08 April 2008

Top Guitar Riffs of All Time

Ok now if anyone asks me in the future, what is the best first song to learn on the guitar, I'm going to give them this list. This list was taken from a survey made by a London music school that has taught members of top bands like Radiohead, The Kinks and The Cure.

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)
17. Highway to Hell - AC/DC (1979)
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)

Ok now stop asking me what riff to learn.



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5 comments:

SilverIsle said...

Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing. =D

AhTak said...

and i can't play any of the above ...

Rainer Yong said...

silverisle : you're welcome

ahtak : we used to play smoke on the water, remember?

Anonymous said...

J00 Ph4ilz!one!11!!!

only one Iron Maiden song made it? GODDAMMIT MAN!

UP THE IRONS!

\m/

Mas Light said...

lol..bagus..juz show the link XD