I am working with a young black coworker who then tries to tell me that "September" is not my music, and I tell him, I was 10 years old in 1978 when Earth, Wind, and Fire released it to Radio and it was everywhere long before he was born, and then he was very surprised to learn of "Yebo" in my playlist from 1985 by Art of Noise featuring the Mahlathini And The Mahotella Queens not from Detroit Motown, but from Swaziland, Africa! He had never heard "Yebo" before but loved it! The COLOR of music doesn't matter to me, but that's probably because I'm an Alutiiq/Native Alaskan, and there are only 10,000 of us on planet earth. We are the minority the world doesn't know exists because we don't number in the millions, so that is why SOUL matters, and if music has SOUL, it rocks!

[@darylkik777]

I can remember because I was there for it. In 1981 I was 14. Perfect.

[@ACab05050]

This song was playing on the radio when I had my first kiss.💋💞😘

[@ronnix23]

This song has been sampled many times, most famously by Mariah Carey on her hit Fantasy. The bass line is courtesy of Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads. Chris Frantz from Talking Heads is also in the group. The Tom Tom Club was basically a Talking Heads side project.

[@autumnfairy15]

Yes Mariah did sample it, and I believe maybe Snoop Dogg did too, I think. But this is such a fun song, They not only Mention James Brown, they also mention the amazing Bootsy Collins and Smoky Robinson. I hope you watch the music video, it’s one of my favorite music videos from the ‘80s on MTV ☺️

[@v.j.3029]

The fact that you guys don't know Mariah's Fantasy song makes me feel so freaking old now!😥 Like it didn't even ring a single bell. The minute this song starts, I immediately think of Fantasy. Mariah pretty much sampled the whole damn song!

[@CrayCruz]

Yes, "Fantasy" is perhaps THE most popular cover of "Genius of Love" and one of favorite classics to both listen and dance too. A 1995 release.

[@Johnny_Socko]

I heard a new pop song literally TODAY that sampled this song. This song will never die, lol.

[@adnap]

@@v.j.3029 Not to mention how many times “Fantasy” has been referenced throughout culture. ie; Rush Hour and most recently and FAMOUSLY all over in the movie Free Guy.

[@GroovyDJ]

Basically The Tom Tom Club was the talking heads without David Byrne. When the talking heads would tour, during the middle of a concert David would introduce The Tom Tom Club and just walk off stage leaving the rest of the group to perform as the Tom Tom Club.

[@goldieshowers6191]

And Tina Weymouth was pretty much forefront, I think.

[@TonyWeesner-ok2pp]

Yes Tina Weymouth played bass for Talking head s and TomTomClub her husband played drums for both too.

[@peterwelkenbach5902]

wrong: Talking Heads was Tom Tom Club with David Byrne. He was nothing without the musical input from Tina.

[@MBurgland]

@@peterwelkenbach5902 David Byrne is a musical genius who has continued to flourish and grow. Amazing talent.

[@Shrykespeare]

One of my favorite songs EVER. Tom Tom Club were husband-wife duo Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, who formed Tom Tom Club as a side project from Talking Heads. They only had a handful of radio hits, like covers of "You Sexy Thing" and "Under the Boardwalk". They also had a cool original with "The Man with the Four Way Hips". What a great, groovy choice! (You may have noticed that the lyrics dropped names like Bootsy Collins, Smokey Robinson, and Bob Marley.)

[@leonardshevlin7260]

and James Brown James Brown

[@Shrykespeare]

@@leonardshevlin7260 The groove so nice, they said it twice. And then twice more. 🤣

[@Tank4Life]

One of my all timers too!

[@richardscott3442]

Don't forget the funky Mr. Bohannan

[@Jamie644]

I believe this has been sampled by a few artists. Mariah Carey for one.

[@mmmax2g]

I love to see the reactions to young people hearing this song... The thing to know is they are giving thier props to all the great artist they spoke of... keep that in mind fam.. :)

[@OgreProgrammer]

Chris Frantz *might* be the genius of love, but Tina Weymouth is the genius of bass. I believe she wrote the song, she's the one that brings all that funk.

[@c3host]

How tight can a band be? The tempo of a rock band is set by the bass and the drums. Tina (bass) Chris (drums) Married... set the sound stage for The Talking Heads!

[@LibraKing3121]

@@c3host They founded T.H.s Tina found David Brynn & asked him to join.

[@rollomaughfling380]

@@c3host You mean "( _drum machine._ )"

[@carmensandiego7749]

@@LibraKing3121 No, David and Chris found Jerry Harrison and asked him to join. Tina started as the band driver, Chris's then girlfriend, and they asked her to LEARN bass so she could join.

[@carmensandiego7749]

I think that Chris Frantz is her Genius of Love. He's so adorably in love with her and with the music he plays, big smile 😊 on his face, I bet that he's like that for her as a husband, ya know.

[@dalee72]

They mentioned James Brown because they used his lyrics in the the first verse "What you gonna do out of jail? I'm gonna have some fun. What do you consider fun? Fun natural fun."

[@albertsmith9315]

During the outstanding Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense, they let Tina perform this in the middle of the T.H. music. Do check it out to see her process live on stage.

[@jasonremy1627]

If they ever do a full movie reaction, it HAS to be "Stop Making Sense". Simply the best concert film ever.

[@albertsmith9315]

@@jasonremy1627 Absolutely, own the Bluray, watch it often.

[@AlAndValOffGrid]

So many innovations in a singe concert/film. Loved the concept from the initial second and all the way through. Tina was amazing in it as well.

[@prodigal71]

Stop Making Sense changed my LIFE...one of my top 5 albums ever. Brilliant BRILLIANT album

[@LtFrankDrebin100]

Tina Weymouth. Rock God.

[@StudyMonster]

OMG this was the best roller skating song!

[@mikecaetano]

"Who needs to think when your feet just go 'Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon'"! Those are shout outs to percussionist Hamilton Bohannon, credited for popularizing the "four-on-the-floor" beat during the 70's. "Genius of Love" was a top ten hit back in 1981. Musically, that was a fun time to be a teenager. "I'm gonna have some fun" -- explains all the goofy sounds and what not. Tina Weymouth on bass. Tom Tom Club, was the side group she formed with her husband Talking Head's drummer Chris Frantz. So for more like that, check out more from Talking Heads -- "Once In A Lifetime", "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)", "Girlfriend Is Better", "Pulled Up", "Take Me To The River", "Life During Wartime", "Crosseyed and Painless", and "Nothing But Flowers" are some of their better known songs. And their live concert film "Stop Making Sense" is great too. They play this song in that movie as well.

[@mscommerce]

♥

[@mitchellbaker9434]

Yeah, this song just screams Bohannon.

[@Triggerhippie70]

And this is why music was so much better back in the day!

[@Questerry895]

Chris and Tina are friends of mine and I can assure you, they are among the sweetest people on this planet.

[@SACollins]

Smokey Robinson, Bohannon, Kurtis Blow and many others are mentioned in the song. It was definite homage to the greats at the time and those who came before. Glad you like it. One of the. best songs out there like that. If you want another similar vibe, try Art of Noise. THOSE guys will trip you AF. Try doing house chores while playing this... it'll make the time fly while you're doing them. It was one of my go-tos when I needed to put about the house. Also try Wordy Rappinghood by them.

[@tootsmagoots9523]

Who needs to think when your feet just go?

[@cmartin7851]

Yes I could go for some Art of Noise: Beat Box, Close (to the edit). Also some Herbie Hancock: Rock It.

[@CrayCruz]

Love AoN...and you're right about that clean-up time...it flies with them and "The Power" by Snap. Which, of course,, inexorably leads to "The Perfect Weapon." At a time when good music (both to listen and dance to) was becoming scarcer and scarcer.

[@david2869]

James Brown! hoo-ooh, hoo-ooh, James Brown!

[@Jimmyd134]

If u don’t say, Smokey Rob in sen, then ur saying his name wrong 😂

[@surlechapeau]

Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz from The Talking Heads lead this group. This song provided an excellent music bed for radio production work. Try their "Wordy Rappinghood".

[@eddiet3026]

Totally second the suggestion of "Wordy Rappinghood!!!"" These tracks ARE Hip-Hop! When you hear these, go to thr source group, Talking Heads for more trippy but hot and funky genre busting tracks like "Wild, Wild Life" and The B-52s for "Rock Lobster" and "Planet Claire."

[@LloydSatterfield]

Definitely was great bed music. I used it a number of times live on air.

[@juanalvarez-yy5ph]

Lord I was enjoying my 15 birthday when this song come out 1981 Dios mío it’s been a long time ago now I’m on my 57 I’m old ,2023 .

[@MER1CA_1st]

Be thankful🙏 you reached that age

[@alamc200]

This song played all the time in the early 1980s. It was released in 1981 and got played a lot in dance clubs. I love it. Such a fun song and it's been sampled multiple times, I remember Mariah Carey sampling in her song Fantasy.

[@chrisa4695]

It was a HUGE hit in R&B radio.

[@vader8724]

Love this funky song from the early 80s.....bc I was there....... and I''m sorry if you weren't

[@subwaygoddess1]

We loved this song on the dance floor!

[@KTRS]

This baseline has been sampled SO. MANY. TIMES. Bass by the funky TINA WEYMOUTH, also the bass player for the Talking Heads.

[@jamesy4003]

One of the most sampled riffs ever !! Mean bass line- 1982 in Germany this was the jam in the clubs

[@trjbrew]

Tom Tom Club, a husband and wife team, and members of The Talking Heads. Huge hit taking me back to high school. Glad you got to this one!

[@LA80sMike]

You beat me to it!!

[@lizbrown6943]

Amen! I've been waiting after many requests.

[@Shrykespeare]

I was in middle school when this came out. It wasn't until much later that I read the lyrics (cocaine???)

[@shanasmith3665]

This is what I like to refer to as “roller skating” music. Songs where the lyrics don’t really matter (or make sense to me for that matter) but the groove and feel are just right for the roller rink. Another song I’d recommend with groove and cool sounds but I have no idea about the lyrics is Der Kommissar by After the Fire. Ah, the memories! 😆

[@breese4425]

Yes! Total roller skating song!

[@pdoll96]

Yes this was a great roller skating song. One of my favorite skating songs back then was an instrumental-Firecracker by Yellow Magic

[@AliCat2004]

I think Der Kommissar was by a German dude called Falco. I could be wrong, and I don't really feel like searching through my 12" singles... But I really think it's by Falco.

[@donferoce5652]

@@AliCat2004 Yes, the After the Fire version was an English language cover of a song written by Falco and Roger Ponger. Falco's version came out earlier in Austria.

[@audreycumby1075]

Exactly roller skating music..

[@bertisjordan1085]

This is an absolute classic! Always got the club moving. A side project for two members of Talking Heads.

[@ticnatz]

3 members....

[@DarylDSpivey]

This was played at EVERY club in NYC back in the day. And EVERYBODY danced to this track.

[@b0tterman]

These are two members of The Talking Heads..Tina Weymouth- bass - her hubby Chris Franze -- drums. They formed this band in the last couple years of The Talking Heads breaking up.

[@josephhertzberg2734]

Such a huge underground dance hit, still played on dancefloors worth being on...

[@johnseverson6604]

Growing up in Tacoma WA, we often got music later than NY or LA. So when my best friend Andre brought this 12” home from Portland after visiting family & played it for me, I was mesmerized. I didn’t hear it on the radio for another month but then it was everywhere. To this day, it gives me chills when the opening hits.

[@salgoud12]

Believe it or not, the inspiration for this song is "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp, which you should definitely check out if you haven't already. Zapp was inspired by earlier funk bands like Parliament, Funkadelic, and of course the godfather and the king of funk, James Brown. When you watch the Genius of Love music video, there's a cartoon of James Brown who is very appropriately wearing a crown. This song was made in the Caribbean, and you can hear the influence of 80s psychedelic dub, reggae, funk, and so on and was def engineered to sound like those genres.

[@FrankC71]

How can I believe the most sampled song in History has never been heard by these two?

[@donnamcmanus7360]

This song got crazy play at the skating rink in the 80's! Still love it! I know I've suggested it a time or three here so I'm happy to hear it with new ears!

[@colibri1]

"Wordy Rappinghood," another radio hit by them from the same year (1981), is also good.

[@papabones6307]

When this song first hit, it hit hard and wide. It was in clubs, it was at skating rinks, everyone was playing it in their cars, and you would even see kids jumping double dutch to this song.

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

Very happy to see Tina's bass in the R&R Hall of Fame, right where it belongs. A great Female Friday suggestion would be Patti Smith: "Dancing Barefoot," "Hymn," "Horses," "Gloria," "People Have the Power,"...

[@willfromyadkinville]

Frederick is a gem!

[@octoberguy]

Yes! Patti Smith needs to be ensconced in the RSR Female Friday Pantheon! A rock-poet goddess -- and a spirit needed in these times.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

Maybe not that one Patti Smith song, though... 😅

[@gjm8461]

Watching both of you react to this crazy old club hit has me in hysterics!!

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

You really need to see the performance from Stop Making Sense. Watching Tina play and perform is a treat for the eyes as well as the ears.

[@michaelminch5490]

I love watching you two get your minds blown by the music of my youth!

[@colibri1]

If you think this was "out of left field" (a.k.a. weird), you should try another big radio hit from 1981, Laurie Anderson's "O Superman," a huge hit across Europe and Australia and an indy hit in the US.

[@debrafong8899]

That’s an excellent song! Love Laurie Anderson!

[@amyk9175]

That is a great suggestion! She hooked me so many years ago with Language is a Virus.

[@dmsp904]

Anotherone that was different but big in Europe was Anne Clark with "our Darkness " or "Sleeper in Metropolis"

[@Mark-zu6oz]

Strange Angels

[@jonathangeraldrobinson720]

If you wanna go wacky, how about "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco?

[@GoodStuffForeverMore]

Ahhh!! One of my favorite songs. Such a groove. I feel it's one of the most original songs ever written🙌

[@cheryljackson5659]

Tina Weymouth ROCKS the bass on this one! So cool that you reacted to the extended version. This song shouts out to artists Bohannon and James Brown. Brown, who was about to be released from jail was actually asked, "What you gonna do when you get out of jail?" Brown replied, "I'm gonna have some fun!" And Amber, you ask what were people doing at this time? COCAINE! It's referenced in the song. In the early days, people didn't think it was addictive.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

Hahaha, only if you want it to be... they are called recreational drugs for a reason! During the early to mid 80s we worked hard and we partied hard. 40 years later and none of us were addicted so, you know...

[@Harani66]

sorry to disappoint you but Tina was not well on they the day this was recorded. That's not her playing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHzEqH6wrZ2hhLM

[@MrSuperHappyPants]

Tina Weymouth crushes it on every track. If you want some Talking Heads tracks that inspired me as a musician, maybe start with Nothing But Flowers, or Born Under Punches. But TomTom Club was such an adorable thing that she and Chris managed on the side. So much joy to be found here. Thank you for the video, you two are wonderful. Yes, this is a vibe, happy to be able to vibe with you.

[@rollomaughfling380]

Only that's not Tina playing bass on this.

[@chucku00]

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (and Sylvia Robinson) used the instrumental of this song for "It's nasty". _Donnez-moi cinq, donnez-moi six... donnez-moi huit, neuf, dix!_ TTC was dropping other famous names with James Brown : Bootsy, Smokey Robinson, Kurtis Blow and (Hamilton) Bohannon.

[@iraford5788]

Great song.

[@scottstevens7639]

“Man With the 4-Way Hips”. Even more fun. The reason this sounds so trippy is because it’s the extended dance mix. The album version is half the length of this version. Extended dance mixes were a thing back in the early ‘80’s. Producers would take a song from an album that they thought would be great for the dance floor and stretch it out to let it ‘breathe’. In the process they would throw in the craziest sonic shit they could think of. And yes, you would have enjoyed being there when it was recorded as the group specifically went to Barbados to soak up the island vibes as they recorded the album.

[@toyland12]

The whole album is worth the trip...

[@NotAyFox]

One of my favourite songs ever made. There is rarely ever so original, yet good sounding.

[@the_cheese]

Tom Tom Club on my birthday! Thanks for yet another awesome reaction video, Rob Squad!!

[@mannygomez4272]

As great as this song is; how about how beautiful this lady is. The smile..

[@richardanderson3322]

You have to watch the movie "Stop Making Sense". A Talking Heads concert that is utterly amazing. During a break, the Tom Tom Club performs. It will be worth your while.

[@jollyj3285]

Yes they have to...I think they'll have a new appreciation for the Talking Heads....plus seeing this!!!!!

[@AbbieCrescendo]

Wow! Have not heard this song since my teens. It's funky and catchy. Perfect to dance in the club. Awesome guys

[@broadbraintv]

The live version in the Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense concert film is pure gold and features the great Bernie Worrell of Parliament/Funkadelic fame on keyboards. Iconic.

[@paulcampbell2163]

Thank you for mentioning his name… he brings on the funk in everything plays in rest in peace ❤️

[@DanielZydzik]

Check out Bernie's collaboration with Les claypool. C2B3

[@VidiotSavante]

Chris Frantz (Drums) and Tina Weymouth (Bass) are the same husband and wife rhythm section for The Talking Heads. "Genius Of Love" was sampled by Mariah Carey for her hit "Fantasy", and also by several hip-hop artists.

[@craigcoletta9380]

Two of the members of the band were the rhythm section of the new wave art rock band Talking Heads. They started TomTom Club as a side project to explore their love of funk, dance, soul and R&B. That's why they reference Smokey Robinson, James Brown, and Bohannon (a legendary disco producer, writer and percussionist)

[@Lily.Fern.1107]

It was a fun roller skating song back in the day! Great song! 😃🛼🛼

[@LambrettaJet200]

I was a teenager when this song came out and was bad ass. Not going to tell you but research the bassist of The Tom Tom Club and the James Brown part you can reference it at the beginning of the song lyrics as a quote I think by James Brown.

[@indridcold3762]

Mariah Carey sampled this in her song Fantasy.

[@angiewhite1402]

Yes. This was a great song.

[@lonalxaia]

Mariah was the child of the 80s.

[@THAHOMIE_STEVE]

The 80s.....❤

[@chriso6719]

Tina Weymouth's side project from The Talking Heads formed in 1981 with her husband Chris Frantz

[@laurawalkerJD]

One of the happiest, most playful funk loving songs ever. It's just magical :D

[@laurafrancis2104]

It's a BANGER 👍 love your reaction guys ❤️❤️🤣

[@coryb6810]

The Tom Tom Club was totally different, I like ‘em!!!

[@1Jabroney]

The bass player is Tina Weymouth from the talking heads she's awesome

[@robintorres3144]

Number 29 on Rolling Stone’s greatest bassist of all time!!!

[@AuntieNina68]

This has been in my top 3 favorites since it came out! Nothing else like!

[@ronfoskey2417]

TOM Tom Club's song has been featured in several commercials in both US and the UK. Lately, Target.

[@jasonremy1627]

1:12 that head bob is EXACTLY the right move. 👍

[@triphophoney2981]

Amber's face when she first hears Chris Franz's voice. 😆

[@sunnybearbuds]

This song was HUGE; especially in the rollerskating places of the 80s! LOL!

[@gradypatterson1948]

This band was a side project of half of the original Talking Heads - Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth - and included Adrian Belew, who was playing guitar with Talking Heads at the time. Franz, Weymouth, Belew, and Steven Stanley are credited with writing all the songs on the self-titled first album. About this time, there was internal conflict going on within Talking Heads - which has been known to increase creativity. It is worth noting that Adrian Belew was not on the second album, which was not as good: how much Belew's absence affected the second album is debatable, but Belew ended up in King Crimson, where he and Robert Fripp created some amazing music, so it worked for him :-) Aside from this song, "Wordy Rappinghood" is probably the most well-known song from the first album, but any song from that album is well worth the listen!

[@KevoRetro1-w7b]

I’m 52 years old I was 8 years old when this song came out.✊🏾

[@williamcalderon9158]

I dedicated this song to Amber I knew she was going to love it I mailed you a list of different genres if you remember I’m glad you got to it!

[@RobSquadReactions]

❤️❤️

[@86forever]

@@RobSquadReactions OK!!!!! NOW you guys HAVE to listen to and watch the video for Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6KTaoihhbeXfLs ... You guy's will definitely Love it!!

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Talking Heads was one of the most important, innovative, and trend-setting groups of the 80s if not all time. Tina Weymouth and her husband Chris Frantz were the rhythm section of the group. They set off under the name of Tom Tom Club to create some fantastic, unique music. This song has been sampled by artists over the decades dozens of times. Worth looking into them deeper.

[@joesmith8725]

Classic new wave, funky punk band. This was also post-disco (early-mid '80s disco was fading away and changing into different style music). Dance-rock. Funky bass lines. Tom Tom Club was Talking Heads side project band during the '80s and early '90. Very similar to Talking Heads, also check out a group called Nu Shooz, they were similar. Music like this was huge at dance clubs, parties, skating rinks, arcades, malls, etc. How did artists learn to sample this? Simple. Music like this and new wave punk was huge during the late '70s, '80s and early '90s. Artists were once kids themselves and heard it on the radio, from parents, parties, skating rinks, arcades, malls, and music videos, especially MTV. Many early rappers sampled music from different genres back then. Rock, funk, disco, blues, new wave, punk, metal, etc. They definitely sampled lots of new wave, very electronic music. The instrument you were hearing was keyboards, synthesizers. Very common in new wave music and other music from the late '70s, '80s and early '90s. Yes, Mariah Carey , ODB (RIP...from Wu Tang Clan) sampled this on huge 1995 hit "Fantasy". R&B, pop, rap song. Watch the video. Check out Tom Tom Club other videos like "Wordy Rappinghood" (its a new wave funky rap song lol), and "Pleasure of Love".

[@rhondanelson7218]

I use to sing this song to my Daughter when she was a baby. She loved it!

[@bryanCJC2105]

"Wordy Rappinghood" was their other club hit and is just as funky.

[@Mark-zu6oz]

I saw them in concert years ago. Everyone was dancing. So much fun!

[@stuckIN801]

Lots of us 80s/90s kids grew up with this as a background song to our lives. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

[@triciaslone5767]

I was in middle school when this came out---it was BEYOND its time for sure. Still love it.

[@shaunfoulk4233]

This song 🎵has a vibe ✨Ya'll are gonna 🔥dig it family 👪Enjoy 😉

[@Taminator1231]

One of my all time favorite songs! Thanks for listening and enjoying! And, Amber, that is a really cool T-shirt!

[@edwardmartinez9459]

Love that song i love you Karen where ever you are for always!

[@GeorgeM.78]

Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth and as a side project from Talking Heads.[3] Their best known songs include "Wordy Rappinghood", "Genius of Love", and a cover of The Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk", all released on their 1981 debut album Tom Tom Club.

[@soul4saken]

The music of this was also sampled for the song "It's Nasty" by rap pioneers Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5. You should check it out

[@markworkman6544]

Love your reactions! (I grew up with 80's music !)

[@J_Gamble]

Yay! Been hoping you react to this. But you have got to check out the live version! On a *female Friday* to see the great Tina Weymouth on bass heading up the band. This song has been waaaaay sampled. *Plus the lineup is super diverse* on that. I promise it. More energy than this studio version and it's fun to watch Tina and backup singers. So, Live version, from Stop Making Sense Talking Heads tour. She and her husband made this band as a side gig from the Talking Heads. Love you guys.

[@bobcorbin3294]

When I saw Talking Heads here in Nashville in 1984 in the middle of the concert Tom Tom Club did a little short set and played this song. As always Tina's killing it on the Bass.

[@jackie_jrml]

It’s crazy to me that they didn’t recognize this in 2 seconds as but then I realize I’m in my 40’s 😂 This is the most sampled song ever! Fantasy by Mariah Carey! But yes what a trippy weird song 😂

[@dggydddy59]

Me too! I'm actually quite surprised that they didn't say something about it immediately! Oh well, what do I know??

[@jrag9435]

Man…when this came out and years after you go to a club without hearing this gem…and it never seemed to get old. Definitely filled the floor.

[@no2all]

Definitely next from the Tom Tom Club - "Wordy Rappinghood" performed live (Summer Sonic '09). I can't tell who is having more fun, the band or the audience. Musical genius...hardly. Pure enjoyment...absolutely.

[@chrisharris6206]

No I know most like the live, but I like the audio , you can hear more things on the vinyl then live , but yes Wordy Rappenhood.

[@no2all]

@@chrisharris6206 I tend to agree with you...but some performances are worthy of the live show.

[@chrisharris6206]

@@no2all gotcha.

[@kennethspears22]

Early 80's when this song came on the radio, I crank the volume up much to the dismay of my mother.

[@mmll961]

I know this genre isn’t for everyone but thanks for hitting my HS years. Zapp, EWF, Lakeside, Kool and the Gang etc….were our classics!

[@hagmann65]

"Wordy Rappinghood" by the Tom Toms is weird but is really worth a listen to!

[@dalee72]

You should react to their official music video because of the fun, cool and playful animation that's in the music video.

[@theskydivingpickle]

Every boom box 81-82 was rocking this.

[@LMmccallL57]

Another skating rink jam! 🛼 "Whatcha gonna do when you get outta jail?" "I'm gonna have some fun." "What do you consider fun?" "Fun, _natural_ fun!" 😉 I just knew they'd recognize it as being sampled in at least Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" since Amber is a fan. 😀 It's also in "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison and many more. The first hit, if I recall correctly was a year or two before this one. It's called "It's Nasty" by Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five". Since Jordan says he knows all about rap, (and maybe hip-hop) I was waiting for him to mention it.

[@alanstrom2221]

Well, they had the Rhythm Section from Talking Heads, the husband and wife team of Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. Tom Tom Club have a few of Tina's Sisters in the Band. The album released in 1981 still blows my mind and I don't imbibe the same substances that I did in 1981. A favourite track is Lorelei.

[@DaddyTre65]

More quirky, funky club classics: "Groove Is In The Heart" by Deee-Lite, "Pop Muzik" by M, and "Situation" by Yaz. You'll have fun listening to them and you'll want to dance!

[@ivettes.8277]

Yes, this song has been sampled many times. Mariah Carey used it in "Fantasy" and most recently Latto used it in "Big Energy".

[@taragreenetarotastro]

This was a Talking Heads side project from husband and wife Chris Frantz on drums and Tina Weymouth on Bass, She was an amazing bass player and this was so Funky and a huge dance hit. A huge hit. Buffallo Gals is similar by Malcolm McLaren the Sex Pistols manager. have you reacted to Talking Heads? Burning Down the House is one of my fave songs. I only listen to Talking Heads mainly right through the 80's. After the Beatles they held a high place for years.

[@ericgerber9751]

Another roller skating jam! Oh how we boogied to this! 🔥🕺🏻👯‍♀️🕺🏻🔥

[@anntelford8647]

The Tom Tom Club is a side project for members of the Talking Heads members Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. They're very talented musicians in their own right.

[@reneeheknowsmyname6771]

This song and it's creators, were way before their time!!!!! Great song!!