Wish You Were Here and Silver Springs???

[golddustwoman77]

Today, I thought I would give Mirage "a listen," because I hadn't listened to it in a good while in its entirety. I noticed something that I haven't really noticed before. I noticed that the beginning of "Wish You Were Here" (the musical intro, not the lyrics) bares a striking resemblance to the musical beginning of "Silver Springs." They sound almost exactly the same at the beginning!

Has anyone else noticed this? Was "Wish You Were Here's" intro inspired by "Silver Springs's intro?" As we know, Christine wrote the music for "Wish You Were Here," and Stevie wrote "Silver Springs." They were written at totally different times with "Silver Springs" coming first on the b-side to "Go Your Own Way," and "Wish You Were Here" coming out on Mirage. So, that might lead me to believe that "Silver Springs" inspired Christine to use almost the same musical intro for "Wish You Were Here," or did Christine contribute that intro to "Silver Springs" and use it again later? If she did, it hasn't been mentioned, as far as I know. I just thought it was interesting, and I thought it would be something interesting to discuss. Thoughts? Ideas?