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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