Satisfaction is not among the top 25 greatest guitar riffs of all time!
In: Rocking in the free world Thursday Apr 3,2008
I’ve seen via Guitar MX an interesting list of top 25 greatest guitar riffs of all time! Man, this should have been one of my next posts, now I can’t write it anymore! So, what can I do about it? Well, join it and sustain the post! So, here’s my short thoughts on this:
I think that Metallica patented the dark clean guitar riff. I don’t understand why Enter sandman is there and One is not. I remember about 10 years ago we used to consider One as being the hymn of rock fans. I don’t know if this is something international or not, but, man, that riff identify Metallica and rock music IMO. Enter sandman has a great starting riff but, man, One is better!
Regarding Paradise city (GNR) I can’t tell what’s more easy to recognize: the fast picked/strummed chords in the beginning or the solo part on the same starting part.
Iron Maiden’s Run to the hills…well, I love’em but no! There are far better starting riffs like for ex Metallica’s One (does it start to become annoying, or what?) And if we’re speaking about Maiden. why not Fear of the dark? Man, how about Megadeth and Symphony of destruction, any decent metal head recognizes that part by one single note! Symphony of destruction is a rock hymn too!
No Satisfaction? Man, that song can be recognized by a non-rock fan on spot! I think that those notes are kind of the most famous in the history of rock (maybe I am overreacting, but you get my point). What’s that thing with The white stripes - Seven nation army? Why is that one of the greatest riffs? Don’t blame me, but I didn’t even know the song! Should I worry?! Please tell me if you didn’t know it either so I can chill!
The list has been actually started by The Telegraph and people there contest it also. The fact is that the list is called “greatest” which gives a subjective feeling to it. Greatest is like good, beautiful, something that stays in the eyes(ears in this case) of the judge. Greatest does not actually mean most famous, most recognizable or something similar.
Anyway, let me hear your opinions on this! And stumble me, baby!
- Tags: Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Metallica
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Anonymous
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Seven Nation Army is one of the greatest songs ever and Metallica sucks dick. Learn to be better at music, fag.
Ovidiu
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Man, that’s one angry guy! Dude, because I believe in the freedom of expression, I approved your comment but I just don’t feel bad in anyway because I don’t know a song, you know, as much as you would like to believe, you can not know every song on this earth. I understand you don’t like Metallica. I am not a big fan, just that I think One’s starting riff is extremely popular among rock fans, my dear…anonymous!
asdads
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Anon up there: STFU. No place for subjective fanboys anywhere. Metallica rocked (IMO, and according to lots of other people). At least until the Black Album. After that one, they started sucking hard.
“Seven nation army”? One of the greatest songs ever? I, for one, don’t like overly simplified rock. It’s a matter of taste.
Going back to Metallica… they’ve got myriads of recognizable riffs. Master Of Puppets? No Remorse? Battery? Fade To Black? Wherever I May Roam? One? All of them greater, IMHO, than that White Stripes song.
Megadeth: Holy Wars, Tornado Of Souls, Train Of Consequences, Symphony Of Destruction…
The problem with lists is that they’re completely subjective.
Jack White's Boner
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Metallica has been far more influential to rock than the white stripes. Plus seven nation army is just the same stupid riff over and over again. Boring.
Ovidiu
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
@asdas: And I think that not very well documented. Looks to me that the person who put it up had a deadline and was not in the mood to think too much.
Ovidiu
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:22 pm
@Jack White’s Boner: Metallica was indeed, very influential, to the point where I couldn’t stand it anymore. I used to wear long hair and leather jacket and entered a small local music store. The guy selling CD and cassette tapes asked me: do you want Metallica? Damn! Is it written on my forehead or what? I think also geographical area is very important. Here, the white stripes are not that popular while Metallica was a smashing cultural phenomenon among teenagers in 91-92.
Sammy
April 4th, 2008 at 12:25 am
These greatest whatever lists are completely pointless. Especially one that includes an Iron Maiden riff that is NOT The Trooper.
Cowardly anonymous posters who call people “fag” should be sent to Greenland.
KnotTubeRight
April 4th, 2008 at 2:28 am
I think Metallica collectively are pure genius. Having said that ,I do not like them since they killed Napster.Greedy bastards.
Jack White is a master of hooks. You can recognize a White Stripes song immediately. Much the same as Uncle Ted Nugent.
It is all so subjective that it is a moot point. If I listed my top 50 greatest riffs most of you would probably disagree with at least half of my picks.
Satisfaction would not be in my top 50, but Jumpin’ Jack Flash would.
Maybe they should go by record sales, but then wouldn’t that be Billboards greatest hits?
In the end, the greatest riffs are the ones that make you grab your guitar and learn them, however long it takes.
pilgrim
April 4th, 2008 at 6:47 am
When “One” came out I heard the song so many times–I got sick of it. You’d walk into a music store and you’d hear 2 or 3 kids just ruining the riff as well. It was a case of “One” overload—maybe the list’s compilers felt the same way.
Ovidiu
April 4th, 2008 at 7:32 am
@KnotTubeRight: Indeed, the list is subjective, just that there are some songs one can not miss. I am not a big fan of Rolling Stones, but Satisfaction is one of the most known guitar riffs in my opinion. But probably if I would compile my own top 25 guitar riffs it would argued too.
@pilgrim: It may be the case, sometimes less is more, right?
Guitar MX
April 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Yeah, Satisfaction should be on the list. My reaction was “where’s Ironman?”
Ovidiu
April 4th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Yep, that one too! I think there are way too many to squeeze them in the top 25 but what pissed me off was the fact that there are some that shouldn’t be there IMO.
Patrick
April 4th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Yes, it does look like the Sears Roebuck Catalog of good/ better/ best gwitar riffs… my favorite is #20 on that list.
When this group did this in around 68?, .. i at 13 knew this would be a great sound for the rest of my life. In this orchestration the chord-riffs rhythm, is one long solo, in front of the entire piece. Rhythmic accents…chichichi ka-chawww, ka-chawww speak for my generation. They sound like choppers overhead, whipping wind into sound.
In those years, We are sons of the WWII veterans, waiting our number to come up to go to ‘Nam. I did not get drafted, and did not enlist, but plenty of my buddies did.
Demonized war, too poor to be a pusher man, I stumbled through somehow unscathed, but I am grateful some thought enough to record the time in history through their songs, riffs and voice.
Anyway, when I pick up I play this style most — got set in me at early age…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm5DPlNCmtk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do5w8M-8L2k
Ovidiu
April 4th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Music means history and at personal level it means a lot to each of us. I also have songs that follow me through my life. Due to the fact that I am 31 years old, my music is different, but the feeling is probably similar.
Jo Jo
April 7th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I looked up the guitar tab for Satisfaction. I was surprised to see that the intro riff is played on one string (with different frets). Maybe I just found a lame version of the tab. In any case, it is one of the most recognizable riffs in rock.
MG
April 10th, 2008 at 12:26 am
I was surprised about Satisfaction also, but like other people said, this list (and others like it) are purely subjective. Someone’s favorite riff, song, athlete, porn star or whatever is going to be left off these lists sometimes!
What was up with that Seven Nation Army dude?! I like the WS’s but geez you don’t have to get all weirded out about a f’n riff!
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