Paid Members Tommy! Posted February 5, 2020 Paid Members Posted February 5, 2020 @hallicks is that the one where a scientist missed a once in a generation event, the next drop of pitch, because they went for a shit? Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 5, 2020 Paid Members Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, hallicks said: Today I learned about the pitch drop experiment, which measures the length of time a highly viscous liquid (so viscous that it appears solid) takes to form a drop. In the case of the experiment in Australia, the first drop took 8 years. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted February 5, 2020 Members Posted February 5, 2020 57 minutes ago, Tommy! said: @hallicks is that the one where a scientist missed a once in a generation event, the next drop of pitch, because they went for a shit? Make him the patron saint of the forum. Quote
Guest Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 They'd been smart enough to build a toilet in the lab to prevent just such a catastrophe, but they weren't counting on him AC Slatering it. Quote
Paid Members Wretch Posted February 5, 2020 Paid Members Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) No idea how well known this fact is, but I only found out today so . . . Eminem's breakthrough hit 'My Name Is' is a sample from a Labi Siffre song featuring none other than Chas and Dave on bass and guitar. Edited February 5, 2020 by Wretch Quote
Paid Members chokeout Posted February 5, 2020 Paid Members Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Wretch said: No idea how well known this fact is, but I only found out today so . . . Eminem's breakthrough hit 'My Name Is' is a sample from a Labi Siffre song featuring none other than Chas and Dave on bass and guitar. It's a great pub quiz fact that comes up every now and again. It's been sampled a few times by some very big names (Jay-Z for starters), I'd love to know if they ever saw any royalties from it. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted February 5, 2020 Members Posted February 5, 2020 They were session musicians on the track so probably not. Dre is notorious for getting round sample payments as well. Quote
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted February 5, 2020 Moderators Posted February 5, 2020 He doesn't 'sample' anything. He gets session musicians to re-record anything he wants to sample and then samples that. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted February 5, 2020 Members Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: He doesn't 'sample' anything. He gets session musicians to re-record anything he wants to sample and then samples that. Yeah, this, but he actually gets Mel-Man to do it ? Edited February 5, 2020 by SuperBacon Quote
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted February 5, 2020 Paid Members Posted February 5, 2020 That Labi Siffre album is very good. Give the whole thing a listen. His voice is amazing. Quote
wordsfromlee Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, SuperBacon said: Yeah, this, but he actually gets Mel-Man to do it ? Dre just sits behind the desk nodding while Mel Man and Scott Storch make all the beats and D.O.C./Eminem/Royce/Kendrick write all the lyrics. Quote
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted February 5, 2020 Moderators Posted February 5, 2020 Not true! He's off roiding up and hitting the gym. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted February 6, 2020 Members Posted February 6, 2020 27 minutes ago, scratchdj said: I’d forgotten all about Dre. TIL the opening line from RATM’s Bulls On Parade isn’t “Quit it now” but “Come with it now.” My favourite band of all time and I didn’t know that! Now can you tell me what a fistagon is, from the same song? Quote
wordsfromlee Posted February 6, 2020 Posted February 6, 2020 48 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: Now can you tell me what a fistagon is, from the same song? I presume it’s to do with their fist logo. Fistagon = fist/hexagon but 5 sides instead of six. Quote
wordsfromlee Posted February 6, 2020 Posted February 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, scratchdj said: Sort of like a pentagon? That’s the one! It’s been along time since my GCSE maths. Quote
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