Hmmmm

So naturally, being such a fan of rap and hip-hop, I was bound to run into this song:

and at first, I thought, alright cool... but then I realized something... listen to this one at about 47 seconds in...

Hmmm... what are the odds that there would be two songs about flashlights? or flashing lights for that matter. The odds are too slim to be a coincidence... (seriously, I haven't actually figured out what Kanye's talking about (something about police lights?) or what Röyksopp is talking about (I think they're actually talking about real flashlights...) but it just seems like more than a coincidence)

Oh boy, remember this song from awhile back:

 

Hmm... 

I know huh... brilliant detective work. Don't get offended, I know Kanye didn't copy this song and it was a collaboration or whatever.  I just find it quite... irksome (look it up) when people hear some song that "samples" another and don't realize that their genius artist sampled another song. Or what's worse is when they think the original is the copycat...argh.

Here's another offender:

Hmmm... where have I heard that before?

Omg... that's where... from the 80's! (and these guys are actually singing the lyrics to a song from the 60's!)

And this could quite possibly be the most annoying case:

Hmmmm... 

Whoa whoa whoa... I know what you're thinking: "Who are these white guys mimicking the Federation? That's not even that clever... they just changed stunna glasses to sunglasses... although I'll give them some credit for building that time machine to send them back in time to make this in the 80's... Nice move Corey Hart..." 

It's not so much the fact that most songs nowadays sample other songs, it's just the fact that people totally diss the classics. What kills me is when people ask: "Wow, is this a remix?" to the original song... 

However, I'm pretty sure these are all legitimate samples. Except the first example... those are probably not related at all.  It was just a complete coincidence that I was listening to Röyksopp on the first day that I heard that Kanye song and I thought they were similar, but they weren't really.  

Oh, and here's a classic case of sampling gone bad:

Hmmmm....

So just to recap: 

Kanye West - Flashing Lights vs. Röyksopp - What Else is There (not really)

Kanye West - Stronger vs. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (blatant, but with permission)

Rihanna - S.O.S. vs. Soft Cell - Tainted Love (with permission)

Federation - I Wear My Stunna Glasses at Night vs. Corey Hart - I Wear My Sunglasses at Night (seriously, these titles are actually only 3 letters off, which out of a 24 letters, that's only a 16% difference... This might as well be called a cover)

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby vs. Queen - Under Pressure (totally illegal and he got caught bad. and his career pretty much ended... but then he got to go on VH1's Surreal Life... so, totally worth it)

Oh how can I possibly forget this song:

Hah! You just got RickRoll'd! 

So anyways, if you know of any other current songs that sampled songs from the past, let me know. 

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