John's "Another One bites the Dust"and Sugar Hill Gang

Does anyone else think it's uncanny how close the bass line of ABTD is to "Sugar Hill Gang's" "Christamas Rapping" circa 1979?

Uhm, The Sugarhill Gang hit "Rapper's Delight" samples "Good Times" by Chic. And John almost does the same thing... Never head of the Christmas-thing you mention, but I sense another CHIC-sample.

So, that's why they sound similar (most likely).

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]pma wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Uhm, The Sugarhill Gang hit "Rapper's Delight" samples "Good Times" by Chic. And John almost does the same thing... Never head of the Christmas-thing you mention, but I sense another CHIC-sample.

So, that's why they sound similar (most likely).[/QUOTE]

true but if you check out "Christmas Rapping" which was before "Rappers Delight" you will hear even more of an influence.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]4freddie wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Does anyone else think it's uncanny how close the bass line of ABTD is to "Sugar Hill Gang's" "Christamas Rapping" circa 1979? [/QUOTE]
I'm sorry It was not SUGAR HILL GANG but "Kurtis Blow" who did "Christmas Rapping" So John must have gotten a hold of some BLOW

It's the boogie era, when the bassline was much all the same. Or very slightly different.

I always wanted to know....

How exactly does one Boogie?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]4freddie wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]4freddie wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Does anyone else think it's uncanny how close the bass line of ABTD is to "Sugar Hill Gang's" "Christamas Rapping" circa 1979? [/QUOTE]
I'm sorry It was not SUGAR HILL GANG but "Kurtis Blow" who did "Christmas Rapping" So John must have gotten a hold of some BLOW[/QUOTE]

Just reading the words in caps, one would think you were trying to tell us something... ;)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]An Ordinary Guy wrote: [/QUOTENAME]It's the boogie era, when the bassline was much all the same. Or very slightly different.[/QUOTE]

Go take a history lesson babe, John puposely lifted the "Good times" bass for another one bites the dust> it wasn't the coincidence you people are implying.

I know about the "Good Times" issue, just stating that the boogie basslines sound fairly resemblant (to me).

Don't you mean 'Rapper's Delight'? As mentioned above, the backing for 'Rapper's Delight' is lifted straight off Chic's 'Good Times' while AOBTD is a completely new recording (obviously based on the same bassline). John's bassline is actually different - less bubbly, more heavy - and despite it being influenced on an authentic funk track, was directly sampled by lots and lots of people since. From what I know, there is absolutely no connection between the Sugarhill Gang and Queen.

Your arguments are all fascinating, but rendered irrelevant by the fact that Good Times came out in mid 79, so whether Christmas Rapping or Rapper's Delight came first is redundant.

past 3:10 time you will discover the inspiration behind the song title:
The Revenge Of The Pink Panther (1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tirQRHVwfg

WTF?

John Deacon saw that movie when it premiered and noticed that awesome line in the movie, which got stuck with him, and used it a few months later... just like BM used that line from the "Flash" movie: "Who wants to live forever anyway!"

A few years ago I had a phone interview with Chic's Nile Rodgers. He told me John was in his studio some nights...