Members Stabby Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 I'm looking for some suggestions. What are the best keyboard riffs from the 90s and 00s that are recognizable by a large audience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Plink Floyd Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 The ones they stole from the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_big_e Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Tubular bells (or was that the 70's, been so long I forget) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Clocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seamonkey Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Wasn't exactly a banner decade for keyboard riffs was it? VH-1's greatest hits of the 90's... the list... 1.Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991, #6 US) 2.U2 - "One" (1991, #10 US) 3.Backstreet Boys - "I Want It That Way" (1999, #6 US) 4.Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You" (1992, #1 US) 5.Madonna - "Vogue" (1990, #1 US) 6.Sir Mix-A-Lot - "Baby Got Back" (1992, #1 US) 7.Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time" (1999, #1 US) 8.TLC - "Waterfalls" (1994, #1 US) 9.R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion" (1991, #4 US) 10.Sin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stabby Posted November 17, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 So far I've got Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity and Daft Punk - Around The World. Can't think of anything else other than dance songs... Can be anything really. R&B, pop, hiphop, etc. As long as it's popular with a big audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madprof Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Uh, Tubular Bells came out in 1973. And it's based on Mike Oldfield's guitar playing. How about Trouble by Coldplay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Re-Member Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Pretty sure that Haddaway's "What Is Love?" will be remembered by future alien races as the greatest music composition planet Earth had to offer between the 90's and 00's. This decade doesn't count, as they are planning on blowing us up next year and blasting this song on a megaphone as they do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stabby Posted November 17, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Pretty sure that Haddaway's "What Is Love?" will be remembered by future alien races as the greatest music composition planet Earth had to offer between the 90's and 00's. This decade doesn't count, as they are planning on blowing us up next year and blasting this song on a megaphone as they do so. Great one! Also found other ones: Daft Punk - Da FunkJamiroquai - Virtual InsanityMC Hammer - U Can't Touch This2Pac - California LoveDr. Dre - Nuthin' But a G Thang (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zoink Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 [video=youtube;z33tH-JdPDg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 13ghostsofscoobydoo Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 AIR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boomboomdrums Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Drops of Jupiter - Train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Re-Member Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Great one!Also found other ones:Daft Punk - Da FunkJamiroquai - Virtual InsanityMC Hammer - U Can't Touch This2Pac - California LoveDr. Dre - Nuthin' But a G Thang (?) It somehow took me about twenty years to realize this, but Haddaway's "What Is Love" totally ripped off "Halcyon" by Orbital. Not sure why this never registered with me before. Nostalgia don't hurt me, no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJ RAZZ Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Man it is hard for me to think about the 90's. I was addicted to country at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tagutcow Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 I liked the synth solo in that remix of Mike Posner's "Cooler Than Me" that pop radio hammered into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bogdan77 Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Nobody mentioned "Narcotic" by Liquido?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_big_e Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Uh, Tubular Bells came out in 1973. And it's based on Mike Oldfield's guitar playing. Sure but it sounds cool on a keyboard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stabby Posted November 17, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Any others from the 00s? I'd think there are a lot of R&B and pop synth riffs from the last 10 years that were very popular, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hahuusko Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 Maybe not "the best" but definitely recognizable: Usher - Yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members selfinflikted Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 The fuzzy synth bassline from "What's My Name?" on Snoop's Doggystyle album. Extremely recognizable synth riff. (I think that particular riff is used in more than a few songs from that decade) ETA: Now that I think about it, that actually might be an electric bass with distortion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted November 18, 2011 Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 [video=youtube;rMV-fenGP1g] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madprof Posted November 18, 2011 Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 Great one! Also found other ones: MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This You mean Rick James' Super Freak?? Anything by Armand Van Helden ought to do the trick really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mediterranean Posted November 18, 2011 Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 I don't know if this is from the 90s, but I love the solo starting at 1:12mn:) [video=youtube;c9GtSa4xSgM] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mediterranean Posted November 18, 2011 Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 Is considered "keyboard riff" when you play MIDI drums? [video=youtube;ZO7xuDExo5I] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundwave106 Posted November 20, 2011 Members Share Posted November 20, 2011 Wasn't exactly a banner decade for keyboard riffs was it? Lots of synths in the 90s and 00s, but not exactly *riff* worthy. Actually, the same goes for guitars too. So many are sampling as well. So, when Missy Elliott hits it big by sampling Cybotron, it doesn't count. There are a few signature dance hit riffs, like DaRude's Sandstorm or Zombie Nation's Kernkraft 400. (Although technically Zombie Nation took *that* riff from a C64 game, so that doesn't count either...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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