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#1 2014-08-25 11:17:03
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BBC Radio 2 All-Time 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs
The results of BBC2's search for the greatest guitar riffs of all time. Feel free to laugh, curse, discuss, add your own.....
1 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
2 Guns N’ Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
3 AC/DC - Back In Black
4 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
5 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
6 The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
7 Status Quo - Down Down
8 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
9 The Kinks - You Really Got Me
10 Pink Floyd - Money
11 David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze
13 Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
14 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
15 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
16 Metallica - Enter Sandman
17 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
18 Rush - Spirit Of Radio
19 Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
20 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
21 Free - All Right Now
22 Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
23 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
24 Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
25 The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
26 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
27 The Rolling Stones - I Can't Get No (Satisfaction)
28 The Beatles - Day Tripper
29 Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song
30 Pearl Jam - Alive
31 Queen - One Vision
32 The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
33 Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
34 Blue Öyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
35 Radiohead - No Surprises
36 Focus - Hocus Pocus
37 Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol
38 Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
39 The Who - I Can't Explain
40 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
41 Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
42 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
43 The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
44 The Shadows - Apache
45 Bryan Adams - Run To You
46 Faces - Stay With Me
47 Blondie - Atomic
48 Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane
49 Dr. Feelgood - Milk & Alcohol
50 Soundgarden - Spoonman
51 The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
52 Rage Against the Machine - Killing In The Name
53 Michael Jackson - Beat It
54 Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe A Word
55 Aerosmith - Walk This Way
56 ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
57 Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
58 Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn
59 Chic - Good Times
60 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
61 Dick Dale and His Del-Tones - Misirlou
62 Blur - Song 2
63 Television - Marquee Moon
64 Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
65 INXS - Need You Tonight
66 U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
67 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over
68 Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
69 The La's - There She Goes
70 The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
71 Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman
72 The Police - Every Breath You Take
73 Link Wray - Rumble
74 The Sweet - Blockbuster
75 The Knack - My Sharona
76 Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
77 Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream
78 The Breeders - Cannonball
79 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
80 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock N Roll
81 John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
82 Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
83 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
84 Buddy Holly - Words Of Love
85 The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
86 The Isley Brothers - That Lady
87 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
88 Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle
89 Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
90 Foo Fighters - Wheels
91 R.E.M. - The One I Love
92 Earth, Wind & Fire - September
93 The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
94 John Cougar - Jack And Diane
95 The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
96 Primal Scream - Rocks
97 Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
98 Beck - Loser
99 EMF - Unbelievable
100 Daft Punk - Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
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#2 2014-08-25 11:40:41
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Re: BBC Radio 2 All-Time 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs
Pretty hard to quibble with the list, they cover most of the major ground. You can always move them around a bit, but that's kind of nitpicking.
Seems like they consciously tried to keep from repeating bands though. Aerosmith's Sweet Emotion should be on there, and I think ZZ Top's best riff is Just Got Paid by a mile.
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#3 2014-08-25 11:43:26
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Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum
Dirty Water The Standells
Jumpin Jack Flash Stones
Forgot Louie, Louie The Kingsmen
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#4 2014-08-25 11:44:05
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#5 2014-08-25 12:04:53
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Re: BBC Radio 2 All-Time 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs
It was nice to see Fleetwood Mac's - Oh Well get in there. A great track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b19PcuJsQbA
I'm not surprised by the winner. The smart money would have gone on that Zep track.
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#6 2014-08-25 12:08:46
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^ Yeah. They have been playing the Rockets version of Oh Well on sat radio a lot lately. I like the Mac version better though.
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#7 2014-08-25 12:08:51
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#8 2014-08-25 12:11:06
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Born On The Bayou, Down On The Corner, Proud Mary Creedence
Secret Agent Man Johnny Rivers
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#9 2014-08-25 12:13:30
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"McQueen's message was signaled through subtraction... in a tweed or herringbone jacket and a ribbed swearer he had an electric austerity".
#10 2014-08-25 12:16:52
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^
There are a few ripoffs on there. Misirlou is a Greek folk song.
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#11 2014-08-25 12:19:10
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Long Cool Woman The Hollies
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#12 2014-08-25 12:20:36
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Born on the Bayou for sure. Proud Mary? No effin' way.
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#13 2014-08-25 12:20:52
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#14 2014-08-25 12:21:22
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That list makes me glad to have escaped the confines of rock.
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#15 2014-08-25 12:21:32
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"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#16 2014-08-25 12:24:12
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Outside Chance by The Turtles??
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#17 2014-08-25 12:27:41
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"McQueen's message was signaled through subtraction... in a tweed or herringbone jacket and a ribbed swearer he had an electric austerity".
#18 2014-08-25 12:35:08
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#19 2014-08-25 12:37:22
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It's all the same you fools, it's all one song!
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#20 2014-08-25 12:38:40
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There is one gigantic omission here. Nazareth - Hair of the Dog.
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#21 2014-08-25 12:39:03
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Yes, Formby, and blues and jazz. Most structured, listenable music relies on a pretty strict framework.
I think Immigrant Song and Black Dog would also be strong Zep contenders. I'd put Black Dog's riff ahead of Whole Lotta Love.
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#22 2014-08-25 12:39:46
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And nothing by Sabbath on here?!
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#23 2014-08-25 12:43:13
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#24 2014-08-25 12:46:48
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I'd have to throw Bubble Puppy's Hot Smoke and Sassafras in the list. That riff is monstrous. If I were to start a rip roaring rock n' roll band, that's what I'd want it to sound like.
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#25 2014-08-25 12:47:23
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No Sabbath, no MC5?!!
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