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Thread started 12/19/22 1:08pm

TrivialPursuit

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"Let's Work" aka "Socket"

The Edwards - "Socket" .... well, no secret where they got the inspiration for this song.

If it's been brought up here before, I've never seen it. Zaza send it to me today.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #1 posted 12/20/22 2:25am

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The vocal delivery in the verse is almost exactly that of "Cool".

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #2 posted 12/20/22 9:23am

bwaaatch

Nice track though!

Also got some audio and vocal nods to Parliament's Theme from the Black Hole.

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Reply #3 posted 12/20/22 11:17am

TrivialPursuit

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nayroo2002 said:

The vocal delivery in the verse is almost exactly that of "Cool".


Yeah, someone mentioned it was "Let's Work" with a Morris style delivery.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #4 posted 12/21/22 3:19am

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Yo! Super nice track. Thanks for the discovery.

Gonna mashup this one with the original. wink

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)
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Reply #5 posted 12/21/22 3:30am

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nayroo2002 said:

The vocal delivery in the verse is almost exactly that of "Cool".

Hell yes. 100 %!

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)
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Reply #6 posted 12/21/22 6:25am

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TrivialPursuit said:

The Edwards - "Socket" .... well, no secret where they got the inspiration for this song.

If it's been brought up here before, I've never seen it. Zaza send it to me today.

She was a cool poster on here. If it's the same one

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Reply #7 posted 12/21/22 9:24am

TrivialPursuit

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dodger07 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

The Edwards - "Socket" .... well, no secret where they got the inspiration for this song.

If it's been brought up here before, I've never seen it. Zaza send it to me today.

She was a cool poster on here. If it's the same one


He.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #8 posted 12/28/22 6:10am

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Thanks for the heads up, although very derivative it is still a fun listen!

RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time...
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Reply #9 posted 12/28/22 3:45pm

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funkaholic1972 said:

Thanks for the heads up, although very derivative it is still a fun listen!


Yeah, and honestly - feels like "derivative" is a mild way of putting a flat out copy. haha "Born This Way" was derivative" (or reductive, per Madge) of "Express Yourself."

This is sumfin' else. I can't believe there was never a lawsuit over this one, nor that most of us had never heard of it before.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #10 posted 12/29/22 2:41am

Vannormal

TrivialPursuit said:

funkaholic1972 said:

Thanks for the heads up, although very derivative it is still a fun listen!


Yeah, and honestly - feels like "derivative" is a mild way of putting a flat out copy. haha "Born This Way" was derivative" (or reductive, per Madge) of "Express Yourself."

This is sumfin' else. I can't believe there was never a lawsuit over this one, nor that most of us had never heard of it before.

It's a good thing there never was a lawsuit.

There are way too many lawsuits over these kind of unimportant things.

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)
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Reply #11 posted 12/29/22 10:48am

TrivialPursuit

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Vannormal said:

TrivialPursuit said:


Yeah, and honestly - feels like "derivative" is a mild way of putting a flat out copy. haha "Born This Way" was derivative" (or reductive, per Madge) of "Express Yourself."

This is sumfin' else. I can't believe there was never a lawsuit over this one, nor that most of us had never heard of it before.

It's a good thing there never was a lawsuit.

There are way too many lawsuits over these kind of unimportant things.


We're talking 1982, though, not today.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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