Meriphew_dup1 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 That Tommy Tutone song is one of those tunes that [i]really[/i] has hooks in it. What are some other older songs you hear that have hooks that will never be forgotten? www.meriphew.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded yeti Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Any one-hit-wonder song, such as that one. Hey, that's my phone number! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip_dup1 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 we`re rehearsing chic`s `good times` for a holiday gig-that bass line just kills me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriphew_dup1 Posted November 20, 2002 Author Share Posted November 20, 2002 Chic rules! www.meriphew.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 OH Micky you so fine. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Oh, the band I was in played that song so many times. [i]Don't Talk to Strangers[/i] by Rick Springfield, I think. Robert This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrix Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 "Roll To Me" by Del Amitri. 2 minutes of pure hook - and really odd panning of instruments just to get your attention. Killer pop. Check out some tunes here: http://www.garageband.com/artist/KenFava Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not coaster MODERATOR Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 mmmmm I know - "Hooked" on a feeling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLsound Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 "My Sharona", by the Knack Jim http://www.artistlaunch.com/artist4.asp?artistid=3633 http://www.myspace.com/jlockmusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Run To You, It's Only Love by Bryan Adams (The latter a duet with Tina Turner.) I Love Rock & Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. And.. oh.. about a million others! ;) :D It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by Hank The Cave Peanut: [b]"Do the Cha Cha Cha" by... was it Bobby Rydell? I dunno, I only heard it once, but it was so dang hooky I want to hear it again!!![/b][/quote]Uh... done by [i]lots[/i] of people! ;) The Drifters have a version, and the most recent one I know of is James Taylor's from the 1991 album featuring Copperline and Frozen Man. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 I Want to Rock and Roll All Night - Kiss The hook is the only thing I remember from that song. All I need is a Miracle Talking in Your Sleep and maybe the king of 80's hooks, Don't Worry, Be Happy Robert This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 The Romantics "What I Like About You" Nick Lowe "Cruel To Be Kind" The Foundations "Build Me Up, Buttercup" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by meriphew: [b]That Tommy Tutone song is one of those tunes that [i]really[/i] has hooks in it. What are some other older songs you hear that have hooks that will never be forgotten?[/b][/quote]I HATE that song, because I played it in a band back in the day...and because so many bands played it at the time, a lot of bands used it as a "Sweet Home Alabama" song. That one and what was it...that "Breakup Song" by Greg what's his name. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by Tedster the Pilgrim: [b]... That one and what was it...that "Breakup Song" by Greg what's his name.[/b][/quote]Greg Kinn Band or something like that. I hated Jepordy with a passion. Almost as much as Cocain and Freebird. Robert This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbmusic Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 on the negitive side of hooks... Ma MA Moder'n, what's your price for fight Make it stop!!!! Tim Dolbear De La Bear Music Group Eclectica Recordings Eclectica Studios www.eclecticarecordings.com www.mixposse.com "That singer's pitch was a knuckle ball!!!" TD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iaian Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by meriphew: [b]That Tommy Tutone song is one of those tunes that [i]really[/i] has hooks in it. What are some other older songs you hear that have hooks that will never be forgotten?[/b][/quote]Sugar, Sugar. or what ever the hell the name of that god-damned Archies song. I don't know how high it would rate on the hook meter, but it took me a month to get that chunk of crap out of my head. I was about ready to check myself into the nut house. :freak: Iaian San Andreas, The hope to save our nation by turning Las Vegas into a seaside community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Interesting note about that "Archies" song. It was originally supposed to be recorded by The Monkees...but they refused to do it. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spigotsaol.com Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 "In Cars, Da Da. DA DA Da Da..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippie Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Ma-ma-ma-my Sharona. :p In two days, it won't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 My weekend band have decided to try their first sequenced song, I suggested No Doubt's "Hella Good". Since I'm the keyboardist I've been hearing that thing over and over and over while sequencing the odd parts, that hook's going to leave a mark (I love the song). And WHY WHY WHY did Old Navy have to: "Here's the story, of a shirt named Rugby" ARARARGHGHGH!!!! :mad: Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikestr Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Pop Music by M: "...talk about...pop music....talk about...pop music...". Hazy Shade Of Winter by The Bangles: the opening guitar riffs. Girl From Ipanema: the whole dang melody. ikestr ...hertz down low.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucyjack Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Here's a few.... 1.Saturday night-Bay City rollers...S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night.I defy you to get it out of your head after hearing it. 2.Who are You-The Who...kinda inane but hooky(Who,who,Who,Who) 3.Walking on Sunshine-Katrina and the waves,written by Kimberly Rew(one of my idols),overplayed but still great song. Smell the Magic www.Katp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Oooh yeah saucyjack... did you see the Soft Boys on this tour/heard the new record? I just saw them a couple of weeks ago and boy did they kick ass. The record is great too. The Tommy Tutone song... arrrrghhh... umm, apparently the guy ripped off the melody from a keyboard player that I used to play in a band with. Hmph. Oh gawd, and somebody had to mention Greg Kihn. I think he might have been near the top of my annoyance list in the 80's. Oh yeah, you know his other annoying habit of naming albums after some pun on his name... like "Kihnspiracy" and "Rockihnroll" etc.? Well, my friends and I used to say he should call his next record "F%#*Kihn Awful!" :D I do have to say that I dug "My Sharona" and it had a killer hook! I have to agree about the Bay City Rollers too. In fact I wrote a song where I ended up using that type of beat in the bridge, it just seemed natural to play it that way and I had the song stuck in my head. You wouldn't know I copped it from that, but it's true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gato Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 "Comming up" ... Diana Ross-Chic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLsound Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Some of those hook songs sound good when [b]Weird Al[/b] does them. I like his version of "Jeopardy", I also like "Eat It", Songs I would not normally listen to, but would listen to his parodies. Jim http://www.artistlaunch.com/artist4.asp?artistid=3633 http://www.myspace.com/jlockmusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Go back even further in time. [b]Help[/b]. I need somebody. [b]Help[/b]. Not just anybody. [b]Help[/b]. I need somebody. [b]Heeeeellllppppp[/b]. The Beatles were king of hook. The first guitar hook for me may have been Foxy Lady. I guess if you are going to get hooked with a guitar it might as well be Jimmy H. Robert This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Capasso Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 I think Del Amitri is underrated - great stuff. I have two of their CDs. Hooks, I agree with what's been said, and I loved most of it. Love Tutone song, love the Beatles.. The Monroes "What Do All The People Know" - hte version you hear was edited by Rhino when they put it on CD - they cut it down from 3:50 to 3:25 I think :mad: Byrds "Feel A Whole Lot Better" half of Fountains of Wayne songs most of Elvis Costello Tom www.stoneflyrocks.com Acoustic Color Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan South Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 [b]Da doo ron ron ron Da doo ron ron[/b] This insipid song convinced me that music could be a weapon of mass destruction. [b]She's so HIGH-EE-I-EE-I![/b] More evidence. Keep this one away from al qaeda. [b]I don't want to work I just wanna bang on the drum all day[/b] At least this one doesn't make me want to throw things. [b]Oh! Oh! Oh, it's MAGIC, you know, Never believe it's not so.[/b] Hurl inducing. [b]Roxanne![/b] Classic, Baby! The Black Knight always triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salyphus Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 I actually had to do ringtone version of this song once, LOL :freak: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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