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The Ultimate playlist podcast full of Choice Trackz. Side A is the weekly theme of the episode and Side B is a full album review.
DW (00:35.284)
Welcome back to the Ultimate Playlist Podcast for the Choice Tracks. I'm Dietrich.
Damon (00:39.148)
I'm Damon.
Taj Williams (00:42.517)
Anyhow, I'm Taj.
DW (00:47.84)
See, I told you I sounded like him, David.
Taj Williams (00:48.621)
you
Damon (00:51.01)
it
DW (00:55.217)
Okay.
Taj Williams (00:58.283)
I I figured since you're trying to impersonate me last week, might as well come in sounding the same, right?
DW (00:58.464)
Tis your son and they like him.
DW (01:04.214)
I'm saying I hit that dead head on them. Got that. I should be a ventriloquist. Throw my voice around. It's perfect. Hey, welcome back to the Ultimate Playlist podcast. I know we said that before, but this is Choice Tracks where we are a music podcast that likes to talk about music, we like to talk about themes, like talk about people. Then we like to talk a lot of shit in the process. So for those who don't know, we are actually
Damon (01:09.249)
Ha
Taj Williams (01:11.861)
you
DW (01:33.076)
doing what's called a theme. So in this particular theme, we have a topic in which we bring up songs that we think would match that topic and spill it out here to the viewers. And then it's your job to whether you want to take it in or you re-curgitate it to somebody else and let them know about it and the whole little thing right there, right? So for this particular theme, I wanted to go with something just a little bit different. And what we wanted to talk about was songs.
actual songs that were released and produced by individuals that had TV theme songs in it. It may have been the opening theme, it may have been the closing theme, it may have been the designated theme of the particular era or TV show, but I wanted to focus on songs based on TV show themes because one, TV show themes are proven scientifically to be nostalgic in its effect and also
help the individual remember what show they were actually watching or where they were at that particular point in time when it came on. They're very catchy and for such people using those songs make it a very catchy song, so to speak, right? So in my line of work, of course I was going to bring up a song that I know wasn't a single, but it was definitely one that touched my heart. So let me take y'all back just a little bit way back, back in time.
And we're going to be going back to the year 1972. So in September 9th of 1972, there was a TV show that aired. It was made by a then comedian who was writing out and talking about his childhood friends growing up in his neighborhood. This show went on to be one of the popular shows. It lasted until 1985. And we're talking about the show Fat Albert. Thus was produced by the then popular Bill Cosby.
But it was about him and most of his friends running around the neighborhood. so, Albert theme came out and everybody knows that, hey, hey, hey, it's Fat Albert. Now I'm gonna sing a song for you. And I'm not gonna sing the whole theme for you, but there it goes. So that came out in 1972, right? I don't know if y'all were born in 1972, but this is situation, it's the place. Then fast forward.
DW (03:55.99)
up at the time and we're going to go to the year 1999. So in August of 1999, there was an album that was released by then, an up and coming group of individuals out of Northside of Houston called Swisher House. Of course, the Southside has Screwed Up Click and this other side of Houston was known as the Northside. They had a group called Swisher House. DJ Michael Watson's the one that formed that group at Swisher House and it was a collective of all
rappers who had their own titles and their own individual artist links, but they came together in order to make a compilation album. And the album was called The Day Hell Broke Loops. And one of the songs on this particular album is called Hey Hey Hey, H-A-Y, H-A-Y, H-A-Y, which they're not referring to the hey hey hey of Bad Albert, they're referring to the hey hey hey of Smokin' Up A Bomb and Gettin' High As Fuck. So this was the boost by my DJ Michael Watts.
Taj Williams (04:49.89)
Hey
DW (04:52.668)
And the three rappers that were on the song in order to get everything out was South Park Mexican, who was out at the time, Little Mario, who was the Swisher House affiliate, and Slim Thug. For those who know, we've talked about Slim Thug for, you know, he's the tall individual that made his name in Houston, and he is a Houston Step-Ass rapper. So y'all let me know, what do y'all think about Swisher House, Hey Hey Hey?
Taj Williams (05:34.381)
Well, so I like this song for some reason. didn't realize it was. Albert, I for some reason I thought it was the what's his name from South Park for some reason when you said it was sampled and I was like, OK, which I should have caught on sooner on that. That was my bad.
DW (05:48.138)
sure.
DW (05:55.602)
Nah, it's all good. out as a case r.i.p. Yeah chef chef was on point, but not this is the original
Taj Williams (06:02.425)
Gotcha. Yeah, no, I really like the tune. Now, where my memory went, like, I like the song as a whole, but that bass, that funky bending the bass string, there's a game on the PS4, PS3 I used to play. It was a weird abstract game, but there was, it was all music based as you did stuff, but
There was one called psychedelic frog and that bass bending is very unique and like I there's only been a couple songs I ever heard with that much of a band on a bass and and that That's what sold me on this song was that like that just that weird like we're taking you on a trip And you know, you're gonna go on a trip with with that funky bass beat. So yeah
DW (06:50.624)
Going on a trip in a little rocket ship and we could little Einstein don't don't give me starting on ever They've been giving me the state base like you don't know what little Einstein's are someone
Taj Williams (06:59.821)
Yeah, yeah. So.
Right?
Damon (07:05.122)
Yeah, that's right. know what I Just kidding.
Taj Williams (07:10.215)
So, but yeah, I liked it a lot for sure. I thought as a song it slapped.
DW (07:10.665)
Yeah.
DW (07:16.214)
Nice nice, what's your talk gonna man? Take on it
Damon (07:19.15)
That's a new one for you, Todd. Slap. Cool. Slap it. Yeah, maybe it did slap. Slap me right the fuck out this episode. No, I thought it was good. It's got that like the beats kind of like this old school rap.
DW (07:25.185)
He started bringing that in a little bit.
Taj Williams (07:29.069)
you
Damon (07:43.598)
you know like cymbals and bass and all that which i like and like the tone like that's definitely an older school style which i like and i you know i like the reference to the reference to fat albert it's like a cartoon that i i remember watching as a kid and then i you know remember just all the different characters in there and
You know, hey, hey is like everybody. Well, everybody our age, probably an older and maybe a little bit younger knows what that is. And then people show their kids the cartoons. I don't know how much they're showing their kids the cartoons now after, you know, the Cosby incident. But I don't know how many people are buying putting pops now. But yeah, know that like aside from all that, you know, nonsense, definitely.
Taj Williams (08:36.524)
He.
Damon (08:40.735)
I think that was like a unique representation of a song that would use, you know, use a piece from from a show. So, yeah, definitely good, unique, hard to find. would not have found that. So. Yeah, nice, man.
DW (09:01.288)
I appreciate it. Yeah, it was made by Ed Fornter and Ricky Sheldon. And it's been like using like 20 other songs. Everybody from Method Man and Wutane Clan to Fatboy Slam to Timberland to Triology, Sam Quinn. Like it's been used all over the place. So I'm not mad at it for the extra use. And matter of fact, I think it's kind of cool to see it.
Damon (09:09.819)
OK.
DW (09:30.818)
spread out throughout the years. But this is definitely one of my favorite uses of that particular sample, the bass line sample, and how they, you know, brought it up to the present day and was able to make a nice little song out of it. So, not bad.
DW (09:47.894)
All right, so who's next up to bat? Anybody? Dammit.
Damon (09:52.206)
Okay. yeah. So I was, I had to go like search for stuff cause I wasn't sure what I was going to pick. think I picked something that didn't fit. probably got scolded on that once or twice. And then I found something from a band that I remember, called the, bloodhound gain. And so the song I picked, it's based, it has a lot, I think it has a lot of different things thrown into it.
a ton of stuff. So this is, we're going back to 2000. so this is like, I still consider like probably it was being recorded and made, in the nineties or the late nineties. So it's like actually recorded 99. So this is more of a nineties throwback, but, this came out in the 2000 year, 2000, the year 2000.
Taj Williams (10:22.679)
A ton.
DW (10:25.002)
You think? Nah.
Damon (10:48.226)
this is by the bloodhound gang. in the album, the album would get me in trouble just for saying it, but hooray for boobies. It's like some kind of Mardi Gras representation or some shit. I mean, who doesn't like boobies, you know, but you know, in, a polite way, who doesn't like movies in a polite way, not a, Cosby way. So,
Taj Williams (11:01.291)
Heh. Heh. Heh.
DW (11:01.376)
You're welcome.
Damon (11:14.498)
I don't think you can be polite about it. Sorry, No polite about it. Yeah. I mean, there was, okay, so there was like a bunch of stuff on here. they like, threw in like samples like Rock Me Amadeus by Falco, Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. From Who the Bell Tolls, Metallica, did like the Pac-Man theme song.
DW (11:15.254)
No way around it.
Damon (11:42.686)
So there's two things that I was kind of referencing now and those those weren't my reasons for picking this but it was The Simpsons so Homer at the end is throwing out Holy Macaroni and you can hear it at the end of the psalm all the way through but about a minute 19 seconds you start hearing you start hearing The tree house of horror and this is a season like six
or seven, I think, if I'm wrong about that. it's like, do, do, do, do, do. It's like at that little beat that goes over and over again. And that's what kind of makes the song, I think they throw in like, you know, the rocking and dance, relax and all that. It sounds like it makes you hear it at a club. Like that's kind of like what I would hear at a place called Polyester's like the DJ would throw in.
their own mixes kind of like this. And they probably grabbed it from stuff like Bloodhound Gain and other bands that did this, but they did a great job. They're a little crazy, too. But back in the day, this is like the band that everybody wanted to hear because they wanted to hear what was going to come out of their mouth next. So but I thought this they did a really good job of mixing this up and it was fun. This has probably been used at parties and clubs and all that, you know, numerous times. But
DW (12:38.714)
wow.
Damon (13:06.624)
Yeah, so again, the song that I picked from that is called Mope.
Damon (13:26.122)
Yeah, he's talking about double D's and all that. I mean, hooray for boobies, right? So like, what, what else would he say? But yeah. And you can.
DW (13:35.094)
What's the song that they have on TikTok or Instagram with a guy sitting there? Turps and titties. I like turps and titties. This is like a sped up version of that. I like that.
Damon (13:49.691)
Yeah, so that's that was my pick that just keeps going.
then you could hear it right there.
Taj Williams (13:58.699)
Yeah, I mean...
DW (14:01.408)
This is almost like a House of Pain-esque jump around type situation where it's like, it's definitely party driven. And yeah, I'm not mad at it.
Damon (14:10.401)
Yeah.
DW (14:14.73)
I'm not mad at it at all. It definitely has a hornball feel to it. But it's done in a musical way. So I really can't be mad about that at all. So yeah, I'm good.
Taj Williams (14:15.211)
Yeah.
Taj Williams (14:28.577)
We. And I guess I didn't know like what I didn't know was like there the music quality is there, right? That the beat, it has a good hook. I don't know if they're serious band or a funny band like are they like the Lonely Island before Lonely Island? Like because it's just like they're making a ton of reference to stuff or the lyrics or especially the music video like they're trying.
DW (14:39.338)
Yes.
Damon (14:48.566)
Yeah.
Taj Williams (14:57.869)
call out like Old Spice and like Nutty Buddy. Like they're making pop references like a ton on top of a ton. Right. And it's like, OK, are you trying to say something about the culture or are you just trying to cash in on a popular culture? Like that's where I didn't know. But like I liked it as a song for sure. Like you can't argue the quality there. But like I couldn't figure out if they were serious or like a comedy band.
Damon (15:25.154)
I mean, they're a comedy thing, I think. So like the one of the members names evil Jared Hasselhoff, dude. It's like, like they're fucking around Jimmy Pop. And I think they're still active. I don't know where they would play what kind of festival or what they're going to play, but they. Yeah.
Taj Williams (15:34.441)
OK.
DW (15:35.038)
Noooo
DW (15:46.72)
Trust me, they'll find our way.
Taj Williams (15:49.227)
Yeah.
DW (15:51.584)
They were fine over there.
Damon (15:53.564)
is when they started but...
Taj Williams (15:55.745)
Yeah, or they could be like in that weird kind of like another space like LMFAO where like, like, they sound like they're super serious. But like, if you listen to LMFAO, you're like, these guys are just, they're just whacking having fun. So, but yeah.
Damon (16:10.647)
Yeah.
DW (16:14.592)
That's actually a good comparison in this situation. Damn, when I start thinking about it, I'm like, yeah, every day I'm shuffling. This is just doing like you crazy, you know what I'm I'm sexy and I'm new to it. That's all it is. It's clubbing music so you can bang a chick too. yeah, that's exactly where they're coming from. Besides, it is a of view. Yes.
Damon (16:24.076)
Yeah. These are all club banners and shit, dude.
Taj Williams (16:24.269)
Ray? Ray?
Exactly.
Taj Williams (16:36.845)
Exactly.
Damon (16:41.954)
Hooray for boobies, man. It is like, dude, everything sucks boobies. And then they just start singing. I guess the previous band, it's the same band, but they used to be Bane Chamber 8. So from the late 80s to 92 and then 92 to now. So there you go. Bloodhound game from Pennsylvania.
DW (16:43.252)
Yes, we're all on that shit today. Yeah.
Taj Williams (16:46.136)
you
DW (16:50.304)
Bobies. I love bristly-sis.
Taj Williams (16:54.89)
Yeah
DW (17:04.447)
Hmm.
Taj Williams (17:10.761)
Okay, from pencil.
Damon (17:11.168)
I don't know if that means anything.
DW (17:15.178)
That means a lot actually, that explains a lot too.
Damon (17:16.802)
Are they Amish? Were they Amish? They grew up Amish and then they just... okay.
DW (17:20.532)
No, not so much on that point, but from what I know about Pennsylvanians, they are horny as hell because it's not a whole lot out there for them to do.
Taj Williams (17:27.917)
Right.
Damon (17:29.237)
Something in the fucking water or something.
DW (17:31.631)
I said it explains a lot.
Taj Williams (17:39.211)
Yep, that makes sense. Okay.
DW (17:41.976)
Mm-hmm. All right, Taj, hit me with it. What you got,
Taj Williams (17:46.163)
All right, so I think I'm going to kind of start with the show that I sampled from, if that's OK, kind of work backwards. I think it makes no. All right, so I'm going go back a little bit further than I need to.
DW (17:57.481)
No.
That was a big cast but now you're good.
Taj Williams (18:11.533)
Back in the 70s, there used to be a TV show called 60 Million Dollar Man, right? And so, know, and that six million, sorry, six million dollar man with Lee Majors, right? So the thing was like when you came to the 80s, you know, you kind of wanted the cool technology, but you didn't want your main hero to be the technology. So then in the 80s, there was a show called Knight Rider. And, you know, that's
DW (18:18.55)
60 or $6 million? There we go.
DW (18:25.905)
Yep.
Taj Williams (18:40.737)
David Hasselhoff with Kit the Car and Kit is an intelligent car that could speak. The other thing you have to keep in mind was that you have this little red light that would go back and forth on the dashboard. And that was it thinking. And it made a distinct sound. And it was there in the actual theme song for Knight Rider. The reason why that I bring that up is because the song I pick is called Beware the Boys.
or it's also known as Beware or in Indian it's Bundi Te Baqi. So it was released in 2002, but then it was remixed with Jay-Z and released in 2003.
DW (19:26.779)
Pajami. Yes.
Taj Williams (19:35.245)
So there in that sample, it's sampling the bass part of Knight Rider of the actual theme song. Like you can hear that part. But the Indian instrument there, that beat is totally the sound effect of that light moving back and forth and kick the car because I can picture that clear as day. And it's just like it's kind of a weird like re-instrumentation sample of Knight Rider. And it's like when I heard this, I was like, shit, because that theme song was like
DW (19:41.662)
huh.
Taj Williams (20:04.863)
an awesome thing song for the 80s. And then to like finally have it in the banger song with Indian music was just like, yeah, it totally was the jam for me. So the weird thing was it actually samples Fire It Up by Busta Rhyme, which also sampled Knight Rider. So it's kind of a weird sample of a sample type of thing.
DW (20:24.692)
huh.
Taj Williams (20:28.973)
In the US, it only reached number 11 in US dance single sales. But like in the rest of the world, like it was at least top 25 or higher. Like in the whole world, the song blew up. It was used in Dance Center 3, Just Dance 4. It's also been used in movies. So was used in Bulletproof Monk in 2003 or 2004 and then The Dictator. So but like it's just a slap in song like this song I really like.
DW (20:44.982)
Mm-hmm.
Taj Williams (20:58.829)
And the music video is crazy. The music video is two Indian guys try to chase this one girl. And this one guy keeps jumping in front of the other guy and stopping him and like, hey, what you doing? He's like, well, I'm going to try to go talk to her. He's like, no, you're not. And then they're acting like they're going to beat him up. And then he like, like, you know, dodges and then gets ahead of them. And they keep they keep jumping over each other to try and get to the girl.
DW (21:28.406)
Mm.
Taj Williams (21:28.617)
So, but yeah, but I just liked it. I thought it was an amazing song.
DW (21:34.902)
This is definitely a Bollywood hit, if there was one out there. For sure, for sure in that facility. And I could see why the rest of the world loved it and America was like, eh, because America is so along the music scene, it's stupid. But in all honesty, I could definitely, I know for a fact, because I used to play this shit in the club all the time. So when you said you were coming out with it, I was low key jealous.
Taj Williams (21:38.281)
right.
DW (22:05.366)
because I hadn't thought about it, but I also liked the fact that, you know, it was one of those that literally the whole world jam banged on. So it was like, okay, I'm not going to be mad at it because that was a good ass pick. So, yeah.
Yeah, definitely. JZ held his own on the hook. RLC, we runnin' the rock shit and everything else just kind of fell in place. So the whole syncopation of that track was an up-tempo track and the fact that he was a night rider. Notice that we talked about songs and stuff from the 70s and 80s that really took over our life, right? As far as giving us a lasting image of what something was and Kit was AI before AI existed, right?
So this is damn sure a great pick in that situation.
Taj Williams (22:54.989)
So yeah, and what I did find was interesting when we first did the theme was like, at first I was finding a lot of TV themes that sampled other songs more so than the reverse where other songs sample TV themes where, and maybe there was kind of a transition, you know, at some point into 2000s where that became more prevalent to sample actual music than come up with the original TV themes.
DW (23:06.486)
Mm-hmm.
Taj Williams (23:24.149)
score. But yeah.
DW (23:24.95)
It was easier to do that for sure. The copyrights were not as strict on a situation, especially if money was dealt out in one way or another. So that definitely made it a little easier as well. But yeah, for sure, you know, it was a trend and I almost went that route in picking. But I thought that would have been a little easier and I like kind of doing things the hard way. So that's kind of mashed up. It is what it is.
Taj Williams (23:28.215)
Right.
Taj Williams (23:51.228)
So what what'd you think, Damon? You gonna rock out to the Bollywood? Huh? Got a little head moving?
Damon (23:55.703)
Yeah, I'm rocking out the Bollywood right now, actually. But I didn't want to pay homage to the original track because I kind of like I like Knight Rider. think that was one of my favorite shows. So without further ado. Let's hear it.
Taj Williams (24:09.653)
Okay.
DW (24:09.903)
huh.
Taj Williams (24:26.625)
Yeah, see that?
Taj Williams (24:32.737)
Yeah, because that synthesized noise is just his light going back and forth. And then that bass guitar. It's like, yeah. But that was the crazy thing. Like, how did that get from here to India? And India is like, hey, let me take it. It had to been like a sitar or something, right? Like, let me take a sitar and copy that synthetic sound and make it instrumental. You're like, holy shit. Yeah.
Damon (24:35.937)
Yeah.
DW (24:37.3)
Yep.
Damon (24:53.856)
You
Damon (24:59.018)
It's like a, it's a pretty steady solid beat that you could just take a sitar or something, whatever, and just kind of go with it. Then it, you know, and it does have that kind of like, does kind of flow with the sound of like a, like the music that's, you know, Punjab, Punjabi MC, right. Like his stuff. like, I could see how you can easily mix that in. and I, you know, I think that was just like a dope vibe from.
Taj Williams (25:05.686)
Right.
Taj Williams (25:10.347)
Right.
Taj Williams (25:21.772)
Right, yeah.
Damon (25:29.442)
from the Knight Rider original show, man. So yeah, I think it's a really good pick. I think it was just like unique and fun. And I do remember this being in like, was it a Jackie Chan movie or something? Or was it a Jackie Chan movie?
Taj Williams (25:31.041)
right?
Taj Williams (25:48.311)
It said bulletproof monk, so Jet Li, I think.
Damon (25:49.858)
I'll gently use that.
DW (25:51.419)
What was his name? From, dude, my car. shit. I forgot.
Damon (25:55.919)
Like him and his brother are comedians,
Taj Williams (26:02.807)
But then it also had the dictator with what's his name. With. Yeah.
DW (26:09.424)
Sasha Baron Cohen. Yeah.
What was dude's name? Shawl William Scott. There we go. you. Yeah, Shawl William Scott was in that Bulletproof North movie. Yeah.
Taj Williams (26:19.508)
gotcha.
Damon (26:19.77)
He's in Bulletproof Monk. I don't think I've seen that. OK. But yeah, like that's definitely fun for that. And I can see this just being like a really good, like cool, funny kind of vibe with an action movie. It's a long song. And then you look at the lyrics, it's in it's in like, guess, I don't know what the Indian language like written form is, but. You could see.
DW (26:48.374)
That's a bunch of bunch of him do or things of that nature. Yeah, it's definitely It's definitely meant to carry on that vibe. That's exactly what it did. So now it's on the ultimate playlist
Taj Williams (26:48.45)
gotcha.
Damon (26:51.618)
Mm-hmm.
Taj Williams (26:59.67)
Right.
All right? Exactly.
DW (27:04.714)
Yeah, I meant it to be that cheating. I really did.
Damon (27:07.586)
So yeah, like part of the, one of the lines is like, I take one of your chicks straight from under your armpit, the black bread pit. I'm Mac till six in the AM all day. I'm P I P pimp. I have simply attached to the track like symphony. It's simply good. That's, and then it just goes into like the
Taj Williams (27:07.99)
Yeah.
Taj Williams (27:26.445)
You
Taj Williams (27:32.087)
Yeah.
DW (27:33.002)
That's Jay-Z bars. Those bars. Like you see in New York. Those bars son. Those bars. It's like, I'm from the south. We're about to beat the bass. So anything about bars, know, that's not our forte, but hey, we'll fuck with it. So.
Taj Williams (27:37.131)
Okay.
Damon (27:39.216)
Ha
Damon (27:48.189)
Yeah, the bass.
Taj Williams (27:56.405)
you
So for sure.
DW (28:00.028)
All right, so we got winner winner chicken dinner.
Taj Williams (28:04.213)
Yeah, I think it was good. I enjoyed it.
Damon (28:05.888)
I like what you said too about like TV shows using like also doing the same thing, using like the samples from different songs. And that's what I think. That's what I think about more. But a lot of the stuff that's sampled in a song, it's I guess, could you find you all think you could find that any genre or is there like what's the main genre? Is it like like a hip hop thing or?
DW (28:15.69)
You know?
DW (28:27.254)
of the shirt.
Nah, I think it's more rock.
Damon (28:31.434)
And rock, they do that. Okay. Yeah, I guess so.
DW (28:34.782)
Yep. Yep. I think it's more rock. From what I was covered across, was more rock than it was hip hop. Hip hop was very picky when it comes to certain tracks. There are certain things that you just, you can touch and you can get away with and then there's other things that you can't do shit with. And anybody who tries and just clowns, like when Will Smith took the I Dream of the Genius track and tried to flip that and was like, nah, bro, leave that alone.
Damon (29:04.062)
Okay. Enough said.
DW (29:04.34)
No, that's not over type situation. you know, there are other times where other songs were taken in play and it just kind of worked.
Taj Williams (29:06.637)
you
Damon (29:13.738)
Yeah, all right. Well, shit.
Taj Williams (29:17.869)
And I think the concept of samples is sometimes super weird. Because sometimes people want to sample stuff so that it's memorable. And other times people want to sample it, but you don't want them to know what it is at all. yeah.
DW (29:34.389)
There's good reason for that. Yeah, go ahead. It's y'all going before I say what I said.
Damon (29:37.953)
I, yeah.
Damon (29:42.146)
Well, I was just going to say, like, like in like Paul Oakenfold would do samples and like Moby bands, DJs like that. So DJs are always going to do samples. But I think Paul Oakenfold, like he samples like just like stuff that was made for the song. And so they're like all collaborating. But like he does it like it's like a different form of samples, I guess, like a different song artist for every track on the album. Yeah.
Taj Williams (29:50.004)
yeah.
Taj Williams (29:55.062)
Yeah, for sure.
Taj Williams (30:08.481)
Well, like.
Well, like, for example, I can't remember who did it. It was like a collab. It was like a multi artist CD I had. But like there was it is back in the day, like way back in the day when techno was coming out. But like somebody did a basically was cover, but it sampled a little bit of it. But they recovered the day the Earth stood still opening song track like the main theme.
DW (30:26.4)
Hmm.
Damon (30:38.315)
yeah. Yeah.
Taj Williams (30:39.917)
But it was at a different pace. The first couple of times I heard it, I like, I really like this. And I was like, but some of this sounds familiar. And then it took me a while, and then it dawned on me. Because the title had nothing to do with it. But it was basically a whole recover, or a whole techno thing, sampling, that they there, stood still. You're like, this? Yeah. Once I knew where the sample came from, I was like, yeah, this shit is the bomb. But yeah.
DW (30:48.595)
Taj Williams (31:07.597)
But that's what saying. Sometimes I feel like sometimes the sample's super clear, like your holy macaroni. You can tell that's Homer. They're not trying to hide that that's Homer. But there's other times where you sample something because you think it's the coolest little hook to put in there, but you're not doing it for it to be recognizable on the first listen. You're doing it because it adds to the song.
Damon (31:15.648)
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Damon (31:34.176)
I think it makes a song really well.
DW (31:35.572)
Yeah, that definitely makes sense.
It really does. there's a couple of reasons why people wouldn't want you to know what it is. One is because you want to make something sound as original as possible, especially when you're using the sample. Some samples you could use out, right? Because you want people to catch on to it. Other samples you want to kind of hide beneath the track itself and then have somebody go through and actually figure out what's going on with the instrumentation. Some of that has to do with copyright.
like i'd say like 80 % of it has to be copyrighted so every but then before it else you need to change up a note in order to make it you know legal to use and people don't want to get sued so they'll wait to the song number one and stay on for 15 weeks before they decide to do anything about it whereas other parts of it is just you know changing the molecular structure of music and putting it
and a sound base that would be aesthetically pleasing to one's ears. Not knowing where the sample actually came from was kind of like a bonus situation because when you figured it out, it was like an Easter egg in a video game. like, shit, I didn't know that that was there. That's the aha moment that some producers want.
Taj Williams (32:54.125)
Right, for sure.
Damon (32:54.514)
Yeah, I love that. That's awesome. I like that perspective, Dietrich.
DW (32:58.8)
Just let me braggin' blah blah blah and such and what not. I hate y'all.
Damon (33:03.959)
Well, have we blabbed enough? Are we all blabbed out?
DW (33:09.77)
Yeah, I think I'm all flabbed out.
Taj Williams (33:12.365)
Alright, so you do want to do the closing then? mean, since you guys were such pros last time. I'm just kidding. I'm just giving you shit.
Damon (33:17.588)
we were?
DW (33:19.304)
I don't know.
Damon (33:23.626)
Well, hey, we did our best.
DW (33:30.474)
You
Damon (33:32.514)
So what you get?
Taj Williams (33:44.493)
All right. This has been Choice Tracks. You can email us at choicetracks.gmail.com or find us at choicetracks.com. Both of those end with a Z. We ask that you please subscribe and listen to all past and future episodes. Let's go ahead and sign out. I've been Taj.
Damon (33:45.206)
What you got, Dave?
DW (33:45.354)
Thank
Damon (34:03.778)
Hooray for boobies! just kidding. No, well, I'm Okay, yeah, this is Damon.
DW (34:14.034)
And I'm Dietrich Anno. I'm gonna have this shit playing in my head all night. Meantime, we're gonna pick up the Ditto, but y'all keep spinning those choice tracks.
Damon (34:26.698)
Hey, hey, hey. Wait, how does it go? Hey, hey. Everybody do their best. Hey, hey, hey.
Taj Williams (34:31.937)
Right? Yeah.
DW (34:32.692)
Hey hey hey!
Taj Williams (34:35.085)
I don't have a good hey hey, right?
DW (34:36.688)
Are you ready? It's starting now!
Damon (34:38.059)
Come on, Tosh.