Samples
The following is a list of the samples used in this series. All links either lead to the original source or the best I could manage. When you make an Amazon purchase, you’re also helping support this series.
Part 4
Some sound effects came from SoundSnap.com.
Music
0:05 “Plants Inside” by Strangeloop
1:00 “Galuchat” by Gui Boratto
2:12 “Freibad” by Hauschka
3:38 “Freeze” by The Kleptones
4:50 “Common Exchange” by Emika
5:32 “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison
5:40 “He’s So Fine” by The Chiffons
5:57 “It Must Be Jesus” by The Southern Tones
6:08 “I Got a Woman” by Ray Charles
6:14 “Gold Digger” by Kayne West
7:08 “Organ Donor” by DJ Shadow
7:55 “Plastic People” by Four Tet
9:03 “Final Count of the Collision…” by Public Enemy
9:45 “Where Have All My Files Gone?” by Rachel’s
10:30 “Water From the Same Source” by Rachel’s
Visuals
0:16 Cell multiplying
0:36 Enter the Void
0:47 Eraserhead
0:50 Memes animation by Juan Behrans
1:11 Eraserhead & Edison, The Man
1:15 Primal Fear
1:20 Bulbs animation by Bran Dougherty Johnson
1:40 Title Montage (in order of appearance): Tucker, Disney Logo animation, Trading Places, No Country for Old Men, Neighbors, Inside Job, 100 Miles and Running music video, Michael Clayton, Composite of The Candidate and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
1:52 Waldseemuller Map, Printing by Yes Go! Illustration
1:54 Shakespeare Sonnets
1:55 Gutenberg statue
1:59 Composite of Barcode scanning groceries at shopping supermarket with Checkout
2:10 Illustrations in this sequence by Kevin Devroo
2:11 Printing by Sam Gorrie
2:32 George Washington and US map
2:41 Hammet
2:45 Wings of Desire
2:47 Composite of The Lives of Others and Consulting the traveling map
2:53 Victorian Architecture – Cottage
2:58 Birds animation by Luca Bartolomei
3:06 Exhibition of the Royal Academy, Somerset House, 1787
3:07 Tree of life
3:09 The Great Exhibition 1851
3:12 The Crowd
3:16 Stock Ticker Board
3:31 Memes animation by Juan Behrans
3:41 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
3:48 Naked Lunch
3:52 Cinema Paradiso
3:55 Cujo
4:00 Disney logo animation
4:01 Snow White
4:02 Pinocchio
4:03 Alice in Wonderland
4:06 Steamboat Willie
Still working on the Fairey section below…
4:15 Power comes from the barrel of gun, Guns and Roses 2005
4:17 Josef Müller-Brockmann, Weniger Larm (Noise Control), 1960. Obey-with-caution.png
4:19 moser DSC03762.JPG, Nouveau Black shepard-fairey.jpg
4:22 Hope, obama-hope-shepard-fairey.jpg
4:26 Obey, OBEY.gif
4:31 Mac stealing animation by Keith Leinweber
4:35 Triumph of the Nerds
4:42 Steve Jobs book cover
4:52 White Smoke floats over black background
4:54 Angels in America
4:56 Legend
5:02 darkVEIL
5:02 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
5:03 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
5:04 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
5:06 The Graduate
5:08 Fight Club
5:08 Psycho
5:09 Gold Diggers of 1933
5:09 And Justice For All
5:10 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
5:11 Cabaret
5:14 Trading Places (background)
5:33 George Harrison single cover
5:40 The Chiffons
5:47 Ray
5:52 Ray
5:57 Composite of Duke 45 sleeve and The Southern Tones
6:08 Ray Charles photo
6:18 Bill Clinton-State of the Union Address (February 4, 1997)
6:26 World network
6:32 The Star Chamber
6:37 President Obama Signs a Bill
6:40 President Obama Speaks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
6:45 Composite of Map of Asia and Ink Bleeding Matte Element
6:48 The Patriot
6:55 Old Stacks of Colorful, Vintage Books
7:01 Charles Dickens Entr’acte
7:05 Edison, The Man
7:09 Press Pause Play
7:16 The Crowd
7:20 Minority Report
7:43 The Warriors
7:49 Gangs of New York
7:54 Blatantly copied from Brian Oakes awesome work in I.O.U.S.A.
8:00 The Verdict
8:10 “Ascent of Troll” illustration by Antonio Garcia, animation by Louis Wesolowsky
8:15 Office Door
8:17 Empty Office Photo by nycscout
8:19 Michael Clayton
8:21 Erin Brockovitch
8:25 No Country for Old Men (left), Kill Bill Vol. 2(right)
8:29 Party DJ
8:34 Troll illustration by Antonio Garcia, animation by Louis Wesolowsky
8:37 100 Miles and Running music video
8:41 LP Disc
8:45 Composite of retro ghettoblaster and Audio Cassette Tape Playing
9:01 Motion graphics by Louis. The albums are 3 Feet High & Rising, Fear of a Black Planet, and Paul’s Boutique
9:06 Explosion of Dollars with Alpha
9:07 Ascent ofTroll illustration by Antonio, animation by Louis Wesolowsky
9:15 Paul Allen at Computer History Museum
9:18 Sorry, I lost track of where these Paul Allen photos came from
9:32 Motion graphic by Louis Wesolowsky
9:49 Bulbs animation by Bran Dougherty Johnson
9:54 Cujo
10:00 No Country for Old Men
10:02 Cash float by Louis
10:06 Primal Fear
10:19 Baraka
10:33 These are re-creations, not the real thing.
10:43 The Crowd
10:50 Wings of Desire
10:59 Razorwire Sky
11:03 Neighbors
11:10 Line graph by Louis Wesolowsky
11:18 Memes animation by Juan Behran
11:37 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Part 3
This episode makes extensive use of Wikimedia Commons for old portraits and photos and Digibarn for computer images and footage. If a source is not specified, it came from one of those. A number of sound effects came from SoundSnap.com.
0:00 Music: Vorspiel, Wiener Philharmoniker
From the album Wagner: Das Rheingold
0:00 Fog was created in After Effects using this tutorial.
0:06 Image: The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo
0:08 Video: The Mystery of Picasso, Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
0:11 Video: Jazz Icons: John Coltrane Live in ’60, ’61 & ’65
0:13 Video: Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
0:15 Video: Electric bulb by Phil Fried
0:19 Video: Atonement, Directed by Joe Wright
0:24 Video: Planet Earth
0:30 Video: Original Footage by Ryan Hargrave
0:35 Video: Good Will Hunting, Directed by Gus Van Sant
0:39 Video: The Piano Teacher, Directed by Michael Haneke
0:42 Video: Me and You and Everyone We Know, Directed by Miranda July
0:44 Video: Don’t Look Back, Directed by D.A. Pennebaker
Titling on signs by YesGo! Illustration
Motiontracking by KJ Martinet
0:51 Video: The Other Side of the Mirror, Directed by Murray Lerner
0:52 Video: Richard Pryor Live in Concert (1979)
0:56 Video: Bill Cosby, Himself
0:58 Video: Gonzo, Directed by Alex Gibney
1:00 Image: The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby (book)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1:05 Video: Amadeus, Directed by Milos Forman
1:07 Video: The Red Violin, Directed by Francois Girard
1:13 Original footage by Ryan Hargrave
1:13 Music: Finger Bib, Alarm Will Sound
From the album Acoustica
1:23 Image: Original illustration and animation by Niels Fryst
1:37 Image: James Watt
1:41 Image: Newcomen Steam Engine
1:43 Image: Watt Steam Engine
1:46 Image: Christpher Latham Sholes
1:46 Image: Latham Sholes typewriter
1:50 Image: Piano
1:53 Image: QWERTY keyboard
1:56 Image: Thomas Edison
1:57 Image: Edison Patent
2:18 Images: Chinese Moveable Type, Chinese Scroll, Chinese Ink, Roman Screw Press
2:24 Image: Printer
2:28 Image: Johannes Gutenberg
2:35 Images:Henry Ford, Ford Logo
2:44 Image: Ford with Model T
2:47 Video: History of the Internet, by Melih Bilgil (It’s also in the background of the photo.)
2:54 Image: Tim Berners-Lee
2:58 Original image by Dan Gilmore
3:20 Music: Pocket Calculator, Kraftwerk
From the album Computer World
3:29 Image: Altair 8800 Photo
3:33 Video: Triumph of the Nerds
3:41 Image: Xerox Alto
3:40 Image: Original pixel art by Antonio Garcia
4:07 Music: Some Kind of Nature, Gorillaz
From the album Plastic Beach
4:18 Video: Arms animation by Keith Leinweber
4:48 Music: E-Musik, Neu!
From the album Neu! 75
5:32 Video: 3D animation by Trango.tv
5:47 Music: Highschool Lover, Air
From the album Virgin Suicides
5:48 Video and stills: Triumph of the Nerds
6:31 Music: Knife, Grizzly Bear
From the album Yellow House
6:37 Video: Naqoyqatsi
6:39 Video: Baraka
6:42 Video: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
6:44 Video: I.O.U.S.A.
6:47 Video: Morvern Callar
6:55 Music:Finger Bib (Original Version), Aphex Twin
From the album Richard D. James Album
7:41 Music: Le Rallye, Tindersticks
From the album Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009
8:42 Video: Coco Chanel
8:43 Video: Coco Before Chanel
8:44 Video: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
8:48 Video: Dark City, The Matrix, eXistenZ, The Thirteenth Floor
8:53 Video: Synecdoche, New York
Part 2
Whenever possible I’ve linked to the Blu-ray editions, where you’ll also find links to DVD and digital versions.
0:04: Clementine’s Loop, by Jon Brion from Hard Eight and Boogie Nights
0:04: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
0:06: Tron Legacy
0:09: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
0:10: The A-Team (2010)
0:11: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
0:12: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1
0:15: Fame (2009)
0:20: The Social Network
0:25: Samurai Theme, by RZA
0:25: Sherlock Holmes (2009)
0:28: Spider-Man 3
0:30: 300
0:33: Shrek the Third
0:35: Clash of the Titans (2010)
0:36: Iron Man 2
0:37: Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
0:39: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
0:41: True Grit (1969)
0:43: True Grit (2010)
0:44: The Player
0:57: Pirate of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
0:57: Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy
1:00: Pirates of the Caribbean Ride-Through
1:01: Hairspray (2007)
1:04: Hairspray (1988)
1:06: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
1:07: Transformers (2007)
1:09: Transformers: Complete First Season
1:11: Transformers Toy Commercial
1:15: Julie and Julia
1:16: Julie and Julia, by Julie Powell
1:16: My Life in France, by Julia Child
1:17: Julie and Julia
1:17: The Julie and Julia Project
1:24: Star Trek
1:26: Friday the 13th
1:28: James Bond
1:30: Dr. No
1:31: Alice in Wonderland (1951)
1:32: Alice in Wonderland (2010)
1:33: Dreamchild
1:34: The Matrix
1:35: Alice (1988)
1:36: Alice in Wonderland (1903)
1:37: Nosferatu
1:39: Dracula (1931)
1:41: Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
1:42: Horror of Dracula
1:42: The Lost Boys
1:44: Twilight
1:48: The Wedding Crashers
1:50: The Day After Tomorrow
1:52: Hancock
1:54: Mr. and Mrs. Smith
1:56: Kung Fu Panda
2:08: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
2:09: Dead Snow
2:10: Pirahna 3D
2:12: The Human Centipede
2:19: Avatar trailer
2:26 – 2:40: Avatar
2:43: Dances With Wolves
2:44: The Last Samurai
2:45: The Last of the Mohicans
2:46: Dune (1984)
2:47: Lawrence of Arabia
2:48: A Man Called Horse
2:50: Fern Gully
2:51: Pocahontas
2:53: Adapted from Around the World in 80 Days opening credits
3:06 – 3:11: Empire of Dreams
3:14: Star Wars Original Trilogy
3:26: The Power of Myth, PBS Documentary
3:32: The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
3:45: Flash Gordon
3:49: Kurosawa
3:52: Flash Gordon
3:59: The Hidden Fortress
4:03: Yojimbo
4:28: The Searchers
4:28: The Bridges at Toko-Ri
4:35: The Searchers
4:49: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
4:54: 633 Squadron
4:56: The Dambusters
4:57: 633 Squadron
4:58: The Bridges at Toko-Ri
5:00: The Dambusters
5:01: 633 Squadron
5:02: The Dambusters
5:05 – 5:15: Empire of Dreams
5:17: Silent Running
5:21: Metropolis
5:24: 2001: A Space Odyssey
5:26: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
5:30: Forbidden Planet
5:33: Triumph of the Will
5:36: Silent Running
5:42 Empire of Dreams
5:42: Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92 – 2. Allegretto, Gustavo Dudamel (Composition Beethoven)
5:47: The Searchers
5:48: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
5:53: Yojimbo
6:00: Isaac Newton
6:07 – 6:13: I’ll reveal these ones when Part 3 comes out.
7:19: Kill Bill
7:25: The Searchers
7:27: Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
7:29: Game of Death
7:31: Sanjuro
7:33: Death Rides a Horse
7:34: Lady Snowblood
7:36: Citizen Kane
7:46 Black Sunday (1977)
7:56: They Call Her One Eye
8:01: Twisted Nerve
8:13: Sisters
8:16: Phantom of the Paradise
8:19: Carrie
8:28: Rabbia E Tarantella by Ennio Morricone (from Inglorious Basterds)
Part 1
0:05 Font, Star Jedi
0:10 Music, “33% God,” Beastie Boys
0:11 – 0:22 Video, The Hip Hop Years
0:17 Image, Hip Hop grafitti
0:25 Font, Arcade Classic 2
Sound effects and imagery, Pac-Man
Music, Powerpill Pacman, Aphex Twin
0:32 Video, “Rapper’s Delight” performed live by the Sugarhill Gang on an unknown program
Music, Rapper’s Delight, The Sugarhill Gang
0:40 Video, Chic performing “Good Times”, taken from The Hip Hop Years
Music, Good Times, Chic
0:48 Music, The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash
0:54 Music, Everything’s Gonna be Alright, Father MC
0:59 Music, It’s All Good, Will Smith
1:05 Music, 2345Meia78, Gabriel O Pensador
1:10 Music, Around the World, Daft Punk
1:13 Video, Twitter screencap
1:16 No Pause, Girl Talk
1:15 Image, Girl Talk, Feed the Animals album cover
1:16 Video, Dramatic Chipmunk
1:17 Image, Pandora Twilight
1:23 Video, Charlie bit my finger – again !
1:25 Video, David After Dentist After REMIX
1:26 Video, Star Wars kid Drunken Jedi
1:27 Video, Real Estate Downfall
1:29 Video, Thru You
1:30 Video, Shining trailer remix
1:31 Video, Christian Bale vs. Bill O’Reily
1:32 Video, Barack Obama Cursing REMIX!
1:33 Video, Vote Different
1:34 Video, Glenn Beck Beats
1:36 Music, Your Time is Gonna Come, Led Zeppelin
1:37 Video, Blow Up
1:42 -1:53 Video, Tonight Let’s Make Love in London
1:53 Photo, Led Zeppelin
1:58 Image, Led Zeppelin I album cover
1:56 Zep music
1:59 Video, Led Zeppelin DVD
2:04 Video, Masculin Feminin
2:06 Music, T&T, Ornette Coleman
2:06 Video, Burroughs
2:09 Image, The Soft Machine
2:10 – 2:16 Video, Burroughs
2:17 Video, Masculin Feminin
2:18 – 2:20 Video, Burroughs
2:21 Photo, Led Zeppelin
2:21 Photo, Black Sabbath
2:22 Photo, Deep Purple
2:23 Video, Burroughs
2:27 – 2:35 Video, Led Zeppelin DVD
2:27 Music, The Ocean (Live), Led Zeppelin
2:38 Photo, Willie Dixon
2:38 Music, Bring it on Home, Led Zeppelin
2:40 Music, Bring it on Home, Sonny Boy Williamson
2:44 Photo, Led Zeppelin
2:48 Photo, Willie Dixon
2:44 Music, The Lemon Song, Led Zeppelin
2:51 Photo, Howlin’ Wolf
2:56 Photo, Led Zeppelin
3:01 Photo, Howlin’ Wolf
3:02 Music, Killing Floor, Howlin’ Wolf
3:07 Music, Black Mountain Side, Led Zeppelin
3:07 Photo, Bert Jansch
3:13 Photo, Jimmy Page
3:16 Music, Blackwaterside, Bert Jansch
Photo, Bert Jansch
3:21 Music, Dazed and Confused, Led Zeppelin
Photo, Jake Holmes
3:28 Photo, Jake Holmes
3:30 Photo, Jimmy Page
3:34 Music, Dazed and Confused, Jake Holmes
Photo, Jake Holmes
3:39 Music, Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
3:40 Photo, Spirit
3:44 Photo, Spirit
3:46 Photo, Spirit
3:49 Photo, Led Zeppelin
3:56 Photo, Spirit
3:58 Music, Taurus, Spirit
4:11 Music, Black Country Woman, Led Zeppelin
4:27 Fleetwood Mac
4:28 Music, Truth, Jeff Beck
4:30 Music, The Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton, John Mayall
4:37 Music, The Rain Song, Led Zeppelin
5:53 Music, When the Levee Breaks, Led Zeppelin
5:56 Music, Rhymin’ and Stealin’, The Beastie Boys
6:01 Music, Return to Innocence, Enigma
6:06 Music, Lyrical Gangbang, Dr. Dre
6:12 Music, Kim, Eminem
7:18 Video, The Wedding Singer
Everything is a Remix: Kill Bill
Films
0:19 – Game of Death (1978)
0:35 – Samurai Fiction (1998)
0:41 – Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
0:51 – Death Rides A Horse (1967)
1:01 – Lady Snowblood (1973)
1:14 – Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1974)
1:20 – Deep Red (1975)
1:35 – City of the Living Dead (1980)
1:39 – Gone In 60 Seconds (1974)
1:42 – Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968)
1:49 – Sanjuro (1962)
1:57 – Blade Runner (1982)
2:03 – Fists of Fury (1972)
2:14 – Sanjuro (1962)
2:27 – Ichi The Killer (2001)
2:30 – Navajo Joe (1966)
2:44 – Battle Royale (2000)
2:51 – The Mercenary (1968)
2:57 – Circle of Iron (1978)
3:00 – Citizen Kane (1941)
3:09 – Shogun Assassin (1980)
3:21 – City of the Living Dead (1980)
3:28 – Django Kill! (1967)
3:34 – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
3:43 – Twisted Nerve (1968)
3:52 – Black Sunday (1977)
4:04 – Carrie (1976)
4:13 – Alfred Hitchcock Presens: Breakdown (1955)
4:23 – Jackie Brown (1997)
4:25 – From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
4:26 – Pulp Fiction (1994)
4:30 – Pulp Fiction (1994)
4:33 – Jackie Brown (1997)
4:37 – Resevoir Dogs (1992)
4:39 – Jackie Brown (1997)
4:41 – Pulp Fiction (1994)
4:47 – Jackie Brown (1997)
4:50 – Pulp Fiction (1994)
4:51 – Jackie Brown (1997)
4:53 – From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
4:57 – Pulp Fiction (1994)
5:07 – Pulp Fiction (1994)
5:08 – Resevoir Dogs (1992)
5:09 – Jackie Brown (1997)
5:10 – From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Music
0:09 – Santa Esmeralda – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
0:49 – Quincy Jones – Ironside
0:55 – The Human Beinz – Nobody But Me
1:45 – Ennio Morricone – From Man To Man (Death Rides A Horse)
2:36 – Shivaree – Goodnight Moon
3:39 – Bernard Herrmann – Twisted Nerve
4:18 – Issac Hayes – Truck Turner
Everything is a Remix: The Matrix
Films
0:27 – Fist of Legend (1994)
0:38 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:44 – Fist of Legend (1994)
0:48 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:53 – Drunken Master (1978)
1:02 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:09 – The Killer (1989)
1:19 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:21 – Iron Monkey (1993)
1:31 – Once Upon A Time In China (1991)
1:36 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:41 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
1:45 – Philip K. Dick Speech (youtube.com/watch?v=jXeVgEs4sOo&feature=related) (1977)
2:18 – Strange Days (1995)
2:24 – Akira (1988)
2:30 – Total Recall (1990)
3:24 – Alice In Wonderland (1951)
3:42 – The Killer (1989)
3:53 – A Better Tomorrow (1986)
4:05 – Ghost In The Shell (1995)
4:32 – Akira (1998)
4:39 – Koyannisqatsi (1982)
4:49 – Dr. Who: The Deadly Assassin (1993)
5:10 – Ghost In The Shell (1995)
Music
(All sourced from The Matrix Soundtrack)
0:20 – Rob Dougan – Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
1:44 – Hive – Ultrasonic Sound
2:30 – Lunatic Calm – Leave You Far Behind (Lunatics Roller Coaster Mix)
3:38 – Propellerheads – Spybreak
4:39 – Rob Dougan – Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
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Cool video…
Who was Alanis Morissette compared to?
Thanks.
heck yeah she was! nickelodeon’s ‘You Can’t Do That on Television,’ where she played Christine, aka “Moose.”
Actually, “Moose” was played by Christine McGlade.
Actually, Nickelodeon bought the rights to it. It was originally created at CJOH-TV Studios in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
at 4:33 in part I, Kirby implies Alanis Morissette “emulated the general sound” of Liz Phair. I can neither argue nor agree with his conclusions.
“Emulated”? I had to stop and stare at 4:33 several times before I realised Kirby wasn’t jokingly comparing Alanis Morissette to herself.
Brilliant.
You forgot The Police / Bob Marley – hope to see you dissect those two in your next installment.
what is that mash up playing in the background after Around the World, Daft Punk? (la la la thingy)
Oops, that’s No Pause by Girl Talk. I added it above.
Love this! Can’t wait to see more.
Great stuff, tiny broken link issue, the 0:17 Hiphop graffiti has an h to many in http (hhttp), correct url: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuttermonkey/17315580/
Joni Mitchell recently said this of Dylan: “Bob is not authentic at all. He’s a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception. We are like night and day, he and I.”
Bob Dylan “borrowed” from Woody Guthrie.
Bob Dylan a.k.a. Zimmerman, is one of the best at remixing Irish folk songs.
Mitchell also talked shit in the same interview about Grace Slick and Janis Joplin, effectively calling them drunken sluts. She’s a goddess, that’s for sure. But she seems to have taken too much piss and vinegar lately. To me she just sounds like a bitter old battle-axe.
and regarding Dylan…
From Wikipedia: (Many have supported Dylan in the context of a larger, older blues and folk tradition of songwriters evolving old songs into new ones, which Dylan was no stranger to in the 1960s. Pete Seeger himself has previously expressed the view that Dylan is a link in this chain of folk and blues songwriters. Seeger has spoken many times about the folk process, often recounting that his friend Woody Guthrie once said to him “That guy stole that from me, but I steal from everybody”. Ramblin’ Jack at one time expressed similar sentiments: “Dylan learned from me the same way I learned from Woody. Woody didn’t teach me. He just said, ‘If you want to learn something, just steal it – that’s the way I learned from Lead Belly’”.)
Good and interesting job!
One contribution: the main guitar riff of Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf” is used by Red Hot Chili Peppers in the end of “Give It Away”.
And in the Butthole Surfers’ “Sweatloaf”.
Fantastic work so far!
Here’s some help:
Hey Ladies – Beastie Boys on Paul’s Boutique (1989).
found on:
http://www.allmusic.com
used samples:
Magilla Gorilla by Hoyt Curtin (1963)
Ain’t It Funky Now by James Brown (1969)
The Ballroom Blitz by Sweet (1973)
Jungle Boogie by Kool & the Gang (1973)
found on:
http://www.whosampled.com
Christine was Christine McGlade. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_McGlade
Alanis Morrissette, played, well, Alanis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Q55CLrTkg
http://bsidewinsagain.blogspot.com/2006/08/33-god-from-hey-ladies-12.html
Actually, at 0:10, that’s not a remix of ‘Hey Ladies’, but a remix of ‘Shake your rump’ with it’s own title: ’33% GOD’. If you talk about sampling or remixing, this is the best classic to choose, well done!
I owned that on cassette single! Thank you I couldn’t remember where it came from.
http://labnl.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/an-exciting-evening-at-home/
more about ‘Paul’s Boutique’ – in relation to architecture …
This is interesting
“Every Number One song ever written is only made up from bits from other songs.
There is no lost chord. No changes untried. No extra notes to the
scale or hidden beats to the bar. There is no point in searching for
originality. In the past, most writers of songs spent months in their
lonely rooms strumming their guitars or bands in rehearsals have
ground their way through endless riffs before arriving at the song
that takes them to the very top. Of course, most of them would be
mortally upset to be told that all they were doing was leaving it to
chance before they stumbled across the tried and tested. They have to
believe it is through this sojourn they arrive at the grail; the great
and original song that the world will be unable to resist.
So why don’t all songs sound the same? Why are some artists great,
write dozens of classics that move you to tears, say it like it’s
never been said before, make you laugh, dance, blow your mind, fall in
love, take to the streets and riot? Well, it’s because although the
chords, notes, harmonies, beats and words have all been used before
their own soul shines through; their personality demands attention.
This doesn’t just come via the great vocalist or virtuoso
instrumentalist. The Techno sound of Detroit, the most totally linear
programmed music ever, lacking any human musicianship in its execution
reeks of sweat, sex and desire. The creators of that music just press
a few buttons and out comes – a million years of pain and lust.
We await the day with relish that somebody dares to make a dance
record that consists of nothing more than an electronically programmed
bass drum beat that continues playing the fours monotonously for eight
minutes. Then, when somebody else brings one out using exactly the
same bass drum sound and at the same beats per minute (B.P.M.), we
will all be able to tell which is the best, which inspires the
dancefloor to fill the fastest, which has the most sex and the most soul.
There is no doubt, one will be better than the other. What we are
basically saying is, if you have anything in you, anything unique,
what others might term as originality, it will come through whatever
the component parts used in your future Number One are made up from.
Creators of music who desperately search originality usually end up
with music that has none because no room for their spirit has been
left to get through. The complete history of the blues is based on one
chord structure, hundreds of thousands of songs using the same three
basic chords in the same pattern. Through this seemingly rigid formula
has come some of the twentieth century’s greatest music.”
The KLF 1988
Word
Excellent, just watched part two as well and it was equally as good. I’d be interested in hearing you dissect Norman Cook a.k.a Fatboy Slim whose entire output consists of de/reconstructed samples of other tunes but the result has been multi-platinum selling albums.
For me the interesting part is, does he have any talent? On the one hand you could argue that all he’s making millions off the sweat of other peoples work, on the other you can say that he takes lots of uninteresting and largely forgotten pieces of music and arranges them into new, original works that are artistically valid in their own right.
I’m not sure where the truth lies, probably somewhere in-between but then, if you took away the legal issue of samples up to 10 seconds in length not having to have royalties paid on them, would Fatboy Slim even exist? Would musicians still use samples if they had to pay for every second?
The ‘up to ten seconds’ rule is complete hogwash. A half a second of something distinguishable enough to stand up in court would be enough to need a sampling fee. In the US or the UK. Many smaller acts get away with it because the people that have the interests of making sure any usage of their work needs payment simply don’t hear it.
And Fatboy Slim is devilishly talented. Operating a sampler (when they were rather limited and somewhat difficult to get your head around) to such a proficiency, and is certainly on par with being able to write a guitar riff.
He was also the bass player for the Housemartins.
What is the epic music that plays from 8:27-8:45 it doesn’t seem to be on the sample list?
Oops, I added it above.
I always felt bad that George Harrison was found guilty of “unintentional plagarism” for My Sweet Lord. The lawsuit went on for something like 12 years. I just wish this mashed-up remix could have been shown to the court before making any decision.
Nice videos!! some help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5Dn-WaElI
one song all the samples and illustrated.
Keep the good work.
This whole series is very enjoyable, but is literally “remixed” from the James Burke ‘CONNECTIONS’ Series (1978-79)
Interesting! I’ll check that out.
Hi there,
The link to “Empire of Dreams” point to “Star Wars Trilogy Bonus Disc”
Oh, never mind, that’s probably correct…
Biggest problem with the second video (that I thought anyways) was that it kind of felt he was trying to show that everybody is copying things that have already been made. Although not on purpose copying them exactly, but on how they were influenced.. However in a few of the scenes, they are purposely doing it as an easter egg or a tribute to previous films.
Would like to see more examples from big movies, like the Star Wars one was. Maybe a LOTR one?
[...] Wem die beiden Videos Inspiration für eigene Remixe ist, findet auf der Website www.everythingisaremix.info die verwendeten Samples. [...]
Where are the samples from your “Kill Bill Extended Look”?
I desperately want to know the song name that starts at 1:50
Great work ! The last shot from part 1 (from The Wedding Singer) reminded me of the last shot (after the end credits) of A Way with Words (also known as San tiao ren, or 三條人), cinematographer Christopher Doyle’s directorial debut from 1999. In that film it was an old lady singing Grandmaster Flash’s The Message.
Hi ! I really like your two videos, good job.
I early found this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODpF17F21U4&feature=player_detailpage
This is exactly what you develop on your video
Good luck for the next videos !
Where are the samples from your “Kill Bill Extended Look”?
I desperately want to know the song name that starts at 1:50
Let me ask, Rob.
What a fantastic work! The song “Return to Innocence” by Enigma actually arose copyright issues. It was later settled out of court by crediting to the original singers and paying some amount of money. In this case, I’m somewhat confused by the boundary between violating the copyright and using materials to remix. Both make sense to me.
…and thus do armies of musicologists and intellectual property lawyers toil to make their meagre livings.
I wonder why you left Truffuat’s “the Bride Wore Black” out, from the Kill Bill influences? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061955
Well, Tarantino claims he didn’t see it and he’s not coy about admitting what he borrows.
I would also like to know what music was used in “Kill Bill Extended look”, there are a few songs I would like to know
Hey Kirby!
Great work on the topic!
What’s that song in the background starting at around 0:25 min in Part 2?
sonic outlaws? that is the issue, the anthropological aspect, is interesting, i suppose for the next generation of formal ignorance regarding executives, this could be required reading (i’m so funny), reading into….HAHHAHA!
First of all: this is a great project.
I’m not shure if you use of the term “sample” is correct. A lot of the examples you mentioned in part 1 as samples aren’t samples but are replayed phrases (for example Rapper’s Delight).
This makes a huge difference in legal issues.
When I head the “When the Levee Breaks” snippet at the end of the first film, the first song I thought of was “Trout” by Neneh Cherry / Michael Stipe.
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Where’s the video sources for all the stuff after 4:48 in Part 1? I’m particularly interested in the video next to House, M.D.
Excellent video, thanks.
+1
Okay, I’ll write that up when I have a moment.
It’s The Diving Bell and The Butterfly. That episode of House is a flagrant knock-off.
First, I wanted to thank you for putting in the time and research for this series. It’s very interesting and informative.
Second, the amazon link for Black Sunday links to the 1977 film starring Robert Shaw, not the Mario Bava horror film.
Cheers!
Nevermind, my mistake! HA!
0:25: Samurai Theme, by RZA—should read: 0:25: Samurai Theme, by Ghost Dog
referring to: PART TWO SAMPLES
this is amazing. I have always felt that way about many of the movies today… The change up, breakup etc. I felt as it I was being ripped off. Thanks for sharing
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In video 2 you mention first Lucas and later on Tarrantino as remixers but if we look at video pop culture the biggest remixers are arguably Matt Stone and Trey Parker with their series South Park, because they’ll take inspiration from different media and insert it in there own form.
Hi, could you tell us what the background soundtrack in part 4 at 01:40 is? Sounds pretty cool!
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Know about this?
http://kreidler-net.de/productplacements-e.html
this guy composed a piece of music using 70200 samples in 33 seconds and therefore went to the German Ascap with a truck to deliver the 70200 sample registering formulars!
Hello Kirby!
Just listen the worldfamous song “All by myself” with Celine Dion (or Eric Carmen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22i_gqAf_o
and then Rachmaninov Piano concerto No.2. Adagio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAK2J05Vmhc&feature=related
Who do you think was the earlier performer?