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What Are Your All-Time Favorite Guitar Riffs?


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Here's a few more:

Still Got the Blues, Gary Moore
Tell Mama, Savoy Brown
Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings, ZZ Top
Workin' Man, Rush
Cold, Cold, Cold/ Tripe Face Boogie, little Feat
Life In the Fast Lane, Eagles
Reelin' In The Years, Steely Dan
Lay It On The Line, Triumph

Some of my favorites.

Thanks for this thread. You got me to thinking about a lot of old tunes that I used to know how to play and have mostly forgotten.

Good Job!:cool:

RT1

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Originally posted by recordingtrack1

Hey JJ, how about "Keep Yourself Alive" since you're talking about Queen. And it ain't on the "done to death list".



Rt1:thu:




that's a great one, but I don't have a flanger :)


Gudbye T'Jane by Slade and Ballroom Blitz by Sweet have some great guitar in them, too

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A few riffs that come to mind:

She's Alright - Muddy Waters off of Electric Mud

If you have to ask -RHCP

Eminence Front- The Who

Jumpin' Jack Flash- You know who its by, Keef is a riff magnet

Next- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (is a banjo riff allowed?)

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Best riff ever? Gotta' be Day Tripper.

Honorable mentions would be:
Intro to Johnny B Goode
Jailbreak by T/Lizzy
Born Under a Bad Sign/Albert King
Electric version of Layla's opening riff (even though I hate the song, credit where it's due)
Hurricane by Scorpions.

There, now you're done and you can get back to sucking up great editor level guitar swag...:D

Larry

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oh well, by fleetwood mac (this is supposed to be the inspiration for zeppelin's black dog, another great one)
the ocean, zeppelin. i love a lot of zeppelin riffs equally, but this one stands out in a unique way. another of my favorites of theirs is the lemon song
and i've always been partial to stroll on / train kept a rollin, whatever they wanted to call it, by the yardbirds
machine gun, hendrix/band of gypsies
oh yes and 'who knows' too...its on that band of gypsies album as well, i think its just about as good as a guitar riff will ever get
i've always loved the main riff of in-a-gadda-da-vida by iron butterfly, but i have to admit, i've never heard another of their songs that i know of. its sorta similar to another of my favorites, sunshine of your love by cream
and i can't leave out crossroads by cream also, {censored}in love that riff.

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In no particular order:

1. Smoke On the Water
2. Unchained
3. Whole Lotta Love
4. Sunshine of Your Love
5. Satisfaction
6. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
7. Never tear Us Apart
8. Smells Like Teen Spirit
9. Working Man
10. I Am the Law
11. Boogie Chillen/Boom Boom
12. ...everything by Van Halen and The Edge

.... and about a gazillion others!!!

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Whoah...

Just One Fix - Ministry
I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles
Manic Depression - Hendrix
Miss You - The Stones
Hymn 43 - Jethro Tull
What Would You Say - Jeff Buckley
Lullaby - The Cure
Thank You Falletenme Be Mice Elf - Sly & The Family Stone
Two Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
Dragon Attack - Queen
Last - Nine Inch Nails
The Wanton Song - Led Zeppelin
We'll Have Power - 24-7 Spyz
Burnin' For You - Blue Oyster Cult
Just Because - Jane's Addiction
Fantasy - Aldo Nova
Clean My Wounds - Corrosion of Conformity
Footsteps In The Dark - The Isley Brothers
Come On (Part One) - Hendrix (again)
The Thrill of It All - Black Sabbath
One Armed Scissor - At The Drive In
Fight or Fall - Thin Lizzy

There are about a thousand others, but these are the first that immediately come to mind...

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