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Best guitar riff ever?

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Coop

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Anything by Randy Rhoads

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M

Mr. Bigglesworth

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Pink Floyd: Comfortably Numb

Van Halen: Eruption

Deep Purple: Smoke On The Water, Child in Time, Highway Star

Guns n' Roses: Sweet Child O' Mine
(And a special mention for 'Estranged', which is ten minutes of Slash bliss)

Metallica: Enter Sandman, One
 
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Lambtron

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"The Argus" by Ween. The last minute and a half of that song sends shivers through my whole body.

Honorable mention to "Everyone Chooses Sides" by The Wrens.
 
E

Eminem

goddamit, Griese!
One of these four:

Metallica - Master of Puppets
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Zeppelin - Black Dog
Zeppelin - The Ocean
 
A

AlphaSnake

...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
A Perfect Circle - Judith.

Specifically the full intro, right before the chorus starts.
 
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AlphaSnake

...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
No, a solo is a solo. A riff is the main hook of a song. Nirvana's 'Teen Spirit', the 4 chords played in their written succession, that's a riff. The opening to Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water", that's a riff.
 
I

iapetus

Scary Euro Man
Too many people who don't know what a riff is. Makes me sad.

I'll second the vote for Rebel Rebel, because after reading everyone's answers, that's the one that's going through my head.
 
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Raxel

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Van Halen - Ain't talking 'bout love
Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
Def Leppard - Promises
Masterplan - Heroes
GnR - Sweet child 'o mine
Ratt - You're in love
Winger - Battle Stations

+ many many more!
 
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spikydavid

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Best Guitar Riff:

Seven Nation Army, and I hate White Stripes, but this riff is killa :)

Best Non-Guitar Riff:

Muse's latest single, with the extremely odd war bunker video.

Or Girl In The Corner :)
 
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sefskillz

shitting in the alley outside your window
this may or may not be an opinion topic but muse doesn't belong on anyones list, that is FACT gentlemen.

the 70s/80s rule the riff. noone has mentioned any sabbath songs yet :(
 
Y

yacobod

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some good choices thus far

guns n roses - sweet child of mine
iron maiden - the trooper, but as was said they have a lot of memorable guitar riffs

other memorable riffs that havent been mentioned

black sabbath - paranoid or sweet leaf
 
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