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Printablecoolcat said: NDRU said: or the openings to When Doves Cry or Purple Rain  Prince has a lot of memorable riffs... off the top of my head, I'd also add "Let's go crazy", "She's Always in My Hair" and "Endorphin Machine"Yeah, I was thinking about Let's Go Crazy. The others are great, too,but probably only known by fans. Gett Off has a good one, too. Kiss' opening chord with the wah wah [Edited 12/11/06 21:23pm] My Legacy
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Soundgarden - Spoonman
Spin Doctors - Two Princes (I don't know why this song gets such flack nowdays) What I am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians [Edited 12/11/06 21:34pm] | |
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Helter Skelter
Sgt Pepper Blackbird In My Life Ticket to Ride A Hard Days Night opening chord 8 Days a Week Yesterday I Wanna Hold Your Hand My Legacy
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No one has mentioned Keith Richards famous guitar riff opening on 'Brown Sugar',
its everybit as iconic as the riff to 'Satisfaction'. Also have to mention 'Day Tripper' by The Beatles. GREAT RIFF! [Edited 12/11/06 22:05pm] | |
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David Bowie - Rebel Rebel | |
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Oh wow, how could I have forgotten to include 'Mean Street' by Van Halen!
Absolutely one of the BADDEST riffs ever done in rock music. | |
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Highway To Hell
Back in Black Come Together I Feel Fine Day Tripper Paperback Writer Iron Man Sweet Leaf Ziggy Stardust Smoke on the Water Saturday Night's Allright For Fighting State of Shock Purple Haze Zebra Whole Lotta Love Stairway To Heaven The Beautiful People Enter Sandman Beat It Give in to Me Smells Like Teen Spirit Come As You Are Lithium Another One Bites the Dust Give it Away Around the World Californication Satisfaction Jumpin Jack Flash Brown Sugar Thank You Falletinme Be Mice Elf Again | |
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I was just talking about this on another board actually. I do think "Smoke on the Water" HAS to be the most recognizable riff of all time though.
I mean, even my mom knows it, and that's really saying something.  "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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POOK said: coolcat said: Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love [Edited 12/11/06 18:15pm] RIGHT OR BACK IN BLACK SMOKE ON WATER EVERYBODY KNOW BUT NOBODY LISTEN TO DEEP PURPLE I do. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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DarlingDiana said: Highway To Hell
Back in Black Come Together I Feel Fine Day Tripper Paperback Writer Iron Man Sweet Leaf Ziggy Stardust Smoke on the Water Saturday Night's Allright For Fighting State of Shock Purple Haze Zebra Whole Lotta Love Stairway To Heaven The Beautiful People Enter Sandman Beat It Give in to Me Smells Like Teen Spirit Come As You Are Lithium Another One Bites the Dust Give it Away Around the World Californication Satisfaction Jumpin Jack Flash Brown Sugar Thank You Falletinme Be Mice Elf Again 
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minneapolisgenius said: POOK said: RIGHT OR BACK IN BLACK SMOKE ON WATER EVERYBODY KNOW BUT NOBODY LISTEN TO DEEP PURPLE I do. ditto. Since everybody's mentioning their favourites riffs and not the most iconic ones I want to do my tribute to Deep Purple. My favourite band. Some of their better riffs than Smoke Black Night Pictures Of Home Fireball Highway Star And did I mention how much I love Coverdale era Deep Purple BURN 
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How come nobody mentioned Black Dog by Led Zep?!
One iconic riff there  | |
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Louie Louie is probably right behind Smoke on the water. | |
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Iconic?
"Johnny B. Goode," Chuck Berry "The Thrill Is Gone," B.B. King (stands as iconic even in rock) "Purple Haze," Jimi Hendrix "Satisfaction," The Rolling Stones "Who's That Lady," The Isley Brothers (iconic even in rock, Isley's mean) "Reelin' In The Years," Steely Dan "London Calling," The Clash "Sunday Bloody Sunday," U2 "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nirvana (the MOST iconic of the last 3 decades, for my $, and it's not my favorite) There are others that may not be the greatest, but are still iconic, for different reasons. *The opening riff to "Hello" (12" version) is iconic, if only to me* [Edited 12/12/06 8:21am] [Edited 12/12/06 8:22am] [Edited 12/12/06 8:24am] Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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A few that I hear ALL the time: Layla - Derek and The Dominoes - Eric Clapton and Duane Allman Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters/ Bad to The Bone - George Thorogood and the Destroyers ...and, of course at Every football game in the nation:
Rock and Roll (part 2) - Gary Glitter ... [Edited 12/12/06 10:45am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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LightOfArt said: How come nobody mentioned Black Dog by Led Zep?!
One iconic riff there It was mentioned in the second post.  | |
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minneapolisgenius said: I was just talking about this on another board actually. I do think "Smoke on the Water" HAS to be the most recognizable riff of all time though.
I mean, even my mom knows it, and that's really saying something. so recognizable people who couldn't name the song still recognize the riff. My Legacy
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I think thebanishedone (and namepeace afterwards) hit the definitive and most universal guitar riff...
...with the intro and body of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode. There are countless songs that use Berry's signature guitar comp from The Rolling Stones to The Beach Boys and beyond. tA  Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: I think thebanishedone (and namepeace afterwards) hit the definitive and most universal guitar riff...
...with the intro and body of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode. There are countless songs that use Berry's signature guitar comp from The Rolling Stones to The Beach Boys and beyond. tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 it was first on my list too  My Legacy
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NDRU said: it was first on my list too My bad for just skimming the thread. 
Props also to NDRU.
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theAudience said: NDRU said: it was first on my list too My bad for just skimming the thread.
Props also to NDRU.
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blackguitaristz said: Purple Haze
Dazed and Confused Satisfaction Sunshine Of Your Love Iron Man Sweet Leaf Super Stupid Alice In My Fantasies Makin' Love Pretty Woman/Roy Orbison/Van Halen There are sooooo many more. TAWK!!!
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blackguitaristz said: The king of them all;
Voodoo Child AND Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Oh yeah!!!
And Rainy Days/Still Dreamin' | |
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Cloudbuster said: LightOfArt said: How come nobody mentioned Black Dog by Led Zep?!
One iconic riff there It was mentioned in the second post. I must have stopped reading after I saw Smells Like Teen Spirit | |
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Ok I think I don't know the meaning of a guitar riff
When Doves Cry? 
It begins with a guitar solo not a riff?! Stairway To Heaven?
A riff needs to be repeated through out the song to be considered a riff, right? [Edited 12/12/06 15:10pm] | |
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LightOfArt said: Ok I think I don't know the meaning of a guitar riff
When Doves Cry?
It begins with a guitar solo not a riff?! Stairway To Heaven?
Let's say distortion is not needed for it to be considered to be a riff, but a riff still needs to be repeated through out the song to be considered a riff, right? hey, you're picking on all my choices! I think a riff is a pretty loose term, meaning a few notes strung together. But that's just my take. When I think of a guitar riff, I admit I don't think of Stairway to Heaven, but it's one of the most played & best known guitar lines, so I included it. My Legacy
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I'd say that the Jimi Hendrix Foxey Lady riff added the +9 chord to the Rock lexicon.
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theAudience said: I'd say that the Jimi Hendrix Foxey Lady riff added the +9 chord to the Rock lexicon.
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http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 definitely one of the coolest sounding chords. When I have to show it to someone I inevitably say "The Foxy Lady chord," and often that's enough. My Legacy
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hey, you're picking on all my choices!
I think a riff is a pretty loose term, meaning a few notes strung together. But that's just my take. When I think of a guitar riff, I admit I don't think of Stairway to Heaven, but it's one of the most played & best known guitar lines, so I included it. lol yes! and it was you who said Smells Like Teen Spirit It IS very popular still the song annoys me.
You are right about a riff being a loose term, but when I think of a riff I think of a few notes notes repeated that is the key element in song, played all the time usually after choruses. So I'm not sure about Staiway as the chords in the intro is repeated a couple of times during the verses. When Doves Cry no way has a guitar riff though, the keyboard part after the guitar solo sounds more of a riff to me | |
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NDRU said: definitely one of the coolest sounding chords. When I have to show it to someone I inevitably say "The Foxy Lady chord," and often that's enough.
Without a doubt. It's used all the time in Jazz but it was fresh meat for Rockers. 
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