In an interview for Uncut (Nov '08) Andrew Loog Oldham derided The Verve over their use of a Stones sample on Bitter Sweet Symphony.
He joked to Uncut that he'd bought "a pretty presentable watch strap" with the royalties he'd earned from the song.
He said, "They [Allen Klein, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards] have the watch and I have a pretty presentable watch strap. That's my little piece".
"As for Richard Ashcroft, well, I don't know how an artist can be severely damaged by that experience. Songwriters have learned to call songs their children, and he thinks he wrote something. He didn't. I hope he's got over it. It takes a while".
this guy's a moron. the verve did sooo much with that sample.
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