star Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Led Zeppelin tops guitar riffs list - GN'R no.2Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love is the greatest guitar riff of all time, as chosen by BBC Radio 2 listeners.In a list of the top 100, it beat rock legend contenders such as Metallica, Nirvana and The White Stripes to the top spot.The top five guitar riffs are completed by Guns 'N' Roses' Sweet Child O' Mine at two, AC/DC's Back in Black at three, Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water at four and Derek And The Dominoes' Layla at five.Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page said: "I'm knocked out by this because I didn't expect that to happen - there's been so many wonderful riffs along the way."I wanted a riff that really moved, that people would really get, and would bring a smile to their faces... but when I played it with the band, it really went into overdrive."There was this intent to have this riff and the movement of it, so it was menacing as well as quite sort of caressing."A panel of music experts, including music critics, record producers and the station's presenters, helped produce the top 100, which spans generations.Launched last month by Radio 2's Simon Mayo as part of Guitar Season, a poll asked listeners to cast their vote online for their favourite guitar riff.Throughout today, listeners were treated to the complete top 100 countdown with the big reveal beginning with Will Gompertz's midnight show and culminating in Zoe Ball announcing numbers 30 through to the top spot in her special Bank Holiday show this afternoon.Steve Levine, record producer and panelist, said: "Whole Lotta Love is one of the most important guitar riffs of the twentieth century - the moment you hear literally two notes of it, you know exactly what it is."https://uk.news.yahoo.com/led-zeppelin-tops-guitar-riffs-list-170011945.html#UwBwqES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Well deserved win for Led Zep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Iommi is the riff king, get the fuck outta here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Iommi is the riff king, get the fuck outta here.But...Jimmy Page. Le'pejje. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X10xr96RzQIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlctXgILld4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3YtvuZ2-I0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUmkHpbN0tMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsLkL8DTHegEVERY Iommi riff is a fucking knockout. Edited August 26, 2014 by DR DOOM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X10xr96RzQIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlctXgILld4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3YtvuZ2-I0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUmkHpbN0tMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsLkL8DTHegEVERY Iommi riff is a fucking knockout.I didn't dispute that. Though EVERY is a bit extreme imo. Maybe.It's just Page was a mean, mean, mean riff machine. I don't really compare music in that way, anyway. Love Iommi too. (but Page is better, at least as a guitar player) Edited August 26, 2014 by Rovim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Iommi is the riff king, get the fuck outta here.Malcolm Young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I'm also a massive Led Zep fan but as far as riffs go Tony Iommi is the man.I'm not saying Sabbath was better than LZ, or anything like that- but Iommis has a way better strike rate/percentage over contemporaries like Page or Blackmore...what have either of those guys come up with since the 70's?A lot of the 80's Sabbath stuff may not be all that incredible ( Tony Martin albums, I mean) but it's a safe bet the riff is a knockout.Malcolm Young? Fuck yeah, he's awesome but I'll still say Iommi any day of the week and twice on the Sabbath. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I'm also a massive Led Zep fan but as far as riffs go Tony Iommi is the man.I'm not saying Sabbath was better than LZ, or anything like that- but Iommis has a way better strike rate/percentage over contemporaries like Page or Blackmore...what have either of those guys come up with since the 70's?A lot of the 80's Sabbath stuff may not be all that incredible ( Tony Martin albums, I mean) but it's a safe bet the riff is a knockout.Malcolm Young? Fuck yeah, he's awesome but I'll still say Iommi any day of the week and twice on the Sabbath.Page did quite enough when he was still relevant. His 80's work is just a nice bonus imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) I'm also a massive Led Zep fan but as far as riffs go Tony Iommi is the man.I'm not saying Sabbath was better than LZ, or anything like that- but Iommis has a way better strike rate/percentage over contemporaries like Page or Blackmore...what have either of those guys come up with since the 70's?A lot of the 80's Sabbath stuff may not be all that incredible ( Tony Martin albums, I mean) but it's a safe bet the riff is a knockout.Malcolm Young? Fuck yeah, he's awesome but I'll still say Iommi any day of the week and twice on the Sabbath.Page did quite enough when he was still relevant. His 80's work is just a nice bonus imo.Cross Purposes from 1994 ( one of the "shittier" Tony Martin fronted Sabbath albums) has more monster riffs on it than Page came up with in two decades. Edited August 26, 2014 by DR DOOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I'm also a massive Led Zep fan but as far as riffs go Tony Iommi is the man.I'm not saying Sabbath was better than LZ, or anything like that- but Iommis has a way better strike rate/percentage over contemporaries like Page or Blackmore...what have either of those guys come up with since the 70's?A lot of the 80's Sabbath stuff may not be all that incredible ( Tony Martin albums, I mean) but it's a safe bet the riff is a knockout.Malcolm Young? Fuck yeah, he's awesome but I'll still say Iommi any day of the week and twice on the Sabbath.Page did quite enough when he was still relevant. His 80's work is just a nice bonus imo.Cross Purposes from 1994 ( one of the "shittier" Tony Martin fronted Sabbath albums) has more monster riffs on it than Page came up with in two decades.That's a nice little piece of information. I'll check that one out. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I'm also a massive Led Zep fan but as far as riffs go Tony Iommi is the man.I'm not saying Sabbath was better than LZ, or anything like that- but Iommis has a way better strike rate/percentage over contemporaries like Page or Blackmore...what have either of those guys come up with since the 70's?A lot of the 80's Sabbath stuff may not be all that incredible ( Tony Martin albums, I mean) but it's a safe bet the riff is a knockout.Malcolm Young? Fuck yeah, he's awesome but I'll still say Iommi any day of the week and twice on the Sabbath.Page did quite enough when he was still relevant. His 80's work is just a nice bonus imo.Cross Purposes from 1994 ( one of the "shittier" Tony Martin fronted Sabbath albums) has more monster riffs on it than Page came up with in two decades.That's a nice little piece of information. I'll check that one out. Thanks.The album before it, Dehumaniser ( with Dio, 1992) is a prime example- I just mentioned Cross Purposes because it's a "bad" Sabbath album but still chock full of bad ass riffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) I'm also a massive Led Zep fan but as far as riffs go Tony Iommi is the man.I'm not saying Sabbath was better than LZ, or anything like that- but Iommis has a way better strike rate/percentage over contemporaries like Page or Blackmore...what have either of those guys come up with since the 70's?A lot of the 80's Sabbath stuff may not be all that incredible ( Tony Martin albums, I mean) but it's a safe bet the riff is a knockout.Malcolm Young? Fuck yeah, he's awesome but I'll still say Iommi any day of the week and twice on the Sabbath.Page did quite enough when he was still relevant. His 80's work is just a nice bonus imo.Cross Purposes from 1994 ( one of the "shittier" Tony Martin fronted Sabbath albums) has more monster riffs on it than Page came up with in two decades.That's a nice little piece of information. I'll check that one out. Thanks.The album before it, Dehumaniser ( with Dio, 1992) is a prime example- I just mentioned Cross Purposes because it's a "bad" Sabbath album but still chock full of bad ass riffs.I'll check them both out. I can enjoy just one part of a song, especially if it's a badass riff. Thanks again. Edited August 26, 2014 by Rovim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFA Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Black Sabbath's The Devil You Know >>> anything jimmy page did, ever.Dio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Black Sabbath's The Devil You Know >>> anything jimmy page did, ever.Dio As much as I love Sabbath, I can't endorse that statement.I'm in no way trying to denigrate the fucking brilliance of Page, I just think Iommi was and is overwhelmingly stronger in the riff department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haters Gonna Hate Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 The Electric Funeral riff my god 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I'm also a massive Led Zep fan but as far as riffs go Tony Iommi is the man.I'm not saying Sabbath was better than LZ, or anything like that- but Iommis has a way better strike rate/percentage over contemporaries like Page or Blackmore...what have either of those guys come up with since the 70's?A lot of the 80's Sabbath stuff may not be all that incredible ( Tony Martin albums, I mean) but it's a safe bet the riff is a knockout.The post Gillan material definitely diminishes Iommi's hit/miss riff ratio greatly. He pretty much started repeating himself to some degree from Vol. 4 onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I prefer Iommi. Let's not forget The Beatles. The Beatles had some fantastic riffs, cf. Day Tripper and Paperback Writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 And then there's Hendrix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GivenToFly Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Personally, I'd take Bring It On Home over Whole Lotta Love for Page's best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 And then there's Hendrix.Of course: Purple Haze, Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), Fire, Manic Depression et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) And then there's Hendrix.Of course: Purple Haze, Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), Fire, Manic Depression et al. I'll take Hendrix over all of them. Riffs department though? Idk, it's close imo. Edited August 26, 2014 by Rovim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X10xr96RzQIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlctXgILld4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3YtvuZ2-I0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUmkHpbN0tMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsLkL8DTHegEVERY Iommi riff is a fucking knockout.You've finally won me over. Pls come to attitude and tell wfa how much of a shit he is for thinking Slash is better than Iommi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 All this talk of Black Sabbath reminds me. I discovered a Ozzy song the other day that kinda caught my attention.. (it was on the radio) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 All those guys are riff monsters, there's no way of telling who is "better." Page, Slash, Iommi, Hendrix, Young. It's a matter of opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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