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I’m in no way surprised it was Jonny Greenwood who discovered the record; imo he’s far and away the resident “nerd” of the group (intended in a positive light).
Greenwood is the real unsung hero of Radiohead. He's supposedly responsible for composing a pretty legendary MF DOOM Remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZByHno9Jpsw
In case anyone is thinking of emailing Paul with the answer, note that article submission is from 2000. The Last-Modified HTTP header for the web page is Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:32:42 GMT and the Wayback Machine does not have a record of this URL before 2013 (I guess it lived at a different URL before then). Back on-topic, being able to pick out a few seconds from a 18-minute, primitive electronic music recording and tra…
> Here is my very first speech piece, never recorded, done in 1976. The entire piece is made from a male and female speaker uttering the phrase "This music crept by me upon the waters". It's about 22 minutes long.
I'm always amazed when artists and producers can recognize a sound as something that can be radically transformed, because I'm pretty musical but my imagination doesn't work like that. Kanye is a genius at this. Here are two other examples I like: * Daft Punk's 'One More Time', represented visually: https://twitter.com/nehhlmao/status/1363925150958317568 * Pusha T's 'Numbers on the Boards' sampling and reimagining a…
In case anyone is thinking of emailing Paul with the answer, note that article submission is from 2000. The Last-Modified HTTP header for the web page is Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:32:42 GMT and the Wayback Machine does not have a record of this URL before 2013 (I guess it lived at a different URL before then). Back on-topic, being able to pick out a few seconds from a 18-minute, primitive electronic music recording and tra…
I have a musical background but I would expect anyone who is at all familiar with the song to pick it out instantly.
Imagine if you were listening to someone speak Russian for 5 minutes, and they uttered a familiar phrase in English somewhere in there.
The English, because it's understandable/familiar to you, would pop out.
If they highly modified the sample (i.e. Daft Punk) it would be hard to pick out.
But this one is pretty straight forward.
In case anyone is thinking of emailing Paul with the answer, note that article submission is from 2000. The Last-Modified HTTP header for the web page is Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:32:42 GMT and the Wayback Machine does not have a record of this URL before 2013 (I guess it lived at a different URL before then). Back on-topic, being able to pick out a few seconds from a 18-minute, primitive electronic music recording and tra…
The sample is dead clear. I have a musical background but I would expect anyone who is at all familiar with the song to pick it out instantly. Imagine if you were listening to someone speak Russian for 5 minutes, and they uttered a familiar phrase in English somewhere in there. The English, because it's understandable/familiar to you, would pop out. If they highly modified the sample (i.e. Daft Punk) it would be hard…
As a Radiohead listener, I recognised the sample as soon as I heard it. It was quite a pleasurable experience to hear it in a very different context and to learn about a chapter of electronic music history that I had not previously been aware of.
As a music consumer (not a musician) and without the gift of hindsight, I probably wouldn’t listen to a piece of music – particularly an 18 minute track – attentively enough to notice and think to myself that there’s something potentially special about those few seconds compared to the rest of the 18 minutes of the track. That’s the gift that I admire sampling artists for: the ability to recognise the potential of a seemingly unremarkable snippet of music and transform it into something special.
I’m in no way surprised it was Jonny Greenwood who discovered the record; imo he’s far and away the resident “nerd” of the group (intended in a positive light).
i’d go with the drummer if i had to pick the biggest nerd. amazing artist.
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The sample is dead clear. I have a musical background but I would expect anyone who is at all familiar with the song to pick it out instantly. Imagine if you were listening to someone speak Russian for 5 minutes, and they uttered a familiar phrase in English somewhere in there. The English, because it's understandable/familiar to you, would pop out. If they highly modified the sample (i.e. Daft Punk) it would be hard…
I think you misunderstood what I meant by the phrase, “pick out”; I was actually referring to Johnny Greenwood’s gift for choosing which musical phrase to sample. I probably should have used a word like “select” instead of “pick out” but I figured the second half of the sentence, “and transform it into something much catchier” would suffice to communicate my intent. As a Radiohead listener, I recognised the sample as…
If they had picked a different sample, they might have made a great song, that would sound completely differently, making us also wonder how they 'picked out that sample'.
All of that said, yes, it was a keen choice, Greenwood is definitely the real deal.
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i’d go with the drummer if i had to pick the biggest nerd. amazing artist.
Really? I really like his drumming in Radiohead but what else is he up to? I saw a video or two from his solo record but it seems to just be regular folk music. What am I missing?
I'm always amazed when artists and producers can recognize a sound as something that can be radically transformed, because I'm pretty musical but my imagination doesn't work like that. Kanye is a genius at this. Here are two other examples I like: * Daft Punk's 'One More Time', represented visually: https://twitter.com/nehhlmao/status/1363925150958317568 * Pusha T's 'Numbers on the Boards' sampling and reimagining a…
While we're sharing some our favorite examples: Mobb Deep's Shook Ones, from original sample to final beat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLECcOpU7ok