The Guitarist Corner: Our Favorite Guitar Riffs of the 1970's
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Join Pete Pardo, Jim Bacchi, Butch Jones, Guitar Hack, Eric Porter, and Sean Tonar as they discuss their favorite riffs of the '70s.
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10. Heart of the Sunrise - YES
9. Too Hot To Handle - UFO
8. Day of the Eagle - ROBIN TROWER
7. Rock Candy - MONTROSE
6. Cat Scratch Fever - TED NUGENT
5. Cities On Flame - BÖC
4. Unchained - VAN HALEN
3. Man On The Silver Mountain - RAINBOW
2. Supernaut - BLACK SABBATH
1. Heartbreaker - LED ZEPPELIN
@Josh Tyler Fair enough. For VH I'll go with Somebody Get Me A Doctor. For LZ I'll go with Custard Pie.
Here's one very few will remember.....Sausalito Summer Nights by Diesel.
My List: 1. Burn -Deep Purple 2.Rock Bottom -UFO 3.Supernaut - Black Sabbath 4. Cities on Flame...BOC 5. Cold Gin - KISS 6. Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath 7. - I Just Want to Make Love .... - Foghat 8. Life in London - Pat Travers 9. Rock Candy - Montrose 10 - Something for Nothing - Rush. And a 100 honorable mentions.
love cities on flames with rock and roll
love cities on flame with rock and roll, i was surprised pete or butch didn't mention it.
@@Ryan-F.Y.T.S2006 Me too!
@@Ryan-F.Y.T.S2006 Great Live Song too
Ah, "Something for Nothing". That's in my top-5 Rush songs, easily.
Here are a few more great 70's riffs, numbered but not necessarily in any particular order: 1) 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago; 2) China Grove by the Doobie Bros.; 3) Rat Bat Blue by Deep Purple; 4) Woman from Tokyo by Deep Purple; 5) Ain't Talkin bout Love by Van Halen; 6) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath; 7) Turn to Stone by Joe Walsh; 8) Post Toastee by Tommy Bolin; 9) Custard Pie by Led Zeppelin; and 10) L. A. Connection by Rainbow.
Nobody's Fault - Aerosmith
Free Wheelin' - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Savage - Judas Priest
Tatoo Vampire - Blue Oyster Cult
Midnight Ride - Styx
Auf Wiedersehen - Cheap Trick
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Bloodsucker - Deep Purple
Cook With Fire - Heart
Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix
"Savage", eh? Interesting choice. I love K.K.'s solo on that track.
Nobody's Fault is great. Combination has a great main riff as well. The Rocks album is full of em.
I am overwhelmed by the number of great riffs produced in the seventies. Soooo many!!!
Wow how difficult! The 1970's is where guitar riffs were born and still live! Great show guys! Cheers!
Actually, guitar riffs were born in the 60s.
Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
D.O.A - Van Halen
Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
Finding My Way - Rush
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Tie Your Mother Down - Queen
Rock and Roll Band - Boston
Ain't Talkin Bout Love - Van Halen
Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
Blackmore, Iommi, Page, Lifeson, and EVH all deserve their own "Top 10 Riffs" shows.
Martin Barre's "Aqualung" riff is memorable, but it's his awesome solo that won the Jimmy Page seal of approval!
AC/DC - Beating Around the Bush
Aerosmith - Draw the Line
Black Sabbath - Sabbra Cadabra
Blue Öyster Cult - Tattoo Vampire
Deep Purple - Burn
Kiss - I Stole Your Love
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Mountain - Never In My Life
Rush - A Passage to Bangkok
Van Halen - I'm the One and Light Up the Sky (can't pick between them)
...and approximately a million others, of course
1. Black Sabbath "Symptom Of the Universe"
2. Ted Nugent "Great White Buffalo"
3. Rainbow "Man on the Silver Mountain"
4. Blue Öyster Cult "Don't Fear The Reaper"
5. UFO "Only You Can Rock Me"
6. Thin Lizzy "Suicide"
7. The Clash "London Calling"
8. Queen "Now I'm Here"
9. Ram Jam "Black Betty"
10. Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love"
Honorable mention: SAHB "Faith Healer"
Hey Butch, how about Sister Seagull?
whole lotta love is from the 60s, but still a top 10 riff all time
Great episode......on the topic of the first gallop...it was actually Hard Lovin' Man from Deep Purple In Rock in 1970.
Blue Oyster Cult
Dominance and Submission
Still gives me chills
Pete , I just wanted to say to you Sir. Thank you and love your Channel. Here is my Top 10 .
Jimi Hendrix If 6 was 9, Otis Rush I quit you Baby, The James Gang The Bomber , BTO Free Wheelin, Jeff Beck Constipated Duck, Metallica Harvest of Sorrow, Steppenwolf The Pusher, Canned Heat Fried Hockey Boogie, The Doors Wasp Texas Big Beat, Ten Years After Me and My Baby, and George Thorogood One Burbon, One Scotch , One Beer . My Honorable Mentions are Van Halen Ain't Talkin about Love, Jimi Hendrix Red House , Led Zeppelin Bring it on Home, ZZ Top Jesus just left Chicago, Lynyrd Skynyrd On The Hunt. Allman Brothers One way out, Rod Stewart (I Know) I'm Losing you. Chicago I'm a Man, The Who Young Man Blues, Scorpins, Blackout, Rush Anthem. I have a ton more lol.
Hi gents. Man, I enjoy these posts so much. Thank you!
my 10 favourite 70's riffs in no particular order
Led Zeppelin- The Wanton song
Thin Lizzy- Don't believe a word
AC/DC -Gone Shootin'
Deep Purple -Pictures of home
Rory Gallagher -Secret Agent
Status Quo - Rain
Queen - Stone cold crazy
Black Sabbath - Sabbath bloody sabbath
Aerosmith - Rats in the cellar
ZZ Top - Tush
HM Kiss Detroit rock city
T.rex 20th century boy
The Rolling stones - Bitch
The Sex Pistols - Problems
Motorhead -Bomber
Humble pie- I don't need no Doctor
Van Halen - somebody get me a Doctor
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel.
Judas Priest - Let us pray/ call for the priest
- Van Halen - D.O.A.
- Blue Oyster Cult - Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll
- Black Sabbath - The Thrill of It All
- Aerosmith - Rats in the Cellar
- Led Zeppelin - Custard Pie
- AC/DC - Beating Around the Bush
- Judas Priest - Delivering the Goods
- Saga - How Long
- Rainbow - Gates of Babylon
- Queen - Dead on Time
Another great show and some really good choices. Really too many to choose, I’ve limited it to one per band. Here’s my top 10 (today’s anyway):
10. Jam - Going Underground
9. Angels - Marseille
8. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
7. ZZ Top - Tush
6. T-Rex - Children of the Revolution
5. Status Quo - Paper Plane
4. Ruts - Babylon is Burning
3. Rubinoos - Rock & roll is dead
2. REO Speedwagon - Back on the Road Again
1. AC/DC - Rock N Roll Damnation
1. Almost any of Tony Iommi’s riffs clutter the top 20 spots, but to be equitable….
2 onward would include in no particular order…
Whole Lotta Love - Zep
How Many More Times - Zep
Immigrant Song - Zep
The Ocean - Zep
Halo of Flies - Alice Cooper
Billion Dollar Baby - Alice Cooper
The Black Widow - Alice Cooper
Road Rats - Alice Cooper
City on Flames - BOC
Harvester of Eyes - BOC
ETI - BOC
Don’t Fear the Reaper - BOC
The Vigil - BOC
Doctor Music - BOC
Bridge of Sighs - Trower
Day of the Eagle - Trower
Fool & Me - Trower
Too Rolling Stoned - Trower
Victim of Changes - Judas Priest
Deceiver - Judas Priest
Cheater - Judas Priest
Grinder - Judas Priest
Metal Gods - Judas Priest
China Grove - Doobies
and a million others by various groups!
Amazing show awesome choices by all the guys.
Number 1 show on the net.
Totally enjoyable show
Thank you so much.
Thanks Jonathan
This is a mother of an episode
I've always liked the starting riff in Warrior by Wishbone Ash and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Paper Plane, Caroline by Status Quo.
My top 15:
AC/DC - Riff Raff (1978)
Pentagram - Forever My Queen (1973)
Styx - Miss America (1977)
Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (1978)
Budgie - Guts (1971)
Derek And The Dominos - Layla (1970)
Rainbow - The Shed (Subtle) (1978)
Judas Priest - Dissident Aggressor (1977)
Aerosmith - Round And Round (1975)
Black Sabbath - Into the Void (1971)
Rush - Working Man (1974)
Heart - Barracuda (1976)
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)
Kiss - She (1975)
Led Zeppelin - In The Light (1975)
Love ‘The Shed’ and Dissident Aggressor
Ten of my favourites
*David Bowie* - 'Rebel Rebel' (Mick Ronson)
*Bee Gees* - 'Stayin' Alive' (Barry Gibb & Alan Kendall)
*Black Sabbath* - 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' (Tony Iommi)
*Led Zeppelin* - 'The Rover' (Jimmy Page)
*Electric Light Orchestra* - '10538 Overture' (Jeff Lynne)
*The Undertones* - 'Teenage Kicks' (John & Damian O'Neill)
*Steely Dan* - 'Night by Night' (Denny Dias)
*The Police* - 'Roxanne' (Andy Summers)
*ABBA* - 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man after Midnight)' (not sure who plays the riff)
*Deep Purple* - 'Burn' (Ritchie Blackmore)
At the thirty minute mark there’s a discussion about the first gallop.
To my knowledge the first gallop was played by Ritchie Blackmore on the track Hard lovin’ Man on Deep Purple In Rock from 1970.
Not in order:
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Kerry Livgren - Carry on Wayward Son (Sean, I'm right with you - LOVE Kansas! Kerry is a fabulous composer, orchestrator, lyricist, & multi instrumentalist.)
Ritchie Blackmore - Child in Time
Eddie Van Halen - Eruption
My Top-10
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01. Deep Purple - Burn (1974)
02. Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' Bout Love (1978)
03. KISS - Makin' Love (1976)
04. Rainbow - Kill the King (1978)
05. Black Sabbath - Hole in the Sky (1975)
06. KISS - Strange Ways (1974)
07. Deep Purple - Speed King (1970)
08. Van Halen - On Fire (1978)
09. AC/DC - Highway to Hell (1979)
10. Scorpions - Another Piece of Meat (1979)
Burn is an amazing riff. My favorite Blackmore riff. Which says a lot cause Ritchie has written a ton of great ones over the years.
I love how passionate Butch is about these super fun topics!! I always look forward to this show each month, and can't wait for the 80s one!!
Bastille Day - Rush
Burn - Deep Purple
Flight Of The Rat - Deep Purple
Don't Think It Matters - Status Quo
What Is Life - George Harrison
Nothing I Won't Do - Foghat
Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin
Cold Gin - Kiss
Sweet Lady - Queen
Bob-Shi-Bam - Gasolin´
These are just ten of my many favourite riffs. Not in order, just some I wanted to get out there
Great episode, and here’s some riffs you didn’t mention right on top of my head, that I really love;
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
Ted Nugent - Motor City Madhouse
Al Di Meola - Race With the Devil…
Riot - Warrior
Motörhead - Bomber
BÖC - Godzilla
Kiss - Mr. Speed
But there’s sooo many more, it’s an impossible task to pick 10😂
UFO Rock Bottom, Trower Bridge Of Sigh, Leslie West Never In My Life, ZZ top Tush, Sabbath Supernaut .Montrose Rock Candy, Rush Working Man, Deep Purple Burn, Queen Stone Cold Crazy, or Keep Yourself Alive .So many worthy contenders
Black Betty is an American folksong. The most famous recording dates from the first half of the 20th century and is by Lead Belly, who recorded the song in 1939
One thing I love about SOA is learning new songs. Watching you by Kiss. Good tune I've never heard
10. Never Say Die
9. Breadfan
8. Bridge of Sighs
7. Train Kept A Rollin
8. Fly By Night
5. Don't Look Back
4. Victim Of Love
3. Sheep (outro)
2. Every Riff in Physical Graffiti
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Great show and so many great picks! I still listen to a lot of those songs and a lot of 70's music. We could literally go on for hours and hours and still not scratch the surface on all the great 70's riffs!
What a great surprise to see this pop up unexpectedly. Always a great show. It would take me a month to come up with my favorite riffs, but I would pick a lot of chord riffs, because they sound great to me.
Im not a guitarist, but id love to join favorites riffs from the 80’s! Unless its not already been done of course.
Great vid as always fellas!
Love this topic,but hard has hell so many but heres 10 that come to mind .Had Burn and rock bottom but those were picked.So here we go.In no particular order by the way.10.Scorpions-virgin killer 9.Budgie-Guts 8.Sabbath-Supernaut 7.Zeppelin-The rover 6.UFO-Reasons Love 5.Thin lizzy-Sha la la ,the riff that comes in after the 1st verse. 4.Mahogany rush-A new rock and roll 3.YES-Siberian khatru 2.KISS-she 1.Jeff Beck-Freeway jam.For a second there i thought Butch was losing it when he said Black rose 76.But then he came back quick and redeemed himself.I guess the bourbon was talking.LOL.Great show!!!
T. Rex's 20th Century Boy is crushing. None of the many covers could replicate that smashing guitar tone.
Yeah, brutal earthshakin riff.
Just some more mentions: Natural Science - Rush, Four Sticks - Led Zeppelin, Scatterbrain - Jeff Beck, Eternity's Breath - Mahavishnu Orchestra, Day At The Dog Races - Little Feat, Heard It On The X / Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings - ZZ Top, Seasons of Whither - Aerosmith, Door of Illusion - Mahogany Rush, A Little Bit of Sympathy - Robin Trower. Great job guys...
I'd never thought I was going to hear mentioned on SOT 'I melt with you' by Modern English! Great show, great fun, guys!
I aim to please.
Some bands that have not been mentioned...
Saga, Triumph, The Who!!!, Uriah Heep, Camel, Status Quo, Angel, Nektar, Rory Gallagher, Stray, Wishbone Ash, Bad Company, Cheap Trick, Golden Earring, Hawkwind, Ten Years After, The Guess Who, Chilliwack...
Sorry for my French, but here’s one that Butch needs to hear: ruclips.net/video/p9YKdHvtTG8/видео.html
Trust : L’elite
And then the forgotten gems!
10 cc: wallstreet shuffle
Sweet: Restless ( hard to pick one from riff master Andy Scott)
Uncle Ted: snakeskin cowboys
Toto: hold the line
BOC : Godzilla
Deep Purple : dealer ( Tommy Bolin at his heaviest)
Ram Jam : runway runaway
Moxy : slippin’ out
Triumph : American Girls
Black Sabbath : you won’t change me : EPIC Iommi!!!!
Foreigner : hot blooded
Status Quo: roll over lay down
Aerosmith : kings and queens
April Wine: 21st century schizoïd man (the original is from 69, hence the cover)
My favorite riff of all time may very well be Iommi's Under The Sun. The Heaviness combined with that eerie production on Vol_4, the dark lyrics that follow and how it closes out such a fantastic record, just pure doom. Symptom of The Universe is right up there for me and is what most people point toward when thinking about Iommi's heaviest riff but I think Under The Sun edges is out for me. The very beginning intro and the one that follows with Geezer adding to it. It blows my mind such a crushing brutal riff is from 72'.
Into the Void instantly grabbed me and never let go ..
@@bryanmcfadden4071 C#
Thumbs up for mentioning Wishbone Ash. Great band there.
If I'm remembering correctly I think Master Of Reality through Sabotage is mostly tuned to C#. Funnily enough those are my favorite albums by Sabbath. What's cool is hearing those 70's bootleg shows where songs from Paranoid and their debut also get the dark C# treatment. I wish those albums were in that tuning too. It's great to hear the crowd during those recorded shows from the audience. You hear the fans all the time saying things like "Woah..this is really fuc%king heavy man.." lol. It's heavy as hell now so I could only imagine what the audience 50 years ago were experiencing with the band cranked to 10 and firing on all cylinders. Must have been unbelievable. I love Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin but Black Sabbath were going into unexplored territory and were a completely different animal.
Under The Sun is INSANELY heavy especially for 1972.
1. Any Sabbath Song
2. Smoke on the Water
3. Stairway to Heaven
4. Sweet Home Alabama
5. Ramblin' Man
6. The Sails of Charon
7. Return of the Giant Hogweed
8. Man on the Silver Mountain
9. Hell Bent for Leather
10. Bomber
# 1 and # 2 bro
and hi from Nepal bro
Ronnie Montrose played on Frankenstein as well! also as far as favorite 70's riffs, to many to name but there's a ton on that first Montrose album and I Got The Fire!
I just watched the 80's one. I'm here at work doing paperwork, and I'm doing a SOT binge(unless I break it up with some albums). Cant wait to hear this. I'm sure the 70's and 60's lists will gimme some titles i've missed or forgotten.
Living the dream... no one picked Dominance and Submission - BOC and you know what? Kids of today are never going to have such great memories of such great music...
You are so right
Excellent Solo
Buck Dharma is so awesome
Ronnie Montrose is the guitarist on Frankenstein. What a massive riff that is! Great show as always, guys. I got Burn, After Forever, Dancing Days, School's Out and Just Got Paid just to name a few. 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Dan Hartman is from my hometown Harrisburg Pa! His band the Legends were just that when I was growing up! RIP
1. Zepp: The rover
2. Sabbath: Into the void
3. Yes: Roundabout
4. Zepp: Ten years gone
5: Symphony X: Seven
6. Sabbath: Snowblind
7: Rainbow: Stargazer
8: Zepp: Whole Lotta Love
9: Genesis: Fifth of Fifth
10: Whitesnake: Slow an´easy
11. Dream Theatre: Breaking all illusions
12: Jethro Tull: Aqualung
A riff that may not come to mind for this channel, but one that I love is on Bob Seger’s “Main Street”. Thanks to Pete Carr for creating it.
you guys shows are great.....lotza love
The best music show on the internet still delivers! Why don’t you introduce each person & their credentials?
UFO strangers in the night is beyond brilliant 👍 ❤️
Thin Lizzy - The Rocker
Bowie - Jean Genie
Clapton - Layla
Stones - Brown Sugar (chord progression? It’s a riff to me)
Nazareth - Steamroller
Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
Sabbath - Wheels of Confusion
Zep - Trampled Underfoot
Quo - Rain
AC/DC - It’s a Long Way to the Top
Great show full of amazing choices! I picked my favourites that weren't mentioned.
Motörhead - White Line Fever (7" version)
Rainbow - Lost in Hollywood
Status Quo - Big Fat Momma
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Deep Purple - You Fool No One
Gillan - Roller (Reading 79 is definitive)
Van Halen - Ain't Talking Bout Love
Uriah Heep - Gypsy
Judas Priest - Raw Deal (outro riff)
Wishbone Ash - The King Will Come
Deep Purple - "Love Child"
Led Zeppelin - "No Quarter"
Black Sabbath - "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
The Who - "The Punk and the Godfather"
AC/DC - "Walk All Over You"
Van Halen - "Beautiful Girls"
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "On the Hunt"
Motorhead - "Dead Men Tell No Tales"
Mott the Hoople - "Violence"
The Rolling Stones - "All Down the Line"
(Butch's honorable mentions would problably be all on my original list)
Symptoms of the Universe - Sabbath
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
Nazareth - Miss Misery
Foghat - Fool for the City
KISS - Strutter
Aerosmith - Make it
Joe Walsh - Turn to Stone
Derringer "live" - Let Me In
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
Any 70s riff by Dave Brock of Hawkwind
Well great riffs in the 70's
So many
As Mississippi Queen Mountain great one but I dig "Never In My Life" much more.
As Rock Bottom UFO I love picked let's go with "Lights Out" killer and crowd pleaser.
Robin Trower alot to be said of great riffs Let's go with"Too Rolling Stoned''
BTO mentioned I'm going with "Sledgehammer"
Rainbow I sure would go with Stargazer along said here today A Light In The Black
The Who go with Won't Get Fooled Again
James Gang go with my fave The Bomber/Bolero Joe Walsh kills it every time.
Montrose so many well let's go with Space Station No. #5 Ronnie took song to a high level.
Black Sabbath ones I could have mentioned were taken like Supernaut and Symptom Of The Universe.. so will go with Meglamania where Tony after the slow playing tears into the heavy riff and the great song the band so killer.
Van Halen- On Fire great song on debut with Eddie's riffs and so do love mentioned by Butch with Light In The Sky. So going with On Fire.
HMS Van Halen predictable Runnin With The Devil
Paranoid- Grand Funk Railroad
Sunday Morning-Angel (off debut)
On & On-Angel (off debut)
Mirrors-Angel (off Helluva Band)
I could go on and with bands of many. And I added hms Angel cause I so love that band and wonder it didn't get a shout from Butch. I know he's a big fan as I am a fan of them too. TC and keep rockin everyone!!🎸🥁🎹🎤🎶
01: Thin Lizzy - Black Rose (1979).
02: Rainbow - The Shed (Subtle) (1978).
03: Deep Purple - Demon's Eye (1971).
04: Scorpions - We'll Burn The Sky (1977).
05: Blue Öyster Cult - Before the Kiss, a Redcap (1972).
06: Pentagram - Starlady (1976).
07: Albert King - I'll Play the Blues for You, Pts. 1-2 (1972).
08: Skid Row - Go, I'm Never Gonna Let You, Pt. 1 (1971).
09: Weather Report - The Moors (1972).
10: Taste - Morning Sun (1970).
forgot "before the kiss, a redcap",one of the best!
Nice BOC choice
Saw them do it live a month ago
Amazing
@@elfman5176 Nice! I finally saw them fourteen years ago, they performed it while pulling out 'Veteran of the Psychic Wars' and 'Dr. Music'. They had Rudy Sarzo on bass.
@@BlackMoore82 Try to catch their current tour It’s amazing
You gotta see them with Ritchie
When him and Buck jam together it’s phenomenal
Awesome show.
Intro to Tea for One - Led Zeppelin; middle riff in Johnny Blade - Black Sabbath; Coast to Coast - Scorpions; You Can't Do It Right - Deep Purple; The Green Manalishi - Fleetwood Mac; Capricorn or Metropolis - Motorhead
Great choices guys, another monster riff for me DOA by Van Halen. Also The Snake by The Pink Fairies, The Rocker by Thin lizzy. So many in Seventies.
Well said about Roger Fisher what a great guitarist.
Raza ma naz- Nazareth
Man on the Silver Mountain- Rainbow
Atomic Punk- Van Halen
Smokin- Boston
Godzilla-BOC
Hello There- Cheap Trick
My pick for memorable 70s riffs:
1. Led Zeppelin (almost anything but I have favorites)
When The Levee Breaks (Favorite Zeppelin song, great steel guitar);
The Ocean (That riff is a fun one)
Fool In The Rain (Short but sweet);
Over The Hills And Far Away (Love the acoustic sound)
Kashmir (Iconic, need I say more)
2. Boston: More Than A Feeling
3. Steve Miller: Rockin' Me
4. Van Halen: Dance the Night Away
5. The Rolling Stones: Beast of Burden
6. AC/DC: Dirty Deeds
All BOC/Buck Dharma -.Cities on Flame, Stairway to Stars, Red & Black, Career of Evil, Harvester of Eyes, Tattoo Vampire, Godzilla, Fireworks, The Vigil, Dr Music
Yes All Buck Dharma
Thanks dude
There's no way I could pick either a top 10 riffs of the 70s or even my favourite 10. Just starting at "Dance of the maya" and "Birds of fire" by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, "Jury", "Touch my life" "Keepin' Time" and "Makes you wanna cry" by Trapeze, "Sweet Leaf", "The Wizard", "Hole in the sky" and "Supernaut" by Black Sabbath, "Sick again", "In my time of dying" and "Misty mountain hop" by Led Zeppelin, I'm already onto a loser ! I could do a top 10 or 10 faves about 35 or more times over !!
No one's probably gonna say it, but I love the riff from BOC's first album Cities On Flame (With Rock and Roll).
Absolutely Buck Dharma is so underrated
'Black Betty's a traditional Blues song however James "Iron Head" Baker performed a cappella version in 1933 while Lead Belly recorded it in 1939.
no particular order for me...great topic Pete!
BTO -Not Fragile - just thunderous
Chicago-South California Purples- got to have T Kath in here
Nazareth -Hair of the Dog
Jethro Tull- Locomotive Breath
AC/DC -Hells Bells- love the slow burn
Kiss- Duece - the Live version
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Saturday Night Special
Black Sabbath-Iron Man- need Sabbath somewhere and this is quintessential
Rush- Spirit of Radio
and last but not least ..The Who ..Wont Fooled Again..simple yet classic
Edgar Winters Frankenstein had Ronnie Montrose on guitar.
I was thinking of both “Bitch” by The Stones and “Stay With Me” by The Faces too, good calls there Jim.
Ted Nugent - Stormtroopin
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Deep Purple - Maybe I'm A Leo
Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone
Led Zeppelin - For Your Life
KISS - Calling Dr. Love
BOC - Godzilla
Van Halen - Beautiful Girls
Aerosmith - Rats In The Cellar
Lynyrd Skynyrd - What's Your Name
Going with Pete's definition, memorable whether chordal or notes, some that weren't specifically mentioned:
"Fat Bottomed Girls" Queen
"Anarchy in the UK" Pistols
"Rock-and-Roll Hoochie-Coo" Johnny Winter And (over Derringers' fine version)
"Night Prowler" AC-DC
"Brown Sugar" Stones
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
"Running with the Devil" Halen
"Steamrock Fever" Scorps
"Gold Dust Woman" Fleetwood Mac
"Bad Company"
Great show. Additional thoughts: Guitar on Frankenstein was Ronnie Montrose, not Rick Derringer who joined later; saw him with Edgar W on a show opened by Bad Company (1st US tour). Surprised to see "Layla" barely mentioned at the end and only one Stones (honorable mention) with "Bitch"; would have picked one of many -- "Honky Tonk Women", "Brown Sugar", "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'", "Tumblin Dice" etc.
Genesis - “Dancing Out With the Moonlight Knight”
Rory Gallagher - “Walking On Hot Coals”
Led Zeppelin - “The Ocean”
The Damned - “New Rose”
Sex Pistols - “Anarchy In The U.K.”
Buzzcocks - “Ever Fallen In Love”
Siouxsie and The Banshees “Hong Garden”
Magazine - “The Light Poors Out Of Me”
The Clash - “Safe European Home”
Wire - “Ex Lion Tamer”
lots of punk rock (love it)
@@matheushenriquepires7493 yes and two John McGeoch riffs, he was a great riff master no matter what band he was in, The Banshees and Magazine are two icimic riffs he created, I was thinking I didn’t want to have the cliche 70’s songs, so I went with some great riffs from punk and post punk bands in the late 70’s
@@sspbrazil I agree. Hong Kong Garden, great choice. Never heard him mentioned SOT, even by Martin, which is a shame.
@@maddysmith8846 it sure is, he was so innovative in every band he was a member.
Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
Victim of Changes - Judas Priest
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Rats in the Cellar - Aerosmith
Waiting for the Bus - ZZ Top
Gates of Babylon - Rainbow
God of Thunder - Kiss
Massacre - Thin Lizzy
On the Hunt - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Never in My Life - Mountain
Miss Misery - Nazareth
DOA - Van Halen
Sin's a Good Man's Brother - Grand Funk Railroad
7 Screaming Diz-Busters - Blue Oyster Cult
Let There Be Rock - AC/DC
Working Man - Rush
Fun show!!! So many knockout riffs.
What a fun show and great choices by all. Some of my favs:
"Hope You're Feelin Better" Santana
"Sister Change" Mahogany Rush
"Casey Jones" Grateful Dead
"Coldwater Canyon" Tangerine Dream
"Hurry Sundown" The Outlaws
"Hi Roller" Little Feat
In no particular order, and some of these would be considered chord-based riffs.
Toto - Girl Goodbye
ZZ Top - Manic Mechanic
Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
Boston - Smokin'
Rush - Xanadu
Journey - Can Do
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Foreigner - Lonely Children
Styx - Miss America
Heart - Barracuda
Terry Kath of Chicago
A few great ones, from bands who weren't metioned:
Motörhead - Bomber
Uriah Heep - Traveller In Time
Lucifer's Friend - Toxic Shadows
Nice pick for Barracuda. In terms of galloping guitar, was Hard Lovin Man by Deep Purple the first?
And "Snowblind" and "Supernaut" have to be in there.
Here are some of my faves that flew under the radar...2 categories (funky and doom-y). Doom-y...Round and Round (Aerosmith), Somewhere in the Jungle (Alice Cooper), For Openers (Ambrosia), Twilight Capers (Be-Bop Deluxe), Electric Funeral (Sabbath), Second Hand (BTO), Maybe I Can Fool Everybody (Crack The Sky). And Funky...Same Old Song and Dance (Aerosmith), It's Hot Tonight (Alice Cooper), Somebody Calling (Robin Trower), Rock Steady (Bad Co.), 7 Screaming Dizbusters (BOC), Sail Away (Deep Purple), Midnight Road (Derringer), Heartless (Heart), Something For Nothing (Rush), Art For Art's Sake (10cc).
Peel the Paint by Gentle Giant. Riff appears later in the song, but grows organically out of an earlier motif, and features saxophone! 🎷 So heavy, so swingin'...
Wish I would have thought of that. It's killer!
A few bands that deserve a mention:
Steve Miller band - The Stake
Doobie Brothers - China Grove
Foreigner - Double Vision
Kansas - Child of Innocence, I know Carry on was named but I feel this song deserves a mention!
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
Moxy - Moonrider
High Steppin' - Ram Jam, from the Debut such a great intro lick!
Breakdown - Sweet
Bird of Prey - Uriah Heep. Perhaps my favorite Uriah tune. So hard for the time!
APRIL WINE- Was hoping that someone would would bring up April Wine....seems a band that so many people like but forget about. A lot great riffs.
Good show, your love for guitar 🎸 music is awesome 👍
Wild dogs by Tommy bolin,the king Will come by wishbone Ash,Magic man by heart,child in time by deep purple,let it rain by Eric Clapton,torn and frayed by the stones,snowblind by Sabbath,whipping post by the allmans,Am i losin by lynyrd Skynyrd etc.......🎸
Renegade- Styx
Bad Reputation- Thin Lizzy
Jacobs Ladder- Rush
The Writ- Black Sabbath
Achilles Last Stand- Led Zeppelin
Victim of Changes- Judas Priest
One Way Street- Aerosmith
Space Truckin- Deep Purple
Carry on Wayward Son- Kansas
From the Beginning- Emerson Lake and Palmer
Machine Gun- Jimi Hendrix
Magic Man- Heart
Night Prowler- ACDC
Cheap Sunglasses- ZZ Top
Bridge of Sighs- Robin Trower
Man on the
I'm gonna start with my honorable mentions, in alphabetical order:
Bridge of Sighs - Trower
Ezy Ryder - Hendrix. Released in 1970 and probably recorded that year, too.
Godzilla - BOC
Return of the Giant Hogweed - Genesis
Woman - Three Dog Night
10. One More Red Nightmare - King Crimson. I'm over-familiar with this so it should be higher.
9. Show Biz Kids - Steely Dan. Love Rick Derringer's slide on this.
8. The Ocean - Zeppelin. Not a fave tune of theirs but the riff is so killer.
7. Paranoid - Mel Schacher on bass (Grand Funk). Mel had so many great ones but this is my favorite.
6. Black Dog - Zeppelin. It's almost a cliché to pick this but it's Jimmy's best, imo.
5. Black Sabbath - I'm not really a metal or Sabbath fan but I love this one because it is soooo evil sounding.
4. Siberian Khatru - Yes. There are 3 in this and *all* are great.
3. Round and Round - Aerosmith. I can't believe no one mentioned this - and I'm not even a real Aerosmith fan. Such a great riff and so primal.
2. Meeting of the Spirits - Mahavishnu Orchestra. Written by a guitarist but played by a violinist and bassist.
1. Larks' Tongues In Aspic Pt 1 - King Crimson. The one in the first part of the song. So, so heavy.
Good call on “What Is Life?” Eric.
Butch, props for giving love to Styx's "Miss America."
Thin Lizzy Emerald
Rory Gallagher Walk on Hot Coals
Camel Moonmadness
Scorpions Sails of Charon
UFO This Kids
Yes Heart of the Sunrise
Deep Purple Child in Time
Rush The Necromancer
Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb
Led Zep Kashmir
Styx Suite Madam Blue
BOC Cities on Flame
Anything by Robin Trower off Bridge of Sighs
Journey Look into the Future
I think I left off about 100 groups/ guitarists! Great show, tough to narrow it down. Just got my SOT two shirts! Love them
Tempted to say Hole in the Sky riff 2 followed by Hole in the Sky riff 1 followed by Hole in the Sky riff 3. Here's a question - how many of your favourite songs are defined by their riff (and how many don't contain anything you could really call a riff?) Can I also mention Master Builder by Gong (redone by a solo Steve Hillage as 'The Glorious Om Riff')
Alice Cooper -opening riff to "School's Out", beginning of "Caught in a Dream", beginning of "Muscle of Love"
Led Zeppelin- -opening of "Heartbreaker" and beginning of "Livin', Lovin' Maid"
Black Sabbath- beginning riffs of "Fairies Wear Boots", intro of "Lord of This World"
Jeff Beck- "Sophie", riff played by Beck and Jan Hammer when tempo speeds up, "Scatterbrain" guitar/keyboard during 10/8 section, "Situation" -intro
Beatles- openings of "Hey Bulldog", "And Your Bird Can Sing", "Ticket to Ride"
Deep Purple- "No One Came", "Rat Bat Blue"
Yes- "South Side of the Sky" -harmony by Steve Howe and Chris Squire during "Were we ever colder on that day, a million miles away...", "Starship Trooper" Steve Howe rhythm riff during "Wurm", intro to "Siberian Katru"
David Bowie -beginning of "Moonage Daydream", beginning of "Cracked Actor", basic riff in "Rebel Rebel", basic riff in "Panic In Detroit"
Joe Walsh:
James Gang- "Walk Away" -guitar riff after "walk away" line in chorus, "The Bomber" -opening riff
Barnstorm- "Mother Says" riff repeated during fade out
-besides the usual stuff, also, needed to mention 10cc, 'cuz they NEVER do!!-"Wall Street Shuffle" -opening riff, "The Dean and I" -riff after "Hey kids let me tell you how I met your Ma...", "Somewhere in Hollywood"-phased guitars in middle section, "Rubber Bullets" -speeded up guitars, "Speed Kills" -basic melody guitar riff
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Van Halen - Girl,
Scorpions - Another Piece Of Meat,
Led Zep - Black Dog,
Stevie Lange - Remember My Name,
UFO - Mother Mary,
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath,
Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize,
AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie,
Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain,
Ram Jam - Black Betty,
Honourable mentions: Queen, Rush, Free, too many...
Butch had some great guests on his show today 🤣