OK then lets find out.
For me I think Jonny Marr's riff from "What Difference Does it Make" is a supreme piece of guitar playing and a riff thats happily heard all the way through the song without becoming boring unlike Morrisie's singing.
What about ya'all ?
Be excellent to each other & party on dudes!
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Electric - Brown Sugar, Jumping Jack Flash...
Acoustic - End of the Line, His Latest Flame....
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
Electric - Summertime (Janis Joplin version)
Acoustic - Mr Bojangles - David Bromberg
Both make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. - A.J. Muste
Electric...And acoustic. - Layla - Clapton, duh?
^The riff that made me want to play guitar.
Can always groove on La Grange.
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Smoke on the water............
What?!? Someone had to do it! :twisted:
Really though, lately, Master of Puppets.
Key word is "lately". There are just too many for me, to just put a finger on one.
ive been riffing on U2's "Vertigo" recently as well as "I Will Follow"
The Spirit Of Radio - can't beat it, although Slither is coming mighty close these days. Tie Your Mother Down is also seriously good.
Best,
A :-)
"Be good at what you can do" - Fingerbanger"
I have always felt that it is better to do what is beautiful than what is 'right'" - Eliot Fisk
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Day Tripper
Well we all shine on--like the moon and the stars and the sun.
-- John Lennon
foxy lady and purple haze or ironman and sweet leaf
Thinkin' bout the times we had
Some were good and some were bad
guitar fightin' the tv
i was thinkin bout you and me
L.Zepp - Black Dog
The Cult- Rain- Intro
AC/DC - Back in Black
All easily recognizable and to me they just say.. RU ready? Ready to Rock? Ready to KICK!??!?
:)
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. - Wernher Von Braun (1912-1977)
I can't think of one favorite riff, but here are a few I love.
Led Zeppelin- Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, When the Levee Breaks
AC/DC- Back in Black, You Shook Me All Night Long, Thunderstruck
Ted Nugent- Stranglehold, Motor City Madhouse
Yes- Long Distance Runaround
Beatles- Paperback Writer, Bulldog, the end of She's So Heavy, I Feel Fine
Rolling Stones- Can't You Hear Me Knockin', Satisfaction, Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Who- The Relay, Won't Get Fooled Again, Teenage Wasteland
Nirvana- Heart Shaped Box, Come As You Are
Alice in Chains- Man in the Box, Rooster
Stone Temple Pilots- Vasoline, Interstate Love Song
and many, many more
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
I'm with mike it's got to be "lately"
i'm just gonna list the ones that come to mind
Black Sabbath - sabbath bloody sabbath
Black Sabbath - Killing yourself to live (i like the groove on the intro riff)
Metallica - Sabbra Cadabra (cover of BS) but there's a riff from national acrobat about half way in which is very cool aswell.
Metallica - Minus Human - !!surprise!!
Judas Priest - Worth fighting
Judas Priest - Wheels of fire
Godsmack - I Stand alone
Metallica - its my world
Pantera - Drag the waters
Pantera - 5 Minutes Alone
Pantera - Becoming
i should probably stop now
Minus Human
And all the things you said to me
I need your arms to welcome me
But a cold stone's all I see
Let my heart go
Some more:
Takin' Care of Business -- BTO
Godzilla and DFTR -- BOC
Rebel Rebel - Bowie
Rock and Roll Hotchie Coo - Derringer/Winter
Free Ride - Johnny Winter
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
Tush -- ZZ Top
Story in Your Eyes - Moody Blues
Hey Baby - Nugent
Long Cool Woman - Hollies
Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
Float On - Modest Mouse
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