The most obvious example of recycling I've ever heard was by Neil Young on "Sleeps With Angels" where he has 2 songs which are exactly the same musically, but completely different lyrically (although they obviously follow the same structure). I thought, and still think, this is incredibly clever.
What Jim does with his recycling is smaller, by taking bits that he feels fit right into that part of a song and doesn't seem bothered if he's used it before. So long as this doesn't happen too often I like it. A lot of what we hear is work in progress so it's quite like a craftsman using the materials he has around. At times, however, I notice that Jim has his favourite sequences and progressions that he uses a lot. It seems almost as if he is determined to make a great success of a song that has that piece of music in it (no matter how short the piece), and will keep reusing it until a song it is in becomes a hit.
Peace,
Will
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> ... heard a piece by Steinman recycled in another song?
> The first experience I had was discovering "Holding Out
> For A Hero" which had the same opening riff as "Stark
> Raving Love". I thought it was amusing. Plus I really
> liked how "Lost Boys" was reprised in "Stark". Ever since
> then, it's become part of the Steinman tradition. If
> there's nothing recycled, you are in a little shock...
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