European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse In Tina Weymouth left and Chris Frantz of the Tom Tom club Are Best known for their work with talking Heads. Talking Tom Tom by Linda Romine Cox news service Tina Weymouth is no a vegetarian. So the a bassist and vocalist of the Funk Rock group j Tom Tom club was surprised when the wife of a former beatle mailed her a Book she i. A wrote. Quot Linda Mccartney sent me a Cookbook on How to Cook without meat. , Well this looks very healthy. Ill try this one Day Quot Weymouth explained by phone recently from a tour Stop in the United states. It Don t even know her. Never even met her. I must be some sort of heroine to . Weymouth was further stunned when at one of Paul Mccartney s concerts in new York City a few months ago the superstar s spouse and keyboardist stepped to the microphone to publicly Praise Weymouth for being such an inspiration to her she said. Quot she a personally thanked me at Madison Square Garden Why does she do that Quot Weymouth asked sounding equal parts baffled embarrassed and annoyed. Quot i Don t know what i represent exactly because i Haven t been a militant feminist. I be been real quiet in my own Way More of a Clown with Tom Tom club than a social conscience. Quot my first thought though was imitating How Linda Mccartney might talk Quot gee she s a washed out blonde yet she manages to be pretty a Pale yes. And pretty Funky indeed. Although currently touring with the Tom Tom club Weymouth and her colleagues Are certainly Best known for their work with talking Heads the seminal new wave band that emerged from the Punk and disco malaise of new York circa 1977. Someone once said of them Quot they were legends in their own lunch time Quot Weymouth recalled dryly. And imitators have flourished. Quot now there Are Many bands playing world rhythms fronted by nerdy White Guys Quot she deadpanned referring to talking Heads Odd but Brilliant Lead Singer David Byrne. Tom Tom club evolved a decade ago when Weymouth and her husband Heads drummer Chris Frantz and others released a self titled album. Their reunions have been sporadic the group has since a a a Iqba 1 Withy released two other albums a 1983 s close to the Bone and 1988 s Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom. Between those efforts or. And mrs. Frantz along wit talking Heads guitarist Jerry Harrison have remained Active with their infinitely More famous first band. That is As Active As Byrne Wilt allow she said. It has been three years since talking Heads released an album the critically acclaimed albeit self destructing by non commercial naked apart from the group Byrne has spent the better part of two years exploring South american music and touring this hemisphere with his own 16-piece brazilian band. When asked about the future of talking Heads Weymouth sighed with resignation. Quot to have no idea Quot she said and paused before revealing Quot we found out quite by Accident that David has made a 5-year plan for himself that does t include a talking Heads members have a contract for five More albums together she said. And admittedly she now feels Quot abandoned and Quot David is someone who s been my Friend for a Long time and i always expected he would do this. He always showed signs of being into things More for himself than a team player Quot she said Quot he s in serious need of a reality if the experiences with Byrne have Hurt her the tour with Tom Tom club has been therapeutic. Quot we re having such a Good time with this band she said elaborating on How the current lineup is far More fulfilling to her than participating in what the talking Heads had become. Of the latter she said Yit s just not fun to be working with someone who does t appreciate what they the Tom Tom club is the very personification of everything the Early talking Heads used to be but have temporarily lost she said Quot i feel the spirit of talking Heads songs is with us everything we did everything that meant talking Heads to us came from what we re doing now. And it was Only when David started saying a i want to control this a that everything the tenuous future and fracturing relationships Between Byrne and the other talking Heads must be frustrating to the band s fans Weymouth said Quot it s unresolved for them and it s unresolved or Byrne s alleged abandonment of the band upset her so deeply she sought the advice of a spiritual healer who told Weymouth she had been changeling love where if was not being returned she said. Quot the Best parts of David will always be missed a but the mean parts not at All. 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