Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me and Panic in Detroit?

[LMP]

I was learning "Panic in Detroit" by David Bowie on guitar recently and found the main riff very similar-sounding to the main riff of "Hold Me, Thrill Me..."

I'm not saying U2 copied Bowie 0MG! or that it's a bad thing, I'm probably wrong anyway. Did anyone else find the two songs similar?

 

[Zooropean103]

There's also one moment in HMTMKMKM which is almost identical to Children of The Revolution riff by T. Rex (the end of each verse)

 

[Screwtape2]

You can really tell when you listen to live versions of Panic In Detriot. I doubt it was intentional. HMTMKMKM sounds more like something inspired out of Desire than a Bowie inspiration.

 

[david]

U2 borrows from everyone!

Stupid Bono the burglar!

 

[LMP]

It might've been this guy: