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?

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.

Renesongs

What you kids talking about stopped making music after Hendrix died (* rattles cane*) Although that Stevie Ray Vaughan fellow did some pretty tunes that sounded close to good music and so did those damn Italitans Vai and Satriani, although they where just doing Hendrix on stronger amphetamines. Bah humbug >☹

dee

Renesongs wrote: What you kids talking about stopped making music after Hendrix died (* rattles cane*) Although that Stevie Ray Vaughan fellow did some pretty tunes that sounded close to good music and so did those damn Italitans Vai and Satriani, although they where just doing Hendrix on stronger amphetamines. Bah humbug >☹

It's a well known fact that everything done after those 4 fellows from Liverpool is the devils music anyway.