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Friday Genius Ten “Maven of Funk Mutation” Edition

Last weekend was my dude’s mmmmphnoneofurbizmmph birthday, and I went without mentioning it because I was busy waxing poetic over the Phenomenal Hand Clap Band’s latest, which was one of his presents.  But we went tubing for his birthday, and he had the mind to buy a cheap iPod player so that I could play a bunch of mixes made for the occasion while we floated along, drinking beer. 

In honor of that, one of the songs that I played that made all floating Texans happy. 

Original song: “Genius of Love” by the Tom Tom Club

1) “Mirror In The Bathroom”—-The English Beat
2) “Bizarre Love Triangle”—-New Order
3) “Close To Me”—-The Cure
4) “Cannonball”—-The Breeders
5) “Seether”—-Veruca Salt
6) “And She Was”—-The Talking Heads
7) “Private Idaho”—-B-52s
8) “I Want To Be Adored”—-The Stone Roses
9) “Groove Is In The Heart”—-Deee-Lite
10) “Waiting On A Friend”—-The Rolling Stones

So part of the fun will be playing videos by musicians actually mentioned in the song.  Below the fold.

Bohannon:

Kurtis Blow:

And because I don’t care what people think, this song is awesome, and when it shows up on a mix, I’m all happy:

 

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Posted by Amanda Marcotte on 09:02 AM • (18) Comments

Tom Tom Club was a great band—too bad about their niece who went bad . . .

Comment #1: rea  on  07/03  at  09:31 AM

I love “Groove is in the Heart” too, it’s one of my favorite dance tunes of all times.  Heck with the hatas!

Comment #2: Rumblelizard  on  07/03  at  09:58 AM

I dig the non-Beauty2K compliant dancer.  Deee-lite is now my fave band evah.

Comment #3: speedbudget  on  07/03  at  10:35 AM

To my ear, “Groove is in the Heart” is an *amazing* pop hook surrounded by a lot of sludge. I can see other people having other reactions.

I had never heard “Disco Symphony” before—wow, that’s good!

Comment #4: womzilla (Kevin J. Maroney)  on  07/03  at  11:42 AM

I’ll bite.

Baby turns out to be a natural freak edition.

Base: “Theme From Big Time” by Smokey Robinson

1: “Hallelujah Day” - Jackson 5
2: “Your One and Only Man” - Otis Redding
3: “Love’s Gone Bad” - Chris Clark
4: “Testify (‘74 Version)” - Parliament
5: “There But For The Grace of God Go I” - Machine
6: “The Underground (Demo)” - Curtis Mayfield
7: “Until You Come Back To Me” - Aretha Franklin
8: “I Don’t Want To Lose You” - Tina Turner
9: “Jungle Love” - Moris Day & The Time
10: “Your Kiss Is Sweet” - Syreeta

Bonus: “Thunder Chicken” - Mighty Imperials

Was Bootsy with Parliament in ‘74?

Comment #5: Sarcastro  on  07/03  at  01:34 PM

Sarcastro:  Yes, he was, AFAIK.

Since I also have “Genius Of Love”, I thought I’d see what my Genius list would be:

1.  “The Look Of Love”, ABC
2.  “It’s My Life”, Talk Talk
3.  “Love My Way”, The Psychedelic Furs
4.  “Bizarre Love Triangle”, New Order
5.  “I Can’t Wait”, Nu Shooz
6.  “Cars”, Gary Numan
7.  “I Know What Boys Like”, The Waitresses
8.  “Mirror In The Bathroom”, The English Beat
9.  “Pass The Dutchie”, Musical Youth
10.  “Situation”, Yaz

Serious New Wave action there!

Comment #6: Linnaeus  on  07/03  at  02:00 PM

Not just “Groove Is In The Heart” but the whole “World Clique” album was great.

Comment #7: soapdish  on  07/03  at  02:01 PM

<blcokquote>Was Bootsy with Parliament in ‘74? </blockquote> betcha rubber bands he was smile

And that was a seriously overindulgent Groove is in the heart - tho not enough to stop me bopping around the cube to it (oh sad sad sad)

Comment #8: firefall  on  07/03  at  02:10 PM

Love Groove is in the Heart, but like Try Me On even more.

10.  Soma - Smashing Pumpkins
9.  Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
8.  Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World - U2
7.  Apartment Song - Tragically Hip
6.  Elvis is Dead - Living Colour
5. A.D. 2000 - Erika Badu
4. I’ll Stand By You - The Pretenders
3. Waltz - Fionna Apple
2. A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left - Andrew Bird
1. The Weight - The Band

Comment #9: pablo  on  07/03  at  02:34 PM

Genius List based on: Silver Angel - Helium

1. Symphony of Treble - Blonde Redhead
2. Cotton Crown - Sonic Youth
3. Words and Guitar - Sleater-Kinney
4. Summer Baby (Winter Version) - Pavement
5. Moonage Daydream - David Bowie
6. Waiting Room - Fugazi
7. Ceremony - New Order
8. Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel
9. Sometimes - My Bloody Valentine
10. Natural’s Not In It - Gang of Four

Comment #10: inkybrain  on  07/03  at  02:40 PM

Bohannon is an awesome band, and I don’t know why they’re not more well-known.

Comment #11: Amanda Marcotte  on  07/03  at  03:15 PM

And I thought that live version of “Groove” was sludgy, too, but the real video isn’t embeddable.

Comment #12: Amanda Marcotte  on  07/03  at  03:22 PM

Is there really a mass of people who _don’t like_ “Groove Is in the Heart”?

Comment #13: FlipYrWhig  on  07/03  at  04:03 PM

Is there really a mass of people who _don’t like_ “Groove Is in the Heart”?

yeah, they’re called Republicans - the anti-dance, anti-fun, anti-sex people :/

Comment #14: firefall  on  07/03  at  04:10 PM

Sorry to thread jack but Palin is stepping down as Governor of Alaska. And the one time I’ve ever done karaoke, it was “Groove Is in the Heart” :D

Comment #15: UltraMagnus  on  07/03  at  05:43 PM

Looks like Lady Kier is still funky and fresh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zit3AyliWc&feature=channel

Yeah dats funky!

Comment #16: orangelion03  on  07/03  at  06:16 PM

I also have Tom Tom Club “Genius of Love”, so here’s my mix…

1.  English Beat “Save It For Later”
2.  Bow Wow Wow “I Want Candy”
3.  Musical Youth “Pass the Dutchie”
4.  Talking Heads “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)”
5.  Love and Rockets “So Alive”
6.  The Clash “Train in Vain (Stand By Me)”
7.  Marshall Crenshaw “Someday, Someway”
8.  The Cure “In Between Days”
9.  Peter Murphy “Cuts You Up”
10.  Rose Royce “Car Wash”

I’m not sure how the last one fits, unless you forget the New Wave theme and go for the mood instead.  Which Genius almost never does.

Comment #17: Eileen  on  07/04  at  03:44 AM

Interesting how TomTom club faded away once the Talking Heads disbanded.

Comment #18: willibrord  on  07/05  at  02:01 PM
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