The Greatest Guitar Riffs?

[philrose]

So which one would get your vote?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/playlist/greatestriffs

The results will be counted down on Bank Holiday Monday...

[milorni]

"How Soon is Now" for me. 

[tiggsy]

"How Soon is Now" for me. 

Great shout Johnny Marr is the most underated guitarist ever.

I must mention Echo Beach though Martha and the Muffins.

[angela]

Sweet Child of Mine does it for me every time, closely followed by AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Primal Scream and The Cult!

[usedbustickets]

Most of the 'usual suspects' and damn fine they are too, but how did they miss these ones?

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siMFORx8uO8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siMFORx8uO8</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRxHF7AnjjQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRxHF7AnjjQ</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeRa3RtBiIU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeRa3RtBiIU</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQPlU5q1CBI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQPlU5q1CBI</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFo8-JqzSCM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFo8-JqzSCM</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B0Y3LUqr1Q" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B0Y3LUqr1Q</a>

but why they did not consider these more contemporary live numbers?

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw02OGddhD8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw02OGddhD8</a> (whose that old git playing the bass?)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Iam7JELDM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Iam7JELDM</a>

and Finally it wasn't just Elvis that made the records great, there was a certain guitarist Scotty Moore who made the great Elvis Presley even greater.... like this

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQ8GDBA8Is" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQ8GDBA8Is</a>
or this
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0Rz-uP4Mk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0Rz-uP4Mk</a>
or may be this
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWgprZu4Hk4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWgprZu4Hk4</a>

That's enough for now.....

[tiggsy]

Another track that springs to mind is Sultans of Swing Dire Straits.

[Colwyn]

Tonight, BBC4 9.00-10.00 BST, "The Joy of the Guitar Riff" with interviews with numerous noted guitarists - including, especially for tiggsy, Johnny Marr.

[Jacqui Harvey]

Parisian walkways  Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy.  However, also like Gary Moore's performance of it too.

[Steve A]

All good guitarists but remember this about riffs,not melody or solo.That being said it must be the Stones or AC/DC in my book.

[philrose]

And "All right Now" is in the list...


And the definition on the web site is...

"For the purpose of this vote a guitar riff has been defined as 'the main hook of a song and must be played principally by a guitar. It often begins the song, but is repeated throughout it, giving the song its distinctive voice."