Best riffs that never appear in a Top Ten Riffs list

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ColsCols Frets: 6953
Inspired (or perhaps demoralised) by Total Guitar/Guitar World's poll of Bestest Guitar Riffs Ever, which was composed of the usual suspects.  I mean, I don't need a magazine article to tell me that Whole Lotta Love and Iron Man are kickass riffs.  

So what are the mighty riffs which will never appear on a Top Ten article?

Here's mine, for starters:

Hey Bulldog - The Beatles



Fallstaff Beer - Cream 



He-Man Woman Hater - Extreme 



Trouble on Double Time - Free



Brute Force and Ignorance - Rory Gallagher



Jumping Jack Flash - Johnny Winter



Ballad of Bodacious - Primus



Zooma - John Paul Jones



The Day I Tried To Live - Soundgarden



Let's Go Crazy - 3rdEyeGirl



What've you got?

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  • HattigolHattigol Frets: 8176
    Gloria - U2

    And come to think of it, Gloria by Van Morrison. Both simple but brilliant and effective. 

    It's obviously impossible to write a bad song if you call it Gloria...
    "Anybody can play. The note is only 20%. The attitude of the motherf*cker who plays it is  80%" - Miles Davis
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  • Reef - 'Naked'

    Perhaps best known as "that song off the the original Sony Minidisc advert"!


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  • GassageGassage Frets: 30826
    Edwyn Collins - Girl Like You

    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • ColsCols Frets: 6953
    Gassage said:
    Edwyn Collins - Girl Like You

    That one’s drilled into my head from the summer of ‘95.  Constant radio rotation.
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  • GassageGassage Frets: 30826
    Cols said:
    Gassage said:
    Edwyn Collins - Girl Like You

    That one’s drilled into my head from the summer of ‘95.  Constant radio rotation.

    The cheesiest Big Muff sound ever!

    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • NeillNeill Frets: 941
    Beats me why John Fogerty never seems to get a look in when they do these polls, the guy is a riff machine.

    Green River

    Suzie Q

    Run Through the Jungle

    And many more.
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 26753
    Out of Control by U2 - first single, first album. Brilliant. 
    The Assumptions - UAE party band for all your rock & soul desires
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  • ColsCols Frets: 6953
    Neill said:
    Beats me why John Fogerty never seems to get a look in when they do these polls, the guy is a riff machine.

    Green River

    Suzie Q

    Run Through the Jungle

    And many more.
    Good call.  CCR’s back catalogue is packed with awesome riffs.
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  • chromatunachromatuna Frets: 366
    Loads by Zal Cleminson of SAHB...

    Midnight Moses
    Faith Healer 
    Vambo
    Give My Compliments to the Chef
    Amos Moses
    Dogs of War

    killer riffs galore...
    This is the truth from hillbilly guitars!
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  • DrCorneliusDrCornelius Frets: 7069
    Makin Magic - Pat Travers
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 11262
    20th Century Boy. 

    Bad Bad Boy - Geordie, lovely slide guitar.

    God Save The Queen 


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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 22516
    I love this riff, but frustratingly it's only played once before the verse starts and then it's buried under the vocals for most of the song...


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  • BloodEagleBloodEagle Frets: 5320
    edited June 2021
    I hate Motley Crue, but this track is rifftacular -

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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24601



    Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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    Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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    Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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  • AK99AK99 Frets: 1563
    Budgie's "Breaking All the House Rules" has always been a favourite of mine:


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  • ColsCols Frets: 6953
    Fretwired said:

    Awesome choice.  I really should have had some Fleetwood Mac in there, but ran out of top 10 ten.

    Anyway, here’s the most incredible non-sequitur of an introduction to Rattlesnake Shake.

    https://youtu.be/TqKKGDcexZs 

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  • PhilW1PhilW1 Frets: 941
    Some of my favourites :
    Quartz —- Satan’s Serenade
    Rush —-Working Man
    Budgie—- Guts
    Saxon — Princess of the Night
     etc etc 
    tba this list could go on for ever, as like most on this forum it’s the riffs we love
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7732











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