Favorite rock&roll opening guitar riff
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This Charming Man3
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Rush - 2112 Overture
Rush - The spirit of radio
Pink Floyd - Run like hell0 -
Loop: The nail will burn
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LennyLowrent said:
We Deserved the Three Points - Karl Robinson
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Great thread!
Johnny B Goode is, of course, the best opening riff. But many of the ones already mentioned are making me itch to plug my guitar in.2 -
Too repetitive!Oh_Yoni_Boy said:LennyLowrent said:We Deserved the Three Points - Karl Robinson
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Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir2 -
Back to Shalla-Bal knocks that into a cocked hatBaldybonce said:Joe Satriani
Flying in a blue dream0 -
A lot of great shouts here and many of my favorites have already been mentioned (special shout out to whoever mentioned Morning Glory, an absolute belter of an opening and one often overlooked).
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Frightened Rabbit - both "State Hospital" and "Swim until You Can't See Land"
Twilight Sad - "Made to Disappear"
Radiohead - "There There" "Let Down" "The Bends"
and "I might be wrong" is an absolute belter
Counting Crows - "Round Here"
BRMC - "Rifles"
The National - "Conversation 16"
I've taken a liberal interpretation of the term "riff" here.1 -
on yer bike.Leroy Ambrose said:
Back to Shalla-Bal knocks that into a cocked hatBaldybonce said:Joe Satriani
Flying in a blue dream1 - Sponsored links:
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Do drum solos count then. Best start a new thread " best openings to dongs..."SDAddick said:A lot of great shouts here and many of my favorites have already been mentioned (special shout out to whoever mentioned Morning Glory, an absolute belter of an opening and one often overlooked).
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Frightened Rabbit - both "State Hospital" and "Swim until You Can't See Land"
Twilight Sad - "Made to Disappear"
Radiohead - "There There" "Let Down" "The Bends"
and "I might be wrong" is an absolute belter
Counting Crows - "Round Here"
BRMC - "Rifles"
The National - "Conversation 16"
I've taken a liberal interpretation of the term "riff" here.
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I thought there was only one opening...golfaddick said:
Do drum solos count then. Best start a new thread " best openings to dongs..."SDAddick said:A lot of great shouts here and many of my favorites have already been mentioned (special shout out to whoever mentioned Morning Glory, an absolute belter of an opening and one often overlooked).
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Frightened Rabbit - both "State Hospital" and "Swim until You Can't See Land"
Twilight Sad - "Made to Disappear"
Radiohead - "There There" "Let Down" "The Bends"
and "I might be wrong" is an absolute belter
Counting Crows - "Round Here"
BRMC - "Rifles"
The National - "Conversation 16"
I've taken a liberal interpretation of the term "riff" here.
If I'm wrong then the American education system has really, really, really let me down once again.1 -
Sweet Home Alabama1
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Cannonball - The Breeders3
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All day and all of the night - The Kinks.
Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
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Where is my mind - Pixies1
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If you stack up great/iconic riffs in general then I reckon Metallica would lead the way by quite a distance.3
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A couple of more obscure ones that are as good as many others in here:
Blowin' Free - Wishbone Ash
One Soul Survivor - Wild Turkey
Too Rolling Stoned - Robin Trower
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Creeping Deathcafctom said:If you stack up great/iconic riffs in general then I reckon Metallica would lead the way by quite a distance.
Master of Puppets
Battery
Blackened
Damage Inc
Ride The Lightning
Dyer's Eve...
That's a hell of a lot of monstrous opening riffs!
Also Slayer:
South of Heaven
War Ensemble
Raining Blood
Angel of Death
Behind the Crooked Cross
Seasons In The Abyss
Disciple
God Hates Us All...4 -
Not a riff but as guitar intros go, Little Wing by Hendrix can't be beaten0
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Ok ok, lets get really personal now...
'I love you more than you'll ever know' by Blood Sweat and Tears.
Ah......0 -
'Welcome to the Jungle' - Guns N Roses
'Cigarettes & Alcohol' - Oasis2 -
That's Entertainment - The Jam
Sunflower - Paul Weller
Jumpin Jack Flash - The Stones0 -
say it aint so - weezer1
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God damn right its a beautiful day - Eels0
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Beastie Boys - Fight for your right1
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The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
The white stripes - Seven nation army (though Its now really overused)2 -
I just YouTubed that one.Leroy Ambrose said:
Back to Shalla-Bal knocks that into a cocked hatBaldybonce said:Joe Satriani
Flying in a blue dream
I don't ever want to hear that song again.1 -
Maiden, Metallica, Slayer.Leroy Ambrose said:
Creeping Deathcafctom said:If you stack up great/iconic riffs in general then I reckon Metallica would lead the way by quite a distance.
Master of Puppets
Battery
Blackened
Damage Inc
Ride The Lightning
Dyer's Eve...
That's a hell of a lot of monstrous opening riffs!
Also Slayer:
South of Heaven
War Ensemble
Raining Blood
Angel of Death
Behind the Crooked Cross
Seasons In The Abyss
Disciple
God Hates Us All...
That'll be most of the Top 50 sorted then.0 -
any T Rex Hit ...masters of the Guitar intro2
