Tom Tom Club - The Genius Of Love FLAC download

"We went insane, and we took cocaine..." Ms Weymouth sings at one point. Perhaps that's why, despite (what I remember) as being a bit of a buzz about the group and this record in particular at the time, it never really broke through into the mainstream. That and also perhaps because of the name-checking of some underground folk who many of us only started to recognize years later - for instance 'Bohannon'. (This record is also better known for mentioning James Brown, Bootsy Collins and Sly & Robbie). Still, a wistful neo-reggae vibe - no doubt aided by it being recorded in Nassau - pleasantly permeates this song. That and the sick and a little sad irony of the tale in the lyric (check it out for yourself) wraps it up as a nice and quirky, almost subversive, plus enjoyable groove, masquerading as something altogether lighter. 'Disco-not-disco' aficionados ought to check it really as a good candidate for a set opener in that style.