What do you think are the greatest riffs and hooks of all time?

[Schauermann]

Don't know, but pretty sure Tony Iommi wrote a few of them...

 

[RedmanWasHere]

The right here right now riff by Fatboy Slim is instantly recognisable

That riff came from James Gang - The Ashes the Rain and I.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

One of them is White Stripes - 7 Nation Army. (As a kid, Jack White thought that was how you pronounced Salvation Army.)

 

[Hawk Dork]

 

[giggler99]

Boston - More Than A Feeling has got to be one of the most underrated songs of all time with one of the best riffs of all time! Hooks me in every time.

 

[PhatBoy]

Boston - More Than A Feeling has got to be one of the most underrated songs of all time with one of the best riffs of all time! Hooks me in every time.

Watch Rock Beato's "What makes this song great" about it on YouTube. Incredible deconstruction.

 

[giggler99]

Watch Rock Beato's "What makes this song great" about it on YouTube. Incredible deconstruction.

Thanks mate just found it i'll check it out!

 

[WireHawk]

'Supernaut' by Black Sabbath. Tony Iommi is a superstar.

 

[backtozero]

Some personal favs

Sabbath - Into the Void
Metallica - Seek and Destroy
Danzig - Twist of Cain
Ozzy Osbourne - Miracle Man
ZZ Top - Tush
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Workin For MCA
Motorhead - The Chase is Better than the Catch
Slayer - Dead Skin Mask
Pantera - Mouth For War
Corrosion of Comformity - Albatross
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage

Could go on forever

 

[rank and file]

Lot's of good tunes here,but there is one riff that stands above them all.
The Gun Club's "Lupita Screams",Kid "Congo" Powers,powerhouses the absolute sh*t out of it.

 

[DaTBird187]

Symphony of Destruction- Megadeth
Ted just admit it - Jane’s Addiction
Just one fix- Ministry
Detox - Strapping Young Lad

 

[glitterball]

Boston - More Than A Feeling has got to be one of the most underrated songs of all time with one of the best riffs of all time! Hooks me in every time.

I have a friend who likes that song.

 

[2006_Eagles]

Rebecca Black - Friday

 

[2006_Eagles]

Boston - More Than A Feeling has got to be one of the most underrated songs of all time with one of the best riffs of all time! Hooks me in every time.

what exactly is your criteria for underrated here

 

[MC Bad Genius]

The first one that came into my head was Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way.

A bunch of the ones already mentioned are fantastic, but just to add some other hooks that I think are brilliant:

Iggy Pop - Bored
The Meters - Cissy Strut
RATM - Sleep Now In The Fire
Funkadelic - Hit It And Quit It
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

As someone else said, it's merely scratching the surface and you could keep listing songs for hours...

 

[giggler99]

what exactly is your criteria for underrated here

The song hardly gets mentioned as a classic and the band especially I don't think gets the praise it deserves amongst other 70's bands imo

 

[2006_Eagles]

The song hardly gets mentioned as a classic and the band especially I don't think gets the praise it deserves amongst other 70's bands imo

If a song is used in multiple advert campaigns on TV, I don't think it can be underrated

 

[screech]

They did some terrific material early on, but what a fall from grace in their later years - one of the biggest declines in rock music (and there have been some stinkers)

 

[LeakyValve]

This one is majestic. No correspondence entered into.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

My Sharona
Sabotage
Another one bites the dust

I want to take an icepick to any DJ that plays the radio edit of My Sharona.

The album version has one of the great guitar solos in rock music.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

 

[giggler99]

If a song is used in multiple advert campaigns on TV, I don't think it can be underrated

Well I don’t watch any commercial Television so I wouldn’t have a clue what advert you are on about.

 

[2006_Eagles]

Well I don’t watch any commercial Television so I wouldn’t have a clue what advert you are on about.

Been heaps over the past 10, 20 years

 

[giggler99]

Been heaps over the past 10, 20 years

well link some if you can find them.