Christine jamming with U2 (sort of)

[face of glass]

(Since Eva Cassidy's cover was brought up again, then why not this?)

I've always loved DJ Shadow's debut album Endtroducing (like so many others) but it was only today that I found out about him having sampled Christine's electric piano bit from Brown Eyes for one of his early singles, Lost & Found (1994). And by gum if it isn't a clever use of this hypnotic figure! It takes the drum break from U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday as well, and layers all kinds of beautiful samples on top, even a bit of Lindsey's guitar, and becomes quite a different jazzy thing eventually. Say what you want about trip/hip hoppers being non-musicians, but to me this is clearly a case of making new music out of music.

If you want a listen, go here (http://skylive.fm/rid-0x13a0-dj-shadow-and-dj-krush_-_lost-and-found--s.f.l.--kemuri-mp3-stream.html). Click on the enqueue icon of the track and then press play. Christine's figure starts about 1:50 in. Don't be scared by the scratching before it! ;)

[jbrownsjr]

that's really cool.... i've always loved that CM riff

[nicepace]

Umm ... that was horrible.

Why isn't this sort of thing illegal? (I don't mean because it's so awful, musically, but because it's plagiarism.)

[Neb-Maat-Re]

Why isn't this sort of thing illegal? (I don't mean because it's so awful, musically, but because it's plagiarism.)

No more than 8 bars of the music? I understand it is something like that.

On the other hand, they may be paying royalties.

[face of glass]

No more than 8 bars of the music? I understand it is something like that.

On the other hand, they may be paying royalties.
Yeah, I think Shadow's always listed the samples he's used on his album covers. Don't think the 8 bars (or 3 seconds) rule applies - it's enough to sue if the sample is recognizable.

Umm ... that was horrible.
Come tell that to me again once you've listened to Shadow's Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt!