Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (Official Music Video) [4K]

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  • Опубліковано 30 сер 2019
  • You're watching the official music video remastered in 4K for Tom Tom Club - "Genius Of Love" from their 1981 self-titled debut album. "Genius Of Love" is sampled by Mariah Carey in "Fantasy".
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  • @lauriekrebs4522
    @lauriekrebs4522 3 роки тому +4016

    Fun fact: This band was a start-up formed by the bassist for the talking heads. The Talking Heads were huge at the time, but she wanted to get out and sample and do different music. Amazing that this song has so much relevance today. It's an excellent, zany piece of work

    • @irlBarraON
      @irlBarraON 2 роки тому +38

      Superb fun fact!

    • @theshadowknows6969
      @theshadowknows6969 2 роки тому +88

      I heard somewhere that this is the most sampled song in history. Think it was a talking heads documentary. ..

    • @NewWaveEnthusiast
      @NewWaveEnthusiast 2 роки тому +26

      @@theshadowknows6969 Yup, this is my first time hearing the original

    • @greerklepacki1237
      @greerklepacki1237 2 роки тому +43

      This is also the only song by a Talking Heads member to reach #1!

    • @8mmtaco
      @8mmtaco 2 роки тому +130

      It was Tina Weymouth *and* Chris Frantz’s side project

  • @Mikemikemike13579
    @Mikemikemike13579 4 роки тому +5084

    This song is almost 40 years old... and still sounds like it could play with today's music.

    • @iamboomer.4673
      @iamboomer.4673 3 роки тому +64

      No.......................m

    • @gratefulape12
      @gratefulape12 3 роки тому +189

      Because for a couple of decades, pop music has been eating itself.

    • @leilanilamour5173
      @leilanilamour5173 3 роки тому +80

      Be sure to be obnoxious and bump it extra-loud when driving through your neighborhood lol. I don’t think anyone would mind 🤩👍🏼💖💖💖💖

    • @Trixtah
      @Trixtah 3 роки тому +147

      Dude, I'm 52, and no, it really could not. it's still fresh in a way, but it doesn't sound like contemporary stuff at all

    • @Uncle-Smart-Alec
      @Uncle-Smart-Alec 3 роки тому +38

      Play with???It destroys today's "musuck!"🧐😤🤬

  • @CalifornianCuttlefish
    @CalifornianCuttlefish Рік тому +2186

    *The fact that not only did this song come from 2 members of the talking heads, but also created a bunch of new hip hop songs proves it's an absolute masterpiece*

  • @herberthunter5570
    @herberthunter5570 Рік тому +522

    This song was so popular in black culture, I promise. I remember it being played at many local DJ parties at parks and in the projects, too.

    • @jimgonewild909
      @jimgonewild909 Рік тому +43

      Crazy cause it's a White chick singing

    • @joevega5477
      @joevega5477 Рік тому +36

      Hispanic parties too! Chicago & Cali🙏

    • @neosapienz7885
      @neosapienz7885 Рік тому +59

      @@jimgonewild909when it’s real, it’s real, no matter

    • @atomant332
      @atomant332 Рік тому +5

      @@joevega5477 Yeah still huge in Cali.

    • @herberthunter5570
      @herberthunter5570 Рік тому +2

      @@joevega5477 Yessir 👍👊🏾

  • @willt.9654
    @willt.9654 3 роки тому +1638

    Late 70s/early 80s has got to be one of the most creative eras in music. Talking Heads, Devo, The B-52s, Tom Tom Club. I live for this stuff.

    • @joewhitehouseiv3300
      @joewhitehouseiv3300 2 роки тому +58

      Don't forget Oingo Boingo

    • @surtcalderam9595
      @surtcalderam9595 2 роки тому +37

      Before the internet ate the recording industry for breakfast, and it still had some money to publish creativity. Now they're afraid of anything but autotuned clones.

    • @kaymuldoon3575
      @kaymuldoon3575 2 роки тому +17

      Tina Weymouth from the Talking Heads was also a member of the Tom Tom Club.

    • @mrmjb1960
      @mrmjb1960 2 роки тому +21

      Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads' started this group.

    • @Jordan-wn7kj
      @Jordan-wn7kj 2 роки тому +1

      no you don’t

  • @tedastor7558
    @tedastor7558 4 роки тому +1174

    A masterpiece. Whoever directed and animated this is a genius.

    • @lobo3671
      @lobo3671 2 роки тому +131

      a genius of love

    • @hipsterelephant2660
      @hipsterelephant2660 2 роки тому +89

      Its the couple that did the Mario Bros movie from the 90s. No joke.

    • @martynarusek1606
      @martynarusek1606 2 роки тому +17

      Look up James Rizzi :)

    • @silla-je9od
      @silla-je9od 2 роки тому +38

      Tina's sister, Laura Weymouth, is one of the artists in the credits for the ink and paint work.

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 2 роки тому +20

      @@hipsterelephant2660 and Max Headroom, their true claim to fame.

  • @andrewgordon235
    @andrewgordon235 4 місяці тому +490

    This is proof the 80's never died they just got remixed to oblivion.

    • @Nathan-lj4ds
      @Nathan-lj4ds 4 місяці тому +9

      Too true my friends

    • @yanikotavov385
      @yanikotavov385 3 місяці тому +1

      hell no

    • @Yeedo420
      @Yeedo420 3 місяці тому +3

      @@yanikotavov385yeah, actually. 80s funky strings and synths have had a resurgence in recent years

    • @yanikotavov385
      @yanikotavov385 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Yeedo420 80s metal however - hasn't.

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 3 місяці тому +1

      This is like 1981

  • @Yakkymania
    @Yakkymania 11 місяців тому +440

    The style of this music video is perhaps the coolest thing in existence, the art style is so funky & goes great with the groovy rhythm of the song

    • @anitasmith4559
      @anitasmith4559 10 місяців тому +11

      The animated art work is priceless.

    • @ElectricPhantasmagoria
      @ElectricPhantasmagoria 8 місяців тому +11

      You should check out Peter Gabriel sledgehammer, king gizzard and the lizard wizard - the River for some funky and ultra ultra creative animation

    • @Yakkymania
      @Yakkymania 8 місяців тому

      ⁠@@ElectricPhantasmagoriaI’ve seen Sledgehammer tons of times before, but i’ll have to check out The River!

    • @bubuyogui2733
      @bubuyogui2733 8 місяців тому +1

      Peso pluma ohhhh yes

    • @emanzikeith7683
      @emanzikeith7683 7 місяців тому +3

      Psychedelic visuals

  • @ThisIsReadyMade
    @ThisIsReadyMade 4 роки тому +3823

    Frank Zappa said this is one of his favorite music videos. Gotta agree with that.

    • @Happysquigglyrudy
      @Happysquigglyrudy 4 роки тому +142

      Frank Zappa had such a great taste in music and art

    • @The_momur
      @The_momur 4 роки тому +59

      ThisIs ReadyMade love Frank. He should be here to document current events.

    • @rodneyshackles782
      @rodneyshackles782 4 роки тому +24

      Please be wary when mentioning frank

    • @Happysquigglyrudy
      @Happysquigglyrudy 4 роки тому +12

      rodney shackles why

    • @purge2--u--nite342
      @purge2--u--nite342 4 роки тому +13

      Cause Zappa likes hip hop 👌

  • @gustavoceballos5327
    @gustavoceballos5327 2 роки тому +3070

    The song is one of the most sampled rhythm tracks of the 1980s, particularly within the hip hop and R&B genre. Notable versions include Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde's "Genius Rap" in 1981; Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "It's Nasty" in 1982; Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" in 1995, and The X-Ecutioners' "Genius of Love 2002" in 2002.
    Other artists have incorporated "Genius of Love" into their works, including Public Enemy's "Leave This Off Your Fuckin' Charts", Redman's "Brick City Mashin'", Cam'ron's "Me, My Moms & Jimmy", 2nd II None's "Niggaz Trippin'", Fresh Kid Ice's "Roll Call", 2Pac's "High Speed", Seagram's "I Don't Give a Fuck", Busta Rhymes' "One", Ant Banks' "Roll 'Em Phat", P.M. Dawn's "Gotta Be... Movin' On Up", Menajahtwa's "I Ain't Nasti", 50 Cent's "When I Get Out", Erick Sermon's "Genius E Dub", Mac Dre's "Chop that Ho", Dream Warriors' "And Now the Legacy Begins", T.I.'s "Down Like That", R.A. the Rugged Man's "Tom Thum", Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack", Ice Cube's "Bop Gun (One Nation)", Warren G's "What's Love Got to Do with It", the D-Influence Real Live Mix of Billie's "Girlfriend", Latto's "Big Energy", and Paramore's "Rose-Colored Boy", during their shows at the After Laughter Tour.

    • @mandywheeler4186
      @mandywheeler4186 2 роки тому +44

      Great info.

    • @claragabriellehouser1991
      @claragabriellehouser1991 2 роки тому +71

      Wow. No idea it had been used that many times! Excuse me while I go listen to them all -

    • @firstname_lastname
      @firstname_lastname 2 роки тому +10

      Doc D (Logic) also used this song on the title track for his album "Planetory Destruction", feat. Big Lenbo.

    • @roycedot
      @roycedot Рік тому +7

      DJ Clue - That’s the Way (Mase, Foxxy Brown, Fabolous)

    • @LikaLaruku
      @LikaLaruku Рік тому +31

      Most recent is "Big Energy" by Latto.

  • @KILO993
    @KILO993 Рік тому +217

    "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" prompted me to come find the original. Love it!

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 3 місяці тому +4

      Well that's just frat boy sad

    • @Rosskles
      @Rosskles Місяць тому +6

      ​@@NormAppleton Because of the 'implication'...

    • @Erocksoco
      @Erocksoco 21 день тому +1

      Do we got beef?

  • @notrlybad
    @notrlybad 2 місяці тому +277

    Who's here in 2024?

  • @ZedanB
    @ZedanB Рік тому +711

    This was, to my knowledge, my mother's favorite song. No matter what she was doing, if it played, she was dancing-
    My mom was a bit more like an older sibling than my mother (she was 18 when she had me), and I distinctly remember as a kid she'd play this constantly. Whole nine yards: hand movement dancing. Singing every word like it was her song.
    My mom passed 2 years ago, but every time I hear this song, it takes me back to the summer of 2001, which was probably the best time of my life (even though I was only 6).
    RIP, Momma- I'm still playing this song daily for you 😊

    • @Sequins_
      @Sequins_ Рік тому +10

      ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @Alwaysliveitup
      @Alwaysliveitup 9 місяців тому +20

      Crying on a train reading this! Sorry for your loss

    • @oscarl.ramirez7355
      @oscarl.ramirez7355 9 місяців тому +11

      Sorry for our Loss She is in a Far Better Place than we are/

    • @sleeplessinbklyn1
      @sleeplessinbklyn1 8 місяців тому +7

      🕊❤ RIP

    • @Jimmy_Widders_Hunt
      @Jimmy_Widders_Hunt 7 місяців тому +6

      Your mum had great taste in music and sounds like a cool mum 😊

  • @AnnaJo2000
    @AnnaJo2000 2 роки тому +862

    This song was way, way ahead of its time! Absolutely lovely song!

  • @DrClawizdead
    @DrClawizdead Місяць тому +19

    I don't care who samples this. They will never make a better song.

  • @ernestbeserra5485
    @ernestbeserra5485 6 місяців тому +23

    PLAY IT LOUD! For my SON, Ernie! Who Loved this Song! Miss you Ernie, Son! Passed Sept 7, 1980. 34 years old. Shame.

  • @dr.smurpf6979
    @dr.smurpf6979 4 роки тому +1866

    Fun Fact: The makers of this video also directed the Super Mario Bros movie

  • @JannieKannie
    @JannieKannie 3 роки тому +489

    A moment of silence to the people who cant find this song

    • @camilacris7560
      @camilacris7560 3 роки тому +11

      lost ages searching for it

    • @tipphilips8252
      @tipphilips8252 3 роки тому +2

      That’s hilarious haha. I just barely made it lol

    • @TeddyOG
      @TeddyOG 3 роки тому +6

      I would never have found it if it wasn't in Always Sunny. This song had vibes even before it became a meme word

    • @sinbad2247
      @sinbad2247 2 роки тому

      damn right lol

    • @kaymod1284
      @kaymod1284 2 роки тому +2

      .. Due to its catchy nature yet seemingly unrelated and obtuse song title

  • @manuginobilisbaldspot2
    @manuginobilisbaldspot2 27 днів тому +21

    I’ve always loved that underneath it all, this was an homage to Black music and artists! Shoutouts to Bootsy Collins, Sly and Robbie, Kurtis Blow, Smokey Robinson, and of course TGOS James Brown. I became a Talking Heads fan via the Tom Tom Club and I wouldn’t be surprised if many Talking Heads fans became fans of these artists via this song. That’s the power of music ❤

    • @NinaBaby210
      @NinaBaby210 24 дні тому +1

      And Bob Marley, and the impact Reggae music has had on The Culture!✊🏾🎶

    • @charlottegregory3082
      @charlottegregory3082 8 днів тому

      Yes, and that's what this song so classic!!!

  • @DunsDeeDowns
    @DunsDeeDowns 7 місяців тому +23

    I remember when MTV got started this was one of the earliest videos in 1981. The bridge part in the middle where they start singing "James BROWNNNN!! JAMES Browwnnn!" got me to find the Godfather of Soul good stuff all round

  • @bigguys45s29
    @bigguys45s29 4 роки тому +1510

    This video’s almost like a Sesame Street animated skit on a bit of drugs. LOL

    • @applemask
      @applemask 4 роки тому +37

      They cut out the bit about cocaine

    • @EsmeMarion
      @EsmeMarion 4 роки тому +14

      It kinda gives me that Sally Cruikshank vibe

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 4 роки тому +6

      @@EsmeMarion yeah like Quasi At The Quackadero.

    • @atlsongbyrd6084
      @atlsongbyrd6084 4 роки тому +6

      Yes definitely drugs lol!

    • @asongaboutafriend2592
      @asongaboutafriend2592 4 роки тому +11

      More Like Schoolhouse Rock

  • @StonyRC
    @StonyRC 4 роки тому +832

    Never really understood exactly why I love this song and its video so much. It's kooky, it's upbeat, it's really clever and has simply stuck with me since I first heard it back in 1981.

    • @tonyfan3
      @tonyfan3 3 роки тому +15

      It is probably the music they wanted to make outside of serious punk and rock

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 3 роки тому +2

      @@tonyfan3 it's a new era that the music going

    • @who_cares848
      @who_cares848 2 роки тому +8

      You like it because you have good taste in music lol

    • @greenmasterrinse
      @greenmasterrinse 2 роки тому +9

      Probably because you find it kooky, upbeat and clever.

    • @sofia9127
      @sofia9127 2 роки тому +5

      i didn't exist back then but i love this song!

  • @deansamson9835
    @deansamson9835 Рік тому +33

    This is one of the best skate jams from back in the day.

    • @Nhamp2000
      @Nhamp2000 Рік тому +2

      Four wheels and a toe stopper. None of that Rollerblade crap.

  • @mattma96
    @mattma96 8 місяців тому +75

    This would DEFINITELY be a worldwide hit if re-released in 2023 !

    • @wilneal8015
      @wilneal8015 7 місяців тому +8

      😮It Already Has Been A World 🌎🌍🌏 Wide Hit! Where Have You Been?¿?¿!¡!¡😅

    • @thatoneguy9582
      @thatoneguy9582 6 місяців тому +1

      literally just Big Energy by Latto

    • @randomlittleidot
      @randomlittleidot 5 місяців тому

      if it re-released in 2023 there probably has to be funny cats for it to really take off

    • @rainbowspongebob
      @rainbowspongebob 5 місяців тому +3

      @@randomlittleidotwhat about the funny dog🗿

  • @kev2525
    @kev2525 4 роки тому +2068

    Being a 90s kid, I feel like this was supposed to end with a Nickelodeon logo

  • @dice1820
    @dice1820 2 роки тому +663

    We still hear this today. Mariah Carey used it in her song “Fantasy” that topped the billboard hot 100 for 8 weeks and just last year Latto sampled it in her song “Big Energy”. The funny thing is, when they talk about the song “big energy”, they say Lotto sampled it from Mariah Carey without even realizing where it actually came from and how old it really is. And in another 30-40 years when everyone forgets it again, someone else will sample it to make it a hit again.

    • @RnBReworked
      @RnBReworked 2 роки тому +19

      Who is they? I think most people who know music are well aware Fantasy was sampled.

    • @spongebob03
      @spongebob03 2 роки тому +5

      I remember tripping out, when I heard that Dreamlover sampled a hip hop song! I was alive for it’s original release. It was years before I knew about it! 😂

    • @magma41158
      @magma41158 2 роки тому +7

      Hearing the chorus of the song used in Fantasy came to me as a big surprise

    • @AngelDommeX
      @AngelDommeX 2 роки тому +3

      Big Energy remix they sample this again with Mariah Carey..

    • @slicedfruitgirl
      @slicedfruitgirl 2 роки тому +26

      In Latto's case, I think she really did sample it because of Mariah. Her song "Big Energy" has the line "I can be your fantasy" in it and she also said she idolized Mariah growing up. Strangely enough, she initially denied the Mariah reference at first saying that she had never heard of "Fantasy" before, but now Mariah is on the remix edition so Idk what was going on there.

  • @gilbertolopez9004
    @gilbertolopez9004 11 місяців тому +71

    I remember back in 1981 when going to high school parties how everyone jumped into the dance floor just from hearing the intro of this song. Awesome song, awesome times!

  • @ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord
    @ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord 10 місяців тому +69

    It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia brought me here.
    Thank you for that.

    • @fonzieskatesurf
      @fonzieskatesurf 24 дні тому

      Which episode! 😆

    • @fonzieskatesurf
      @fonzieskatesurf 24 дні тому

      Came here from Instagram frank Zappa, ok so Mariah Carey got it from here too ya

  • @MichaelB-gi4lt
    @MichaelB-gi4lt 3 роки тому +255

    Truly one of the most satisfying songs from the 80’s. Sounds as good now as it did forty years ago...

  • @maestroh2986
    @maestroh2986 3 роки тому +377

    Tragically under-appreciated. This trippy tribute to past artists is pure joy.

    • @KrashyKharma
      @KrashyKharma Рік тому +33

      Under appreciated? One of the most well loved, repeatedly sampled songs of all time? Ok...

    • @Thunderchild-gz4gc
      @Thunderchild-gz4gc Рік тому +9

      @@KrashyKharma maybe OP meant the sampling artists get more attention than the Tom Tom Club

    • @penguinsrbirds2
      @penguinsrbirds2 Рік тому +8

      "under-appreciated" is a straight-up lie, come on dude.

    • @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991
      @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 11 місяців тому +3

      Genius of Love didn't get nearly enough radio airplay at the time, in my opinion, which may have just been where I lived. I managed to get it on a blank tape, though, so I could play it as much as I wanted to- and between songs, too, so no DJ chatter over the beginning or the end!! 😃

    • @etherealwavefan94
      @etherealwavefan94 8 місяців тому +1

      this is literally one of the most iconic tracks of all time lmfao you guys really don't know what underrated means

  • @mf_is_legendary
    @mf_is_legendary Місяць тому +6

    Mariah Carey’s use of this song for her hit “Fantasy” is sooo good

  • @th0rne_999
    @th0rne_999 5 місяців тому +11

    I've been robbed of knowing this song for my 23 years on this earth... it's about time

  • @secretofthedevil
    @secretofthedevil Рік тому +228

    When I was a child, my mom always had put this song for us. Since then, I love it. ♥️

  • @nigelseaton8367
    @nigelseaton8367 Рік тому +39

    God bless James Rizzi, the artist who created the images for this classic masterpiece, sampled, and sampled. Mr. Rizzi you are one of my favorites 😍, I'm glad I had the pleasure to meet you. Rest in peace.

  • @mikewatkinson1996
    @mikewatkinson1996 Рік тому +364

    If anyone here is familiar with the man... In an interview Frank Zappa cited this song as being one of the only music videos he actually enjoyed "because it's animated and clever". High praise from a musical genius that thought music videos were simply a racket (He was quite cynical lol).
    Also I love Tina Weymouth and the Talking Heads tons.

    • @DogeGFSolo
      @DogeGFSolo Рік тому +2

      😁

    • @kirbzmom
      @kirbzmom Рік тому +3

      AND Frank! Very talented; gone too soon!

    • @diehappydie
      @diehappydie Рік тому +12

      Exactly why I am here...paused the Zappa interview to watch it. Once it started I instantly remembered it. Zappa was a genius.

    • @ImBarl
      @ImBarl Рік тому +2

      @@diehappydie me as well lol

    • @booblikon
      @booblikon Рік тому +3

      That bought me here, and I agree.

  • @baseddoggie
    @baseddoggie 3 місяці тому +10

    This is easily one of the most beautiful, genuinely heartfelt songs + music videos I've ever seen. You can tell that Tina truly loves Chris. It's so sincere and beautiful. Even the animation doesn't betray the beauty of the lyrics, in fact, it enhances it. No wonder this song has had so much staying power over the years.

  • @domingadoflaminga3961
    @domingadoflaminga3961 4 роки тому +617

    I closed my eyes and saw the Gang dancing to this

  • @conradpoos2859
    @conradpoos2859 4 роки тому +523

    I went to the NY Film Festival in the 80's and they ran this as a short. The James Rizzi animation lit up the whole theater.

    • @amayalevels
      @amayalevels 4 роки тому +15

      Gosh ur so mf blessed

    • @Teebiscuit12345
      @Teebiscuit12345 4 роки тому +3

      I like your Pythonesque profile picture.

    • @jaclynzinck4241
      @jaclynzinck4241 4 роки тому +2

      That must have been an interesting experience

    • @mecaillagladue2587
      @mecaillagladue2587 3 роки тому +3

      I remember rollerskating to this . 14 with all my friends 💓💓

    • @synthonaplinth5980
      @synthonaplinth5980 3 роки тому +2

      @@Teebiscuit12345 I like your use of alliteration. :)

  • @stylezcain2562
    @stylezcain2562 2 місяці тому +17

    Who is still Listening in 2024 and Beyond?👍🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @robintorres3144
    @robintorres3144 10 днів тому +6

    Tina Weymouth, 29th on the greatest bass players of all time “Rolling Stone” and this bass line is one of the reasons why. She was the “Genius of Love”

  • @keithmcmiller8470
    @keithmcmiller8470 4 роки тому +236

    Sounds as good today... as it ever was.

  • @Ren_Taylor
    @Ren_Taylor 2 роки тому +127

    As a kid this was one of my mom's go-to albums to put on when she wanted to clean house to prepare for guests. I remember staring at this album art for hours. It was also how I learned about the existence of drugs and what coke was, lol whoops. Love you mama~

  • @davidw5731
    @davidw5731 Рік тому +52

    Takes me back to my senior year in HS. This was the first song I ever heard on the brand new fad, the Sony Walkman. The sound quality just blew me away, miles from the old radios with the little earpiece we used to wear. This song always puts a smile on my face.

  • @bigbubba2680
    @bigbubba2680 6 місяців тому +10

    Was 10 years old when this song came out... 52 now and definitely like it more now... brings back great memories of growing up through the 80's... wish everyone could have grown up in these times.

  • @nathanielpfeiffer3530
    @nathanielpfeiffer3530 4 роки тому +358

    This band was started by members of talking heads and it shows

    • @djrossetto3992
      @djrossetto3992 4 роки тому +25

      Yes, Tina and Chris.

    • @StinkFinger2023
      @StinkFinger2023 4 роки тому +17

      Tina Weymouth actually wrote most of the music for the talking heads, and if you listen to Tom Tom club, you can actually tell she was the musical driving Force in talking heads

    • @adiksadiatabs
      @adiksadiatabs 4 роки тому +19

      @@StinkFinger2023 lol. no.

    • @williamraines1749
      @williamraines1749 4 роки тому

      Yes a little craziness involved in the animation great side job song by a couple crazy heads Lol

    • @ImpendingRiot83
      @ImpendingRiot83 4 роки тому +19

      @Bradley Daniels Assigning any special significance to any one particular member of Talking Heads completely ignores and spits on how every member of that band was completely integral to the sound, and they would not have worked as a band without each other. David Byrne’s voice and a lot of his own ideas on how to communicate what the band was verbally _saying,_ as well as his ideas about stage performance in general, was *just* as important as Tina’s writing and impeccable bass. There can be no whole without all the parts.

  • @mTokhi1
    @mTokhi1 4 роки тому +83

    Frank Reynolds jiggling, holding a beer and looking angrily at his landlord.

  • @pdruiz2005
    @pdruiz2005 4 дні тому +1

    This music video could easily be an art installation at a fine gallery. It’s really that creative and out there.

  • @comicquestfanzia
    @comicquestfanzia 3 місяці тому +21

    2:13 is the best part for me.

  • @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp
    @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp Рік тому +476

    Tina Weymouth is brilliant!
    She almost created the hip hop pop sound and did not know it!

    • @DaeguDown
      @DaeguDown Рік тому +24

      She did

    • @NatTurner328
      @NatTurner328 10 місяців тому +25

      Knock it off, Hip Hop was already well-established in the 1970s

    • @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp
      @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp 10 місяців тому +16

      @@NatTurner328 LOL No Kidding But private Party's in Black neighbourhoods homes did not make it known This song was one of the first White Groups to attempt it and helped get it popular. I'm a musicologist and was former vinyl Night club DJ in London, New York and Montreal What have you Done?

    • @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp
      @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp 10 місяців тому +3

      Mariah Carey's great sample of the song in "Fantasy" in 1995 made it a retro hut once again!

    • @NatTurner328
      @NatTurner328 10 місяців тому

      @@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp You just moved the goalpost from “she created the hip hop sound” to “her white privilege helped introduce it to the masses”. So which one is it? That’s why we should have gatekept hip hop from non-black outsiders. You made an entire career from appropriating our culture and now you’re attributing another outsider to its creation? You’re a joke and you lack self-awareness. “William H Baird”, what’s wrong, daddy stopped paying your college tuition when he realized you suck at math so you had to take away what little space they let black people have to eat and feed their families? Literally the worst kind of person.

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 4 роки тому +475

    James Brown ! , James Brown ! 😎

    • @zoidlloyd7736
      @zoidlloyd7736 4 роки тому +10

      Ooh like that part whoo

    • @michaelwertzy9808
      @michaelwertzy9808 4 роки тому +15

      Check it out, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon!

    • @gomezesmorticia
      @gomezesmorticia 4 роки тому +2

      Lachaim.

    • @SJ-iy2go
      @SJ-iy2go 4 роки тому +13

      Sir its JAAAMMEEESS BROWWWNNNN

    • @AzzyRiah
      @AzzyRiah 4 роки тому +7

      WHO NEEDS TO THINK WHEN YOUR FEET JUST GOO
      (BOHANNON BOHANNON BOHANNON BOHANNON)

  • @samvaz8002
    @samvaz8002 7 місяців тому +11

    Way ahead of its time!!! Just to show you how talented the Talkkng Heads were.

    • @wilneal8015
      @wilneal8015 7 місяців тому +1

      ❣️Just More Proof👂That David
      Byrne Is A Performing Arts
      Genius😊👍💥😎✌️🖖

  • @NEIKWOT
    @NEIKWOT Місяць тому +12

    I'm in 2024.

  • @darklordxxx
    @darklordxxx 4 роки тому +329

    i was in grade 10 when this tune came out in 83 , Friday nights me and the boys would go down to the roller palace and when this song came on everyone was on the floor , same for double dutch bus witch came 2 years earlier . life long memories with these songs .

    • @willie417
      @willie417 4 роки тому +23

      are you sure it was 1983, and not 1981?

    • @CreativeCreatorCreates
      @CreativeCreatorCreates 4 роки тому +7

      The roller rink was my place to discover the best hits. Love that you brought it up!

    • @AzzyRiah
      @AzzyRiah 4 роки тому +2

      What did it feel like when the century switched to 2000?

    • @isamcc1831
      @isamcc1831 4 роки тому +4

      Roller skating to this must have been great!
      Wasn't alive when this came out so I missed the whole roller skates thing 😞

    • @m.r.e.5731
      @m.r.e.5731 3 роки тому +11

      @@willie417 it was '81.

  • @patricklaureys1249
    @patricklaureys1249 3 роки тому +10

    I wish I could be 21 again, sitting in the evening sun, smoking the mellow stuff that grows on Crete, and listen to music like this.

  • @Flossys
    @Flossys 5 місяців тому +7

    This song is the result of so many r & b hits.

  • @JustLacksZazz350
    @JustLacksZazz350 Рік тому +18

    It's always sunny in Philadelphia

    • @DeltaHighlights
      @DeltaHighlights Рік тому +5

      Them dancing with this song and Frank doing his stare down is too good

  • @nicknickbloodynick
    @nicknickbloodynick 4 роки тому +600

    I'm in heaven
    With my boyfriend, my laughing boyfriend ♥️
    There's no beginning and there is no end
    Time isn't present in that dimension

    • @DDios-ih9de
      @DDios-ih9de 4 роки тому +9

      Bloodybeibi Latin Boyfriend

    • @bredmond812
      @bredmond812 4 роки тому +33

      all these years, i thought it was "lucky boyfriend". oops.

    • @DDios-ih9de
      @DDios-ih9de 4 роки тому +5

      Brandon Redmond lol thats okay😊😉
      Btw its
      Cuse me while i kiss the sky
      Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze..
      Not
      " kiss this guy".😊

    • @bredmond812
      @bredmond812 4 роки тому +2

      @@DDios-ih9de thanks! Yeah, I knew that one. Good lookin' out!

    • @wyattownby2886
      @wyattownby2886 4 роки тому +2

      Bloodybeibi congratulations, you can hear

  • @spacemanrick2014
    @spacemanrick2014 2 роки тому +29

    I wouldn’t be surprised if this song is still sampled in 2087.

    • @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617
      @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617 3 місяці тому +1

      3087 shit I'm sure I've heard Fry,Leela and Bender rocking out to this classic on the Planet Express

  • @gisellemarte
    @gisellemarte Місяць тому +4

    WHOAH I HAD NO IDEA!!! I LOVE HOW INDIE THE ORIGINAL SONG SOUNDS. IM SO EMOTIONAL

  • @gissyb1
    @gissyb1 Рік тому +38

    My 80s high school memories. When artists actually wrote & played original music 🎶 😍

  • @MerkinMuffly
    @MerkinMuffly 4 роки тому +622

    Bring us home home Charlie Kelly ...

    • @elderchildren
      @elderchildren 3 роки тому +4

      yes

    • @txoutlawent.6515
      @txoutlawent.6515 3 роки тому +16

      *drinks green paint*

    • @enriquepina6255
      @enriquepina6255 3 роки тому +9

      Came for this. Also, its 2020 and if you're reading thIs from the past, RUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!

    • @Dcalzaretta
      @Dcalzaretta 3 роки тому +15

      Time to squash some beefs!

    • @DemonWarp65
      @DemonWarp65 3 роки тому +8

      @@txoutlawent.6515 May I offer you an egg in this time of trouble?

  • @PetertheChanter
    @PetertheChanter 2 роки тому +27

    40 yrs in the blink of an eye. It goes so damn fast.

  • @DylansPen
    @DylansPen 9 місяців тому +11

    There is nothing like the original. I remember when this came out it was as different as it gets and it still is. Have to love it.

  • @avronil_htech
    @avronil_htech Рік тому +7

    This music video is like a dream to me .

  • @cracklingvinyl6779
    @cracklingvinyl6779 4 роки тому +16

    If you're not tapping your feet to this you ain't got no feet.

  • @DarkCylon
    @DarkCylon 4 роки тому +93

    I heard this song for the first today after many years. I don't know why, maybe it's the flu or the medicine I'm taking, but the song made me so happy....like seeing a friend again after a long time. Hello, old friend. I'm very happy to see you again.

    • @themadratchett3891
      @themadratchett3891 4 роки тому +4

      I agree. My uncle used to download older songs for me back when I was 17 and I loved playing them over and over, listened to this constantly in 2003 and it took me back. Don't know exactly what it is, but the song has that affect.

    • @TechJunky777
      @TechJunky777 11 місяців тому +1

      And it’s the original uncut version

  • @ZxenaWarrior
    @ZxenaWarrior 11 місяців тому +11

    Gang Still Listening to Tom Tom Club 2023?? Hit the Thumbs up Here ❤😊😘😉

  • @sjdrifter72
    @sjdrifter72 4 роки тому +79

    The cute dog is the most memorable part of the video for me.

  • @titocris4746
    @titocris4746 2 роки тому +13

    This song and Mama Used to Say made the Spring of ‘82 a wonderful time for music.

  • @marialee-qz2ll
    @marialee-qz2ll День тому +3

    2024 anybody?

  • @PuroDaLatexWolf
    @PuroDaLatexWolf 3 місяці тому +4

    This music video is a fever dream

  • @jamesdelcol3701
    @jamesdelcol3701 Рік тому +58

    I loved this song as a kid. This came up on MTV and I loved it every time.

  • @FANLIZable
    @FANLIZable 2 роки тому +108

    This song came out when I was 18 years old, I remember the disco and a boyfriend I had in that time, funky sound never gets old 🌈🌻🌈

    • @LostwaveTT
      @LostwaveTT 4 місяці тому +2

      I know right? Beautiful song. Godbless ❤

  • @JohnTurner313
    @JohnTurner313 14 днів тому +1

    They're totally different styles, but for some reason this video always reminded me of the Schoolhouse Rock videos I watched as a kid. Super cool song, and the 80s were amazing for music.

  • @bryanjensen2614
    @bryanjensen2614 4 роки тому +152

    1:49 before joining the Rugrats Spike the dog had a promising singing career.

  • @messywes
    @messywes 4 роки тому +382

    that dog was definitely inspiration for the pet dog Spike from the Rugrats, right?

    • @Puppy_Puppington
      @Puppy_Puppington 4 роки тому +18

      On high With God the Lord yes

    • @sappyshamp3751
      @sappyshamp3751 3 роки тому +21

      Nah, this song and music video came in 1981. But Rugrats probably did get inspired by it tho.

    • @bogglemeister4204
      @bogglemeister4204 3 роки тому +17

      @@sappyshamp3751 thats what the person just said...

    • @iamedyson
      @iamedyson 2 роки тому

      @@bogglemeister4204 Lmao!!! Hahaha!

    • @timothythorne9464
      @timothythorne9464 2 роки тому +1

      It got a second life in 1995 with Mariah Carey's "Fantasy."

  • @RobertSantiago-nu3kp
    @RobertSantiago-nu3kp 6 місяців тому +7

    Music has changed so much but growing up in the 70's with such great music is memorable 👍

  • @shaanfliesplanes
    @shaanfliesplanes Рік тому +16

    I feel like I’m on acid trip watching this

    • @JessesInterest
      @JessesInterest 3 місяці тому

      Try watching “Mississippi Queen” from regular show 😮‍💨

  • @Truckngirl
    @Truckngirl 4 роки тому +20

    Heaven on Earth. We are all richer hearing this fabulous song. The video is adorable. Long live Tina!!!

  • @turtleman2164
    @turtleman2164 3 роки тому +9

    After i picked up my mom from prison. She grabs my phone and this was the first song she put on. I love my mom. :)

  • @AngiePhoenix85
    @AngiePhoenix85 5 місяців тому +31

    [Lyrics]
    What you gonna do when you get out of jail?
    I'm gonna have some fun
    What do you consider fun?
    Fun, natural fun
    I'm in heaven
    With my boyfriend, my laughing boyfriend
    There's no beginning and there is no end
    Time isn't present in that dimension
    He'll take my arm
    When we're walking, rolling and rocking
    It is one time I'm glad I'm not a man
    Feels like I'm dreaming, but I'm not sleeping
    I'm in heaven
    With the maven of funk mutation
    Clinton's musicians such as Bootsy Collins
    Raise expectations to a new intention
    No one can sing
    Quite like Smokey, Smokey Robinson
    Wailin' and skankin' to Bob Marley
    Reggae's expanding with Sly and Robbie
    Oops! Your mama said uh
    Oops! Your mama said uh
    Oops! Your mama said uh
    Oops! Your mama
    Stepping in a rhythm to a Kurtis Blow
    Who needs to think when your feet just go
    With a hippie-the-hip and a hippie-the-hop
    Who needs to think when your feet just go
    Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon
    Who needs to think when your feet just go
    Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon
    James Brown, James Brown
    James Brown, James Brown
    If you see him
    Please remind him, unhappy boyfriend
    Well, he's the genius of love
    He's got a greater depth of feeling
    Well, he's the genius of love
    He's so deep

    • @MortenK65
      @MortenK65 5 місяців тому +2

      Haha, hadn't realized that there were version without the cocaine verse.

    • @AngiePhoenix85
      @AngiePhoenix85 5 місяців тому +1

      @@MortenK65 This was the Radio version's lyrics.

  • @josesiliezar1758
    @josesiliezar1758 4 роки тому +32

    When great music actually brought people together...
    Great memories! 🎶

  • @funcrunch
    @funcrunch 4 роки тому +91

    I loved the performance of this song in Stop Making Sense (one of my favorite films). I didn't realize the "James Brown" bit was actually part of the original recording. :-)

    • @anononomous
      @anononomous 4 роки тому +10

      He still is the godfather of soul y'all!

    • @resplndnt
      @resplndnt 4 роки тому +2

      Pax Gethen they changed up the lyrics a bit for that performance

  • @hamsterdiving7593
    @hamsterdiving7593 8 місяців тому +37

    I was still a newlywed in 1981, living in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, in an apartment complex that was rather dull and ordinary...
    One Saturday, while trying to be a good wife at the age of 20 (🤯) and perform some housecleaning, I turned on the newly created MTV channel on the newly created cable TV, and witnessed a revelation: Tom Tom Club's Genius Of Love music video...
    I'd never seen anything like it.
    I was mesmerized and didn't get much cleaning done. I also realized as time went on that there was a great big wide world out there that I wanted to experience that my staid, safe, stockbroker husband wasn't into
    I realized I was too young to have gotten married and we sadly split up in 1983.
    It's safe to say that Genius Of Love was my gateway to independence and it's been a favorite of mine ever since...

    • @lunayastros1356
      @lunayastros1356 4 місяці тому +2

      Wao!!!! 😮 Buena anécdota!
      Aveces la gente olvida esta clase de cosas, y claro va acordé con el mensaje que dejaba la canción.
      Saludos desde Chile!!!

    • @hamsterdiving7593
      @hamsterdiving7593 4 місяці тому +2

      @@lunayastros1356 ¡Dios mío, tienes razón! No me di cuenta hasta ahora... han pasado cuarenta años. dolor y pérdida... brillante.
      ¡¡Gracias!! ¡Viva Chile! 🇨🇱

  • @olivemartini5136
    @olivemartini5136 Рік тому +20

    We used to dance to this song in the clubs in the early 1980’s. It never ages!

  • @KabukeeJo
    @KabukeeJo 4 роки тому +320

    Wow... It's literally been decades since I last saw this. In fact, it was when MTV actually showed music videos. Shame Rhino could not afford to upscale it to HD.

    • @KabukeeJo
      @KabukeeJo 4 роки тому +9

      @dandanthetaximan Full screening it does not make it HD. Learn to HD my friend.

    • @g__wizz
      @g__wizz 4 роки тому +27

      its better low-fi dawg

    • @joeyoung1498
      @joeyoung1498 4 роки тому +27

      It's a shame people can't enjoy videos if they are not in hd.

    • @timusforlife
      @timusforlife 4 роки тому +10

      It would be great to see the animation remastered in HD

    • @KabukeeJo
      @KabukeeJo 4 роки тому +1

      @Jimmy Jazz it is awesome. Still wish it was in HD.

  • @lemonfroth8843
    @lemonfroth8843 Рік тому +26

    I love the vibe this artstyle gives off

    • @campfortson4387
      @campfortson4387 10 місяців тому

      I almost get like Rugrats vibes or something, lol

  • @brgreg8725
    @brgreg8725 56 хвилин тому

    I adore Tina!! She’s incredible

  • @CoryTheCorsterCory
    @CoryTheCorsterCory 5 місяців тому +3

    There is something to this song... it sounds so modern yet it's so unique and nice

  • @reneeheknowsmyname6771
    @reneeheknowsmyname6771 4 роки тому +8

    1981?!?!? WOW, that's crazy!! Man you just gotta love the 80's!!! So grateful that my teen years were in the 80's!

  • @burtlee4628
    @burtlee4628 Рік тому +9

    If You Were A Teenager In The Early 80s, This Song Has To Be On A Music Playlist In Your Mind Somewhere 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵

  • @EENEENJOYER
    @EENEENJOYER 2 місяці тому +5

    2:04 my favorite part of the song

  • @helgevalk6276
    @helgevalk6276 Місяць тому +2

    Avant-garde then, avant-garde today, the video is still great

  • @StanTheMan450
    @StanTheMan450 4 роки тому +10

    Let’s just spend a moment, for those still searching for this song....

  • @0x777
    @0x777 Рік тому +46

    This song is a prime example how two of the most underrated parts of a band can be the reason for a hit
    Drum
    and
    Bass

  • @DanielLopez-tb2fl
    @DanielLopez-tb2fl Місяць тому +2

    Some songs define the moment, others defy it

  • @wrestlingwithjay3770
    @wrestlingwithjay3770 Рік тому +4

    Flashback in the 80’s

  • @peterkaufmann4855
    @peterkaufmann4855 Рік тому +70

    Fun fact: at the time, this record went gold before the Talking Heads had a gold record. Chris Frantz said he remembered walking down Houston Street in NYC near the basketball courts and people blasting "Genius of Love" on their boom boxes via WBLS. He said it brought tears to his eyes. The sad part is that David Byrne wasn't happy for Chris and Tina when it was announced that the record went gold.

    • @Treyworld
      @Treyworld Рік тому +16

      David got burned....with envy.

    • @bbaskin6785
      @bbaskin6785 Рік тому +2

      Holy Hyeesh! ...To have the memory of this song playing on the the ol skool bball courts of Houston would be one of the greatest gifts of my life.

    • @kirbzmom
      @kirbzmom Рік тому

      And I must be the only that didn't know, until just now, that Tina and Chris were married.

    • @matthewwoods3126
      @matthewwoods3126 Рік тому +4

      @@kirbzmom Yup. One of the pivotal dynamics of the band. You can get a glimpse of how crucial TTC is to the Talking Heads by watching Byrne & Molly Cyrus sing Bowie's Let's Dance NYE. It's embarrassing for Byrne... He can't dance! He's stuck with MC, playing a network variety gig.
      He may be an artist...but w/o the Tom Tom Club he's not much of a musician.
      How far they have fallen.

    • @janismacolley2395
      @janismacolley2395 Рік тому +2

      Dave is a brilliant musician but he has an ego as big as all outdoors!!!

  • @canadaofficial8008
    @canadaofficial8008 Рік тому +15

    0:48
    When you walkin’

  • @emilyparkison9523
    @emilyparkison9523 Місяць тому +2

    This was one of my favorite skating songs