Let’s Go Round Again…
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Pop music seems to be suffering from a strange bout of amnesia at the minute.
Gramaphonedzie is currently climbing the charts, far outselling the nation’s sweetheart Cheryl Cole and the Boyzone/Stephen Gateley single. But surely everybody hated “Doop” the first time round – so how is it possible that there’s another Charleston-sounding club hit hitting the top five?
Gramaphonedzie – Why Don’t You?
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Doop – Doop
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Then Wiley (feat Emeli Sande) have sampled White Town’s “Your Woman” – a song that was already based around a sample itself – and have managed to outsell even Gramaphonedzie.
Wiley feat Emeli Sande – Never Be Your Woman
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White Town – Your Woman
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The worst offender we’ve heard in recent months though is Karmah. Taking two samples from two separate songs that had already been revived by being sampled to appalling effect in the 90s (“Just Be Good To Me” and “Every Breath You Take”) and obviously influenced more by Beats International and Puff Daddy than they were by The SOS Band and The Police, the resulting song is like the lumbering, tone-deaf monster of Frankenstein.
Karmah – Just Be Good To Me
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Tags: amnesia, Doop, Gramaphonedzie, Karmah, White Town, wiley
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