Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve. (Although even if I didn't know it, it wouldn't have been that hard to guess since once you stop the video playing it shows up in the "more videos" selection.)
The Verve received no royalties for Bitter Sweet Symphony............. Not until Lee Bowyer led us to the play off final:
The opening to Cigarettes & Alcohol by Oasis is said to resemble the opening to Get It On by T-Rex, and it does, but when I listen to it it sounds more like the opening to Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi (which was probably also "influened" by T-Rex)
(But then there's a whole playlist to be made from songs Oasis we're "influenced" by!)
Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve. (Although even if I didn't know it, it wouldn't have been that hard to guess since once you stop the video playing it shows up in the "more videos" selection.)
There's an interesting video about it here. The real sting is that it wasn't even The Stones song in the first place - they nicked it from The Staple Singers.
That's a pretty good summary. Moneymen exploiting creatives and tying things up in legal paperwork - who'd have thought it!
My take is that it wasnt really the Stones fault as the bloke (Klein) did the same thing to them. And it's a bit disingenuous to say the verve only sample 4 seconds of the track, when that same 4 seconds is repeated throughout and, arguably, IS the main part of the song that sticks in the mind. After all, a set of lyrics without a tune is "just" poetry, not a song.
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The Verve received no royalties for Bitter Sweet Symphony.............
Not until Lee Bowyer led us to the play off final:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/23/bitter-sweet-symphony-royalties-richard-ashcroft-verve-royalties-novello?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Great thread btw.
Suzanne by Leonard Cohen
Hope by REM
(But then there's a whole playlist to be made from songs Oasis we're "influenced" by!)
https://youtu.be/5pidokakU4I?feature=shared
My take is that it wasnt really the Stones fault as the bloke (Klein) did the same thing to them. And it's a bit disingenuous to say the verve only sample 4 seconds of the track, when that same 4 seconds is repeated throughout and, arguably, IS the main part of the song that sticks in the mind. After all, a set of lyrics without a tune is "just" poetry, not a song.
Fame Is - Crowded House
Bagpuss Theme tune - Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner
The Bitterest Pill - The Jam