Best guitar riff

[WRESTLINGFAN]

The riff from Satisfaction by the rolling stones may be the most famous, but in my opinion, the riff from Iron Man by Black Sabbath rules

Kinda makes you think when the #1 rapper is white and the #1 golfer is black

[fezident]

I don't think there is a "best" riff. It's all opinion. But if I had to pick the "most recognizable", I'd have to go with

"Sweet Child of Mine" by GnR

"Sweet Home Alabama" by Skynyrd

"Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks (tie with "eye of the tiger" by Survivior)

and
"Roadhouse Blues" by The Doors.


That is probably the only list on Earth that includes The Doors and Survivior. WOW!


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[Death Metal Moe]

I'm not sure it's that riff, but Sabbath wrote the best riffs.

Maybe National Acrabat. That song is SO CATCHY it's been stuck in my head for DAYS!

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"Smoke On The Water": the first riff guitarists learn.

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[The Chairman]

The first one that came to mind was Smoke on the Water.

But the guitar part that I'm gay for is the beginning of Led Zep's Over The Hills and Far Away. I don't play so I don't know what qualifies as a "riff" but when I hear that guitar part I just get in a great mood. Other guitar parts I really like are Eruption by Van Halen, most of the riffs on Dinosaur Jr.s' Green Mind (especially The Wagon and on Bug's Freak Scene) and the one in the song In Her Mouth A Desert by Pavement which is replicated note for note in Silkworm's Raised By Tigers. Also the guitar on the song That Lady by the Isley Brothers.

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[fezident]

"Smoke On The Water": the first riff guitarists learn.

Ah yes... how could I have forgotten that one?!

Also, nowadays I somehow STILL hear the young 'uns showing off with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" every time I go to the music store. You can set your watch by it.

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[Lummox]

Eruption by Eddie Van Halen will always be the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear 'guitar riff'.


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NIB

Sunshine Of Your Love

Space Truckin(Deep Purple)

Train Kept A Rolling(Aerosmith)





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[fluffernutter]

This is like picking a needle out of a haystack!

Ones that come to mind would be:

-Metallica - Disposable Heroes
-Exodus - Verbal Razors
-Dark Angel - Never To Rise Again
-Black Sabbath - ENTIRE Master of Reality album ( I hold this album personally responsible for the speed and thrash metal movement)
-Exhorder - Desecrator
-Anthrax - Among The Living

You know, FUCK THIS because there are too many and I don't want to be here all night. These just come to mind first because I always associated riff along with metal. Just like mosh, hesh and slam. I have yet to touch on Indie, Hardcore, Punk and the AC/DC becasue they got great riffs all over the place.

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[jafter]

Ten years gone -- Zeppelin
Can you hear me knocking -- Stones
Beating Round the bush - AC/DC
Since Ive been loving you - Zeppelin
All along the watchtower - Hendrix


Thank you Ron and Fez for finally being live in DC again.
Ok let's get the boys back live in NY. Don't give up the fight.

[golfcourseguy]

Just to be different:
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
Workin' Man Blues -Roy Nichols (Merle Haggard)
I feel Fine- Beatles
Whole Lotta Love- Led Zep
Fortunate Son - Creedence
Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix
in the 12 string category
Mr. Tamborine Man-Byrds
A Hard Days Night-Beatles
Kicks- Paul Revere and the Raiders
When You Walk in the Room"- The Searchers


I just had to add the 12 strings for the Rickenbacker fans







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[fezident]

Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix


BINGO! I must've had another brain-fart, because I can't believe I forgot that one! Those first notes before the drums come in is the very defintion of "classic".


"Photograph" by Def Lep is a pretty timeless riff. That used to be an air-guitar staple until DL became a bit of a joke. Still... when I hear it on some wacky "80ies weekend", I definitely turn it up.

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[Crippler]

One of my favorites is Van Halen's "Top of the World"...that's the song I use to test a new stereo system. If a set of speakers can handle that intro without buzzing, it can handle anything I'm going to play through it. The rif is so good, it is part of the outro to "Jump" from 1984, and it was so memorable that Eddie dug it up & rewrote a whole song around it in 1991.

The best pure rif I can think of, though, has to be Randy's slide rif from "Suicide Solution"...it was so good as a warm-up exercise that it inspired a whole song.

Another one of my favorites, but far from being a famous one, is from "All Your Love I Miss Lovin" by Stevie Ray Vaughan. But, I'm not sure he wrote that song, so I don't know if I can credit SRV with the rif.

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[who6489]

Here's some of my faves......

KISS - Detroit Rock City
The WHO - Young Man Blues
RUSH - The Analog Kid
Black Sabbath - Sabbra Cadabra
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Judas Priest - Exiter
AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie
Van Halen - Loss Of Control
ANTHRAX - Belly Of The Beast
QUEENSRYCHE - I Don't Believe In Love

There's a TON more, but these were the ones that I thought of right of the bat :)

Take it easy Clarky

[jocefus]

hot for teacher- van halen

sex and candy-marcys playground, hate the song but very catchy.

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[Spoil-Sport]

Van Halen's cover of You Really Got Me

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[jafter]

Here are a few great Bass riffs

Higher ground - Red hot chili peppers
Blood and roses - Smithereens


Thank you Ron and Fez for finally being live in DC again.
Ok let's get the boys back live in NY. Don't give up the fight.

[mikeyboy]

not a popular choice, but I'm going with...

Replacements - I Will Dare

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[grlNIN]

Bass riffs.....

Gorilla Biscuits-Time Flies

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[reeshy]

Somebody already mentioned "Can't You Heat Me Knocking"-also "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

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[Steels]

Iron Maiden: "Genghis Khan"

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[Dudeman]

cream- Sunshine Of Your Love
stones- satisfaction

[Gvac]

I'm absolutely loony for "Riff Rock" - something that just pounds into your head and body and hypnotizes you. Damn near any song by the Stones, AC/DC, or Zeppelin will do the trick for me.

If I had to pick a favorite of each, I'd probably say "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" by the Stones, "If You Want Blood" by AC/DC, and "Houses of the Holy" by Zep.

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[WintersEmbers]

yeah its lame but im gonna go with "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC i just love it

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[TheMojoPin]

something that just pounds into your body and hypnotizes you.

"No, NO!!! Eeeesss TOO SEXY!!!"

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"Scene Of the Crime"----Iggy Pop

" and they ask me why I drink"

[Dude!]

maybe not the best ever
but guitar-work starting at 1:56
gives me goosebumps

i luv young ted nugent

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[patrick187]

A song with a great riff, but with really terrible lyrics: Spoonman by Soundgarden. "Feel the music while you can!"

[DJEvelEd]

Dust Devil by the Butthole Surfers

fuckin John Paul Jones produced this on LSD or sumptin.

[Snoogans]

the last 5 or so seconds of this commercial

KILLED IT

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[hanso]

The riff from Satisfaction by the rolling stones may be the most famous, but in my opinion, the riff from Iron Man by Black Sabbath rules

Kinda makes you think when the #1 rapper is white and the #1 golfer is black

Overall I would say Black Sabbath. Out of the blue I had a riff in my head. With out even hearing the song. It was Robin Trower. So they go on my list also.

The song was...................................

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This one at the break. 250 mark.