From: "Finney, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: SS-Sound familiar? Getting Simple Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 19:57:56 +0200 "Simple" contains sounds primarily from Sound in 70 Cities. Most obvious is the distorted synth that sounds (with a lot of poetic license) like an asthmatic robot inhaling. It occurs for the first time at about 0.34. The guitar that starts at 1.10 is also from Sound in 70 Cities and the slow synth from about 1.17 is nicely reworked from Theme For Great Cities. It's not a case of blatant plagiarism in my view though. SS have done some great things with the Theme for Great Cities samples and the Sound in 70 Cities samples are simply used in very different ways to the original. Both these tracks are on the Sons and Fascination CD that is currently available. The original vinyl release, from 1981 was a double record. Shortly after release it was split into two albums - Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call. There have been various CD releases of this material, though some specifically lack Sound in 70 Cities. There has also been a series of special releases of singles called Themes. Themes 1: March '79 - April 82 contains both the songs used by SS in Simple. While we're in total trivia mode; these two albums (S&F + SFC) where produced by Steve Hillage. He's now the main force behind System 7 (or 777 in the States) who create driving trance music with an unusually large amount of guitar. Both SS and System 7 approach modern dance music with sensibilities rooted in rock and pop (IMHO). Nice an old fogey can fill in the gaps at times! On another tack - has anyone got the No Angel single?? Mark Fibbly Sweden > >There is a link of course to SS: The track Simple on New Dark Times is >also >based on Simple Minds tracks from the same period. That this track should >appear on NDT, rather than a normal commercial release, must be in no small >measure to the copyright concerns with that track. > > I'm not that familiar with Simple Minds either (though tracks like "Let There Be Love" and "See The Lights" bring back happy memories of 1991) but I would be interested to hear what tracks "Simple" off NDT is based on. /Neil ********************************************************* You are being sent this message because you are subscribed to the Sunscreem Mailing List. For help send the message text: help to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************
