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Old 12-13-2014, 03:13 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Question what's the source of 80s Riff used by War On Terror in Red Eye
It's doing my head in....where does the riff in first 15 seconds of Red Eyes , by War On Drugs (Not War On Terror...sorry guys) come from?
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Old 12-13-2014, 06:27 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I'm assuming you mean The War on DRUGS? And the song is "Red eyes"? You should probably correct that if so. Don't know the riff: why do you think it's not original?
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Old 12-13-2014, 06:36 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I'm assuming you mean The War on DRUGS? And the song is "Red eyes"? You should probably correct that if so. Don't know the riff: why do you think it's not original?
Yes yes yes, so sorry. I shouldn't watch CNN while posting, their propoganda is entering my limited Psyche!

It's definitely very, very close to a very popular eighties opening riff: My brother has been trying to figure it out for 6 weeks and introduced me to his version of "torture by obsession" by asking for my help a few days ago. I originally though it may have been an Uncanny XMen riff, I don't know why, but I had the feeling it was an Aussie bad.
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Yes yes yes, so sorry. I shouldn't watch CNN while posting, their propoganda is entering my limited Psyche!

It's definitely very, very close to a very popular eighties opening riff: My brother has been trying to figure it out for 6 weeks and introduced me to his version of "torture by obsession" by asking for my help a few days ago. I originally though it may have been an Uncanny XMen riff, I don't know why, but I had the feeling it was an Aussie bad.
it can be a few things

It sounds like a cross between "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits and Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey"




It also sounds a little like the solo in this (fast forward to 3:00)

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Old 12-13-2014, 08:51 AM   #5 (permalink)
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it can be a few things

It sounds like a cross between "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits and Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey"




It also sounds a little like the solo in this (fast forward to 3:00)
Man I am IMPRESSED, dragging out a 3 second riff from 1/2way through a 30 year old song! Cudos. Not ringing bells for me personally, I never knew that TP tune, but I can see the relationship.
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