what are some of ya'll favorites??? mine are the whole way through glam slam, and that part in Purple Rain at the beginning in LRC, when he does that crazy riff and the lights change. that shit is hot.

Whenever he performs Purple Rain live...and I also like the guitar solo in Question Of You...and of course.....Another Lonely Christmas.

I could never take the place of your man

that has to be the most corniest sounding piece of shit ever. i can't get past the first 3 seconds of that song.

"riff" or "solo"

always liked that funky stuff he does in "Controversy" and "Batdance" (the Vicki Vale part), among others

Snap said:

High Snap babe...How R U? I 4got about batman...I agree....2 funky....epecially batdance, elecric chair, lemon crush, (the vicky vale part-- yes...in batdance), party man.

I've seen P more times than I can count, and remember debating his axe genius with others as far back as the Controversy/1999 days. The man has literally brought me to tears with the preternatural ability that he has to communicate directly with one's soul on his guitar. His catalog of riffs is beyond impressive, beyond staggering even. That being said, I've never seen anything that blew me away like his solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the R&R Hall of Fame Ceremony. I just could'nt believe what I had just witnessed! Apparently, neither could a lot of America that woke up the next morning. So striking was this solo that most P fans that I know talked about it more than the performance of his own material.
That solo was absolutely nuclear! P is a baaad man ! Still, I wonder if he will ever get his just due for being the virtuoso of the six string that he truly is?

Snap said:

oh yeah, i can't believe i forgot about the Vicki Vale riff. that's funky as shit.

glamslamkid said:

gett off

The only valid answer to this thread is of course (fools):

Sexy Dancer

Novabreaker said:

Of course it is. That as well as the funky rif of Lady Cab Driver.

I was playing it last night on my guitar too.

A really funky riff that most people haven't heard is on "Sexy staxaphone and guitar" on the Beautiful Experience CD...it only appears for 10 seconds (between 3.06 and 3.16) and might possibly be an improvised thing, as it appears during a solo.

Other funky favorites of mine is the rhythm guitar on "Hide the bone" (which is really nothing unique, but just incredibly funky!) and the short guitar part that's layered with a synth on "New world" (at 1.35)

Snap said:

i would say u are pretty damn right....also sexy dancer

Well I was gonna say Bambi, but I see Grandbelle said it already

Thanks alot for stealing all the answers

ive always thought dead on it was the funkiest riff, but i love all his funky chicken grease stuff.

i cant judge what the best rock/signature riffs are like america, gett off.
they just seem like hook melodies.

I'd say Kiss, though it's not a riff exactly.

The opening chord (repeated before he says "Kiss") is so recognizable, as is the guitar throughout.

You don't hear it in other songs like that "Vicki Vale"chord which he does a lot.

But I don't know if he played on Kiss, so as a backup I might say the opening to When Doves cry

andyman91 said:

We have a winner!

thekidsgirl said:

I AM NO STEALER

BlaqueKnight said:

yeah, that is the winner, i read or heard somewhere about how it's like the hardest riff to recreate and so many artists have been trying to do it and can't. i wonder if it's really that hard, i mean, i can't play guitar yet, but i can pretty much him it and i wonder if i can play it by ear, but it probably is trickier than i think it is. so i guess that is the best one.

KISS is really ez to play...its always about the FEEL....the notes are simple....listen to james browns "soul power" and u will hear the original KISS riff....

sign o the times
why you wanna treat me so bad
when u were mine
i wanna be your lover
i'm yours
the most beautiful girl in the world
computer blue
gold
shy
somebody's somebody
she loves me 4 me
i will
money don't matter 2nite
dinner with delores
when doves cry

My personal favorite riff is from ALPHABET ST. There's just something really funky about that guitar!

I'm intrigued. I missed this, and from what I've read online after looking at your post, that solo was really spectacular. Any idea where it might be viewed online?

Bambi

glamslamkid said:

"Y U want 2 treat me so bad".... eye just put it on and right at 3:19 seconds he lets the guitar rip!! eye love it!!!!!

glamslamkid said:

that is exactly how i learned 2 play that intro, by ear. it is kinda tricky, but once u get past the first ten notes, u got it.

but i also have 2 give a special shout out 2 grandebelle, for saying bambi. when i first heard that riff, i knew i had 2 learn the gittfiddle. yoour namesake is also a fave of mine. someone mentioned the solo from the rrhof induction. total hotness. is my man a show-off, or what? that was the most spectacular shizzle i had ever seen anyone do. they need 2 put that on somebody's album, maybe as a tribute 2 george, because i knkow he just loved it, may he rest in peace. i heard clapton couldn't even close his mouth

camilleblue said:

yep... that's the same funky guitar sound i like (not the breakdown part, but the rhythm guitar during the verse) -- mijac kinda stole this same sound when he wrote "black & white"