Yes, I realize there are bars on my rented windows… submitted by /u/downthegrapevine

What was a song that you didn’t realize was a cover until later? I had this happen three times that I can remember. Once was when Witney Houston had that big song from The Bodyguard that turned out to be a Dolly Parton song (shocker when I watched The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas), and then there was Sinead O’Connor’s cover of a Prince song. But most recently I was flipping through the liner notes of a Bil…

“I didn’t realize that ____ sampled ____” I have recently learned that the main beat from MIA’s Paper Planes was a sample of Straight To Hell by The Clash. Maybe I’m just out of the loop here, but that was a surprise to me (it is a bit of a deep cut I suppose). Of course there are some pretty well known samples out there (e.g. U Can’t Touch This/Super Freak), but I’m wondering about so…

The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize submitted by /u/DryCalligrapher8696