Can I Get A Flip-Reverse On That?

April 3rd, 2008

Very very quickly, because I still have 2,000 more words of mediocre French to write by tomorrow morn….

Compare the first twenty seconds of this:

With the first twenty seconds of this:

___________ is the sincerest form of flattery. Fill the blank.

Ailbhe Malone is 21 years old. Her father told her the other day that she was 'going to change the world'. She remains sceptical.
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8 Responses »

1. Jon on April 3rd, 2008 at 11:49 am:

   Thought this was ‘common knowledge’?
   I guess not

2. Ailbhe Malone on April 3rd, 2008 at 12:15 pm:

   Really? Now I’ll worry that this post is the equivalent of going ‘OMGZ!!!!!!!!!! GAry NEwman tOOOOtally ripped off da Sugababes!!!!!!!!!!!!’.

3. Jon on April 3rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm:

   I’ve asked a few people, they did not know so its ok, Now i need to find more songs that have been re-interpreted…..

4. Karl on April 4th, 2008 at 9:46 am:

   It’s a sample isn’t it?

   Great song either way, I reckon.

5. Ailbhe Malone on April 4th, 2008 at 10:15 am:

   Wikipedia says it’s a sample.

   That’s sorted then.

6. Gareth on April 5th, 2008 at 3:03 pm:

   God help me I prefer the M.I.A version!

7. Olwyn on April 6th, 2008 at 4:01 pm:

   Has somebody been reading the observer by any chance?!

8. Ailbhe Malone on April 7th, 2008 at 2:30 am:

   No- why? I consider the Observer to be the poor man’s Gaurdian.

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