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| The Greatest Riffs.....ever
This list is of the most famous riffs in Rock/Blues History - ones that people from every corner of the world will know and recognise and put some of these artists on the map! | | 1 | Muddy Waters
Mannish Boy
Everybody has heard this riff, whether they have heard of Muddy Waters or not - it is the quintessential blues riff and covered to the max. | | 2 | Elvis
Heart Break Hotel
If you dont know this riff you must be the most sheltered person in the world! | | 3 | Deep Purple
Smoke on the water
This is such a simple riff, and one that every budding guitarist learns to play almost immediately! | | 4 | Free
Alright Now
Another simple one, but the raw simpleness makes it stick in the mind | | 5 | Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Not the best Sabbath song by any means, but this riff packs a punch and what a punch! | | 6 | Cream
Sunshine of Your Love
Jack Bruce discovered the riff playing an old double bass, immediately picked up his bass and played it on there. When Clapton heard it he decided he need not write anything and just replicated Bruce from there Sunshine of your love was born - amazingly simple! | | 7 | Motorhead
Ace of Spades
Like Black Sabbath its raw power gets you hooked from the first line | | 8 | The Knack
My Sharona
Awful band, but this riff is another world famous hit (and i had to include something else from the 80s to balance the list abit) | | 9 | Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Lets face it, the song defined a generation, brought a shift in rock music and made Nirvana the biggest band in the world. All from a slightly altered Boston riff! | | 10 | AC/DC
Highway to Hell
Well can you name me another riff that is more well known and not listed above cos i was running out of ideas... | |
Waterloo_Sunset
12.27.06 | No descriptions :( ho hum...never mind, those are the most well known riffs i could think of, most are simple and thats the point.... oh yeah... I forgot no.11 - We Will Rock You by Queen!!! | The Jungler
12.27.06 | Pretty standard list I guess. Not too bad though. | Erratic
12.27.06 | I would've put Iron Man over Paranoid. | Eakflanderyof
12.27.06 | I disagree, but it's your list. | Thor
12.27.06 | NIB and War Pigs have better riffage than Paranoid. | freudianslipknot
12.27.06 | Since this is most famous and not best riffs, I would agree with 3,5 & 6 and possibly 7, 8 & 10. But what about the kinks (you really got me); steppenwolf (born to be wild) & roy orbison (pretty woman). | Waterloo_Sunset
12.27.06 | omg i forgot the kinks! ok... so You Really Got Me should be on the list....so too should be the Who - My Generation or Wont Get Fooled Again... and Led Zep - Whole Lotta Love....sod My Sharona this list now sucks i forgot 4 or 5 of the ones i would have added last night! | Waterloo_Sunset
12.27.06 | ok so since i messed up this list these are 5 more i would add to it
11. Queen - We Will Rock You
12. Led Zepellin - Whole Lotta Love
13. The Kinks - Really Got Me
14. The Who - Wont Get Fooled Again
15. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze | The Door Mouse
12.27.06 | Hey Joe???? Generic list. Not very good. | Hatshepsut
12.27.06 | greatest =/= most famous | grungeguy88
12.27.06 | yeah buddy | Ruthlessgrunge
12.27.06 | woah doggy | Bfhurricane
12.27.06 | These are CLASSIC riffs, not GREATEST.
good concept though | Erratic
12.27.06 | Zepdude = Doesn't get concept. | Necrophagist
12.28.06 | Not really a good list..."All Right Now" sucks. | metallicaliveson
12.28.06 | if this was Greatest riffs then it should have some RATM.
| Dayvan Cowboy
08.26.08 | 16. Slayer - "Raining Blood" |
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