Aphex Twin Iran So Far Away

Lonely Island Interview From UGO

Here's the Aphex tidbit:

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UGO: Why isn’t “Iran So Far Away” on the album?

 

Jorma: There were some sample clearance issues. For that song I sampled Aphex Twin’s “Avril 14th” and his publishing company wouldn’t give us the rights.

 

Andy: Well, they would but…

 

Jorma: They cleared it for SNL. If we ever make a Best of SNL Shorts DVD we can put it on there, it can be on repeats of SNL, but it wasn’t cleared for the album.

 

Andy: It could have technically been cleared for the album…

 

Jorma: But they asked for an outrageous amount of money.

 

Andy: For the record, Aphex Twin was super cool about the whole thing. It was the label.

RDJ was cool with it it seems.

okay

  Q27 said:

Lonely Island Interview From UGO

 

Here's the Aphex tidbit:

  Quote

UGO: Why isn’t “Iran So Far Away” on the album?

 

Jorma: There were some sample clearance issues. For that song I sampled Aphex Twin’s “Avril 14th” and his publishing company wouldn’t give us the rights.

 

Andy: Well, they would but…

 

Jorma: They cleared it for SNL. If we ever make a Best of SNL Shorts DVD we can put it on there, it can be on repeats of SNL, but it wasn’t cleared for the album.

 

Andy: It could have technically been cleared for the album…

 

Jorma: But they asked for an outrageous amount of money.

 

Andy: For the record, Aphex Twin was super cool about the whole thing. It was the label.

RDJ was cool with it it seems.

It wasn't his 'label' per se, but Chrysalis, the publishing company that handles his music.