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John, Paul, George, & Ringo Ain't Nothin' To F**k With
Posted on Tue Oct 2, 2007 03:59 PM PDT
Sampling may be one of the biggest trends to take effect in the decades since the Beatles stopped making music, but they've never allowed so much as a single second of their songs to be used - until today! The online hipster music publication Pitchfork Media is reporting that the band has allowed seminal rap group the Wu-Tang Clan to sample "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for their forthcoming album 8 Diagrams, thus making the Wu the first act in entertainment to license anything from the Fab Four. Sounds like we've got yet another reason to get excited about 8 Diagrams - as if a new Wu-Tang album wasn't reason enough on its own!
It's worth remembering that this isn't the first time a Wu-Tang member's tried to clear a Beatles sample - in fact, the "While My Guitar..." sample itself had shown up on unofficial mixtapes promoting Ghostface Killah's 2006 album Fishscale!
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Comments
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.....COOL DUDE!!!!!!!!!!
what the hell???
umm, x17 - listen to Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys sometime - it's rife with Beatles samples - at least their music (not lyrics), guitar riffs, etc.
what about help by lil wayne..
I would imagine this was designed to help out the Harrison estate financially
I believe that back in the late 80's or early 90's, there was a band with a blind front man, Jeff I think his name was, did a remake of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and they did a pretty good job of it. This band also starred in "Roadhouse" with Patrick Swayze. So as for Wu Tang Clan being the first to borrow from the Beatles, I think not.
That was the Jeff Healy Band
Yes!! Thank you 10:22, you're absolutely right. Now lets see if X17 does their homework;)
wu tang clan the 1st to borrow?? how about jay z's entire album of mashed and mixed up beatles song- or that new movie where every single song IS a beatles song...
so many people have used there songs before. not true at alll
excelente. es una maravillosa noticia !!!!
HOT CHA CHA CHA CHA CHA!!!!!!! DAMN! SIR PAUL IS HOT!!!!
The Jeff Healey Band
CD: Hell To Pay
(1990) Arista
Track 7: While My Guitar Gently Weeps