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Name the Legend?: 

6 Pop songs that rip off classical music
by David K. Israel - January 26, 2009 - 7:15 AM

Musicians have always lifted tunes from each other. Stravinsky borrowed from Tchaikovsky, who rearranged Mozart, who stole from Beethoven, who took local folk songs and made them his own, and on down the line.

Of course, these composers were always pretty creative when it came to thievery. Here are six recent(ish) pop songs that were either influenced by famous classical melodies, or sample actual tunes and use them in the fabric of the song. I leave it up to you to judge whether or not they do justice to the originals.

1. “Someone to Call My Lover”  by Janet Jackson

Released:  on the album All for You (2001)
Stolen from:  Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie
More specifically:  Notice how the songwriters took the original tune in 3/4 and rejiggered it to fit the standard 4/4 beat of a pop song.
Fast Fact:  Janet Jackson is the only performer to be nominated for the Grammy in Pop, Rock, Dance, Rap and R&B.

 

2. “Road to Joy” by Bright Eyes

Released: o n the album I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (2005)
Stolen from: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
More specifically:  the “Ode to Joy” tune, based on the poem by German writer Friedrich Schiller. (Road/Ode, get it?) 
Fast Fact:  Beethoven wasn’t the only composer who went deaf. Here are 5 others you should know about.

 

3. “Symphony in X Major” by Xzibit

Released:  on the album Man vs. Machine (2002)
Stolen from: Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
More specifically:  the first movement, entitled Allegro
Fast Fact:  Bach used his name as a musical theme in one of his greatest works, The Art of the Fugue. In the German system of notation, ‘B’ is Bb and ‘H’ is B natural, so he was able to use this tune: Bb, A, C, B.

 

4. “Coming 2 America” by Ludacris

Released:  on the album Word of Mouf (2001)
Stolen from:  Mozart’s Requiem
And also:  Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9
More specifically:  Mozart’s Dies irae; Dvorak: 4th movement (Allegro con fuoco)
Fast Fact:  Ludacris’ real name is Chris Bridges.

 

 

5. “I Can” by Nas

Released:  on the album God’s Son (2003)
Stolen from:  Beethoven’s Für Elise
Fast Fact:  The Beethoven piece is actually called Bagatelle in A Minor. But he dedicated it to a certain Elise, which is where the more popular title comes from.

 

 

 

6. “They” by Jem

Released:  on the debut album Finally Woken (2005)
Stolen from:  Bach’s Prelude in F minor from Book II of the Well-Tempered Clavier
More specifically:  the Swingle Singers 1963 adaptation
Fast Fact:  Jem is short for Jemma Griffiths.

 

 

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Name of Legend?:  McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner On Piano Jazz

on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazzadd to playlist

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photo credit: Gisle Hannemyr

McCoy Tyner performing in 1973

 

September 12, 2008 - McCoy Tyner was born on Dec. 11, 1938, and grew up in a Philadelphia neighborhood with Richie Powell and Bud Powell as neighbors. They were among his early musical influences, as were Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum.

Tyner began playing at age 13, and took to the piano quickly. By the time he reached high school, he had begun playing in venues around Philadelphia and nearby cities. His first big gig came in 1959 when he joined the Benny Golson-Art Farmer Jazztet. In 1960, saxophonist John Coltrane, who had recently left the Miles Davis group, invited Tyner to join his new quartet. Tyner played with Coltrane's quartet for about five years, and his unique approach to the piano helped to define the modal style for which that group became famous. The quartet gained international acclaim and is recognized as one of the most important and influential groups in the history of modern jazz.

After Tyner left Coltrane in 1965 he went on to play with his own trio. Eventually, he worked as a sideman with Jimmy Witherspoon, and with Ike and Tina Turner, and he continued to make his own recordings as a leader, something he began doing while still in Coltrane's group. It wasn't until Tyner signed with Milestone Records in 1972 that he began achieving individual recognition, eventually becoming known as one of the all-time jazz greats in his own right.

Tyner recorded with various labels over the next two decades, including Blue Note, but eventually found a home label with Telarc in the late 1990s. His 2007 recording, McCoy Tyner Quartet, features Joe Lovano, Christian McBride, and Jeff "Tain" Watts.

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Our thanks to all the terrific Local Businesses that donated certificates used as thank-you gifts to our many contributors. 

 

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Santa Fe County Commission:  KSFR is finalizing a contract with the Santa Fe County Commission to broadcast one meeting per month.  Details will be announced.

 

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