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1. muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 12:46:13 UTC muesli

   The most played song on Spotify is probably one of the worst Rod Stewart covers I've ever heard 😆

   • muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 12:47:48 UTC muesli

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     • Pilum::🌞

     @pilum

     At 3.3 billion streams I assume people are seriously into it.

   • Pilum::🌞 (pilum@octodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 12:47:49 UTC Pilum::🌞

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     • muesli

     @fribbledom For the lulz or do people actually like it? 😛

   • Holly Jahangiri (hollyjahangiri@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 13:22:14 UTC Holly Jahangiri

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     • muesli

     @fribbledom https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ABHKGoOzxkaa28ttQV9sE?si=3Nm3JFzlR-6MdnZCYbrVMg

     Not seeing that.

   • muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 13:56:42 UTC muesli

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     • Holly Jahangiri

     @hollyjahangiri

     Right there at #1, at least for me? The Weeknd - Blinding Lights.

     I swear this uses a sample of Rod Stewart's Young Turks.

   • Holly Jahangiri (hollyjahangiri@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 14:57:57 UTC Holly Jahangiri

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     • muesli

     @fribbledom ah. I haven't even listened to it enough to pick up on sampling. And Young Turks probably wasn't ever one of my favorite Rod Stewart songs, but there's a difference between a "sampling" and a "cover."

     Do you recognize Ava Max's "Kings and Queens"? (I FINALLY figured that one out, and it's not what comes up if you Google it.)

   • muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 15:06:00 UTC muesli

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     • Holly Jahangiri
     • McSinyx

     @cnx @hollyjahangiri

     No, of course it isn't, and I'm not even entirely serious. But #1 most played song on Spotify? Come on 🤣

   • McSinyx (cnx@larkspur.one)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 15:06:16 UTC McSinyx

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     • Holly Jahangiri
     • muesli

     @fribbledom, I wouldn’t say sampling is the same as making a cover. Speaking of the Weeknd, his recent hit is actually a cover of a track sampling a classic which in turn sampled multiple other songs.

     Hip hop’s made heavy use of sampling since its very start and thanks to its mainstream popularity and classic precedents, such form of derivation can still survive in this age of corrupted copyright. On the other hand, we have to endure monstrosities like software patents.

     Cc: @hollyjahangiri