"Latitude 88 North"

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Last night I figured out some parts to "Latitude 88 North," a bonus track on the Out of the Blue CD re-issue.  This is just the solo, but I also figured out the chords for the chorus (it's just a I vi IV V progression).

Last week, I learned the solo for the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," and - in the first phrase at least - there's something of a resemblance.  They're in different keys and rhythms, but the first five notes or so are the same intervals.  If you took the first phrase in the "Can't Buy Me Love" solo and pitched it down half a step, you'd be pretty close to the first phrase in the "Latitude 88 North" solo.