- What were the skies like when you were young?
- They went on forever – They - When I - We lived in Arizona, and the skies always had little fluffy clouds in ‘em, and they were long, clear, and there were lots of stars, at night. And when it would rain, they would all turn - They were beautiful, the most beautiful skies as a matter of fact. Um, the sunsets were purple and red and yellow and on fire, and the clouds would catch the colors everywhere. That’s uh, neat cause I used to look at them all the time, when I was little. You don’t see that. You might still see it in the desert.
Rickie Lee Jones på KB i Malmö imorgon.
Jones was upset at the use of her voice being used without permission and pursued the issue in the legal system. Big Life chose to settle out of court for an undisclosed sum of money for use of her voice on The Orb’s recording.
The song also uses a harmonica sample from Ennio Morricone’s The Man With The Harmonica (from the film Once Upon a Time in the West) and parts of Electric Counterpoint and a piece for multitracked guitars composed by Steve Reich and recorded by Pat Metheny. Reich, unlike Jones, was “genuinely flattered” by The Orb’s use of his work and instructed his record company not to sue. Alex Paterson has also mentioned that fans would “die” if they discovered where the drums on Little Fluffy Clouds originated from. (wikipedia)