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Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs

A British guitar magazine recently polled it readers to compile a list of the greatest guitar riffs. Guns 'N Roses "Sweet Child of Mine" came in at the number spot. Here's a link to the poll results. As you can see the list is entirely metal oriented.

My list would include:

The Chuck Berry intro
The Chuck Berry rhythm
The Bo Diddley beat
Temptations - My Girl
Kinks - You Really Got Me
Steely Dan - Reelin' In the Years
Sam & Dave (Steve Cropper) - Soul Man
Stone Temple Pilots - Plish
Beatles - I Feel Fine intro
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze intro

Is it my fault that nearly all the great riffs are pre-1980?

What's on your list?
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achilles
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Aerosmith - Walk This Way (yes, they used to have good songs)
dayglow
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The Trooper- Iron Maiden
corazon
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Anything from "Fillmore East" and "Mountain Jam"
Steely Dan "My Old School"
John Mayer Trio has a few good grooves on "Where the Light Is" DVD
Just saw this guy on Jimmy Kimmel, Quinn Sullivan. The song he played had a great groove.
"Thick as a Brick"
These are just a few that came to mind as I stumbled across this thread.
There are just so many along with all the great mentions above.
achilles
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Corazon, you know there's a Jethro Tull song from way back called "Thick as a Brick". I wonder if Mr. Sullivan was covering it. As I recall, the song is pretty catchy.
corazon
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Achilles,

Apologies.

Just re-read my response and I see how it can be interpreted as QS playing that song!

I meant that what he played last night had a great groove and TAAB as another mention.

I just didn't express myself very well.

Apologies folks.

Best,

Dave
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