Favorite/Best all time Riffs

B More Melo · 03-12-2010, 10:50 PM

What is everyone's favorite riffs or riffs that they just think are the best?

-Excluding vocals, drums, bass, etc. and just focus on the riff. And it can be any type of genre, not just metal.

Stinkfist · 03-13-2010, 01:36 AM

Dunno bout favourite will have to think about it, Sooo many... but a couple I've always loved are that Bit that comes after chorus in Primal Concrete Sledge. Intro to Crazy Train. Everything Jack White plays on Jolene. Gimmie shelter.

big jambo · 03-13-2010, 01:36 AM

first one that springs to mind for me is acdc - beating around the bush. that's definitely one of my favs, there will be loads more but I'm still half asleep so brain hardly workin

Unknown Soldier · 03-13-2010, 05:57 AM

Are we talking about just riffs or extended guitar solos here? Not being a musician of any type, for me a riff is just a brief guitar piece that repeats itself over the course of the song at different stages whereas I see a guitar solo as forming an entire section of the song, anyway whether they are riffs or solos some of my favs over the years are:

Smoke on Water-Deep Purple
Celebration Day-Led Zeppelin
Whole Lotta Love-Led Zeppelin
Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix
All Along the Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix
Hydra-Toto
Edge of the Blade-Journey
Walk-Pantera
Sunshine of Your Love-Cream
Under the Bridge-Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Also there is an amazing guitar solo by Rich Williams of Kansas on the Masque album but can`t think of the name of the song.

Thumpalumpacus · 03-13-2010, 07:34 AM

War Pigs. Seconding the Crazy Train nom above. Paperback Writer. Back in Black. Jumpin' Jack Flash. Superunknown, from Soundgarden.

The Bullet · 03-13-2010, 09:51 AM

This is almost impossible

Octovarium- Dream Theater @ 3:49 (I know it's not technically a riff,)
Welcome to the Jungle- Guns 'N Roses
Knights of Cydonia- Muse
All Along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix
Electric Tears- Buckethead
Ride On- AC/DC (simple, yet awesome)
Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana

and so many others

zeppy111 · 03-13-2010, 09:59 AM

Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis (The main riff)

Guybrush · 03-13-2010, 10:03 AM

Perhaps not the best, but ZZ Top's La Grange certainly springs to mind

BringJakeTheHorizon · 03-13-2010, 11:05 AM

Whiskey in the Jar- Metallica.
Love that song.

Unknown Soldier · 03-13-2010, 11:13 AM

Forgetting the riff, I actually prefer the original Thin Lizzy version.

03-12-2010, 10:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
B More Melo Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 41	Favorite/Best all time Riffs What is everyone's favorite riffs or riffs that they just think are the best? -Excluding vocals, drums, bass, etc. and just focus on the riff. And it can be any type of genre, not just metal.

03-13-2010, 01:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Stinkfist Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 114	Dunno bout favourite will have to think about it, Sooo many... but a couple I've always loved are that Bit that comes after chorus in Primal Concrete Sledge. Intro to Crazy Train. Everything Jack White plays on Jolene. Gimmie shelter. __________________ You've claimed all this time that you would die for me. Why then are you so suprised to hear your own Eulogy?

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big jambo Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: scotland Posts: 5	first one that springs to mind for me is acdc - beating around the bush. that's definitely one of my favs, there will be loads more but I'm still half asleep so brain hardly workin __________________ beer is for life, not just for christmas

03-13-2010, 07:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
Thumpalumpacus Groupie Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 12	War Pigs. Seconding the Crazy Train nom above. Paperback Writer. Back in Black. Jumpin' Jack Flash. Superunknown, from Soundgarden. __________________ Happiness is a conscious choice; consciousness, a happy accident.

03-13-2010, 09:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
zeppy111 16, so? Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Africa Posts: 630	Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis (The main riff) __________________ My Blog (album of the day): http://musicfromthesouth.blogspot.com

03-13-2010, 05:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	Are we talking about just riffs or extended guitar solos here? Not being a musician of any type, for me a riff is just a brief guitar piece that repeats itself over the course of the song at different stages whereas I see a guitar solo as forming an entire section of the song, anyway whether they are riffs or solos some of my favs over the years are: Smoke on Water-Deep Purple Celebration Day-Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love-Led Zeppelin Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix All Along the Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix Hydra-Toto Edge of the Blade-Journey Walk-Pantera Sunshine of Your Love-Cream Under the Bridge-Red Hot Chilli Peppers Also there is an amazing guitar solo by Rich Williams of Kansas on the Masque album but can`t think of the name of the song.

03-13-2010, 09:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
The Bullet Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 454	This is almost impossible Octovarium- Dream Theater @ 3:49 (I know it's not technically a riff,) Welcome to the Jungle- Guns 'N Roses Knights of Cydonia- Muse All Along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix Electric Tears- Buckethead Ride On- AC/DC (simple, yet awesome) Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana and so many others

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Perhaps not the best, but ZZ Top's La Grange certainly springs to mind __________________ Something Completely Different

03-13-2010, 11:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
BringJakeTheHorizon Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: There's a hole in the world like a great black pit and the vermin of the world inhabit it Posts: 7	Whiskey in the Jar- Metallica. Love that song. __________________ "Light with a sharpened edge Cuts through the black empty space we call sky Beginning the cycle that stays And I know in my heart we all die"

03-13-2010, 11:13 AM	#10 (permalink)
Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	Forgetting the riff, I actually prefer the original Thin Lizzy version.