CH. 03
The Culture Of The Copy

Intro
This chapter of Clube da Esquina is dedicated to appropriation, and for that reason borrows the title from the work of Hillel Schwartz (1948). Published in 1998, The Culture Of The Copy makes a very particular sociological analysis around the notion of twins, of double or of replica in the context of popular culture, subjects that have occupied great part of the creative process of the Modern era. In the context of pop music, Jon Savage (1953) explored the subject of appropriation in a famous article published in an issue of the late magazine The Face. Starting from an analysis of album covers, The Age of Plunder featured the iconic work of designer Peter Saville (1955), Linder Sterling (1954) and Malcolm Garrett (1956). Leaving aside the visual character of objects, it is known that the history of sampling has dominated much of the current music industry, in which, more and less clearly, a new music is built containing traces of another. The third part of this radio show is structured upon a set of songs that came to question principles of originality but which definitely rival or risk surpassing its originals. In short, we’ll hear versions that don’t sound like a copy. Definitely not déjà vu!
Tracklist
- Hal Willner Presents Weird Nightmare:
Meditations On Mingus — Canon (Part I) (3:20)
Original by Charles MingusNina Simone — Baltimore (4:37)
Original by Randy NewmanDâm-Funk — 17 Days (4:42)
Original by PrinceMaterial — Cosmic Slop (5:15)
Original by FunkadelicGoldie — What You Won’t Do For Love (4:16)
Original by Bobby CaldwellOl’ Dirty Bastard — Sussudio (4:19)
Original by Phil CollinsA Certain Ratio — Shack Up (3:13)
Original by BanbarraMap Of Africa — Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys (2:53)
Original by The EqualsAnita Lane — Lost In Music (4:37)
Original by Sister SledgeBig Star — Till The End Of The Day (2:14)
Original by KinksThe Raincoats — Lola (4:01)
Original by KinksButthole Surfers — The Hurdy Gurdy Man (3:57)
Original by DonovanBig Black — The Model (2:34)
Original by KraftwerkRenegade Soundwave — Can’t Get
Used To Losing You (4:32)
Original by Andy WilliamsThe Flying Lizards — Move On Up (5:27)
Original by Curtis MayfieldLloyd Cole — Romany Soup (3:54)
Original by Tyrannosaurus RexCarl Craig Presents Zoos Of Berlin
Looking For Water (5:13)
Original by David BowieYoung Edits — How We Walk On The Moon (6:57)
Original by Arthur RussellPoolside — Harvest Moon (6:08)
Original by Neil YoungPop & Eye — Being Boing (6:42)
Original by Pet Shop BoysThe Field — Everybody’s Got
To Learn Sometime (6:51)
Original by The KorgisMomus — Because You’re Frightened (3:57)
Original by MagazineWall Of Voodoo — The Ring Of Fire (4:59)
Original by Johnny CashSafe — Hold You Tonight (2:24)
Original by Tracy ChapmanRobert Wyatt — Biko (4:37)
Original by Peter GabrielSwans — I Want To Be Your Dog (3:35)
Original by The StoogesFred Frith — Trains And Boats And Planes (4:52)
Original by Burt BacharachThe Lounge Lizards — Harlem Nocturne (2:08)
Original by Ray NoblePascal Comelade — Like A Rolling Stone (1:49)
Original by Bob DylanThe Young Gods — September Song (2:47)
Original by Kurt Weill