There’s that song I keep on hearing on commercial radio, It’s “Black And Gold” by Sam Sparro. I presume this Sam Sparro is commercially successful, then. Nice song, great soul voice, not much to complain about. Maybe just one thing that recalls the previous post about covering songs, sampling and stealing. I have an impression of “déja entendu” when I listen to that song. I don’t know if it’s me or if it really sounds like Fat Freddy’s Drop’s “Wandering Eyes”. Here are some audio excerpts from both songs and you can judge by yourself if there are any similarities.
Fat Freddy’s Drop
Sam Sparro
It seems to me that at some point the voice will say “I got the wandering eye, ta da da….”. OK, that’s not completely obvious but I feel the voices sound similar, also the beat maybe. It’s not a sample but more a subtle source of inspiration, and there’s no need to pay copyright for this. If you haven’t had the chance to listen to fat Freddy’s Drop yet, get their album “Based on a true story”, really amazing and their live performances will really make you move.
Speaking of Sam Sparro, the Danish pop band Alphabeat made a cover of that song, for the BBC live lounge show too (see previous post). After hearing their song ”10 000 nights of thunder” quite intensively in Denmark last year, they have now massive airplay on UK radios. And anyone who heard this (only?) single, knows how annoying this song is, it gets stuck in your head and doesn’t go away for the whole day. To show they are able to can do something else, here’s the cover form Sam Sparro’s Black and Gold, when pop meets pop!
