Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs


A British guitar magazine recently polled it readers to compile a list of the greatest guitar riffs. Guns 'N Roses "Sweet Child of Mine" came in at the number spot. Here's a link to the poll results. As you can see the list is entirely metal oriented.

My list would include:

The Chuck Berry intro
The Chuck Berry rhythm
The Bo Diddley beat
Temptations - My Girl
Kinks - You Really Got Me
Steely Dan - Reelin' In the Years
Sam & Dave (Steve Cropper) - Soul Man
Stone Temple Pilots - Plish
Beatles - I Feel Fine intro
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze intro

Is it my fault that nearly all the great riffs are pre-1980?

What's on your list?
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Hendrix Star Spangled Banner! Just the first six chords are enough to last a life time.
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers

just to mention a few awesome ones.
Anything from the first 6 Black Sabbath albums, or the first 4 Van Halen Albums, ir any AC/DC album along with anything Keith plays in any Stones encore
The recent Alice Cooper thread reminded me that "School's Out" deserves a mention.