Favorite Guitar Riffs

[DSOTM]

So yeah.
Post your favorite guitar riffs.
I'll post my favorites later.
In like
half a day.

[Shredder87]

Dissections-Night's Blood
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Immortal-Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)
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Both these riffs are really fun to play on guitar. Night's Blood is quite the challenge since there's tons of changes and what not.
And nothing beats an Immortal video(not this live one.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=32n1AK6o5i0
That's the one. It's hillarious. NOTHING!!!!! I MEAN NOTHING!!!!! BEATS AN IMMORTAL VIDEO!!!!! hahahahaha

[OldFogey]

Mr. Soul -- Buffalo Springfield
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Loving Cup -- Butterfield riff played by Robben Ford
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A great riff in 11/8: the Eleven, Grateful Dead. Subdivides as 12312312312.
riff starts at almost exactly the 1:00 mark
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And another Dead classic, St, Stephen. Riff starts about 0:35
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Many others. Picked ones that may not be so familiar.

[OldFogey]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=32n1AK6o5i0
That's the one. It's hillarious. NOTHING!!!!! I MEAN NOTHING!!!!! BEATS AN IMMORTAL VIDEO!!!!! hahahahaha


Shredder -- you got youtube tonight!! way cool!!!

Cheers, Fogey

[Shredder87]

Shredder -- you got youtube tonight!! way cool!!!

Cheers, Fogey
hahaha. Naw not today. Tomorrow I'll definately check out your vids. Going to a buddies house. Those songs I thought people should see, so I put the effort into putting them up there, even though it took a while to post.hahahahaa

[OldFogey]

hahaha. Naw not today. Tomorrow I'll definately check out your vids. Going to a buddies house. Those songs I thought people should see, so I put the effort into putting them up there, even though it took a while to post.hahahahaa

That's cool. SOme good head banging riffs in the clips you put up. Esp. the Night's Blood. Too bad the audio quality wasn't better.... That's the way it is with those you tube clips I guess. Still, I love being able to pull up clips like that.

Later

[Samuel346]

I don't know about it being my favorite, but I have always wondered why Iron man isn't in this game.

[NX013]

Cowboy song by Thin Lizzy

[Poop Shovel]

Hard to beat Angus Young for "riffs'.

Even though his are mostly 3 chord and easy, everytime you hear the first tone from any riff from him you automatically know it's AC/DC.

Also the begining and toward the end in Ted Nugent's Stranglehold are great riffs.

[NX013]

^I always thought Malcom made the riffs for the band, correct me if I'm wrong

[Jhail83]

Working Man by Rush
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Rebel Rebel by David Bowie
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Have a Cigar by Pink Floyd
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[Poop Shovel]

I know Malcom plays rhythm but I though Angus played most of the riffs first then Malcom joins in . Obviously after the first parts of most of their songs they play the riffs together and when Angus goes into the solos Malcom plays the riffs. If you listen to songs like Back in Black or Highway to Hell, Angus starts out playing the riffs then Malcom joins.

You could be right that Malcom writes the riffs , not sure about that.

Maybe I should rephrase my statement.....any riff from AC/DC (that should cover it....lol)

[DSOTM]

My favorites are Smoke On the Water, I Can't Get No Satisfaction, Layla, Sunshine of Your Love, Have a Cigar, Iron Man, Crazy Train, Sweet Child o' Mine, and pretty much any of Jimmy Page's riffs.

[corsair]

I would have to go with Ain't Talking 'Bout Love from the early Van Halen days. Can't go wrong with most of Eddie's riffs!

[AxlVanHagar]

Kewl thread!

Some of my favorite riffs as follows. Some I've mentioned in other threads. Most of the following are the first riffs and songs I learned to play on guitar.

Def Leppard - Let It Go
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Thin Lizzy - The Rocker
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Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
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Kix - Blow My Fuse
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Tesla - Getting Better ( especially after the intro)
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Shotgun Messiah - Shout It Out
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Prince - Let's Go Crazy
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Prince - Computer Blue
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Steve Vai - The Attitude Song
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Sadly I couldn't find a clip of Big Trouble from David Lee Roth's Eat 'em and Smile featuring Steve Vai

[AxlVanHagar]

Nice picks, Shredder, Fogey and Jahil83. Enjoyed the one's I wasn't familiair with.

[JukeBoxHero]

Rush-Hemispheres(There is not really good video for it.)

Rush-Bastille Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqkBboJbgco&feature=PlayList&p=70ADAF0237C4D073&index=15

Rush-Fountain of Lamneth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_BYhxZ9lgY&feature=PlayList&p=70ADAF0237C4D073&index=20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo8Empgp1Nw&feature=PlayList&p=70ADAF0237C4D073&index=21

Rush-A Farewell to Kings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og_YKsIkLpo&feature=PlayList&p=70ADAF0237C4D073&index=30

Rush-Red Barchetta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epr144KsKGI&feature=PlayList&p=70ADAF0237C4D073&index=48

Rush-Analog Kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nkDdWwKdDc&feature=PlayList&p=70ADAF0237C4D073&index=55

Rush-Dreamline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYkUre8FWIQ&feature=related

Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear The Reaper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rW-YvYmUE&feature=related

Blue Oyster Cult-Veteran of Psychic Wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrd2xf5DIlU&feature=related

Blue Oyster Cult-Flaming Telepaths
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBQZH-9AC9s

Blue Oyster Cult-The Red and The Black

Yes-Roundabout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIVi7KY_WJ8

Yes-Starship Trooper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNvxy89J69c

Yes-Long Distance Runaround

King Crimson-Elephant Talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZbOdgevxDE

Queen-Hammer to Fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjyka1gkodo

Queen-Headlong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI-bPZQhBLk&feature=related

Queen-Dragon Attack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU6FWuOO-rA&feature=related

Perhaps that is too many...

[Taynk]

the solo(s) in War Pigs. Not overly loud or anything, but they just sound so....epic

[Shredder87]

Nice picks, Shredder, Fogey and Jahil83. Enjoyed the one's I wasn't familiair with.
Well looking at the videos that I posted up, they don't sound great at all. The originals (and better audio quality gigs.) make the songs flourish, and those that I posted didn't do that at all. If you can, check out the originals, especially Dissection. IMO they were a really, REALLY talented band from the early 90's.
Dissection-The Somberlain
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This one is a good one, and one of my favorite songs. A friend of mine and I are going to perfom this song at our old HS to show kids how harmonizing works and all that good stuff.(We go every Friday to help out with their form and teach scales and what not.)

[Destromas]

Technical Difficulties by Racer X.

[MoPking]

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Two of the most iconic Riffs in history.

Actually, I'd just like to add one more because I can. X]

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[comptonst]

I like the riff in the song "Cemetary Gates" by Pantera
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This one is a slow song but i like the creepyness of the guitar riff
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[OldFogey]

Kewl thread!

Some of my favorite riffs as follows. Some I've mentioned in other threads. Most of the following are the first riffs and songs I learned to play on guitar.



Nice props to Prince.

My favorite Prince guitar riff is "Bambi" from his second album (called "Prince"). Unfortunately, I couldn't find a vid of it. I only have it on vinyl. But here's a taste (I got it off allmusic.com).

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=50:dxfyxxlsldse~T

Lots of rockers on that particular album.

[AxlVanHagar]

Nice props to Prince.

My favorite Prince guitar riff is "Bambi" from his second album (called "Prince"). Unfortunately, I couldn't find a vid of it. I only have it on vinyl. But here's a taste (I got it off allmusic.com).

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=50:dxfyxxlsldse~T

Lots of rockers on that particular album.

Thanks Fogey. And yep Bambi is killer indeed. There used to be an amzing live vid of that song from the Lovesexy Tour on YouTube. Shame it's not there anymore.

[IslandBoy91]

Not my favorite song...But the opening lick in this song is pure sex. Dire Straits, "Money for Nothing" (MTV got their hands on it and made a trippy music video out of it, computer animation has come a long way since '84)
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[AxlVanHagar]

Not my favorite song...But the opening lick in this song is pure sex. Dire Straits, "Money for Nothing" (MTV got their hands on it and made a trippy music video out of it, computer animation has come a long way since '84)
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Ha!Ha! Awesome man. I haven't seen that video in years. Brings back lot's of great memories!

[AxlVanHagar]

Here's another riff I've always loved and loved playing. Mick is very under rated and one of of the coolest, baddest mother**** on Earth.

Motley Crue - Too Young To Fall In Love
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[IslandBoy91]

Ha!Ha! Awesome man. I haven't seen that video in years. Brings back lot's of great memories!
Glad I could help you bring back some good times. I missed the 80's, born in 91. I'm a little bummed about it, some great music back then...But I'm more glad I missed it after seeing this video and remembering other parts of 80's pop culture...
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There were some awesome movies that came out of that decade though.
EDIT: Here's another good one, lol.
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[JukeBoxHero]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egFCHJC7TWg&feature=related

Overall the guitar work in this song is excellent. Out of personal curiosity, how do you post a video with the youtube window. I remember doing it before but it escapes my memory now.

[OldFogey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egFCHJC7TWg&feature=related

Overall the guitar work in this song is excellent. Out of personal curiosity, how do you post a video with the youtube window. I remember doing it before but it escapes my memory now.

There's an option for "embed" in youtube.com. Copy and paste that url into your post and it'll put the window up.

[AxlVanHagar]

Glad I could help you bring back some good times. I missed the 80's, born in 91. I'm a little bummed about it, some great music back then...But I'm more glad I missed it after seeing this video and remembering other parts of 80's pop culture...
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There were some awesome movies that came out of that decade though.
EDIT: Here's another good one, lol.
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Holy ****! *sheds tear* thank you. *sniffle*

And yea the 80's were great for movies. 1981 and 1982 were movie nerd nirvana.

1981
Friday the 13th Part 2
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
The Cannonball Run
Superman II
For Your Eyes Only
Stripes
Escape From New York
The Evil Dead
Halloween II

1982
Porky's
Das Boot
Conan The Barbarian
The Road Warrior
Rocky 3
Poltergeist
Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan
E.T. The Extraterrestrial
Firefox
Blade Runner
The Thing
Tron
Class of 1984
Creepshow
First Blood
48 Hours
The Dark Crystal

/end thread jack;)

[orange_black]

I know RATM is widely known for its hard funkiness-ish.... but this one song off of The Battle of Los Angeles, in my opinion forms a perfect union of funk-esity-ness-ish as it should be.

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... note: the beat really lays down once the vocals start.

and of course, the one riff that will make me stand up and mosh anywhere but in church (luckily i dont think i'll be hearing it there :) :

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so many great ones... and for the record i think Scott Ian may be the best metal riff writer there ever was.

:)