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Show 017 / Winehouse Heart Markham

Episode 17 features songs from MIA, Amy Winehouse, and Big Audio Dynamite II. The final track on Episode 16 was “Ready or Not” by The Fugees. The matching track is “Boadicea” by Enya > “The Source” explores popular music with the aim to discover if it has been “borrowed” from other songs.  The show will go back to the source of popular songs, and play the songs they have sampled from. SONG NOTES SEAL / LED ZEPPELIN Released as his official debut single, “Crazy” became one of Seal’s biggest hits, reaching the top five in the United Kingdom while becoming his first top ten single in the United States. It has since been covered by several artists, including Alanis Morissette, whose version was released as a single from her album The Collection (2005). The Led Zeppelin song “The Crunge” was release in 1973 from the album “Houses of the Holy” is the mirror track and get this – zepplin was not credited back to Seal’s song. AMY WINEHOUSE / MARVIN GAYE “Tears Dry On Their Own” is a song released by Amy Winehouse in 2011. While the melody and lyrics are composed by Winehouse, the music behind her voice is a sample interpolation of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s 1967 Motown classic hit “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”. The original ballad version of the track is featured on the posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011). The song was featured in the documentary film based on the life and death of Winehouse, Amy (2015) and was also included on the film’s soundtrack. BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE II / PIGMEAT MARKHAM “Rush” was a song released by Big Audio Dynamite II in 1991. They are a British musical group formed in 1984 by the ex-guitarist and singer of The Clash, Mick Jones. The song samples several songs including the keyboard component of The Who’s song “Baba O’Riley”, the organ from the introduction to the Deep Purple song “Child in Time”, a drum break from Tommy Roe’s “Sweet Pea”, drums and guitars from a break in Pigmeat Markham’s “Here Comes the Judge”, a line from The Sugarhill Gang’s song “Rapper’s Delight” where Big Bank Hank raps “a time to laugh, a time to cry”, and a vocal sample from Peter Sellers in Fred Flange’s song “You Keep Me Swingin'”, where Sellers talks about “rhythm and melody”. Check out the podcast for more! ---------------------------------------- Know of a couple of tracks that sound the same?  Tell me about it – thesource@joy.org.au [thesource@joy.org.au]. Saturday 6pm GMT+10 on JOY949. Tune into JOY 94.9 on your radio, or listen on your computer / mobile device by visiting www.joy.org.au/listenlive [http://www.joy.org.au/listenlive] The post Show 017 / Winehouse Heart Markham [https://joy.org.au/thesource/2017/12/16/show-017-winehouse-heart-markham/] appeared first on The Source [https://joy.org.au/thesource].

Show 016 / White Moon Black

Show 016 / White Moon Black Episode 16 features songs from Barry White, The Fugees, and Smokey Robinson. The final track on Episode 15 was “Saturday Night” by Whigfield. The matching track is “One More Mission” by Rockets > “The Source” explores popular music with the aim to discover if it has been “borrowed” from other songs.  The show will go back to the source of popular songs, and play the songs they have sampled from. SONG NOTES KATY PERRY / SMOKEY ROBINSON The song “Power” by Katy Perry was released this year. “Power” explores a theme of self empowerment, critics have noted that the song “approximates feminism by politicizing a personal struggle for control. The track contains excerpts from “Being with You” written and performed by Smokey Robinson. The track was released in 1981 on the gold certified album same name as the track. RITA ORA / MADONNA As interpreted by the Rita, “Anywhere” is a love song about escapism and “having a desperation of wanting to break free from whatever it is you’re going through.” So get this – I can hear a Madonna song in this. Specifically the 1984 track “Dress You Up”. I’ve been told by other people that they can’t hear the similarities – but I can really hear them. What do you think? BLACKSTREET / BILL WITHERS The song “No Diggity” was released by Blackstreet and Dr Dre. 1996 and dominated the charts. The song’s musical backing track is an altered sample from the beginning of “Grandma’s Hands” by R&B singer Bill Withers. Bill Withers of course is also the man behind the track “Aint No Sunshine”. Check out the podcast for more! ---------------------------------------- Know of a couple of tracks that sound the same?  Tell me about it – thesource@joy.org.au [thesource@joy.org.au]. Saturday 6pm GMT+10 on JOY949. Tune into JOY 94.9 on your radio, or listen on your computer / mobile device by visiting www.joy.org.au/listenlive [http://www.joy.org.au/listenlive] The post Show 016 / White Moon Black [https://joy.org.au/thesource/2017/12/02/show-016-white-moon-black/] appeared first on The Source [https://joy.org.au/thesource].

Show 015 / Perry Gore Wiley

Episode 15 features songs from Lesley Gore, Selena Gomez, and Ultra Nate. > “The Source” explores popular music with the aim to discover if it has been “borrowed” from other songs.  The show will go back to the source of popular songs, and play the songs they have sampled from. SONG NOTES GRACE FEAT. G-EAZY / LESLIE GORE The song “You don’t own me” by Grace featuring rapper G-Eazy was released in 2015 one month after the original artist of this song passed away. The original artist of course was Leslie Gore. The song expresses a threatened emancipation, as the singer tells a lover that he does not own her, that he is not to tell her what to do or what to say, and that he is not to put her on display. The song’s lyrics became an inspiration for younger women and are sometimes cited as a factor in the second wave feminist movement. Gore said, “My take on the song was: I’m 17, what a wonderful thing, to stand up on a stage and shake your finger at people and sing you don’t own me.” In Gore’s obituary, The New York Times referred to “You Don’t Own Me” as “indelibly defiant”. DOUBLE S, WILEY / BONNIE ANDERSON That was “Get Paid” by Double S and Wiley and released this year. This was a tip off song. Credit goes to JJ for this find. While the origal writer of the song goes uncredited – the sample is undenyable. The song is Blackout” by Bonnie Anderson. SELENA GOMEZ / TALKING HEADS “Bad Liar” by Selena Gomez has been a hit this year. She co-wrote the song with long-time collaborators Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter, and the producer, Ian Kirkpatrick. The track samples the bassline from Talking Heads’ 1977 single “Psycho Killer”, written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, who are therefore credited. Check out the podcast for more! ---------------------------------------- Know of a couple of tracks that sound the same?  Tell me about it – thesource@joy.org.au [thesource@joy.org.au]. Saturday 6pm GMT+10 on JOY949. Tune into JOY 94.9 on your radio, or listen on your computer / mobile device by visiting www.joy.org.au/listenlive [http://www.joy.org.au/listenlive] The post Show 015 / Perry Gore Wiley [https://joy.org.au/thesource/2017/11/29/show-015-perry-gore-wiley/] appeared first on The Source [https://joy.org.au/thesource].

Show 014 / Kelly Chic Saint

Episode 14 features songs from Kelly Clarkson, Man 2 Man, and Digital Farm Animals. The final track on Episode 13 was “Can’t Get Blue Monday Out of My Head” by Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue. > “The Source” explores popular music with the aim to discover if it has been “borrowed” from other songs.  The show will go back to the source of popular songs, and play the songs they have sampled from. SONG NOTES ALL SAINTS / MADONNA “Pure Shores” by All Saints was released back in 1999. A critic compared the song to Madonna’s album Ray of Light. Get this – the critic was quoted as saying “[Pure Shores] is an inane enough confection of bleeps and fieldmouse rhythms which sounds so close to Madonna that it’s almost indistinguishable. According to Melbourne’s Herald Sun, Madonna was reportedly livid when producer William Orbit gave this futuristic dream-pop to the UK girl band and not her. KELLY CLARKSTON / ANASTACIA Whether intentional or not the song sounds quite similar in the melody and the chords. The original writers or artist have not been credited in this case. SHAWN MENDES AND CAMILA CABELLO / BILL WITHERS “I know what you did last summer” was performed by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello. While unintentional the “I Know I know I know” lyric earned Bill Withers a credit for “I know what you did last summer”. Withers did not need to legally persue the credit. Check out the podcast for more! ---------------------------------------- Know of a couple of tracks that sound the same?  Tell me about it – thesource@joy.org.au [thesource@joy.org.au]. Saturday 6pm GMT+10 on JOY949. Tune into JOY 94.9 on your radio, or listen on your computer / mobile device by visiting www.joy.org.au/listenlive [http://www.joy.org.au/listenlive] The post Show 014 / Kelly Chic Saint [https://joy.org.au/thesource/2017/11/22/show-014-kelly-chic-saint/] appeared first on The Source [https://joy.org.au/thesource].

Show 013 / CeCe Pink Wonder

Episode 13 features songs from Coolio, P!nk, and Corona. The final track on Episode 12 was “Too Funky” by George Michael. Lyrically, the song is a basic, animalistic plea for sexual activity. It features a clip from The Graduate; Anne Bancroft’s line of “I am not trying to seduce you… Would you like me to seduce you? Is that what you’re trying to tell me?”. As an intro of the song and it is repeated during the final crescendo. The song then ends with a sample from an episode of the Tony Hancock Show called ‘The Radio Ham,’ spoken by actress Annie Leake (“Would you stop playing with that radio of yours? I’m trying to get to sleep,” a sample that also appeared in the song “Let Mom Sleep” from the video game Jet Set Radio). The song’s hook also samples Jocelyn Brown’s 1984 hit “Somebody Else’s Guy”. > “The Source” explores popular music with the aim to discover if it has been “borrowed” from other songs.  The show will go back to the source of popular songs, and play the songs they have sampled from. SONG NOTES COOLIO / STEVIE WONDER The Coolio and L.V. co-wrote the song with its producer Doug Rasheed, with Stevie Wonder receiving writing credits for the sampling of his song “Pastime Paradise” from his album Songs in the Key of Life. The Stevie Wonder sample is the reason why this is one of few Coolio tracks without profanity, as Wonder would not allow it. Coolio said, “I had a few vulgarities…and he wasn’t with that. So I changed it. Once he heard it, he thought it was incredible.” M PEOPLE AND DAVID MORALES / CECE PENISTON This is actually a cover of a song originally performed and written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, first recorded by the group, the Small Faces. The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart in 1967. The similarities I found in this track were in fact the similarity in the piano in M People’s cover to the classic anthem “Finally” by CeCe Peniston. CORONA / SAY WHEN ! The associated song did not have a lot of information I could find – but if you listen to the track – you can actually hear Corona’s lyrics for this song contained in this older track. I suspect that both songs had the same songwriters. The song is called “Save Me” by dutch duo “Say When” released back in 1987. Check out the podcast for more! ---------------------------------------- Know of a couple of tracks that sound the same?  Tell me about it – thesource@joy.org.au [thesource@joy.org.au]. Saturday 6pm GMT+10 on JOY949. Tune into JOY 94.9 on your radio, or listen on your computer / mobile device by visiting www.joy.org.au/listenlive [http://www.joy.org.au/listenlive] The post Show 013 / CeCe Pink Wonder [https://joy.org.au/thesource/2017/11/08/show-013-cece-pink-wonder/] appeared first on The Source [https://joy.org.au/thesource].