"Smoke on the Water" still top riff
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LONDON (Reuters) - Deep Purple's 1973 hit "Smoke on the Water" is the greatest guitar riff of all time, according to a poll by a London music school that has taught members of top bands like Radiohead, The Kinks and The Cure.
The majority of the 25 songs selected by current students of the London Tech Music School, were recorded in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Only seven were recorded in the last 20 years.
"It was the iconic era for the electric guitar." head of the school's Guitar and Bass section John Wheatcroft told Reuters.
The most recent song selected was "7 Nation Army" recorded by American rock duo The White Stripes in 2003.
A list of the top songs chosen follows:
1. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (1973)
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (1991)
3. Walk This Way - Aerosmith (1975)
4. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (1967)
5. Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N' Roses (1987)
6. Paradise City - Guns N' Roses (1987)
7. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead (1980)
8. Enter Sandman - Metallica (1991)
9. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chilli Peppers (1992)
10. Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N' Roses (1987)
11. Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (1982)
12. Walk - Pantera (1992)
13. Johnny Be Goode - Chuck Berry (1958)
14. Back In Black - AC/DC (1980)
15. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin (1970)
16. Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine (1992)
18. My Generation - The Who (1965)
19. 7 Nation Army - The White Stripes (2003)
20. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (1968)
21. Give It Away - Red Hot Chilli Peppers (1991)
22. Paranoid - Black Sabbath (1970)
23. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix (1967)
24. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor (1982)
25. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits (1984)
LONDON (Reuters) - Deep Purple's 1973 hit "Smoke on the Water" is the greatest guitar riff of all time, according to a poll by a London music school that has taught members of top bands like Radiohead, The Kinks and The Cure.
The majority of the 25 songs selected by current students of the London Tech Music School, were recorded in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Only seven were recorded in the last 20 years.
"It was the iconic era for the electric guitar." head of the school's Guitar and Bass section John Wheatcroft told Reuters.
The most recent song selected was "7 Nation Army" recorded by American rock duo The White Stripes in 2003.
A list of the top songs chosen follows:
1. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (1973)
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (1991)
3. Walk This Way - Aerosmith (1975)
4. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (1967)
5. Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N' Roses (1987)
6. Paradise City - Guns N' Roses (1987)
7. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead (1980)
8. Enter Sandman - Metallica (1991)
9. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chilli Peppers (1992)
10. Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N' Roses (1987)
11. Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden (1982)
12. Walk - Pantera (1992)
13. Johnny Be Goode - Chuck Berry (1958)
14. Back In Black - AC/DC (1980)
15. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin (1970)
16. Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine (1992)
18. My Generation - The Who (1965)
19. 7 Nation Army - The White Stripes (2003)
20. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (1968)
21. Give It Away - Red Hot Chilli Peppers (1991)
22. Paranoid - Black Sabbath (1970)
23. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix (1967)
24. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor (1982)
25. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits (1984)
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They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
-what was #17, that one seems to be missing???
-it's fine that they want to put a Tom Morello riff in the list, he's one of the best guitarists of my generation, but he's got better riffs than Wake Up. Even from that album (Freedom comes to mind)...
-I love the 2 RHCP songs on the list, but I take issue with their inclusion. Under the Bridge is a song that is melodic and nice, but I don't think it's a particularly strong riff. To me, Give It Away is driven more by the bass than anything else and without the bass that Frusciante riff would just be weird and not very good to listen to. Maybe it's just me for those two songs....
-Love the Johnny B Goode riff....props to them for including the great Chuck Berry
just have been killed by mtv, and just generally media
"Smoke on the Water" is so highly regarded because anyone who's never touched a guitar can just picked up any guitar at any time and play it instantly. but imo, "Back in Back" is by far the greatest guitar riff of all time, followed in no certain order by "Layla" and the wah intro part of "Voodoo Chile". I think both the intro riffs to "Alive" and "Yellow Ledbetter" deserve to be on the list too. and the riff part of "Man in the Box", though I'm not completely sure if that's done with a wah, a voicebox, or both.
C'mon!
Ill top smoke on the water, its funny same guitar player too, Man on the silver mountain From Ritchie Blackmore,s Rainbow.
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White stripes Ball and biscut
Walk this way from Aerosmith is the funniest, try Sweet Emotion
Zeppelin has a whole album full of detter riffs called physical graffitii
Its funny what floats around.
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"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
Was the first thing i thought when i saw the list. Imigrant Song is less rated and where are Black Dog, Whole Lotta Love and others? I´m not expert in music, but agree about Laila as well as Sunshine of Love, by Cream too. And I think Sabbath has more than Paranoid. Voodoo Chili could be better rated, like My Generation and 7 National Army. But Zeppelin is fuck..
And I agree with everyone else about the Zep choice. Immigrant song? Really? That's not even close to their best, even choosing from just the popular songs.
The list has some good picks, but it has way too many head-scratchers.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison