Smoke on the water! Deep Purple |
"OHIO" (or "Cinnamon Girl") - Neil Young, "JJ Flash" - Stones, "Born on the Bayou" - CCR, "The King will come" - Wishbone Ash, (Of course) "Day Tripper" - you know who, "Trouble no more" - Allman Bros., "Levee Breaks" - Zeppelin, |
Legend - Poco
Some People - Savoy Brown
Louisiana Blues - Savoy Brown
Raunchy - Bill Justis
Dizzy Miss Lizzy Larry Williams |
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"Love Is Like Oxygen" by Sweet. Simple but effective and most catchy! |
One of my faves not mentioned yet:
Bowie--Rebel Rebel |
"Voodoo Child" - Hendrix
"Stone Free" - Hendrix
"Little Wing" - Hendrix
"Too Rolling Stoned" - Robin Trower
"Little bit of Sympathy" - Robin Trower
"Day of the Eagle" - Robin Trower
"Free Will" (solo) - Rush/Lifeson
"Circumstances" - Rush/Lifeson
"La Villa Strangiato" - Rush/Lifeson
"Jacob's Ladder" - Rush/Lifeson
"Xanadu" - Rush/Lifeson
"Mr Crowley" - Randy Rhoads
"Believer" - Randy Rhoads
"Lazy" - Deep Purple/Blackmore
"Supernaut" - Sabbath/Iommi
"Hole in the Sky" - Sabbath/Iommi
"Sunshine of your Love" - Cream
"White Room" - Cream |
Something newer?
Anthem by Rock n Roll Soldiers
Don't shut the gate by The Living End
Walkie Talkie Man by Steriogram
Think catchy/addictive/fun rather than pure guitar gods.
For the guitar legend I would toss out Willy the Wimp by SRV. |
'Come to Love' by Matthew Sweet.
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One of the "purest" riff songs ever is Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk". Built around a repeating three note riff - -and two other short riffs. For me, this is about as primal as music gets. It does bounce around -guitar/bass/accordian/marching band - whatever's on hand, so I'm not sure it technically qualifies here. Still, this is great riff rock IMO.
Marty
Gasm, good to see Matthew Sweet get a shout out here. |
Mapman, Love is Like Oxygen ends when it't just starting to jam! Robin Trower, "Too Rolling Stoned" |
Reptile by The Church. Google or YOUTUBE that song. Great riff. |
yes, reptile is a good one!
i've seen the church do it live twice in recent years in a jazz club like venue. excellent! |
slaw,
yeah, it does kind of end prematurely.
oh well, still lots of fun while it lasts.
its nice hearing old am radio fare like that again on a good system to appreciate all that is going on that was not discernable then. nice audio candy! |
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song: Beyond The Wheel. band: Soundgarden. album: ULTRAMEGA.
guitarist: Kim Thayil. The BADDEST rock riff! Highly recommended to all you thrasher's out there! |
Heres a few I like (in no particular order)
1 Blackmores Rainbow -Starstruck & Stargazer
2 Trower- Day of the Eagle& Bridge of Sigh
3 Stevie Wonder- Superstitious
4 Neil Young- Hey,hey,my,my Like a Hurricane
5 Nazareth- Hair of the Dog My GOSH!!! SOO MANY MORE!!! |
The Afghan Whigs "Now You Know" from Gentleman...a close second to "Debonair", same album.
My favorite rock album of all time and if you had a chance to see it live....just wow. I was lucky enough to see Greg Dulli Saturday night doing his solo stripped down thing and he still has the magic. Anxiously awaiting the new Twilight Singers record due out shortly. |
Aerosmith - Walk This Way (yes, they used to have good songs) |
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Anything from "Fillmore East" and "Mountain Jam"
Steely Dan "My Old School"
John Mayer Trio has a few good grooves on "Where the Light Is" DVD
Just saw this guy on Jimmy Kimmel, Quinn Sullivan. The song he played had a great groove.
"Thick as a Brick"
These are just a few that came to mind as I stumbled across this thread.
There are just so many along with all the great mentions above. |
Corazon, you know there's a Jethro Tull song from way back called "Thick as a Brick". I wonder if Mr. Sullivan was covering it. As I recall, the song is pretty catchy. |
Achilles,
Apologies.
Just re-read my response and I see how it can be interpreted as QS playing that song!
I meant that what he played last night had a great groove and TAAB as another mention.
I just didn't express myself very well.
Apologies folks.
Best,
Dave |
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Too much time on my hands -- so many great ones spring to mind, including some that have already been mentioned:
"Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin
"Statesboro Blues" by Allman Bros. Band (or Taj Mahal)
"Paperback Writer" by The Beatles
"Start Me Up" or "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones
"Roundabout" by Yes
"Juke Box Music" by The Kinks
"Tush" by ZZ Top
"Baba O'Reilly" by The Who
"All Along The Watchtower" and about a dozen others by Jimi Hendrix (AATW is no longer a Dylan song, IMHO)
"Mysterious Ways" by U2
"Layla" and "Crossroads" by Clapton (and others)
"Supernatural Superserious" by REM
"Yellow Ledbetter" by Pearl Jam
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana
"Cinammon Girl" by Neil Young
"Walk Away" and "Rocky Mountain High" by Joe Walsh
"Volunteers" by Jeffereson Airplane
"Long Time Gone" by Crosby, Stills and Nash
"One More Saturday Night" by The Grateful Dead
"Love Me Two Times" by The Doors
"Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straights
"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Fortunate Sun" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Maybelline" by Chuck Berry
"Rave On" by Buddy Holly
And on and on and on...
Happy listening! |
Eric Clapton, "Eyesight to The Blind", from the rock movie "Tommy". |
"Lateralis" - Tool
"25 or 6 to 4" - Chicago
"Hey You" - Pink Floyd
"All Apologies" - Nirvana
"Kashmir" - Led Zeppelin
"Here Comes the Sun" - The Beatles
"Voodoo Child (reprise)" - Jimmi Hendrix
"Enter the Sandman" - Metallica |
Hendrix Star Spangled Banner! Just the first six chords are enough to last a life time. |
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
just to mention a few awesome ones. |
Anything from the first 6 Black Sabbath albums, or the first 4 Van Halen Albums, ir any AC/DC album along with anything Keith plays in any Stones encore |
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The recent Alice Cooper thread reminded me that "School's Out" deserves a mention. |
"Magic Carpet Ride", Steppenwolf |
Some don't know the difference between riffs and solos. |
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Love is like oxygen by sweet |
Live version of Sweet Jane including Intro. (Hunter,Wagner on guitar)
School' Out (Alice Cooper)
Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple)
Hold The Line (Toto)
Cat scratch fever (Ted Nugent)
Never in my life (Mountain)
Fracture (King Crimson)
These are just a few of my favorites.. |
Second Steely Dan. Very high level work from them overall. |
....I saw a member note ; Layla - Eric Clapton as I was going to say that one ....but in fact the intro was done by Duane Allman - so, Layla Duane Allman |
With Alvin Lee's passing yesterday, I gotta give some love to Alvin Lee's guitar in the Ten Years After classic "I'd Love To Change the World". |
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RIP Alvin; I saw them in the Fall of 1972 from the balcony of the Music Hall, Boston for their Rock and Roll Music To The World tour. It was loud but sounded great. |
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(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones |
I don't know about "greatest", but I've always thought Hilton Valentine of the Animals riff in "The House of the Rising Sun" somewhat haunting. |
there are so many awesome ones mentioned above...GREAT thread...gave me a bunch of LP's to pull out and spin.
How about:
Lou Reed Rock and Roll Animal...Into to Sweet Jane |
The guitar leads and riffs in the fairly recent tune "Uprising" by Muse is one of my current favorites. |
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"Satisfaction" Rolling Stones
"All Right Now" Free |
Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dance of Maya and Celestial Terrestrial Commuters. Jeff Beck, I Ain't Superstitious. Whoever played on Howlin' Wolf's Killin Floor (Hubert Sumlin?). James Gang (Joe Walsh) Funk 49. Cream (Jack Bruce) Sunshine of Your Love. The list goes on and on.... |
