At least a little bit. I mean that song was first and was a big enough hit that Roger had to have heard it. And is wasn't like Zapp's first album had the "Zapp Sound" all over it. More Bounce wasn't really indicative of how the rest of the album sounded... and I remember seeing Roger talk about how More Bounce was the last track they cut for that album. I'm not saying he straight jacked VM but we can't act like More Bounce was created in a vacuum either.
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