•Keeping it simple- While some guitarists are brilliant technicians, even beginners with a feel for rhythm and melody can create (or play) a great guitar riff. Because a guitar riff often repeats throughout a song, you don’t want it to be too complicated to play. It can consist of ...
Some of the great songs of modern times – such as “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction)” or “Smoke On The Water” – strike you as much for their distinctive guitar licks as their powerful lyrics. The guitar riff, which often opens a song and forms the main repetitive melodic anchor, ...
The most guitar-slinging tune in theCheap Trickcatalog, “Need Your Love” features a concise killer of a power-chord solo about three minutes in. Later in the song, Rick Nielsen leads the band into a few minutes of jamming and riff-slinging for the pure fun of it. ...
"Wicked Game" is a romantic sexy song featuring an iconic guitar riff and smooth, evocative vocals that were made for playlists to get it on to. "Good For You," Selena Gomez Lyrics you'll love:"I just wanna look good for you, good for you, oh-oh/Let me show you how proud I am...
“I don’t wanna be your friend / I just wanna be your lover,” Yorke directs, detailing a story of two married lovers in a secret tryst, as he strums a jazz-inflected riff. Meanwhile, the band’s two other guitarists round out the full sound, with O’Brien plucking a hip-...
Probably the greatest guitar riff of all time in Whole Lotta Love. According to engineer Eddie Kramer, the mid-song breakdown, “where everything is going bananas, is a combination of Jimmy and myself just flying around on a small console twiddling every knob known to man.” Well, it ...
The powerful guitar riff and gritty vocals established the song as a pulsating rallying cry for rock lovers. The indomitable spirit of this iconic track keeps on rocking, ensuring its place in modern playlists alongside timeless heavyweights. Also ranks #1 on The 40+ Best Songs About Music, ...
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A global smash for dance diva Ultra Naté in 1997, ‘Free’ offers liberation not as a luxury but as an imperative: ‘You’ve got to live your life — do what you want to do,’ urges the singer. The melancholy guitar riff that kicks off the song gives way to an ecstatic, celebrator...
On her first solo single, former CCFX crooner Mary Jane Dunphe describes a solitary, disorienting view of longing. The boiling point of her sensory confusion is right on the surface, bubbling out of the blown-out bass, tactile beats, and feral, distorted guitar riff. Dunphe’s deep voice ...