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Musical Borrowings

December 27, 2023

My ears never miss borrowings in music. I'm making a collection of them. I don't look for them specifically, I just happen to stumble across them when I'm listening to music.

[1] 1999 / 1994
Mr. Scruff borrowed from Moondog.

[2] 2009 / 1969
The Prodigy borrowed from Manfred Mann Chapter Three.

[3] 1996 / 1994
The Future Sound of London borrowed from Vangelis (the vocal part).

+ 2008
Also related.

[4] 2001 / 1979
Basement Jaxx borrowed from Gary Numan.

[5] 2015 / 1975
Bad Balance borrowed from Silver Convention.

[6] 1991 / 1970
Naughty By Nature borrowed from Jackson 5 + Melvin Bliss's Synthetic Substitution (1973).

[7] 1999 / 1973
Zeb.Roc.Ski borrowed from MFSB.

[8] 2017 / 2003
Kedr Livanskiy borrowed from Massive Attack & Mos Def.

[9] 1998 / 1970
Scooter borrowed from Alan Stivell.

[10] 1961 / 1960
The Tokens borrowed from Miriam Makeba.

[11] 2005 / 1987
The Chemical Brothers borrowed from Najat Aatabou.

To be continued...

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