Top 10 guitar riffs and licks.

[apl]

I don't see the solo from "Reelin' In The Years" either.

Yeah, that's one of the best.

Need some Sex Pistols, too.

 

[notCardio]

I don't see the solo from "Reelin' In The Years" either.

While that's one of my favorite solos from one of my favorite songs from one my favorite bands, I wouldn't call the solo a 'riff'.

Nakatira,

While I wouldn't necessarily agree with your choice for most memorable, must-learn riffs, I gotta say I really dig your taste in music. Norway rocks!

 

[Joepie]

Has Mark Knopfler's Money for nothing been mentioned yet?

 

[notCardio]

Some of you guys are just listing your favorite songs and shit. Where's the riff in Hotel California?

Anything where you can play the first two bars of it and everyone (not just guitar players) knows what it is, is a riff in my book. I didn't say it was the best, but it certainly is one of the most recognizable.

 

[JenniferNorth]

I'm glad to see Day tripper was mentioned.

Norwegian Wood
Paperback writer
Helter Skelter
And your Bird can sing
blackbird
Taxman (Bass)
Ticket to ride
A hard day's night (solo)
Hey Bulldog

Rolling Stones 'Paint it Black'
Chuck Berry's 'Johnny B' Good'
Sex Pistol's 'Pretty Vacant'
The Clash 'Brand New Cadillac'
David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust'

 

[notCardio]

I think we got us

a Beatles fan here.

Maybe my memory is failing, but I don't see the riff in Ziggy...

 

[peopleperson]

Some personal favorites

Helmet - Meantime
Zeppelin - The Ocean
Sabbath - Into the Void/Mob Rules/Sweet motherfuckin Leaf
AC/DC - Beating around the Bush/Riff Raff
Devo - Girl you Want
Quicksand - Fazer
Wire - Strange/Lowdown/the Art of Stopping/
Jesus Lizard - Dancing Naked Ladies/Glamourous/I Can Learn
ZZ motherfuckin top - Just Got Paid
The Stooges - Shake Appeal/TV Eye/Down on the Corner/1969
Slayer - Raining Blood/Ghosts of War
Killing Joke - Age of Greed/Requim/Pandemonium/Unspeakable
Melvins - Hooch/Vile/Zodiac/It's Shoved
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
New York Dolls - Jetboy
Black Flag - Damaged/Six Pack/Slip it in (Slayer owes their entire career to this one Greg Ginn riff)
Bad Brains - Soulcraft
Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
Beatles - Hey Bulldog
Faces - Stay with me
Van Halen - motherfuckin D.O.A anyone?/Mean Streets/House of Pain (so overlooked.../Unchained
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
MC5 - Kick out the Jams
Swervedriver - Duel
Urge Overkill - Blackie's Birthday

...and finally, the first and greatest distorted guitar riff of all time...yeah, you heard me....

Link Wray - Rumble

 

[capnkid]

Jonny B. Good.......................Rock-N-Roll /ZEP

I Can't get no Satifaction.

Everyone should know how to pinch a harmonic, and do a tasteful divebomb.

 

[Greg_L]

walk dont run - or any other ventures tune.
KISS - mr speed
rush - yyz
priest - hellbent for leather
VH - panama

fuck theres just too many to list

 

[tc4b]

broken hearts are for assholes - FZ

stash - phish

fortunate son - CCR

ground on down - ben harper (check out the live version on electric... nice)

circle - edie brickell

me & julio - paul simon

and your bird can sing - beatles

panama - van halen

 

[hixmix]

Some of you guys are just listing your favorite songs and shit.

Thank you for attempting to keep the thread in focus, SirN.

 

[Nick The Man]

killing floor

 

[pinkerchook]

fav riff

e----------------------------------------------12--14--17-
b----------------------------------10--12--14-------------
g-------------------------7--9--11------------------------
d-----------------5--7--9---------------------------------
a---------3--5--7-----------------------------------------
e-1--3--5-------------------------------------------------



e-17--14--12-----------------------------------------------
b------------14--12--10-------------------------------------
g------------------------11--9--7---------------------------
d----------------------------------9--7--5-------------------
a-------------------------------------------7--5--3----------
e----------------------------------------------------5--3--1--

I have to say this is my favorite riff to practice. It has always goten me through a run.

 

[rayc]

I'm ashamed I forgot Ziggy Stardust - Mick Ronson was a riff machine I mean between him & Bowie - wow Gene Genie etc etc etc etc.
I did, indeed, select what I reckon are great & usually primal riffs some of which have interrelationships: Breadfan, Paranoid & Black Knight have quite a few links. Most I mentioned fit the criteria by being fairly simple, short and easy too - I mean even I can play most of 'em. There are exceptions like Televison & Parents by Budgie - I can't play them & the latter has one ascending chord prog with a descending guitar figure (or visa versa) but it is primal.
If I were to List solos or songs I'd go on forever.

 

[apl]

Boogie and variations.

 

[espskully]

I don't know, but ones people should purposely NOT learn are:

Slow Walking Walter (Smoke on the Water)
Stairway
Purple Haze
Wild Thing

 

[scrubs]

1. Johnny B. Goode -- Chuck Berry
2. Sunshine -- Cream/Clapton
3. SOTW -- Deep Purple
4. Repeat 1-3 and you now know rock-n-roll.

 

[notCardio]

Boogie and variations.

Mike Boogie and his variation Will?

 

[apl]

Mike Boogie and his variation Will?

No, like the Vonage commercials.

 

[Anfontan]

How about-
Where have all the good times gone-Kinks
Honey Don't-Carl Perkins
War Pigs-Black Sabbath
Sky High Percentage-Budgie
Smokin' Gun-Robert Cray
Same old song & dance-Aerosmith
Clock strikes 10-Cheap Trick
Woman from Tokyo-Deep purple
I'm losin' you-John Lennon
Billion Dollar Babies-Alice Cooper