Top 25 riffs – with no trace of The Shadows!
Last updated 09:13, Saturday, 26 April 2008
I wonder if Jimmy Henshaw would have agreed with the recent poll of the top 25 guitar riffs by London’s Tech Music Schools to coincide with their 25th anniversary celebrations.
(+ pic of Ritchie Blackmore)
Most of the riffs were written more than 20 years ago. Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple topped the poll with his four-note tune Smoke on the Water from 1973.
1 Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple (1973)
2 Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana (1991)
3 Walk This Way – Aerosmith (1975)
4 Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix (1967)
5 Sweet Child o’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses (1987)
6 Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses (1987)
7 Ace of Spades – Motorhead (1980)
8 Enter Sandman – Metallica (1991)
9 Under The Bridge – Red Hot Chilli Peppers (1992)
10 Welcome To The Jungle – Guns N’ Roses (1987)
11 Run To The Hills – Iron Maiden (1982)
12 Walk – Pantera (1992)
13 Johnny Be Goode – Chuck Berry (1958)
14 Back in Black – AC/DC (1980)
15 Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin (1970)
16 Wake Up – Rage Against The Machine (1992)
17 Highway to Hell – AC/DC (1979)
18 My Generation – The Who (1965)
19 7 Nation Army – The White Stripes (2003)
20 Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf (1968)
21 Give It Away – Red Hot Chilli Peppers (1991)
22 Paranoid – Black Sabbath (1970)
23 Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix (1967)
24 Eye Of The Tiger – Survivor (1982)
25 Money For Nothing – Dire Straits (1984)
