Listening Wind/Plot 180

[LemonMelon]

Not sure if this has ever been brought up before, but I think Eno may have recycled a song for Passengers:

YouTube - Listening wind (Talking Heads)

YouTube - Plot 180 - Passengers (U2/Eno) | Miami Vice

This really took me by surprise when I heard it. The two aren't exactly the same; Listening Wind is a little bit more subtle and less electronic, but the beat sounds nearly identical in parts, and a similar chord structure is there. I played the two over the top of one another and it didn't clash.

Not trying to stir up trouble here, just thought it was interesting.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Not trying to stir up trouble here, just thought it was interesting.

uh-huh

 

[LemonMelon]

uh-huh

You, my friend, know I'm smart enough to stir up shit without starting a new thread to do so.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

what? I didn't say anything

 

[Salome]

i don't think he necessarely did it consciously
but yeah

all in all I don't feel Passengers is exactly Eno at his most original as a writer