They’re playing a warmup date in their hometown of Fairfield, Conn. and then one in London at a festival curated by Massive Attack. Franz says a record company exec wants to meet with them there to discuss possibilities of a new Tom Tom Club album. “We have a couple of ideas which will grow into other ideas,” he says. “I think we have at least one more good record in us. Every record is underground these days – we’re interested in the underground electronic music thing.”
But what they’ll play in Boston is familiar material – groove-oriented, warm songs like “Wordy Rappinghood” and “Genius of Love.” “Electronica,” Franz says, “hasn’t yet affected us. We’re playing live music with real drums and guitars – those old-fashioned instruments.”
Is it nostalgic? “My feeling is it’s our style of music and it always feels original,” says Weymouth. “This lineup, the musicians are all so good, it feels really good to play with them. It’s exciting so many young kids today have followed in our footsteps, not just Talking Heads, but Tom Tom Club.” Franz says a friend made him a CD compilation of English bands that sound, well, a whole lot like Tom Tom Club. Makes him happy.
Weymouth notes that she wouldn’t want Tom Tom Club to play on a regular basis and tour frequently. She and Franz are part of the sandwich generation – caring for kids and parents – and she says family and friends take precedence over career.
People, of course, are still interested in Talking Heads. Seeing that many bands of that era have re-united – like Devo – is that a possibility? They did play four songs together at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. “It felt great,” says Franz, “but David disappeared as soon as it was to relax and have a glass of champagne. Ce’st la live. He did say on stage that ‘That was fun’ and we didn’t see him again. One of those conundrums.”
Weymouth: “We would love to and proposed it time and again. David has rewritten our history. He’s odd and always was. Success kind of ruined him. One goes into denial, you hve a chemistry and its beautiful and you go into denial about what’s wrong. When we were playing music together, it was great. After induction, I thought for sure it was going to happen.”
“Fortunately,” says Franz , “the Tom Tom club still feels pretty fresh, even though it’s oldies but goodies. Ii has a lot of vitality. I’m interested to see if we get kids in audience. It’s always nice to have some cute young things in front. … Lou Reed pointed out that only in rock ‘n’  roll do people refer to age – in other forms of music. I don’t think we ever pretended to be anything we weren’t. We’re just acting naturally, trying to provide a good evening’s entertainment. The songs do have a positive message - fun is the best thing to have, even more important that money. I don’t feel that’s outdated in any way.” They start the show at 7:30. Devo should hit the stage around 9. (FYI: I have an interview/feature with Devo's Jerry Casale coming in the Boston Phoenix June 19,) Tickets: $45-$25.

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