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[Heavy]

The top 20 riffs: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3677965.stm)

1. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
3. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
4. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
5. Enter Sandman - Metallica
6. Layla - Derek & The Dominoes/Eric Clapton
7. Master Of Puppets - Metallica
8. Back In Black - AC/DC
9. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
10. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
11. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
12. All Right Now - Free
13. Plug In Baby - Muse
14. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
15. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
16. Walk This Way - Aerosmith w Run DMC
17. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
18. No-One Knows - Queens Of The Stone Age
19. Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
20. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine

How can Smells Like Teen Spirit - which doesn't even have a riff! - make number 2 and nothing by the Rolling Stones get into the list? Has nobody heard Honky Tonk Women or Brown Sugar? Criminal.
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Very descriptive thread title.


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[ADF]

I would've gone with "At this moment, you should check this out"

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[mikeyboy]

That's much more polite.


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[TheMojoPin]

How can Smells Like Teen Spirit - which doesn't even have a riff!

OK, Frank's either deaf, or just an idiot.

But other than that, the Stones should have been on for either "Satisfaction" or even "Start Me Up."

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Im not looking at this now.


Only typing it.

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[keithy_19]

Theres some amazing weezer songs with awesome riffs. Hash Pipe has a kick ass riff and so does Fall Together.

And I am personally tired of people saying how great Nirvana was. They are just ok. Cobain wasn't anything special. He wasn't the genious that every friggin' teenager makes him out to be.

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[waffle]

Nirvana was good. They owe everything they ever played to The Melvins though. I think Kurt even said that in an interview once after The Melvins released Houdini (which had Kurt guesting on it) back in 1993.

These lists always amaze me because whos opinions are these? I want a poll taken of say, random concertgoers nationwide of pretty much all genres of rock and THEN come up with your list compiled of those results. Or something like that. I can think of so many more riffs by bands that would make that Top 20. Come to think of it, back in the day, I remember riff being mostly used in the metal classes. I was a lot dumber then.

Still, Sweet Child O' Mine, even though it is a great song, I think of the opening riff they describe as more of a lead than a riff.

I also would have named this thread, "For proper operation of this thread, read these instructions first"

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[Freakshow]

sheeesh. what is more like the first 20 songs any 14 year-old tries to play on guitar.

My list

20. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
19. Animal--Pearl Jam
18. Crosseyed Mary--Jethro Tull
17. Lets Dance--David Bowie
16. Would?--Alice in Chains
15. She Sells Sanctuary--The Cult
14. No Quarter--Led Zeppelin
13. Frankenstein--Edgar Winter Group
12. Cortez the Killer--Neil Young
11. 10:15 Saturday Night--The Cure
10. Roundabout--Yes
9. Calm Like a Bomb--Rage Against the Machine
8. Life's Been Good--Joe Walsh
7. Miserlou--Dick Dale
6. You Really Got Me--The Kinks
5. La Grange--ZZ Top
4. War Pigs--Black Sabbath
3. Fortunate Son--Creedence Clearwater Revival
2. Kasmir--Led Zeppelin
1. Hair of the Dog--Nazarath

but what do I know. I play bass.

Edit: Dammit. Forgot Bridge of Sighs by Robin Trower. And Drown by the Smashing Pumpkins. And DMV by Primus.

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[KennethC]

The Stones definitely belong on the list, they practically invented the genre of riff-rock. "The Last Time" has a hypnotic riff that serves as the backbone of the entire song. Not to mention the obvious ones: "Satisfaction," "Brown Sugar," "Start Me Up."

I'm also surprised the British have ignored another major part of their musical heritage: The Beatles.
"Day Tripper?" "Birthday?" "Taxman?" "Paperback Writer?"

My personal fave riff to play when I warm up is Bowie's "Rebel Rebel." I'd put that above half on that list.


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[FUNKMAN]

gotta throw:

'Tie Your Mother Down' in there...

get your party gown
get your pigtails down
get your heart beating baby

i think it says that


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[angrymissy]

Theres some amazing weezer songs with awesome riffs. Hash Pipe has a kick ass riff and so does Fall Together.


you'd pick those craptacular weezer songs out of all of them? Or have you just not heard anything before the green album?

best weezer riff: Surf Wax America

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[zappa]

In no particular order:

1) Safe In New York City- AC/DC
2) Beck's Bolero- Jeff Beck
3) Caledonia- Robin Trower
4) Cherry Red- Groundhogs
5) Don't Look Around- Mountain
6) A New Day Yesterday- Jethro Tull
7) Death Walks Behind You- Atomic Rooster
8) Living In A Dream- Arc Angels
9) Space Lord- Monster Magnet
10) One Eyed Trouser Snake Rumba- Humble Pie
11) Leavin' Again- Savoy Brown
12) FeatherBedding Lover- Nazz
13) Race With The Devil- Gun
14) Mr. Big- Free
15) Ventilator Blues- Rolling Stones
16) Chunga's Revenge- Frank Zappa
17) Tell Me You Love Me- Frank Zappa
18) Transmaniacon MC- Blue Oyster Cult
19) Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll- BOC
20) Peter Green- Oh Well

Check out these songs first, then cast aspersions if you must.

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[keithy_19]

Missy, your right. I was currently listening to Maladroit and the Green Album so those songs came to mind.

Surf Wax America does have an awesome riff, but don't forget Say It Ain't So which also has an awesome riff.

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[serVice]

Was there any sort of qualifications for this list or was it nothing more than songs people like. They should have gone for the most recognizable riffs list.
Rolling Stones definitely should have had at least one song up on this list.


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[Freakshow]

20) Peter Green- Oh Well



Shit! Forgot that one. Possibly the greatest of all time. Would make my top 10. I need to do some rearranging.

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[JohnnyCash]

18. No-One Knows - Queens Of The Stone Age


That was an ok song-nothing special. Shouldnt be on the list.

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