Re: best opening riff...
 

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Man...took about 10 posts to get to Jimi...

Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
Cult of Personality - Living Color
Sweet Child O' Mine - G'N'F'N'R'
Hell's Bells - AC/DC
Sanitarium - Metallica
Fade to Black - Metallica
One - Metallica
Jeremy - Pearl Jam
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Eruption - Van Halen
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
Love Song - Tesla
Satellite - Dave Matthews Band

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There's no riff in that song.

Riff-repetitive melodic figure.

BTW, I'm a nit.

Re: best opening riff...
 

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Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

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i really like this choice.

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Agreed, this is the second song that came to mind when i saw this thread. The first song being:

Yes - Owner of a lonely heart

Re: best opening riff...
 

Stranglehold rules.

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How about My Sharona? Those dudes made millions off of that one riff.

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hm, I think I'll go ahead and offer up


Tracy Chapman - Fast Car