Gift Of Screws tracklisting

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Originally Posted by David

Not only has it never been officially confirmed, but the very existence of those two songs has never been officially acknowledged -- to the public, at least.

Personally, I just don't hear the similarity between the two. And at the time that "Shuffle Riff" was submitted to label execs, "Hit & Run" was already in circulation as some sort of demo or rough. It seems odd to rename a song "Shuffle Riff" from "Hit & Run" -- I can imagine it happening the other way, though. But that doesn't jibe with the time frame.

Is it possible that people are thinking of something called "Steve's Riff"?

People have associated the two because they both sound violent - bones are broken in "Shuffle Riff," and bones are presumably broken when one is hit and run, lol. But that was more of a desperate grab than anything concrete such as timeline considerations, etc. No one has associated it with "Steve's Riff" because that already had a subtitle, "Wear You Down" (which could have been contrived by a fan, admittedly. The copy I have is only labelled 'Steve's Riff' and for a long time I thought he said "WORK you down" as in work you over sexually. Still like that idea better lol). Of course lyrically no one can really discern what he's saying in that, and although I don't hear "hit and run" in there, that's absolutely meaningless when it comes to titles. Where is "out on the road" in "That's Enough for Me"? So I guess it very well could be "Steve's Riff" or - something we haven't heard! Imagine that! lol

P.S. It was quite difficult pretending I didn't know the words to Down on Rodeo at Soundstage.