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Songs with the best riffs

Posted on 10/10/12 at 6:42 pm
Posted by monz29
Castle Pines, CO
Member since Dec 2006
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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
Posted by ellunchboxo
Gtown
Member since Feb 2009
18789 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 6:43 pm to
quote:

Ted Nugent- Stranglehold


winner out of that list.

I'd like to nominate A Perfect Circle- Judith
This post was edited on 10/10/12 at 6:50 pm
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
66982 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 7:16 pm to
Iron Maiden - Hallowed be thy name.

Bucket Head - Shadows between the sky
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11346 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 7:21 pm to
off the top of my head:

The Rolling Stones- Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Built to Spill- Carry the Zero
Posted by Jerry the Clown
The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla
Member since Nov 2011
3272 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 7:22 pm to
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
Posted by parrotdr
Cesspool of Rationalization
Member since Oct 2003
7508 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 7:59 pm to
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.
Posted by OldTigahFot
Drinkin' with the rocket scientists
Member since Jan 2012
10500 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 8:47 pm to
Layla - Eric clapton
Beat It - Michael Jackson (Eddie Van Halen)
Oh Well Part 1 - Fleetwood Mac

Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75173 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 9:23 pm to
Collective Soul - Shine
Posted by notslim99
City of Bossier City
Member since Feb 2005
4531 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 10:24 pm to
Posted by kbro
North Carolina, via NOLA
Member since Jan 2007
5014 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 10:30 pm to
Posted by Chitter Chatter
In and Out of Consciousness
Member since Sep 2009
4659 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 10:41 pm to
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.
Posted by oompaw
In piney hill country...
Member since Dec 2007
6271 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 11:04 pm to
Superstition Stevie Wonder
Posted by luvdatigahs
Alameda, CA
Member since Sep 2008
3014 posts
Posted on 10/10/12 at 11:58 pm to
Back in black
Wait. . .
When the levee breaks
This post was edited on 10/11/12 at 12:00 am
Posted by FleshEatingSalsa
Floating down the Anduin
Member since Dec 2009
12293 posts
Posted on 10/11/12 at 12:53 am to
"More Than A Feeling" - Boston
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260203 posts
Posted on 10/11/12 at 1:11 am to
Ziggy Stardust

Posted by MrBobDobalina
BRo.LA
Member since Oct 2011
2991 posts
Posted on 10/11/12 at 2:23 am to
damn...sweet video
Posted by legba
at the crossroads
Member since Oct 2010
521 posts
Posted on 10/11/12 at 6:14 am to
Pick a Sabbath song....any song.
paranoid, ironman,sabbath bloody sabbath.......
Tony is the riff-master
Posted by Blaquebuete
Kentucky
Member since Sep 2011
818 posts
Posted on 10/11/12 at 7:09 am to
Aint Talking Bout Love - VH

Black Dog - Zepplin

Voodoo Chile - Hendrix

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Enter Sandman - Metallica
Posted by LSUTygerFan
Homerun Village
Member since Jun 2008
33232 posts
Posted on 10/11/12 at 7:57 am to
Paranoid
La Grange
Satisfaction
Dancin Days
You really got me
Posted by TigerPanzer
Orlando
Member since Sep 2006
9476 posts
Posted on 10/11/12 at 7:58 am to
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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