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theres, ah, jimmy scott's version of heaven
and the staple singers doing slippery people.

is there one of those tribute albums?

― bulbs (bulbs), Saturday, 20 November 2004 05:52 (twenty-one years ago)

and i think i remember kc flightt sampled them?

― bulbs (bulbs), Saturday, 20 November 2004 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

There was some rap single back in 1990/91 -- no idea who it was by, but it was sampled the chorus to "Once in a Lifetime," Byrne's singing and all. The thing was, the VIDEO for it featured Byrne recreating the part!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 20 November 2004 05:58 (twenty-one years ago)

don't remember that, but from Hard Knock Life:

Jay-Z: "It's Alright":
"Once In A Lifetime" + the opening of Kraftwerk's "Hall of Mirrors"

― (Jon L), Saturday, 20 November 2004 06:10 (twenty-one years ago)

also Danielle Dax's cover of "Tomorrow Never Knows'; (first cover song I'd ever heard which actually samples intact bits of the original): at the end, inexplicably drops in 8 bars of "Once In A Lifetime".

― (Jon L), Saturday, 20 November 2004 06:35 (twenty-one years ago)

i think thats the kc flightt song ned

― bulbs (bulbs), Saturday, 20 November 2004 06:36 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a Chicken Lips song that is built around a loop of I Zimbra

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 20 November 2004 09:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Wasn't the "Once in a Lifetime" song by Too Short? I remember seeing that on "Yo! MTV Raps."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 20 November 2004 09:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Shawn Colvin's version of "NAive Melody" is pretty decent. I'm serious. I like it a lot.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 20 November 2004 09:27 (twenty-one years ago)

simply red : heaven,
on their vastly under rated debut PICTURE BOOK.

better than you'd think kids.

― piscesboy, Saturday, 20 November 2004 09:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I was about to say that Simply Red had covered "Heaven". And that I really, really wished they hadn't.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Saturday, 20 November 2004 11:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't Scandalise Mine by Sugarbear always springs to mind when I think of T.H. sampling rap or dance tracks, I'm sure there's a few trance tunes have sampled it over the years too.

― mzui (mzui), Saturday, 20 November 2004 11:51 (twenty-one years ago)

KC flight..planet E acid mix..

off the eskimo one compilation...

Danny.

― danny boy (danny boy), Saturday, 20 November 2004 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Tom Jones and the Cardigans - Burning Down The House!

― Patrick Allan (adr), Saturday, 20 November 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Ida: "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)."

Also, I'm told that one component of FGTH's "Relax" is a one-note sample from "Psycho Killer."

― Douglas (Douglas), Saturday, 20 November 2004 14:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm, wonder whether that was a bass note -> bassline thing then. It'd sort of make sense.

Also, doesn't quite count, bur obviously there's Mariah! Fantasy, sampling the Tom Tom Club's Genius Of Love.

― JimD (JimD), Saturday, 20 November 2004 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

"This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" is gorgeous. Oddly enough, the whistly synth part got quoted (that's replayed, not sampled) for the Spice Girls' "Mama" (!!!).

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 20 November 2004 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Arcade Fire - "This Must Be The Place"

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/001021.html

This link was in the Arcade Fire at Bowery Ballroom thread

― todd (todd), Saturday, 20 November 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Bonnie Raitt did Burning Down The House

― bahtology, Saturday, 20 November 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

beulah used to do a live cover of 'psycho killer' that i liked a lot

― phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 20 November 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

KC Flightt's "Planet E" was one of the first 12-inch singles I ever bought.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 20 November 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

no talking "just head " was a covers cd - Michael Hutchense track especially. "Punk Lolita" -i had never heard of any of these songs-i don't think any of them were singles so it's a strange choice.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002P38/102-4003356-6693710?v=glance

― monkeyboy, Saturday, 20 November 2004 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

The Vienna Boys Choir did Burning Down the House too.

― 3underscore (___), Saturday, 20 November 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

al green did a great cover of "take me to the river"!

― JaXoN (JasonD), Saturday, 20 November 2004 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Phish did an awful cover of "Cities" on a live album, and did all of Remain In Light for one of their Halloween shows. I heard some bits of it and actually dug parts of their "Seen And Not Seen" and "Houses In Motion."

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 20 November 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Just watched "Cool Runnings" last night, and the soundtrack included a cover of "Wild Wild Life" by Worl-A-Girl.

― (polkaholic), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

"Sugar (Gimme Some)" off the new Trick Daddy album, featuring Ludacris and Cee-Lo, is an interpolation of TH's "Sugar On My Tongue", which is kind of obscure (was it released anywhere besides Sand In The Vaseline?).

― Al (sitcom), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Howbout Living Colour's "Memories Can't Wait"?

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

no talking "just head " was a covers cd

no it wasn't, it was talking heads w/out byrne and with guest singers doing new songs. also, it was crap.

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)

i was at an african restaurant a while back. the music they were playing obviously borrowed some basslines from Talking Heads songs

― JaXoN (JasonD), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

No one has mentioned Luna's 'Thank You For Sending Me An Angel' yet. I like it.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread probably should not go without an honorable mention of "Genius Of Love", which is possibly one of the most sampled songs ever.

― Al (sitcom), Monday, 22 November 2004 19:55 (twenty-one years ago)

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