Lesser known but great riffs: Northern Hemisphere by East of Eden Hazard Profile by Soft Machine Brainticket Parts 1-3 by Brainticket... wonderful riff that you want to go on and on... and it does.
Some of the best mentioned already, and here are some I like.
Queen - Tie Your Mother Down Ram Jam - Black Betty The Who - Can`t Explain, (and almost anything else by them) Free - All Right Now Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild Sweet - Ballroom Blitz Rolling Stones - Paint it Black Black Sabbath - Paranoid Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing Stevie Wonder - Superstition Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
Day of the eagle - Robin Trower Chinatown - Thin Lizzy Rock and Roll - Zeppelin Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix Ace of Spades - Motorhead Whatever you want (extended intro) - Status Quo You better watch yourself - Joe Bonamassa The Hunter - Free
There are a gazillion more but to be going on with I'll settle for this lot
Some of the best mentioned already, and here are some I like.
Queen - Tie Your Mother Down Ram Jam - Black Betty The Who - Can`t Explain, (and almost anything else by them) Free - All Right Now Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild Sweet - Ballroom Blitz Rolling Stones - Paint it Black Black Sabbath - Paranoid Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing Stevie Wonder - Superstition Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
Some great ones here. Special mention to the fantastic Stevie Wonder Superstition riff even though it was played on the Clavinet.
Voodoo Chile, slight return: Hendrix. All along the Watchtower: Hendrix\Dylan. Fire and Water: Free The Stealer: Free What' Going on: Rory Gallagher Laundromat: Rory Gallagher Won't get fooled again:Who My Generation: Who Smoke on the Water:Deep Purple. Tales of Brave Ulysses:Cream Spoonfull:Cream Head and Heart: John Martyn One Day without you: John Martyn
May be unfamilier to most of the younger lifers,but Duane Eddy's Peter Gunn,the original version,not with the Art of Noise must be up there with the best.
Comments
Papa was a rolling stone - Temptations
Too High - Stevie Wonder
One of the few riffs I can play and do quite well.
Local hero - Dire Straits.
Mark Knopfler is a genius.
It's relatively easy (for some) but I'm struggling with it. Time and patience will tell.
Eddie Grant - Baby Come Back when he was playing with The Equals.
Northern Hemisphere by East of Eden
Hazard Profile by Soft Machine
Brainticket Parts 1-3 by Brainticket... wonderful riff that you want to go on and on... and it does.
Jimi Hendrix had a go at it too.
I'll nominate Start Me Up by the Stones.
Also: Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker and Rock and Roll by my favs Led Zep.
If you havent heard it before...have a listen.
What Difference Does It Make
This Charming Man
The greatest band of all time, without doubt!
Hells Bells & Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Whatever You Want, Mystery Song & Down Down (full versions) - Status Quo
Queen - Tie Your Mother Down
Ram Jam - Black Betty
The Who - Can`t Explain, (and almost anything else by them)
Free - All Right Now
Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
Windy City - Sweet
Big Fat Mama - Status Quo
Only You Can Rock Me - UFO
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Day of the eagle - Robin Trower
Chinatown - Thin Lizzy
Rock and Roll - Zeppelin
Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Whatever you want (extended intro) - Status Quo
You better watch yourself - Joe Bonamassa
The Hunter - Free
There are a gazillion more but to be going on with I'll settle for this lot
Bridge of sighs
Special mention to the fantastic Stevie Wonder Superstition riff even though it was played on the Clavinet.
All along the Watchtower: Hendrix\Dylan.
Fire and Water: Free
The Stealer: Free
What' Going on: Rory Gallagher
Laundromat: Rory Gallagher
Won't get fooled again:Who
My Generation: Who
Smoke on the Water:Deep Purple.
Tales of Brave Ulysses:Cream
Spoonfull:Cream
Head and Heart: John Martyn
One Day without you: John Martyn
Tend to prefer the live versions......
Steely Dan - Reelin in the years
Yes - Siberian Khatru
In fact the whole records ex in my opinion.