Riffs and Hooks

[NQ6U]

How about posting a list some of your favorite opening licks here? You know, the songs that have something that grabs your attention immediately?

I'll start it out with the opening few bars of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Up Around the Bend and the Rolling Stones' Happy.

There are a shit-ton of others but those will get the ball rolling.

[ki4itv]

Got lot's of those...
The beginning of Crazy On You, by Heart is a big favorite and a quick thought.
More than just a riff though...

[N1LAF]

Here is a classic - Smoke on the water, Deep Purple

[KG4CGC]

Black Dog!

[kf0rt]

Green Grass And High Tides
Not particularly complex, but if you can't peg it in about 4 notes...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk

[NQ6U]

Doesn't need to be complex, it just needs to grab you. And that one does.

[NQ6U]

Black Dog!

Yep, works for me!

[ki4itv]

Yep, works for me!
yea, it reminded me of "Baby I'm Gonna Leave You"
Thanks for that.

[rot]

Oh hello Mr. Soul
I Dropped by to pick up a reason

Grabs me anyway.
:yes:
rot

[KG4NEL]

Cliffs of Dover...

Anything Jim Steinman touched...

[ki4itv]

Oh hello Mr. Soul
I Dropped by to pick up a reason

Grabs me anyway.
:yes:
rot
Hi Rotley!
Hope all is well!

[NA4BH]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeOUu5CNu9k

[rot]

Hi Rotley!
Hope all is well!
Yo! doing good here .. ... Hope it goes well on your end.

One Way Out
as in
Ain't but one way out baby, Lord I just can't go out that door.

Allrot Brothers Band, NC

[ki4itv]

All's well that ends well, soul man...

Those buildings got to burning, there's my baby layin'on the ground
Charlotte Jones was there, Luiza was there,
Rosie Mae was there, Louise was there
Did you ever hear about the burning,
that happened way down in Natchez Mississippi town
I stood back, was lookin', and the old building come tumble down

HowlinWolfdom, VA
;)

Peace~

[N7YA]

Perpetual Change - Yes
Wild Thing - Hendrix (live)
All Along The Watchtower - Hendrix
Tarkus - ELP
Everything in its Right Place - Radiohead
Seven Devils - Florence and the Machine (very cool, about a slave killing his master)
Cities in Dust - Sioux
Giant Steps - Coltrane
Old Man - Neil Young (great song all the way through)
Cars - Gary Numan
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot (im a fan of his, so what)
Achilles Last Stand - Led Zepp
St Alfonsos Pancake Breakfast - Zappa
Baba O'reilly - The Who (live version)
We Die Young - Alice in Chains (half of them did, too!)
Bargain - The Who
Who Are You - The Who



...and many, many more.....

[K7SGJ]

From the past, House of the Rising Sun; Inagodadavida; Spirit in the Sky.

[WØTKX]

Headhunters, Herbie Hancock
Open Wide, Chase
E. E. Lawson, Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Mr Goodtime, Climax Blues Band
Tarkus, ELP (me too, best ELP song)
Phish, Bouncing Around the Room
David Bowie, Rebel Rebel
Yes, Yours is No Disgrace
ABACAB, Genesis


Oh yea. GENESIS! :bbh:

http://youtu.be/1pkVLqSaahk


http://youtu.be/1pkVLqSaahk

[kf0rt]

From the past, House of the Rising Sun; Inagodadavida; Spirit in the Sky.

A friend and I saw Iron Butterfly at the Denver Pop Festival.

Man, did we pick the wrong day. 3-day show and Hendrix played one of the other days -- his last show with Experience.

[rot]

woke up this morn with "Boris the Spider" running thru my head...

[N7YA]

woke up this morn with "Boris the Spider" running thru my head...


:lol: How odd! I was just listening to that the other day....played along with it too! Of all the songs to have stuck in your head.



For a few days, ive had the Notre Dame fight song stuck in my head...we had a corporate even for some bigwig who liked to relive his past, that was on the set list...not sure when ill ever play that thing again.

[NQ6U]

woke up this morn with "Boris the Spider" running thru my head...

Creepy crawly creepy crawly...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFuUaCe8eY

[W5GA]

Classical Gas, one of my favs.

[K7SGJ]

Classical Gas, one of my favs.


Many years ago, I worked with a guy that didn't appear to have any coordination, or talent for that matter. One day he brought his guitar to work for a talent spot, and played that song flawlessly. It really blew me away because that's not an easy three cord song. Every time I hear it, I think of him and how no one ever guessed he possessed such talent.

[W5GA]

Many years ago, I worked with a guy that didn't appear to have any coordination, or talent for that matter. One day he brought his guitar to work for a talent spot, and played that song flawlessly. It really blew me away because that's not an easy three cord song. Every time I hear it, I think of him and how no one ever guessed he possessed such talent.
I can play it flawlessly, but only in my head. My musical talent reaches to negative numbers. ;)

[NA4BH]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQVuD3jN_vc

[NQ6U]

I can play it flawlessly, but only in my head. My musical talent reaches to negative numbers. ;)

I'm with you there, Doug. I've tried a number of times and it just ain't there. Pisses me off, too, because I come from a musical family. I guess I didn't inherit the gene.

[NQ6U]

Another addition:

Take a Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground. That's a first note identifiable song if there ever was one.

[K7SGJ]

With all the bass players around here, I thought I would throw in one of my favorite bass riffs. It's the beginning of You're The One That I Want, from the movie Grease. When that comes on the radio, the volume goes to max. Of course, I always had a thing for Olivia, anyway

[N7YA]

Agreed! Theres some great bass playing on that one...session pro played it for sure. Same with Footloose.


We can start a thread about great bass performances if you like? :chin:


Im about to head to the mountains, but ill jump on it when i get back.

[W5GA]

With all the bass players around here, I thought I would throw in one of my favorite bass riffs. It's the beginning of You're The One That I Want, from the movie Grease. When that comes on the radio, the volume goes to max. Of course, I always had a thing for Olivia, anyway
You've just got the hots for Olivia, right?:wtf:

[K7SGJ]

You've just got the hots for Olivia, right?:wtf:


Why yes, as a matter of fact I did/do. I always thought she was a hottie, and she can sing, too.

[N7YA]

So were not talking about the digital mode, right?

[NQ6U]

So were not talking about the digital mode, right?

He likes that Olivia because she's got big bits.

[W3WN]

With all the bass players around here, I thought I would throw in one of my favorite bass riffs. It's the beginning of You're The One That I Want, from the movie Grease. When that comes on the radio, the volume goes to max. Of course, I always had a thing for Olivia, anywayShe did look a hell of lot better in that skin-tight black leather than she did as a bobby-soxer in the rest of the movie. Not that she looked like she was a High School senior in the first place.

Boston: More Than A Feeling, Long Time
Emerson Lake & Palmer: Karn Evil 9 1st Impression Part 2 (aka "Welcome Back My Friends, to The Show That Never Ends"). Back when I was a college DJ, that was my show intro.
Led Zepplin: Stairway to Heaven