What opening song riff causes you to immediately turn up the volume to the song and listen to it

[debm55]

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. Any song, any time, any genre. You knew exactly what the song was. Mine would be the opening to "Smoke on the Water"

[Croney]

1. Here's one...

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[debm55]

8. Yes, very distinctive. Ty

[Bluethroughu]

203. Yes, this OUR SONG. Acoustic version.

Danced the last song of the night, at the bar, to it...and have been together everyday for almost thirty years.

You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. "Rain Down in Africa" by Toto

[Raven123]

7. Oh yes! Definitely

[debm55]

18. Very good. TY.

[EarnestPutz]

3. Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits.

[debm55]

19. Loved that song and the opening. Ty.

[EarnestPutz]

30. It's timeless, isn't it? (I've corrected my mis-spelling of "straights" - duh)

[True Dough]

4. Definitely this one:

[EarnestPutz]

6. Great intro. Great tune.

[debm55]

20. Great. TY.

[SalamanderSleeps]

5. Something new from the Killers

[debm55]

21. Very good opening. TY

[Doc_Technical]

9. Pink Floyd - "Hey You"

[Raven123]

10. Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman. Does that count?

[debm55]

11. Yes that counts.

[highplainsdem]

12. A lot. Just a few of them:

[debm55]

14. Agree, with you. I was able to identify the songs just by listening to the openings. TY

[FuzzyRabbit]

13. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Good to have you back, Deb.

There are dozens, maybe even hundreds of songs that cause me to stop and listen to them. This is just one of them.

[debm55]

16. thank you, Fuzzy. Been back off and on. I do know the distintive opening.

[SalamanderSleeps]

28. Gary Brooker - No More Fear Of Flying (He will be missed)

[debm55]

33. Great opening and Mr. Brooker had a very clear voice. TY

[Raven123]

15. Jimi Hendrix All Along the Watchtower

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[debm55]

17. My favorite.

[GreenWave]

22. Gotta be Money for Nothing

Sort of launched the MTV generation

[debm55]

23. Yes that was a very good opening to the song.TY

[Upthevibe]

141. GreenWave..........

I agree! It really did make a big difference for many music lovers....

And the song, Money for Nothing, brings back so many happy memories for me.

[Fiendish Thingy]

24. Shake Some Action by the Flamin Groovies

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[debm55]

25. Very good opening. TY , Fiendish Thingy.

[PufPuf23]

38. Flamin Groovies are among the greatest, little known bands ever. Thank you. kr

[Fiendish Thingy]

41. I was lucky to get to play with Cyril Jordan

My friends and I backed him at a couple of gigs in the early 2000’s

He had lots of stories to tell…

[PufPuf23]

43. Saw FGs play twice in earliest (late 60s) incarnation

Once at the Straight Theatre in the Haight and once as a middle act at Fillmore West when in high school.

IIRC correctly, the later band played at the Berkeley Keystone when Cal student but did not attend.

Know FG music from internet, never bought any of their albums.

[Mad_Dem_X]

26. "Hold The Line," by Toto

Kind of a long story, but I turn this song up because my sister says you HAVE to. LOL

[debm55]

27. Yes, I remember that. Very Good. TY Mad_Dem_X

[DemocraticPatriot]

196. I like that one, too...

"Love isn't always on time..."

lol

[chouchou]

29. A long way there.

Little river band

[TexasBushwhacker]

31. Cream - Crossroads

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And the bass line in Badge is iconic.

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[EarnestPutz]

32. Thank you , Deb, for this post. What great responses and what great music.

[debm55]

35. Thank you, I only started it. My fellow DUers added all the songs.

[EarnestPutz]

37. You knew your audience - lots of boomers who are proud of their generations music. The.....

....."golden age" as it were.

[highplainsdem]

45. Hey, there are also a lot of young people who appreciate classic rock. See

this thread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181892763

for a group of young musicians who love classic rock and even older blues. Check out the replies there for a lot of info about them.

In reply 1, for instance, the second interview video, just after 40 minutes in, has that kid explaining his favorite era for music, if he had to narrow it down to 10 years, would be 1965-1975.

[EarnestPutz]

115. Absolutely true. My daughters are two examples. Am I wrong in thinking that DU is....

.....top-heavy with boomers? You could do one of those surveys here and prove me wrong.

[debm55]

120. If you are interested, you can do a poll. And yes, I am a boomer and I listened to all songs posted

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on this thread. Some were not boomer songs. But you know what? I have my ears opened to new music and I enjoyed it.

[highplainsdem]

122. Every single poll done on DUers' ages has shown this site is mostly

boomers, who IMO were more likely to stay with a traditional and super-useful message board than to migrate to whichever social media platform was trendiest and aimed at younger users.

I was just making the point that kids appreciate classic rock, too. It's classic for reasons other than having coincided with when boomers were in their teens and twenties.

[debm55]

130. Thank you, highplainsdem, for your very meaningful post.

[debm55]

126. Anyone is free to add whatever music they want to add. All is appreciated. In fact it is included in

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my opening post.

[redstatebluegirl]

34. Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf

[debm55]

36. Oh yes very catchy opening. You knew what was coming.

[Beatlelvr]

39. Cocaine

By Clapton, and Hard Day's Night

[debm55]

53. Yes for both. For Hard Day's Night was that single note. TY

[Elessar Zappa]

40. "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath.

[debm55]

54. That was the first album I ever bought from birthday money from my grandmother. I agree with the

great opening to Iron Man. TY

[Elessar Zappa]

87. Black Sabbath's first five albums are pure gold.

Masterpieces of early heavy metal.

[Chainfire]

42. The percussion opening of Soul Sacrifice.

Stairway to Heaven, Hotel California.

[ProfessorGAC]

51. I Think You'll Dig This

In a Battle Of The Bands, one of the songs we picked off their list was She's Not There, by The Zombies.
We did our own take on it, but because Santana covered that song, we wanted to pay tribute to that version.
So, we ended the song with the finish of, you guessed it, "Soul Sacrifice".
BTW: We won the contest!

[debm55]

56. yes to all three. Thank you for the great openings. TY

[ProfessorGAC]

44. There's A Bunch

Here's a few:
• Radar Love - Golden Earring
• Paranoid - Black Sabbath
• Photograph - Def Leppard
• Evenflow - Pearl Jam
• Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo - Rick Derringer
• Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
• Welcome To The Jungle - Guns & Rose's
Ok, I'll stop now.

[highplainsdem]

47. I almost posted Radar Love, but I was sure you'd mention it. :) And your

mentioning Guns N'Roses reminds me of my favorite of their songs, also instantly recognizable.

Both of those great, great songs:

Oh, why not one more GnR:

[debm55]

118. Thank you. Highplainsdem. The openings are very unique, but I knew exactly what the song was.

[csziggy]

133. I was going to say Radar Love but you beat me to it

And I only turn it up if I'm driving alone. then, of course, I have to watch my speed.

[TexasDem69]

183. Outstanding choices

I was going to say these, and Hells Bells also comes to mind, along with I Wanna Rock.

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[debm55]

57. Thank you, thank you, thank you. All have openings that are great.

[OilemFirchen]

46. Fantastic Voyage

The essence of funk.

[debm55]

58. Now I want to start dancing. Thank you so much for bring the song back to my memory.

[highplainsdem]

48. Collective Soul - Shine

[debm55]

59. Thank you so much, highplainsdem. Haven't heard that opening and song for a long time.

[highplainsdem]

49. Stone Roses - This Is The One

[debm55]

61. Love the spot on introduction and song. TY

[highplainsdem]

50. T.Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On)

[debm55]

62. TAKE ME. I saw them in a very small venue in Pittsburgh in 1973. I remember that opening and kids

I was 18 at the time) dancing all over the place. Thank you. Highplainsdem, for bringing back the opening, the song and the memories for me. It made me for young again.

[GAJMac]

52. Time in a Bottle -Jim Croce

Excellent finger style guitar.

[debm55]

63. Yes, very soft and mellow, but defiantly identified his beautiful song.

[WestMichRad]

55. Summertime blues

Whether the original by Eddie Cochran or covers by The Who or Blue Cheer (and the openings are each different)… I like ‘em all!

[debm55]

64. Yes, the opening is unique to each group that covered the song and to Eddie's original version. TY

[NewHendoLib]

60. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Cinnamon Girl

[debm55]

65. I was my first love's Cinnamon Girl. I would recognize what comes after the opening in a flash. You

know your baby loves to dance, TY you bringing back such good memories for me.

[NewHendoLib]

66. The Who - Baba O'Reilly. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again.

[NewHendoLib]

67. Springsteen - Born to Run. Steely Dan - Bodhisattva

[debm55]

76. Yes to both. They each have a unique opening that goes directly to the song. TY

[debm55]

69. Love the opening and song. In a way it was sweet, but it also rocked. The opening always reminded me

of a merry go round. TY

[sakabatou]

68. "Tank!" by Yoko Kanno, and "One Winged Angel" by Nobuo Uematsu

[debm55]

73. Wow, those are great. I never heard them before. Tank opening sounds like a 40's jazz band then

switches to a sort of Mission Impossible piece. One Winged Angel is very quite unique. I wrote down the names to go to You Tube and listen to more. Ty very much for opening me up to these two unique groups .

[sakabatou]

84. You really should listen to The Seatbelts. They're the group that did "Tank"

[debm55]

85. Thank you sakabatou for the recommendation.

[malthaussen]

124. Computer games often have incredible soundtracks.

Here's my favorite:

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Computer-enhanced sacred choral music, it is beautiful.

-- Mal

[debm55]

127. Yes, it does. Thank you for a adding a new genre to the list.

[Archae]

232. Absolutely. Stewart Copeland is one of the best.

I know of him best for scoring the Spyro The Dragon games.

[NewHendoLib]

70. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

[debm55]

74. Ah yes, beautiful opening and song. Remember all too well. TY

[NewHendoLib]

71. Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing

[GAJMac]

72. Jeebus! That's not fair!

It's muscle memory. My hand moves to the volume knob without my knowledge.

[KS Toronado]

79. Welcome to DU!

[yankee87]

106. Welcome to DU

Enjoy

[debm55]

75. Great opening and song. TY,

[JimWis]

77. Dire Straits

Sultans Of Swing

[debm55]

81. Yes, great opening to a great song. Ty.

[IcyPeas]

78. Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know

[debm55]

82. Icypeas, love the opening riff--sounds sort of like a western song. TY

[johnp3907]

80. I doubt most of the people responding here will dig this one.

But this one does it for me:

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[debm55]

83. I like the opening riff and the song. Ty for posting and opening me up to new music.

[Bobstandard]

189. I crank this one befor paddling out for a big wave surf!

I have the recording ion a playlist somehow and didnt even know who they were

[ailsagirl]

86. The Kinks - You Really Got Me (and so many other songs of theirs)

[debm55]

102. I remember this opening and the song. Still love it. TY

[Upthevibe]

142. ailsagirl .............

Good one!

I love The Kinks!

[ailsagirl]

149. I've seen them four times-- it was great!

[Alpeduez21]

88. Beethoven's 5th

[debm55]

95. Oh yes, that opening is known world wide. Thank you for posting the opening.

[malthaussen]

125. Sure, but it's the fourth movement that really kicks ass. n/t

[MichaelSoE]

89. San Ber'dino - Zappa and the Mothers (on edit I added Rock Me Amadeaus by Falco)

[debm55]

96. Thank you MichaelSoE for your posts, Very unique openings.

[Niagara]

90. Footloose by Kenny Loggins

[debm55]

97. Niagara, thank you Footloose opening. Makes me want to dance.

[Niagara]

114. My pleasure, Debbie.

I saw this thread when I wasn't logged in.


I went to login and I can't couldn't find this thread. I went through my trash can and I still can't figure it out.


Luckily, it was in your journal.

[Niagara]

91. Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes

[debm55]

103. TY you Niagara.

[Niagara]

92. The Stroke by Billy Squier

[debm55]

101. Love the drum opening, TY Niagara.

[Niagara]

93. Moving In Stereo by The Cars

[debm55]

100. Oh that opening is very cool. Thank you, Niagara.

[mentalsolstice]

94. I can't believe this one hasn't been mentioned....In the Air Tonight, Phil Collins

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[debm55]

98. Yes the very mellow opening that goes to the Phil's song. Wonderful.

[AKwannabe]

99. VH

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[debm55]

104. Oh wow that is powerful-both the opening and the song. Great. TY

[AKwannabe]

105. On the album

It is right before VHs version of Pretty Woman (if my memory serves).
Often, on the radio this is the ERUPTED long intro. to Pretty Woman.

I always turn it alllll the way up!

Try it. Hope you love it.

[TexasBushwhacker]

137. Nope - "You Really Got Me"

It was their first single.

[jrandom421]

107. Here's mine

Boston: More than a Feeling
Monkees: Last Train to Clarksville
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in B minor
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Waltz

[debm55]

108. Very good openings to identify the songs. Thank you jrandom421

[Mr.Bill]

109. I haven't read every post,

but if no one has, I can't believe no one has mentioned Cant You Hear Me Knockin' by the Rolling Stones. Some of Mick Taylor's best work on the guitar solo. And Keith Rishards is Mr. Opening Riff from that era.

[debm55]

110. So true, Mr. Bill. Thank you bringing up the riff and the song.

[Paladin]

111. Jerry Garcia's steel guitar work on CSN&Y's "Teach Your Children." (nt)

[debm55]

112. I didn't know Jerry did that. I always loved that opening--so sweet. Thank you, Paladin. I would

have never known if you didn't tell me. and I had the album too. Question for you --why wasn't he on the cover with the other two backups? Shit, even the dog had a place.

[Paladin]

113. I didn't know Jerry did it, for a long time.

I just figured it was some first-class Nashville studio person. My admiration for Garcia's playing ability really went up after I learned about it. Can't account for why he didn't make the cover; he certainly deserved it.

[Prairie_Seagull]

116. Popped in late to this so most of mine already taken.

How about some late 90s Santana w/Rob Thomas. Smooth

[debm55]

119. Hi Prairie _Seagull. have been a Santana fan since 1973. Their openings have always brought you

right to the song. TY.

[rurallib]

117. "Fernando" and "Dancing Queen" by ABBA

[debm55]

121. Yes, great riffs leading to the songs. TY, ruralib.

[sdfernando]

157. I got to really HATING that song...

mostly because everyone kept asking me if I could hear the drums....it was relentless.

[malthaussen]

123. Exactly what I was going to say.

The riff of riffs, although it appears "Stairway to Heaven" has superseded it.

The opening riff to "Johnny B. Goode," or most of Chuck Berry's tunes. I advise people to learn that riff if they want to really show they're a badass.

-- Mal

[ARPad95]

128. Crazy on You by Heart

Nancy Wilson's opening guitar riff

[debm55]

129. Thank you, ARPad95, Beautiful riff to a great song.

[debm55]

132. oh well

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[drmeow]

134. You never tend to hear this opening on the radio anymore

Of course, either opening elicits the same response:

[drmeow]

135. This is another one that's hard to mistake :)

[debm55]

139. Def Leppard's riff is great. TY

[debm55]

138. Oh I love the opening riff with the trumpets. TY.

[sarge43]

136. Layla.

[debm55]

140. Great riff, wasn't that Duane Allman going that? TY

[Duncan Grant]

143. "There She Goes" - The La's

I have never tired of this song.

Also, I have to mention:

When Doves Cry - Prince
I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
I’ll Be Around - The Spinners
Holiday - Green Day

[FrankfurtCat]

144. Animal-Def Leppard

[debm55]

146. Good riff, TY

[FrankfurtCat]

145. Something-Julien Baker

[debm55]

147. Thank you, great riff.

[RobinA]

148. Satisfaction

Get Off My Cloud
Badlands
Smoke On the Water
We're An American Band

[debm55]

151. Thank you Robin. All songs have great opening riffs.

[Danmel]

150. Let it Bleed by the Rolling Stones

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[debm55]

158. Yes, agree. TY

[k55f5r]

152. Eddie Harris wrote it, but my favorite version is by Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

It makes me get up and MOVE!
Freedom Jazz Dance -

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[debm55]

161. I agree. Very smooth jazzy riff. TY

[sdfernando]

153. Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty

Amazing SAX work.

[debm55]

154. I was just going to put the sax riff. Thank you

[Lunabell]

155. Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf.

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[debm55]

162. Terrific. Great riff. TY

[sdfernando]

156. Here's another that I always love!

Sing Sing Sing

[debm55]

163. Love it! It makes me feel like dancing. TY.

[DuranDuranDUme]

159. "American Idiot" Green Day

[debm55]

164. Great riff and thank you for sharing.

[Deep State Witch]

160. Thunderstruck, Renegade

Thunderstruck by AC/DC.
Renegade by Styx.

[debm55]

166. Both are great riffs. Thank you for posting both. Styx was one of my favorite groups.

[Midnight Writer]

165. Jeff Beck Group-New Ways

Montrose-Rock Candy

Mitch Ryder-Rock'n'Roll, Devil With A Blue Dress

Ramsey Lewis-The In Crowd

Albert Lee-Country Boy

Blue Mountain-Jimmy Carter

[debm55]

167. Midnight Writer, thank you for posting the riffs. Wonderful

[Shermann]

168. Whitesnake - Still of the Night

If I'm in my car when this comes on...Fuhgeddaboudit!!

[debm55]

172. Wow, what a great riff and song. Ty. Shermann

[Glorfindel]

169. Iron Butterfly

"In a Gadda da Vida"

[debm55]

214. Great song and riff. They played this at our Junior HS Christmas dance. duh. TY

[lastlib]

170. Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin, need I say?)....

and "All Along The Watchtower," (Hendrix)
"For What It's Worth," Buffalo Springfield
"Ohio," CSNY
"Suite: Madame Blue," Styx
(that's enough......)

[debm55]

174. Terrific riffs. Thank you lastlib.

[consider_this]

171. Cracker - Low

never fails that i lose my mind on this one:

[debm55]

175. Great drum riff that follows through in the song. Ty.

[louslobbs]

173. Livin' On A Prayer (Desmond Child) songwriter

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[debm55]

177. Love the riff, the song and Bon Jovi. Ty

[spooky3]

176. Orange Crush--REM

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[debm55]

179. Spooky3, that you for the distinctive riff and song by REM

[4lbs]

178. "Hotel California" has been one of my favs for a long while now.

I remember listening to it many times until I could recite the lyrics by heart.

Every time it comes on the radio, or at the jukebox in a club/bar, I sing along to it, and still get the lyrics 95% right.


Another one is Toto's "Africa", one of my other favs, but I don't know the lyrics as well. I just like everything about it.

[debm55]

180. 4lbs. that opening riff by the Eagles makes you know right away what the song is. TY for posting both.

[4lbs]

182. I like that is decently long at about 6:30

I used to play The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" a lot at the jukebox,
but more people started to get upset at me.

Not because of the subject matter, but because the full length album version was going on 8 min 30 sec.

Heh.

Late night though, to close out a place, I sometimes played The Trammps' "Disco Inferno". The original long version was almost 11 min long. Only a few jukeboxes would let me even play it. Most would only play the radio edit if selected, or cut off after 6 min.

[BigOleDummy]

181. Highway Star _ Deep Purple/// Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols

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[debm55]

184. BigOleDummy, wow the riffs are great on both. I remember driving with my cousin when the Deep Purple song came on. I was scared shitless .

[BigOleDummy]

185. Lol....

... Thats pretty common actually lol. I drove trucks as part of my job for 40+ years and invariably found my foot getting heavier and heavier..... ;D Really had to pay attention (blush)

[Bayard]

186. Mysterious Ways - U2

Strung Out - Journey

Africa - Toto

Heart - Crazy On You

Good thread, Deb!

[debm55]

187. Thank you, Bayard. Love your choices for riffs of songs. They are great.

[Bobstandard]

188. Take Five, Dave Brubeck

Drummer Joe Morello’s sizzle cymbal opening always get me to turn it up for what’s coming. Sadly,, digital compression algorthyms makes that opening almost impossible to hear ion any non-vinyl recording.

I also reach for the volume when I hear the ethereal guitar work that opens Van Morrisons’s song Sweet thing on the Astral Weeks album

The guitar, drum, and bass line on Elvis’ Burning Love always gets a turn up too

[debm55]

190. Bobstandard, your riffs sound beautiful. I have written them down so I can listen later. Morrison's riff sounds great. TY

[Mark.b2]

191. One O'clock Jump by Count Basie.....

Not a riff per se but an awesome chipper opening!

[debm55]

192. Get up and get ready to dance riff. Love it and thank you for posting.

[DemocraticPatriot]

193. OMG, loaded question... well I can't give just one song... so I'll give you these....

(favorite line: "Well, I ain't no new messiah,
but I'm good enough for rock 'n roll!&quot

I sure do miss Tom......... gone too soon....

(Not a guitar riff, but a piano riff-- anyway, my favorite Bruce Springsteen song--- I used to perform it at kareoke--- the hardest was the last line, too damned high.. lol)

"There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away...
they haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets...
They scream your name in vain in the streets--- your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
and in the lonely due before dawn, you hear their engines roaring it on
but when you get to the porch, they're gone on the wind,
so Mary, climb in---
It's a town full of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win!"

~ Bruce Springsteen/ Born To Run album

[debm55]

194. Thank you for all the wonderful riffs. At one time, I taught in Phillie. We would go the Stone Pony, were Bruce and the group would just show up. He looked just like the picture you posted. Thank you

[DemocraticPatriot]

197. And Bruce has publicly stood up for Democratic candidates against the Republicans....

so much the better. He is one of my biggest heros!

another favorite-- you can definitely hear the 'blues influence' in this song...


"I had a job, I had a girl, I had a lot going on in this ole world......"

[DemocraticPatriot]

195. Thanks for asking that question.... I do love music

I need more music in my life now, but I haven't been listening to 'the old songs' for too long....


One more, with no guitars
(I studied classical piano in my youth, for 8 years--
I was a fan of Mozart at first, but Frederic Chopin became my all-time favorite..)

(I performed that piece in my last public appearance when I was 17--
unfortunately with some flaws..... it is very difficult, as you might imagine)

[debm55]

198. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for the piece by Chopin. Yes, we would go to NJ every weekend and he would just pop in. They were only known in Jersey. He was very young and handsome.

[DemocraticPatriot]

199. He's a Jersey boy.... I envy you for having seen him in concert...

I tried to get tickets to see him in Michigan in 1984 or 1985---
but I could not buy 2 seats together, so that broke the deal....

I never saw that many rock concerts. I think my last was Jefferson Starship in 1984...

(the young girls in front of us vomited in front of their seats---
I was with my amigo, rather than a date, so we were somewhat amused....

ah, the good ole days)

(( yes, we should have offered assistance---
but nowadays we would have been arrested for the same..))



but, nobody died--- and we were less aware of the life-threatening dangers of 'alcohol poisoning' at that time......

[TygrBright]

200. This one:

It's NOT a great song, BUT... it was the monster radio hit when I was in London in the 70s, and silly as it is, when I hear the opening riff those memories come up and I grin and turn it up:

Hey... the OP didn't say it hadta be a GOOD song.

(Yes, MONUMENTALLY SILLY... but those were silly times, too.)

reminiscently,
Bright

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210. I have never heard of the song, but I do love the riff. Thank you TygrBright for sharing this with us.

[DemocraticPatriot]

201. Going further back....... just one more.....

"STOP THE WAR!!!!!"

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211. Remember that riff and song from High School. Loved both. TY

[The Roux Comes First]

202. "Cannibals", Mark Knopfler

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240. He does some great riffs

[Mad_Machine76]

204. The Touch (or Dare)

From Transformers The Movie (1986).

[JT45242]

205. Crazy on you ...heart

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From the opening acoustic riff with its stops and starts....to the driving bass line. Then the vocals. Such a great song from the open.

2. Would also put while my guitar gently weeps.

3. Finally, Jethro Tull... thick as a brick that I used to sing and whistle as a lullaby to the kiddos

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218. Your choices for riffs and songs are great. Thank you for sharing with us.

[Tarzanrock]

206. Like a Rolling Stone -- Bob Dylan

Wasn't this voted the number one rock n roll song of all time?
That Highway 61 Revisited album is itself in a class like no other.

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216. Dylan is a Master. Love the riff and song. Thank you for sharing.

[Permanut]

207. House of the Rising Sun..

Eric Burdon and the Animals

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215. Remember the Animals version. It had a great riff and the blues song was given more of a rock sound. Ty

[justaprogressive]

208. Gimme Shelter

...every time. Merry Clayton sung this at 2:30 in the morning. (See 20ft From Stardom!)

Merry Clayton: 'Gimme Shelter left a dark taste in my mouth'
While her work with Darin didn’t lead to the pop success that they had hoped, it helped usher Clayton to her next big gig: joining the touring band for the R&B superstar Ray Charles. Her family friend, the keyboardist and future Beatles collaborator Billy Preston, had already landed the job playing organ in the group and hurried Clayton in for a rehearsal. She walked out with a contract for her parents to sign. “‘She will come back here the way she left,’” Clayton remembers her mother telling Charles. “‘If she doesn’t, we’re gonna have a problem.’” What she did return home with was Curtis Amy, Charles’s musical director and Clayton’s future husband. They were married for 32 years before his death in 2002.

It was Amy who took the call from the producer Jack Nitzsche, ringing late one night in 1969 and hoping that Clayton would sing on a track being recorded by the Rolling Stones. Still in her pyjamas, hair in rollers and four months pregnant, she arrived at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood minutes later, cementing her place in rock history with her ferocious “it’s just a shot away” vocal line on Gimme Shelter. “I called Curtis: ‘These boys want me to sing about rape and murder.’ I wanted them to hear me, talking real loud to my husband on the phone. But we got the gist – that it was part of the song and not something just flying out of the sky. I was tired, it was cold and my voice cracked. We listened back and they said: ‘Oh that’s bloody fabulous. Can you do it again?’”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/08/gimme-shelter-left-a-dark-taste-in-my-mouth-merry-clayton

and Merry's version:

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213. Loved the riff and song and Mary's voice throughout. TY

[Chakaconcarne]

209. Panama - Van Halen

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212. Yes, great riff and song. Ty

[punchergirl]

217. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

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219. Yes, the riff was a definite to the song. Ty.

[Hela]

220. "Peace of Mind" by Boston

CRANK IT!

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221. My husband is from Boston, this album was played constantly when we were first married. I really like the riff and knew what song was coming

on and it was cranked up too.

[Dulcinea]

222. This one, every time!

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223. Thank you, Dulcinea.

[2naSalit]

224. Obscure but does it...

Though I have a list, this one comes to mind first.

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225. Thank you., 2naSalit.

[BeyondGeography]

226. Born on the Bayou by CCR

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Can’t You Hear Me Knocking by the Stones

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Stay With Me by Faces

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Great thread…thanks.

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237. Thank you for all the great riffs.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

227. This ditty by The Dan...

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[debm55]

236. Definitely,great riff. ty

[brewens]

228. Blue Oyster Cult-E.T.I. The live version especially.

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233. Great

[brewens]

238. That song would be bigger if anyone knew what it's called. n/t

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239. that's funny

[Jrose]

229. "Beat It! " Michael Jackson...

... and
- "Jumpin Jack Flash" - Stones
- "Groovin" - Young Rascals

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235. Jrose, love all the riffs to all the songs. TY

[Jrose]

230. 'Stayin Alive'... the Bee Gees - very hard not to jump and dance to!

Must add --.
Marvin Gaye's opening to 'What's Goin On' ... Not sure if that's the actual title though.

[Nanuke]

231. Till There Was You. Paul McCartney

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234. Great. TY

[patphil]

241. Crossroads - Eric Clapton

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=crossroads+eric+clapton#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:b5c3245d,vid:yI3dokSeII8,st:0

[debm55]

242. Love that riff and song. TY Was that with the group. Cream?

[keithbvadu2]

243. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

Stallone liked it.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g_sgivWEkxQ?feature=share
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[debm55]

245. Great opening riff. Ty

[BOSSHOG]

244. Gimme Shelter

Hard to pick a favorite Rolling Stone song, but this is at the top of my list.

[debm55]

246. That has a terrific riff. Great song too. TY

[Stuart G]

247. If sung by a great singer..."Star Spangled Banner"

[debm55]

248. Yes, very true. TY.