Best Guitar Riff Ever?

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These kinda questions are hard because it’s so subjective-- what is ‘best’? Most influential? Most technically challenging? Most recognizable (ie timeless?)

I’d say something that is almost immediately recognizable across all genres that invokes the primal urge to play air guitar.

Certainly Money for Nothing fits that- great choice.

Some contenders (IMO):

Black Dog or Whole Lotta Love - Jimmy Page

Mississippi Queen - Leslie West (Mountain)

Purple Haze - Hendrix

Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions

Back in Black - AC/DC

Unchained - Van Halen

Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple (I mean, even people who don’t play guitar can play that one)…

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There have been some great ones mentioned.

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[quote]SteelyD wrote:

Black Dog or Whole Lotta Love - Jimmy Page

Purple Haze - Hendrix

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple (I mean, even people who don’t play guitar can play that one)…

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good call on these ^
even a metal-head can appreciate those.

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What constitutes “best?” Is it speed, difficulty, popularity, complexity… ?

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[quote]ProgMtl wrote:
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold[/quote]

Yep, or Whole Lotta Love by Zeppelin. Sweet Child Mine is also pretty good.

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Eric Clapton’s “Layla” (the original, not the unplugged version that gets played more these days)…

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[quote]enrac wrote:
Eric Clapton’s “Layla” (the original, not the unplugged version that gets played more these days)…[/quote]

you’re still dealing with the allman bros. duane played all the electric parts

which is it riffs or solos?

riffs
Stones

solos
Jeff Healey(pretty good riffs also)

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Rifs:

RIP Dime…

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opening to master of puppets.

the rapture - echoes (makes me wanna dance every time)

whole lotta love

back in black

walk - pantera

waaaaaaay too many i could go through all the genres and pick numerous.

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corrosion of conformity

down

wishbone

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Page was (is) the riff-meister.

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zz top wrote quite a few good riffs as well

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Tony Iommi,that`s all that needs to be said.

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ZZ Top - “Just Got Paid”

Audioslave - “Show Me How To Live”

40 seconds in.

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[quote]silverblood wrote:
wishbone

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holy hell!
how could I have missed that one!

I bought that album for that one song.

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[quote]pushharder wrote:
rainjack wrote:
…Audioslave - “Show Me How To Live”

40 seconds in.

Speaking of that, do you remember the original Vanishing Point movie?

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Not really. I was only 6 when it came out.

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Eruption