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    Greatest Guitar Riffs

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    Surely not? Where is rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishbox by Man? Any other nominations?

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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    No 'Milk & Alcohol' by Dr Feelgood....
    and nothing by The Hives, The Clash or The Ramones
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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    I'd say Puppets should be above Sandman, and that Disposable Heroes should top them both.

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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    no stairway

    I hate guns and roses.. and as memorable as the riff is.. number one makes me spit lol

    nice to see a RATM in there though

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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    I agree with most of that list, although I prefer bulls on parade to killing in the name, I don't know why.

    Paradise City should be higher up as well, it's one of the few songs that when you hear it, you just have to air guitar to it.
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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    Quote Originally Posted by staffsMike View Post
    no stairway

    I hate guns and roses.. and as memorable as the riff is.. number one makes me spit lol

    nice to see a RATM in there though
    Apparently, 'Stairway' was omitted as it is a musical arrangement and not a riff (not my words).

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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    Musical arrangement?

    Are riffs, not just an arrangement of music?

    A bit too specific for my liking ^o)..
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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    Quote Originally Posted by tom18230 View Post
    Musical arrangement?

    Are riffs, not just an arrangement of music?

    A bit too specific for my liking ^o)..
    I can't remember the exact phrasing but stairway was def excluded - perhaps a riff is repetitious and an arrangement might not be?

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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    Yeah I guess I can see where they are coming from.

    Like the intro to sweet child o' mine is a riff because its repeated over and over again and everyone knows it.

    Stairway to heaven doesn't have the same sort of repeated sections, so it's more arranged...not...riff..-ed? Haha, who knows. Still a great song though.
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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    Quote Originally Posted by staffsMike View Post
    no stairway
    Denied!!!!

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    As to the list

    Needs less GnR

    More Pantera - Cowboys from hell
    Pantera - Cemetary gates (1:40 in )
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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    I'm rather surpised that there is no Queen there...

    Surely 'Another One Bites The Dust', 'We Will Rick You' and 'Flash' are memorable riffs?

    I can't argue with some of the tunes though, if only they were higher (Muse and QOTSA)

    Shame I hate Axl Rose so, lol

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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    Quote Originally Posted by JK Ferret View Post

    Surely 'Another One Bites The Dust', 'We Will Rick You' and 'Flash' are memorable riffs?

    ...?

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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    Quote Originally Posted by finlay666 View Post

    More Pantera - Cowboys from hell
    Pantera - Cemetary gates (1:40 in )
    Definetly needs more Pantera. Add Revolution is my name to that list


    Where is Black Sabbath - Iron Man??!

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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    Quote Originally Posted by finlay666 View Post
    Needs less GnR

    More Pantera - Cowboys from hell
    Pantera - Cemetary gates (1:40 in )
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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    Thats a pretty standard list and they are tunes I'd recognise from the first note, it's not wrong really its just not quite right.

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    Re: Greatest Guitar Riffs

    Quote Originally Posted by sammyc View Post
    ...?
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