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Happy Cycling - Pink Floyd?

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 12:59 am
by Tomisnever
Sorry if this have been brought up before, but i couldn't find anything in the search. Anyway do you think BoC sampled this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnRmnZbY0NA
I heard someone mention it on youtube, and was surprised to find there's something about this track which is strangely like Happy Cycling, whether it be sampled, or inspired by, or just maybe the same tempo. What do you guys think? I can't put my finger on it! But i can defiantly see some king of resemblance.

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 5:12 am
by zeitgeist
dude, that would be awesome. this isn't in the wiki for this track, so i suppose it's new unless it's been debunked. it certainly sounds very similar, especially when compared to the live version of happy cycling. the only thing that makes me doubt it is that i'd imagine it'd be very $$$$$ to clear a pink floyd sample when they released MHTRTC. unless they hoped nobody would find out?


nice find, either way!

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 6:41 am
by Numerator
Heart Beat, Pig Meat is definitely one of my favourite pieces of music ever.
I believe they did indeed sample it but only in the peel session (and possibly one of the live versions) of the song.

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 11:23 am
by Tomisnever
the only thing that makes me doubt it is that i'd imagine it'd be very $$$$$ to clear a pink floyd sample when they released MHTRTC
Yeah good point, well in the case maybe inspired by? well to a certain extent anyway.

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 12:46 pm
by polar sky
The back round sounds very close... Who knows. I always wondered what they paid to use their sesame street samples in Sunshine Recorder and The Color Of The Fire.

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 1:29 pm
by rick7487
This sounds a bit like the beat and the ghostly vocals from Audiotrack 06 off of the Random 35 Tracks Tape (Side A).

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 3:38 pm
by zeitgeist
polar sky wrote:The back round sounds very close... Who knows. I always wondered what they paid to use their sesame street samples in Sunshine Recorder and The Color Of The Fire.
yea, those too. what do these kinds of things normally run for? hundreds? thousands?

it's hard being an electronic artist with a knack for sampling nostalgia, eh?

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 11:33 am
by red moon
Is that film, Zabriski Point, not one of their favourite films?

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 5:03 pm
by The Voice of Reason
Happy Cycling sample is somewhere between 2:20 - 7:08


If anything, the sample you suggest sounds most like the loop on the BoardsofCanada website.
Which sounds like Kraftwerk. Its actually pretty common.
Cool to spot that though.

Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 3:15 am
by Dalboz
The Voice of Reason wrote:Happy Cycling sample is somewhere between 2:20 - 7:08


If anything, the sample you suggest sounds most like the loop on the BoardsofCanada website.
Which sounds like Kraftwerk. Its actually pretty common.
Cool to spot that though.
I think is not quite the same beat... (In happy cycling being Heart beat, pig meat).

Concerning the loop sound on BoC's site, (I think there's a thread discussing this) is almost like the beat of Chemical Brothers - Surface to air.

Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 3:46 am
by 747Music
red moon wrote:Is that film, Zabriski Point, not one of their favourite films?
Yes, that was mentioned in one of their interviews. It definitely inspired them.