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Best guitar riff
« on: November 27, 2009, 01:39:44 PM »
The BBC News site has a story up about the best guitar riffs.  ---> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8382171.stm

Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child came top in the poll.  I was wondering what the list would look like if the BKP forum had looked at it from a players point of view.  The same?  a little different?  So what do you guys think?

My top 3 would have to be...

Free - All Right Now
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade
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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2009, 01:49:26 PM »
Right now...

1. Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
2. Sleep - Dragonaut
3. Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2009, 02:17:53 PM »
I would argue that a lot of the BBC ones aren't riffs.  A riff to me is a short, often repeated phrase, and part of the 'rhythm' of a musical composition - not the lead.  That rules out Voodoo Chile, Sweet Child O Mine etc in my eyes.  They're lead lines.

My top 3 riffs are:

1.  Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
2.  Girl's Got Rhythm - AC/DC
3.  Whole Lotta Love - Led Zepplin
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Davey

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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2009, 02:42:14 PM »
something by loudness i guess
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Will

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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2009, 04:07:53 PM »
I agree with Whole lotta love. Not so sure about what I would have as the other two
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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2009, 05:22:55 PM »
I'm not saying these are the best, but they were the first that sprang to mind and they're certainly some of my favourites:

Mississippi Queen - Mountain
Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
Shot Down In Flames - AC/DC
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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2009, 06:15:12 PM »
Hows about (for now)....
   
          Sunshine Of Your Love-Cream
          Born Under A Bad Sign-Albert King
          I'm A Mover-Free
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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2009, 06:16:59 PM »
The voting seems to have been by the readers of Music Radar website  rather than a BBC thing. I don't think I could answer this very easily-I'd have to give it some thought.
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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2009, 06:44:16 PM »
^ agreed, i hate these things, i can never decide. off the top of my head, layla, la grange and highway to hell would be up there, but i'm liable to change my mind at any moment...
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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2009, 06:49:55 PM »
It cant be done. I'd have to make my own top 100 and it would change daily.
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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2009, 06:50:52 PM »
yeah, pretty much. immediately after i posted i realised i'd forgotten about van halen, for example. :lol:
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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2009, 06:52:03 PM »
I can't decide either, but I do have a theory about good riffs

in the context of a song, bad riffs make good riffs better due to the contrast :D

so if a whole song is all good riffs, they become average riffs and therefore no longer good
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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2009, 07:03:38 PM »
Faves that come to mind

Pavlov's Dog - Song Dance
Zappa - Muffin Man
Rainbow - Stargazer


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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2009, 09:28:41 PM »
Quote from: dave_mc on November 27, 2009, 06:44:16 PM
^ agreed, i hate these things, i can never decide. off the top of my head, layla, la grange and highway to hell would be up there, but i'm liable to change my mind at any moment...

La Grange  :o  Can't believe I didn't put that in my list!!!

It's hard to come up with a "top few" in a short space of time.
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Re: Best guitar riff
« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2009, 10:00:12 PM »
The greatest riff of all time is Funeralopolis by Electric Wizard. 2nd place up to infinity are debatable.
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