Radio 2 greatest guitar riff ever...

[Mark Burton]

Time to vote!

http://bbc.in/R2RiffsVote

[JimN]

I'm torn...

...between The Beatles' Day Tripper riff and that grandaddy of all guitar riffs, The Rolling Stones' (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.

Apache is not a riff and it doesn't contain any riffs.

Oh... and there's Oh Pretty Woman. Now THAT's a riff and a half...

But I've gone for George. Who else?

[MikeAB]

They can' t even use the original Apache.

[alewis41]

1. Day Tripper

2. Don't Fear The Reaper

3. Smoke On The Water

4. Born To Be Wild

5. Layla


Andrew

[dave robinson]

There's a lot of my favourites in there and some rubbish too. I'm afraid I'll have to sit on the fence, it's all subjective.

[iefje]

What about Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" and "Black Dog"? Or The Kink's "You Really Got Me"? The Who's "I Can't Explain"?

[noelford]

... and Buddy Holly's, That'll Be The Day?

It's an impossible, subjective and pointless exercise.

[Billyboygretsch]

You are probably right about it being pointless but it can be a bit of fun and cause debate as it has already. I quite like Sweet Home Alabama. The bit that goes dum dum da da dum dum da da. Is it a riff?

[davec]

I think that's a good way to define "riff": name the song and just give the rhythm "dum dum da da dum dum da da". If every one knows immediately what you're talking about then it's definitely a riff!

DaveC

[neil2726]

One of the best riffs of all time - Hank's "Living Doll." A mate once described it as "smooth as running water!"