like wow man

[bluegreen17]

does anyone remember soho's "hippie chick"? i just heard it on the radio and the only other place i ever heard it was in the indie record store i worked in on saturdays back in the late eighties. it's a cool dance tune...the kind of dance stuff like stone roses and ride. does anyone remember ride for that matter? they were my favorite of the stone rosesish types. oh,and i liked darling buds' crystal clear. very groovy.

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[godblossom.livejournal.com]

got no flowers for your gun
no hippie chick
won't make love to change your mind
no hippie chick

I adore that song! It came out when I was in Northern Ireland and after I got over my initial preciousness about them stealing the riff from "how soon is now", I went out and got the single :)

[bluegreen17]

i thought you might know this one,so i'm glad you caught this entry. i don't know if they stole the riff...or just 'sampled' it...i missed that part of the song when just hearing it,as i just turned on the radio...anyway,i wonder if the smiths got royalties or credit for that? it's funny,because i was reading how johnny marr stole the opening chords for 'there is a light' from some stone song and wondered if anyone would notice,since people do that stuff all the time.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I once heard an interview with Johnny Marr after the group broke up where he was asked to name his five favorite Smiths songs. He ended up naming four actual Smiths songs and "Hippychick."

As for Soho, I've got that album plus one of their other albums, and they have samples from other songs I vaguely recognize but can't name.

[bluegreen17]

i love johnny marr's answer. ha. and that's cool that you had their albums. i have such groovy people on my friends list!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I even bought a couple of Soho cassette singles so I could hear the B-sides. Man, I wish I could still afford to buy singles just to hear one song!

[godblossom.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure its lifted although a quick search didn't turn up any writing credits. I mean, who could duplicate *that* riff?

:D