If you could have written one riff, which one would it be?
 

The one riff I would like to lay claim too is "Smoke on the Water." It's not the greatest, but I'm sure it brings in the royalities.

Otherwise for sheer creativeness, I would pick Crazy Train

better get hit in yo' soul - mingus.

Know Your Enemy - Rage Against THe Machine

Man Who Sold The World-David Bowie. Mmmm...

Spirit "Taurus" I mean "Stairway to Heaven."

Haha ^^

Jimmy Page probably wishes he actually wrote that riff to.

Anyway, I choose "Sweet Jane." It's simple and catchy just like what a good riff should be like. For me, it's the quintessential rock and roll riff.

:laughing: damn then you'd pretty much of created rock.

This Charming Man- The Smiths

riff = layla - derek and the dominoes
solo = nottingham lace - buckethead

The Glass prison-Dream Theater.

Boston - More Than a Feeling

You Really Got Me- The Kinks

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Nice choice with The Kinks, although I would have to pick Picture Book, considering the main riff from that song has already been stolen by both Greenday and Steriogram.

Crosstown Traffic - Hendrix.

Made all the better with the use of a comb and a piece of cellophane (similar to an improvised kazoo)...apparently.

I'll pick my favourite riff, The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?

Heartbreaker by Page.

Brilliant in it's power and simplicity

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Basically when I was 9 years old and heard this song on tv, I was like "wow, wtf is that, I never anything like it" and till this day when that music pops up in my ipod shuffle, I still love that song, which I could of come up with it

as far as the classics go i must say walk this way by aerosmith
as far as my favorites go i must say in my place by coldplay

the EXACT thought that when through my head when i read the thread title!

A song that could possibly get me on the dance floor regardless of the state of sobriety:

Chic-Good Times.

The Fall of Troy - What Sound Does a Mastodon Make (main riff)

Let's go from 1 min 43 secs from this vid. over 20 years old but still kicks.

Virtually every riff in this god damn metal classic. Born and bred nearly 20 years ago and still classed as a piece of noise lol. Go in at 3:30 and hear some serious ****. Slipknot who?

Was that before or after Reign In Blood?

Just after. 1988.

It was pretty good, but i'm sure you understand why i brought Slayer up..

Oh yeah but they are quite a bit different to the mighty Slayer.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles

black magic woman Carlos Santana

'Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk.

Iron Man by Black Sabbath. It's simple and memorable.

You speak the truth.

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

voodochild- Hendrix

i feel fine, beatles

I Should Have Known better is a great riff vs well. Early Beatles has great riffing.