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Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs

A British guitar magazine recently polled it readers to compile a list of the greatest guitar riffs. Guns 'N Roses "Sweet Child of Mine" came in at the number spot. Here's a link to the poll results. As you can see the list is entirely metal oriented.

My list would include:

The Chuck Berry intro
The Chuck Berry rhythm
The Bo Diddley beat
Temptations - My Girl
Kinks - You Really Got Me
Steely Dan - Reelin' In the Years
Sam & Dave (Steve Cropper) - Soul Man
Stone Temple Pilots - Plish
Beatles - I Feel Fine intro
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze intro

Is it my fault that nearly all the great riffs are pre-1980?

What's on your list?
128x128onhwy61
wildoats
339 posts
 
The Stones - "Jumpin Jack Flash" or "Brown Sugar"

Clapton - "Layla"

Robin Trower - "Daylight Again"

Black Sabbath - "Supernaut"

Neil Young - "Ohio" & "Cinnamon Girl"

The Who - "Pinball Wizard"

Free - "Allright Now"

Grand Funk Railroad - "Rock n Roll Soul"

Spooky Tooth - "The wrong place,wrong time" (off of "Last Puff")?

Wishbone Ash - "The King will come"

Jethro Tull - "Cross-eyed-Mary"

Frank Zappa - "Crew Slut"
brainwater
520 posts
 
I originally thought it said horsehead so while reponding here to a genuinely hlarious answer to a well..... so imagine my delight at actually assimilating some letters and seeing...it was .. actually .... hose. Im still laughing. This is the best answer i have read yet on AG and Mr , you deserve the title , keep posting my friend.
ljgj
955 posts
 
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
Wild Thing - The Troggs
In a Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
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jeffloistarca
1,004 posts
 
FZ by far, but my biases are well known. Comfortably Numb is an all-time favourite, jeez the list has been well covered already.

How about some new guitar riffs, something more recent? Tom Moriello does some really fun stuff, check out "The Battle of L.A." by Rage Against the Machine.
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