Blue öyster cult vs Steppenwolf

I was listening to the Blue Öyster Cult's 'Stairway to the stars' :


And while listening something kept buzzing me ..it's sounds a bit alike Steppenwolf's 'Born to be wild' somehow:



Is this waaaaaaaaaaaay old news, am I completely wrong..or do they have a sample (although used in a different way) in common: the guitarrifs.

While searching..I even came across the BOC's version of Born to be wild:


I'm from a different era so: enlighten me.
Not going to post any question about this on the vid responses because I know there are a bunch of fanboys out there who are just dying to scream how young they were when they started listening to this music and how cool that makes em (hear the sarcasm).