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gordonshumway:

The Decemberists, “Margaret in Captivity”

Since I don’t trust my own brain, I need someone else to listen to this Hazards of Love track and tell me that the fingerpicking doesn’t sound EXACTLY like Bon Jovi’s “Dead or Alive”.

For real, is this happening?

They’re both simple little walk-downs, from D probably, but while this one keeps repeating the same four phrases, the Bon Jovi one continues to walk all the way down. Or something.

I think the scary part is the Bon Jovi song may actually be better.

The other scary part is I bet you I could find a Robyn Hitchcock song that does the same thing.

Notes

  1. shanecyr reblogged this from sloganeerist and added:
    The way it carries down in the last measure is so damn close that I think it’s safe to say they should have known...
  2. sloganeerist reblogged this from gordonshumway and added:
    They’re both simple little walk-downs, from D probably, but while this one keeps repeating the same four phrases, the...
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