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Originally Posted by flatbutt

There's quite a lot of structure in SCOM and it's simplicity is belied by the manner in which it is woven together.

eg...Slashes riff is 8 notes played in essentially a stepwise fashion. McKagans line is more complex and is set more or less as counterpoint to Slash's riff.

The drums set a rhythm that is (to my ear) anticipatory in that the second strike comes in just a wee bit sooner than expected which gives the song an edge.

If I had the score I could really make your eyes glaze over.

Thanks, hearing your more educated take on it is interesting. I tried listening to the parts in SCoM when I was listening, and it's a good song with a lot going on.

For me, that old Van Halen has an energy where the music transcends the rest even if there's a simplicity to it.