posting this version as i was jumping around near the front
much as I love that song, its jangly chord sequence is pretty much the polar opposite of "riff" imo.... it is great rhythm/lead combination playing but it is more in the jazz improv style of Hendrix where it is very loose and nothing gets played exactly the same twice, rather than the tight repetition of a riff.
Going back to rock this is one is sort of glorious.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Bloody-Vida
I'm going to make a case.
It's instantly recognisable, has a nice little chromatic descent and anybody could pick it up and run with it or do something else with it.
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Never did a song oscillate so much between the sublime and the ridiculous
Still one of the best selling albums ever this, 30 million copies - reckon they're the most obscure band on the list.
They were not just huge in the USA, for some reason that record was a smash hit across latin america too, which I think is why the sales are suprisingly huge.Had an inkling that they were big in their time but not that big! I once had a copy and then sold it, it's not a great listen (IMO).
Also, this.