This Is the Shop (Excellent Candy)
Peter Gabriel v 50 Cent
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So I was watching Laurie Anderson’s incredible 1986 concert film Home of the Brave, and when she got to the song “Excellent Birds”, a song she cowrote with Peter Gabriel, I was unable to shake the fact that the main melodic riff is extremely similar to the one in 50 Cent’s “Candy Shop”. I was shocked to find that no one else on the internet had pointed this out, so I had to make this.
I used the Peter Gabriel recording of “Excellent Birds” just because it had quite a bit more beef in the rhythm section, but if you’ve read this far please check out Laurie Anderson’s work especially Mister Heartbreak and Big Science. Thank you.