top 5 most recognizible guitar riffs

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Highway to Hell-AC/DC
Back in Black-AC/DC
Walk This Way-Aerosmith (both drum and guitar parts are recognizable)
School's Out-Alice Cooper
Cocaine-Eric Clapton/JJ Cale
Slow Ride-Foghat
Welcome to the Jungle-GNR
You've Got Another Thing Comin'-Judas Priest
Whole Lotta Love-Led Zeppelin
Sweet Home Alabama-Lynyrd Skynyrd
Stranglehold-Ted Nugent
Running With the Devil-Van Halen
Sharp Dressed Man-ZZ Top
La Grange-ZZ Top
 

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enter sandman has crossover appeal to people who dont even listen to rock. The song is played so much at arenas and statdiums at sporting events. Enter Sandman will also crossover to more generations IMO. I like the sunshine riff more than the enter sandman riff though

replace purple haze with day tripper

and metallica ripped off this song:

 

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Johhny B. Goode- Chuck Berry
Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
Smoke on The Water- Deep Purple
Purple Haze- Jimi Hendrix
Satisfaction- The Stones

Johny B. Goode, or one of Chuck Berry's 10 other songs which use the exact same riff.
 

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I saw quite a few of you had Iron Man ~ Black Sabbath, and I was like 'Pfff, what are they on about? I betcha I havent heard most of the songs"
Then I Youtube'd Iron Man and guess what! I heard this song so many times its not funny xD

Sal, I need Black Sabbath now =D

Hmm, I've only got 11 songs from them currently but they're a band I've been meaning to expand on...So I'll download some classic albums for us both :3
 

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Highway to Hell-AC/DC
Back in Black-AC/DC
Walk This Way-Aerosmith (both drum and guitar parts are recognizable)
Welcome to the Jungle-GNR
Sweet Home Alabama-Lynyrd Skynyrd


other top 5
Stranglehold-Ted Nugent
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
Iron Man - Black Sabbath
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
You Really Got Me - The Kinks (and Van Halen's cover)

my other top 5
Seek and Destroy - Metallica
Peace Sells - Megadeth
Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Jessica - Allman Brothers

I could keep going on and on and on so I will juts put some honorable mentions

Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones
Anarchy in The UK - Sex Pistols
Rise Above - Black Flag
Walk - Pantera
Damn It - Blink 182

screw it there are too many to put down haha.
 

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Smoke on the Water- Deep Purple
Iron Man- Black Sabbath
Whole Lotta Love- Led Zeppelin
My Generation- The Who
Rock n Roll- Led Zeppelin
 

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