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J wrote at 2006-07-23 14:03:42
oh my god I can't tell you how grateful I am (not that you'll probably every read this again as the original post was so long ago). But I watched Network for the first time yesterday and it's been driving me MAD which song that quote was sampled in. I've googled everything i can think of and finally found this! thank you thank you thank you!!

Troy wrote at 2007-09-26 00:49:39
I heard the song on the Alex Jone show as he was coming back from commercial, it has the whole howard beale "mad as hell" rant then hard metal like 80's metallica or something. can't find it anywhere

Fallen0ne wrote at 2007-11-08 02:51:42
I've heard another clubby industrial track that has that as the opening, I believe it was released under the soulwax label, maybe it was 2manydjs... yes. found it. 2 many djs - track 01 - 01 - as heard on radio soulwax pt. 3.mp3 from 2many djs part3. might be what you're after

Hal wrote at 2010-01-06 20:21:27
There are samples of the monologue from this film in Sublime's cover of "We're Only Gonna Die for Our Arrogance," recorded in 1992 on the album 40 oz to freedom.

Matt wrote at 2011-02-19 09:21:22
I have had the same question and I just found the answer an hour ago



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Harry wrote at 2011-10-09 12:43:14
Hey i was looking for this as well and it's also used in Bliss n Eso's "The Sea is Rising"

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I actively search out want lists of rare, hard-to-find & out-of- print Lps & CDs, antiques and collectables items, books, lyrics, sheet music and any other audio/visual media & format as well, for individuals, traders, retail outlets and online auctions. My specialty is 60`s (psych & garage rock, doo-wop, girls groups, etc.) & 70`s (hard, punk, progressive, etc.), although I have acquired a large range of knowledge in the 80`s & 90`s and on any other style & period as well. As a researcher in musical subjects, I have received requests to write programme notes for modern & classical music, history of music, forms, contemporary music life, bibliographic references, among other topics.

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I'm an Independent Consultant for music legal rights & copyright
law (Musical Performance & Mechanical Rights) for 32 years in
Brazil, as well as private record collector, trader & music
researcher.

Organizations
Sociedade Independente de Compositores e Autores Musicais
(SICAM), Sociedade Brasileira de Escritores de Musica (SABEM),
Escritorio Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição (ECAD), among
others copyright societies.

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Law School "Largo Sao Francisco", at the University of Sao
Paulo, Brazil.
Still working as translator and subtitler at MTV Brazil.

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