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The Taxman Starts the New Pollution

Rodders200

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Rodders200 @ 2017-08-23 09:07:41 UTC

I think I would dispute the whosampled entry here. I remember very well the controversy at the time of it's release that the similarities of Start! to Taxman were obvious. The track is credited as a Paul Weller composition. I think this is a case of plagiarism rather than sampling, although there was never a court case. Some sources refer to the baseline being 'based on' or 'borrowed' from The Beatles (rather than 'copied').

jojo

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jojo @ 2017-08-23 16:40:55 UTC

I think I would dispute the whosampled entry here.


Yes Paul, that's what I thought too. It's not a direct sample, but Paul Weller and Beck very cleverly "used" the bassline of "Taxman".

Just like 10cc very cleverly "used" the The Beatles song Oh! Darling , when they wrote (Oh) Donna


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