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Parisian electro-pop ingeniue Uffie covers the classic Tom Tom Club 1981 single “Wordy Rappinghood,” with music faithfully reproduced by Ed Banger cohort DJ Mehdi. Check out this version, along with the original and the 2003 cover by art school gals Chick On Speed. Take the poll below and tell us which one is your fave.
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You don’t have to be short and cute to be in the Tom Tom Club, but it doesn’t hurt. Nearly 30 years after “Genius of Love” conquered airwaves, dancefloors, Quinceaneras, Bar Mitzvahs and backyard birthday BBQs, Tina Weymouth takes the stage in flaxen pigtails, a silver sequin mini-dress and a teal guitar. Still looking like the coolest chick downtown, Weymouth together with drummer/husband/fellow ex-Talking Heads founder Chris Frantz and their air-tight Club, turn Santos Party House into a sanctuary for storm-weary New Yorkers. As they launch into the opener, “Suboceana,” the rain outside is soon forgotten and the only wetness on anyone’s mind is the sweat flying off our bouncing bodies. There is inevitably much jump-up going down on Lafayette as the influential and perennial side project to one …
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