Immortal's riffs with "northern" guitar sound....amazing

 

ZZ Top - tush / Motörhead - no class
Canned Heat - on the road again / Hawkwind - orgone accumulator
Black Sabbath - the sign of the southern cross
Blue Öyster Cult - Godzilla
Scientists - we had love
Sonic Youth - rain king
Precambrian - P/Tr extinction
Big Black - colombian necktie
Cheap Trick - he's a whore

 

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Orchid - ... And the Cat Turned to Smoke
AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK - In Dying Days
Mastodon - Oblivion
Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows

 

I am partial to a slide guitar sound...

Bit of Satch

Can't go wrong with anything Dire Straits

 

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Davey Johnstone's phrase at the beginning of Elton John and Bernie's Taupin's All The Young Girls Love Alice is one of my all time favorites as it slides effortlessly into the groove change at the start of the song. Two bars of the 1st bit then 4 with the subtle change before playing chords as Elton starts to sing. Davey Johnstone is a great guitarist and the start of the song is iconic to me.

 

in part 2 of this series...

 

The main riff is a challenge to play well
Somebody get me a Doctor

 

And of course, the famous 'Elmore James' riff' and its variations, also used a lot by the great Hound Dog Taylor !

 

shit I hope this list never ends

 

Live, those guys were something !

 

Tommy Emmanuel - Live at Guitar Summit 2024

 

One of the best guitar riff, for sure !
"Ace of Spades" (Live in England 1981) by Motörhead from the album "No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith"

 

Technically, is Ace of Spades a bass riff?

 

Spoiler: Source KI ChatGPT

Yes, technically, the main riff of Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades” is a guitar riff, not a bass riff — but there's a twist.

Here's the breakdown:

• Guitar: The famous opening riff is played on electric guitar by "Fast" Eddie Clarke. It’s heavily distorted and aggressive, contributing to the song's iconic sound.
  
  
• Bass: Lemmy Kilmister’s bass tone is very distorted and mid-heavy, often sounding like a rhythm guitar. He used a Rickenbacker bass, cranked through a guitar amp (Marshall stack), which is unusual and helps his bass cut through the mix like a guitar.
  
  
• Lemmy often played chords on the bass (not just single notes), especially power chords, and that contributes to the confusion — many people think they’re hearing a guitar when it’s actually bass, and vice versa.

So why the confusion?
Because Lemmy’s bass tone is so gritty and aggressive, many listeners mistake it for a lead or rhythm guitar. Also, in some live performances, Lemmy does seem to join in doubling parts of the main riff, adding to the illusion that it’s a “bass riff.”

Source KI ChatGPT

 

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Sorry ! So, I edit my post : Two of the best guitar riffs, for sure ! I assume that Lemmy is a strange kind of rythmic guitar player ! And "Fast" Eddie Clarke's riff is also great in this tune

 

Message in a Bottle – The Police (1979)

Stargazer – Rainbow (1976)

 

It's just that live it seems like I remember Lemmy kicking that song off. Now I gotta look...

 

This!!!