From joanisse Sent Wed, Sep 30th 1998, 00:00
From joanisse Sent Wed, Sep 30th 1998, 00:00
> >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'. it's from bobby bird's "hot pants/i'm coming", one of the classic hip hop breaks. check big daddy kane's "RAW" for an earlier appearance. the stone roses added that funky-ass tambourine though. unless can were secretely sampling bobby bird too... rj. np: the funk phenomena