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Group: rec.music.progressive · Group Profile
Author: Mike Smith
Date: Apr 25, 2008 15:22

JohnB wrote:
> On 25 Apr, 14:17, JohnB tinyworld.co.uk> wrote:
>> Today's Times newspaper published a list of what it considers to be
>> the top ten rock riffs:
>>
>> 1. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
>> 2. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zepplin
>> 3. Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
>> 4. There She Goes - The La's
>> 5. Come On Everybody - Eddie Cochran
>> 6. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
>> 7. Seven Nation Army
>> 8. I Love Rock'n'Roll - Joan Jett
>> 9. Sweet Child o' Mine - Guns N' Roses
>> 10. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
>>
>> Contentious, eh? Where are:
>>
>> Black Night - Deep Purple
>> The Jean Genie - David Bowie
>> Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
>> Ace Of Spades - Motorhead
>> Day Tripper - The Beatles
>> Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
>>
>> Even Anarchy In The UK has a riff.
>>
>> So come on, pile in with your offerings for "Greatest Riff"!
>
> Whoops, forgot! To do this properly, I have to cross-post to loads of
> groups, don't I?

"Top ten" by what criterion? (At least, in this case, we know it isn't
just "the first ten riffs Rajabot happened to think of"...)

How 'bout:

Message In A Bottle - The Police (or Every Breath You Take)
Under Pressure - Queen/David Bowie
Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen (or Beautiful Girls)

--
Mike Smith
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