I didn’t know that Daft Punk lifted all of their best hooks from artists prominent in the 1970s. The new songs are largely most successful then their proginator. I’m guessing most people do not know that is the case however. I only recently discovered this heavy borrowing tactic myself. I guess the lesson is that if you can find an excellent beat/hook you should it exploit to create something largely original. It is therefore essential that you are listening to quality music that is worth re-writing. For example, I took “Please Mr Postman” & created a completely different song here:

Kinda nifty, I have no issue with reinventing existing content. In fact, I think that is a valid source of true innovating anyway. Interesting that I can’t think of this form of sampling occuring in literature, a sort of find in replace tactic….