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27 June 2008
Never knew 'White Lines' was just a massive rip-off
Liquid Liquid's 'Cavern':It's so much more interesting too - so live, and weird sounding.
The backstory of the rip-off action on this history of 99 Records
is interesting too. Scroll down to the bit about the single "Optimo / Cavern".Always amazes me to read about these "obscure" songs and then read passing comments that e.g. this song sold more than 30,000 copies at the time. Holy shit. If I could sell a 10th of that I'd be so stoked.
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07:57
3 Comments:
I don't know if it's really more interesting, but White Lines is pretty stale. But in the long run, White Lines is a far more important piece of music and it's the 'rip-off'/sample nature of it which makes it so.
I like the original more than White Lines as a piece of music. And importance aside, I don't really rate it as an example of good sampling - more up there with Puff Daddy's Police swipe. (Actually, it's not a sample anyway, but a replication by the in-house band - Sugarhill had next to no interest in this DJ shit)
Grandmaster Flash himself included Cavern on a mix album of his - I think there may have been comments about giving them the due that Sugarhill wouldn't.
Cavern / white lines was the first ever major copyright sample battle I think. Cavern rules.
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