On topic though, I don't think you'd be going out on a limb if you were to suggest that, prior to writing Firestarter, Liam Howlett may very well have heard Underground Resistance's The Fury and felt it needed a little dilution for the Reading festival audience.
less Jeff Lynne
Quote from: Skullmo on 26 August, 2014, 04:55:57 PM less Jeff LynneSince he completely ruined The Beatles comeback singles back in the nineties less Jeff Lynne* would be music to my ears. * I do have a soft spot for Sweet Talking Woman but that is as far as it goes.
I'm embarrassed on your behalf that you even know those tunes, neebs.
An essay I read recently pointed out that sampling's just making plain what has always been the case, that most hit songs start out as crude copies of existing songs. All the geniuses we think of as great original songwriters from the golden age of pop music were taking other folks' songs and disguising them just enough to avoid a lawsuit:Yesterday (Lennon & McCartney)Stairway To Heaven (Paige & Plant)