Often things happen and because of some other event we notice stuff that we maybe wouldnt have noticed . This week a number of things happened that are sort of tenuously connected and are sticking in my mind because of the way things happened. It started with an instagram post by a great friend of mine CEO of
Opencast Software referring to the Happy Mondays song . This came about when they were asked to do a cover for
Rubáiyát:
Elektra's 40th Anniversary album. They loved
John Kongos' He's Gonna Step On You Again , and covered that ,
Shaun Ryder lifting the "Twistin' My Melon Man" from a quote from a Paul Newman film.
Anyway apparently (and this has been verified by the Guinness Book of Records) , He's Gonna Step On You Again by John Kongos is the first commercial single to use
a sample (the Africa Drum Loop). So here is its to listen to:
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| Tokolshe Stalking a Mad Dog |
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The band liked their cover , re-titled "Step On" so much they released it as a single and covered another John Kongos song Tokoloshe Man. Now listening to
Mark Radcliffe and
Stuart Maconie they were talking to a guy about the top record covers , and that included the Happy Mondays "Step On" which most people don't realise is actually a cover. Aparently when Kongos was stuck for inspiration he would ring his mum and one of her suggestion was Tokoloshe Man, and the Tokoloshe appeared as a voodoo dwarf in the last series of
Mad Dogs.
So if you want a copy of the Happy Mondays
Tokoloshe Man you will have to hunt down the album or get Loaded.
There were many other coincidences that happened this week but that's all they were , but it is sometimes amazing how many things coincide when you dont expect them to
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