13 'Punkiest' riffs of the 1960s
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Күн бұрынThese aren't all strictly 'garage-rock' riffs (which can sound a bit samey ngl), but riffs and songs that have a punk attitude to them. However, I'm sure there's a lot of great obscure Garage Rock bands from the 1960s that people can suggest to me which I didn't feature in this video. Which would you add to the list?
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0:01 The Sonics - The Witch
0:22 The Kinks - I Need You
0:42 The Who - My Generation
0:52 The Troggs - Wild Thing
1:15 The Yardbirds - Stroll On
1:34 Cream - SWLABR
1:57 Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
2:19 The Velvet Underground - I Heard Her Call My Name
2:48 The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
3:10 The Beatles - Revolution
3:33 MC5 - Borderline
3:56 The Stooges - No Fun
@SuperCosty2010 7 ай бұрын
The Sonics were all punk by 1965 already, an amazing band. "Have Love, Will Travel" is also one ultimate badass riff
@monoped8437 7 ай бұрын
great song
@foxyforest4550 7 ай бұрын
and Strychnine too
@Wulf425 7 ай бұрын
And Sinderella
@fleetwoodcraic4235 7 ай бұрын
@@foxyforest4550Strychnine is such a cool song that no one talks about
@KJB484 6 ай бұрын
Psycho Go Go is another great one!!
@Crampsam 7 ай бұрын
The first riff I ever learned was Blitzkrieg Bop. When I realised it used the exact same chord as Wild Thing, in the exact same place on the neck, just played at different speeds, my 14 year old brain got split wide open.
@ryadachaibou8098 7 ай бұрын
Try playing that "I'll send an SOS to the world" part in the Police's Message in a Bottle
@willsmith3787 7 ай бұрын
@@ryadachaibou8098 yep, not only that but wild thing was inspired by louie louie, more than a feeling by boston was inspired by louie louie and smells like teen spirit was allegedly taken from more than a feeling.
@Wulf425 6 ай бұрын
And check out "Wild Weekend" for an even closer inspiration for Blitzkrieg Bop.
@Adyman182 7 ай бұрын
Nice Yoko Ono shirt! (and whoever that dude next to her is)
@bhoops13 7 ай бұрын
Mr Ono
@jamlemon 7 ай бұрын
Some unemployed hippie from Liverpool, used to be in a band.
@phil8528 7 ай бұрын
Paul McCartney I think.
@pizzarellayt 7 ай бұрын
"Stroll On" by The Yardbirds is actually just their cover of "Train Kept a-Rollin'" with different lyrics, basically.
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
I didn't know that. Thanks
@TheMerseySound1 7 ай бұрын
'Stroll On' is a straight lift of 'Train Kept A-Rollin' by Johnny Burnette (which they covered)
@brunofellipe-rl4im 7 ай бұрын
IT'S Amazing to know before the punk really exist,we haved a taste of what will come be. Even in the 60's. Anyway,thanks to share this piece of thing called music for us.❤
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
And metal too. It was all there in the '60s
@brunofellipe-rl4im 7 ай бұрын
@bloxsy_ Yes,Helter Skelter is one prove of them
@wilholmrykes6589 7 ай бұрын
@@brunofellipe-rl4imBlue Cheer and Steppenwolf in America, Deep Purple in Britain
@brunofellipe-rl4im 7 ай бұрын
@@wilholmrykes6589 we can't forget the Stooges in this after all. Even them was proto-punk,was essencial to give that last straw of inspiration
@paistinlasta1805 7 ай бұрын
Oh wow... It's almost as if new music doesn't suddenly get invented when the decade changes, but rather it evolves over time... Crazy...
@pierrebidondo4095 7 ай бұрын
The 1st "Punk" style song I ever heard was "Not Your Steppin' Stone" from 1966. 1st grade me & younger brother would always thrash around like crazy & knock shit over & get sent to our rooms till we chilled out😆 it was later covered by the Sex Pistols & many others
@steveparish9210 7 ай бұрын
The Monkees did a good version Hendrix did a fantastic version
@bloppysloppy4057 7 ай бұрын
Paul Revere & the Raiders did it first and their version is good too.@@steveparish9210
@dout0rm942 7 ай бұрын
@@steveparish9210The original Paul Revere & The Raiders version is, at least to me, even punkier then the Moonkees's one.
@m00ncat89 7 ай бұрын
“i need you” is a great pick. ramones took that opening clang for listen to my heart. it would’ve been a hit if released as an A-side like you really got me and all day and all of the night. god save the kinks
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Thanks. Totally agree. I think it’s a better song than people give it credit for.
@stevenc6969 6 ай бұрын
Love Stroll On by the Yardbirds, so underrated.
@jmason61 7 ай бұрын
Gotta vote for Wild Thing cause it's the easiest one to play & kids started.. it's like a gateway drug
@monoped8437 7 ай бұрын
that first one was pretty difficult
@renatab8293 7 ай бұрын
The troggs didn't write it as far as I know, but I suppose the guitar riff is in part the Troggs' creation.
@GreenManalishiUSA 4 ай бұрын
After Wild Thing, the next song with barre chords that I was able to play all the way through was No Fun. Now I had _two_ songs in my repertoire, and I felt like a full-on guitar hero. Woo hoo!
@monoped8437 4 ай бұрын
@@renatab8293, written by Chip Taylor, who is jon voight's brother.
@AlmiNia 7 ай бұрын
the ending like the sopranos finale 😂
@kevh9497 7 ай бұрын
A great selection of riffs excellently played as always. Thanks for the video!
@pierrebidondo4095 7 ай бұрын
Great tone on the Zep tune btw👍
@_steamfunk_2271 7 ай бұрын
Glad you added the Stooges "No fun"
@mecetnoca 7 ай бұрын
Elvis in 1966 recorded a throw away song called 'long legged girl'. But its fun to hear because has a proto punk heavy guitar riff in A/D/E/D/A.
@Sr19769p 7 ай бұрын
Nice, dude! A great selection of rip-roarin' riffs 👍
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@jamlemon 7 ай бұрын
Waiting for Communication Breakdown, I’m easily pleased. 😂
@GuitarVee 7 ай бұрын
Great job, and I love that Mustang! 🔥
@silviaskull 7 ай бұрын
Great stuff man!
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Thank you Silvia!
@azevbn326 7 ай бұрын
Great list of songs. 7 and 7 is, Talk Talk or Action Woman could have been there too
@9750939 7 ай бұрын
Agree, plus Psychotic Reaction.
@jevinday 6 ай бұрын
Lol I thought it said "plunkiest" 😂 I was expecting Twist & Shout. The Velvet Underground & Nico is one of my favorite albums of all time. There are totally some punk elements to it
@jhvuvghvftdvgjgjhfgrdb78b83 7 ай бұрын
Should be Demolición by Los Saicos too!!!
@DoNuT_1985 7 ай бұрын
9 of 12 "the" bands - feels like the early 2000s when a vintage Strat and _the_ band name was all the hype.
@leefreed2060 6 ай бұрын
This is just brilliant 🤘🤘🤘
@fuzzcous 7 ай бұрын
The Witch & Stroll On, excellent choices.
@marccolas7531 6 ай бұрын
On this list, I only know the Beatles and the Rolling Stone... but I will discover the other bands 😊
@matthewjdouglas6471 7 ай бұрын
Love that yard birds riff the best, so bleeding nasty, i love it
@Zallard 7 ай бұрын
love me some bloxsy playing the sonics
@axllow3914 7 ай бұрын
Love the shirt
@Juno58 7 ай бұрын
The main riff of Yardbirds "Stroll on" sounds like Aerosmiths "Train kept a rollin"!
@edyb2097 7 ай бұрын
I'd add something by the early Pretty Things, like "Midnight to Six Man" and "LSD", and 13th Floors Elevator ("Reverberation" maybe). Anyway, great job.
@permanentvacation2406 7 ай бұрын
The rockin ramrods she lied is a earlier punk rocker too
@willsmith3787 7 ай бұрын
really good video, I play most of these pretty frequently myself. i'd probably add hes waitin by the sonics, nile song by pink floyd, and a few other riffs off of the Nuggets comp
@joseguerreroneri18 7 ай бұрын
This is beautiful. It's delightful that this musical element was always present in the backdrop of pop culture. At the time, though, it was all considered "rock n roll." Yet, within a few short years, it became a sub genre of rock music.
@eddietasker9110 7 ай бұрын
Basically anything by The Velvet Underground or Iggy and The Stooges
@thehunter3387 7 ай бұрын
I think that the sonics - “the witch” can also be considered one of the samples of early horror punk, lol
@rockawayb1tch 7 ай бұрын
The Sonics have some killer riffs! Cinderella and their mutation of Louie Louie would fit right in with these
@guyincognito1423 7 ай бұрын
Great as usual! Bit shocked picked Sister Ray wasn't your VU song.
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, I thought I would do one of the others for a change. Don’t think I’ve played I Heard Her Call My Name on here before. Love Sister Ray though.
@SlowToe 7 ай бұрын
Nice tele guitar. Love it's jangle tone.
@gwugluud 7 ай бұрын
The day during the late 70s that I noticed "Meet The Beatles" is pretty basically punk rock with less distortion...
@aaronvicente5028 7 ай бұрын
*YES*
@igordias3899 7 ай бұрын
Really good! Saudação do Brazil!!
@aziziabdrahman7756 7 ай бұрын
Thank you for this
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@gentmusic3554 6 ай бұрын
I really love the Easybeats Friday on my mind, can feel the punk energy when it kicks in and when the riff goes off at a tangent in the verse and sounds slightly out of intonation, feels so much like the punk energy to me and would translate very well with a more distorted tone
@steveparish9210 7 ай бұрын
Excellent yr very talented 👏
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@buriedverydeep 7 ай бұрын
Borderline...One of the Coolest Revolutionary Riffs Ever❤️🔥❤️
@mungofinalfi4480 7 ай бұрын
Man, you've got a really nice overdrive tone here. In particular for Wild Thing. What did you use?
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Thanks. I’m using a boss katana amp using the ‘crunch’ setting.
@Gilbert_Dice_Gottfried 7 ай бұрын
Music machine’s song talk talk could’ve made either this video or the last video. There’s also a riff in the song psychotic reaction by the count 5, that occurs during the instrumental break. It sounds more protopunk than just about any other protopunk song because it has a beat in half-time and the guitar riff sounds like a person literally going insane. It almost sounds like a riff from aneurysm by nirvana. There’s a lot of garage rock from the 60’s that sounds like it could’ve been recorded 10 years later in the punk era.
@mitchellhughes5180 6 ай бұрын
Nice!
@ninadkarmarkar9534 7 ай бұрын
Psychotic Reaction by Count 5 is a great one too!
@IdiotAmigo 7 ай бұрын
I wonder what the 13 punkiest riffs of the 1950s would be. Link Wray's "Rumble" or Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" come to mind. Though of course, to speak of "punk" in the 50s is even bigger a stretch than in the 60s.
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
True. I’d love to explore it though. To find some more early ‘heavy’ riffs from ‘50s like Link Wray
@rockawayb1tch 7 ай бұрын
@@bloxsy_Duane Eddy’s version of Peter Gunn would be a good choice
@suds3405 2 ай бұрын
Superb
@dimitreze 7 ай бұрын
nice!
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Thanks dude
@michaelr1221 7 ай бұрын
did you know - The Troggs Wild Thing is a cover !
@APAL880 3 ай бұрын
No Fun is one of the best riffs and has some of the best soloing of all time
@BoynamedMagnus183 7 ай бұрын
You should have taken Helter Skelter on this list as well!
@azevbn326 7 ай бұрын
More hard rock than punk
@thedashgreen65000 7 ай бұрын
No he shouldn’t have.
@bigbananadealer846 7 ай бұрын
that more proto-metal than proto-punk
@mungofinalfi4480 7 ай бұрын
No please, that's the song he's played to death.
@DoNuT_1985 7 ай бұрын
Since it is claimed to be one of the many first incarnations of metal, probably not well-suited for a punk riff list. It definitely has that energy but coming from a different place. To be fair, Revolution also sounds like a very traditional rock tune compared to the others, imo...
@SemperCallide 7 ай бұрын
I love Revolution by The Beatles but I don't think that riff is punk-y in the slightest. It's really a throwback to the early days of rock n roll (late 40s / early 50s). It's closer to traditional blues. Love the other choices on this list tho, great video
@terrywitzu7874 6 ай бұрын
Wow, you added WILD THING. It recently struck me that it could be the heaviest progression ever recorded. It's just when it was recorded they only had so much head-room. It loses some of it's bombastic edge w/ the distortion you maintain from example to the next, but just the same; I don't think You Tube has enough head room for that gigantic, dry tone. Some great picks, and thank you for reminding me that The Sonics exist. RECOMMENDATION - Davie Allan and the Arrows.
@rustylibre 7 ай бұрын
Nice Riffs but I’ve got jacket envy :) where’s it from ?
@briancoyne6700 7 ай бұрын
Very cool! Nice guitar tone. What's your signal chain?
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Thank you. It's just going straight into a Boss Katana 50 then into GarageBand.
@briancoyne6700 7 ай бұрын
Katanas are great. I thought you were playing a tube amp and into a speaker emulator like Two Notes. I'm impressed!
@lukeriley730 7 ай бұрын
borderline is such a great song
@michaelr1221 7 ай бұрын
Just for fun check out Hey Freak - The Swamp Rats I think I heard it was an unreleased track from 1967 , which would be ahead of Stooges
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Wow, Yeah, that's another one that I completely missed. Mainly because I've never heard of it! Much appreciated, that's very punk sounding.
@jimdavis8391 7 ай бұрын
Communication Breakdown reminds me of the Deadboys.
@TheAaronHolmberg 7 ай бұрын
I heard her call my name is one of the catchiest velvet underground songs
@willflint5014 7 ай бұрын
It’s a “include 10, leave 10 off” type thing.
@p33_rec 7 ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥
@rockitmorton 7 ай бұрын
Maybe you know this already but two punk bands covered Communication Breakdown; D.O.A. & the Dickies. Great playing.
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
I didn’t know this. Thanks!
@tjuuj 3 ай бұрын
bro do a playlist for us
@jimmyjazz7992 6 ай бұрын
The Monks are great 60’s proto-punk
@lol_cccc9195 7 ай бұрын
Can you make a second vid of Placebo riffs ??
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
What songs would you put on it?
@lol_cccc9195 7 ай бұрын
@@bloxsy_ Allergic (To thoughts of mother earth) Begin the End Follow the cops back home Blind Kitty litter Battle for the sun 36 degrees Chemtrails B3 Special k
@bloppysloppy4057 7 ай бұрын
Great choices all of 'em. I think "Born To Be Wild" is punkier than SWABLR but great list nonetheless.
@omegajrz1269 Ай бұрын
Revolution's riff comes from Pee Wee Crayton's Do Unto Others
@ZEKYAHWEHBLUD 7 ай бұрын
I NEED YOU MENTION LETS GOOO
@bhoops13 7 ай бұрын
'Stroll On' played with that guitar sound could well be a grunge song from '91
@kevinflynn4519 7 ай бұрын
Or an Aerosmith song from the 2nd album
@tuskedbeast 7 ай бұрын
Or a Johnny Burnette Trio song from the 1950s
@TheMerseySound1 7 ай бұрын
'Bad Girl' by The Zakary Thaks
@albinobangz9182 7 ай бұрын
👏🏻👏🏻
@ScottCaldwell 7 ай бұрын
What are your guitar and amp settings for Kinks I Need You? Honestly, that’s the only guitar tone I ever need or want
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
I'm using the 'crunch' setting on a Boss Katana amp. The bass is turned down because the tele can be a bit muddy and the high turned up. Mids about half way.
@ScottCaldwell 7 ай бұрын
@@bloxsy_ Nice one, cheers. Appreciate the reply. 🙌
@onorioneto3798 7 ай бұрын
What model is the cream guitar with tortoise sheild?
@bloxsy_ 6 ай бұрын
It's a Fender Cyclone
@DarioVarasG 7 ай бұрын
You forgot "Demolición" by Los Saicos, credited as the very first punk rock song to ever exist
@evanelston105 7 ай бұрын
Whoever said that must not have heard of The Monks
@shaheelramdeo489 7 ай бұрын
Cool t shirt
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@charlesstephenarnest8513 7 ай бұрын
Hello sir, do you have a email? Could I hire you to record a cover tune guitar part? Your tone and timing is tight
@jaydee3514 7 ай бұрын
Any chance you can do a dead Kennedys video?
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Yeah. I was actually thinking of doing one. I have a punk bass riffs video coming next too.
@jaydee3514 7 ай бұрын
I’m yet to hear lynch the landlord played accurately on KZfaq.. thanks man
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
I don't actually know that song but I'll check it out thanks.
@revalone3944 7 ай бұрын
the kinks using the same riff more than once lol
@kelechi_77 2 ай бұрын
Louie Louie by Swamp Rats should have made it!
@angelelric8607 7 ай бұрын
garage rock when
@the_laybacks 7 ай бұрын
Anything Sonics could make the list.
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
I nearly did two with He’s Waitin being the other
@natanborszcz1219 7 ай бұрын
do you know Electric Prunes band? I recommend you "You Never Had It Better " song, it completely kick the ass ;)
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
I’ve never heard it but will check it out. Thanks!
@michaelr1221 7 ай бұрын
the live album Stockholm 67 - Electric Prunes really hints at what they could have been
@Mavors1099 6 ай бұрын
Looking for some punk from the sixties... listen to Los Saicos.
@calebjames3590 7 ай бұрын
I'm Waiting For The Man?
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Yep. Sister Ray and White Light/White would have done too.
@MDE128 7 ай бұрын
The ‘60s has better music than the ‘70s.
@user-xq1bc5qx2p 7 ай бұрын
Dunno, all 60s music sounds too corny for me. 70s prog is even more corny sometimes, but King Crimson and Pink Floyd are my favorite bands of all time
@JP-qy2nh 7 ай бұрын
Kinks I need you sounds exactly like nirvana very ape. Or vice versa
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
I get what you mean. It has that Kinks vibe. Never noticed that to be honest.
@Syddyparrot 7 ай бұрын
THE WITCH YES BRO YES
@Syddyparrot 7 ай бұрын
Your channel is the only one I post comments on
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
I really appreciate that. Comments help the video too. So thanks!
@Syddyparrot 7 ай бұрын
@@bloxsy_ no problem man
@oliver_l9028 7 ай бұрын
where can you get the t-shirt?
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
I got it from an exhibition, so I don’t know really.
@oliver_l9028 7 ай бұрын
@@bloxsy_ ait
@shroomlord682 7 ай бұрын
clicked on this just to see is communication breakdown was on here
@jamlemon 7 ай бұрын
Same! 😂
@henryzhao4622 7 ай бұрын
You reall got me????
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Yeah of course, but I just thought I’d play one of their others for a change.
@jimdavis8391 7 ай бұрын
Street Fighting man isn't, it's pure country.
@brothermoto1964 7 ай бұрын
No Fun! That's cheating LOL. Speaking of punk bands who covered the previous decade, how about The Damned who covered MC5's Looking at You. ❤
@MarsK84 7 ай бұрын
Is that a player tele?
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Kind of. It’s a Mexican Standard series which they changed to Player Series more recently. This is from 2009.
@ordinarialocura 7 ай бұрын
"Los Saicos" te faltó
@cdprince768 7 ай бұрын
You capoed Street Fighting Man when the entire riff is already played on a barre chord. 🙂
@bloxsy_ 7 ай бұрын
Haha true.
@Wulf425 7 ай бұрын
Uh, no "Louie Louie," "You Really Got Me," or "Gloria"?
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