Favourite Guitar Riffs of all time?

oxygen_old

Now dont all have a go at me if its been posted all ready but I searched and I not could find.

I was just listening to "Freebird" there and it occurred to me, what are the best guitar riffs according to boards members:

A couple of my favourites are :

FreeBird - Lynard Skynard
Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
NewBorn - Muse
Radio Head - Just

OLP

thin lizzy - chinatown
iron maiden - dance of death
bad religion - gods love
black sabbath - paranoid
iggy and the stooges - purple haze

Tar.Aldarion

carcass-corporal jigsore quandary,a few from that.oh a good few more by them and mr steer.

phantom_lord

Enter Sandman.....only joking.

Sabra Cadabra
Harvestor of Sorrow
Blackened
"The Trial" from the wall
I'd agree with free bird and i'd have to add the bass line from gimme three steps.

Tar.Aldarion

phantom_lord wrote:

Enter Sandman.....only joking.

hahha tbh i enjoy playing that intro a lot...shh

AlanOB

With a topic like this you could really go on forever, but I'll try to keep it to fifteen. Not necessarily my favourite fifteen riffs, just the first that come to mind...

Van Halen - House Of Pain
Metal Church - Metal Church
Mercyful Of Fate - A Dangerous Meeting
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
Black Sabbath - Country Girl
Black Sabbath - A National Acrobat
Dio - Holy Diver
Judas Priest - Rock Hard, Ride Free
Ozzy Osbourne - Breakin' All The Rules
Queensryche - I Don't Believe In Love
Iron Maiden - When Eagles Dare
King Diamond - Omens
UFO - Rock Bottom
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
Helloween - Starlight

That's a list. Three from Sabbath may be a bit much I know, but Iommi IS King Of The Riffs after all.

Tar.Aldarion

thats bill steer my lad...i believe he is called 'the riff machine' or something

AlanOB

Bill Steer from Carcass?

He's good but he'd be way down my list, regardless of what nickname he's been given.

goin'_to_the_PS

steve vai-somewhere over the rainbow

Creamy Goodness

that riff that's in the irish 1990's world cup song "put them under pressure"

classic

Tar.Aldarion

AlanOB wrote:

Bill Steer from Carcass?

He's good but he'd be way down my list, regardless of what nickname he's been given.

ya from carcass....hes way up my list but diff tastes you know lala

jcoote

that 'dearg donn by horslips geat riff thats one of my favs

money for nothing-dire straits
96 quite bitter beings-cky
devil inside-inxs
sunshine of your love-cream
crazy train-ozzy/rhodes
take the power back-ratm
yuppie puppet epiphany-mike got spiked
superstitious-stevie wonder
kid gloves-rush

Shrimp

Beat It - MJ

jcoote

beat it is savage...eddie van halen played guitar on that track as i'm sure everyone knows

feylya

jcoote wrote:

yuppie puppet epiphany-mike got spiked

True...

Metallica - Sad But True
Metallica - Invisible Kid (I know, I know)
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Megadeth - A Tout Le Monde

Loads more that I can't think of right now along with most of the others posted.

jcoote

i actually like whereever i may roam a lot

feylya

Love the Solo.

jcoote

yeah its a great song altogether ragin when i saw them at rds and they didn't do it...oh no wait they did ... massacre by lizzy aswell

feylya

They did One of the two gigs they did anyway.

Adding MGS - Talkin' To Myself to the list. I love the descending heavy riff and the off time "jam" with the drums.

jcoote

yeah they are really good at that ****...cowboys from hell by pantera also in there

feylya

Also

Muse - Deadstar
Muse - Bliss
Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
Muse - New Born
Muse - Plug In Baby
QOTSA - Little Sister
QOTSA - No One Knows
QOTSA - Mosquito Song
QOTSA - Burn The Witch
RATM - Know Your Enemy
RATM - Bulls On Parade
RATM - No Shelter
RATM - Born Of A Broken Man
RATM - Sleep Now In The Fire
RATM - People Of The Sun

superconor

Money - Pink Floyd
Cemetary Gates - Pantera
Electric Funeral - Sabbath
Hallowed be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
Riff Raff, Back In Black, Can I Sit Next To You Girl - AC/DC
Gyroscope - In Flames
Freebird - Skynyrd
Black Night - Deep Purple

All of the above kick ASS!

Numina

The end riff to deftones "Fireal" is my intial, "Engine No.9 also. I'll think of some more

oxygen_old

Cremo wrote:

that riff that's in the irish 1990's world cup song "put them under pressure"

jcoote wrote:

that 'dearg donn by horslips geat riff thats one of my favs

Dearg Donn is where they got that "Put them Under Pressure" riff from.

jcoote wrote:

i actually like wherever i may roam a lot

Yea, some of Metallicas new stuff is not terrible, I like the riff in "Until it sleeps" as well

Cungi

Machine Head - Ten Ton Hammer, now thats a riff!

Dave

Just off the top of my head...

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny

Gross Halfwit

Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone
Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
White Zombie - Feed The Gods
White Zombie - More Human Than Human
Pantera - Walk
Black Label Society - Fire It Up
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Motorhead - Shoot You In The Back
Motorhead - In The Name Of Tragedy
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
Deep Purple - Black Night
Doors - Roadhouse Blues
RATM - Wake Up
RATM - Bombtrack
RATM - Killing In The Name Of
Status Quo - Whatever You Want
Status Quo - Paper Plane

Theres More.....

Pyr0

Pantera - Revolution Is My Name
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Pantera - Throes Of Rejection (End Riff)
Morbid Angel - He Who Sleeps
Morbid Angel - Blasphemy
Morbid Angel - Chapel Of Ghouls
Morbid Angel - Summoning Redemption

And some others :P

Thomas_S_Hunterson

There's a few i've gotta mention:
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin (an incredible augmented D riff)
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Don't Eat The Yellow Snow - Frank Zappa (if you aren't familiar with Zappa's work then you've got to hear it)

Pink Floyd - Money
Deep Purple - Smoke On Water
Eric Clapton - Cocaine
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Dearg Doom - Horslips (again)

DiamondJQuimby

So Many to choose from..
Most of these have probably already been said.

Voodoo Chile-- Hendrix
Layla ---- Derek and the Dominoes especially the end
Sunshine of your Love -- Cream
Stairway to heaven --- Led Zeppelin
Chinatown -- Thin Lizzy
She Knows -- Thin Lizzy
Enter Sandman -- Metallica
Crosstown Traffic -- Hendrix
Hey Joe -- Hendrix
Duelling Banjos -- from the film Deliverance
"Guitar and the Banjo Bit Banjo probably edges this one though"
Sweet Child of Mine -- Guns and Roses
Jailbreak -- Thin Lizzy

OLP

basslines

come on come over - jaco pastorius
money - pink floyd
give it away - chillies
hey joe - hendrix
maxwell murder - rancid
moby dick - led zeppelin