Famous Riffs

[steelguitar]

Back to the topic............................................

Here's another three..........

1..............honky tonk women (Keef)
2 .............I want my MTV (Knopfler)
3............. Peter Gunn (Duane Eddy???)

Bazz

You want to say in 2 : "Money for Nothing" from Dire Straits... ;-)
Agree with you!
Jean-Sébastien

[steelguitar]

Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
Cocaine - JJ Cale, Eric Clapton
Paperback Writer - Beatles

Jean-Sébastien

[bazz-t-bass]

Thanks Jean........it is indeed money for nothing.

Sombody's mentioned Bass Riffs.

Cant think of three just yet but All Right Now...........Free
 would get my vote for top bass riff
Bazz

[bazz-t-bass]

Cant stop mulling over others and here's 3 more, 2 of which are not guitar riffs  

1..........Jumpin Jack Flash (Keef)
2..........Green Onions (Booker T)
3..........St..st....st........stayin alive(Bee Gees).

That's it..........no more

Promise

Bazz

[steelguitar]

Other ideas of great riffs I love to listen to (and play) :

Police : Message in a bottle... terrible riff!!!

On french TV, on Canal Plus, in "Le grand journal" of 20/09/2013, Sting in an interview :
Q : Can you play the best riff ever?
A : Yes, I wrote it! It's called "Message in the bottle" Ah ah!  
http://www.canalplus.fr/c-divertissement/c-le-grand-journal/pid5411-le-grand-journal-l-emission.html?vid=937726

Stevie Ray Vaughan : Mary had a little lamb
Neil Young : Hey hey My my

Jean-Sébastien

PS : I forgot the great riff of Layla - Derek and the Domino (Eric Clapton)

[bazz-t-bass]

Jean...........how could we all have forgotten Layla before now

[bruno]

Hocus Pocus by Focus - possibly the mightiest riff ever

[kenny mac]

1......Bastard(Ian hunter)
2......ma ma ma belle (E.LO)
3......runaway train (ACDC)

Actually these are my favourites..... oops 

[Farrell Jackson]

Ok I'll jump in with some oldie riffs...

1. Walk Don't Run - The Ventures

2. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen

3. Dirty Water - The Standells

4. What'd I say - Ray Charles

Farrell

[Geir]

Let there be no doubt about it. For me the riffmeister is Mr. Blackmore. Some of his riffs sound really simple, but few get them with same attitude as the master himself. There is a good reason for the "NO Smoke on the water" signs.

 There's a lot of great riffers tho !


Today my list looks like this:
1. Man on the silver mountain  - Rainbow
2. The Boys are back in town - Thin Lizzy
3. Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac