Just the name of this track makes me nauseuos, LUV THIS TRACK IT RELLY BRINGZ BCJ THE VIVES FROM THE 60S I JUST CNNH GET ENUF OF THIS TRACK I THINK FLAKE IS MY FAVRY ARTISTO ❤️❤️✌, @Adstract not cha cha. Cardi B feat. I couldn’t believe it, man, that one song got me to go and play in 38 countries, all over the nation, all 50 states. All these tracks (The Goose, Big John Is My Name, Why Can't We Live Together) use the same or similar drum machines. Please sign in or sign up. Torres Describes Harrowing 48 Hours Trying to Return Home, The Viral Countdown: The Race to React to COVID-19, The Cost of Coronavirus: How Young Guv Ended Up Stranded, The Killers Double Down on Arena Rock With. 1 R&B — and his is No. And Overtown Records signed me to a contract, [thanks to co-founders] Tom Bowker and Jan Lisewski. I knew that the scale progression probably was sampled, today the beat producers are very cheap musically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M135cJj3_30. Interesting video Timmy Thomas did with Nardwuar obviously talking about the sample and other stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVGMmEJrUiQ. This isn’t the first time that “Why Can’t We Live Together” has been sampled, or covered. manlyfish said 4 years ago: @daniti85- The drums are also similar to "The Goose" by Parliament. And it feels good behind what he’s saying. I can look back and I can see it vividly, what just happened. And I was surprised by the fact that he didn’t redo the track and use another drummer… he just used the whole track. Can you believe, I had a top-three song in 1973, of this same music — and No. Well, the first time that I heard it, believe it or not, was one of my family members from out of the city calls me: “Timmy, have you heard Drake’s new record?” I said “No.” He said, “I swear it sounds like ‘Why Can’t We Live Together.’ Like the original track.” Then I get another phone call. Damn, this might just be a sample speed-up, but the syncopation with the trap beat is just pretty. Copyright © 2020 WhoSampled.com Limited. After spending most of the last few decades teaching, Thomas recently signed to the Miami-based Overtown Records, and is currently planning his first album in over 20 years, to capitalize off his momentum. I had just moved to Miami. But let me tell you what really happened — and Henry Stone summed it up for me. “And I’m excited about that, because even my kids come in every day, talking about ‘Dad, we heard your song “Hotline Bling” about three or four times today.'”. @daniti85 - yeah I heard Pink & Blue too. Do you have any favorite songs that have repurposed that song already? I was excited that my kids had to say “Daddy, here’s what he’s saying.” It’s like I had to get into a rap dictionary to find out some of the things he was saying. Even though he had changed the message that I had, you know, “Why can’t we live together.” But what it does is it gives me a chance for my name to be back out there, and gives me a chance to say something to the young people again. That was my foot playing bass, that was my left-hand playing guitar… Could never believe that as a one-man band, something like that would’ve been played that much. Cha cha is a super mario sample. I kinda want to hear someone sample the James Murphy joint now that I know. Imagine complaining about sampling on a sample site. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it’s gonna do well. Drake's Hotline Bling sample of Timmy Thomas's Why Can't We Live Together XXXTENTACION's Look at Me! I knew that probably the scale progression was sampled, today the beat producers are very musically cheap. The one-man band himself. Are you lost? When that song hit it so big, did you expect that you’d be able to do more songs that reached that same level of international fame? Bing! That’s the original ‘Why Can’t We Live Together’!” I said, “My Goodness!”. Rihanna and Swizz Beatz's Famous sample of Sister Nancy's Bam Bam. I’m verrry excited.”, Some veteran musicians tend to get territorial and dismissive — if not downright nasty — when younger artists take elements of their older hits to craft new ones, particularly when the original work is lifted into a wildly new and different context. sample of James Brown's Get Up Offa That Thing, Jay-Z and Kanye West's Niggas in Paris sample of Reverend W.A. In a war that we can’t come to the table and sit down and talk about this, without so many families losing their loved ones?” I said, “Why can’t we live together?”. You must be logged in to comment. Kendrick Lamar's Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe sample of Boom Clap Bachelors's Tiden Flyver. I was really disappointed that this, yet again, was almost completely sampled. I like his rap, number one; I like his voice, number two, because he tells a story, he doesn’t have to use any profanity to tell the story. Also love Nineteen85 for showing me Maya Jane Coles. Report wrong information or missing video, Why Can't We Live Together (War and Peace Mix), Why Can't We Live Together (LNTG No More Work Rework), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVGMmEJrUiQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M135cJj3_30, Kanye West feat. So did you have any previous impressions of Drake? These might all be the same instrument. Listen to this and "Pink & Blue". So I’m excited about that, to have a second chance. "Why Can't We Live Together" by Sade is a cover of Timmy Thomas's "Why Can't We Live Together". Oooh, man, yes I would. Can you talk a little bit about the moment that inspired the original “Why Can’t We Live Together”? I’m excited. Why Can't We Live Together by Timmy Thomas on WhoSampled. I think that one got rejected too apparently. Think about how honored I should feel that I would have [such success with] the same song, twice in a lifetime, and maybe go to No. Drake has been consistently using really great beats for a while now. sample of Mala's Changes. Yes, I did. I think Outkast sampled this on The Love Below album. You mean that many mothers’ children died today? Did he get into contact with you, or did you talk with his people or anything? lol. SPIN caught up with Timmy Thomas to discuss his gratitude about returning to the radio, as well as his memories about the recording and impact of “Why Can’t We Live Together,” and his plans for making the most of being back in the spotlight. Why Can't We Live Together by Timmy Thomas - discover this song's samples, covers and remixes on WhoSampled That light went off. We’ve got all these concerts that we’re going to do… I’m gonna be working with some of the TK [Records] artists, Little Beaver, hopefully Clarence Reid, things like that. Kanye West feat. I said, “Why can’t we live together?” Bing! So if Drake invited you on stage sometime to play with him, would you join up? But I do believe that the world was ready to start changing a little bit. Not just him using my music, because there are a million artists out there, and a million songs out there that he could have used for his background, and he chose mine. “He put the name Timmy Thomas back out there, so I can immediately do this again,” the one-man band raves of Drake. It’s not just totally R&B. But there were no laws like that. And they played local artists then… they played it, and the phones lit up. In some instances, in the past, there have been places and times when people have used an artist’s song and then the artist gets nothing. Listen to both songs on WhoSampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. I went alone, and I went to a place called Soweto, which is right out of Johannesburg. I was very proud to listen to what he had done with it. Wow. @daniti85- The drums are also similar to "The Goose" by Parliament. 1… that’s something to tell your grandkids. And “hotline bling,” I had no idea what that meant, by the way. This couldn’t be less the case with 70-year-old soul man Timmy Thomas, who recently saw the creeping organ hook and skeletal, tap-tapping beat of his classic signature hit — “Why Can’t We Live Together,” recorded entirely by Thomas, an unexpected top-five chart-crasher back in 1973 — sampled by Drake for his current Billboard smash, the skanking late-night moan, “Hotline Bling.”, Despite Drizzy repurposing Timmy’s plea for universal tolerance to lament his ex girl going out too much, Thomas is over the moon about his song being on the radio again 42 years later — especially since it’s timed with him relaunching his own solo career. I thought a modern so-called producer actually had some musical talent to put this simple progression and a vintage drum machine together - but no. And that’s what really makes it important to me, to be able to say, “Drake, man, I’m honored, thank you to your music family that chose the ‘Why Can’t We Live Together’ track.” And it’s the original rhythm track! Yep, Sade covered it, Steve Winwood covered it, Santana covered it, Joan Osborne. And I started writing it then. And that song made the change. That would really be nice, if he were to make a video, and have me doing my track behind him at an organ. not the first time they've been wrong... @Daniti85 I think the Outkast track used either this Timmy Thomas record or The Undisputed Truth's 'Big John is the name' which also has similar drums.