I’m picking Led Zepp, ‘Whole Lotta Love’

You?

War Pigs
Back in Black
Slayer – Postmortem

Money for nothing.

All of ehe above + Smoke on the water.

Focus -Hocus Pocus
Slither by Velvet Revolver

Beat it by Michael Jackson Van Halen

All Right Now – Free

Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynard

Satisfaction – Rolling Stones

Samba Pa Ti – Santana

Layla – Derek and The Dominoes

Johnny B Goode – Hendrix version

Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix

Who do you love – Bo Diddley

Intro to “Another girl, another planet” by the Only ones

Personal favourite Watching the Detectives – Elvis Costello

Iron Maiden – fear of the dark / trooper
Metallica sad but true / master of puppets
Korn blind
Pantera walk
Ozzy crazy train
Megadeth holy wars
Periphery Marigold
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBWURleQuLc[/video]

I thought the OP was looking for greatest riffs.

pretty vacant intro

eddiebaby – Member
I thought the OP was looking for greatest riffs

+1

Seems a few are just sticking up their favourite rock songs!

Intro to This Charming Man

Special mention to How Soon is Now? as well, but that’s not really a riff.

Seven Nation Army.

day tripper or how many more times

Thunderstruck by AC/DC.

Little Sister; Queens of the Stone Age.

Also, there is only one Riff – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characters_of_Sluggy_Freelance#Riff

Breadfan by Budgie
Bliss by Th’ Dudes
Marquee Moon by Television, though I’m not sure you’d call it a riff
Weep Woman Weep by Sticky Filth

D.O.A and Jello Biafra

Full metal jackoff

Most of the riffs from Fu Manchu’s King of the Road, I’m Search of or California Crossing albums. It’s like they used a catchy riff generator on every track.

[video]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zko7pBeHkk[/video]

[video]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zA32ehJHtD4[/video]

The Great Barrier Riff.

+1 for Walk by Pantera, so boneheaded but it wasn’t supposed to be clever.

You Drove Me To It by Hell Is For Heroes. It’s like a demo track for a triple rectifier.
I’ll Find You by Hundred Reasons, one of the best set starters ever written.

No One Knows – Queens of the Stone Age?

or…

[video]http://youtu.be/JjPFUfWo8Co[/video]

No Parisienne Walkway yet?

whats the remit for suggestions?
most complex skills shown or most stay in your head hook?

[video]https://youtu.be/cMOAXm94VWo[/video]

[video]https://youtu.be/_4IRMYuE1hI[/video]

Obligatory biscuit reference:
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[video]https://youtu.be/H5UK40sSo8I[/video]

Roxette by Dr Feelgood or even short and sweet Queen Bitch seeing as we have a Bowie Hunky Dory thread nearby

Not sure which one, but it’s definitely Sabbath. Probably “Black Sabbath” (the song) for me – never have three notes sounded so sinister and foreboding, but honourable mentions for Iron Man, War Pigs and Sweetleaf.

For those liking things a little less heavy, Brian May’s had a few, but rather than his better known ones, I’d go with “Son and Daughter” from Queen’s first, eponymous album.

Sunshine of You Love is a good one (Cream).

Beatles – Day Tripper?

Blur – Song 2?

That Kasabian one that the crowd sing back when they play it live (can’t remember the name, the one off the first album that goes “Boom! Na nah nah nan nah na-nah Boom! Nah nah nah na-nah na-nah”

Actually scratch all of the above because I’ve just remembered the riff to end all “which riff” arguments, as played by the largest assembly of A-list bass players (and some others) probably ever assembled:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN42uzNFVmQ[/video]

So far it seems to be riffs, licks and chord progressions

Beat it by Michael Jackson Van Halen

Steve Lukather

jekkyl – Member
whats the remit for suggestions?

greatest riff

Queens of the Stone age – Everybody knows
The Kinks – Big Sky
Neil Young – Hey hey my my

Dream Theatre- Honor thy Father

Impossible to answer, and so many genres. All the best rock/metal riffs were done years ago and now get recycled with regularity.

Tony Iommi will spoil you for choice. I like Symptom Of The Universe very much. Iron Man

The Troggs ‘Wild Thing’ must surely be The Proto-Riff?

Killing Joke’s ‘Eighties’ riff that was borrowed and slowed down by Nirvana to then become anthemic.

AC/DC ‘Highway to Hell’ intro

Led Zep’s Jimmy Page, like Iommi, gave us so many it’s impossible to choose. Notable mentions are the galloping, explosive goodness of both ‘Achilles Last Stand’ and ‘Immigrant Song’

Elder – ‘Lore’ has become a recent favourite.

Not enough indie riffage suggested so far…

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvDuATZCY8I[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctYYFETItUc[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gkibxWr0DY[/video]

Killing Joke – Eighties

Jumping Jack Flash.

Killing Joke – Eighties

Nah, prefer Life Goes On by The Damned 😉

Plug in Baby – Muse