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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
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oblgny
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Don't snicker but....
"All I Really Want" - Alanis Morissette
Really - check that out again...

"Movies" - Alien Ant Farm
"Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
"Jump Into The Fire" - Harry Nilsson
"That Lady" - The Isley Brothers
"Its Your Thing" - The Isley Brothers
"Straw Man" - Lou Reed 

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geoffkait
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There's a very cool guitar riff on the Radiohead song Creep that's on their first album, Pablo Honey.

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oblgny
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Thank heavens for Google and iTunes.  
Been checking out the ones I don't have.  Cool thread!
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oblgny
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Just a correction to a preceding post.  The Doors - "Blood In The Streets"...That would be in fact,  "Peace Frog."

Kinda like misnaming "Baba O'Riley"  Teenage Wasteland.

But easy to understand none the less!
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