Re: (idm) Re: Fools Gold VIP

From Michael Upton
Sent Wed, Sep 30th 1998, 00:11

On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, rob joanisse wrote:

| > 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...

They were talking about the bass line, not the break - but, yeah, that
beat's pretty excellent too.

Michael

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