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The Tom Tom Club is a New Wave band founded in 1980 by spouses and Talking Heads alumni Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz.
Although originally established as a side project, the Tom Tom Club enjoyed early success with hits such as "Genius of Love" and "Wordy Rappinghood", which were taken from their self-titled first album which was released on Sire in the US and Island Records elsewhere in 1981.
Genius of Love" has been sampled or reinterpreted by many artists, including rapper Redman, Funkdoobiest, and Mariah Carey in her hit single "Fantasy". "It's Nasty" (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was one of the early rap versions of the song - however, the sample was re-recorded by a live band, as was common practice at the time. Another version, "Genius Rap" (1981), by Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde was the first version.
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YOU suck WMG!
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WMG, please break a glass, and go F#$% the dumbass that blocked this.................
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Ladies and Gentlemen, give it up for WMG whos dicks are small enough to fit in the dislike bar.
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WMG is entitled to accelerate the extinction of any music they own. There must be some logical, if counter-profitable, reason why they do not want new listeners exposed to their music.
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When the entire comments section is your audience telling you to go fuck yourself, you've failed.
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The WMG better run and hide. Your days are numbered, and the pure artists of this world will neither tolerate you, nor NEED you. This lack of need will be how you become unemployed!
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@sassyme259 check out the 7 minute version
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WMG is bitching out big time. WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT COPYRIGHT!!!
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Maybe WMG should wake up and smell the coffee - Most of the material by old bands which is being sold is being sold because people hear it on 'Tube and think Aw, I should get that'.
But they don't hear it here WTF do WMG suppose folk *will* hear it?
I think I'll go search on the phrase 'half-arsed cretins' .... see if there's any enlightenment around ;-)
Farweasel 2 years ago 111
Thanks, WMG. Now go f**k yourself.
ve1971 1 year ago 92