music Whats your favorite guitar riff

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

Who's guitar screeches out notes to form the basis of a song? I ask you whats your favorite?

I have to say my favorites would be:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJbnT018vgc&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiShfBmb-oA

[Dragonshy 2,305]

I should know this, but I can't think of a favorite other than Helter Skelter.

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

I should know this, but I can't think of a favorite other than Helter Skelter.

 

Beatles, nice

[Dragonshy 2,305]

Beatles, nice

 

Thanks, and I guess I'll list some more:

 

Wild Thing

Thuderstruck

Back In Black

Can't Stop

[NeverNeverland 1,940]

Oh god, this is a good topic. Let me think of some...

 

Coroner - Suicide Command

Devin Townsend Project - Pandemic

Megadeth - Bad Omen

Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

 

And. So. Much. Fucking. More... You gotta click the links though to get a specific riff, to really understand why I like it.

Edited June 17, 2012 by NeverNeverland

[be my waifu 2,842]

Oh damn, I can't decide... Either this:

 

 

(That riff at 1:06, man)

 

This:

 

 

Or this (won't let me put 3 vids in one post...):

 

/watch?v=Yh9osYZNilU

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

Oh damn, I can't decide... Either this:

 

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQo1HIcSVtg

 

(That riff at 1:06, man)

 

This:

 

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l09H-3zzgA

 

Or this (won't let me put 3 vids in one post...):

 

/watch?v=Yh9osYZNilU

 

I'm liking the second one alot

[SrFrog 927]

This is one is a given but I do suppose I'll always have that preference for Hendrix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTZU3cHRKaM

[Midnightive 458]

This is one of my faves <3 though only a demo V_V

 

 

and this :

pist skip to like 35 seconds because it has like the long intro ever~

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLzYXi98Hvg&feature=player_detailpage#t=35s

Edited June 17, 2012 by Midnightive

[Caramel Medley 38]

I pretty much like every riff in this song

[Discordian 6,015]

 

I know I post this song a lot when it comes to metal threads but I love this song, for riffs, solos or vocals. It's such an amazing song.

[Cosmik Vek 764]

Let me bring this thread back from the dead with my favorite riffs... (not all of the riffs are in there)

 

• Merciless - Souls of The Dead
• Living Death - Horrible Infanticide (Part One)
• Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
• Bathory - Equimanthorn
• Assassin - Speed Of Light
• Anthrax - Gung-Ho
• Voivod - Forgotten In Space
• Vektor - Outer Isolation
• Warhead - Legions Of Hell (The main beggining riff and the other one at 1:42)
• Xentrix - For Whose Advantage? (The two or three riffs)
• Аспид (Aspid) - Кровоизлияние (Extravasation) (The full album, full of good riffs)
• Sadus - Arise
• Sodom - Agent Orange (All of the riffs, more of a fan at the one at 1:05 though)
• Rigor Mortis - Demons
• Rigor Mortis - Mummified
• Rigor Mortis - Poltergeist
• Rigor Mortis - Flesh For Flies (And yeah that's a lot of Rigor Mortis lol)
• Coroner - Masked Jackal (great riffs)

And there's even more, but I feel like that's enough for this list I guess

Edited December 1, 2014 by ExperimentalMLPguy

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,593]

■ Deftones - Hexagram

■ Disturbed - Down With The Sickness

■ System Of A Down - Mesmerize

■ Green Day - Brain Stew/Jaded

■ Green Day - Holiday

■ Deftones - Bloody Cape

■ Pantera - Walk

■ Disturbed - Land of Confusion

■ Staind - Mudshovel

■ Staind - Just Go

■ Foo Fighters - Everlong

■ Foo Fighters - The Pretender

[cuteycindyhoney 13,302]

Just to be different, I'm posting my favorite BANJO riff!

Journey of the Sorcerer (1972)
- The Eagles

Real diehard science fiction fans will recognize this as the full version of what was used as the main theme of the original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio play, and then the six part TV series.

[Darrala 269]

That riff after the slow, melodic intro when the heavy guitars kick in..... so good, it's unique, the tone is absolutely fantastic and it's still catchy even though it's quite complex and weird.

 

 

Gojira has some goddamn great riffs too, especially this one beginning at 3:37. So groovy.

 

Edited December 1, 2014 by ThatFinnMetalhead

[MozillaToast 233]

All of this masterpiece;

 

[Envy 6,122]

Hm... When I think of memorable guitar riffs I usually think of Boston (like "Peace of Mind") or even Journey's Separate Ways (Worlds Apart), but those are songs with LOTS of airtime, so I'll pick other songs, even if they really aren't too obscure either. Lol.

 

Maybe this one doesn't count as a guitar riff, necessarily, and it probably is not the first thing most would mention when thinking of this song, but I really like the riff that goes with the first phrase of the vocal section:

 

 

And I can't not mention Trigun's Opening. The riff is suspiciously similar to Led Zeppelin's 'Black Dog', but to be honest, I like the Trigun Opening a lot more. *ducks for cover*

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSX58TglZRs

[Overdrive 5,366]

There are a few that come to mind:

 

Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGWVHyKRV2I

 

Metallica - Enter Sandman

 

Motley Crue - Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)

 

Just to name a few.