Found this on Idolator, and my soul won't stop crying. Remember when that Flo Rida remix made me want to burn a field of daisies? Upon hearing the Sean Kingston song below, I don't think burning flowers is enough.
Sean Kingston - Ghetto Girl (samples Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl")
Twice now Kingston has taken a great song from past decades and cursed it with his "presence". ("Beautiful Girls" sampled "Stand By Me"...badly) What's next? "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
Oh God..no...forget I said anything...
==TJ==
Saturday, March 29, 2008
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Actually, Kingston's recording doesn't SAMPLE Billy Joel's, it simply writes new lyrics to it. (Sampling would be actually using part of BJ's recording in Kingston's.) The question, legally, is whether he got permission from Joel (or his publisher) before doing this.
While this could be classified as parody (like Weird Al's stuff), that only covers the new words. Even Al gets permission from the copyright holders of the music before proceeding.
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