Listening to the Disco to Go by The Brides of Funkenstein, on the uncut version, the song starts out with this tremendously interesting horn lick. Totally different from the rest of the song - it almost sounds unrelated to the song, but it’s quite, quite funky. Later, I’m listening to Oops Upside Your Head by The Gap Band, and I hear the exact. same. lick.
Similarly, there’s this joke I’ve heard from both Redd Foxx and Flip Wilson. The only difference is the setup and the percentage. The joke is this:
Recently, doctors have reported that 75% of breast cancer can be attributed to men who smoke.
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Gap Band, Cameo, a few others, jocked George Clinton like he had a saddle. Dr. Dre had a multiplatinum CD that was a rap remake of Parliament Funkadelic greatist hits.
well with dre, he at least paid royalties and gave publishing credit. that gap band joint? it SO sounds like a p-funk ripoff. even the adlibs. i usedta really like that song. now? well, i still like it, but nowhere near as much.
Raydio-For Those Who Like To Groove=One Nation
However,G.C. borrowed some stuff along the way as well.
Ray Parker Jr. had no shame about lifting another person’s work. Probably why he faded.
The fact the horny horns were the JBs tells you a lot of what you need to know about Starchild’s musical influences. At the same time, the stuff that came out of his mind onto wax (and album covers) was quite original.
ray parker was the WORST about jackin people. the ghostbusters theme? jacked from huey lewis. that was embarrassing.
the horny horns, because of their structured background, i think gave p-funk legs they might not have had otherwise. matter of fact, between bootsy and the horns, that was like the reunited jb’s.
Even if it wasn’t your intention, this was a pretty funny post Ave. I always get a chuckle out of cats who toss out stuff that was “inspired” by somebody else’s work. Translation: it was jacked and repackaged. Such is the nature of the world I guess. Cloning stuff, reverse engineering it, and leaving us to settle for unoriginal and second-rate products.
Hear is some six degrees of seperation stuff
Fred Wesley is from my father’s hometown, Mobile (Prichard) AL. His father was a church musician and music teacher, for my father and his siblings and everyone else in the neighborhood. Fred’s the most famous trombist of all time.
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