Your top-ten favourite riffs?

[Metallifuck]

What are you top-ten favourite riffs?

[GnFnR87]

This is what i can think of now, im sure i missed some, keep in mind these are MY favorites, not necessarlily the BEST... lol

Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin, Album: Led Zeppelin II
Paradise City, Guns N' Roses, Album: Appetite For Destruction
Eye of the Beholder, Metallica, Album: ..And Justice For All
Sweet Child of Mine, Guns N' Roses, Album: Appetite For Destruction
Sweet Emotion, Aerosmith, Album: Toys In The Attic
Young Lust, Aerosmith, Album: Pump
Enter Sandman, Metallica, Album: Metallica
Master of Puppets, Metallica, Album: Master of Puppets
Fight Fire With Fire, Metallica, Album: Ride the Lightning
Paranoid, Black Sabbath, Album: Paranoid

[Dr. Blutarsky]

Hmmm, lets see....

Machine Gun- Jimi Hendrix
Since I`ve Been Loving You- Led Zeppelin
Welcome to the Jungle- GNR
Eruption- Van Halen
Crazy Train- Ozzy
No More, No More- Aerosmith
Cherub Rock- Smashing Pumpkins
Them Bones- Alice In Chains
Fade To Black- Metallica
I want you (she`s so heavy)- Beatles

Notice they don`t make music like that anymore?

[Mattman]

My top-ten favourite riffs would probably be (in no particular order):

Guns N' Roses, "Sweet Child O' Mine"
Blink-182, "Adam's Song"
Van Halen, "Unchained"
Bush, "Glycerine"
Poison, "Fallen Angel"
Guns N' Roses, "One In A Million"
Skid Row, "Youth Gone Wild"
Ozzy Osbourne, "Crazy Train"
Megadeth, "Angry Again"
AC/DC, "You Shook Me All Night Long"

I guess generally, they just don't make riffs like they used to...

[Lady Livin]

01. Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein
02. Derek & The Dominoes - Layla
03. Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
04. Van Morrison - Gloria
05. Guns n' Roses - Mr. Brownstone
06. Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose
07. Golden Earring - Radar Love
08. Soundgarden - Pretty Noose
09. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
10. CCR - Heard it through the grapevine

 

[Izzy]

Eruption- Van Halen

That's a solo, not a riff it doesn't repeat. Unless there is another definition of riff i am unaware of?

[Dave_Rose]

1. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
2. Metallica - Enter Sandman
3. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
4. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zep
5. Joe Satrani - Always With Me Always With You
6. Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses
7. Guns N' Roses - Estranged
8. Buckethead - Machete
9. Pearl Jam - Even Flow
10. Darkness - Love on the rocks

[Walk]

Not in any order.

Black Sabbath- Zero the Hero
Metallica- Seek and Destroy
Iron Maiden- Hallowed be thy Name
Brocas Helm- Ravenwrek
Judas Priest- Exciter
Pantera- I'm Broken
Burzum- Lost Wisdom
Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train
Sodom- Bombenhagel
Slayer- Raining Blood

 

[Mattman]

Black Sabbath- Zero the Hero

Hey, is it true that Guns N' Roses borrowed heavily from the riff to "Zero The Hero" when writing "Paradise City"?  The story I read was that Duff and Izzy were sitting around listening to that song, remarking on what a cool riff it was.  Then they started writing "Paradise City".  Hmmm...

[ClintroN]

Fuck man, are you just out ta get Guns N' Roses n' there fans

[Walk]

I have no idea. Zero the Hero is a slow, sludgy song and Paradise City is fast. Sped up, maybe ZTH does sound a little like PC.

Who cares, both songs rock.

[Izzy]

Black Sabbath- Zero the Hero

Hey, is it true that Guns N' Roses borrowed heavily from the riff to "Zero The Hero" when writing "Paradise City"?? The story I read was that Duff and Izzy were sitting around listening to that song, remarking on what a cool riff it was.? Then they started writing "Paradise City".? Hmmm...

Nope

Th riff to Paradise City was written by Slash in days long before GNR appeared.

[nemo]

hmm, in no particular order

mr brownstone - gnr
it's so easy - gnr
crazy train - ozzy
eye of the tiger - survivor (yeah, yeah, yeah, i think it's cool)
superstition - stevie wonder (do synth riffs count?)
good time boys - rhcp
know your enemy - ratm
just because - janes addiction
sweet emotion - aerosmith
don't damn me - gnr

[sandman]

some of my favs of the top of my head:

ain't talkin 'bout love - van halen
walk - pantera
sweetleaf - black sabbath
train kept a rollin - aerosmith version
working man - rush
satisfaction - rolling stones
immigrant song - led zep

[Chris Misfit]

Y'all haven't even heard a proper riff:

Turbonegro - Rendevous With Anus
Winnebago Deal - Hunted Down
Cathedral - Voodoo Fire
Acid Reign - Motherly Love
Electric Frankenstein - Speed Girl
The Darkness - Get Yer Hands Off My Woman
Supersuckers - Psyched Out
The Dangerfields - Belfast Girls
The Donnas - Backstage
The Wildhearts - Everlone

Those are fucking riffs, and add the folling EF songs: Action High, Rocket In My Veins, Time Is Now, I'm Not Your (Nothing). You lot need to go to a gig, and stop hanging round your dad.

[GNR_Green]

Y'all haven't even heard a proper riff:

The Darkness - Get Yer Hands Off My Woman

Have you checked AC/DC's back catalogue to make sure it wasn't in there first??! 

Interesting list, doubt anyone will be able to come up with a more 'alternative' one.  As for me, I haven't got time to weigh up a top 10, it's too fuckin hard.

[KeVoRkIaN]

Mr. Bungle - Carousel

[Eduardo]

Stones - Gimme Shelter, Jumpin Jack Flash, Cant You Hear Me Knockin

U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name, I Will Follow (the simplest, but cool), Sunday Bloody Sunday

GNR - Sweet Child, WTTJ, Mr Brownstone, YCBM, Rocket Queen, PC,

Ozzy - Crazy Train, Mr. Crowley, I Dont Know (ohh man, that Budokan version rocks!)

Metallica - Fade to Black (the one before the final solo), Master Of Puppets, Disposable Heroes, For whom the bell tolls

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven, Dyer Maker, Over the hills and far away,

Kiss - Detroit rock city

Clapton - Layla

[Malcolm]

Crazy Train-Ozzy Osbourne
Sweet Child O Mine-Guns N Roses
Detroit Rock City-Kiss
Youth Gone Wild-Skid Row
Highway To Hell-AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long-AC/DC
Hells Bells-AC/DC
Blackened-Metallica
One-Metallica
Wherever I May Roam-Metallica

[Stupid Head]

Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine, Mr Brownstone, My Michele, Live And Let Die
Buckcherry - Frontside, Pornostar
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
AC/DC - Back In Black

thats all I can think of

Do you think there will be any brilliant riffs on Chinese Democracy?

[DEAD HORSE]

Guns N' Roses - Welcome to The Jungle/ Paradise City
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Black Sabbath - Into The Void
Ac/Dc - Problem Child
Neil Young - Hey Hey , My My
Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Chuck berry - Louie Louie
Tool - Prison Sex 

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Dragon Attack by Queen
2 Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden
I want Out by Helloween
Hunting Hi And Low by Stratovarius
Symphony Of Destruction by Megadeth
Paradise City by Guns N Roses
The Mirror by Dream Theater
Youth Gone Wild by Skid Row
Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne
Don't fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
Electric Eye by Judas Priest
Accident Of Birth by Bruce Dickinson
We Rock by Dio

[D]

beverly hills 90210 theme song


no seriously

Guns N Roses welcome to the Jungle,sweet child o mine,locomotive,mr brownstone,rocket queen.paradise city


black sabbath iron man *so awesome* one of the most recognizable riffs of all time


bon jovi livin on a prayer you give love a bad name *did u really think i wouldnt put them on here*


Prince Lets Go Crazy

Kiss unholy, deuce,detroit rock city,cold gin, heart of chrome, heavens on fire


rhcp under the bridge,cant stop,parallel universe,otherside,scar tissue

skid row 18 and life, youth gone wild, monkey business,creepshow

ted nugent cat scratch fever

queen david bowie under pressure

motley crue wildside,dr feelgood,kickstart my heart,girls girls girls, live wire,shout at the devil,

[Pryor Murphy]

This time I have no explanition on this...

1. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile(or Child, I still don't know which one is it )
2. Guns N' Roses -  Sweet Child O' Mine
3. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
4. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
5. AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
6. Metallica - Seek & Destroy
7. George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone
8. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
9. Rage Against The Machine - Guerilla Radio


10. Minutemen - Corona

[Genesis]

1 Sweet Child O' Mine - GN'R
2 Stairway to Heaven - Led Zep
3 Enter Sandman - Metallica
4 Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
5 Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zep
6 Paradise City - GN'R

Can't think of any fucking more...

[MR.BROWNSTONE]

Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone, WTTJ, Sweet Child O' Mine, YCBM and  Paradise City.
Aerosmith - Swee Emotion, Wlak This Way and Eat The Rich.
Led Zeppelin - kashmir and Whole Lotta Love
AC/DC - Highway To Hell, Hells Bells and Thunderstuck
Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Steel Monkey and Locomotive Breath
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood and Girls Girls Girls
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter and Can't Get No Satisfaction
Steppen Wolf - Magic Carpet Rise, The Pusher and Born To Be Wild