After all, the Pop Will Eat Itself motto is: Sample It, Loop It, Fuck It and Eat It.
Go Box Frenzy Album
"Any minute now, Pop Will Eat Itself"- Andy Kershaw, Radio One DJ, UK
"Very much like scruffy pigs to look at"- This is taken from an interview with Donald Campbell before he got into Bluebird and attempted the speed record.
The chorus riff is from "Li'l Devil" by the Cult.
The main loop in the song (minus guitars), are taken from UK radio station jingles. The loop was used as the backing for the weekly charts rundown.
"Attention young ladies! Attention young ladies!"- Taken from a commercial for nursing positions.
"I`m out!" and "How d`ya keep your wheels spinnin`, when the Beaver`s grinnin`?"-From Convoy (1970s).
"Rockman Rock!" Taken from Justified Ancients of MuMu's (AKA The KLF) 'Rockman Rock'.
"The time sponsored by Accurist will be..." This is a recording of British Telecom's Speaking Clock.
"do one more..." Duane Eddy from 'Peter Gunn' by Art of Noise.
"...precisely" The Speaking clock concluding telling the time.
Kind of a gulping noise. (A very abruptly edited sample)- Taken from Aliens (1986). The Aliens crawling across the roof of the medical centre.
"Ahhh"- Jon Anderson of Yes from "Topographic Oceans" album
Music box and accompaniment- From Ridley Scott's film 'Legend'. The scene in which the demon gives the princess a bridal gown.
"When I fall in love, it will be forever..." Righteous Brother's 'You've Lost that Loving Feeling'
"and now it`s gone, gone, gone, whoah" also from 'You've lost that Loving Feeling'
"and I can`t go on, whoah" also from 'You've lost that Loving Feeling'
"You never close your eyes anymore" also from 'You've lost that Loving Feeling'
"She loves me... She loves me not!" Dianna Rigg as Emma Peel in the TV show The Avengers
The wailing before "When she wears hoop stockings..."- From T Rex 'Telegram Sam'.
"Wham, bam!"- from the chorus of Wham's 'Wham Rap'
"Lock all doors"-
"We're here to take care of you"-
Porn movie heavy breathing- from Deep Throat (porn film)
"Leave a sample in the jar please!"- from a low-budget 60's horror film, The House That Dripped Blood
"Woo! Come on everybody"- Eddie Cochrane, from the song of the same name.
The guitar riffs are from 'Something Else' (also by Cochrane)
There are also many references to the Poppies earlier singles:
"She tried to shoot the Poppies, but the POPPIES SAY GRRR.."
"She went to the disco, `cos she wanted to rock"
"But the guys on the door said, "it`s just POPPIECOCK"
"She asked me could she borrow my F1-11"
"I said it`s SWEET SWEET PIE, and took her up to heaven.."
"Take, take, take, take" etc.-Mel and Kim Appleby's 'Respectable'
"Stand and deliver!" -from 'Stand and Deliver' by Adam and the Ants.
Bass line and melody from 'The Jack That House Built' by Jack 'n' Chill.
"Don't mean robbin', stealin', or muggin"- from 'We're Only Bugging' by Whistle.
This is the music to an old BBC children's programme called Camberwick Green.
"This is a musical box.."-from "Burundi Blues" by Beats International.The vocal sample is definitely Brian Cant speaking at the beginning of 'Trumpton'.
This Is The Day... This Is The Hour... This Is THIS!
"P WEI...PWE...I"- from PWEI's 'Radio PWEI'
"This is the sound of..."- from PWEI's 'Hit the High-Tech Groove'
"ugly"- from PWEI`s 'Ugly'
"Go ahead..." Clint Eastwood's classic line from "Dirty Harry"
"Groovy" from Ash from Evil Dead 2.
"Kick a hole in the speaker"- from Eric B. and Rakim 'Paid In Full'.
"This is the law!"- The animal men from the film 'The Island Of Doctor Moreau'.
guitar samples from Jimi Hendrix: 'Foxy Lady'.
"The perverts! The perverts! Coming out of the closet!"- Jimmy Swaggart US televangelist.
"Can you dig it?"- from the film 'The Warriors'.
"Oh yeah"- from 'Ugly' by PWEI
"Make some noise!"- from the intro to the 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions' album by Public Enemy.
"Shake what you got!"- from Salt 'N' Pepa, 'Shake Your Thang'.
"Yeah that's right, kick it!"- from Public Enemy's 'Yo! Bum Rush The Show'.
"Hell yeah (Hell yeah)"- from 'Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic' on Public Enemy's '...Nation Of Millions' album.
Drums from 'Kray Twins' by Renegade Soundwave
"She loves me not" Miles Hunt from The Wonder Stuff credited as Twig the WonderKid
"Shee-eee-eee's" from PWEI's 'She's Surreal' off 'Go Box Frenzy'
"Sixteen different flavours of hell" from PWEI's 'Wise Up! Sucker'
"You played it for her, now play it for me. Play it." Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca.
"RIFFS - YEAH!" From the movie, `The Warriors`
"Let's get down to it, boppers" `The Warriors` again.
Under "let's get down to it boppers" (Also in Def.Con.One) is a brief Twilight Zone sample
Guitar Riff from 'We Care A Lot' by Faith No More.
"Can U Dig It?" from 'The Warriors' as well
"We like the music" from "Yessir I can boogie"
"...you pick the heart! And remember-" from Robocop
"Because bigger is better -- that old American tradition" from Robocop
"Elway is going for the bomb..." from Superbowl XXII - Denver vs Washington. Ricky Nattiel scored on a bomb from Elway on Denver's first play.
"This is THIS... This ain't somethin' else!"- Robert DeNiro, from the film 'The Deer Hunter'
"This is how we live!" from love and rockets' 'Jungle Law' off the Love and Rockets
"Somewhere in the sprawling metropolis, another job for..." from a Rice Krispies ad where Snap, Crackle and Pop are portrayed as superheroes.
"Music is just... Organized noise" (Source unknown)"I don`t like songs" (Source unknown)"Poison to the Mind" (Source unknown)
The Twilight Zone theme (along with part of the beginning monologue) "Right now!" from The Creatures (Siouxsie and Budgie from the Banshees' side project), from their version of 'Right Now'
"Let's get down to it boppers" from the film 'The Warriors'
The entire drum track is sampled from 'Beat Dis' by Bomb the Bass
Drum 'roll' at beginning and repeated throughout tune- taken from the intro to 'Dancing in the Street' by Lionel Ritchie.
High-pitched melodic line after "Ground floor... coming up!"melody line from Lipps Inc's 'Funky Town' but sampled from Pseudo Echo's cover version.
"ground floor - coming up" quote from the graphic novel Watchmen by Dave Gibbons & Alan Moore (Which is also referred to in 'Can U Dig It?').
"Big Mac, fries to go" from Watchmen.
"Ten to Doomsday" from Watchmen.
"How sick is Dick, how gone is Ron?" from Watchmen.
"To the left/To the right y'all" Run DMC.
The "Whaa" bits in the chorus- The Osmonds' 'Crazy Horses'.
"Check 1! Check 2! Check 3! Right about now..." Salt 'N' Pepa, 'My Mike Sounds Nice'.
Guitar riff under "Watchmen, we love you all" from "I wanna be your dog" by Iggy and the Stooges.
"What's the time?" from Beastie Boys' 'Time to get ill'.
"Couldn't survive without my radio" from World Domination Enterprises' cover of the above
"Talking...Talking...Talking to you" from Tears For Fears' 'Shout'
"That's Right" from Mantronix' 'Get Stupid (part III)'
"Yeah, that's right, kick it!" Flavor Flav of Public Enemy
"We'll talk of anything, everything if you want, thing." from Pink Floyd's 'Bike' off of 'The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn'
"Astley's in the noose..." from The Wonder Stuff's 'Astley In The Noose'
The horn fanfare at the beginning is taken from James Brown
"Say turn it up! Suckers! Suckers!" KRS 1 / Boogie Down Productions.
"Radio, TV and video" from PWEI's 'Radio PWEI'
"Offer expires while you wait" Eric Idle, playing 'Wreck-Car' in 'Transformers: The Movie'
The musical structure is from a large sample of 'Mama' by Genesis.
"I wanna get into it, man, you know!" Mr James Brown
"Fellas, I'm ready to get up and do my thing" Mr James Brown
"We're gonna do a song..." Mr James Brown
"Whaaaooah!!" Mr James Brown
Cymbals from `Kray Twins' by Renegade Soundwave
"Wake up! Time to die!" from the film 'Bladerunner' - Leons says it before he is about to kill DeckardThe PWEI Cure for Sanity
Themes or phrases from all of the tunes on the disc appear under the monologue.
The Twilight Zone theme can be heard very faintly during the first verse.
Contains the same guitar that was in 'Can U Dig It?'
High distorted guitar stab and yell from PWEI's 'Sixteen Different Flavours of Hell'
"You've stopped dancing" The Who, from 'Quadrophenia'
"Get up! - And make it snappy!" Dickie in Roman Polanski's mid 60's film 'Cul De Sac'.
"Ooh Ahh-ahh" from Marina Van Roy, 'Sly One'.
Angry crowd chanting "Death to the Klan!" from news footage of an anti - Ku Klux Klan demonstration in Greensburg, North Carolina (spoken in the background bya newsreader-type voice) in the late seventies.
"Right" from the Sex Pistols' "Anarachy in the UK"
"Let me tell you something about love, it has a voracious appetite... It eats anything." "Well, I'll tell you something else, you feed it right and it can be a beautiful thing and that's what we have..." "So watch out world! 'Cause nobody can stop it! Nobody! Ever!" from Aerosmith's Sweet Emotion
"Je t'aime!" "Encore!" from the film 'Betty Blue'
"No Pop! No Style!" from Althea and Donna, 'Uptown Toprankin''.
Looped piano sample from 'Slim Jenkin's Place' by Booker T. & The MG's.
guitar riff from Neneh Cherrie's and Michael Stipe's 'Trout'.
The high-pitched voice singing "T.R.O.U.B.L.E." in 'We Got Trouble" by Age of Chance.
"We LIKE it, we LIKE it!" from the Flintstones cartoon - Wilma & Betty.
"Move your body" from 'Don't Make Me Wait' by Bomb the Bass.
"Shake Your Rump" from Beastie Boys in the song of the same name.
"Doo do do doo do do doo do do" from Coldcut in their remix of Eric B & Rakim's 'Paid in Full'
"Rockman rock" Same sample as in 'Ugly'
BBC Football coverage. Cicciolina herself
Repeating metallic percussion shaker from 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' by Yes.
Bassline from a Stone Roses cover of 'These Boots Are Made For Walking'.
Deep bass notes, xylophone chords and the instrumental fadeout bit from Eric Satie's 'Gymnopedie I for Piano'.
Looping guitar riff in the background sampled from 'Soon' by My Bloody Valentine
"Never rub another man`s rhubarb! Hee hee hee!" from Jack Nicholson (as Joker in Batman)
"We are the people. We suffered. We were there..." from the political campaign in the film 'Taxi Driver'.
"Bungle, bungle" (sounds like it's an instrument)- Zippy from the former children's TV program 'Rainbow'.
"You CAN fly without fear. You WILL fly without fear. You are DETERMINED to fly without fear." from a late-night UKchat show called 'The James Whale Radio Show'.
"What you`re looking at could be the end of a particularly terrifying nightmare. It isn`t.. it`s the beginning!" from 'Twilight Zone.
"Welcome to hell!" from Jean-Claude Van Damme's movie `Death Warrant'.
"Fasten your seatbelt" from the film 'Total Recall'.
"Hope you enjoyed the ride" From the film 'Total Recall'.
Horn sample from 'Dragnet' theme.
"Attention, Emergency" from 'Aliens'. The entire quote is "Attention! Emergency! All personnel must evacuate immediately! You have fifteen minutes to reach minimum safe distance."
"Very metal" and "Noise pollution" are from PWEI's 'Preaching to the Perverted' off 'This Is THIS'.
"That's noise pollution what you're doing!" from the Stephen King film 'Christine'
The loop at the very beginning from a song by the Glove. (Robert "The Cure" Smith and Steven "Siouxsie & the Banshees" Severin's solo project).
During the first break in the song (After the line "I wish I could do it... do it") is part of Simon & Garfunkel's 'Cecilia'.
The drum loop is by Japan from their song 'Visions of China'.
The keyboard sequence behind "Night and day I got a place to stay" is the intro to 'Quiet Life' by Japan.
Sample of laughter from Caesar Romero as the Joker from the 'Batman' TV show.
The Looks or the Lifestlye?
Low-Fi, brassy segment at end from 'Mod Squad' TV show.
"La la... La la" at end from 'Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)' from 'Dirk Wears White Sox'.
The scream is Perry Farrel of"Ocean Size" by Jane's Addiction.
"Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!"from 'Total Recall', describing the adventure holiday Arnie is about to embark on.
The chanting at the very beginning is from Akira (animated Japanese movie).
The percussive breathing from Clown Gang music in 'Akira'.
"The power... exists in everyone" 'Akira' again.
"There`s no other way!' 'Akira' again.
"The power of Akira exists in everyone." 'Akira' again.
"It's time" 'Akira' again.
"Okay let's do it" 'Akira' again.
"There's no other way!" 'Akira' again.
"Do you hear me?!" Tetsuo, also from Akira.
Big vocal chorus- the Rolling Stones' 'You Can't Always Get What You Want'.
"My mama told me... to tell YOU!" from 'Mama said knock you out' by LL Cool J.
Percussive sound is from the original Star Trek TV show.
All the lyrics in this song are taken from lines spoken by Dennis Hopper's character in David Lynch's film 'Blue Velvet'.
The nightclub jazz is A sped-up sample from 'One On The Rocks' by INXS.
Choir-like singing in the background- from Akira.
Speech during song- Harry Dean Stanton talking in the film 'Paris, Texas'
The lunatic laughing sound at the beginning is Jack Nicholson, from the movie 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.'
The bell- from the soundtrack to 'Yellow Submarine'.
Dos Dedos Mis Amigos
Industrial noise from the main theme from the movie 'Terminator 2'
"White People's Committee is not embarrassed to admit that we endorse and seek the execution of all homosexuals, the negroes, ... blacks, the hispanics, and Chinese..." (Fun-Da-Mental mixes) William S. Burroughs.
Heavy guitar riff- from 'Kashmir' by Led Zeppelin.
"Laaaa..." introduction to chorus -from the chorus of 'The Real Thing' by Russel Morris.
Warbling, slowed-down vocal sound at end of tune- Pygmy vocal from 'Lullabye' by 'Deep Forest'.
Rhythm-taken from the main rhythm of 'Round' by Public Image Limited.
Blips (sonar noise)- from a Disney movie "The Incredible Mr. Limpett".
High-pitched chanting- from '88 Seconds...' from 'Cure For Sanity' edited & sped up.
"See the weight come off"- from a British TV advert for SlimFast
Musical excerpt from 'Golgotha Tenement Blues' by Machines Of Loving Grace.
Drum beats sampled from Nine Inch Nails 'Closer'
The bass and part of the rythm from 'Until The End Of The World' by U2.
Tribal-type chanting from Pink Floyd's 'Atom Heart Mother Suite'
The tarzan-like yell is David Lee Roth from 'Everybody Wants Some'.
Guitar and percusion at start of tune used in the Youth Remix of 'Kiss Them For Me' by Siouxsie & The Banshees.
Fast guitar from Ministry's 'Thieves'.
"Ooh ooh" from Annie Lennox, 'Little Bird'
The last drum riff on the track from Nine Inch Nails' 'Happiness In Slavery'. xylophone sound at start- Akira
"whoop-whoop" from the Beastie Boys 'Shake Your Rump'.Sequencer riff from 'Baba O'Reilly' by The Who.
Harmonica- J. Geils Band
B-SIDES & OTHER ODDITIES
"Elvis"- Clint Poppie from 'Not Now James...'
"Elvis was a hero to most"- Public Enemy's Chuck D from 'Fight The Power'
"I bring you a warning. Tell the world. Keep watching the skies."- from the film 'The Thing (From Another World)'
Reversed vocals at beginning: "...Mars is more than 140 million miles from the sun..." from the prologue from the film of H.G. Wells' 'War Of The Worlds'
Reversed vocals at the end: "...we know for a fact that your planet has discovered a rudimentary kind of atomic energy... we also know of your experiments..." from the film 'The Day The Earth Stood Still'.
"Go ahead, make my day..." "This is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world" "Do you feel lucky?" "Inspector 71... can you read me? ...respond to your call..." All from Dirty Harry.Mechanical laughter- The Joker's laughing bag from the finale of 'Batman'
"Jeux sans frontiers" from the original by Peter Gabriel.
"Shotgun!" from Billy Idol';s 'White Wedding'.
Sample from the Beastie Boys' 'Slow And Low'.
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