FabSwingers.com forum: Best opening riff on a single

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Think for me it has to be Whiskey in the jar - Thin Lizzy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Monster magnet-space lord

https://youtu.be/dscfeQOMuGw

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

The Cult- She Sells Sanctuary

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For nostalgic reasons, I have to say Waking the Demon by Bullet for my Valentine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Cult- She Sells Sanctuary

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This without a shadow of a doubt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Cult- She Sells Sanctuary

Absofuckinlutely

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mr Brightside - The Killers

Mostly because everyone goes nuts when they hear on a night out.

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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago

Hull

"The Cult- She Sells Sanctuary

Love it!

Plug in Baby - Muse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For the ones loving the cult

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB0_zFYBRZE and your welcome

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

Money for nothing has to be up there even if the rest of the song is bang average .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love will tear us apart..

Joy devisio

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Love will tear us apart..

Joy devision "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love this by Kaleo, classic but such a sweet sound!

https://open.spotify.com/track/5Xx8krVxg1pRy6CXieB7FS?si=Tnz3dg8yTnO6_OUazshwAQ

Peach x

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By *eeshelleTV/TS
over a year ago

Marlow

Sweet child o mine

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By *estivalMan
over a year ago

borehamwood

nightrain guns n roses

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

I'll also chuck in Lil' Devil and Bonebag by The Cult too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'll also chuck in Lil' Devil and Bonebag by The Cult too

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Add Rain too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

68 Guns - The Alarm

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode

This riff Sounds like a firecracker, imagine what it must have sounded when it was first released. It’s that good it’s the only song to be sent into space, on the Voyager mission.

‘I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet ....’

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Under the Bridge - Chilli Peppers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Smoke on the water.

Whole lotta love.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Back in Black ohhhhh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Day tripper by The Beatles.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mumford and sons - I will wait

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By *ustfun 1984Man
over a year ago

exeter

Sweet child of mine guns and roses

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

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The Orb- Little Fluffy Clouds

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There She Go's - The La's

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spirit in the sky Norman Greenbaum or Doctor And The Medics take yer pick.

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

This ones a twofur....

Bob & Earl- Harlem Shuffle/House of Pain- Jump Around.

Exactly the same intro (HOP sampled it from B&E)....you just don't know what you're gonna get for 2 seconds- either way its gonna be good and make yer booty shake

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Smells like teen spirit by - nirvana

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Have to go a long way to better Going Underground by The Jam for an opening riff

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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek

Bat out of hell- meatloaf

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By *eneral HysteriaMan
over a year ago

Newcastle

Just listening to Whole Lotta Rosie, AC/DC, as I read this. It's gotta be up there.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In your honour - foo fighters.... epic!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

fools gold by stoneroses

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By *tirluvMan
over a year ago

the right frame of mind -London

For me it's a toss up between:

Walking on the Moon -The Police &

Breathe -Pink Floyd

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Driving south - stone roses

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By *andl76Couple
over a year ago

north east

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By *andl76Couple
over a year ago

north east

Paradise city for me

Sweet child o mine for the good looking one

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By *andyMinx_tvTV/TS
over a year ago

Leeds

Layla - Derek & The Dominos

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

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The Charlatans- The only one i know takes be right back to a dingy little nightclub in the late 80's- getting d*unk midweek on cheap cider with some mates

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

ant believe no one has mention this yet

Jimi Hendrix 'Voodoo Child'

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By *urved HunnyWoman
over a year ago

Essex

Voodoo child is the very very best

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By *urved HunnyWoman
over a year ago

Essex

"ant believe no one has mention this yet

Jimi Hendrix 'Voodoo Child' "

LOL Snap xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tom Petty - Running Down a Dream

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Anyone for some Primal Scream- Loaded

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rolling Stones The Last Time

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

"Rolling Stones The Last Time "

I'll raise you with Time is on your side

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By *a Fee VerteWoman
over a year ago

Limbo

20th Century Boy by T Rex .... which always puts me in mind of another great opening riff - Song 2 by Blur

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
over a year ago

Stourbridge

Many of the above, I love the Cult and GnR suggestions

I would like to add Doctor Doctor by UFO

Ziggy Stardust by Bowie

Jean Jeanie Bowie

Hanging on the Telephone Blondie

Shayla Blondie

Closer to the Heart -Rush

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By *urved HunnyWoman
over a year ago

Essex

Heartbreaker led zeppelin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rolling Stones The Last Time

I'll raise you with Time is on your side

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I will raise you again with Stay With Me - The Faces

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rolling Stones The Last Time

I'll raise you with Time is on your side

The Last Time riff is way better !

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
over a year ago

Stourbridge

Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Field of Fire - Big Country

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Empty Rooms - Gary Moore

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Black sabbath- symptom of the universe

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By *a Fee VerteWoman
over a year ago

Limbo

Seven Nation Army - White Stripes

Underdog - Kasabian

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Temple of love, sisters of mercy

For her light, fields of the nephilim

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By *heIcebreakersCouple
over a year ago

Cramlington

Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Sreet Preachers - no contest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tower Of Strength - The Mission

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tower Of Strength - The Mission"

Ooooooooh Raise you Deliverence.

I met Wayne a few times

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ghostdancing - Simple Minds

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Riot squad - cock sparrer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Muse plug in baby or coheed and cambrias welcome home

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

"Rolling Stones The Last Time

I'll raise you with Time is on your side

The Last Time riff is way better !"

Not if you're going on the opening riff stated in the OP- that little sliding blues special at the start is a major nod to their blues influence

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Love will tear us apart..

Joy devisio "

Not too bad...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Creep - Radiohead

Lose Yourself - Eminem

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By *ocbigMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Another Girl, Another Planet..The Only Ones.

Teenage Kicks ..The Undertones.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols

The very one...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Riot squad - cock sparrer "

Another belter...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fade to black by Metallica anyone?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Win or die - public enemy

Blind justice - the business

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Two minutes to midnight - iron maiden

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over a year ago

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By *ocbigMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Party Fears Two -Associates.

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By *andyMinx_tvTV/TS
over a year ago

Leeds

Rebel Rebel - Bowie

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By *edkent69Man
over a year ago

maidstone

"Tom Petty - Running Down a Dream "

Wow, I was just scrolling down, thinking I'll put that as my choice.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rebel Rebel - Bowie

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Now that's a contender right there

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Silvia... focus

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Eddie Van Halen's riff on the Opening of Janet Jackson's - Black Cat deserves a mention

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By *ordonBennettMan
over a year ago

dover

Gimme shelter. The Rolling Stones

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By *uck-RogersMan
over a year ago

Oakhill

Revolution ... the Beatles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

leftfield "phat planet"

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Rolling Stones The Last Time

I'll raise you with Time is on your side

The Last Time riff is way better !"

Gimme Shelter trumps them both!!

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By *ain n MableWoman
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

Pretty Vacant, Sex Pistols. Awesome for a band who can't play their instruments

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You shook me all night long....you can’t fail to play air guitar to that!

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