Am I the only one who hears this??

r u sure u aint on crack?
P doesnt go into sum breakdown about bananas and being the shit!
haha had 2 say it

yes because Prince is the only musician to ever have DRUMS in a song.

Hollaback Girl=every college/high school drum team, not Housequake.

hey guys, what do you think...Little Red Corvette=Smells Like Teen Spirit. they both have guitars in it!

no way u got it all wrong Little Red Corvette doesnt sound like Teen Spirit for shit if ny Nirvana song its gotta be Negative Creep haha

Hollaback Girl = Super Sh*t,

gwen, where did it all go wrong..... major thumbs down.

kcwm said:

Toni Basil says: 'Whu'chu talkin' 'bout Willis?....

I'm surprised no-ones taken this thread seriously! As soon as I heard Hollaback Girl drum beat I thought of Housequake. Its unbelievable. Then I found out it was produced by Pharrell Williams/Neptunes, and obviously Gwen Stafani is also a Prince fan, so its no surprise really.

Plus I don't think its a coincidence Prince is also playing Hollaback Girl live, he'll hear it too, doesn't he play it as part of a Housequake sequence?

Either way, yes, I think the drums in this song directly reference/rip-off the drums to Housequake.

I don't think the song is a rip-off but the drums are practically identical.

The Prince influence is obvious.

Both great songs in my estimations...
[Edited 6/29/06 2:05am]

NouveauDance said:

NouveauDance said:

Shut Up! We had to do our try outs to that the one year, it was AWFUL!

Your not the only one, it's noticeable, don't let everyone make you think your nutts!

kcwm said:

Daddy's little girl ain't a girl no more....

BlackBuddy, 1st time i heard that song i thought the EXACT same thing - and have done every time since then - don't let the wankers sway you - you got it right - he never sung about bananas (in THAT song) but the beat is plainly a total rip-off of Housequake - and any1 who can't hear it is a fool!...
'nuff said.

The Neptunes & Gwen are heavily influenced by Prince. Every1 knows that.

dreamfactory313 said:

We have a winning statement here folks!

BlackBuddy said:

I heard it... kind of. But I think it was after the 20 billionth I heard it on the radio.

Still one question has not been answered:

why is the shit, bananas?

KrystleEyes said:

miguelbulcao said:

Let's Go Bananas!

kidelrich said:

B-A-N-A-N-A-S!


But yeah, the drum beat is almost exact. I do think it's an homage, at least musically.

NouveauDance said:

I used to think she was SEXY... Damn you 1980's!!

dumbass said:

that beat is common in over 100 different songs,
i doubt they were all influenced by house quake
though Prince would love to believe that...

BUT!!!! because drum patterns are safe from copyright infringement
every one copies from each other...

EXAMPLE
ever since Grindin...
The pattern has been duplicated on over 300 songs ...

Some people on here are retarded. I did't say anything about the lyrical content or the melody. I was specifically referring to the drums. Maybe I should of said that, but drums in any song are what you can't help but hear

BlackBuddy said:

Retarded people on the org....

I don't believe it...

EmbattledWarrior said:

Maybe I'll listen to Hollaback Girl to see what all the fuss is about. I don't reckon I've ever heard it all the way through. As it turns out, I've nearly injured myself every time it's come on the radio by running, leaping, tucking and rolling to turn it off. I'm not in the best shape, but I can do some awesome Matrix moves when I need to, and ditching Hollaback Girl would be considered a need-to basis (as well as My Humps). Weird thing at my house, and at work for that matter... the remote is almost always laying on top of the stereo. I could probably save a lot of bumps and bruises by just keeping the remote handy.

i had mentioned this a while back....a nice mega-mix could be made with the 2.

Horsefeathers said:

hehe you are funny