Mr E Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 From planetrock.co.uk: ROCK'S GREATEST 40 RIFFS The results are in. Debate over. The Greatest Ever Rock Riff has been named... Thousands of you voted and now we have our answer - 'Smoke On The Water' is without doubt the Greatest Rock Riff of all time. It's the sound of a million air-guitarists around the world kicking into action, and that simple, opening four bar/four chord refrain that is somehow burnt into the memories of anyone that has even seen, touched or heard a guitar is your number 1. Deep Purple had a further 27 songs nominated in the 1208 songs that you voted for, whilst the runners up, Led Zeppelin, had a total of 38 songs nominated - five in the Top Forty. But the riff kings were undoubtedly Black Sabbath who featured 43 times in the full list, while AC/DC featured 41 times (and actually took more votes in total than any other band). But without any further ado - here's the full Top Forty 1) Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water 2) Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 3) Guns n Roses - Sweet Child O Mine 4) AC DC - Whole Lotta Rosie 5) Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) 6) Derek & The Dominoes - Layla 7) Free - All Right Now 8) Cream - Sunshine of Your Love 9) Black Sabbath - Paranoid 10) Deep Purple - Burn 11) AC DC - Back In Black 12) Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze 13) Led Zeppelin - Kashmir 14) Metallica - Enter Sandman 15) Rolling Stones - Satisfaction 16) Led Zeppelin - Black Dog 17) Lynryd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama 18) Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 19) Aerosmith - Walk This Way 20) AC DC - Highway to Hell 21) Black Sabbath - Iron Man 22) Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker 23) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar 24) Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll 25) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 26) Dire Straits - Money for Nothing 27) AC DC - Thunderstruck 28) Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar 29) UFO - Rock Bottom 30) Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone 31) Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 32) Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 33) Rush - Spirit of Radio 34) Status Quo - Caroline 35) Pink Floyd - Money 36) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 37) Iron Maiden - The Trooper 38) Jethro Tull - Aqualung 39) Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond 40) Guns n Roses - Paradise City http://www.planetrock.co.uk/article.asp?id=852958 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I voted on that one of the three I chose was at number 10 - Burn, the other two I voted for were Immigrant song and Master of puppets !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Nice to see "Heartbreaker" on the list. Sometimes I feel that song gets overlooked, when that riff is instantly recognizable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmorek Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 No Day Tripper (or any other Beatles for that matter)? Not a single Who song (My Generation should definitely be there)? No Kinks either (You Really Got Me or All Day and All of the Night)? Not even one of the most influential riffs ever, Bo Diddley? And it's pretty funny that Smoke On The Water is number one when it was actually played on an organ. It's the secret keyboard riff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Only two Rolling Stones songs? Get the fuck outta here...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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