Greatest Guitar Riffs

larryfine

How about Alvin Lee on I'm going home when he played at woodstock. Roy Clark was great too!

Zombo

When I think of riffs i think of:

Satisfaction

Smoke on the Water

Money for nothing

Sweet child o mine.

Thats a pretty good Mount Rushmore of Riffs.

Z

Axe

Born to be Wild

Working Man

Crazy Train

Hall of the Mountain King..

Mr Scary

Back IN FUCKING BLACK!!!!

The Gipper

Golden Earring then had several great riffs then, including 3-4 songs from the Radar Love album.

Then, also going by all y'alls definition of riffs, Simple Sister by Procul Harum had two of the best contained in the same song:

Westside Steve

Good call Gipper. I think that was the broken barricades album. Robin Trower last one and they gave him what's more songs that he ever did before.

WSS

Axe

Let's not forget Steel Panther

The Gipper

@westside-steve said:

Good call Gipper. I think that was the broken barricades album. Robin Trower last one and they gave him what's more songs that he ever did before.

WSS

The first "riff" has got to up there with like Smoke on the Water for simplicity and effect. The second riff could be a TV show theme song.

Westside Steve

Lest we forget the opening guitar hook on aqualung.

WSS

slowburn

steve stevens is a bad man

Axe

@slowburn said:

steve stevens is a bad man

Indeed he is

Some of his best work was on Vince Neil's solo cd "Exposed"

Browns149

Back to the "RIFF" thing.

this is one of my favorite riffs. As soon as it comes on I turn it way up

Axe

Wolf Hoffman has written some awesome riffs..

The Cysko Kid

I just flat out love this band

The Gipper

I guess that White Stripes song they play everywhere would have to be considered one of the top known recent riffs, no? Seven Nation Army?

Axe

The a fore mentioned Mr Hoffman

Before someone brings up Hanson or Tiny Canadian Pussy Douche in a "Greatest Guitar Riffs" thread

The Cysko Kid

The good thing about music is its subjective and you can never be wrong. What Axe just put up raped my ear holes and you could not pay me to listen to it again. But to him it's great and who the f am I to say different?

Axe

Yeah, well, seeing how we're being all subjective and no one can be wrong..

What you posted epitomizes the pussification of America imo..

If someone asked me to listen to it again I'd tell them that before I would, I'd slap the dick taste so far out of their mouth that it would be late next week before they could enjoy it again.. But hey!! To you it's great !

Just being subjective and all.. No one can be wrong,, right

Now maybe,, before you decide to get all snarky again under the guise of subjectivity and insult some one else's appreciation of good taste on anything, perhaps you'll remember...

c'est la vie

or

Pura vida

The Cysko Kid

Besides liking terrible music you're also a douche. Noted.

The Cysko Kid

You can think it represents whatever you like. Your taste in music ensures we will not agree on anything you might posit. Metal is not good or interesting in any way from the yelling to the gay s&m attire to the obligatory Dean guitars. However I don't hate on you for liking it. That's your choice, and I could sit here and make up some gay fake internet tough guy e threats like you were compelled to do but I don't really feel like I have to do that. You're allowed to dislike the music I like.

Westside Steve

@the-cysko-kid said:
You can think it represents whatever you like. Your taste in music ensures we will not agree on anything you might posit. Metal is not good or interesting in any way from the yelling to the gay s&m attire to the obligatory Dean guitars. However I don't hate on you for liking it. That's your choice, and I could sit here and make up some gay fake internet tough guy e threats like you were compelled to do but I don't really feel like I have to do that. You're allowed to dislike the music I like.

Well I don't like the Black Keys.

WSS