Hi guys &
gals!
While I was watching
some TV prog the other week the incidental music accompanying one section
caught my attention. It was "ambient" or "chill-out" house type stuff (sorry,
too old to know the true terminology!). Anyway, I emailed the producer of the
prog to find out what it was, chased it up on the Internet and promptly ordered
it - just received it in the post today....
I was right! They've
used a sample from the beginning of "South City Midnight Lady" - the first few
bars of Pat's guitar playing - and it's not just played in the style, or a cover
- it's actually sampled. The CD is "View From the Heights " by Neon Heights and
Zed J (released May 2000) and the track in question is "16 Again". If anyone
would like to hear what I'm talking about I could send a small clip of it in MP3
format (about 300K max.). Just let me know.
Anyway, what I was
wondering was, does Pat/the band/the record label see this as flattery or just
plain theft? Or maybe permission was asked?
Does anyone know of
any other song that has used a sample from a Doobies'
recording?
All the best
Doob-friends!
Brian
