Rockets Skates = Hole in the Earth?

[mandalay]

Does anyone else hear a distinct similarity in the riffs of Rocket Skates (verse) and "Hole in the Earth" (opening riff)?


Stephen begins the verse of "Rocket Skates" (0:10) with seven punchy quarter notes with the last one extending:
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.


Likewise, Hole in the Earth opens with four punchy quarter notes with the last one extending again.  
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.


I love "Rocket Skates" but damn the similarity is jarring.  I think the opening/chorus riff is one of Steph's sickest though!

[Corleone]

Hole in the earth sucks.

[godin]

maybe they sound the same if you dont play guitar

[Deftones-argentina]

Does anyone else hear a distinct similarity in the riffs of Rocket Skates (verse) and "Hole in the Earth" (opening riff)?


Stephen begins the verse of "Rocket Skates" (0:10) with seven punchy quarter notes with the last one extending:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U15-b7TTuFQ[/youtube]


Likewise, Hole in the Earth opens with four punchy quarter notes with the last one extending again. 

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0awt8wOJ6M[/youtube]


I love "Rocket Skates" but damn the similarity is jarring.  I think the opening/chorus riff is one of Steph's sickest though!



[EDIT: I cannot get youtube embedding to work for some reason.  Has this been disabled?  I put the youtube code (after the "v=") b/w the forum's youtube brackets, and it looks fine in preview, but it's not posting).]

I realized the same today when I was travelling by bus. Plus, that part of the riff on both songs  goes on block with Abe's part. Kind of a new deftones signature, I guess.

[Inkblades]

Hole in the earth sucks.

No, it doesn't.

[sing blue silver]

rocket skates=awesome
hole in the earth=not so awesome

[E-Money]

Hole in the earth sucks.

No, it doesn't.

[defTHE1s]

rocket skates=awesome
hole in the earth=not so awesome

+ 1

@ mandalay:
you only need to paste the link as it is, no need to put only the part after the "v="

[Jacob]

I really can't hear it.

HITE is awesome btw. one of the best 'tones songs imo.

[Penicks]

If Rocket Skates is equal to Hole in the Earth, we have the best album in the world coming up.

[Urantia23]

I really can't hear it.

HITE is awesome btw. one of the best 'tones songs imo.

I Agree, HITE is a masterpiece

[lithium]

I really can't hear it.

HITE is awesome btw. one of the best 'tones songs imo.

I Agree, HITE is a masterpiece

quoted for the motherfucking truth!

[sharinglungs]

:|... HITE a masterpiece? I think not... it's barely a good song at best...

"There's a hole in the earth, I'm out."
lather rinse repeat.

[Corleone]

:|... HITE a masterpiece? I think not... it's barely a good song at best...

"There's a hole in the earth, I'm out."
lather rinse repeat.

Have any of you heard this song live? It's terrible...

[pixElsblUr]

<< listening to RS right now, those guitar riffs are sick

[sing blue silver]

hole in the earth was a major disappointment when i first heard it. it's since grown on me and i really do enjoy the song but on the deftones scale of awesomeness it's not even close to the top.

[Corleone]

Hole in the earth sounds like deftones trying to sell out, and failing bad.

[wither-I]

the only aspect of it i dont like are the lyrics. pretty gay

[deftonesfan192]

to me this is a pointless thread the 2 songs come from the same band u doosh.... POINTLESS THREAD

[mr.sinister]

Live it sounds terrible, but on SNW its a total masterpiece.