Thursday, March 12, 2015

Play that funky music, white girl

Sweet Child o' Mine was on the radio last night, and it got me thinking about the best guitar riffs ever. 

My (somewhat sheltered and probably very limited) list:

  • Sweet Child o' Mine - Guns N Roses
  • Around the Bend - CCR
  • Let's Hang On - Four Seasons
  • You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
  • Anything by Jimi Hendrix (but I prefer the Star Spangled Banner)
  • Beat It - Michael Jackson/Eddie Van Halen
  • (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
  • Black or White - Michael Jackson/Slash

What am I missing? This could be one helluva mega-mix. Just saying.

2 comments:

  1. Freebird--Lynyrd Skynyrd; Layla--Eric Clapton

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  2. too bad you don't know any guitar players who might have an opinion (oh wait... you do... ME)

    Rumble - Link Wray
    Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
    Paranoid or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Probably a little too hard for your mix)
    Purple Haze or Voodoo Chile (Slight return) - Jimmy Hendrix
    Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
    Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
    Le Freak - Chic (sampled by soooo many hip hop artists)
    You really got me - the Kinks
    Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
    Alive - Pearl Jam
    Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
    Seven Nation Army - White Stripes (no it is not a bass, it is a guitar with a octave lowering effect)
    Limelight - Rush


    there are a ton more punk and metal riffs, but not sure you'd be into that (i.e the MC5 and Iggy and the stooges)

    and yes, I fully support this project.

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