Best (rock) guitar riff - released in 1993 edition?
Best (rock) guitar riff - released in 1993 edition? 17 votes
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Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
Not a strong year for guitar riffs.
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Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
Disagree. I think there are some great hooks in 1993.
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All Apologies - Nirvana
Good list Yella. Kudos for thinking of Cannonball. I could've voted for a few of them.
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All Apologies - Nirvana
I’m not a Nirvana fanboi, but when I read the words “All Apologies”, my mind went instantly to the riff, which is the definition of “riff”…
Cannonball a good pull, and Lenny…
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Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
Don’t have to be a guitar virtuoso to write catchy, memorable guitar hooks.
Also, as Kurt says, everyone is gay !
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
Meatloaf over this? Cmon Meng!
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Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
Another tough one. Similar to Weezer shining brightly then falling off of a cliff, Siamese Dream was such great album top to bottom. You could have put Rocket on there too. Then they shit the bed immediately.
Kudos for putting Tool on the list, but I would say solid work stared with next release (and continues on BTW. "Invincible" is a top song ever written - it's about getting old, you guys can relate).
If it weren't Christian-Shitty Christian-Rock, Collective Soul "Shine" is good riff. But, it's Christian-Shitty-Christian-Shit so it can't be in the Rock Section.
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
Meatloaf?
Always associate piano with his tunes3 minutes of riff and a solo.
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Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
Two Princes was 1992, bud.
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
You make your rules, I'll make mine.
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Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
History is my major. I know dates!
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Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
The grunge stuff is all so basic and tame. Not my bag, baby. Pumpkins have the most groove to them of all on the list.
Nirvana - awful musicians. Right place, right time.
Just my opinion.
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Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
Elvis couldn’t play guitar or write songs. Being a technically proficient musician is overrated.
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Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
I think Weezer shone brightly through 2 albums, and same for the Pumkins (the second LP is bloated but has classic songs).
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
Bass guitar counts
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
TIL Are you Gonna Go My Way and Mary Jane's Last Dance were written the same year and it roasted my brain stem.
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Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
He could sing and dance. Talent.
I'm not asking for Rush or Dream Theater. I don't like those bands. The Nirvana stuff is garage-band level. I guess people like Cobain's lyrics. I need more than that.
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Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
Cobain was a great songwriter and had a great vocal style for the type of music being conveyed. I don't care if they were a garage, punk band. Those guitars on - simple as they are - are kick ass and memorable.
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All Apologies - Nirvana
Ni, the poll was about one thing. The main riff. All Apologies has a great one. Simple. It's understandable if you like one of the others better or think mine if them have a good riff. You pounding the table about what is or isn't good music or which bands you like is really off topic though.
VH can't be choices 1-5 in every pole.
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Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
To simplify my opinion, the riff in All Apologies is so basic that I would never have even thought to call it a riff. I'm not talking about Eddie level solos.
To me, it is jarring to listen to the riffs on this year's list and then compare to stuff from the late-60's / early-70's.
Sad to see how far rock music has fallen.
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All Apologies - Nirvana
It's not all about what is challenging to play. It's understandable if that riff doesn't sound good to your ears, but you seem to evaluate by some other criteria. You like hard rock when th hard riffs. I totally get it. I'd never try telling you you're wrong.
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Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
The Nirvana riffs- e.g., Comes As You Are, Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom - are so fucking easy, Old Yellar, can play them on his Strat. But the beauty is in the simplicity. It's doesn't have to be hard to be catchy and brilliant. I mean "I can't get no satisfaction" is one of the most important rock riffs of all time, and yet it's stupid, easy.
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Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
Underrated and a reason to tag @Laocoön
