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by **mrfye** » Jul 25th, '06, 00:53

wanted to know what others thought

mine are

smoke on the water - deep purple
tuesdays gone - lynyrd skynard
the trooper -iron maiden
whisky in the jar - thin lizzy

by **Stephen Ward** » Jul 25th, '06, 00:56

Whole lotta Love -Led Zepplin

Man on the silver Mountain - Rainbow

Breaking the Law Judas Priest

Also agree with the Trooper!

by **nickj** » Jul 25th, '06, 07:55

I'd agree with Breaking The Law. Coincidentally I had it on in my car on the way to work this morning!

by **Demitri** » Jul 25th, '06, 07:55

Ooh, cool topic..... Let's see. Here's a few of my favorites:

Master of Puppets - Metallica
Crazy Train - Ozzy
Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns n' Roses
Pride and Joy - SRV
Black Water - Doobie Brothers
Cowboys From Hell - Pantera

That's just a few. There's so many.

by **IAIN** » Jul 25th, '06, 08:08

aaah whole lotta love...well, did you know jimmy page and percy were huge fans of Small Faces? On the Small Face's first album there's a track called You Need Lovin'...and Plant was such a huge fan that gulp he 'used' the phrasing for Whole Lotta Love - the "woman, you need love..." phrasing in it (before the big drum break, and its just his vocals)...

..what i nerd...

anyway, some of my favourite riffs are:
Somone's House is Burning - Jimi Hendrix
Flowers - Rotary Connection
Barabajal - Donovan (with Jeff Beck)
I take what i want - The Artwoods (had John Lord from Deep Purple in it)
She's so heavy - The Beatles
The Hero and the Madman - Thin Lizzy
Had to cry today - Blind Faith

i'll shut it now, or i'll go on all day...

by **Tomo** » Jul 25th, '06, 10:37

When it comes to rock sax solos, "Will You" by Hazel O'Connor really does leave the others standing. Utterly lush.

by **Renato** » Jul 25th, '06, 11:23

Trivium have some great riffs. Especially Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr. I hear that their new album will have some really great ones too. As well as that FNM's Epic, Mastodon's Blood and Thunder...those are my favourites at the moment.

by **Charles Calthrop** » Jul 25th, '06, 11:42

Jumping Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
Tie Your Mother Down - Queen
All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Li'l Devil - The Cult

And a keyboard riff: Jump - Van Halen

Another vote for Whole Lotta Love.

by **dat8962** » Jul 25th, '06, 12:10

We will rock you - Queen

by **Scott Daly** » Jul 25th, '06, 12:11

Heres mine!

Simple man - Lynard Skynard
Oh well - Fleetwood mac
Hey baby - Ted nugent
Kashmir - Led zeppelin
Good times bad times - Led zeppelin
Storm troopin' - Ted nugent

by **kems** » Jul 25th, '06, 12:23

good to see a lot of led zep

I love bring it on home...

daa na na naa na... naa na na naaa na etc etc :roll:

by **BizKiTRoAcH** » Jul 25th, '06, 12:40

Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
X Japan - Kurenai

most people probably havent heard the last one

by **Charles Calthrop** » Jul 25th, '06, 12:45

dat8962 wrote:We will rock you - Queen

Glorious, sweet-singing, melodic solo, but not really a riff. A lot of people are choosing lead-guitar lines rather than genuine riffs.

by **dat8962** » Jul 25th, '06, 13:04

I see what you mean but when Brian May's guitar kicks in it's as distinctive as any others mentionned (which are all great by the way :lol:

).

It's just that all of the other guitar riffs are at the beginning whilst May's is at the end

by **Charles Calthrop** » Jul 25th, '06, 13:14

According to Wikipedia, a riff is:

A repeated chord progression, pattern or melodic figure, often played by the rhythm section instruments, that forms the basis or accompaniment of a rock music or jazz composition.

The only accompaniment in WWRY is the percussion.

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