Linus Loves + 10cc
21 June 2006 :: posted by Travis
An interesting thing is happening my friends. The Stranger (via Arjan Writes) reports that Linus Loves’ “Waterfall” is simply the 10cc version on vinyl played at 45rpm. Well, kind of. Curiousity got the best of me so I ripped the original version of 10cc’s “Waterfall” at 45rpm. I mean… how could one band just play back a record at a faster speed and call it their own? Even the most sample hungry artist would call that ludicrous. Interesting enough, while Linus Loves’ “Waterfall” is based off of the 10cc track, Linus Loves has totally embellished the original version… both adding and removing elements. I know, I know… we can rest easier now knowing that? Right. So what make an old song a new song? I mean… does this even count? Has sampling gone too far?
10cc - “Waterfall” (Original)
10cc - “Waterfall” (45 rpm)
Linus Loves - “Waterfall”
Linus Loves’ “Waterfall” totally reminds me of what Breastfed labelmates Flatpack did to the Guns ‘N Roses classic “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” The same feeling, the same wild reinterpretation, the same classic Dance Pop kitsch.
Regardless, Linus Loves’ debut album, Stage Invader, has been taking center stage at my house. Easily one of the best Dance Pop albums to cross my desk in a while. Die hard fans may disagree, but it easily surpasses co-label owner’s Mylo’s “Destroy Rock and Roll.” Linus Loves’ Duncan Reid and Kevin Kennedy aren’t afraid to use and re-hash… I mean everyone from Fleetwood Mac to Siouxie & The Banshees to The Pet Shop Boys are used and gven new life. Perhaps “Stage Invader” relies slightly on nostalgia… but on the other hand all the tracks sound so fresh it doesn’t really matter.
This kid ripped a breakbeat track and turned it up to Drum and Bass speed and tried to pull it as his own production
http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?threadid=405962&highlight=bluthunder
June 22nd, 2006 at 4.04 pm
That is so freaky! When I first heard the album, I thought that song was a bit weird and out of place, sort of like a Zero 7 track, or maybe Beth Orton style. Pretty audacious move, and now that I have heard the original, I think he’s done a pretty good job, especially leaving out the chorus and adding the backwards sounding synth stuff. I think it’s a real skill to recognise the potential of doing something like this, sort of like uber-sampling. I assume he doesn’t claim to have written the song and shares the composer credit with 10CC… or at least I’d hope so!
June 23rd, 2006 at 12.07 am
ur blog is my new obsession!
June 24th, 2006 at 3.05 pm
This exhibits the worst of what modern technology can do. I was never a fan of “sampling” (can you say Vanilla Ice?), but this takes it to a new low. Ripping off one of the best bands of the 70s and trying to pose it as the thief’s own. Shame, shame. Speeding up a song is art? Don’t think so. What’s next? Speeding up a Beatles song to 78 RPM and selling it on iTunes? Get a life. What the thief (and those who think this is good) seem to misunderstand is that virtually anybody can learn how to work a computer; very few learn how to play real instruments; fewer still can write a great song and produce it. I think you owe Messrs. Stewart, Gouldman, Godley and Creme an apology, not to mention any and all money you make from this atrocity.
July 2nd, 2006 at 9.33 am
just saw the dada show at moma. so when duchamp put a moustache on the mona lisa, it wasn’t art? or the urinal? calm down. ready-mades have been around for almost a century. a new perspective on something old is still a new perspective. does it make you reconsider the original? isn’t that worth something as well? i for one am happy that post mondernism is alive and well. as long as credit is given where credit is due (and royalties are dished out as appropriate), no harm. very tired of the very rockist (racist?) anti-sampling sentiment. it’s a completely valid musical tool, exciting, fun, and in the end, the highest form of flattery. and if you think a computer isn’t a “real instrument”, well, god, what a boring argument. vive le garageband!
July 4th, 2006 at 2.13 am
hello..
Linus Loves has done pretty much the same thing I Monster did previously with Daydream in Blue which samples Gunther Kallmann’s “Daydream”.
I think we can’t call it just smpling this is covering using electronic equipments.
October 5th, 2006 at 7.22 am
i love linus loves music
this music is best in the word
November 8th, 2006 at 4.41 pm
If a musician makes an album with something, no matter what it is, it is an instrument.
February 11th, 2007 at 1.52 pm
hi there, i am also known as kevin kennedy. just so that everyone knows, the original writers, gouldman & stewart were credited on this release. linus chose not to clear the sample. personally, i just did the beats, production and mixing on this particular track. john clarke (ex of bis) played the guitar and worked out how to get that daft backwards sound. only when the vocal is in is there a sample, the rest was recreated.
March 25th, 2008 at 2.42 pm