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Best Rock & Roll Riffs

Pops1967GTX

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Deep Purple: Smoke on the water
Black Sabbath:Black Sabbath
Jimmy Hendrix: Purple Haze
Iron Maiden: The Trooper

just some of my favorite riffs of all time

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oh and Stephen Wolf: Born to be wild
 
Man, there are SO MANY!

Since this is a car forum, here are some of my favorites that make me want to drive -

ZZ Top - Gimme all your lovin' (hell, ANYTHING by ZZ top)
Allman brothers - Good Clean Fun
Montrose - Anything off the first album - Space station #5
AC/DC - ANYTHING by them - Landslide off Flick of the Switch is a favorite
Megadeth - Holy Wars the Punishment Due
Quiet Riot - Bang your head
Dokken - Mr. Scary
Cinderella - Somebody Save Me
Kentucky Headhunters - Boss Man
Judas Priest - You've got another thing comin'
Van Halen - Panama and She's the Woman
Boston - Smokin'

Let's hit the road!!!
 
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There is a great song by Buffalo Springfield, the song name eludes me at the moment, they used it in an old Dodge Viper commercial, "Green Onions" by Booker T & the MG's the American Graffiti drag race song, AC/DC's "Hell's Bells" & "another one bite the dust/we are the champions", "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath, "Cat Scratch Fever" & "My big 10 inch" by Ted Nugent, Toys in the Attic & "Wild Thing" by Aerosmyth, Rush you name the song, Almost any Ronnie Montrose song, a bunch of Molly Hatchet songs, "Wipe Out" drum solo, "Jail-house Rock" by Elvis Presley, many "Temptations" songs, Eric Clampton & Cream almost any, "Muddy Waters" almost all his songs, old Buddy Holly & Richy Valence, there are so many great Beats/Riffs, from so many eras....
 
There is a great song by Buffalo Springfield, the song name eludes me at the moment, "Green Onions" by Booker T & the MG's, AC/DC's "Hell's Bells" & "another one bite the dust/we are the champions", "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath, "Cat Scratch Fever" & "My big 10 inch" by Ted Nugent, Toys in the Attic & "Wild Thing" by Aerosmyth, Rush you name the song, Almost any Ronnie Montrose song, a bunch of Molly Hatchet songs, "Wipe Out" drum solo, "Jail-house Rock" by Elvis Presley, many "Temptations" songs....

I'm with ya on Montrose! Good call on Molly Hatchet and the NUGE too!
 
The Faces, "Stay With Me"
The Stones, "Brown Sugar"
Metallica, "Enter Sandman"
Maiden, "The Number of the Beast"
And this:

[video=youtube;l87qr_Vuzb0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l87qr_Vuzb0[/video]
 
Big Balls: AC/DC
The Stroke:Billy Squire
Just Eat It: Weird AL
Chocolate Salty Balls: South Park Sound track
 
Here are some of my favorites:

Neil Young - Hey, Hey, My, My; Needle and the Damage Done; Harvest Moon
Allman Bros - One Way Out; Statesboro Blues; Whipping Post
Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way
The Doors - Break on through; Light My Fire
Kansas - Dust In The Wind
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Dave Mason - We Just Disagree
Santana - She's Not There
Montrose - Rock The Nation
Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain
Van Halen - Little Dreamer
Sabbath - NIB
Grateful Dead - Franklin's Tower
Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne; Pretzel Logic; Don't take me alive

And so many more......


Not in the rock n roll category but I figure I'd throw these in too:

Benny Goodman - Sing, sing, sing
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther
Alison Brown - Look Left album
Linda Ronstadt - Frenesi album
Albert Lee - Country Boy
 
[video=youtube;aAdtUDaBfRA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAdtUDaBfRA[/video]
 
endless memories

per artist: most anything, little richard-------per song; wully bully
" " , eric burdon ------------------ --------- -------- " ; highway to hell
" " , z-z top ----------------------------------------- " ; respect
" " , cream -- ---------------------------------------- " ; this also could go on and on etc etc etc
" " , james brown
" " , ac/dc
" " , jerry lee lewis
, this could go on and on etc etc
a hidden gem; black oak arkansas--:headbang:

this could go on and on and on but i think we all get the rift oops drift. as long as its rock&roll

p.s. i also like the score to, the phantom of the opera

truck driver 20 plus yrs from 68 on. can't remember how many 8 tracks of "black betty" i wore out. 16 to 19 hours, sometimes more per day and this stuff kept me awake, with a little help, oops. lol
 
a hidden gem; black oak arkansas--:headbang:

p.s. i also like the score to, the phantom of the opera

truck driver 20 plus yrs from 68 on. can't remember how many 8 tracks of "black betty" i wore out.

Excellent calls on BOA and Ram Jam! "When Electricity Came to Arkansas" is one play-it-LOUD jam, for sure. Here's a metal opera version of the Phantom for ya, too:

[video=youtube;9QXwNgwUnnk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QXwNgwUnnk[/video]
 
"it might of been a party"

tell you what guys. i believe that people with similar interests and likes will eventually gravitate together. i wouldn't want to miss the ho-down if it came to pass that all the people replying to this thread happened to meet somewhere, sometime.
- i am thinking of another classic song, "don't bogart that joint my friend". :headbang: lol :hello2:
 
eruption,van halen
electric head(part 1),white zombie
some of my faves.
 
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