white stripes - cannon
smashing pumpkins - jackboot
the who - i cant explain

TTEOR intro

game over

ted nugent 'stranglehold'

Led Zeppelin - Black Dog

Beatles - Something In The Way She Moves
Weezer - Take Control
Zwan - Spilled Milk
Radiohead - Airbag. I Might Be Wrong
Sloan - She Says What She Means
STP - Silvergun Superman (verse riff)
Beck - Devil's Haircut

clearly, the greatest riff ever is the beatles' day tripper

angelo badalamenti - bass riff on dub drivin
deftones - elite, passenger, my own summer
depeche mode - personal jesus
duran duran - last day on earth
fugazi - bass the kill / turkish disco
INXS - i need you tonight, devil inside
jeff - grace
joy division - love will tear us apart
killing joke - requiem, eighties (for all you nirvana fans)
manics - 4st 7lbs, nostalgic pushead (synths), miss europa
marilyn manson - scabs guns & peanut butter
mogwai - christmas steps, mogwai fear satan, my father my king, you don't know jesus, helicon 2
muse - plug in baby, space dementia (piano)
my bloody valentine - when you sleep
new order - bizarre love triangle
nine inch nails - suck (bass), supernaut (cover?)
nirvana - love buzz
pavement - and carrot rope
pixies / pumpkins - lots
radiohead - i might be wrong, hunting bears, my iron lung, national anthem, blowout
soulwax - much against everyone's advice, too many dj's (i prefer that riff to eternal life, the song)
soundgarden - 4th of july, fell on black days, limo wreck (harmonics), mailman, no attention (especially when it all slowns down) dusty, superunknown, the day i tried to live (bass)
doors - alabama song, moonlight drive, the end
smiths - how soon is now, london, shoplifters of the world unite,
the queen is dead
u2 - party girl, mofo
white stripes - dead leaves and the dirty ground

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Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Led Zeppelin - Achilles last stand

Slint - nosferatu man

heh, i like my custom title

"Women's Realm" by Belle and Sebastian. The piano riff.

elvis costello-(I don't want to) go to chelsea

SP-Zero

bad company-rock and roll fantasy

Originally posted by ShotFullOfDiamonds


nirvana - love buzz


Isn't that a cover?

Cherub Rock
Crazy Train
Hey! Johnny Park
The Boys Are Back in Town
That Peter Frampton song...The Way?
Message in a Bottle
Don't Stand so Close to Me
Every Breathe You Take
Say it Ain't So
The Day I Tried To Live
the bassline of Soul to Squeeze

jesus and mary chain-reverence

killing joke-the wait; 80's(thanks for reminding me-it's not in the same key as "come as you are", IMO, which is why KJ lost their lawsuit against the band.)

stone roses-daybreak; I wanna be adored

new order-regret

Originally posted by ShotFullOfDiamonds

soundgarden - 4th of july, fell on black days, limo wreck (harmonics), mailman, no attention (especially when it all slowns down) dusty, superunknown, the day i tried to live (bass)


YES!

Originally posted by ShotFullOfDiamonds

new order - bizarre love triangle


yet another insanely clever guitar part from Barney Sumner(it's just the "G" chord).


also: come together(bass)

blur-boys and girls(bass)

new order-everything's gone green(bass); true faith(bass)

Originally posted by Hillzy


YES!


you have the best avatar here. I have that pic on my wallpaper...

Not the best EVAR, just ones that immediately pop into my head. I'm stealing some of the ones from above. Piano and bass *******d.

Jeff Buckley - Grace, Eternal Life, Nightmares By The Sea
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Morrissey - Mute Witness
Soundgarden - Dusty
Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
Jane's Addiction - Ted, Just Admit It, Mountain Song, Been Caught Stealing
Unwound - December
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?, How Soon Is Now, London
Queen - Hammer To Fall
The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
The Pixies - Hey
SP - Zero, Rocket, 1979
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (heh, only remembered that one because of my avatar)
The Notwist - Trashing Days
Yo La Tengo - Pablo And Andrea
Nick Drake - Time Has Told Me, Man In A Shed
Ani Difranco - This Bouquet

Radiohead- Reckoner

Originally posted by Tessellation
you have the best avatar here. I have that pic on my wallpaper...

*** to the max? :o

*** get's starred out now? weird

on 80's: it's still obvious it's a total rip off though.. kurt admitted changing a chord in debaser and then trying it out on dave and krist but 80's is so blatant it's :eek:

and whoever asked I don't know if Lovebuzz's a cover.

Some of my favorites...

NIN - Happiness in Slavery (chorus bass riff)
Smashing Pumpkins - The Everlasting Gaze, Blue (bass), I Am One (bass)
Tool - Parabola, Eulogy (bass riff before and during the "Would you die for me?" part...you know what I'm talking about...)
Deftones - My Own Summer, Change (bass)
Hole - Gutless

all of these Faith No More songs:

Be Aggressive
Jizzlobber
Malpractice
Crack Hitler (bass)
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Digging the Grave
Ugly in the Morning
Light up and Let Go

led zep - whole lotta love
led zep - no quarter
led zep - stairway
led zep - etc etc

black sabbath - sabbra cadabbra
black sabbath - hole in the sky
black sabbath - paranoid
black sabbath - etc etc

metallica - seek and destroy
metallica - four horsemen
metallica - orion
metallica - etc etc

etc etc

Originally posted by failure
clearly, the greatest riff ever is the beatles' day tripper

Originally posted by ShotFullOfDiamonds


and whoever asked I don't know if Lovebuzz's a cover.

It is. I was pointing it out more than asking. It was originally by Shocking Blue.


More riffs:

Blind Melon - No Rain
Boucing Souls - Kate is Great
Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
Candlebox - Far Behind, You
Alice in Chains - Heaven Beside You

rolling stones - satisfaction (DUH!)

Tool - Reflection (bass), Lateralus, Hush (opening bass riff)
Pearl Jam - Jeremy (bass)

this is a scientific fact - about 70% of the greatest riffs of all time are contained on one record - AC/DC's 1979 live album If You Want Blood You've Got It.