the actual dominant influence on the opening synth (originally, piano) line of "stuck in the middle of an alley closing in on all sides" is the ending piano section of "a perfect drug".
i should post links.
my song:
actual inspiration, being the piano part starting about 4:40:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-QnnLudkQA
incorrect claim of influence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNJJ-QkZ8cM
my version is far superior due to the syncopation, which i suspect most people would miss due to the lack of percussion (besides the piano), but the notes are coming down off the beats in shifting ways; it's like 64th and 32nd note pauses off the count. you probably wouldn't know that without me telling you, but you might get the unsettling creepiness that it invokes.
like, if i put a big techno beat down over that it would sound really messy because it would be all out of sync with itself.
