<p>This is not to take away from the “chills” thread so I will start a splinter thread. How about your favorite guitar riffs? I’ll start with a ground ball and one of the best:</p>
<p>Layla</p>
<p>Black Magic Woman- Carlos Santana</p>
<p>I think this is in the wrong spot, but hopefully it will get moved. </p>
<p>This is definitely my area of expertise! :-)</p>
<p>Frankenstein (Edgar Winter)
BlackBetty (RamJam)
Black Dog (LedZeppelin)
TrampledUnderFoot(Led Zepplin)
Kashmir (LedZeppelin)
Jessica (Allman Bros)
Pinball Wizard (Who)
Roundabout (Yes)
Overture from Rush 2112
Purple Haze (Jimi)
Dream On (Aerosmith)
WalkThisWay (Aerosmith)
Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple)
25or6to4 (Chicago)</p>
<p>I could go on</p>
<p>Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith)</p>
<p>Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
Paradise by the Dashboard Light (Meat Loaf)</p>
<p>Riffs? You want riffs? I gotcha riffs right here:</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Famous Riffs played by Steve Morse](<a href=“Famous Riffs played by Steve Morse - YouTube”>Famous Riffs played by Steve Morse - YouTube)</p>
<p>I’ll just say this:</p>
<p>There can be a fine line between a “riff” and a “hook”.
Sometimes a riff is a hook.
Sometimes it isn’t.
Some of the riffs mentioned above are great because they are great hooks.
But they aren’t really necessarily particularly great riffs.</p>
<p>A riff that is a great hook is a whole lot more interesting, and significant, to me than a riff that is a great riff. Usually.</p>
<p>Think about it.</p>
<p>Some great hooks, IMO:
intros to Layla, Hazy Shade of Winter, A Whiter shade of Pale
Great riffs:
I donno, maybe every note that is too fast for me in “I’m coming Home”, which is like all of them. A little more down-tempo, maybe Garcia’s lead in Casey Jones.</p>
<p>Divided Sky-Phish
Intro to Sweet Jane from Lou Reed Live
Stella Blue-Grateful Dead</p>
<p>Guns n’ Roses November Rain – Slash’s solo near the end.</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube]Immortality[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Although my favorite version was probably the show they did at Benaroya Hall in Seattle</p>
<p>Monydad, I must be getting old–I’m drawing a blank on the intro to Casey Jones. How would you classify all of the classic Stones songs–Satisfaction/Honky Tonk Woman, etc?</p>
<p>Just saw CRD’s Smoke on the Water and 25 or 6 to 4–Excelllent!</p>
<p>And from the 11 thread–Cinnamon Girl.</p>
<p>Classification is in the eyes of the classifier, and I don’t want to think- have to preserve those few remaining brain cells.</p>
<p>Besides #7 seemed more compelling and profound when I was writing it than it does now.</p>
<p>all time best: B*tch from Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stones</p>
<p>in Monydad in #12: was you writin’ ‘bout riffin’ while doin’ da spliffin’</p>
<p>Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band</p>
<p>Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival</p>
<p>***Green Grass and High Tides ***by the Outlaws.</p>
<p>Big Bird-Eddie Floyd</p>
<p>[Eddie</a> Floyd Big Bird Mp3 Download](<a href=“http://mp3skull.com/mp3/eddie_floyd_big_bird.html]Eddie”>http://mp3skull.com/mp3/eddie_floyd_big_bird.html)</p>
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<p>just listened again after all these years, thanks! That was more fun than the Royal Wedding.</p>
<p>Hurry Sundown-Outlaws
Stay The Night-Chicago nice 442 in the video too
Take It On The Run-REO Speedwagon
Renegade…Blue Collar Man-Styx
Fire On High-ELO
White Room-Cream</p>
<p>“Time” by Pink Floyd - the bridge in the middle.</p>
<p>“Yellow Ledbetter” by Pearl Jam - the long solo at the end. Sounds like Jimi Hendrix reborn.</p>