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Best riff in a one hit wonder band

hunter60
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12/10/2006 2:45 am
I was wondering if you all had a favorite riff from a one hit wonder band. I would say that the guitar work in 'Sprit in the Sky' by Norman Greenbaum is pretty solid for a band that never hit again.

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R. Shackleferd
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12/10/2006 3:47 am
I for some reason remembered this post from a trivia thread. Love that song, or at least his version.
Originally Posted by: R.ShackleferdOk it's not really in the form of a question, cuz I doubt anyone would get this (I wouldn't have until just now), but I was watching VH1's top one hit wonders show. So apparently Jimi Hendrix is a "one hit wonder" officially since he only had one song (All Along the Watchtower) break the top 20. I would've figured more...

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z0s0_jp
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12/10/2006 5:08 am
"i'd love to change the world"(but i don't know what to do) ==Ten Years After
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dvenetian
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12/10/2006 10:22 am
Originally Posted by: z0s0_jp"i'd love to change the world"(but i don't know what to do) ==Ten Years After

Sorry Zo, I can't agree that Alvin Lee fits into a "One hit Wonder" catagory. Maybe they were before your time. Ten Years After played Woodstock and have a huge following with songs like "Good Morning Little School Girl", "I'm Going Home", "I Woke Up This Morning" and "Choo Choo Mama" to name a few.

One band that comes to mind that had a great riff and couldn't reproduce anything to top it was "The Outfield" with some nice guitar work in "Your Love". Nothing else they tried touched it. One Hit Wonder.
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Lordathestrings
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12/10/2006 6:01 pm
Hah! Does anyone remember "Hot Smoke & Sassafrass" by Bubble Puppy? :cool:
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12/10/2006 6:03 pm
And for bass: gotta be "Apricot Brandy" by Rhinocerous! :D
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hunter60
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12/10/2006 8:09 pm
How about 'Monkey Bars' by Coney Hatch? Nice ginding riff....

Can't say that I've ever heard of Bubble Puppy but I LOVE the name :D
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