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| From | Scotthomewood@cs.com |
| Subject | Re: Lily Allen |
| Date | Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:25:07 EST |
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In a message dated 2/17/2007 6:52:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,
thegeniusiwas@hotmail.com writes:
> I was also shocked to find that the bulk of the music from David
> Bowie's "Fame" comes directly from a James Brown song.
>
> Damian
Actually, James Brown copied David Bowie. Brown's song came out after Bowie's
and in several interviews with James Brown's bandmembers' they had stated
Brown was jealous of Bowie coming out with a 'James Brown-type' groove and asked
the band to get as close to Bowie's song as possible so he could put his own
lyrics on it. He was copying himself a lot at that time, putting out remakes of
his own songs and adding the year to them, like Payback '76 and the like.
Scott Homewood
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