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Sleng Teng originated from Eddie Cochran?
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:23 am
by nugs
I recently heard that the Sleng Teng riddim was based off of Eddie Cochran's Somethin' Else? I can sort of hear a resemblance, is this a fact?
Eddie Cochran - Somethin' else
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyHXKZIKS0Y
Re: Sleng Teng originated from Eddie Cochran?
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:38 am
by Jumbo
yes it was. the riff of 'something Else' was one of the pre-set rhtyhms in the Casio MT-40 music box.
slowed down, with some added drums overdubs, it became the sleng teng riddim
Re: Sleng Teng originated from Eddie Cochran?
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:51 am
by Mick Sleeper
You can hear the similarity better on this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFLRqrh-Zao
Re: Sleng Teng originated from Eddie Cochran?
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:17 pm
by davek
Better still
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56hVoZ93QkA
But they weren't aware of the Eddie Cochran song itself, the only liked what they heard from the Casio (which had a riff based on the Cochran song as a "rock" pre-set).
It may seem like a slight distinction but an important one if The Cochran Estate is reading this!