I watched a really intersting film about Moby last night. There was a cool anecdote from one of his friends about when he produced the song GO, which *ahem* 'borrowed' the haunting synth chord sequence from the Twin Peaks theme tune.
Apparently when the tune made it into the big time, Moby received a letter from David Lynch basically saying 'Oi! you ripped off our music, we're going to sue your vegan ass' (OK I paraphrased that a bit but you get the jist.)
So how did Moby handle it? Did he go to his lawyers and start preparing his defence? Did he go public with a campaign against litigious capitalist swines? Nope, he just wrote a nice letter back to Lynch explaining (genuinely) how much he loved the show and about his favourite characters/plot-lines, and asked Lynch nicely if he'd mind them using the chord sequence.
And David Lynch's response? 'Oh what the hell, it's a great track so good luck with it. Glad you like the show'.
Cue feelings of warmth and good karma all round. Nice.
Here's the track by the way:
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