re: What are your Top 5 Guitar Riffs

Posted by 420tiger

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 12:06 pm to Jester

quote:
Where does Gregg Wright fit in?

He played the song while MJ went on tour. had no part in the recording of the song.

Posted by jose canseco

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 12:08 pm to 420tiger

Layla

Posted by Cdawg

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 2:53 pm to jose canseco

Every riff on The Cult - Electric.

Posted by White Shadeaux

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 3:03 pm to Cdawg

Wildflower's riff is almost perfection.

Posted by Geert Hammink_43

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 3:09 pm to TommyCheeseballs

there are so many ageless classics from tony iommi, randy rhoads, keith richards, eddie van halen, angus & malcolm young, eddie van halen, and jimmy page. all of those guys immediatly come to mind when guitar riffs are discussed. they were masters at composing memorable parts that stay with you. since most of their material is a given, i decided not to include them on this list--which could change in the next hour.

accept- balls to the wall

motley crue- looks that kill

ratt- lay it down

judas priest- heading out to the highway

metallica- jump in the fire

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Posted by TommyCheeseballs

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 3:25 pm to Geert Hammink_43

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Geert Hammink_43

those are all solid choices

also
Kiss- "Cold Gin", LA Guns- "Rip & Tear" & "Never Enough", Iron Maiden- "2 Minutes to Midnight", Motley Crue- "Red Hot", Billy Squier- "Lonely is the Night"

Posted by rileytiger

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 4:56 pm to TommyCheeseballs

I am suprised nobody has picked Deep Purple Smoke on the Water. I know it is over played, but it has got to be one of the most recognized riffs of all time. I will also go with AC/DC Back in Black for the same reasons.

Posted by rileytiger

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 5:00 pm to Geert Hammink_43

quote:
accept- balls to the wall

motley crue- looks that kill

ratt- lay it down

judas priest- heading out to the highway

metallica- jump in the fire

I like some of these on this list. I would switch Rapid Fire for Judas Priest and Shout at the Devil for Motley and then for Metallica you can pick any song pre-Black Album.

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 5:02 pm to rileytiger

Here's one that more than one person has liked playing:

Deep Purple -- Black Night (1970)

The Blues Magoos -- We Ain't Got Nothing Yet (1966)

The Liverpool Five -- She's Mine (1966)

Ricky Nelson -- Summertime (1962)
That's Shreveport's James Burton on guitar

Posted by kbro

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 5:30 pm to Dandy Lion

My favorite Black Keys riff...

Just Couldn't Tie Me Down

and obviously one of the best is...

Bowie - Rebel Rebel

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Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 6:43 pm to kbro

Panic in Detroit
The Jean Genie
Diamond Dogs
The Passenger
Cinnamon Girl
Sweet Jane

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 7:01 pm to Dandy Lion

20th Century Boy
Buick MacKane
Get It On (Bang a Gong)
Baby Strange

What are your favorite threads about guitar riffs on the Music Board?

Posted by Lakebound

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 7:05 pm to LaRon

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 7:10 pm to Lakebound

Rock and Roll, Gary Glitter

Posted by Marciano1

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 8:56 pm to Dandy Lion

Hurt Like Mine - The Black Keys

pure freaking greatness

Posted by Souljah

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 8:59 pm to 420tiger

The Kinks-AllDay and All of the Night
The Who-Pinball Wizard
Black Sabbath-Paranoid
Led Zeppelin-Dyer Maker (yeah I know)
Phish-Chalk Dust Torture
Bob Seger-Mainstreet

Posted by DLauw

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Posted on 7/11/12 at 9:17 pm to LaRon

Joy division- Warsaw
All man brothers - Jessica
Eric Johnson - cliffs of Dover
Reverend Horton heat - galaxy 500
Violent femmes - blister in the sun
Heart - barracuda
Lindsey buckingham - holiday road
Motörhead - ace of spades

Off the top of my head

ETA- for dumbassery

This post was edited on 7/12/12 at 6:21 am