"Maybe after He's Gone"

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I listened to the second disc of The Pet Sounds Sessions to-day, and during the tracking session for "God Only Knows," Brian Wilson says something about the E E F# G phrase that leads into the verses.  I didn't think very much about this at the time, but just now I was playing "Maybe after He's Gone," and I discovered that the vocal melody in the first two verses starts with that same E E F# G phrase.  The rhythm is slightly different, but the notes are the same.

Pet Sounds is often cited as an influence on Odessey and Oracle, but in interviews and things, the Zombies haven't seemed to talk about it all that much.  Rod Argent's talked about bass parts, but not very specifically, and Colin Blunstone has talked about being a fan of the Beach Boys.  "Maybe after He's Gone" is a Chris White song though, and I can't seem to remember his mentioning Pet Sounds in any interviews.

It's such a small phrase that they have in common, and that's even excepting the difference in rhythm, so I'm not sure whether there's anything to this or not.