The 1970s: A Timeline of Guitar Riffs
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- So following up from my 1960s video (see link below) here is my video timeline of guitar riffs from the 1970s. Obviously, the '70s was an epic decade for guitar music and it's impossible to fit everything into one video, but here are some of the stand-out riffs of the decade.
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Epiphone SG Special VE
Fender Player Series Stratocaster
Joyo AC Tone
Boss OS-2 (Another Brick In The Wall)
0:00 Free - All Right Now (May 1970)
0:12 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (August 1970)
0:25 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (October 1970)
0:37 Derek and The Dominos - Layla (November 1970)
0:53 The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (April 1971)
1:05 The Who - Baba O’Riley (August 1971)
1:16 Led Zeppelin - Black Dog (November 1971)
1:25 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (March 1972)
1:38 Alice Cooper - Schools Out - (April 1972)
1:49 David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (June 1972)
2:01 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy (March 1973)
2:12 Pink Floyd - Money (March 1973)
2:23 The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (September 1973)
2:36 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (February 1974)
2:48 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (April 1974)
2:58 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (February 1975)
3:11 Aerosmith - Walk This Way - (April 1975)
3:24 The Arrows - I Love Rock n Roll (July 1975)
3:39 The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop - (February 1976)
3:53 Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (March 1976)
4:05 Queen - Tie Your Mother Down (December 1976)
4:19 Bob Marley and The Wailers - Exodus - (June 1977)
4:31 The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (July 1977)
4:44 Iggy Pop - The Passenger (August 1977)
4:57 Elvis Costello - Pump It Up (March 1978)
5:08 Chic - Le Freak (September 1978)
5:19 Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Hey Hey, My My (June 1979)
5:35 AC/DC - Highway To Hell (July 1979)
5:47 The Police - Message In A Bottle (September 1979)
5:58 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2 (November 1979) 
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Don't normally do this but I thought I'd start a suggestions thread for 80s riffs. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Limelight Rush Or any SRV
‘Bad reputation’ Joan Jett
new order, age of consent? it's bass riff is arguably the more iconic but the guitar part is just as good
RUN DMC-Its Tricky (I know, not really a riff but it kinda has some)
MJ- Beat It
Too young to fall in love by Motley Crue
If you open this video in like 10 tabs simultaneously, starting each at the next timestamp and set every other video to 0.75 speed, you can almost believe that you're in Guitar Center.
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Just tried this and holy fuck
I wish I could tell you the last time I was in a GC but don't know. Local music shops are where it's at. Too many shitty experiences at GC.
kickerpunter . ive been to GC a few times recently but i couldn’t agree more.
Oops! All smoke on the water
I love the no-bullshit, no-stupidgraphics, no-clickbait, no-winky style of your videos. Keep it up!
Glad you appreciate it. Thank you.
This. Good straight to the point videos. Nice work!
I think the best part is there are no backing tracks, just the guitar riffs.
just simple rockn roll :)
oi , Macaco da Revolução e seu Rock Baião na Inglaterra , Londres
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All downpicks for blitzkrieg bop. I see you’re a man of culture
Exactly
Not to mention using barre chords
but using Stratocaster for Immigrant song looks not legit, I think
It’s weird to think of all of these bands being around at the same time. Like, I always have mentally separated, like, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, etc. into different eras of music, even though they’re all the same decade. The 70’s must’ve been one hell of a time for music.
Finally someone who knows that I Love Rock n' Roll is not a Joan Jett song.
Yeah lol I didn’t even realize for a while. I like Joan Jett but I realized a lot of songs she did were covers.
She got all the credit and recognition for it. The Arrows deserved the spotlight, not her.
Apparently he didnt know that sweethime Alabama isnt a lynerd skinard song
Sometimes I forgot that it isn’t
@tepoztli tlacatl, so you’re saying Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington and Ed King wrote Sweet Home Alabama when they played with Black Sabbath? Pretty sure those three were in Skynyrd when they wrote that.
That Derek and Dominos - Layla will make everyone fall in love with guitar music.
FINALLY someone who actually acknowledges that Queen have much better riffs then just their most popular
Son and daughter, modern times rock and roll, deserved being here, anyway Queen it's not a riff band
@@hombrerusode40anos72 yeah they do have better ones, and yeah they are a very unique band as their name really fits with the kind of music they play as it's very high class rock
@@Iain-ui3xh Queen it's like no other, who else made symphonic rock in the 70's whitout synth or an actual orchestra?, Just a few bands!, White Queen it's an example, the middle part kind of solo, it's just a impossible to believe a guitar did that
@@hombrerusode40anos72 yep couldn't agree more
Hombre ruso de 40 años sir 👏🏾
When your expecting songs you haven’t herd in a while but it just sounds like your playlist you know your in the right place
Do you have a link for this playlist?
your playing is so clean and its scary how you managed to get all those tones right! amazing job!
Thank you.
I can only guess that Bloxsy has perfect pitch hearing
I was looking for a comment like this! The tones and delivery are uncanny its crazy. Really great job
It only takes the good taste in music and the musician ear
Don't be scared
Seeing someone play the riff to “Paranoid” on an SG just feels right y’know
All is right in the world of Iommi...
Holy cow! Of all guitar covers I've heard, that riff of Brown Sugar has been the closest to the original studio recording! Amazing job :D
Thank you very much.
Yeah, that was one of my faves
And sweet home alabama 😧
Over Shantae'd ____ Open G tuning.
jesus! Ziggy Stardust is absolutely IDENTICAL! Well done!!!
Thanks!
3 things he did well in this video
1, he knew that i love rock ‘n roll is an arrows song
2, he played paranoid on the 12th fred
3, he played the ramones all with downstrokes
Awesome video !
Who doesn't play paranoid on the 12th fret?
He played Smoke on the Water wrong though.
@@Sycsa what do you mean?
@@mr.iiconic you’re supposed to finger pick it, so the two strings resonate at the exact same time, so the guitar perfectly matches the organ (where Jon would obviously hit the two keys at the same time). At least that’s how Ritchie did it in the studio, for this reason.
@@Sycsa ah.
Nice work on the Zeppelin riffs
Thanks buddy.
@@bloxsy_ anytime, I never leave good talent unacknowledged
@Лоло Козлов that doesn't mean it was baldy played
@@samparsons7171 it was badly played...
@Лоло Козлов Listening to it, it definitely has the twang of the telecaster, so the strat isnt a bad choice just not the best.
I was born in the mid 70's and to be frank, the 70's was so phenomenal, transcending and influential when it comes to music that it truly has outshone every other decade since (Although the 80's were also quite good in its own way).
I agree, but that's because I was born in '73, and so of course we' re gonna love the music we were exposed to in our formative years
I think the 70’s was the most inventive and versatile decade of them all!
80s rock came into being because the 70s sucked so much....
The 70s has a bad rap because of the shitty disco era.
Apparently this guy had no Little River Band in his 70s
Literally could’ve been all zeppelin riffs
I'll save that for another video.
Or Black Sabbath.
@@bloxsy_ Don't forget to claim all the riffs as your own, in homage to Page. ;)
@@tonyanderton3521
Riffs: Black Sabbath > Led Zepellin
Solos: Led Zepellin >Black Sabbath
@@sandipbiswas766 Mmm, that's interesting. Yes, indeed, in a nutshell. Well put, Sandip - I'd never thought of it like that. I think that Iommi mostly wrote the Sabs' (memorable) riffs. However, Page's solos are perhaps more interesting, more varied and more melodic than Iommi's. Either way, they are both great heavy rock bands.
Jesus Christ, Sabbath has been around for a long ass time.
Tom Mccarthy and others will say it happened wifh helter skelter
@@tariqalkassem1414 The Kinks "You Really Got Me" has been described as "proto-metal."
Shabbat EVEN longer!
terry check out Blue Cheer summertime blues
Tom Mccarthy sabbath totally did. Nobody was that heavy.
Why does the guitar sound so accurate in each one wtfff
Brown Sugar sounds exactly like in the Sticky Fingers album
People are always whining about songs that 'should have been included'. You can't put everything in a video, deal with it. Great job Bloxsy!
Some are arguably more important than others
@@TheJayson8899 music is entirely subjective. lol.
The 70's were a great time to be alive, wasn't it.
Yeah Man !
In terms of music yes
The 80s are better
crying in polish...😥
I genuinely can’t remember..... 😁
Great compilation, but I’m still a little sad to see that there is no Don’t Fear the Reaper nor Carry On Wayward Son
A few people have mentioned Don't Fear The Reaper. I'll try and fit it into one of my other videos sometime
No Van Halen 1978 & 1979 ?! I know they went on to become a big 80s artist but 1978 is where it all began. Also their debut album is arguably, their best.
I was also hoping we would get something from Ted's first album as well as a bit of Robin Trower but what the heck the guy played his heart out and nailed it anyway
Definitely agree. Runnin' with the Devil should have been on this list (you really got me was a really big hit as well, but a cover of the kinks song)
Like seriously where tf is eruption? That's iconic and unmistakable
I don't think he's a big metal guy even though I've seen him play Maiden so I dunno
@@AdolfStalinEVH are not a metal band
I’m happy you did all down strokes with the Ramones
I only wish "Black Dog" was that slow, said the bass player.
The bass player wrote the riff, dude
John paul Jones wrote it
ADAM David Lol u guys rekt him
hey guys, john paul jones here. i would like to say that while i did in fact come up with the riff, it is still tiring on the ol' fingies nonetheless. playing it once, coming up with it, no problem! however over the years of led zeppelin concerts me and the fellas did, black dog has become a sword enemy to my hands. allow me to quote my good friend, ringo starr-"i've got blisters on my fingers!" haha good one ringo.
@@dannydean2032 based
Thin Lizzy, the most under appreciated band ever.
I know right!! Cos they were Irish. You had to come outta the UK or US to get recognition in those days. Same thing with Rory Gallagher.
Totally agree. They have so many great tracks that seemingly few people are aware of. One song I love to introduce people to is Thin Lizzy’s “Emerald”. That’s one of the greatest balls-out rockers ever. In my experience, everyone who hears it loves it. And hearing “Emerald” usually results in their delving further into Thin Lizzy’s catalogue.
Also had great guitar players in the band. Gary Moore, Eric Bell, Scott Gorham, Snowy White just to name a few... Check them all out... I've lost track,,😂
@@IvanLendl87 that and Warrior, both changed my life
Greatest band to come from the Emerald Isle. Love them.
Glad that someone finally acknowledged Thin Lizzy.
Welcome to everything you’ve ever learned
The sound for every song, is almost spot on. Damn. Some of those songs sound like the actual recording.
Cool classic bro
Nice car in pfp
@@classiccarfanatic u have a good one as well
@@classiccarfanatic thanks. It's not mine. Wish it was though. It's a 1958 Plymouth Fury.
Kweku Mensah my moms uncle has one irl
I can imagine how much time you spent trying to recreate every part’s tone. Great job!
Thank you.
Message in a bottle, one of the great Andy summers riffs, nice one
You are GETTIN that Brick In The Wall riff. I had to go get my guitar and learn it.
Dude your tone and distortion is always on point! Great job with “Rebel” btw, love that riff.
Thanks. It's a good one to play that.
That's so good, there is a real quality in your videos ! Dying to see your improvment over the years
I love those unpainted SGs! So easy to play and sound so good
kilgoretrout321 jeez. Didn’t see that. I thought they were all red and black!
There’s a lack of rush on here
Was thinking the same thing...
ZZ Top as well
More than enough
I just had a really good egg sandwich just to let you know
If it’s not from Long Island it’s shit
Can you make me an egg sandwich
Yeoo
@@starflightthenightwing6182 is that yes or no
I guess so
That tone is beautiful af
It fills me with joy that free is on here
I grew up listening to all of these! I miss this kind of rock.
Those Led Zeppelin riffs where SPICY 🌶
Haha thanks?
Awesome man. That whole video was like a time capsule of the music of my childhood. The Neil Young riffs got me a bit teary. Thanks 👍
Thanks for watching.
Great job! You brought back a lot of memories for me. I was in high school in the 70's (Class of '76') and I was playing guitar at the time. These are all the hit songs I was record copying. Yep, vinyl 45 and 33-1/3 rpm records in my day...lol!
I've been playing for 30 years mate. You did a great job of these, Hats off to you.
Wow, in last two years of decade trends shift from classic rock to something otherworldly. I can't wait what will happen in 80's
Huge congratulations on not using a backing track. So many ‘Greatest Riffs’ compilations obscure the riff by embedding it in a version of the original track. Your versions give a clear sense of what the riff would in most cases have sounded like when the guitarist first came up with it.
I love this, seriously. Fantastic job. My only complaint is that I wanted to hear longer snippets of many of the riffs; but you see that is also a compliment.
Nicely done! Some of your tones were spot-on
this playlist would be amazing
Tie Your Mother Down hell yeah . Discovered that when my brother died and I went through all his records. Great song.
Great job!!! My ADHD is so happy haha. So stimulating getting so many killer riffs back to back with no filler.
Cool! When I go to the music store there's always at least one guitar playing a few of these classic ditties.
The 70s, what a time to be alive! They say your musical taste is established in your youth - this stuff was my time, what a lucky bugger I am!
Damn that guitar tone SWEEEET
That tone is amazing on ALL of the songs.
Of all of these riffs, it's AC/DC that really gets ya groove on. It can't be helped. It can't be stopped!
Pleeeeease make the same for the 80's you're such a great guitarist dude
Thanks man, I may do an 80s one but I don't know when.
Bloxsy Money for Nothing would be a great 80’s song. Love Mark Knopfler.
My all time favourite riff 2:59 🔥
0:13
Awesome video, keep it up, bro! 🤘🔥
Fantastic selection of songs/riffs. Well done! You clearly have a good ear for music. Thanks for this.
Yes, no space for all the deserving riffs. But if there's a Part Two, be sure to include The Faces' "Stay With Me".
A spot-on collection of 70s riffs. If - only if - there was any from 1978 I’d have liked it to be Shot By Both Sides, by Magazine, which was also on Lipstick by Buzzcocks because Pete Shelley came up with it.
Nice sound set up and great playing , thanks
There were so many great riffs from Ritchie Blackmore and Tony Iommi ... and all you could remember was a single riff from each of them? Well... I am speechless, man.
70's was prime bowie
Benign Tumour ahh the Mick Ronson years were golden.
No, Zeppelin
Mick Ronson one of my favorite. Was playing moonage daydream on my guitar tonight.
@Soy Orbison I'm saying in the 70's, Zeppelin was the best
1:26 *guitar center intensifies*
Love this. No talking just getting right to the playing.
Your tone on so many of these songs is really impressive, especially considering the range of songs. Thanks for the post!
Thanks very much!
As a teenager in the 70s, I learned how to play guitar listening to many of these songs. Was a great time for music, today, not so much.
When i see a thin lizzy song here the video just becomes 20 times better
Great selection well played, shows what a great era it was!
Thanks for posting.
Thank you.
Love your selection of riff's & your tone is great,excellent👍👏
What about ain’t talkin bout love
Probably my favorite riff of the 70's the wall part 2
That Layla riff blew me away. Amazing!
Love that SG such a nice finish on the body👌 also sick job, what an awesome decade for guitar!
Thank you for including T Rex !!!
Thank you for watching!
Your guitar sound is amazing, especially on Smoke on the Water!
This is probably one of the best guitar videos on YT
Love your videos man. Always come to them in search of new riffs I might not have heard
Thanks man. I appreciate it.
Surprised nothing from James Gang Rides Again was on here. Great selection
I'm not because it's quite obscure, at least here in England.
I think in most places outside of the US - despite growing up during the 80s I didn't learn about them until the 2000s.
Aaaaaahhh someone who's truly hip and switched to single coils for Zeppelin, respect 👌👌
A total pleasure to listen to what you do.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
This is very good (especially the first cover of this video; I just can’t stop watching it).
You deserve more subs...I know you probably get this a lot but you’re insanely talented. You’re very cultured too..a good few of these bands I’ve never heard of.
Edit: I’m curious as to the type of amp you use too..
Thank you very much. I don't usually use an amp. I plug in directly and use pedals and GarageBand.
Bloxsy have you tried the tonebridge app it's awesome and totally free. Great playing as always. Very inspiring stuff. I must try harder... Show your face at x number of subs?
...but...sultans of swing...
Awesome vid tho. Ur a great guitar player!
everything about this is great thanks for uploading
Love your bang on with all the different tones. Wish I had a guy like you to make a band
2:17
Teeeeeeeeechically... that’s a bassline...
It has guitar in there too, but people mostly think of it as a bass line.
@@bloxsy_ you're right, in the beginning, during coin sounds, we hear only bass, but in the lead intro the guitar join the song too
techinaly u should shut up
it's true ! but why guitarist can't have fun to play it ? ha ha ha !
Лоло Козлов There are two guitar tracks, one does the chords the other does the faint line behind like the bass.
The only thing missing is Ted Nugent. He had a lot of sick riffs.
Fuck Ted Nugent lol
Really good tones on these videos 👍🏼
Oh wow, this is incredible. I enjoy seeing some of the greatest songs of the rock and roll giants included.
When Iggy came on... Dayumm 😈🤘🔥🔥That riffs too good
That Neil Young tone was evil, absolute filth
it's one of the Great Rock Riffs and yet it usually gets forgotten
Nice video for guitar beginners to study. And it brought back some great memories.
hell yeah, mr. bloxsy. lovin' it. btw i like that walnut sg. it's very cool!
No "My Sharona"?
Jesus my brain started filling in the lyrics at The Passenger even tho there was nothing there
So many great songs. Awesome
You know your stuff!! Great performance, dude!! Thanks for reminding me those great intros.
Thanks!