Greatest Guitar Riff - Released in 1994 Edition?
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When I Come Around - Green Day
1994 was a great year for music.
Some other riffs that I could have voted forR.E.M What’s the Frequency Kenneth
Oasis. Supersonic
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Loser - Beck
I was gonna include REM but the limeys like @ukdawg would complain
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
Last Exit? Seriously, Clark?
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It's Corduroy off that album and it's not even close. Usually that is the 2nd (or 3rd) song played at the majority of live shows designed to get the Band and crowd all lathered up. It is an absolute main-stay in their sets 30 years later. @dnc is never going to like the vocals, but this is about the life and longevity of the riff and what it has meant to the fans and the band over the years.
And Corduroy isn't even the biggest Song off the album Vitology. Better Man earns that honor.
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Say It Ain't So - Weezer
A drunk guy who might be Ern came on our bus after the 2022 Michigan State game and wouldn't leave and was oddly hostile but told me I WAS Stone Gossard in the best way possible.
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
You are too tall to be SG, but that's still an amusing story.
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Loser - Beck
Look, hoss, I'm not the same level of PJ fan as you. But I own this record on vinyl and have listened to it in glorious high fi A LOT.
Yes, Better Man and Corduroy are the 2 most classic, enduring masterpieces of Vitalogy.
I struggled with what to do with Better Man since the intro isn't "riffy" in the traditional sense like most of the stuff in these poles. It's more subtle guitar accompaniment type stuff and very fucking good BTW.
Corduroy is a better track than Last Exit but I don't know if the riff is better. I was trying to put in one song from Vitalogy - there's not room for all 3 - and I've always love the punch of Last Exit and the way it kicks off the LP. Big departure sound-wise from their first 2 albums.
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Say It Ain't So - Weezer
Wait…have we met? I honestly have no idea how tall Gossard is.
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
@WoolleyDoog #FuckVanilla
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Woodinville Pizza Coop. I sat to your right, w @Joey across the table.
I've also seen your black cowboy hat in the concourse being 1 section over from yous guysm.
** Edit, I was off on Stone's height he is 6-6'1". I still have you pegged a little taller than that, but I thought SG was just under 6.
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Come Out and Play - Offspring
6-3
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
PJ is all I know musically, and not very much.
Agree Better Man has no opening riff. Corduroy vs Last Exit may be a matter of personal style between you and I. However the initial premise of your riff challenges is enduring legacy, of which, Corduroy has in spades over Last Exit.
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