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[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Sugar

Jaw-dropping, no?

I wonder if she had heard of this song? If Waddy came up with the riff, it is possible she thought it was his alone. After all, the Police song was not a hit, etc.

I cannot remember now, but is there a piano demo or working demos of EO17 prior to the riff being made?

[Sugar]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I cannot remember now, but is there a piano demo or working demos of EO17 prior to the riff being made?

Nothing like that that I can think of. To my mind, all the "demos" sound more like rought cuts of the final...though I may be wrong.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Sugar

Nothing like that that I can think of. To my mind, all the "demos" sound more like rought cuts of the final...though I may be wrong.

I thought so. But, I no longer trust my memory, which is sad as my quick wit is lessened

[David]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I wonder if she had heard of this song? If Waddy came up with the riff, it is possible she thought it was his alone. After all, the Police song was not a hit, etc.

I don't hear any major similarity between the two. The percussion pattern sort of, but other than that, nothing to my ears.
If you take the Heart song "Barracuda" & slow the tempo by about a third, that's a lot more Edge Of Seventeenish.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by David

I don't hear any major similarity between the two. The percussion pattern sort of, but other than that, nothing to my ears.
If you take the Heart song "Barracuda" & slow the tempo by about a third, that's a lot more Edge Of Seventeenish.

Interesting, but the riff in Barracuda has those pauses. But, I see your point, though I think the Police song does sound like E017.