quoted 12 lines And I'm really looking forward to doing 'Fools Gold'> >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