Top 3 riffs of all time

[PANatsFan]

Guitar: Black Sabbath, Falling off the Edge of the World. Shadows Fall, Mysteries of the Spirit. Iron Maiden, The Trooper.


Bass: Sabbath, Paranoid. Joy Division, Warsaw. Stooges, Raw Power.

Wow, diverse.

Honorable mention:

The Passenger, Iggy Pop (my #1 favorite song of all time). Television, Torn Curtain.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Guitar:
Dead Boys, "Ain't it Fun"
Hendrix, "All Along the Watchtower"
Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Bass:
UK Subs, "Warhead"
Primus, (pretty much anything)
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Higher Ground"

[imref]

you can't have a top 3 guitar riffs without "smoke on the water"

I heard a guy play it on the violin tonight in an Italian restaurant.

[cmdterps44]

This probably doesn't compare but the song: [2080 by Yeasayer] has a pretty sick riff.

[ronnynat]

"The Stone" by DMB. Probably my favorite song.




Watch his hands. Pretty crazy. I can play this, but not like that.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Good call. 

you can't have a top 3 guitar riffs without "smoke on the water"

I heard a guy play it on the violin tonight in an Italian restaurant.

[PowerBoater69]

Symptom of the Universe - Black Sabbath

[NatsAddict]

you can't have a top 3 guitar riffs without "smoke on the water"

I heard a guy play it on the violin tonight in an Italian restaurant.

[PANatsFan]

Hendrix, "All Along the Watchtower"

That's a Dylan cover.


Chief, what's the punishment for such an offense?

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

No crap, Sherlock LOL

I'd actually say that of retreads with some sort of a Hendrix connection, one of the best might be Body Count's cover of "Hey Joe"...of course that was not a Hendrix original either, though very few people seem to know that.

That's a Dylan cover.


Chief, what's the punishment for such an offense?

[MDoyle]

To keep the pressure on Ali, Higher Ground is a Stevie Wonder cover.

[PANatsFan]

I think maybe Iommi should be immortalized and removed from consideration. Even the new Heaven and Hell album has riffs that most other guitar players couldn't dream of coming up with.

[spidernat]

Chief, what's the punishment for such an offense?

Chief is going to need his posting privileges back to reply to this.

[tomterp]

That's a Dylan cover.


Chief, what's the punishment for such an offense?

It's about riffs, not lyrics or melody.  Hendricks' riffs are his own.

[PANatsFan]

It's about riffs, not lyrics or melody.  Hendricks' riffs are his own.

Yeah I was just breaking his balls.

[Frau Mau]

To keep the pressure on Ali, Higher Ground is a Stevie Wonder cover.

Yes, but the bass line was played on a synthesizer by Stevie, not on an electric bass.

[PANatsFan]

Best Bagpipe riff ever:

Wind by In Extremo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJbcdaxASrM#t=1m31s

[imref]

upon further reflection:

1. Smoke on the Water - Blackmore/Deep Purple
2. Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult led by Gene Frenkle
3. Sunshine of your love - Eric Clapton / Cream

[PANatsFan]

Nicely done, imref.

[Dave B]

whole lotta love

[PANatsFan]

whole lotta love

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Also Rock Lobster



And Where Eagles Dare



Look at me, I'm Ali.

[PANatsFan]

WTF imref? You ninja-edited Cocaine to Sunshine of My Love? When White Room has the best riff anyway?

[imref]

WTF imref? You ninja-edited Cocaine to Sunshine of My Love? When White Room has the best riff anyway?

i edited about 2 seconds after I posted and you had already responded.  You are too quick. :-)

How about we call it a toss-up between white room, cocaine, and sunshine of my love?

BTW, Rush's limelight deserves some sort of honorable mention.

[PANatsFan]

Just messing around. I decided  I have a problem - the first 3 Danzig albums qualify entirely

[KyleScha]

This probably doesn't compare but the song: [2080 by Yeasayer] has a pretty sick riff.

Yeasayer is awesome. I saw them in concert once, 2080 is one of my favorite songs.