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The Police’s creepy-romantic stalker hymn “Every Breath You Take” was the biggest hit of 1983, and then it was also, after a fashion, the biggest it of 1997. Diddy, then known as Puff Daddy, heavily sampled “Every Breath You Take” on “I’ll Be Missing You,” his ode to his late friend Biggie Smalls. Amazingly, Diddy did not clear that “Every Breath You Take” sample before releasing “I’ll Be Missing You,” and that fuckup still has major financial consequences today. It’s a bit of a shock to learn how major those financial consequences have been.
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Of Montreal were mentioned in a Jeopardy! question tonight. The answer read: “Georgia, not Greece, should be on your mind with this city, known for bands like the confusingly named of Montreal.” (The response being, “What is Athens?,” which contestant Jack Izzo got right.) The band’s leader Kevin...
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The two musicians were due to perform early next month in the Hawke's Bay region, an area hardest-hit by the severe weather eventThe post Lorde and Sting call off New Zealand shows amid devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle appeared first on NME.
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