What is the Greatest GUITAR RIFF of all time? | SKY ARTS Decides
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The riff in Sabbath Bloody Sabbath that kicks in at 4.07 gets it for me every time. I'm right there with you on that!
Keith Richards and John Fogarty can't shred like Eddy Van Halen but they created more classic riffs than 100 shredders. Ok Ok - I'm showing my age.
agreed
EVH is a riff machine though, great rhythm playing. Riffs like aint tlking bout love, running with the devil, im the one, somebody get me a doctor, beautiful girs, romeo delight, little guitars, full bug, mean street, unchained, panama, hot for teacher, house of pain, 5150, judgement day, feeling, amsterdam, big river, shes the woman, as is.... sooo many great ones. And that TONE too.
True, a number of these tunes are void of riffs. 'Born to Be Wild' is a notable chord sequence.
As for 'Satisfaction', Keith Richards wasn't inspired by his guitar; his story is that he awoke in the middle of the night with the riff in his head, recorded on a cassette player on his bedside table, then went back to sleep. The next morning he realised what he had created.
A couple good riffs not on the list: 'Boogie Chillen' (John Lee Hooker), 'Sunshine of Your Love' (Cream), 'Heartbreaker' (Free), 'South Californa Purples' (Chicago Transit Authority); 'Scatterbrain' (Jeff Beck), 'We've Gotta Get Outta This Place' (The Animals), 'Oh Well' (Fleetwood Mac) and 'The Twilight Zone' (Golden Earring). Nothing obscure about anything here (even the Beck tune was on a million-plus selling album), though sadly the general public all seem to listen to the same twenty bands and buy the same twenty records.
Sunshine Of Your Love, Peter Gunn...
“More interested in my accountancy qualifications than listening to Slayer”😅
Andy drops at least one priceless gem in every rant
Great content. Brian May - “No one talks about Ritchie Blackmore anymore and I don’t know why”
Ritchie should be at No 1, for the intro to Speed King alone. A stellar racket. He of course, couldn’t give a monkey’s.🙈
Journalists used to ask members of Purple, what Smoke on the water is about (its a story) and believed Ritchie’s wind up that the riff was Beethoven’s 5th .. but backwards.😀
The "Beat it" riff was written, to my knowladge, by Luke, Steve Lukather
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Every time i try to read his name my brain can only see "Luke Skywalker" and i have no idea how to make it stop.
Creedence has some memorable riffs Green River, Bad Moon, Who'll stop the Rain, Proud Mary, Suzie Q
Definitely, as have Bo Diddley and Howlin Wolf and his Guys like Hubert Sumlin.
@@erikheddergott5514love Hubert Sumlin in the documentary Blues at Midnight
@@theshrubberer Great! Thanks for the Info!
Blackmore alone should be in there 10 times before half the artists in there.
Black Night, Into The Fire, Hard Lovin Man, Maybe I’m a Leo, Pictures of Home, Woman From Tokyo, Rat Bat Blue, Burn, Saul Away, Man on the Silver Mountain… etc
Absolutely the truth!
Add: Bloodsucker, Mistreated, High Ball Shooter, Stargazer, Danger Zone, No Release, etc.
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult
good call ...super identifiable
Thanks for the humor, Andy, I appreciate knowing that there are some folks out there who know practically nothing about music. But this has been the case for a long, long time. There are so many great guitarists and great riffs that have been produced, especially in the last 150 years it is impossible to really list them. There is no "greatest" just a whole lot of great, really great. And as I told my nephew a long time ago some will never be known at all.
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
The top 20 could all be the stones
No, but I'll come let you in.
@@davegregovich3522 No, first try to listen to it!
The opening Allan Holdsworth guitar part to the song Sweet Revenge from the New Tony Williams Lifetime album Million Dollar Legs is a monster riff
Great video Andy!!
'Mama' (1971) live on GTK (TV) by Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs (Australia). 10 minutes of blues rock nirvana including scatting. Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl ripped off the song in Cut Me Some Slack. Thorpe, a child singing prodigy, id one of rocks greatest ever vocalists. Thr drummer, Gil Matthews, also a prodigy who toured in America with Buddy Rich as a teen. The Aztecs were also possibly the loudest band in the world with custom made gear apparently rated 1000+ watts. In one gig (see youtube) they famously damaged the stone foundations of the Melbourne Town Hall. Another gig at the Bondi Lifesaver was so loud that the exotic fish in a huge tank on a different floor all, sadly, went belly up. Billy went to America and did Children of the Sun with Leland Sklar. As with many of Australia's rock icons of the 60's and 70's, Billy was a British child immigrant.
Wow, that's something else! It's not just that Andy's videos are great, but comments like this are very inspiring as well. Thanks!
@@jurgenkoslowski2097 You're very welcome. Its all about discussion and sharing info.
I'm pretty sure something from ZZ TOp should be in there. La Grange maybe.
Judas Priest - Breaking the law is a really fun riff.
Blue Öyster Cult had a shitload of heavy and awesome songs. Godzilla has a great riff.
CCR - Fortunate Son.
So many great riffs in the history of rock. Who the hell knows which ones are the best ones?
BOC: Cities on Flame, Stairway to the Stars, ETI...all best heard live, as I think they lacked a good producer on their early albums.
ZZ Top: Ooooh, Just Got Paid is one of the best I've ever heard.
Came here to say Blue Oyster Cult...
Sunshine of your love , Alright now , boys are back in town , and surprisingly no U2 not necessarily favorites of mine but surprised they didn't make the cut
Like A Song by U2 is still great.
Hold on, we need to define what a riff is first. When does a lick become a riff? Are 3-string chords allowed ? 2 strings?!
You know it when you hear it. And if you can't hear it, you are too old and need an hearing aid.
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream, Hocus Pocus - Focus, Inna Gadda da Vida - Iron Butterfly, Eternity's Breath - Mahavishnu Orchestra...
As you said Andy you could just fill the list with Zep, Sabbath and AC/DC. One of my favpurite riffs is Space Station No 5 by Montrose and Bad Motor Scooter is not bad either. Still you've inspired me to dig out some of my vinyl. Currently listening to Breadfan by the mighty Budgie, now there's a riff. Tony Bourge was a very underrated guitarist, he really soars on the track Parents from the same album. Also an honourable mention to Can't You Hear Me Knocking by the Stones the first half of it contains an absolutely mighty riff from Keef.
There aren't many new rock bands, but a group like The Warning gives me hope for the future.
Double thumbs up. The riff in Evolve? C'mon. How many bands can mix in 7/8 measures to create a riff?
Ghost is a 'newish' heavy rock band, they're quite good.
There’s loads of new rock bands, you just have to dig around a bit to find them. The scenes in the US and in Europe, particularly in Scandinavia, are thriving. The Warning actually get a lot of attention and more mainstream focus ahead of other bands because they are all female- they fit in with the current zeitgeist. They’re great but you know what I mean, the current cultural trend is to try and move away from the pale, stale and male.
For me...I was an eleven year old boy and dart dart dartdarenderio...riff came over the radio and the hair in the back of my neck stood straight up. My God ... Brown Sugar.
Yeah Summers wrote it (or improvised it on the spot, really), the song wasn't even going to be on the album because it was dead on the water and Sting & Copeland were bikeshedding over the drums for like 2 weeks straight
He says he played it in one take which is harder to believe, but he was coming back from practicing guitar duo with Fripp so you know he was on point
Message in a Bottle is a hipper Andy Summers riff, imho!
Hendrix’s most underrated *actual* riff: In from the Storm.
I wouldn’t expect Holdsworth to show up on a list like that, but Metal Fatigue has got to be one of the heaviest riffs ever.
Genesis was never a riff band, but Mike Rutherford came up with a few highly unique ones, notably Turn it On Again.
Surprised Layla didn’t make it in here, or some of the Cream ones like Politician or Crossroads…
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It's a bit of an odd list even for popularist guitar riffs. I always think of The Smiths when it's about arty folk but should it be This Charming Man or How soon is Now?
Ritchie, Iommi and Page own this issue front to back
They did t even put Blackmore in the top 20. What a shame.
@@thetruthhurts6652 Nope......as per usual. Ritchie is almost always neglected in these types of lists.
Those three plus Young surely satisfy the riff requirements of all of humanity.
@@richardsutton01Certainly (and luckily) that’s untrue. Humanity‘s strength is diversity.
three riffs i'd have on there:
Harvey Milk - I Do Not Know How To Live My Life
PJ Harvey - Missed
Chavez - You Must Be Stopped
If you're into riffs and unfamiliar with these, you could do worse than check 'em out
Made me laugh again on the sabbath. Its crazy but amazing how they also have most beautiful melodies.good on them for doing it!
AC/DC the "stick this in your fuse box" riff in the middle of Live Wire still gets my old ass bangin!
A poll of two thousand people? Was this the UK only via Sky Arts? It's a small sample number which ever way you look at it. You could get a bigger response via this channel!
7:07 skipped #6 "You Really Got Me"
But I return to this in detail....
Brilliant as ever Andy. Brainstorm by Hawkwind does it for me.
Love your humor!
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@@AndyEdwardsDrummer And also Sabath bloody Sabath have the best riff like you mentioned. But for me is Mcoy Tyner who had invented Heavy Metal!
One of the best "metal" riffs ever is the one from the fifth movement of Bartok's 4th string quarte, which i'm pretty sure was the inspiration for Larks' Tongue in Aspic.
Keith Richards is on the top!
EAT THAT QUESTION
'Day Tripper' has always been my favorite.
Layla - Eric Clapton Must be on the list - as well as Black Dog
Stargazer - Rainbow
No competition, it's Getcha Rocks Off by Def Leppard! Apart from being an awesome "stand-alone" riff, to me it does what many riffs don't do, it continues to be played under the vocal during the verse. Many riffs, like Smoke on the Water, end as the vocal comes in. I bought the original 7" Getcha Rocks Off on Bludgeon Riffola records back in the day, and I still play it today.
Apparently Les Paul was a descent guitarist before he became a guitar
Yes! Fantastic guitarist. The first complicated piece of guitar I tried to play was Chicken Reel from an old 78 rpm single I found. (Imitates a chicken of course ) I’ve only really been able to play it properly over the past few years .. but still not the full Les Paul treatment. He was great.
I chuckled
Keith's opening riff to Can't You Hear Me Knocking is way cooler than any of the riffs mentioned above and is hands-down the greatest rock riff of all time. Hell, probably the top five riffs of all time are Keith's.
totally agree re that riff in the middle of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. awesome. sounds great to play also. completely killer. some many great mid song riffs actually. you should do a top 20 mid song riffs.
Couple of Led Zeppelin riffs that I like: Good Times, Bad Times and the hard rock section of Bring it on home. And of course, any 20 greatest guitar riff list should start with first 100 being Tony Iommi riffs.
Basically there are so many Great Chuck Berry Riffs, that at least 100 should be named:
So I throw in „Are you glad to be in America“ by James Blood Ulmer.
I do not mean a 100 Chuck Berry Riffs should be named, i sure do not know 100 Chuck Berry Riffs, I meant that a List of great Riffs should at least include 100 Riffs from diverse Artists.
Rush- Spirit of the Radio.
Sunshine of your love
Man on the silver mountain
Billy Thorpe. Epic. Tones from Adelaide, Australia.
to paraphrase it with zappa: rock 'n' roll isn't dead but it smells funny
Andy, Sky Arts is channel 36 on Freeview. The first has Iommi and May playing together. I didn't realise there was a poll involved.
I thought that EVH played the solo and Steve Lukather played the rest.
Sweet Child O' Mine is a great riff because it's really Xanadu.
Got interrupted before I finished watching. In the Andy Summers edition he said that he rearranged Sting's original riff.
Look at you, revealing yourself.
It's a great thing.
John Martyn: Smiling Stranger (admittedly a bass riff but so cool!)
I miss Zappa here!
Great stuff Andy. Loved your thoughts on Ozzy's lift-off to that middle section of SBS. Funny as hell. Iron Man is indeed the greatest riff on the Paranoid album. Here's a few more as I'm watching: Whipping Post (Allman Bros); Schools Out (Alice Cooper); Spoonful (Cream); Breadfan (Budgie). Thousands more, but I think you need to go more into what makes a riff great. There are a lot of different elements to me that make a riff classic.
Sunshine Of Your Love should be Number 1
It's like Smoke On The Water but better
Huge omission
Princess of the Night, Saxon. Boom.
and in my top ten tens about trains too
Vambo Marble Eye by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
Rock n' roll isn't dead, it's just sleeping
The fact that this list has both purple rain and sultans of swings, which aren't even riffs, and no Smells like Teen Spirit, is utterly mental
Layla, Sunshine of Your Love, All Right Now, Oh Well, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Aqualong, I Want You, Come Together and many more!
Seems to be some confusion between a guitar “riff” and a guitar “part”
Black dog must be the longest riff in the history of guitar riffs.. WHAT MORE CAN YOU DO!!! DREAMS TURN TO NIGGTMARES HEAVEN TURNS TO HELL.. yes i remember that sabbath bit now. Loove it all
Rick Derringer and Rory Gallagher had some of the greatest rock riffs ever. But they're not in the group of 70s musicians being remembered in current trends and reaction videos.
Two Dire Straits riffs in the Top 5....Hilarious! FWIW, my Top 5...
1. "Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry
2. "Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix
3. "Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple
4. "Whole Lotta Love" - Led Zeppelin
5. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” - Rolling Stones
Layla was top of a similar poll 20 yrs ago, when chances of hitting music fans in a poll of 2 thou was better.
She's Gone Shootin' is my favourite ACDC Riff
I'd give it to felllow by the name of Grant Geissman. He was guitarist on Feels so Good by Chuck Mangione.
Seahorses Love is the Law (John Squire) an under appreciated riff
Paperback Writer has this beautiful rawness.It's very heavy really but isn't.
Cars by Gary Numan isn't a guitar riff but it is.And it is superb.
Although much maligned the synth pop of the early eighties in many ways took on the mantle of the guitar riff. Many songs were based around great keyboard riffs...Human League, Depeche Mode, New Order, Yazoo, Gary Numan, OMD, Tears For Fears...riffmeisters all.
"Money, it's a hit. Don't give me that do-goody-good bul-"
Supernaut by Sabbath off Vol. 4 is the greatest riff of all time.
For me NIB is the most awesome Sabbath riff.
Great vid! I’d go for Willy The Pimp even though it was played on violin.
It's a list of popular riffs I think. I've always liked Lemon Song by Zeppelin and the heavy riff from In a Glasshouse by Gentle Giant. Budgie were a great riffing band. After listening to the end to the list of guitarists, where's Paco de Lucia?
Satisfaction
Only at 10+ minutes but the Beat It riff is Steve Lukather. Eddie did the solo.
How about the riff in *Gamma Ray* by German band *Birth Control* ? (Or maybe "the main riff"? Or am I displaying my ignorance again?)
Edit: Oh hang on, I think that's a synth riff, isn't it?
How about "Peaches" by the Stranglers?
sexy beast
What's your favorite leg on a fish?
Money. It’s a hit. Got it all memorable, infectious, odd time signature. Roger liked it so much he left it off his redux 😂
The Doors - Wild Child
I would say Roadhouse Blues is a great "riff" ...though it might be a direct copy of some bluesman?
The best part of the Stones is the riffs, there should be more here. Also, UFO, even though you mention Schenker in the guitarists part, he's a true riff-meister.
I thought ya said somethin' 'bout Nancy Wilson at the beginning of the video. Barracuda --- what an incredible riff. Dare I say contender for top dog. Simple? yes. Memorable? yep, Heavy? yep... and those harmonic dress it up so you'd never forget it.
clydespace411 It's good to remember that the Barracuda riff is not by Nancy Wilson, but by Roger Fisher. Nancy owns the acoustic intro to Crazy On You.
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Amazing riff.
I would think most contributors to this list are probably casual listeners, not died in the wool music fans.
Layla? Panama? Hey Hey My My? Do Ya?
Andy mentioned Van Halen, however never brought up the riff in Unchained, which is a killer riff.
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Andy, you can't beat stupidity because it knows no bounds and is devoid of senses.
For me, Jimmy Page on Physical Graffiti "In My Time of Dying", "Kashmir", et al.
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How about a list of the top twenty Black Sabbath riffs? Or Led Zep riffs? Or Rolling Stones riffs? Or ZZTop riffs? They have all produced plenty to choose from.
I'm surprised Layla didnt get in the top 22. Maybe it was 23.
Also, I think Oh Well by the real Fleetwood Mac has one of the best riffs ever.
The cruelly neglected Fleetwood Mac versions 1.0 and 1.1. And I don't just mean for the riffs.
Million Dollar Riff (1976) by Skyhooks (Australia). "I want money..". From their album Straight in a Gay Gay World. Skyhooks were a band devoid of BS. In Australia they out sold AC/DC in the mid 70's.
Why isn't Marseilles by Angel City not on the list...
Or Layla... that should be on the list...
Or Frankenstein...
Or Keep Playin' That Rock N Roll...
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Iommi has as much in common with Holst as he does with the Kinks …. Total pioneer.
Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, etc as progenitors of Heavy Metal is an absurdity. As if Heavy Metal is the natural evolutionary refinement of these previous band’s endeavours. Heavy Metal is simply hard rock without the Blues. I would argue it’s an evolutionary backstep. Histrionic and overblown, devoid of feeling except for a couple of decibel of shrillness.
Summers made the riff up Andy.
SLEEP - DOPESMOKER
Thin Lizzy- Cowboy Song
Kiss- She
Waitin' For The Bus- ZZ Top
Ain"t Talking "Bout Love- Van Halen
and so many more..
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