Tom Tom Club – A life in Music
November, 2014, Tokyo, JP
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 song was originally recorded in the Bahamas, and its hook was later sampled by numerous artists, most notably by Mariah Carey on "Fantasy." In this extended, often touching lecture, held at the Red Bull Music Academy Tokyo in November 2014, Chris and Tina open up about their lives in music – and with one another.