tragabigzanda wrote:I'm appalled at those who hear little similarities between the riffs I posted. Do you even know how to listen to music? You're deluding yourself if you think they don't sound alike. The guitar parts are the exact same chord shape, the exact same rhythm, just moving in different directions. Ed's vocal phrasing is a near-facsimile too.
I do know how to listen to music! And you're right, they are the exact same rhythm; however, they do not use the exact same intervals (which is what I'm assuming you mean by "chord shape," which in these cases are all just standard power chords). This particular segment of "Worldwide Suicide" begins, to my ears, on what would be the relative minor to the root (which is to say, if the song is in C, this riff starts on A), the next chord being a minor third up (three half steps); this fragment of "Getaway" begins on the fourth in relation to the root (if the song is in C, this riff starts on F), with the next chord being a
major third interval up (two full steps, unlike the 1.5 in "WWS"). The same subtle differences exist in the notes that resolve and restart the riffs as well. They may be minor differences, but there are punk bands whose entire catalogs consist entirely of these kinds of minor differences, so I don't think the fact that Pearl Jam have made two songs over 25 years that set varying pitches to the same rhythmic pattern is really that noteworthy an occurrence.
Musical patterns recurring throughout the lengthy career of an artist or band does not by itself constitute a "lift." Do people really think the band sits around saying, "Hey, let's just re-use one of our old riffs -- these idiots will never know, and it'll be way less work!"