Re: Fujees sampling ABBA
Michael Bolotin (mlb6c@server1.mail.virginia.edu)
Mon, 10 Feb 1997 14:52:52 -0500 ()
> Not necessarily so:
>
> Classic Examples:
>
> original - Bob James "Mardi Gras"
> song that sampled it - Run DMC "Peter Piper"
>
> original - Little Feat "Fool Yourself"
> song that sampled it - A Tribe Called Quest "Bonita Applebum"
>
> More Recent example:
>
> original - The Cyrkle "Neon"
> song that sampled it - A Tribe Called Quest "Get a hold"
>
> Unless you like cheesy elevator music, country rock, and music by
> the Mamas and Papas, the original songs mentioned are all wack. It's
> true though that a lot of the original songs sampled in hip-hop
> tunes also happen to be some of the best music ever made. But more
> often, like KRS ONE (in a cover of a popular Beatles tune) - "...We
> take the wackest song... and make it badder" - that's hip-hop.
Alright, you kind of have a point here, but what I was really referring
to was covered soul songs that we were talking about before. I'm not
saying that I don't love those tracks which use the samples, but the
originals, for the most part, I treasure more.