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Which opening riff is the most iconic?

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:03 pm
by Dr Venkman_Archive
CCR-Up Around the Bend

Which opening riff is the most iconic?

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:39 pm
by Dr Geek_Archive
The opening notes on John Lennon's "Imagine."

Which opening riff is the most iconic?

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:07 pm
by unsaved_Archive
The Animals, "House Of The Rising Sun"

Bad Brains, "Pay To Cum"

Standells, "Dirty Water"

Stiff Little Fingers, "Suspect Device"

Black Flag, "Nervous Breakdown"

Which opening riff is the most iconic?

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:59 pm
by murderedman_Archive
Blank Generation - Richard Hell
You Really Got Me - Kinks

Which opening riff is the most iconic?

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:48 pm
by AnthonyVillalobos_Archive
burun wrote:
AnthonyVillalobos wrote:
Mark Hansen wrote:
AnthonyVillalobos wrote:I know everyone's gonna talk shit but the opening for these two albums are pretty epic:

The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
THe Mars Volta - Amputechture

burun wrote:Nope. I'm talking about stuff that more than, say, 10,000 people have heard.



They've sold just about 500,000 copies of Amputechture alone. I'm sure more than 10,000 people have heard them.

But I am pretty sure that my mother doesn't know Mars Volta from fucking...I dunno, Master Musicians of Joujouka - and she knows what "Smoke On The Water" is.

See my point?


I see your point. But I wasn't aware that we were talking about epic intros our mothers have heard.

Which opening riff is the most iconic?

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:17 am
by fancyjamtime_Archive
AnthonyVillalobos wrote:I see your point. But I wasn't aware that we were talking about epic intros our mothers have heard.


The thread is "Which opening riff is most iconic". Iconic means "Having a conventional formulaic style". Straining to remember what the Mars Volta sounds like (and thanks a fucking lot for that) I'm thinking "no, not iconic at all".

Which opening riff is the most iconic?

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:47 pm
by pabs_Archive
Should be but isn't: Kill The King - Masters of Reality. (OK not quite an opening riff)
Do these riffs exist in some kind of theoretical riff space waiting to be discovered by earthly riffonauts?
If so there may be a diminishing supply of undiscovered ones.

Which opening riff is the most iconic?

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:50 pm
by Mark Hansen_Archive
scott wrote:I am not aware of ever having heard a single Mars Volta song.

:(


I am glad I have never knowingly heard a Mars Volta song. :lol:

Which opening riff is the most iconic?

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:55 pm
by Boogens_Archive
the opening of Blank Generation by the Voidoids.
the opening of Sweet Jane.
oh, you mean a metal riff? I have nothing for you.

Which opening riff is the most iconic?

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:33 pm
by sparky_Archive
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)