Greatest Riffs Ever
 

Lock this shit up if ya thank I ain't fuckin' looked already. I tried, muthafucka. I tried.

What, in yer humblest opinion, is the greatest guitar riff ever? I don' mean most recognizable or the most groin-grabbingly overplayed. I mean fun, catchy, awesome, whatever gets your head shakin' (or your booty, if ya swing that way). No off-limits.

I'm kinda attracted to Grandaddy's "The Crystal Lake." Kinda reminds me of Radiohead's "Airbag" (both in sound...and the fact that it isn't beaten into the back of yoursskull bytheend of the song).

this. Every riff in this song qualifies as the best riff ever.

Have You Forgotten is a great, memorable riff that also has the virtue of being unintrusive.

Carcass- Corporal Jigsore Quandary (main riff)
Artillery- Khomaniac (opening riff)
Cryptopsy- Slit Your Guts (main riff)
Ensiferum- Guardians of Fate (main riff)
Entombed- Sinner Bleed (Opening Riff)
The Faceless- Leica (ending riff)
Iced Earth- Stormrider (entire song)

It takes 1 min 40 for the riff to kick in but it is worth it:


Urbs will hate me for this (sorry):



One minute 15 in. One of the finest Metal riffs laid down:



Any boxer entering an arena with this would win hands down:

Ummm I dun know if these are the best of all time, but they're the first ones that popped into my head.

Iron Man... simple but God I love it...

System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B. Obviously.

Last Resort... by Papa Roach. Not my favorite band in the world. But the riff is just OMG.

Disturbed. Down With The Sickness. Like it a lot.

There's more I know... but I'm half asleep at the moment so =\

(In no particular order)
Icky Thump - White Stripes
Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Iron Man - Black Sabbath
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N Roses
Back In Black - AC/DC
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & Destroyers

i love that riff.

Mugiboogie - Mugison
Song For The Dead - Queens Of The Stone Age
I Just Got Paid - ZZ Top
Breathe - Pink Floyd
Time To Pretend - MGMT
Thumb - Kyuss
I Get Around - Dragonette
Romantic Rights - Death From Above 1979
Love Is A Place o Metric

My Favorite Riffs
 

Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses
Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple (most influential riff of all time)
Man in the Box by Alice in Chains
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
More Than a Feeling by Boston
Enter Sandman by Metallica
Raining Blood by Slayer
One by Metallica
Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin
Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
Black Dog by Led Zeppelin
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
Grind by Alice in Chains
Creep by Radiohead
My Iron Lung by Radiohead (a really cool eerie riff)
Paradise City by Guns N' Roses
Ride the Lightning by Metallica
In Bloom by Nirvana
Breed by Nirvana
Lithium by Nirvana
Woman by Wolfmother
Mother by Danzig
Shine by Collective Soul
Sex Type Thing by Stone Temple Pilots
Rusty Cage by Soundgarden
Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden
Breaking the Law by Judas Priest
You've Got Another Thing Comin' by Judas Priest
Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Snow ((Hey Oh)) by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Siva by The Smashing Pumpkins
Zero by The Smashing Pumpkins
Cherub Rock by The Smashing Pumpkins
Today by The Smashing Pumpkins
1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins
Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Before I Forget by Slipknot
Wait and Bleed by Slipknot
Walk by Pantera
Cowboys from Hell by Pantera
Ace of Spades by Motörhead
Blind by Korn
Freak on a Leash by Korn
Coming Undone by Korn
Walk This Way by Aerosmith
Dream On by Aerosmith
My Hero by Foo Fighters
Everlong by Foo Fighters
Best of You by Foo Fighters
Alive by Pearl Jam
Even Flow by Pearl Jam
My Generation by Thw Who
Sweet Leaf by Black Sabbath
War Pigs by Black Sabbath
The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson

Those are just a "few" I could think of.:D

^ Shit gave me chills.

Any of the riffs in Hallowed Be Thy Name or Aces High by Iron Maiden.

Also March Of The Lor by the Sword has some of my favorite riffs.

Written by John Bonham.

I'm sorry but you can stick your led zeps up your arse. Sabbath rocked people.

Who's debating that, son?

Holy ****, something just came on shuffle that I forgot about...

BEST. QOTSA. RIFF. EVER.

To me these are all WAY up there:

Layla - Eric Clapton

Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin

Enter Sandman - Metallica

Hells Bells - AC/DC

War Pigs - Black Sabbath

But thats just me.

YouTube - Buckethead - Soothsayer
every ****ing riff in this song. seriously.

YouTube - Pink Floyd-Sheep
8:09 - 10:21
beautiful.

YouTube - Blur - M.O.R.
the opening riff.

Celtic Frost - Circle of the Tyrants

I agree, and that isn't even one of his better songs.

walk by pantera has always been one of my favorites.

Purple Haze and Day Tripper, easy.

Less of the 'son' thank you. I am old enough to be your dad!

Yet it would be creepier still if I called you that.

If it so offends you, I will desist.

Nah it does'nt offend.

The riff in You Really Got Me by The Kinks is really good.

Really? I had no idea. I assumed it was wrotten by Jimmy Page or Robert Plant.:D

The main riff anyways. The backwash and chorus is a mellotron scale.

Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley (Mockingbird)

Can still give you chills, imagine hearing it in 1955.

....Voodoo Child, people? Master of Puppets, Rotten Apple (Alice in Chains), Smells like Teen Spirit, to name a few.

Quick going through my library...these are the best among them.

Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
The Beatles - Day Tripper
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Cream - Strange Brew
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Cream - Swalbr
Cream - White Room
Cream - Crossroads (and Johnson's version)
Cream - Badge
CCR - I Put A Spell On You
CCR - Walk On The Water
CCR - Born On Bayou
CCR - Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress

Eh I got bored. But those are all great riffs

Supermassive Black Hole (Muse)!! I LOVE that riff! Or Futurism (also Muse XD)

I love both of the riffs

Alter Bridge- The End Is Here


love it

Witchcraft by Wolfmother -Main Riff

Knights Of Cydonia by Muse- THe Riffs Towards The End of the song

AIR - Anthrax

kicks my butt EVERYTIME

I like that kid.

Mine would be...

Can Ya Hear Me Knockin'? - Stones

I could say some more but they'd basically be a copycat of Bub's post. So I'll say a bit about Can Ya Hear Me Knockin'... it is said, that after the first solo in this song, that Mick and all the others put down their microphones and instruments and were done with the song, but Keef just kept on playing, and they decided to use it in the song. You can't say that Keef's the best in the world, you just can't, I mean, he's not even lefthanded, but despite that... jesus, the bum's got some skill.

Havent seen this posted yet.

Don't Fear The Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult

Another I personally really like is Banger & Mash

It's astounding how many awesome things you find in weird places. A psych pop riff that reminds me of Sabbath? Hell yes at 0:35.

Boston-Don't Look Back by far.

oh come on. no one's even mentioned ZZ top. and while they're nto one of the top bands ever, they've got some great riffs

Tush-ZZ Top
Heard It On the X-ZZ Top
The Trooper-Iron Maiden
Rock 'n Roll- Led Zeppelin
School's Out For Summer- Alice Cooper
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-The Beatles
Jumpin Jack Flash-The Rolling Stones
Fire-Jimi Hendrix
Money-Pink Floyd
Fly By Night-Rush
Spoonman-Soundgarden
Jimmy Olsen's Blues- The Spin Doctors
Mary Had A Little Lamb- Buddy Guy
Scuttle Buttin- SRV
Kielbasa-Tenaciou D
Jump-Van Halen
Hot For Teacher-Van Halen
Baba Oreily- The Who
Going Mobile-The Who
Won't Get Fooled Again-The Who

While we're on ZZ Top then... La Grange. And I think the I Thank You riff is pretty damn sweet.

43% Burnt by the Dillinger Escape Plan
Raining Blood by Slayer
11th Hour by Lamb of God
Becoming by Pantera
Opening riff to Prequel to the Sequel by Between the Buried and Me
Interstellar Overdrive by The Pink Floyd