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• Sir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,749Chief of Staff

  August 2007

  Penar wrote:

  Hi1 I'm from Poland. (I want to introduce myself- first post).
  
  So: I found a song called "Solid Ornamental Icelandic Groove In Floopoid Zee" by Bloodhound Gang. The guitar riff sounds like Jame's Bond theme. But I don't know which version. Could you help me?
  
  This is link for this song (Riff is after intro):
  http://bloodhoundgang.com/easylistening/ourdemotapes/playerfiles/demo009f-high.html

  
  It just sounds like their own take on it to me. And welcome to AJB.

  YNWA 97
  
• Penar Posts: 4MI6 Agent

  August 2007

  I don't think it's their (nevermind why). But I can't find sample of this motif.
• Barbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff

  August 2007 edited August 2007

  Sir Miles is quite right; this is not from any official release (although it's not beyond possibility that it's from one of the many, many cover versions) and is probably the band themselves.
  
  It's actually the vamp, not the riff, which is being played in this recording- this portion can be used* without paying royalties to Monty Norman- and it's a pretty easy piece of music to play. So easy, in fact, that even rappers may prefer to play it rather than sample it.
  
  *NB although the vamp can be used in a composition, sampling is a different matter altogether. Hope this is clear!
• Penar Posts: 4MI6 Agent

  August 2007

  Ok. If you think so :P It's one of the first Bloodhound Gang's songs and they were sampling every "early" song, so I thought it was sampled from Bond movie.
• The Cat Where Blofeld is!Posts: 711MI6 Agent

  August 2007

  The part of the song you are interested in is from a song called "Secret Agent Man" which has been originally recorded by Johnny Rivers. It has been covered by many bands, but the sample is from the original song.
• Barbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff

  August 2007

  The Cat wrote:

  The part of the song you are interested in is from a song called "Secret Agent Man" which has been originally recorded by Johnny Rivers. It has been covered by many bands, but the sample is from the original song.

  
  Great stuff! Kat's the King of Kataloguing the Kover Kollection .
• Penar Posts: 4MI6 Agent

  August 2007

  "The Cat"... you rule man! I was looking for this sample about one year Thanks a lot!