rh just sent this in.
I never fully appreciated the awesomeness of Boston‘s 1976 rocker “More Than a Feeling” until Guitar Hero came along and changed the face of gaming forever. Little did I know that the intro of this track is almost a dead ringer to the intro of Elton John‘s 1973 B-side “Screw You”. Check it out:
Elton John - "Screw You" (1973)
Boston - "More Than a Feeling" (1976)
We have now gotten into what we guitarists know as the D riff phenomenon.
Boston and Elton John for sure.
Other ones that have a different riff – but sound the same as each other are:
Fly at – Rush – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEVDZl5UvN4
Needle and the Damage Done – Neil Young – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd3oqvnDKQk
Fly at Night – Chilliwack – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nYvmm0Ofmc
These are ALL Canadian artists who wrote these tunes in the 1970s.
In these cases is all resolves around the D Dsus2 Dus4 and D/C chords.
In fact any guitarist kid my age (55) knows all of these chord progressions. We used to play entire sets out of these tunes (Including the Boston tune). Great fun.