AboutMatt Maguire Expertise I am new to allexperts, but have plenty of knowledge and experience in the realm of Sublime. Guarantee: you will receive an answer within 2 days of posting the question -- I have no feedback so far and would like to build some.
I can answer most questions about the band, the significance of the lyrics, the show dates,
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Experience I have been a huge fan for 14 years, I ran a server which distributed Sublime's live and unreleased music 24/7 for 4 years, I have answered questions about the band daily for years on their old website, and I know some of the largest collectors in the world. I created the 5 CD bootleg "Rewind Selector" which documents the influences of Sublime and was the topic of a Spin Magazine interview.
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Expert: Matt Maguire Date: 2/26/2008 Subject: Sample: waiting for my ruca
Question in the very beginning of the song a very short clip of another song is played. any idea what song that is??
Answer Sage --
This answer and the answer to almost all of your sample questions is in the searchable text for Rewind Selector and is freely downloaded with the audio here: http://rewindselector.bwlng.com
For that specific song, this is what was said (answers your question, and then some):
Sublime may have the best use of a dog barking sample in their music, but when 40oz to Freedom was being made, oddly enough, this idea wasn’t original. Sorry, Louie/Toby, but Jane’s Addiction recorded Been Caught Stealing in 1990. That’s a small history lesson, but it goes with the theme from Sublime’s use of the Minutemen’s sample. D. Boon is the one who says “Punk rock changed out lives,” but is often confused with Bradley as Bert Susanka is confused with Brad in the line “Smoked cigarettes ‘til the day she died!” D. Boon, Mike Watt, and George Hurley are all mentioned in the Thanks Dub at the end of 40oz to Freedom. Speaking of the Thanks Dub, most people have only heard the short version. There is a long version that doesn’t cut out that was only available on the original and very rare 40oz cassette tape. That runs six minutes, so if you have never heard Miguel thank Queen Latifa or the Beastie Boys or you, then you are missing half of it.
