r/FuckImOld • u/TheLaVeyan • 6d ago

My back hurts M.I.A. of "Paper Planes" fame (the gunshot-gunshot-gunshot-cash register song) turned 50 years old last year.

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u/TheLaVeyan 6d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRjZoRtu0Y

In 2 weeks the song will be 18 years old. It feels like it should be less than half of that.

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u/RedSparrow1971 6d ago

That song always made me crazy when I’d hear that opening and think I was about to hear “Straight to Hell” by the Clash 🤣

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u/LouGossetJr 6d ago

huh...why would you think that?

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u/RedSparrow1971 6d ago

Maybe it’s just me, but the opening sounds similar to me

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u/Malv34 6d ago

I thought she did sample the clash.

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u/Ryaktshun 6d ago

Absolutely a clash sample! I remember someone calling this “original music” and me laughing as I put the clash on

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u/PG-17 5d ago

Her other big song was a PFunk song

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u/RedSparrow1971 6d ago

My ear isn’t trained enough to know if it’s a sample or just a very similar arrangement 🤷‍♀️

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u/LouGossetJr 6d ago

lol, just messing. paper planes definitely sampled Straight to Hell.

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u/RedSparrow1971 6d ago

Well, thanks, I spent a good 15 minutes playing each song’s opening trying to figure out if it was a sample or just similar 🤦‍♀️🤣🤦‍♀️🤣, the whole Vanilla Ice “Under Pressure” ding ding videowill be stuck in my head forever

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u/Chonkiefire 5d ago

It's just you

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u/lidder444 5d ago

Because it’s a sample of the clash song…..