To round off the weekend, there was an interesting, if disappointingly brief, article in The Grauniad the other day, featuring interviews with Mark Moore and Pascal Gabriel entitled “How we made Theme from S-Express” which reminded me quite a lot of a post I wrote over a year ago, featuring all of the songs which were sampled on that song.
And since I’m a firm believer in recycling, as obviously were Moore and Gabriel, I figured I may as well revive it.
So here you go, slightly edited and with all links updated.
“The other day my iPod decided to play me a tune that’s the main sample on a record that I love, and which always gets these old bones moving. Hearing it made me seek out the rest of the oh-so-many samples on said record.
There’s quite a few:
Alfredo De La Fe – Hot to Trot
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Gene Roddenberry – The Star Trek Dream
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Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson – The Bottle
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(Warning: Do not listen to this next one unless you really like a lot of effing and jeffing)
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Laura Olsher – The Martian Monsters
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Peech Boys – Don’t Make Me Wait
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Rose Royce – Is It Love You’re After
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Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs – Oh That’s Good, No That’s Bad
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TZ – I Got The Hots For You (Vocal Version)
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Put ’em altogether, and what have you got?
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S’Express – Overture – Theme From S’Express
You’re welcome. Still sounds as great today as it did back in the day, in my book.
(Disclaimer: blame Wikipedia if any of those are wrong)
More soon.
A History of Dubious Taste 