what are favorite guitar riffs?

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  1. recycle

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    the riff that changed my life:

    WE-ARE-THE-ROBOTS
    dah-dah-dah-dah!



    ok not guitar… offtopic
     
  2. rollerball

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    Off the top of my head. One of my favourites!
     
  3. For classic rock style riffs you need to go back to when glitter and over driven valves were all you needed
     
  4. Trurl

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    I'll see your Slade and raise you a Sweet (funny because I have been on a Sweet kick lately):
     
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  5. panspOrmia

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    This. But the guitar solo in `Sweet F.A.` is among the best I`ve ever heard. My favorite track too.
     
  6. Got a Sweet Tooth? While this album had a great song about dentistry, I have to go with this for a great riff.
     
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  7. Trurl

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    I will see your Billion Dollar Babies and raise you a No More Mister Nice Guy! :rofl:
     
  8. I was going to throw Schools Out at you.... see if you'd flinch, but I can see you're a connoisseur of guitar riffs.
    Last one from the early 70's. Such a great riff it could be Keith Richards. Dirty lyrics. Look out kids!
     
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  9. Trurl

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    School' Out was under heavy consideration but NMNNG just felt a bit more iconic...
     
  10. The early Alice Cooper band was one of the tightest bands of the time. I don't think they get enough recognition.
     
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  11. Jaymz

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    Takes me back to when they played at some university auditorium in Germany circa 1984..
    Looking now this could be the same performance:

    And I took a bunch of pics with a 200mm telephoto lens and saved a couple all these years:
    Yes 1.jpg Yes2.jpg
     
  13. DoubleTake

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    Neil Giraldo came up with some of the best stuff ever in the 2 albums Crimes of Passion and Precious Time:
    One of my favorite, and "tasty licks" fits very well:


    And then again Billy Thorpe had some great stuff, and moments of pure emotional genius.
    Lead starts at 3:45, but the whole album "21st Century Man" should be heard, and there is a nice playlist.
     
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    Kashmir is not what one would call a riff, but still ( immigrant song was already taken :rofl:)
    and Muse, well, it's more a bass riff, but the guitars are as good too
    I've kept the selection mellow, old timey and not too heavy, but there's so much good guitars riffs from the 70s to 2000
    power trios are definitely the best option for good riffs
     
  15. rollerball

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    One more!
     
  16. lucymilan01

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    Lots of wonderful rifts from the past.
     
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    @ 2:33 *drool*
     
  19. lucymilan01

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    I have a new band to listen too again.

     
  20. Stevie Dude

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    just random stuff from what I've listened to today on "Recently played" on my Spotify. Love them riffs.













     
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