Favorite Guitar Riff/Intro/Whatever

[NFBuck]

One that just hit hit me...

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Soul To Squeeze

 

[Buck Nasty]

a couple other intro's


Sister Havana - Urge Overkill

Slow Ride - Foghat

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees.

 

[NFBuck]

Here's one...

Sponge- Plowed

Everybody that grew up in the mid '90's knows that intro!

 

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

that's probably the most popular/recognizalbe riff of this generation

 

[ImFrigginFly]

Jimi Hendrix- (practically any song) Voodoo Child

Eric Clapton- Layla

 

[Gatorubet]

Elliot Easton's solo on "Shake It Up" by the Cars

Anything that Mark Knopfler does - anywhere - whether with Brian Ferry, Dire Straights or Notting Hillbillies

 

[Romanowski]

Wild Thing - The Troggs
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel (takes me to another place, used to listen to this before football games to get me in the zone)
Dig - Mudvayne
Roots and Ratamahatta - Sepultura
Spit It Out - Slipknot

 

[GoBucks89]

Guitar World's Top 100 Greatest Guitar Solos:

1.
song: Stairway to Heaven
guitarist: Jimmy Page
band: Led Zeppelin
album: Led Zeppelin IV
...

I always thought the live version from the movie was more impressive, because the studio version is obviously dubbed in. The live performance required Page to use the double-neck, and I just am amazed at how seamless it is when he switches from the 12-string to the 6-string for the solo, then switches back to the 12 for the ending, all during the fastest and most difficult portion of the song. If you listen to the CD with no video, you would hardly know there was a switch at all.

 

[DiamondBuck]

Great/memorable intro:

The Guess Who's version of "American Woman"
Chicago Transit Authority- "I'm a Man"
Montrose- "Rock Candy"
The Black Keys- "10AM Automatic"
PIL- "Fishing"

 

[PlanetFrnd]

Some of my personal favs:

Very nice...
I'd like to add...
Pearl Jam "Alive" as an intro, unforgettable.

Intro to Layla by Clapton

Stone Temple Pilots--"Interstate Love Song"

Bob Marley-- "Redemption Song"
Nirvana-- "Lithium"

well, damn near any Hendrix tune.. come to think of it.

5.All Along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix. I doubt anyone will argue that this is one of the greatest of all time.

nope.

It only took 35 posts to mention quite possibly to most famous guitar intros in rock history. The only other guitar intros that could rate with Purple Haze as the most famous would be the Rollings Stones' "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"...

I also love the intros to "Remedy" by the Black Crowes and "Always on the Run" by Kravitz

And, seriously, no one thought to mention Sweet Child???? Did I just miss it??? Please tell me I missed it - I was reading quickly. Gunners should have been more heavily represented on this list... unless there are just too many Metallica fans to let that happen.

 

[GoBucks89]

I always thought the live version from the movie was more impressive, because the studio version is obviously dubbed in. The live performance required Page to use the double-neck, and I just am amazed at how seamless it is when he switches from the 12-string to the 6-string for the solo, then switches back to the 12 for the ending, all during the fastest and most difficult portion of the song. If you listen to the CD with no video, you would hardly know there was a switch at all.

Instead of reading my long-winded description above, just watch it here. The solo starts around the 6 minute mark. Enjoy.

 

[Wingate1217]

The first 20 seconds of "Victim of Love" by The Eagles.....

 

[CleveBucks]

Nobody went for Boston - "Foreplay/Long Time"? That's as good as it gets for my money.

Also a fan of:

The Who - "Baba O'Riley"
Allman Brothers - "Jessica"
Sublime - "Santeria"
Living Colour - "Cult of Personality"
311 - "Amber"

 

[jlb1705]

It's not a riff per se, but the best moment in any song for me starts at the 4:14 mark of "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" by Wilco