Alex Chilton is a pop genius. "September Gurls" by Big Star gots the greatest ringing guitar riff ever, one that would make Peter Buck of R.E.M. die of envy. The riff powers a punchy yet melancholy melody that remains one of rock and roll's greatest moments.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
yup.  meee tooo 

ok, so this is so cliche but Springsteen's Born to Run puts me in a car, windows down, radio cranked, driving to the shore.
Actually, most any of the early springsteen tunes will do it- 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy), Backstreets, Wild Billy's Circus Story, Kitty's Back... especially the sound of the accordian breathes the Jersey Shore in the summer during the 70s.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
'zackly! Or I could just go Abba Abba Abba Abba Abba Abba Abba Abba Abba all day.
 
 
 
 
 
takeachance
takeachance
takeatakeachanchance puts me in the kitchen at the pizza joint downtown, drinking all the fountain Pepsi I want while I crank out pizzas and scrape out the ovens with wire brushes.

Spring Break 1990 driving to the Keys listened to Domino Van Morrison probably 200X during that trip.  

Queen: We are the Champions
1976. I'm 15 years old and we just won the softball championship during summer league. My friend had a Trans Am and we packed the car with girls and drove off with that song blaring...

yeah, all poppy hooks, but where did it take you? we want stories with your hooks

My City Was Gone - The Pretenders  

Way to go Ohio

 winter wrote: 

Tanks.

Home (This Must Be the Place) - Talking Heads

E-Pro - Beck

New Sensation - INXS

Girls On Film - Duran Duran

One - U2

Praise You - Fatboy Slim

Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Last Dance With Mary Jane - Tom Petty                
(these two have been proven to be very similar)

Heart of Gold - Neil Young

Up On the Sun - Meat Pupptes

manbirdexperiment wrote:
good call there, MB

Though he certainly didn't hold a candle to his dad, Julian Lennon's "Too Late for Goodbye" contained a pretty catchy little hook.

The Magic Numbers Forever Lost.

weezer - island in the sun

Aretha Franklin - Say A Little Prayer
Anything by Burt Baccharach for that matter
The Clash - Train In Vain

 Hairfarmer wrote: 


 

 meower wrote: 

I read this as "Great Scott, thread!"

More than four years ago, I posted this in the song comments on Bowie's "Heroes." 

Middle of the night. Two or three a.m. Middle of Washington—Ritzville. Halfway back to an unhappy home, five hundred miles gone and five hundred to go. Still tasting the kisses of the woman I wished I was with but knew it was never, ever gonna be. Perkins. Coffee. And this song, of all damned things, on the restaurant PA. My god.

It's still true, today.  I'm right back in the restaurant—and into the few hours before that moment—every time I hear the song.

Not so much a riff as a drone. . . .

I Need A Lover - John Cougar (or was it still Johnny on that album?)

Baracuda - Heart

Something So Strong - Crowded House

Tutti Frutti - Little Richard

Happy Together - The Turtles

Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold

Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

What I Like About You - The Romantics

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane

Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters

 meower wrote: