Piano intros on COBL & OOTS

[greenlight7-11]

Have you guys ever noticed that the piano intro on City of Blinding Lights and the piano intro on Original of The Species are very much alike? They have very, very similar melodies and they are both even played with a delay effect. I just barely realized that last night and I think it's pretty weird that they put two songs on the same record with such similar intros. I don't know if it was on purpose or not (I tend to think it wasn't).

 

[Miricale_Drug]

im nto so sure they're similar. OOTS arpegiates more.

 

[Theedge070]

The OOTS intro is only the organ, but the COBL intro also includes Edge's guitar.

 

[Palace_Hero]

The melody is 25% different.