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. 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!