Thursday, January 17, 2008

Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club

Speaking of greatness, this is one of the all time great pop dance tunes. For a mid-tempo piece it's amazingly popular (always gets people out on the floor, in my DJ experience). The catchiness of the song stems from a few things: very solid yet simple dance rhythm track, the synthesizer licks, the high vocal harmonies in a very hooky chord progression. The song is both sexy and childish. It is kind of analogous to the child-like speaking voice adopted by urban women in Taiwan, which is considered stylish and sophisticated. There seems to be some kind of universal charm to such cuteness. The video is also an arty animated classic.

1 comment:

J. Matt said...

I think I have heard that song before but I have never thought about it. It is a cool video.