Favourite guitar riff?

[brownbear]

I'll start...

Muse - Plug in baby
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade out)

[hc coupe]

lynard skynard - free bird (Learning it now, Solo is so hard)

[vaughanmc]

Would I be correct in saying the start of Ocean Colour Scene - Riverboat Song is a guitar riff ?

What about some early Oasis as well (Hello, Roll With It, Some Might Say etc) and The Jam - Town Called Malice

:thumb:

[Rickardo]

lynard skynard - free bird (Learning it now, Solo is so hard)

Agreed.. 2 minutes of guitar heaven. :)

[NathanPrince]

Can't beat Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

[hc coupe]

I'm going to say Rage Against The Machine ...Not going to list a song as there all similar Riffs , but all genius

[Nova-rich]

Hendrix - Voodoo chlie
Blink 182 - whats my age again
Anything by Creedence clearwater revival!

[L14MNP]

Too many to mention, but IMO Brian May never gets the credit he's due.
The guys a genius. Right down to making his own axe from a fireplace!

[NathanPrince]

Too many to mention, but IMO Brian May never gets the credit he's due.
The guys a genius. Right down to making his own axe from a fireplace!
And his hair do is awesome lol

[mowgli]

Agreed.. 2 minutes of guitar heaven. :)

when i saw them at the nec it was about 1/2 hour of guitar heaven

[L14MNP]

Not my favourite band, but imagine them live...

No-one w4nks on like Metallica! lol

[craig green]

Thats a toughie.

Know your enemy by Rage against the machine maybe?

I'd like to add another, but cant think off the top of my head.

[Mike]

Goldfinger - 99 Red Ballons

[brownbear]

Everything's not lost by Coldplay.... Just came up on my itunes. Nice riff!

[General Baxter]

im not going to say, im a child of the early 80's thats bad enough lol

[Asa-James]

Feeder - Just A Day
Foo Fighters - Normal (one of thier B-Sides :))


edit --

Thin Lizzy - Parisienne Walkways (i know its a cover, but awesome)

[Adam]

Hendrix for sure, greatest guitarist to ever live!

Voodoo chile!!!!!

[Jackroadkill]

Christ, that's a hard one....

Guns 'N' Roses - Paradise City / Rocket Queen
Tool - The Grudge
New Model Army - The Hunt
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
The Shaddows -Move It
The Clash - White Riot
Led Zeppelin / Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Thin Lizzy - The Black Rose

I could go on...

[peester]

dire straits - money for nothin

[Jackroadkill]

dire straits - money for nothin

Nice! My Dad used to play that in the car at ear-splitting volume when I was a kid and I thought he was so cool!

[bazil]

not my all time favorite but fapping xcellent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sBOsh-vyI

[peester]

lol.. tis a bit 'pop' ish but hey. cant think of any others so must be my fave.

[Annie]

I remember when i was a kid my dad playing, 'Deep Purple - Smoke on the water' in his mk1 escort van lol. reminds me of my childhood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jp3de50_d8

[bazil]

yooooo toooooob hijack in 3.....2......1....




you cant prove i started it honest :p

[Benn]

Hhmm hard one for me, like so many.

Ac~Dc Back in Black. The start of.

The Darkness, Growing on me.

System of a Down, Spiders (more bass)

[General Baxter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVpIRKQfn24

[NathanPrince]

Metallica - Enter Sandman

[Ben]

Jo walsh lifes been good!

Clicky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2rxPSDUlvk) for the uneducated

[Annie]

I was gonna say the theme from top gun but didnt wanna get -rep lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCTJmXrgsFg

I love this film...

[NathanPrince]

I was gonna say the theme from top gun but didnt wanna get -rep lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCTJmXrgsFg

I love this film...
Love the comment
No, its van halen Looks nothing like EVH lol

[red-nova89]

i'm going to say glassjaw - tip your bartender at the moe

but cant get enough of the greats
handrix
zepplin
rage
blink
bob marley
dillinger escape plan
aphex twin
busta

but i think i mite be on my own there lol

[wwmnw]

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train. R.I.P Randy Rhodes :cry:

[bazil]

lots of pink floyd songs CBA naming any there all good in there own individual way :)

[Jackroadkill]

Just thought of another....

Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right

[Big_Chap]

Off the top of my head,

metallica - I disappear
thin lizzy/metallica - whisky in the jar

[wwmnw]

Off the top of my head,

metallica - I disappear
thin lizzy/metallica - whisky in the jar

Uber cool songs :cool: Thin Lizzy version ftw.

[grooge]

thin lizzy are **** hot, always liked them since I was young, mostly cos my dad used to play them a lot. he was friends with the guitarist brian robertson. his dad was the music teacher at the school I went to aswell, but had left by the time I started.

[blue_peg_16v]

acdc back in bllack
deep purple smoke on the water
eric clapton layla
dire straights money for nothing
metalica enter the sandman
van halen aint talking about love
guns n roses sweet child of mine
sultans of swing
chuck berry johnny b good
thin lizzy boys are back in town

dont have a definat favorite but these are all good

[NathanPrince]

acdc back in bllack
deep purple smoke on the water
eric clapton layla
dire straights money for nothing
metalica enter the sandman
van halen aint talking about love
guns n roses sweet child of mine
sultans of swing
chuck berry johnny b good
thin lizzy boys are back in town

dont have a definat favorite but these are all good

All on my ipod. :d Infact, my dad decorated Mark Knopfler's mums house...yeah. How'd ya like that lol

[twistysnovagte]

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pink floyd.............. proper music

[sulphur]

If it's just a solo we're talking about, Mick Thompsons solo in Psychosocial. That dude is fapping awesome.

Otherwise:
Pantera - Walk
Pantera - Fcuking Hostile
Pantera - Cemetery Gates
Arch Enemy - Ravenous
Slayer - Bloodline
The Haunted - Trespass

loads more, those just spring to mind. :cool:

[Benn]

Very good tunes Sir^

[Rob]

mine would have to be Dire Straits Sultans Of Swing at the mo but theres deffinately to many to choose from.Does anyone like jean michel jarre ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aibQMYOiofs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iq7jJ9Eo-o

[Saloony]

AC/DC- Thunderstruck
Zakk Wylde(Black Label Society) Sold My Soul
Joe Bonamassa- Ballard of John Henry
Joe Bonamassa- Sloe Gin

[Keif]

Definatley can't pick one, some good choices in this thread.

A few from me (that I enjoy playing).

Sweet Child of mine - Guns and Roses
Walk this way -Aerosmith
All right now - Free
20th Century Boy - T-Rex

However there are numerious others that float my boat.

[Rysee]

If it's just a solo we're talking about, Mick Thompsons solo in Psychosocial. That dude is fapping awesome.

Otherwise:
Pantera - Walk
Pantera - Fcuking Hostile
Pantera - Cemetery Gates
Arch Enemy - Ravenous
Slayer - Bloodline
The Haunted - Trespass

loads more, those just spring to mind. :cool:


Finally someone with taste

I could make this a top 100 for me but possible number one would be

Metallica - Seek and destroy

[Jackroadkill]

Finally someone with tasteYeah, some awesome choices - but he did forget Primal Concrete Sledge...

[sulphur]

Metal ftmfw!:cool: Too many to choose from really.

[MattBrown]

Metalica- One

Acdc- Thunderstruck

Jimmy Hendrix- Purple Haze

Red hot chillis- Under the Bridge

Deep Purple- Smoke on the Water

[Rysee]

Loving the Pantera love in this thread, I never managed to see them live but saw Damageplan

[Benn]

Yeah, some awesome choices - but he did forget Primal Concrete Sledge...

I funking love that song!

[scoobynova]

sweet child o mine was pretty memorable, not sure if its my favourite but it's definitely up there

[Rysee]

sweet child o mine was pretty memorable, not sure if its my favourite but it's definitely up there
In GnR terms I think their best is Estranged

[Saloony]

In GnR terms I think their best is Estranged

You son deserve a medal for that. It doest get the deserved rep for it, theres 3 different riff in it too, epic tune

[Zeus]

Muse - Invincible
Eric Clapton - After Midnight
JJ Cale - Cocaine
Blues Brothers(cover in movie)- Sweet Home Chicago
Metallica - Brothers In Arms

[hendrix]

soooo so many

Hendrix obviously

But stuff like:
Cream - Crossroads or any of the bluesy tracks
Lynyrd Skynyrd
as above - sweet home chicago
Dragonforce
SOAD
Metallica
Rage
Mike, 99 red balloons....tunnnnneeeeeeeeee!
Some Sublime stuff is cool
Bob Marley has some good guitar riff songs
Led Zep
The Who

argghhh so many!!!!!!