Here is a super-obscure Tom Tom Club track that everyone should hear

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It was on the "Party Girl" soundtrack in 1995 and I think maybe 7 people in the universe have ever heard it, but it's really fucking killer (sparse slinky beat with awesome bass riff and supremely irresistible in a way I can't really put in words). Someone plz tell Tina to release a 12".

http://www.zshare.net/audio/74964079221c5fae/

― sassy boy, throwin' shade (Stevie D), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 16:40 (fifteen years ago)

Cool! Thanks for this, never heard it. Kinda reminds me of a Prince project, like Vanity 6 or something.

― I turn it up when I hear the banjo (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17:09 (fifteen years ago)

Wow, Prince's "Lady Cab Driver" came on shuffle this morning and I was like "WHOA that's what he was talking about!!"

― sassy boy, throwin' shade (Stevie D), Friday, 16 April 2010 00:51 (fifteen years ago)

WHERE'S THE LUB FOR TOM TOM CLUB!!

― piping hot dish and a cup of chat (Stevie D), Friday, 23 April 2010 13:33 (fifteen years ago)

I am downloading the fuck out of this because I love the Tom Tom Club

― longer lasting, thicker electrons (sic), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:23 (fifteen years ago)

Anyone wanna share my love of Dark Sneak Love Action? I think that's a totally slept-on disc in their catalog. It's not all great, but years ago I edited out the cuts I didn't like to make a 45 minute cassette, and I used to rock that on the regular.

― I turn it up when I hear the banjo (Dan Peterson), Friday, 23 April 2010 16:42 (fifteen years ago)

that's the only one I've never seen a copy of (apart from the live album)

― longer lasting, thicker electrons (sic), Friday, 23 April 2010 23:47 (fifteen years ago)

sic tell me baout how awesome this song is

― piping hot dish and a cup of chat (Stevie D), Saturday, 24 April 2010 00:03 (fifteen years ago)

two years pass...

oh no that link broke! here's a fresh one:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ec4hpxkjocd9cgs

― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 16 November 2012 22:23 (thirteen years ago)

Oh wow, thanks! The most recent Tom Tom Club I'd heard prior to this was "Suboceana" due to the Marshall Jefferson/Juan Atkins remixes.

― etc, Saturday, 17 November 2012 04:12 (thirteen years ago)

dope. another cool obscure tom tom club track is "spooks", b-side to wordy rappinghood 12", which is an appropriately spooky, skeletal instrumental boogie. a favourite of mine.

― spacemindy, Saturday, 17 November 2012 05:24 (thirteen years ago)

That "Spooks" track is pretty rad!

― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 01:41 (thirteen years ago)

three years pass...

Just ran across this thread and this is great. Link still works!

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 15 August 2016 02:04 (nine years ago)

party girl is a perfect movie

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 15 August 2016 02:05 (nine years ago)

omg i am so happy this got bumped

― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 15 August 2016 14:48 (nine years ago)

still dying to know if this was recorded specifically for the movie, if this was a leftover track they had lying around and if so when it was recorded, why this was never put on any album, why this was never released as as single, what the band thinks of it, why it's never played live, etc etc etc

― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 15 August 2016 14:49 (nine years ago)

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