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Cliffs of Dover is a great guitar riff filled song.

I had forgotten the riff in November Rain, that is a another good one.

I'm always surprise the "smells like teen spirit" guitar solo makes any lists. I think after about a week of playing guitar I had that solo down

it actually has...it was in guitar worlds 100 greatest solos. not really sure why...you can play it with one finger.

Frank Coztansa wrote:

I'm always surprise the "smells like teen spirit" guitar solo makes any lists. I think after about a week of playing guitar I had that solo down

The solo makes lists? I can understand the riff, but the solo?

lipidquadcab wrote:

The solo makes lists? I can understand the riff, but the solo?

The "Smells Like Teen Spirit" riff isn't really original, it's almost exactly like the riff in "More than a Feeling".

I'm always surprise the "smells like teen spirit" guitar solo makes any lists. I think after about a week of playing guitar I had that solo down

Author:	RFDC [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:41 am ]
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2005 List from http://www.philbrodieband.com/muso_solos_riffs.htm Thoughts? Personally I think Sweet Child O' Mine by GnR needs to be closer to the top. 1. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple 2. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream 3. Layla - Derek And The Dominos 4. Satisfaction - Rolling Stones 5. Iron Man - Black Sabbath 6. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin 7. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N Roses 8. Back In Black - AC/DC 9. Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry 10. You Really Got Me - The Kinks 11. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience 12. Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & Destroyers 13. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne 14. Day Tripper - The Beatles 15. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix Experience 16. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 17. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran 18. Wild Thing - The Troggs 19. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd 20. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors

Author:	doug - evergreen park [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:49 am ]
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some of those songs are more memorable for the vocals than the guitars... and what riff? the intro, chorus? this list sucks... agree on smoke on the water wild thing should be in the top 5. sweet home bama is low satisfaction and sunshine are low top ten at best. layla is probably 6th... heartbreaker is too high as well.

Author:	Frank Coztansa [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:53 am ]
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How Many More Times should be there Alive Rockin in the Free World

Author:	WestmontMike [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:57 am ]
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doug - evergreen park wrote: this list sucks...[/i] Agreed. I don't get hard playing any of these.

Author:	doug - evergreen park [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:57 am ]
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again....more about the song/vox/etc than the riff... wish you were here is more recognizable.

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Author:	SHARK [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:31 pm ]
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AC/DC had two of the best guitar rifts I've ever heard, "Back in Black" & "You Shook Me All Night Long"...Also, Eric Clapton's guitar work over the years is very recognizable to my ears. Clapton's guitar rift with Derek & the Dominos' classic "Layla", his solo work starting with his 1970 debut self-titled effort up to his work with 1989's "Journeyman"...Gotta love it!

Author:	City of Fools [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:19 pm ]
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Frank Coztansa wrote: How Many More Times should be there Alive Rockin in the Free World finally something we agree on...that song missed the second guitar when played live though....

Author:	Hawkeye Vince [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:52 pm ]
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Crazy Train is definitely one of those guitar riffs that is easily recognized and one of my favorites. Amazing how memorable Rhoads is and the fact that he left this earth at the age of 25.

Author:	Krazy Ivan [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:58 pm ]
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I'm not really into "the rock music." More of a hip-hop/r&b guy. But I'm not sure I've heard a better guitar riff than Clapton's Layla.

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:30 pm ]
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Hawkeye Vince wrote: Cliffs of Dover is a great guitar riff filled song. Great shit, indeed...

Author:	Baby McNown [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:05 pm ]
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Walk this Way? Anyone? Anyone....? Enter Sandman? (ok it's probably not top 20 but if Summertime Blues is on there.....) They are based on bass licks rather than guitar, but Come Together and Sweet Emotion I would put up there too Sweet Child should be higher, although it really isn't a riff. It was an arpeggio exercise that Slash did and Izzy started playing the chords under it just fucking around. Axl happened to be writing lyrics upstairs. Voila. If the guy doing the rating was familiar with the story behind it he may not have rated it as high. Agreed that the solo in Novermber rain is outstanding. Also a big fan of Cliffs of Dover.

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:06 pm ]
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I really think "Heavy" by Collective Soul belongs on this list...

Author:	RFDC [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:15 am ]
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I had forgotten the riff in November Rain, that is a another good one.

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:22 am ]
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RFDC wrote: I had forgotten the riff in November Rain, that is a another good one. Are you talking about the riff in the second half of the song? If so, indeed, good.

Author:	doug - evergreen park [ Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:04 pm ]
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see....o.k. if this is a list by guitar players, then it's a different story. guitar riffs, to me at least, are intros/verses and choruses. not blinding speed runs. b/c you could argue that satch boogie or little wing is just as recognizable. does that make sense? maybe i'm missing the point. b/c a song like blind by korn...everyone knows the stacatto "dadadada....dadadada" so "classic" great and recognizable guitar riffs? hence songs like: smoke on the water purple haze wild thing money for nothing sweet home alabama layla back in black etc...

Author:	Ugueth Will Shiv You [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:41 am ]
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"Yellow Leadbetter" by Pearl Jam is another one that immediately gets recognized. However, as already stated in an above post, I question the validity of this study if Enter Sandman is not even mentioned in the Top 20. EVERYONE knows that song.

Author:	Frank Coztansa [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:54 am ]
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I still enjoy 'Ledbetter', but when I see PJ in concert and hear those jangling chords, I immediately head for the exit. I've seen/heard that song enough, and it gives me a jump start on getting out of the lot.

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Author:	Eaglo Jeff [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:06 am ]
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There are so many great guitar riffs that can be mentioned, but the riffs that are stuck in my head right now (I know, there was another thread for that ) are the ones from "Suicide & Redemption" off the new Metallica album. Also "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" from Megadeth comes to mind.

Author:	W_Z [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:52 am ]
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i know i'm a weezer apologist, but "american gigolo" has a great riff. i'm surprised "smells like teen spirit" wasn't on that list.

Author:	Frank Coztansa [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:55 am ]
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I'm always surprise the "smells like teen spirit" guitar solo makes any lists. I think after about a week of playing guitar I had that solo down

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:59 am ]
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Frank Coztansa wrote: I'm always surprise the "smells like teen spirit" guitar solo makes any lists. I think after about a week of playing guitar I had that solo down The solo makes lists? I can understand the riff, but the solo?

Author:	doug - evergreen park [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:40 am ]
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it actually has...it was in guitar worlds 100 greatest solos. not really sure why...you can play it with one finger.

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:02 am ]
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doug - evergreen park wrote: it actually has...it was in guitar worlds 100 greatest solos. not really sure why...you can play it with one finger. maybe one of the 100 greatest solos by bands whose names begin with the letters "Ni" for the decade.

Author:	Colonel Angus [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:25 pm ]
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lipidquadcab wrote: Frank Coztansa wrote: I'm always surprise the "smells like teen spirit" guitar solo makes any lists. I think after about a week of playing guitar I had that solo down The solo makes lists? I can understand the riff, but the solo? The "Smells Like Teen Spirit" riff isn't really original, it's almost exactly like the riff in "More than a Feeling".

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:28 pm ]
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Colonel Angus wrote: lipidquadcab wrote: The solo makes lists? I can understand the riff, but the solo? The "Smells Like Teen Spirit" riff isn't really original, it's almost exactly like the riff in "More than a Feeling". Never thought of it that way, but if we start playing that game, we could trace everything back to this guy...

Author:	Colonel Angus [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:32 pm ]
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That may be so.

Author:	Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:25 pm ]
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While I have not played guitar in quite some time, I remember the few times being in Guitar Center that EVERYONE was playing the damned Sweet Child O' Mine riff. I think it should be banished forever into oblivion, right along with Stairway.

Author:	Frank Coztansa [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:21 pm ]
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Stairway, when played correctly, is still awesome.

Author:	City of Fools [ Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:07 am ]
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Frank Coztansa wrote: I'm always surprise the "smells like teen spirit" guitar solo makes any lists. I think after about a week of playing guitar I had that solo down that long?