Results 1 to 25 of 25
  1. #1
    Suspended
    Join Date
    Mar 2002
    Location
    St. Louis, MO, USA
    Posts
    10,176

    What is your favorite acoustic guitar riff?

    This question came to mind as I was listening to mine the other day.

    My favorite acoustic guitar riff is from Bob Seger's song Night Moves. If I learned to play guitar that would have to be the first song I learned. A not so distant second place is the guitar riff from ELO's song Fire On High.

    It's funny how you don't think you are getting old until you mention some one like Bob Seger and people say, who? I mean Seger was huge when I was a kid. I wore the grooves off Night Moves, Live Bullet and Stranger In Town. I guess my parents made similar statements about whoever it was they had on their 45's or 8-tracks.

  2. #2
    Forum Regular N. Abstentia's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Posts
    2,671
    Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here. Is there any other???


  3. #3
    Crackhead Extraordinaire Dusty Chalk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    below the noise floor
    Posts
    3,636
    A couple:

    Jimi Hendrix, "All Along the Watchtower"
    Led Zeppelin, "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You"
    ELO, "Fire on High"
    Joe Walsh, "Life's Been Good"
    Crack the Sky, "Nuclear Apathy" (the intro and outro part on the studio album, Safety in Numbers)
    Eschew fascism.
    Truth Will Out.
    Quote Originally Posted by stevef22
    you guys are crackheads.
    I remain,
    Peter aka Dusty Chalk

  4. #4
    Forum Regular
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Posts
    852

    Aic

    Alice In Chains "Jar Of Flies" has some good riffs, tunes like "Rotten Apple", "Nutshell", and "No Excuses" come to mind.

    What about some Neil Young stuff??

    Quote Originally Posted by Dusty Chalk
    A couple:

    Jimi Hendrix, "All Along the Watchtower"
    Led Zeppelin, "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You"
    ELO, "Fire on High"
    Joe Walsh, "Life's Been Good"
    Crack the Sky, "Nuclear Apathy" (the intro and outro part on the studio album, Safety in Numbers)

  5. #5
    Class of the clown GMichael's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Anywhere but here...
    Posts
    13,243
    Quote Originally Posted by N. Abstentia
    Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here. Is there any other???

    The end of comfortably numb.
    WARNING! - The Surgeon General has determined that, time spent listening to music is not deducted from one's lifespan.

  6. #6
    JSE
    JSE is offline
    MIA - Until Rich is back! JSE's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2003
    Location
    Denial
    Posts
    1,929
    Comfortably Numb - very cool.

    A little less know is Extreme's "Midnight Express". One of the coolest acoustical songs I have ever heard.

    JSE

  7. #7
    Forum Regular N. Abstentia's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Posts
    2,671
    I'll also add 'Legal Kill' by King's X. Beautiful song!

  8. #8
    Close 'n Play® user Troy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    Highway 6, between Tonopah and Ely
    Posts
    2,318
    Salamander- Jethro Tull
    Hide Your Love Away- The Beatles
    No Thugs in our House- XTC

  9. #9
    Class of the clown GMichael's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Anywhere but here...
    Posts
    13,243

    How about Rush's

    By-Tor And The Snow Dog? The live version from All the World's a Stage.
    WARNING! - The Surgeon General has determined that, time spent listening to music is not deducted from one's lifespan.

  10. #10
    Class of the clown GMichael's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Anywhere but here...
    Posts
    13,243

    OOPS again

    Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
    By-Tor And The Snow Dog? The live version from All the World's a Stage.
    Please ignore me. I completely missed the "acoustic" part of this post. I like Spanish fly from VH's second record/CD. Also a few from Yes. The names of which elude me for now.
    WARNING! - The Surgeon General has determined that, time spent listening to music is not deducted from one's lifespan.

  11. #11
    Forum Regular
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Posts
    852

    Kyuss - Space Cadet

    what a great, trippy tune

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
    This question came to mind as I was listening to mine the other day.

    My favorite acoustic guitar riff is from Bob Seger's song Night Moves. If I learned to play guitar that would have to be the first song I learned. A not so distant second place is the guitar riff from ELO's song Fire On High.

    It's funny how you don't think you are getting old until you mention some one like Bob Seger and people say, who? I mean Seger was huge when I was a kid. I wore the grooves off Night Moves, Live Bullet and Stranger In Town. I guess my parents made similar statements about whoever it was they had on their 45's or 8-tracks.

  12. #12
    Musicaholic Forums Moderator ForeverAutumn's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Posts
    9,769
    Queensryche - Silent Lucidity.

  13. #13
    Dubgazer -Jar-'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    Cleveland, Ohio
    Posts
    942
    Metallica - "Fade to Black" intro.
    If being afraid is a crime we'll hang side-by-side,
    at the swingin' party down the line..


    The Replacements

  14. #14
    Crackhead Extraordinaire Dusty Chalk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    below the noise floor
    Posts
    3,636
    Quote Originally Posted by Duds
    What about some Neil Young stuff??
    Yeah! "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" (I think that's the acoustic one, not to be confused with "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"
    Eschew fascism.
    Truth Will Out.
    Quote Originally Posted by stevef22
    you guys are crackheads.
    I remain,
    Peter aka Dusty Chalk

  15. #15
    Dubgazer -Jar-'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    Cleveland, Ohio
    Posts
    942
    Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun"

    if you're in your 30's, this is one of "our" songs...

    -jar
    If being afraid is a crime we'll hang side-by-side,
    at the swingin' party down the line..


    The Replacements

  16. #16
    Forum Regular
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Posts
    852

    Nice!!!

    What about "Comes a Time" and "Sugar Mountain"

    Quote Originally Posted by Dusty Chalk
    Yeah! "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" (I think that's the acoustic one, not to be confused with "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"

  17. #17
    Indifferentist Slosh's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Posts
    2,221
    Two that jump right to mind are "Oh, Comely" - Neutral Milk Hotel because it's so personal and epic and intense and "New Slang" - The Shins just 'cause it's so damn catchy.

    I could probably list 1,000 of these without much effort
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


  18. #18
    Suspended
    Join Date
    Mar 2002
    Location
    St. Louis, MO, USA
    Posts
    10,176
    Yeah, once you put your mind to it several do come to memory. I can't think of the name but what about the hit song from Days of The New, Pure Prairie League "Amy", Beatles "Norwegian Wood", or even Queens "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". The Everly Brothers "Wake Up Little Suzie". The acoustic part in the Who's "Pinball Wizard". These all could be on my list some where but definitely below the songs on my original post.

  19. #19
    Forum Regular
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Posts
    50
    "Pinball Wizard'--The Who
    'Hey You'--Pink Floyd
    'Hotel California'--The Eagles
    'Love on a Farmboy's Wages'--XTC
    'Broon's Bane/The Trees'-Rush

  20. #20
    Silence of the spam Site Moderator Geoffcin's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    NY
    Posts
    3,326
    Lindsey Buckingham "Big Love" on the Fleetwood Mac "The Dance" DVD.

    Possibly one of the best "Rock" acoustic guitar performances ever recorded.
    Audio;
    Ming Da MC34-AB 75wpc
    PS Audio Classic 250. 500wpc into 4 ohms.
    PS Audio 4.5 preamp,
    Marantz 6170 TT Shure M97e cart.
    Arcam Alpha 9 CD.- 24 bit dCS Ring DAC.
    Magnepan 3.6r speakers Oak/black,

  21. #21
    Silence of the spam Site Moderator Geoffcin's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    NY
    Posts
    3,326
    Quote Originally Posted by Duds
    Alice In Chains "Jar Of Flies" has some good riffs, tunes like "Rotten Apple", "Nutshell", and "No Excuses" come to mind.

    What about some Neil Young stuff??
    Alice In Chains "Unplugged" is one of my favorite music DVDs. Great acoustic work on that recording.
    Audio;
    Ming Da MC34-AB 75wpc
    PS Audio Classic 250. 500wpc into 4 ohms.
    PS Audio 4.5 preamp,
    Marantz 6170 TT Shure M97e cart.
    Arcam Alpha 9 CD.- 24 bit dCS Ring DAC.
    Magnepan 3.6r speakers Oak/black,

  22. #22
    Suspended
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Posts
    4,380

    Can't pick just one track

    Michael Hedges
    Craig Chaquico
    Acoustic Alchemy
    Lee Rittenour
    Otmar Liebert

  23. #23
    Rocket Surgeon Swish's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    Pennsylvania
    Posts
    3,918

    No offense Mr. Peabody, but Night Moves is one of the...

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
    This question came to mind as I was listening to mine the other day.

    My favorite acoustic guitar riff is from Bob Seger's song Night Moves. If I learned to play guitar that would have to be the first song I learned. A not so distant second place is the guitar riff from ELO's song Fire On High.

    It's funny how you don't think you are getting old until you mention some one like Bob Seger and people say, who? I mean Seger was huge when I was a kid. I wore the grooves off Night Moves, Live Bullet and Stranger In Town. I guess my parents made similar statements about whoever it was they had on their 45's or 8-tracks.
    easist acoustic songs that you will find. It's basically 3 chords, ok, maybe 4 or 5 if I remember correctly, but if you learn to play guitar, you could get this down in a few quick sessions since G, F, and C is a fairly easy progression. I think he throws in an E minor somewhere. If I had my guitar handy I could tell you for sure. Hey, some of my favorite songs are easy to play, so whatever you like.

    Swish
    I call my bathroom Jim instead of John so I can tell people that I go to the Jim first thing every morning.

    If you say the word 'gullible' very slowly it sounds just like oranges.

  24. #24
    Forum Regular Ex Lion Tamer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    Ottawa
    Posts
    725
    Quote Originally Posted by Swish
    easist acoustic songs that you will find. It's basically 3 chords, ok, maybe 4 or 5 if I remember correctly, but if you learn to play guitar, you could get this down in a few quick sessions since G, F, and C is a fairly easy progression. I think he throws in an E minor somewhere. If I had my guitar handy I could tell you for sure. Hey, some of my favorite songs are easy to play, so whatever you like.

    Swish
    I'm a sucker for acoustic guitar in rock. The first that comes to mind...

    Buddy Holly "Well Allright!"

    others...
    The Smiths "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
    The Cure "In Between Days"
    The Jam "That's Entertainment"
    Aztec Camera "Oblivious"
    Radiohead "Fake Plastic Trees"
    Tom Petty "Free Falling"

    Led Zeppelin has a few too..."Ramble On" and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" come easily to mind.
    "I don't know. A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." The Right Honourable JC.

  25. #25
    Forum Regular
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Mid-MA
    Posts
    262
    I'd be lying if I didn't admit that "Hotel California" from "Hell Freezes Over" didn't come first to mind. It's stuck in my head now, so I'll have to go home and watch the DVD (again) tonight.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Bad headphone experience with Guitar Center
    By JohnCM in forum General Audio
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 07-01-2005, 09:51 AM
  2. What are you favorite car-tunes?
    By Swish in forum Rave Recordings
    Replies: 26
    Last Post: 04-23-2005, 02:02 PM
  3. Replies: 7
    Last Post: 02-23-2005, 04:21 PM
  4. Replies: 4
    Last Post: 01-27-2005, 08:47 AM
  5. Replies: 24
    Last Post: 01-22-2004, 03:09 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •