Guitar Riffs That Make you Cry!

[animepornstar]

imperiet - alltid rött alltid rätt
dinosaur jr - the wagon
smashing pumpkins - hummer
ramones - suzy is a headbanger
beck - loser
bikini kill - new radio
atari teenage riot - into the death

why am sitting here listening to music and trying to find great riffs, when i'm supposed to go to school in less than five hours? i better go to bed now...

great avatar sultan. :greatjob:

 

[addiv]

hotel california (eagles)

 

[Alice]

I love the guitar in "the Garden", by Guns n' Roses. Actually, I love almost every song where Slash plays, but that one can almost make me cry when I hear it.

 

[ApocalypseKurtz]

"Floods" - Pantera - solo by Dimebag Darrell
"Every Grain of Sand" - Bob Dylan
"Dogs" - Pink Floyd
"Wish you were Here" - Pink Floyd

none ever made me cry, but they seemed apropriate - very emotional guitars

 

[Echo Head]

The solo on 'Hit the Lights'. I cry because it only accentuates how bad my chops are.

 

[Drewcifer]

I'm not generally a classic rock fan, but the guitar solo in "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zepplin might be the greatest ever written. The obsure '80s punk/new wave band Chrome did some amazing and truly bizzare things, for years the first two notes of their song "Pharoh Chromium" were the begining of the intro to MTV news. I also like "20th Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson. Most of the riffs on Dinosaur Jr's first three albums are stellar. Also, the guitar work on Gang of Four's "Entertainment" is riveting in an oral surgery kind of way (BTW, for what it is worth I play guitar).

 

[Drewcifer]

Originally posted by animepornstar

atari teenage riot - into the death

This song rocks!!!

 

[Raijer]

Totally have to bow to 2Oth Century Schiziod Man. One of the best riffs EVER.

This is a bit off subject, but if anyone on this board is in a band, I'd love to hear what you're doing. I play bass in a band, and here's our website (as it is thus far). So please, post your mp3's here, or any website, whatever. Share what you're doing...

 

[kmad]

missed one

Temple of the Dog - Say Hello to Heaven

 

[Darkness]

Comfortably numb - Pink Ployd
Winds of change - Scorpions
Everything - Lifehouse
Lightning crashes - Live
Let's make a night to remember - Bryan Adams
With arms wide open - Creed
Let's pretend - Life of Agony

etc., etc.

 

[allan2]

Hendrix--just about ANYTHING by Hendrix is stellar, guitar-wise, but I'll cite "Sweet Angel", "Drifting", "Little Wing", "The Wind Cries Mary", "One Rainy Wish", "Voodoo Child", and "Pali Gap" as particularly good examples.

Other ones:

"Fried Neckbones and Home Fries" and "Soul Sacrifice" by Santana
"Gimme Shelter" and "B*tch" by the Stones ("Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is good overall, but the sax riffs in the last half or so are what really do it for me)
"Echoes" by Pink Floyd--the part where the song builds back up toward the last stanza, I think a young The Edge heard that and got some inspiration....
"Deserted Cities of the Heart" (particularly as mixed in with the violin), "Sitting on Top of the World", "Tales of Brave Ulysses", and of course the classic "Sunshine of Your Love", by Cream
"Carry on Wayward Son" by Kansas
"Since I Been Loving You", "The Immigrant Song", "Kashmir", "The Wanton Song", "What is and What Should Never Be", and "Dazed and Confused", by Led Zeppelin
Intro to "From the Beginning", Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
"Private Investigations"--Dire Straits

I know I'm forgetting a lot of others, but these are what I can think of for now.

Edit: Added some more, also "Lightning Crashes" by Live is definitely another one, wasn't thinking as much in the newer eras of music I guess....

 

[.:KNAS:.]

Wherever i may roam - Metallica
The End - The Doors (i love the subtelty in it)
Layla - Eric Clapton (perticulary the ending)
Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin (i didnt see anyone mention it)
Fade to black - Metallica
Fishing in the dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
California dreaming - the Mamas and the Papas
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n Roses
Weather report suite - Grateful Dead
Tuesdays gone with the wind - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Friend of the devil - Grateful Dead

great stuff

 

[test_specimen]

Originally posted by animepornstar

atari teenage riot - into the death

Yes.

"Creep" by Radiohead off course.

 

[stormerne]

"Badge" by Cream. Eric Clapton's solo is simple and great.

"All along the watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix at his best.

"Let me love you baby" by Jeff Beck on "Truth". Good blues.

"Sabre Dance" by Love Sculpture. I saw Dave Edmunds play this live. He broke his top E string part way into the number and carried on without batting an eyelid. Awesome.

Steve Howe on "The Yes Album" - a whole bunch of good stuff on this, it's difficult to choose just one track or riff but the middle of "Yours is no disgrace" and the start of "Starship Trooper" are impressive.

"Take the Time" by Dream Theater from their album "Images and Words". John Petrucci taking off.

"Satch Boogie" by Joe Satriani on "Surfing with the Alien". Must learn to play that one.

Some of the best riffs are not on record. I remember scintillating live performances by Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown in the 1970s that are lost forever.