Archive for September, 2006
Apache - Incredible Bongo Band (Cover Version of Song by The Shadows)
0 Comments Published by Ciaran September 29th, 2006 in Music.The Incredible Bongo Band’s cover version of Apache by The Shadows should probably have featured in my top 10 best ever covers as well as the top 10 songs ever used as samples. Oh well…
Cliff Richard’s backing band The Shadows may not strike you as a band who have been instrumental in the story of […]
The 10th best song ever using samples…
0 Comments Published by Ciaran September 29th, 2006 in Music.I recently posted my top 10 songs using samples, but only got as far as number nine. I’ve now decided on number 10, and you can see which song, which makes great use of samples, I picked….
This should be the last of my Top 10 posts, as I pick the 10 best songs ever to have been used as samples. As always, I’d be happy to hear from anyone who thinks that I missed a killer sample or song…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UlQM3jSaZk
A Tribe Called Quest’s Can I Kick It samples Lou Reed
A Tribe Called […]
Earlier this summer I went to the rather excellent Lovebox Weekender Festival in London, hosted by Groove Armada…
There were performances from Ben Westbeech, Coldcut, Norman Jay, Jamiroquai and Gilles Peterson to name but a few. And now, to bring back the happy memories, I’ve discovered some podcasts that were done for the Lovebox website.
They inlude […]
Barefoot - White Lines (Cover Version of Grandmaster Flash’s Song)
2 Comments Published by Ciaran September 6th, 2006 in Music.The hip-hop classic White Lines by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five gets the lounge-bar jazz treatment in this cover version by Barefoot. And it works..
White Lines, the hip-hop classic with a social message about the dangers of cocaine, has suffered enough for any track with the injury that Duran Duran did it with their […]
Mat Weddle of Obadiah Parker - Hey Ya (Outkast Cover)
0 Comments Published by Ciaran September 5th, 2006 in Music.I found this cover of the Outkast hip-hop anthem Hey Ya by Matt Weddle of Obadiah Parker on mog.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS2PRP89eqM
That’s all I know about it really, apart from the fact that I find it strangely moving. Must be something about turning 31 today that makes a video of a fat bearded man singing a cover of […]
Ok, so like Peter, Bjorn & John’s song this has nothing to do with samples or covers. But I saw the video this morning and it made me smile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92IWqopETfI
US band OK Go were one of the first stars of YouTube when a film of them dancing to a backing track of their song “A Million […]
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