Songs with Riffs that stand out and grab ya

Tony M. said:
Isn't anyone going to mention...

Smoke on the Water

and...

Satisfaction?
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I was going to mention Smoke on the Water, but I often mention Smoke on the Water. So, to avoid seeming predictable, I refrained from mentioning Smoke on the Water, even though I would love to have mentioned Smoke on the Water...which begs the question, "How many more times can I say, 'Smoke on the Water?'"
 
smitty_p said:
I was going to mention Smoke on the Water, but I often mention Smoke on the Water. So, to avoid seeming predictable, I refrained from mentioning Smoke on the Water, even though I would love to have mentioned Smoke on the Water...which begs the question, "How many more times can I say, 'Smoke on the Water?'"
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God, I hate that song. Not even one of the better DP songs. Not even one of the better songs on that album. I will never understand how that POS became so popular.
 
Because it was one of the (insert thread title here).

It also had one of the 2 greatest pickup selector switch moves in history.
(The other one is near the end of the guitar solo on I Feel Free.
That's probably where Ritchie stole the idea. He stole everything.)
 
Tony M. said:
Because it was one of the (insert thread title here).
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Ya, nothing about that riff grabs me, in fact it plays like a throwaway when you listen to the whole album.
The world is aware that 'Space Truckin' is on the same record, right?
 
Space Truckin' has a better riff IMHO.

(My 1972-73 band used to lead off with Space Truckin'.
As soon as we started it everybody was out of their chairs.)
 
smitty_p said:
Which begs the question...what is the line between being inspired by another song/artist and "stealing" from another song/artist?
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I think it's how well you "make it your own" without the inspiration being too obvious. At least for rock music. In the blues, they just blatantly copy each other and its understood, accepted and appreciated in the medium. In rock music, being "pop" its not as cool and not part of the trade so you have to mask it some.
 
gball said:
I think it's how well you "make it your own" without the inspiration being too obvious. At least for rock music.
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"At least for rock music."

That does seem to be the operative thought, doesn't it.

This one goes in the opposite direction.

Instead of not trying to be too obvious, this one from 1976 is VERY obvious where the original came from. But the main theme of the song copied is not another pop or rock song, so it's considered to be okay...even cool.

This is also my FAVORITE "riff"!

 
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