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18 March 2013
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In no order:
“Xanadu” – Rush
“She Said She Said ” – The Beatles
“I Feel Fine ” – The Beatles
“Walk This Way” – Aerosmith
“Sweet Emotion” – Aerosmith
“You Shook Me All Night Long” – AC/DC
“Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” – Van Halen
“Stairway to Heaven” – Led Zeppelin
“Bad Girlfriend” – Theory of a Deadman
“Plush” – Stone Temple Pilots
“Sweet Child O’ Mine” – Guns N’ Roses
“Paradise City” – Guns N’ Roses
“Let Me Roll It ” – Paul McCartney & Wings
“The Oaf” – Big Wreck
7.03am
17 January 2013
Offline TwoAfter908 said
“Let Me Roll It ” – Paul McCartney & Wings
That’s right! Love that one. 
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“Heartbreaker” by Led Zeppelin is one of my favourites, though I can’t just pick one. 
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4 February 2014
Offline I’m gonna second some earlier ones:
Layla; the best
Day Tripper
Satisfaction
7.27pm
2 April 2014
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I’m gonna second some earlier ones:
Layla; the best
Day Tripper
Satisfaction
Layla
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1 November 2013
Offline Layla probably is the best.
Smells Like Teen Spirit, Back In Black, Seven Nation Army, Come As You Are are some of the ones I think of right away.
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6.59pm
14 December 2009
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Neil Young, “Cinnamon Girl” (1969) Folk-rock drone meets metal
Black Sabbath, “Wheels of Confusion” (1972) (This one’s really heavy! Barely one brain-dead chord played once, then twice, then four-times…brilliant!)
MX-80 Sound, “Someday You’ll Be King” (1980) These guys are geniuses (gave me my username) and I still can’t figure this convoluted riff out
Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.
4.40am
14 February 2014
Offline No one has said Sunshine of Your Love yet? Really? That’s the real definition of a riff. It’s more than half the song, both bass and guitar play it, and it’s incredibly distinguishing. Moreso than Smoke on the Water, I think.
Though really, as much as we tout the rock use, the greatest riff is undoubtedly Beethoven’s Fifth. 
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17 December 2012
Offline Seriously! Not a single mention of Jimi yet! Hey Joe, Purple Haze, Crosstown Traffic, Voodoo Chile, I could go on… for pages… The greatest riff machine in history!
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11.30am
2 April 2014
Offline I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned Come Together yet.
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31 March 2008
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There’s a rock band here in Cardiff called Future Of The Left, who had an early b-side called The Fibre Provider. If I hear the riff I *cannot* get it out of my head.
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7.00am
5 February 2014
Offline Tush (ZZ Top) … LaGrange, too.
11.02am
2 April 2014
Offline And Your Bird Can Sing makes me melt.
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16 December 2013
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MrMoonlight said
And Your Bird Can Sing makes me melt.
I absolutely adore that one.
Layla is a song I’m currently obsessed with. Funny story: I hadn’t even heard it until the first of May. There’s this another song called “Layla” by a ex-Yugoslavian band which I always thought was a cover of Eric Clapton’s song. I didn’t even think of listening to Eric’s song, not even when I read somewhere that he wrote it for Pattie Boyd. And of course, I have to dig into anything even remotely Beatles related. I just assumed I knew which song it was. As it turns out, I didn’t, and when I was playing with some friends over BBQ on the first of May, my friend picked up his guitar and that riff struck me. Now, it feels like it’s impossible to stop listening to it. Man, that’s one heck of a riff. I get goosebumps from just thinking of it.
Come to think of it, I had heard the song before, just never classified as to whose it is or what it was called. My ex-boyfriend used to play it to me very often – still does – but his version is very different from the original. No surprise if my dad’s played it around the house, either.
Here’s a few from the top of my head: Dig A Pony , I Feel Fine , Day Tripper , She Said She Said ; Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love and Clapton’s Cocaine which sound almost the same, Hit Me Like a Man and Going To Hell by The Pretty Reckless, Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water, Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit, I Love Rock And Roll, Are You Gonna Be My Girl…
4.21am
11 November 2010
Offline 12StringKing said
No one has said Sunshine of Your Love yet? Really? That’s the real definition of a riff. It’s more than half the song, both bass and guitar play it, and it’s incredibly distinguishing. Moreso than Smoke on the Water, I think.
Though really, as much as we tout the rock use, the greatest riff is undoubtedly Beethoven’s Fifth.
Heck, there are a number of Cream songs that could qualify, come to think of it.
I’d contribute more, but each time I see this thread, I keep thinking that I should meditate on it more before contributing.
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11.18am
22 September 2014
Offline Black Sabbath ‘Iron Man’ may not be the best but I would suggest it may be the most popular. It has crossed over from music to sports and is chanted all over the world by people who don’t even know what it is. How many riffs can make that claim?
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4 February 2014
Offline Cream – Crossroads
Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven
The rock and roll riff used a million times… The first person to play that was genius.
6.12pm
2 June 2014
Offline Sweet Child O’ Mine (Best part of the song after lyrics)
Paradise City ( Riff somehow reminds me of grass, hahaha)
Welcome ot the Jungle (So bad and kicking)
I Feel Fine ( Self explanatory)
Day Tripper (Simply the most catchiest of them all)
These just came to my mind can’t think/remember more
5.55am
8 August 2014
Offline Has no one mentioned Hey Bulldog ?
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17 December 2012
Offline When I hear Hey Bulldog , I am always reminded of this beauty (something about the keyboard licks):
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