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The Whitest Boy Alive – 1517

Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it.” – John Lennon

Lots of work to do on a Saturday so here’s a quick post for all the people who hate on sampling. Long story short Edwin Birdsong was so inspired by this beautiful girl’s figure that he felt compelled to write a song about it, Daft Punk sampled it and had all the kids dancing, The Whitest Boy Alive covered it and made it chill and Kanye sampled Daft Punk and gave to it to new generation. For some it’s either Peter Keating or Howard Roark, I like to think the best form of art comes from understanding the balance, enjoy.

The Whitest Boy Alive – 1517

Daft Punk – Harder Better Faster

Edwin Birdson – Cola Bottle Baby

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This was written by hec. Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009, at 4:39 pm. Filed under Music. Tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

9 Comments

  1. rob wrote:

    peep – http://funkythunderstuff.blogspot.com , for a good remix and more!

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    Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:34 pm | Permalink
  2. Logarhythmik wrote:

    One of the dopest posts I've read in a long time. Thanks.

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    Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 11:15 am | Permalink
  3. Grrrr wrote:

    have always loved all three songs.

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    Monday, November 16, 2009 at 6:42 pm | Permalink
  4. Andrew wrote:

    In regards to the John Lennon quote……do you think he had a problem raking in all the dough from his part ownership of his music? Doubtful.

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    Monday, November 16, 2009 at 7:45 pm | Permalink
  5. HMJ wrote:

    I don't think he was talking about money.

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    Monday, November 16, 2009 at 9:06 pm | Permalink
  6. KL8N wrote:

    It's ironic you post a quote about music ownership on a blog that records it's name into the music itself. You don't have to make the music about you….Just sayin'.

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    Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:00 am | Permalink
  7. HMJ wrote:

    It's not about us, it's about encouraging listeners to go out and support the artist.

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    Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12:04 pm | Permalink
  8. Justin wrote:

    Love the post and Whitest Boy Alive’s take on the sample. I actually didn’t know Daft Punk used a sample to begin with. I didn’t know I’d be learning music history today.

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    Monday, November 23, 2009 at 3:05 pm | Permalink
  9. hec wrote:

    Ha thanks. You have to love the creativity from all parties. I’ll be doing some more post like this from now on so stick around.

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    Friday, November 27, 2009 at 9:20 am | Permalink

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