heartbreaker2000 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I would say Heartbreaker, The Ocean or Whole lotta love. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tyedye Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I would say Heartbreaker, The Ocean or Whole lotta love. They are all great, but I guess WLL will always hold a special place in my heart. I love that stuttering riff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GetInLine Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 They are all great, but I guess WLL will always hold a special place in my heart. I love that stuttering riff. Me to. It was the first song of theirs that made me aware of them. It was played over and over again on a AM radio station i listened to in the early '70s. I was listening to it yesterday in the car and thinking how amazing it was that after 35 years that riff has never gotten old. BTW, The radio station was KFRC for you Bay Area Zeppelin fans. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragster Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Yeep! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE NEW YARDBIRDS Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 wonton song. rules. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trashbag Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Kashmir and Heartbreaker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattmc1973 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I always thought Living Loving Maid was a pretty sweet riff. Moby Dick too. Aw hell, pretty much all of LZ II! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tea41 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Hots On For Nowhere. Sick Again. The Rover. In My Time Of Dying. TSRTS. The Ocean. In The Light. Wanton Song. Good Times Bad Times (JPJ). Dazed. Communication. WLL. Bring It On Home. For Your Life. ALS. The list is endless, too many great riffs. Plus his riffing on the live TSRTS cd soundtrack, there's more great riffs per capita on there than the rest of all other rock bands combined. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wad Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 communication breakdown!!! cmon guys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz96 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Black Dog and Heartbreaker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atlas Shrugged Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 All The King's Horses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cecil. Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Tea for one or For your life ,if not Kasmir something you can hum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toleressea Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Out On The Tiles just rocks. Especially when Jimmy jammed the riff on some of the live versions of Moby Dick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eskimoblueday Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I saw a poll in a magazine once that declared the opening riff from "The Ocean" to be the greatest rock riff ever. Jimmy's come up with so many great riffs though, it's hard to pick just one as the best. I wonder if he's got a favorite? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibson420 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 achilles last stand i think that was his favorite I like ten years gone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
icantquityoubabe Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Heartbreaker and Dazed and Confused are unreal but the vote must go to the alltime classic solo-signature solo-Stairway to Heaven. Stairway is the song and lead that all others are measured by. It is the song of all songs. The sooner you admit this to yourself the better you will be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leddy Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 (edited) The best one is a difficult one, all the ones that have been said are all good but for me I think it would what seems to be the simplest, that being Immigrant Song....The F# played 3 times, then F# an octive higher once then back to the root F# once...simple but its the syncopation of how it is played that gives it its class and bounce !! When played straight its dull but with syncopation its just fantastic. He did it again with The Wanton Song.. A note then played octive higher (this prob being my fave now I think about it) Edited January 13, 2008 by leddy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattmc1973 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Heartbreaker and Dazed and Confused are unreal but the vote must go to the alltime classic solo-signature solo-Stairway to Heaven. Stairway is the song and lead that all others are measured by. It is the song of all songs. The sooner you admit this to yourself the better you will be. True, but the question is "greatest riff", not solo or song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ninelives Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I saw a poll in a magazine once that declared the opening riff from "The Ocean" to be the greatest rock riff ever. Jimmy's come up with so many great riffs though, it's hard to pick just one as the best. I wonder if he's got a favorite? I agree. I don't think I could narrow it down to one either. It would be interesting to know what he is most proud of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NickZepp Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 (edited) Has to be Kashmir. That is Led Zeppelin's full riff power right there. Edited January 13, 2008 by NickZepp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PlantOneOnMe Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 It has to be Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy's guitar solo in that one gives me chills each and every time I hear it, and gets me very emotional as well. No other riff can evoke that kind of reaction in me. Jimmy Page is the True Guitar God. I hate the debates of Clapton vs. Page vs Beck vs Hendrix vs Vaughn. To me there is no equal to Page's guitar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattmc1973 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 It has to be Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy's guitar solo in that one gives me chills each and every time I hear it, and gets me very emotional as well. No other riff can evoke that kind of reaction in me. Again, there seems to be some confusion regarding what a riff is. Think of the beginning of Heartbreaker, that classic guitar intro. That's a riff. The unaccompanied section in the middle, that's the solo. The Stairway To Heaven solo is magical no doubt, but by definition it's not a riff. Greatest solo ever, yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aleister Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 (edited) black dog the rover The drumming really made the wanton song excellent. Edited January 13, 2008 by Aleister Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyPageZoSo56 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Anything he wrote is amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GibsonGirl Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 You're right about that... ..but if I had to choose one I was going to say The Ocean, but instead it'll be Whole Lotta Love and Kashmir for me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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