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It's great if it immediately reminds you of the song it comes from.... without any vocals or anything else added...

 

Some killer riffs?

 

"And Your Bird Can Sing"....Beatles

 

"Tush"....Z.Z. Top

 

"Birthday" ... Beatles

 

"Are Friends Electric?"... Gary Numan

 

"Spinning Wheel" BS&T

 

"Roxanne" Police

 

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"Fire" Jimi Hendrix

 

"Purple Haze" Jimi Hendrix

 

"Don't Go"...Yazoo

 

"Let's Spend The Night Together" Rolling Stones

 

"Cold As Ice" Foreigner

 

"Hooked On A Feeling" Blue Swede (ghastly maybe, but it's utterly unique and memorable)

 

"1999" Prince

 

"Mr. Sandman" Chordettes (bum-bum-bum-bum-bum... that bit)

 

"Sunshine Of Your Love" Cream

 

"Tainted Love"...Soft Cell

 

"All The Young Dudes" Mott The Hoople (My hat goes off to any guitarist who can nail that opening riff perfectly)

 

"Cocaine" J.J. Cale

 

"American Woman" The Guess Who

 

"Green Onions" Booker T. & The M.G.'s

 

"Dream On" Aerosmith

 

"Come And Get It" Badfinger (Can you play a big fat Eb maj chord on the piano and not be reminded of this record?)

 

"Time Of The Season" Zombies (that clap/exhalation riff is so weird... yet so effective)

 

"Tell Her No" Zombies

 

"Light My Fire" Doors (Gotta hand it to Manzarek for that great organ thingee at the beginning)

 

"Stiletto" Billy Joel

 

"Change" Tears For Fears

 

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"Everybody, Everybody" Black Box

 

"Forget-Me-Nots" Patrice Rushen

 

P.S. If I could be in a band that used THIS song lineup as their show? I'd think I'd died and gone to heaven...

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Here are some oldies but Goodies that I like.

In no particular order of preference.

 

Black Sabbath========Black Sabbath

Paranoid============Black Sabbath

Iron Man============Black Sabbath

Oh Well=============Fleetwood Mac

Whole Lotta Love=====.Led Zeppelin

Heartbreaker=========Led Zeppelin

How Many MoreTimes?=.Led Zeppelin

Dazed & Confused====.Led Zepppelin

Machine Gun=======.=Jimi Hendrix

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WTF...Nobody's mentioned

"THE RIFF"?

 

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Then there's April Wine......at 4:00 they start back in with Day Tripper, throw in some (No) Satisfaction and then top it off bringing their own riff back in.

 

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Roller was kick ass too..

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but one of my favorites in my guitar learning days was Aerosmith's Same Old Song And Dance..

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