Springsteen cops "Wild Honey" riff -- who else?

[Aum Bop Diddit]

Was listening to the otherwise pedestrian new single by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "We Take Care of Our Own"....  That opening riff!  A straight cop of the theremin opening of "Wild Honey!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x8zBzxCwsM&ob=av2e

Not much to add to that except maybe we can have an interesting discussion of any other riff lifting of BB songs -- did Led Zep ever do their thing to Brian and the boys?  I know Blue Oyster Cult invokes "Good Vibrations" on "I Love the Night".

[cablegeddon]

No.

I think that's his best song since possibly the 80s. (The album Rising had some pretty good songs though).

[Rocker]

Brian's own "Night time" uses the opening of Wild Honey as well, although more chord wise

[Alex]

A 90s indie band called Jane Pow copied the WH intro verbatim on a song called Shutdown.

[Aegir]

Shutdown is an obvious ripoff. the Springsteen song is probably just a coincidence.