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What the Dog Saw: And Other AdventuresIn his twenties, my friend was a DJ at various downtown clubs, and at some point heБЂ™d become interested in world music. БЂњI caught it back then,БЂ«he said. A small, sly smile spread across his face. The opening bars of БЂњTaj MahalБЂ«were very South American, a world away from what we had just listened to. And then I heard it. It was so obvious and unambiguous that I laughed out loud; virtually note for note, it was the hook from БЂњDo Ya Think IБЂ™m Sexy.БЂ«It was possible that Rod Stewart had independently come up with that riff, because resemblance is not proof of influence. It was also possible that heБЂ™d been in Brazil, listened to some local music, and liked what he heard. My friend had hundreds of these examples. We could have sat in his living room playing at musical genealogy for hours. Did the examples upset him? Of course not, because he knew enough about music to know that these patterns of influence БЂ“ cribbing, tweaking, transforming БЂ“ were at the very heart of the creative process. True, copying could go too far ...» |
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