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Exactly. I finally decided to take a listen. I gave it no more than 15
seconds before I shut it down. I figured that at least the tune may draw
more attention to surf music.
On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 20:38:31 -0000 "urbansurfkings"
<> writes:
> Just listened to "Pump It". Didn't do much for me. It was kinda
> like
> Hip Hop Kareoke with a pretty much unaltered "Misirlou" providing
> the
> backing track. I remeber the first time I heard Puff Daddy doing
> his
> thing over Bowie's "Let's Dance" & the Police's "Every Breath You
> Take", I was surprised that there was very little done to the
> backing
> track. To me, the creativity in sample based music is experimenting
>
> with the original source. I guess if the song was already a hit
> (like
> Bowie, the Police & and now Dick Dale) people will buy it a second
> time. There's no risk involved. There seems to be a very real lack
> of
> creativity/originality in the Top 40.
>
> Oh well, maybe people will buy more surf music...
>
> Mike
>
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