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Most memorable riffs/hooks?

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  • 09-03-2008 8:20am
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    tech77
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    What's the most distinctive/evocative riff/hook in a song you can think of:

    Off the top of my head i'm thinking of:
    1) the intro to Sweet Child O' Mine by GNR
    2) the intro to Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode
    3) Whole lotta Love by Led Zeppelin

    What are your favourites?


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    Heinrich
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    Riff raff, Thunderstruck, Hell's Bells etc...;)


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    galwayrush
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    Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi, the riff masters.Way too many classics from both to mention.


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    mike65
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    Dur Da Durrrrrrrr Dur Dur Da Durrrrrrrr Dur Dur Dur Da Dur Durrrrrrrr! :p

    Mike.


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    Rigsby
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    Day Tripper - Beatles

    Money - Pink Floyd


    Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison


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    carchaeologist
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    Satch Boogie-joe satriani, a fantastic piece of guitar work........


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    #7
    Stompbox
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    Sunshine Of Your Love-Cream


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    Jay P
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    Rock & Roll and Kashmir from Led Zep
    Message in a Bottle - The police


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    kawaii
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    Yoshimi Part two - Flaming lips
    Come on, come over - Jaco Pastorius
    Birdland - Weather Report


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    slipss
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    Would have to go for the intro to Sweet Child O Mine, or maybe the intro to Hendrix's version of All Along The Watch Tower.


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    gary the great
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    The bassline in milk by kings of leon - its so good

    Money by Pink Floyd

    Plug in baby by muse


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    Sinfonia
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    Beat It, Billie Jean, Thriller, etc. etc. etc. Science bless Michael and Quincy
    Under Pressure/(Ice Ice Baby):p


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    Rigsby
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    Sweet wrote: »
    Sunshine Of Your Love-Cream

    I forgot about that one. A great one indeed. :)


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    byte
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    byte


    Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera.

    Mainly merorable from being the music for an old Lucozade advert in my youth.


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    Doctor DooM
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    Enter Sandman. Every single rock fan of my age must know this one.


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    damonjewel
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    Black Sabbath have riffs coming out of their noseholes.

    Iron Man and N.I.B. are my personal faves


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    Kaiser_Sma
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    Led Zepplin-Black dog. It's the one that always comes to mind with this question


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    andrewh5
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    Alright now by Free - Paul Kossoff rocked!


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    Dord
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    The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go?


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    Tabnabs
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    Smells like teen spirit, Nirvana

    I win!!! ;):D

    And furthermore;
    Voodoo Child (Slight Return) by Hendrix,
    Start Choppin, Dinosaur Jr
    Rusty Cage, Sound Garden
    Would, Alice in Chains


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    Nailz
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    Deep Purple "Smoke On The Water", very suprised people didn't say that yet!
    Also "Loose Fit" by the Happy Mondays, it sounds really cool!


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    mike65
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    Nailz wrote: »
    Deep Purple "Smoke On The Water", very suprised people didn't say that yet!

    ahem ;)

    Mike.


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    The Swordsman
    Registered Users Posts: 363 ✭✭The Swordsman


    Would 'Superstition' by Stevie Wonder qualify?

    Played on synth, not a guitar, but still a riff in my book,

    and 'Seven Nation Army'.


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    Insect Overlord
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    Blue Monday by New Order


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    #25
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Riffs... let's see:
    intro to Blue Monday by New Order

    the first bass bit of Perfect Kiss by New Order

    the reocurring riff in Island in the Sun by Weezer ( you know: its followed by "hip hip")

    the intro (which reoccurs again later) to Human Nature by Michael Jackson

    the intro to Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

    the intro to Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode

    the bass intro of Bullet in The Head by Rage Against The Machine

    the reocurring riff in Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin

    the reocurring riff in Sunshine of Your Love by Cream

    the reocurring acoustic guitar riff on Small Blue Thing by Suzanne Vega, played by herself.
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