Riffs: Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie (Mick Ronson was a genius RIP) Gimme Shelter - Stones (Quite possibly one of the most powerfully mesmerizing intros ever to a rock'n'roll song) Black Dog - Zeppelin (Supposedly after they wrote this riff Page and John Paul Jones would fall down laughing every time they played the riff) Revolution - The Bea'uls (Blew my ears out with this when I was 11 years old) Solos: Starship Trooper - Yes - live off Yessongs (Steve Howe plays one of the greatest live guitar solos EVER on this after Chris Squire's bass solo and Rick Wakeman's synth solo) Don't Do It - The Band - live off Rock Of Ages (Robbie Robertson plays like a banshee on this. Screamin'.) Peace Frog - The Doors (Robby Krieger provides 13 seconds of sheer bliss) Gimme some time, I'll think of some more. :wink: Lots of other great songs and riffs already above.
Nice try, but not the original live LP version. BTW that original LP was taken from a week's worth of shows at a fabled Bay Area music venue, Winterland. It was torn down in '78, a year before I arrived here. :bncry: Thank God we've still got The Fillmore.
The fact no one has mentioned Ted Nugent - Stranglehold. That is one of the greatest guitar riffs ever. I would toss in the beginning of Great White Buffalo as well.
I would put Stranglehold in the top 5 with 1. Voodoo Child - Hendrix 2. Stanglehold - Nuge 3. Falling off the edge of the world - Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi (spelling is wrong i think) 4. Aint talking about Love - Van Halen 5. Over the hills and far away - Jimmy Page (my personal favorites) although Queensryche is my favorite band and think everything they do is fantastic.
