1.   And on most of the songs, the chorus permutes, allowing improvising singers to fill the space between the powerful melodic hooks with jokes, observations and declarations.

2.   Known for a Paul McCartney-esque way with melodic hooks as leader of Crowded House, Neil Finn broke up the band to go it alone.

3.   Melodic hooks arise out of rhythmic workouts.

4.   The catchiest melodic hooks, after all, are those that lend themselves most readily to instant exploitation by Madison Avenue.

5.   The songs, often fitted out with melodic hooks half-appropriated from other sources, sound studiously primped for radio.

6.   These songs combined killer melodic hooks with state-of-the-art studio technology and electronic dance textures.

7.   So is the melodic hook.