You rarely hear anyone cover the Beastie Boys. Is it because their songs rely so much on samples that they’re impossible to recreate legally without making a profit? How did they not get sued into oblivion with hundreds of samples used? Where do those royalties go today?

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Maybe they are so bad or nieche that it does not make sense to cover them?

    I mean, a piece is usually either covered because it is extreme popular, or because someone has a serious idea of how to improve it.