Bittersweet Symphony

KelticFox · 7 Apr 2005

Anyone know what the Classical sample is from (the orchestral bit)

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:: kna :: · 7 Apr 2005

The Verve and The Rolling Stones : Truly Bittersweet
The now defunct British outfit The Verve sampled an orchestration on their song "Bittersweet Symphony" from The Rolling Stone's "The Last Time". Before the release of the album, The Verve negotiated a licensing agreement with The Rolling Stones to use the sample -- at least the composition rights to the sample. In 1997, The Verve's album "Urban Hymns" peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Charts. What ensued was a bitter (and not sweet) legal battle resulting in The Verve turning over 100% of the royalties to the Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones argued that The Verve had violated the previous licensing agreement by using too much of the sample in their song. The Verve argued that The Rolling Stones got greedy when the song became successful. Herein lies the issue of moral rights of a samplist.
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http://www.superswell.com/samplelaw/horror.html#verve

MaplinMan · 8 Apr 2005

didnt some other sweedish (or something) band or whatever create some stir when it turned out they made this bittersweet symphony type song first and apparantly they made it for them?

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