During my second run on WHCL college radio, I created a segment called the “Sample Example,” where I played an original song, followed by that song’s reinterpretation or sampled section in a more modern track. It was fun. And quite informative.
So I want to do this again, based on a 2001 song I learned about just last week – a song that, once I heard it, I couldn’t stop listening to it.
First, let’s get all the ingredients. We start with this really sweet 1960’s sunshine pop track by a group called the Main Attraction. Don’t really know much about this group, but take a listen to their track “Everyday.”
Now let’s mix in some blue-eyed Philly Soul from a doo-wop group called the Duprees. Especially the awesome intro.
Add a dash of “music of your life” from guitarist Tony Mottola. Well, maybe the flute parts from this cover of the Glen Campbell track “By The Time I Get To Phoenix.”
And we’re going to need a rhythm track. Scope this drum beat from this 1970’s Lamont Dozier groove.
And a little wah-wah guitar for some funk … courtesy of the 1970’s disco band Rose Royce.
Got all the ingredients? Fantastic.
Blend them all together, let them simmer …
And you get a four minute trip-hop piece of awesomeness from three music lovers who called themselves the Avalanches. This track, “Since I Left You,” is considered one of the treasures of trip-hop and “plunderphonics,” where chunks of songs are soldered together into one new collage. Sort of like five musical lions blending together to form one gigantic musical Voltron.
Don’t believe me? Take a listen to “Since I Left You,” then go back and check out all the samples above. Yep. Mind blown.
Yeah, I could use this song on a “wake up and feel good” playlist, couldn’t you?
Chuck The Writer 