Greatest (rock) guitar riff - released in 1976 edition?

Greatest (rock) guitar riff - released in 1976 edition?

  • Hotel California - Eagles

    Votes: 4 18.2%

  • It's a Long Way to the Top (if you want to Rock and Roll) - AC/DC

    Votes: 6 27.3%

  • Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones

    Votes: 2 9.1%

  • More Than a Feeling - Boston

    Votes: 6 27.3%

  • Last Child - Aerosmith

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy

    Votes: 2 9.1%

  • Nobody's Fault But Mine - Led Zeppelin

    Votes: 1 4.5%

  • Rock n' Me - Steve Miller Band

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...

    Votes: 1 4.5%
  • Total voters
    22
Bad_MotherDucker said:
YellowSnow said:
Bad_MotherDucker said:
Left off 2 major bangers from 76 with much better riffs than Zep, Frampton, Aerosmith, and Steve Miller
Simple 3 chords but the riff is an all timer

This song has 2 great fucking riffs with the intro a Riff Hall of Famer

Honorable mention to Crazy on You and Detroit Rock City
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No one here loves Uncle Bob more than Yella. Heck, I've made love in the front (bench) seat of my old '92 Chevy K1500 Blazer in the trusty backwoods of Utah.
But damn it, I gotta draw the line somewhere on so basic a Kindergartner could play it acoustic guitar, 3 chord strumming intros. That's no knock on the song for the record. It's a work of genius.
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Look Meng if you're gonna draw the line on omitting riffs that are "simplistic" then most of AC/DC's catalog is out. FFS Highway to Hell, Dirty Deeds, Whole Lotta Rosie, and TNT are some of their best riffs and they're basic as fuck. And it's not just AC/DC either...Smoke on the Water, Paranoid, and Whole Lotta Love are ez peezy to play for a beginner. It's the structure of the chords and the timing between chord changes in the riff that makes it work so GD great. Alas, it's your name on the neon lights so you're gonna do what u think is best for the Shoppe
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Yes, the AC DC stuff is simple. I mean even a total hacker life me can get our my 'Merican Strat (no SG for this guy) plug in and play most of those riffs. But they still require a little bit of fast picking in spots- e.g., Back in Black or Whole Lotta Rosie.
Night Movies is literally throw a capo on a strum 3 chords. Incredibly memorably it just didn't feel right for this exercise compared to when I put in stuff like Here Come's the Sun and Hotel California.
At any rate, that's my (highly subjective) editorial judgement.
 
YellowSnow said:
Tequilla said:
Is it really on the Mt Rushmore?
Perhaps for you it is …
For me, I'll definitely put the following over "Long Way to the Top" (in no particular order):
"Highway to Hell"
"Thunderstruck"
"Back in Black"
"Shook Me All Night Long"
There's obviously a lengthy catalog of other options to put into consideration as well …
Don't @ me for questioning whether "Long Way to the Top" is a Top 5 AC/DC song …
I would expect the average person probably would put the 4 songs I have above higher on their personal lists than "Long Way to the Top" … so is that going to be higher than every other AC/DC song for the average person? Probably not.
Fucking row boat nerd
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** Fucking Row Boat Nerd who has OG pressings of all these albums and got a 4.0 in History of Popular Music at UW**
Thunderstruck? Christ? That's some Pixar kiddy movie soundtrack shit that @SECDAWG would vote for. Shook Me All Night long is great but that's sorority girl wedding AD DC.
Long Way to the Top is the lead off track on the 1st LP and set the blueprint for their entire career. And it has a dirty, greasy grit which you don't get on the Brian Johnson era stuff.
You can't understand AC DC without Long Way.
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I respect "Long Way …"
It just isn't on my Rushmore
That's the great thing about music … to each their own
Untangle those panties peter puffer
 
Tequilla said:
YellowSnow said:
Tequilla said:
Is it really on the Mt Rushmore?
Perhaps for you it is …
For me, I'll definitely put the following over "Long Way to the Top" (in no particular order):
"Highway to Hell"
"Thunderstruck"
"Back in Black"
"Shook Me All Night Long"
There's obviously a lengthy catalog of other options to put into consideration as well …
Don't @ me for questioning whether "Long Way to the Top" is a Top 5 AC/DC song …
I would expect the average person probably would put the 4 songs I have above higher on their personal lists than "Long Way to the Top" … so is that going to be higher than every other AC/DC song for the average person? Probably not.
Fucking row boat nerd
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** Fucking Row Boat Nerd who has OG pressings of all these albums and got a 4.0 in History of Popular Music at UW**
Thunderstruck? Christ? That's some Pixar kiddy movie soundtrack shit that @SECDAWG would vote for. Shook Me All Night long is great but that's sorority girl wedding AD DC.
Long Way to the Top is the lead off track on the 1st LP and set the blueprint for their entire career. And it has a dirty, greasy grit which you don't get on the Brian Johnson era stuff.
You can't understand AC DC without Long Way.
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I respect "Long Way …"
It just isn't on my Rushmore
That's the great thing about music … to each their own
Untangle those panties peter puffer
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Boxers only for this guy. Boxer briefs (or briefs) = panties and are for sissies.
 
A little add-on to my #MusicSuperiority over you Pisser …
Your choice (to-date) for best has 2 votes
My choice has 3 votes
Nuff said
 
My AC/DC Mt. Rushmore is Long Way to the Top, Walk All Over You, Hells Bells and Whole Lotta Rosie. And I feel like an accommodation should be made for at least four more songs because leaving off Highway to Hell, TNT, Sin City, and Let There Be Rock seems criminal to me.
Their library of killer songs is pretty extensive.
 
YellowSnow said:
Bad_MotherDucker said:
Left off 2 major bangers from 76 with much better riffs than Zep, Frampton, Aerosmith, and Steve Miller
Simple 3 chords but the riff is an all timer

This song has 2 great fucking riffs with the intro a Riff Hall of Famer

Honorable mention to Crazy on You and Detroit Rock City
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No one here loves Uncle Bob more than Yella. Heck, I've made love in the front (bench) seat of my old '92 Chevy K1500 Blazer in the trusty backwoods of Utah.
But damn it, I gotta draw the line somewhere on so basic a Kindergartner could play it acoustic guitar, 3 chord strumming intros. That's no knock on the song for the record. It's a work of genius.
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Dammit, Yella, you keep changing the rules on me! I believe I made this same point about Cobain's guitar work on a different poll…ffs.
 
Tequilla said:
Crazy on You definitely deserves to be on the list over some of the BS that is there
No issue with giving The Ramones some respect …
Hotel California is suitably iconic (cut the lyrics and just give me the instrumentals)
Is that even a top 5 AC/DC song?
The correct answer is Boston … one of the most perfect songs ever made
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One might argue that Long Time with or without Foreplay is the more bad ass riff, but More Than a Feeling is ultimately the one you have to go with.
 
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