(idm) Re: Fools Gold VIP

From Erkki Rautio
Sent Tue, Sep 29th 1998, 16:26

> >And I'm really looking forward to doing 'Fools Gold'
> >(seminal Stone Roses funk marathon) Now that's an original
> >breakbeat tune if ever I heard one, man.
>
> So original that Mani himself admitted that he ripped off the bassline
> from a
> Can song!  At least this is what Jason Pierce told me when I interviewed
> him. 

Isn't that obvious when you listen to Can's "Tago Mago" or "Ege Bamyasi"? 
I think the track 'Fools Gold' was ripped off from may have been 
'Vitamin C'.

If into Can et al., check ->

http://www.sci.fi/~phinnweb/krautrock/

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