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I very much enjoy playing Lenny Kravitz's 'are you gonna go my way', Queens 'one vision' and Van Halen's 'Jump' (the keyboard riff, but on guitar).

I play these riffs often, even though they are all from horrible, horrible songs.

They are fun to play.

You do this too, or is it just me?

not that i like any of them but you seem like a bit of a dick saying that something you obviously really enjoy is horrible/awful. doesnt really make to much sense to me.

Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

holmes wrote:you seem like a bit of a dick

Adam CR wrote:I play these riffs often, even though they are all from horrible, horrible songs.

They are fun to play.

You do this too, or is it just me?

I'm still a pretty appalling player, but inspired bythis.. duh duh duh...

gjhardwick wrote:Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

Neon headband air-guitar fantastic!

holmes wrote:not that i like any of them but you seem like a bit of a dick saying that something you obviously really enjoy is horrible/awful. doesnt really make to much sense to me.

Because they're fun to play? Seems pretty obvious to me.

Why so aggressive? Go on, give us a kiss, holmes.

Oh!

Also!

Spoonman!

Occasionally I like to bring out the riffs for "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Ozbourne and Randy Rhoads. . . but I can't really consider this a terrible song, though some other people look at me cross eyed when I play it. It sure is a lot of fun to play.

Adam CR wrote: and Van Halen's 'Jump' (the keyboard riff, but on guitar).

Ooh. "Ain't Talking About Love" is another fun riff to play. But once again, everyone threatens to unplug the guitar. No accounting for taste apparently.

As a bass player I can get away with playing all kinds of awful, cheesy riffs on guitar. So here's my "nobody's listeneng" riffs:

Photograph (Def Leppard)

Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Yes)

I Believe In A Thing Called Love (The Darkness)

All these are primarily the intro licks. Don't care much to nail the rest of the songs but I like identicating the guitar-only sound those songs start off with.

Adam CR wrote:Oh!

Also!

Spoonman!

Thats just a good riff! It's also my "Am I in tune?" riff that I play out of habit at gigs leading to mixed responses. That and "Fishes & Wine" by PW Long which is obviously in the 'not crap' dept.

They keyboard intro to "You Can Call Me Al" by Pol Simon.