>esp. in the outro of
>part 1... the guitar riff from "left & right" being the most
>obvious.

i had the hi-res playing loudly in the headphones and i finally heard this. made me say "oooh shiiit!!!"

I think there's a backward guitar line that it maybe
>a nod to "the root," and there's a vocal effect that I hear as
>a nod to (the end of?) "Africa" ...

i gotta check for these now...