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What riffs do you love?

  • 22-07-2016 12:55pm
    #1
    HensVassal
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    To those who are unsure a guitar "riff" is a simple sequence of repeated notes. Mine are:

    Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
    Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
    Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols


    Hoping to learn of some more good ones.


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  • #2
    FortySeven
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    Stairway to heaven.
    The chain
    Comfortably numb


  • #3
    Conall Cernach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,955 ✭✭✭Conall Cernach


    20th Century Boy - T-Rex
    Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
    Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
    Deuce - Kiss
    Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie


  • #4
    A2LUE42
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    All the young dudes.


  • #5
    Yellow pack crisps
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    How soon is now. Smiths

    Chasing rainbows shed 7

    Latest flame elvis


    Brothers in arms dire straits

    Jack the Ripper morrissey


  • #6
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,734 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy

    Danananananananaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


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  • #7
    topper75
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    Cradle Rock - Rory Gallagher
    Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin
    Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac (not the pop music lineup- the Peter Green outfit)


  • #8
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider.


  • #9
    jacksie66
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #10
    MonkeyTennis
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    Always on the run (Mama Said)- Lenny Kravitz/Slash

    neeearm


  • #11
    uch
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    Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats, Absolutely amazing

    21/25



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  • #12
    buried
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    Lightning Bolt - The Metal East

    Make America Get Out of Here



  • #13
    kfallon
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    Sweet Child O' Mine


  • #14
    RWCNT
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    I've just got back into playing guitar again this week after a long break so delighted to see this thread for some inspiration!

    A few of my faves....

    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath (all Sabbath riffs are mighty though)
    Johnny The Fox - Thin Lizzy (all Lizzy riffs are mighty though)
    Debaser - The Pixies
    Repeater - Fugazi


  • #15
    MonkeyTennis
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    Cult of Personality- Living Colour


  • #16
    El_Dangeroso
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    kfallon wrote: »
    Sweet Child O' Mine

    Objectively the best riff ever created.

    I also love the subtle riff of Fearless by pink floyd.


  • #17
    TheDriver
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    Colour-franks and walters


  • #18
    Mightydrumming
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  • #19
    Riddle101
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    One - Metallica
    Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
    The Unforgiving - Metallica
    Estranged - Guns N' Roses
    Sweet Child of Mine - Guns N' Roses
    Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
    A Tout Le Monde - Megadeth
    Holy Wars - Megadeth
    Cemetery Gates - Pantera
    Walk - Pantera
    Raining Blood - Slayer
    Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath
    Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath/Dio
    The Trooper - Iron Maiden
    The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
    2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
    Highway to Hell - AC/DC


  • #20
    Summer wind
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    The Eagles: Hotel California
    Gary Moore: Still Got The Blues
    Dire Straits: Sultans Of Swing
    Dire Straits: Romeo And Juliet
    Phil Lynott: Still In Love With You
    ZZ Top: Sharp Dressed Man
    Bruce Springsteen: Glory Days
    Billy Idol: White Wedding


  • #21
    Virgil°
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    Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird


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  • #22
    Sleepy
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    Romeo & Juliet - Dire Straits
    Screamager - Therapy?


  • #23
    megadodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭megadodge


    I can't believe we've reached this far without mentioning 'Layla'!


  • #24
    Your Face
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    Off the top of my head:

    Enter Sandman - Metallica.
    Funeral for a Friend - Elton John
    Unchained - Van Halen


  • #25
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    So many!


  • #26
    Sleepy
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    Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden


  • #27
    ofcork
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    November rain.


  • #28
    Summer wind
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    Prince: Purple Rain
    Prince: When Doves Cry


  • #29
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Bassline and guitar riff in I Wanna be Adored by Stone Roses still gives me chills when I hear it.


  • #30
    peckdunn
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    My kids love Smoke on the Water


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  • #31
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Also Bad Penny by Rory Gallagher.


  • #32
    hidinginthebush
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    One by Metallica, the most metal riff of all time \m/


  • #33
    Rothko
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    Gigantic - Pixies


  • #34
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Suas11 wrote: »
    Gigantic - Pixies

    Bone Machine has a class riff also.


  • #35
    mfceiling
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    7 nation army.

    No one knows...Queens of the stone age.


  • #36
    adox
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    Balls To The Wall - Accept
    You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
    Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
    Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
    Mutter - Rammstein
    La Grange - ZZ Top


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  • #37
    Mr. CooL ICE
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    Trying to only list riffs not mentioned yet:

    Sleep - Dragonaut
    Deep Purple - Black Night
    Focus - Hocus Pocus
    Melvins - A History Of Bad Men
    Enslaved - Havenless
    King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
    Kiss - God Of Thunder
    Acid King - Two Wheel Nation


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
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    'Don't Stop' by S Club 7

    'Hero' by Mariah Carey

    Fcukin lovely riff on her.


  • #39
    mzungu
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    Stevie Ray Vaughan - Scuttle Buttin'

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0L4kPdMFNc


  • #40
    the evasion_kid
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    Bad brains -the big take over...masters of the badass Intro,riffage and short,sharp to the point guitar solos...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mhP4zfa3qc


  • #41
    the evasion_kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭the evasion_kid


    Nicolas Cage wrote: »
    Trying to only list riffs not mentioned yet:

    Sleep - Dragonaut
    Deep Purple - Black Night
    Focus - Hocus Pocus
    Melvins - A History Of Bad Men
    Enslaved - Havenless
    King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
    Kiss - God Of Thunder
    Acid King - Two Wheel Nation

    The Melvin's history of bad men is probably the sludgiest,sleaziest riff I've ever heard..like something you'd hear in a strip joint


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  • #42
    Rothko
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    the evasion_kid wrote: »
    Bad brains -the big take over...masters of the badass Intro,riffage and short,sharp to the point guitar solos...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mhP4zfa3qc

    One of the best punk rock songs ever.


  • #43
    diomed
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    Fleetwood Mac - Dragonfly


  • #44
    Capt'n Midnight
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    an oldie


    [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Beethoven)]ta-ta-ta-Taaa [/URL]


  • #45
    bottlebrush
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    Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones


  • #46
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Anyone said anything by Johnny Marr?


  • #47
    boobar
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    Yellow pack crisps wrote: »
    How soon is now. Smiths

    Chasing rainbows shed 7

    Latest flame elvis


    Brothers in arms dire straits

    Jack the Ripper morrissey

    Plus one for Jack the Ripper by Mozzer

    A Forest - The Cure

    Ace of Spades - Motorhead

    Animal Nitrate - Suede


  • #48
    El_Dangeroso
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    Anyone said anything by Johnny Marr?

    No, and the omission is criminal!


  • #49
    anewme
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    What difference does it make....smiths


  • #50
    boobar
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    Barbarism begins at home - The Smiths

    This Charming Man - The Smiths

    Bigmouth strikes again - The Smiths

    The Queen is dead - The Smiths


  • #51
    andekwarhola
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDM469h7880


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDNzQ3CXspU


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKjfjO2Y1H4


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqrAPOZxgzU


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