Favorite/Best all time Riffs

Guybrush · 03-13-2010, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Forgetting the riff, I actually prefer the original Thin Lizzy version.

Hm, whiskey in the jar is an old traditional irish song which has been recorded by many different artists, similar to f.ex Scarborough Fair or The Wild Rover.

The Dubliners are credited for first popularizing it with a recorded version.

BringJakeTheHorizon · 03-13-2010, 10:38 AM

Haha yea, Thin Lizzy has a good version of it, I like the Metallica version best because I love their vocals.

When I heard it by The Dubliners I was really surprised how much music can be molded and changed.

khfreek · 03-13-2010, 11:52 AM

'nuff said

gunnels · 03-13-2010, 01:38 PM

Are you a bad enough dude to take on Gojira?

It's biblical, man. Headphones recommended.

Insane Guest · 03-13-2010, 02:41 PM

Phantom of the Opera-Iron Maiden , wah-wah riff.
Blackened-Metallica
Ace of Spades-Motorhead (Bass Riff)
Cry of the Banshee- Brocas Helm
Sweet Child O' Mine-Guns and Roses
Jump-Van Halen (Keyboard) idk if it is considered a riff

ConGrUenCy · 03-14-2010, 12:48 PM

The dive- bombing part in the Pulse version of Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd.

Violent & Funky · 03-14-2010, 02:02 PM

jackhammer · 03-16-2010, 07:49 PM

If we are talking metal riffs only then there really is only one band that set the template and still sound astonishing:

1 min 20:

From the start:

Judas Priest. Sad Wings Of Destiny is probably the ultimate Heavy Metal album:

Well of course, you can stick your Metalcore up your ass, you don't even come close:

Guybrush · 03-17-2010, 05:27 AM

Someone mentioned Smoke on the Water. There are lots of other great riffs from Deep Purple's Machine Head as well .. Another I like is the riff from "Maybe I'm a Leo".

Kickass song and nice example of what I think of as a riff.

edit :

To JH, those songs and riffs are all familiar except that Judas Priest song. I don't have that album, but that track sounds great

Definetly gonna get that one.

Samm · 03-19-2010, 08:09 PM

Into The Void - Black Sabbath is a pretty great riff

Edit:

Sorry, didnt read the thread. Now see this was already mentioned
I change my answer to Aqualung - Jethro Tull

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BringJakeTheHorizon Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: There's a hole in the world like a great black pit and the vermin of the world inhabit it Posts: 7	Haha yea, Thin Lizzy has a good version of it, I like the Metallica version best because I love their vocals. When I heard it by The Dubliners I was really surprised how much music can be molded and changed. __________________ "Light with a sharpened edge Cuts through the black empty space we call sky Beginning the cycle that stays And I know in my heart we all die"

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Someone mentioned Smoke on the Water. There are lots of other great riffs from Deep Purple's Machine Head as well .. Another I like is the riff from "Maybe I'm a Leo". Kickass song and nice example of what I think of as a riff. edit : To JH, those songs and riffs are all familiar except that Judas Priest song. I don't have that album, but that track sounds great Definetly gonna get that one. __________________ Something Completely Different

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Samm Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 68	Into The Void - Black Sabbath is a pretty great riff Edit: Sorry, didnt read the thread. Now see this was already mentioned I change my answer to Aqualung - Jethro Tull Last edited by Samm; 03-19-2010 at 08:31 PM.

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Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	Phantom of the Opera-Iron Maiden , wah-wah riff. Blackened-Metallica Ace of Spades-Motorhead (Bass Riff) Cry of the Banshee- Brocas Helm Sweet Child O' Mine-Guns and Roses Jump-Van Halen (Keyboard) idk if it is considered a riff

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ConGrUenCy Music Addict Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 68	The dive- bombing part in the Pulse version of Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd.

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