Best Ever Guitar Riffs

[big fella]

Originally Posted by DoreSlamR

MTV - Dire Straits
Like a Stone - can't remember the name of the band! with Chris cornell

Audioslave, just noticed someone already gave you the name

[big fella]

Plenty of good ones already listed, a couple that I would add

Steve Vai - The audience is listening "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncQ3hnJVafk"
Cream - White room

[Tote]

Cat scratch fever - Ted Nugent
Beautiful girls - Van Halen
Purple Haze - Dave Hole
Regards,
Tote

[rigs]

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction - Sweating Bullets - has my favourite mad solo in it

[Quasi]

1. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (Machine Head or Made In Japan versions)
2. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
3. Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix (Could have easily gone with Purple Haze)
4. And The Cradle Will Rock - Van Halen (although there are several others by them)
5. Layla - Derek & The Dominos
6. Slow Ride - Foghat
7. All Right Now - Free
8. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
9. La Grange - ZZ Top (Once again several to pick from by this band)
=10. 20th Century Boy - T Rex (Bolan Just Boogies)
=10. Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood And The Destroyers


You wanna talk 'Lead Breaks' or solos then:

1. Eruption
2. Guitar Duel from the movie 'Crossroads'.

Originally Posted by Tote

Purple Haze - Dave Hole

WHO??

[mk2maniac]

I would agree with a number of the songs mentioned throughout this thread. However I wouldl iek to add The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army to the list, in fact, a lot of their songs have great riffs. Simplistic, but great.

[GreenMachine]

Rolling Stones, Jumping Jack Flash

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Scuttle Buttin'

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Needle and the Spoon

[LTDHO]

I can list 100 songs.

There is a CD (box set) which has the top 100 guitar riffs. Very good collection for anyone who loves the guitar.

[xr8chick]

smoke on the water - deep purple
highway to hell - AC/DC
sweet child 'O mine - guns'n'roses

theres some good stuff out of Green Day, and [shock] my chemical romance.

[Quasi]

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/page...uitarriff.html

Just depends on whether you agree, or not.

Originally Posted by LTDHO

I can list 100 songs.

There is a CD (box set) which has the top 100 guitar riffs. Very good collection for anyone who loves the guitar.

Based on licensing and which songs they were allowed/could afford to include. It's a bit like 'Best BBQ Songs' type CDs and there's a friggin' Milli Vanilli track right between Cold Chisel and The Kinks........

[The Goodz]

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird = Awesome! The song is like 9 mins long and the riff is the last 5! Sik mate sik...

Alex

[LTDHO]

Originally Posted by The Goodz

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird = Awesome! The song is like 9 mins long and the riff is the last 5! Sik mate sik...

Alex

You have been watching Rmyerz playing Guitar hero.

[TZENU]

Metallica - One & Creeping Death

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

[The Goodz]

Originally Posted by LTDHO

You have been watching Rmyerz playing Guitar hero.

lol yeah you got me...

Alex

[HLC]

chorus riff in Hammer Smashed Face by Cannibal Corpse



possibly the sickest riff ever.

[HLC]

Originally Posted by TonkoXR8

Anything by the late and great ''dimebag'' Darrell Abbot,
i havent heard anyone else that could play bass like him...

that's funny.

cause he played lead guitar.

[PDIDDY]

Metallica-No Leaf Clover.
Getting chills now. :

[Gobes32]

Dave Gilmour's solo during Comfortably Numb on the Pulse CD/DVD

Master Of Puppets - Metallica............... One extreme to the other ha ha ha

[BOOSTDEF]

Almost all of Ritchie Blackmores riffs in the band "Rainbow" with Dio. In Deep purple, I would class highway star and Black night as way better riffs than SOTW, but hey, thats me...

Although Pink Floyd were more musically "atmospheric" orientated, they did have some great riffs. Waiting for the worms, Time, wish you were here... etc etc.

Judas priest, breaking the law
Queensryche - Queen of the Ryche
Warrior - Fighting for the earth
W.A.S.P - I wanna be somebody
Twisted Sister - Come out and play, under the blade, You cant stop rock and roll, Burn in hell....
The Animals - House of the rising sun, dont let me be misunderstood
Black Sabbath - N.I.B, After Forever, Black Sabbath, War Pigs
Metallica - Well, everything before load was insanely great guitar riffing.

Sepultura - Roots, Arise, Chaos A.D
Pantera - Cowboys from hell, Walk, Mouth of war

Also for those who can handle a bit more than the average band,
Dark Funeral - Secrets of the black arts
Satyricon - Dawn of a new age
Dimmu Borgir - kings of carnival creations..

All in no order, but these are prob my fav guitar riffs of a selected bunch of bands.

Yes, I am a guitarist :P

[The Monty]

Pantera - Cemetry Gates. Oh my god, pinched Harmonics, sustained forever.

[naxh96]

i'm really surprised that nobody has said ace of spades by motorhead yet. so good.
Cream - sunshine of your love
I'm also willing to throw in Iron Maiden - Run to the hills
anything by AC/DC.
motley crue- hell on high heels, dr feelgood (a bass riff this time, so good)
i'm sure all the good zeppelin songs are already mentioned
and the rest i like so no point reiterating the point.

[AUXRVIII]

Dave Stewart with Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here. Nothin but sax & guitar.
Andy McKee - Drifting is pretty good, here's a link to his vid.

http://www.glumbert.com/media/mckee

[JACK250]

Originally Posted by normxb

Oh , Jack250 , you have never owned a Music Shop ! In 13 years I've heard EVERY version of "Smoke on The Water & Stairway To Heaven " you could ever come across : . Admittedly the originals were good but when you hear them 8-10+ times a day 6 days a week , it tends to wear a little thin , (sorry mate , no offence intended & said with tongue in cheek)

I'd get a couple of guys come in & one would do his version (full blast of course) & his mate would say " Naa , that's wrong , here I'll show ya " Mmm another version , another guy would say "Aww ya both wrong " Etc. Etc. I had to be nice about it as they were my Living .

One Music Shop in Sydney years ago had a BIG sign " When playing guitars DON'T Play "Smoke on The Water & Stairway To Heaven" , I think it was called Harry Landis Music .

Sorry to go O/T , now back to Topic

XRchick = Yep , Fleetwood Mac (love most of their stuff)As Long as You Follow is my latest choice .
XR6 Martin = Yep , November Rain
DoorSlameR = Yep , Dire Straits MTV & Sultans of Swing
One I Really like (but not well known) Snowy White = Bird Of Paradise

Geesh , showing my age now , but I amaze my Kids , they'll be playing something and I'll "That's cool " , apparently Dads aren't allowed to like their music . Lol ,only thing I can't handle is "Techno" (oops Flame suit on Hahah)

Norm

Yeah, I can see that happening, I'm starting to get sick of it as well but it will always be a classic riff. As for stairway to heaven I don't reckon the riffs that spectacular, just an awesome song.

[mcflux]

"One Note Song" - Tenacious D

[AU2PWR]

Mutter - Rammstein

[The Monty]

I agree with Mutter, and also Spiel Mit Mir. Simplicity and so awesome.
Also as HLC said Hammer smashed face (chorus) - Cannibal Corpse
And I think a worthy mention is The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson
A clip for those who would like to revel in his glory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIj1rREdFBc

[xr6fa]

Any Thing By Black Sabbath!!!!.

[AC/DC]

Rhime of the aincent mariner, , Iron Maiden...

AC/DC songs, , well there are too many to list...but

TNT, , Dirty Deeds, , Shook my all night long.... plus many many more

[WHIPLASH]

Originally Posted by Miller

Almost all Dragonforce songs :sm_headba

very much agreed there, those two can play a guitar like nothin else i have heard. AMAZING stuff. also i saw tool there, and of course ENTER SANDMAN has to be one the more famous riffs, as some of my mates dont know metallica the bad but know the bloody song

little fox

[FPV GT]

Anything by Mr. Scary...George Lynch of Dokken and Lynch Mob fame