![]() 1 hit “Fantasy” is really a cover version with altered lyrics. ![]() ![]() Hyde’s “Genius Rap,” have become hip-hop touchstones in their own right. Others, like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “It’s Nasty” (featuring a note-for-note recreation of the riff by the Sugar Hill Records house band) and Dr. Some “Genius of Love” samples are obscure (middle of the road impressionist Rich Little busts out his Gipper for the 1982 novelty jam “ President’s Rap”). Only James Brown’s “The Funky Drummer” and perhaps Parliament’s “Flashlight” can beat it for ubiquity. The band’s Web site lists 47 hip-hop and soul singles and remixes that have sample the track. That funky six-note riff and those floating harmonies belong to the world now. The question was posed back in 1981: “What you gonna do when you get out of jail?” And the response came without hesitation: “I’m gonna have some fun.” So began America’s 30-year affair with Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love.” In this anniversary year, the husband-and-wife team of ex–Talking Heads Tina Weymouth (bass) and Chris Frantz (drums) are deploying a series of concerts and TV appearances (they perform the song tomorrow on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) and a new double album of live recordings and remixes (Genius of Live), all in an effort to reclaim custody of the song.
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