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The chorus melody used in "The Tower of Babel" is likely derived from the chorus melody to the 1978 song "[[Wikipedia:Because the Night|Because the Night]]" by [[Wikipedia:Patti Smith|Patti Smith]] and [[Wikipedia:Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen]] (as indicated by the filename of an early piano sketch released as part of ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years|Alone XI]]''). | The chorus melody used in "The Tower of Babel" is likely derived from the chorus melody to the 1978 song "[[Wikipedia:Because the Night|Because the Night]]" by [[Wikipedia:Patti Smith|Patti Smith]] and [[Wikipedia:Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen]] (as indicated by the filename of an early piano sketch released as part of ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years|Alone XI]]''). | ||
The song's title and lyrical themes are inspired by the origin myth of [[Wikipedia: | The song's title and lyrical themes are inspired by the origin myth of [[Wikipedia:Tower of Babel|the Tower of Babel]], in which the human race attempts to build a city and tower tall enough to reach heaven, whereupon God confounds their speech and scatters them across the world (a story meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages). | ||
==Known recordings== | ==Known recordings== | ||
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