And actually, that moment in the dance arrangement is based on the song's melody ("table 4 is calling table 9" etc), just slower and swingier.
Though yes, a clear similarity to both "But Alive" and the Merrily phrase. The Merrily lick, though, starts on the 7th scale degree, the other two on the tonic (well, the "But Alive" melody really starts on the 5th, but it's on the tonic of the chord the phrase starts on, if that makes any sense.) |
