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monz29 
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| Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 6:42 pm)
a takeoff of the best solo question
Ted Nugent- Stranglehold
Pantera- Walk
Led Zepplin- Black Dog
Black Label Society- Crazy Horse
GnR- Sweet Child
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Ellunchboxo 
New Orleans Saints Fan
Pville
Member since Feb 2009
7818 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 6:43 pm to monz29)
quote:
Ted Nugent- Stranglehold
winner out of that list.
I'd like to nominate A Perfect Circle- Judith
This post was edited on 10/10 at 6:50 pm
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Breesus
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House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
15526 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 7:16 pm to monz29)
Iron Maiden - Hallowed be thy name.
Bucket Head - Shadows between the sky
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The Seaward
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Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
4797 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 7:21 pm to monz29)
off the top of my head:
The Rolling Stones- Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Built to Spill- Carry the Zero
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Jerry the Clown 
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Member since Nov 2011
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| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 7:22 pm to monz29)
AC/DC - Hells Bells
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
The Sword - Freya
STPs - Plush/Sex Type Thing
Metallica - Master of Puppets
White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Van Halen - Panama
RHCP - Scar Tissue
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parrotdr
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Member since Oct 2003
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| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 7:59 pm to Jerry the Clown)
This reminded me of the "Guitar Masters", Phil deGruy, Jimmy Robinson, Cranston Clements, and Jimmy Robinson. They play a selection entitled Pop 40 Goes the Weasel with all the best guitar riffs in one song.
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OldTigahFot
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Drinkin' with the rocket scientists
Member since Jan 2012
2999 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 8:47 pm to monz29)
Layla - Eric clapton
Beat It - Michael Jackson (Eddie Van Halen)
Oh Well Part 1 - Fleetwood Mac
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Paul Allen
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Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2007
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| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 9:23 pm to OldTigahFot)
Collective Soul - Shine
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notslim99
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City of Bossier City
Member since Feb 2005
3427 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 10:24 pm to monz29)
Stockholm Syndrome - MUSE
Mr. Brownstone - GnR
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kbro
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North Carolina, via NOLA
Member since Jan 2007
3581 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 10:30 pm to monz29)
Bowie - Rebel Rebel
Black Keys - Just Couldn't Tie Me Down
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Chitter Chatter
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In and Out of Consciousness
Member since Sep 2009
2014 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 10:41 pm to kbro)
Stones could win this thread hands down:
Satisfaction
Jumpin Jack Flash
Bitch
Start Me Up
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Brown Sugar
They don't call Keith Keef Riffhard for nothing.
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oompaw
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In piney hill country...
Member since Dec 2007
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| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 11:04 pm to Chitter Chatter)
Superstition Stevie Wonder
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luvdatigahs
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Alameda, CA
Member since Sep 2008
578 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/10/12 at 11:58 pm to oompaw)
Back in black
Wait. . .
When the levee breaks
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FleshEatingSalsa 
Alabama Fan
Castle Grayskull
Member since Dec 2009
6992 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/11/12 at 12:53 am to luvdatigahs)
"More Than A Feeling" - Boston
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RogerTheShrubber
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Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
72094 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/11/12 at 1:11 am to FleshEatingSalsa)
Ziggy Stardust
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MrBobDobalina 
USA Fan
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Member since Oct 2011
1531 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/11/12 at 2:23 am to parrotdr)
damn...sweet video
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legba
Alabama Fan
at the crossroads
Member since Oct 2010
521 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/11/12 at 6:14 am to MrBobDobalina)
Pick a Sabbath song....any song.
paranoid, ironman,sabbath bloody sabbath.......
Tony is the riff-master
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Blaquebuete 
Kentucky Fan
Kentucky
Member since Sep 2011
530 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/11/12 at 7:09 am to legba)
Aint Talking Bout Love - VH
Black Dog - Zepplin
Voodoo Chile - Hendrix
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Enter Sandman - Metallica
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LSUTygerFan
LSU Fan
Team Boxtard
Member since Jun 2008
20460 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/11/12 at 7:57 am to monz29)
Paranoid
La Grange
Satisfaction
Dancin Days
You really got me
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TigerPanzer
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Orlando
Member since Sep 2006
5554 posts
| re: Songs with the best riffs (Posted on 10/11/12 at 7:58 am to Blaquebuete)
1. Satisfaction
It's All Right Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)/Dylan
Cowgirl in the Sand
7+7 Is/Love
Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida
School/Nirvana
Blind Willie McTell/Dylan
Whippin Post
Keith Don't Go—acoustic version/Nils Lofgren
Eight Miles High
The King Will Come/Wisbone Ash
Communication Breakdown
Stairway to Heaven
Happenings Ten Years Time Ago/The Yardbirds
Heart full of Soul/Yardbirds
Take Five/Dave Brubeck Quartet
House of the Rising Sun/The Animals
Three Hours/Nick Drake
Boys of Summer
Countdown to Extinction
Purple Haze
Hey Joe/Hendrix version (Deep Purple's a close second)
You can say what you want about rock 'n roll ... but when it comes to riffs that stay with you your whole life, no other musical genre comes close.
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