Favorite Riff of ALL time?

[lll]

The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
Rumble - Link Wray
Coast To Coast - Scorpions
The Sails Of Charon - Scorpions
The Zoo - Scorpions
Lights Out - UFO
La Grange - ZZ Top


and on and on and on

 

[iekobrid]

Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar @ https://youtu.be/3B0Y3LUqr1Q?t=1m40s

Megadeth - Holy Wars @ https://youtu.be/j8SdZ8ZQNks?t=2m42s

King's X - We Were Born to Be Loved @ https://youtu.be/ZcPQu-JrBkY?t=3m50s

Pantera - Domination @ https://youtu.be/aDACorIaxNw?t=3m49s

 

[charvelstrat81]

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
Feel Your Love Tonight - Van Halen
You Really Got Me - Van Halen
Runnin With The Devil - Van Halen

Eh "you really got me" was written by dave davies not Van halen

I KNOW VH's version kicks the shit out of the original but the other guy did write the riff.

 

[BAALINCINERATOR]

ooo ooo aint talkin bout love

 

[Alex Stanley]

any part of Voodoo Chile, Slight Return. Dig both Hendrix and SRV version. My boner can't boner any more any time I hear it.

 

[skoora]

Pantera- This Love....Pre Breakdown 2.47 mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tymWpEU8wpM

The verse riff from Rise is may favorite from them, followed closely by Throes of Rejection. In fact all of Rise is wall to wall killer riffs.

 

[petejt]

There's so many, but Black Sabbath's Children of the Grave main riff really smashes through for me.

 

[petejt]

That guitar riff intro gives me chills EVERY time. I love the swirling texture of that sound:

 

[skoora]

 

[RockyStar]

Riff from 4:48 to 5:28 is simply amazing.

 

[nevusofota]

Besides a ton of the classics (many have already been listed) I would say the following had the greatest impact on my playing:

starting at :34

 

[metalsoup]

One that I loved before learning to play guitar and still enjoy all the more now. I never grow tired of this riff!

 

[Hail Satin]

Pat Travers Band: Snortin' Whiskey

Deep Purple: Burn

Mercyful Fate: A Dangerous Meeting

 

[the rossness]

The second verse of Flying in a Blue Dream by satch

 

[ghosty999]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKjZuykKY1I


Everyone wishes they wrote this riff.... EVERYONE

 

[Philo Beddoe]

This and as a bonus one of the best outro riff/solos evah:

 

[ampjunkie]

Jimmy Page, seriously. Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, Immigrant Song...the rover, list is pretty f'ing long.

Don't forget Black Dog!

 

[ampjunkie]

But this one will always be special:

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That whole CD is a riff-fest

 

[ZR4400]

Diamond Head - Am I Evil

begins at 3:00.....

https://youtu.be/h-YkIwCsAEc

 

[justinl101]

Pantera- This Love....Pre Breakdown 2.47 mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tymWpEU8wpM

I feel like a can of beer being shaken up waiting for that moment.