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re: Keith Richards' Best Riff
Posted on 5/4/16 at 1:43 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 5/4/16 at 1:43 pm to Ace Midnight
Yeah from what I read, the tape was still rolling and everyone but the percussionist was still playing then they realized and Mick Taylor and Bobby Keys brings everyone on home. Great Santana-esque playing by Taylor as well.
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Posted on 5/4/16 at 1:51 pm to ThePTExperience1969
Pizza Burnin - I mean Beast of Burden, funky as hell
Posted on 5/4/16 at 3:21 pm to ThePTExperience1969
Tumbling Dice.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 6:04 pm to ThePTExperience1969
Unquestionably "Satisfaction." The riff that created the song that created modern rock music.
That's right. Whatever bands you're into might not exist if it weren't for the handful of notes that drove "Satisfaction."
I realize a lot of you weren't around in 1965, so it's understandable that later KR riffs are more recognizable to you and have more prominence in your ears.
But "Satisfaction" is the granddaddy of them all. If you like any type of kick arse rock today, you can thank Richards for making it possible.
That's right. Whatever bands you're into might not exist if it weren't for the handful of notes that drove "Satisfaction."
I realize a lot of you weren't around in 1965, so it's understandable that later KR riffs are more recognizable to you and have more prominence in your ears.
But "Satisfaction" is the granddaddy of them all. If you like any type of kick arse rock today, you can thank Richards for making it possible.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 6:09 pm to Mars duMorgue
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Unquestionably "Satisfaction." The riff that created the song that created modern rock music.
That's right. Whatever bands you're into might not exist if it weren't for the handful of notes that drove "Satisfaction."
I realize a lot of you weren't around in 1965, so it's understandable that later KR riffs are more recognizable to you and have more prominence in your ears.
But "Satisfaction" is the granddaddy of them all. If you like any type of kick arse rock today, you can thank Richards for making it possible.
I think that this thread is more of a "what's your favorite" type deal...
Posted on 5/4/16 at 6:18 pm to Funky Tide 8
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I think that this thread is more of a "what's your favorite" type deal...
Got it.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 6:57 pm to Mars duMorgue
It's interchangeable, I want us to put forward what we think is his best riff of all-time and debate their merits to be no. 1. I chose Knocking because of it's hard rock crunch, it's funky, it's a diverse rhythm and it's probably the most complex riff he wrote to that point. It's an awesome lead/rhythm style with soul and aggression and it's as if he crystallized all the riffs he played so far and came up with something interesting and fully displayed his chops.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 7:00 pm to Mars duMorgue
Satisfaction is his greatest riff because of the massive impact of the song, which I agree with. He's written better and more complex riffs than that though imo.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:30 pm to ThePTExperience1969
It has to be Satisfaction but my fav is Bitch.
From '71 to '74, I think he carried the Stones. Secretly I think Keith was jealous of him in a way and he never connected with him. There are many songs Keith didn't even play on during that era.
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Mick Taylor
From '71 to '74, I think he carried the Stones. Secretly I think Keith was jealous of him in a way and he never connected with him. There are many songs Keith didn't even play on during that era.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:38 pm to Chitter Chatter
I personally consider the 69-74 period the best period of the Stones and most everyone else concurs. Taylor gave them that skill that pushed them over the edge and made them legendary beyond just the image. I was spellbound watching his guitar work in Ladies and Gentlemen...
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:38 pm to OrangeWhip
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Midnight Rambler
Jumpin Jack Flash
Rocks Off
Monkey Man
The Last Time Brian Jones
Let it Bleed
Satisfaction
Gimme Shelter
All Down the Line
Also, honorable mention to Mick Taylor for his riff in "Bitch"
Street Fightin´ Man
Hand of Fate (mesmerizingly simple but ebbs and flows as only Keef does)
Paint it Black
This post was edited on 5/4/16 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:44 pm to ThePTExperience1969
However, Keith was so key to Exile and the Mick/Keith team to Sticky Fingers. The two Micks were crucial to Goats Head Soup(personally their last great, authentic album) and would've loved to have seen how far the Stones would've gone had Mick Taylor not fallen in with Horse that prompted him to leave. The constant has remained that Keith is the lynchpin in mainly their studio and live songs to an extent with riffs so his role was never diminished.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:45 pm to ThePTExperience1969
Had Taylor been able to stay, there would be no Beatles comparison. That simple.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:14 pm to Dandy Lion
Where else would they have gone? Would they have delved into prog territory? Mick and Keith were always such soul, funk and blues dudes and the soul of the band.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:18 pm to ThePTExperience1969
I´m talking about the world´s greatest band. The Beatles always would have been revered as creators and such, but the Richards/Taylor tension would have produced some great music, and not have delved into the Start Me Up phase (simple, puerile music).
There would have been some great, great tunes, I´m sure. A lot of ambling BS as well, but not what they´ve been doing their best (unbeknownst to them) as to tarnish their image or history.
Excepting two songs I can recall (the Saint Paul reference and another, from the album with a Babylon styled lion on it), they have put out utter bullshite shite since some ditties on Emotional Rescue.
There would have been some great, great tunes, I´m sure. A lot of ambling BS as well, but not what they´ve been doing their best (unbeknownst to them) as to tarnish their image or history.
Excepting two songs I can recall (the Saint Paul reference and another, from the album with a Babylon styled lion on it), they have put out utter bullshite shite since some ditties on Emotional Rescue.
This post was edited on 5/4/16 at 10:23 pm
Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:28 pm to Dandy Lion
Yeah I understand that, mick's talent took them to the stratosphere. Had he stayed off Horse like Jagger did to a degree, they would've continued to innovate instead of being confined to following Keith's riffs, which at times are intoxicating but need variance in an album-context.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:40 pm to ThePTExperience1969
I know this was later but I always loved the vibe of this song. It was really the first song that I remember hearing from the Stones that impacted me because I was too young to be amongst their original generation of fans. I was about fourteen or fifteen when this was released and was on MTV in regular rotation. It was the song that made me start listening to all of their original stuff and the rest was history.
Waiting On A Friend
Waiting On A Friend
Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:54 pm to genuineLSUtiger
Waiting on a Friend is a good tune
Posted on 5/4/16 at 11:08 pm to Dandy Lion
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Excepting two songs I can recall (the Saint Paul reference
Saint of Me. That was a good song as was Out of Control.
They've had moments post ER: Worried About You (even though recorded in '75), She Was Hot, One Hit (with Jimmy Page on guitar), Slipping Away, Blinded By Rainbows, and these three from A Bigger Bang - It Won't take Long, Oh No Not You Again, & Laugh I Nearly Died.
This post was edited on 5/4/16 at 11:09 pm
Posted on 5/5/16 at 9:11 am to ThePTExperience1969
satisfaction
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