the top 10 riffs of the 80s, what do you think?

strataxe · 2010-11-16T07:47:13+00:00

10 Rush, Limelight 9 Guns n Roses - Sweet child o mine 8 The Clash, “Should I Stay or Should I Go” 7. Michael Jackson (featuring Steve Lukather), “Beat It” 6...

the top 10 riffs of the 80s, what do you think?

Squonk

I had to strain the brain

More comercial stuff

Heat of the Moment - Asia
Owner of a lonely Heart - Yes
Holy Diver - Dio
Panama- Van Halen
Tom Sawyer - Rush
Mr Crowley - Ozzy

Jack-Flash-Jr

Oh, this is easy:
1. "Welcome to the Jungle" Axl Rose Slash, Rose 4:34
2. "It's So Easy" Duff McKagan, West Arkeen McKagan, Arkeen 3:23
3. "Nightrain" Rose, McKagan Izzy Stradlin, Slash, McKagan 4:29
4. "Out ta Get Me" Stradlin, Rose Stradlin, Rose, Slash 4:25
5. "Mr. Brownstone" Stradlin Stradlin, Slash 3:49
6. "Paradise City" Rose, McKagan Rose, Stradlin, McKagan, Slash 6:46
7. "My Michelle" Rose Stradlin 3:40
8. "Think About You" Stradlin Stradlin 3:52
9. "Sweet Child o' Mine" Rose Slash, Stradlin[25][26][27] 5:55
10. "You're Crazy" Rose, Stradlin Stradlin, Slash 3:17
11. "Anything Goes" Rose, Stradlin Stradlin, Rose, Chris Weber 3:26
12. "Rocket Queen" Rose Stradlin, Slash, McKagan 6:13

Eliminate any two for the top 10.

Squonk

Jack you are proving that GnR used up all their riffs on one album ?

Slash is a way better guitarist than most people think!

Jack-Flash-Jr

Squonk wrote: Jack you are proving that GnR used up all their riffs on one album ?

Slash is a way better guitarist than most people think!

Sadly I believe that is the truth! The odd nice solo after that (November Rain) but nothing could ever compete...

Skywalker

Oh, this is easy:
1. "Welcome to the Jungle" Axl Rose Slash, Rose 4:34
2. "It's So Easy" Duff McKagan, West Arkeen McKagan, Arkeen 3:23
3. "Nightrain" Rose, McKagan Izzy Stradlin, Slash, McKagan 4:29
4. "Out ta Get Me" Stradlin, Rose Stradlin, Rose, Slash 4:25
5. "Mr. Brownstone" Stradlin Stradlin, Slash 3:49
6. "Paradise City" Rose, McKagan Rose, Stradlin, McKagan, Slash 6:46
7. "My Michelle" Rose Stradlin 3:40
8. "Think About You" Stradlin Stradlin 3:52
9. "Sweet Child o' Mine" Rose Slash, Stradlin[25][26][27] 5:55
10. "You're Crazy" Rose, Stradlin Stradlin, Slash 3:17
11. "Anything Goes" Rose, Stradlin Stradlin, Rose, Chris Weber 3:26
12. "Rocket Queen" Rose Stradlin, Slash, McKagan 6:13

Eliminate any two for the top 10.

Well said ? Spot on - hahaha!

AndrewD

If we're doing whole albums - what about:

1. "Hells Bells" – 5:10
2. "Shoot to Thrill" – 5:17
3. "What Do You Do for Money Honey" – 3:33
4. "Givin the Dog a Bone" – 3:30
5. "Let Me Put My Love into You" – 4:16
6. "Back in Black" – 4:14
7. "You Shook Me All Night Long" – 3:30
8. "Have a Drink on Me" – 3:57
9. "Shake a Leg" – 4:06
10. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" – 4:15

and it conveniently has 10 tracks

BMU

Back in Black and Sweet Child are great choices.

If you're talking Priest, The Sentinel is my fave riff. It doesn't have the Guitar Hero mass appeal of Breaking The Law of course.

For Whom The Bell Tolls would have to be in there somewhere.

IceCreamMan

Whole albums ...Scorpions animalise

chris77

Money for Nothing - Dire Straits and Another one bites the dust - Queen (bass riff, but still...bloody catchy), also deserve a mention.

guidothepimmp

that list isnt a list without

kid ego... extreme

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arjunmenon

Here's a glam rock/ hair metal angle ?

1. Twisted Sister - "I wanna rock"
2. George Lynch - "Mr. Scary"
3. Extreme - "Cupid's dead"
4. Warrant - "Cherry pie"
5. Whitesnake - "Slip of the toungue"
6. Alcatrazz - "Mercy"
7. Dokken - "Back for the attack"
8. David Lee Roth - "Yankee Rose"
9. Damn Yankees - "Where you goin' now"
10. Mr. Big - "Colorado Bulldog"
11. Def Leppard - "Pour some sugar on me"
12. Queensryche - "Jet City Woman" (note: They were glam before they went prog)
13. Skid Row - "18 & life"
14. Poison - "Talk dirty to me"

?

inflames

Excellent choices!

I still think we should split the 80's.
I think you get early 80's riffs and late 80's riffs.

arjunmenon

zohn wrote: The Rhytym of love - Yes

Hell yeah! Love that song..along with a lot of the stuff that Trevor Rabin did with Yes.

Squonk

zohn wrote:
The ride to Agadir - Mike Batt

This was an epic song that made me rush out and buy 'Schizophonia'. Album had some good songs "The walls of the World", "Voices in the Dark"
"Dont let me be understood"

@ Zohn what a memory jolt, I hadn't thought of Mike Batt for years. I even enjoyed "The Womble Song"

Underground overground wombling free....the wombles of wimbledon common..... ?

Seventhson

Slayer-angel of death
Slayer-Hell awaits.
Iron maiden-can I play with madness
Judas priest-breaking the law
Slayer-Antichrist
Slayer-Die by the sword
Metallica-jump in the fire
Metallica-ride the lightning
Iron maiden-Moon child

Well thats what sticks in my head most of the time?

Jack-Flash-Jr

Seventhson wrote: Slayer-angel of death
Slayer-Hell awaits.
Iron maiden-can I play with madness
Judas priest-breaking the law
Slayer-Antichrist
Slayer-Die by the sword
Metallica-jump in the fire
Metallica-ride the lightning
Iron maiden-Moon child

Well thats what sticks in my head most of the time?

Ride the Lightning and For Whom the Bell Tolls... oh yes!

DaFiz

Snow White - Woke Up This Morning 1988 ... what a riff... ?

flatfourfan

This makes me think of the top 100 hard rock songs that VH1 did a while back. I don't agree with #1 though.

100 Sammy Hagar – “I Can’t Drive 55″
99 Grand Funk Railroad – “We’re An American Bandv
98 Buckcherry – “Lit Up”
97 The Edgar Winter Group – “Frankenstein”
96 Kansas – “Carry On Wayward Son”
95 Creed – “Higher”
94 The Darkness – “I Believe In A Thing Called Love”
93 Autograph – “Turn Up The Radio”
92 Night Ranger – “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”
91 Smashing Pumpkins – “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
90 Jethro Tull – “Aqualung”
89 Andrew W.K. – “Party Hard”
88 Alice In Chains – “Would?”
87 Winger – “Seventeen”
86 Marilyn Manson – “The Beautiful People”
85 Velvet Revolver – “Slither”
84 W.A.S.P. – “I Wanna Be Somebody”
83 Evanescence – “Bring Me To Life”
82 Rainbow – “Since You Been Gone”
81 Black Sabbath – “Heaven And Hell”
80 Journey – “Any Way You Want It”
79 Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell”
78 Bad Company – “Feel Like Making Love”
77 Soundgarden – “Black Hole Sun”
76 Lita Ford – “Kiss Me Deadly”
75 The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
74 The Cult – “Love Removal Machine”
73 Thin Lizzy – “Jailbreak”
72 Pat Benetar – “Heartbreaker”
71 Jane’s Addiction – “Mountain Song”
70 Foreigner – “Hot Blooded”
69 Living Colour – “Cult Of Personality”
68 White Zombie – “More Human Than Human”
67 ZZ Top – “Tush”
66 Europe – “The Final Countdown”
65 MC5 – “Kick Out the Jams”
64 Rollins Band – “Liar”
63 Survivor – “Eye Of The Tiger”
62 Dokken – “Breaking The Chains”
61 Ratt – “Round And Round”
60 Skid Row – “18 And Life”
59 Billy Squier – “The Stroke”
58 Stone Temple Pilots – “Interstate Love Song”
57 The Kinks – “You Really Got Me”
56 Warrant – “Cherry Pie”
55 Blue Oyster Cult – “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
54 Faith No More – “Epic”
53 Steppenwolf – “Born To Be Wild”
52 The Runaways – “Cherry Bomb”
51 Megadeth – “Peace Sells”
50 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Give It Away”
49 The Stooges – “Search And Destroy”
48 Korn – “Freak On A Leash”
47 Kid Rock – “Bawitdaba”
46 Anthrax – “Madhouse”
45 Foghat – “Slow Ride”
44 Cream – “Sunshine Of Your Love”
43 Dio – “Holy Diver”
42 The Clash – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”
41 Quiet Riot – “Cum On Feel The Noize”
40 Poison – “Talk Dirty To Me”
39 Boston – “More Than A Feeling”
38 Queen – “Stone Cold Crazy”
37 The Who – “My Generation”
36 Van Halen – “Hot For Teacher”
33 Alice Cooper – “School’s Out”
34 Heart – “Barracuda”
33 Green Day – “Basket Case”
32 Ted Nugent – “Cat Scratch Fever”
31 AC/DC – “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”
30 Pearl Jam – “Even Flow”
29 Joan Jett – “Bad Reputation”
28 Foo Fighters – “Everlong”
27 Whitesnake – “Still Of The Night”
26 Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird”
25 The Ramones – “Blitzkrieg Bop”
24 Iron Butterfly – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”
23 Ozzy Osbourne – “Crazy Train”
22 Jimi Hendrix Experience – “Hey Joe”
21 Led Zeppelin – “Kashmir”
20 Bon Jovi – “You Give Love A Bad Name”
19 Rush – “Tom Sawyer”
18 Scorpions – “Rock You Like A Hurricane”
17 Twisted Sister – “I Wanna Rock”
16 Kiss – “Rock And Roll All Nite”
15 Motley Crue – “Dr. Feelgood”
14 Iron Maiden – “Run To The Hills”
13 Def Leppard – “Photograph”
12 Judas Priest – “Breaking The Law”
11 Deep Purple – “Smoke On The Water”
10 Motorhead – “Ace Of Spades”
09 Van Halen – “Runnin With The Devil”
08 Aerosmith – “Walk This Way”
07 Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
06 The Who – “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
05 Metallica – “Enter Sandman”
04 Black Sabbath – “Paranoid”
03 Led Zeppelin – “Whole Lotta Love”
02 AC/DC – “Back In Black”
01 Guns N’ Roses – “Welcome To The Jungle”

Vick

Quit riot?
Velvet revolver?

...No,hellllll,no...

Glad to see stone temple pilots there thou ?

flatfourfan

Vick wrote: Quit riot?
Velvet revolver?

...No,hellllll,no...

Glad to see stone temple pilots there thou ?

Well it was hosted by Bret Michaels from poison, so i wasn't expecting much.