what is the background track on the pharcyde's song 'passin' me by?'

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Clarification of Question by bantam-ga on 15 Feb 2005 19:43 PST

sorry, i made a typo in the subject line - good CLASSIC tunes - as in
1992 if that qualifies as being classic. sorry...

The Pharcyde used part of Quincy Jones's version of "Summer in the
City" in the background of "Passin' Me By." They also sampled Jimi
Hendrix's "Are You Experienced."

"JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE-- 'Are You Experienced?' 
'Passin Me By', Pharcyde 
 
 QUINCY JONES-- 'Summer in the City' 
'Passin Me By', The Pharcyde" 

Psycho Jello: Sample This
http://www.psycho-jello.com/samplethis.html

"The Elusive 'Passing Me By' Sample...
So if you're reading this you're familiar with the tasty organ sample
that plays during this classic song... The sample is from a Quincy
Jones song 'Summer In The City' on an out of print album called 'I
Heard That'."

Amazon: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde 
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005A09L

"What's also on here is Quincy Jones' cover of the Lovin' Spoonful's
'Summer In The City', the intro of which was sampled effectively in
the Pharcyde's 'Passin' Me By'."

John Book's Thrift Store Adventures
http://www.john-book.com/thrift/2004/021004.htm

Google Web Search: pharcyde "passin' me by" sample OR sampled
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pharcyde+%22passin%27+me+by%22+sample+OR+sampled

Google Web Search: pharcyde "passin' me by" "summer in the city"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pharcyde+%22passin%27+me+by%22+%22summer+in+the+city%22

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pinkfreud

FYI: That same organ line was re-used by a Nightmares On Wax on two of
their/his (it's a DJ) songs: "Les Nuits" and "Nights Interlude"

Check it out, I actually prefer these usages of it to the Pharcyde
version, but maybe that's because I'm into downtempo stuff with
minimal lyrics.

Just to avoid any hint of blaspheming, I will say that I was lucky
enough to see the Pharcyde in 2002 and "Passin Me By" was, of course,
one of the songs they did.