Your favourite Rush guitar riff

[treeduck]

Guitar riffs, yes a rock staple, which is your Rush favourite though? The classic Limelight riff? The chorus of Red Barchetta? Working Man? Is it the many rhythm guitar parts that make up a song that doesn't have a recognisable riff maybe? Maybe you love the many and various riffage elements that make up Hemispheres?

 

I'll leave it with you...

 

If your fave isn't in the poll, well just name your own choice because obviously I can't put every song in there, that's just a few major ones...

 

[vitalsigns66]

Probably Limelight. It's a great riff.

[goose]

QUOTE (treeduck @ Sep 4 2006, 09:53 PM)

Guitar riffs, yes a rock staple, which is your Rush favourite though? The classic Limelight riff? The chorus of Red Barchetta? Working Man? Is it the many rhythm guitar parts that make up a song that doesn't have a recognisable riff maybe? Maybe you love the many and various riffage elements that make up Hemispheres? I'll leave it with you... If your fave isn't in the poll, well just name your own choice because obviously I can't put every song in there, that's just a few major ones...

For just the riff...Bangkok, easily. The crowd goes nuts with even the slightest bit from that song.

[RushDrummer]

Limelight.

[Arleen2112]

Passage to Bangkok

[KenJennings]

Missing one very important song:

 

Natural Science.

[treeduck]

QUOTE (KenJennings @ Sep 4 2006, 11:48 PM)

Missing one very important song: Natural Science.

Yeah well I pretty much just banged in the first 20 songs that came into my head...

 

[Kudzu]

Narrowly "The Spirit of Radio" over "La Villa Strangiato".

[*Limelight*]

Limelight for me.

[Earthshine]

They are all great!

 

But I went with (what else?! ):

 

 

Hemispheres!

 

 

[Slacker]

QUOTE (Arleen2112 @ Sep 4 2006, 11:41 PM)

Passage to Bangkok

or

 

The TREES

[Slacker]

QUOTE (treeduck @ Sep 4 2006, 11:54 PM)

QUOTE (KenJennings @ Sep 4 2006, 11:48 PM) Missing one very important song: Natural Science. Yeah well I pretty much just banged in the first 20 songs that came into my head...   How does One? Bang in 20 songs in there Head?                                                       what the hell is a Tree Duck?

[ElPatron]

Yes I know Limelight is the better guitar riff, But I can't left Circumstances lonely...

[kooma]

The 2112 Overture

[hammerofthor]

I cant believe nobody has mentioned Earthshine, the greatest riff in rock history!

[PW_Guitarist]

For me, the definitive Rush guitar riff is Spirit of Radio (with Limelight a close second). That's the one that got me interested in playing guitar! Great original riff with an awesome sound. To me, a great riff grabs your attention right off the bat, and it defines a song in a way that sticks in everyones memory and identifies a band for years to come. SOR seems to have done that beautifully.

 

 

[treeduck]

QUOTE (SlackABob @ Sep 5 2006, 04:40 AM)

QUOTE (treeduck @ Sep 4 2006, 11:54 PM) QUOTE (KenJennings @ Sep 4 2006, 11:48 PM) Missing one very important song: Natural Science. Yeah well I pretty much just banged in the first 20 songs that came into my head...   How does One? Bang in 20 songs in there Head?                                                       what the hell is a Tree Duck? Ohh no not that question, isn't it obvious? Did a the idea of a duck that lives in a tree maybe not occur to you?   http://www.woodducksociety.com/images/treeduck.jpg

[Slacker]

QUOTE (treeduck @ Sep 5 2006, 12:35 PM)

QUOTE (SlackABob @ Sep 5 2006, 04:40 AM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Sep 4 2006, 11:54 PM) QUOTE (KenJennings @ Sep 4 2006, 11:48 PM) Missing one very important song: Natural Science. Yeah well I pretty much just banged in the first 20 songs that came into my head...   How does One? Bang in 20 songs in there Head?                                                       what the hell is a Tree Duck? Ohh no not that question, isn't it obvious? Did a the idea of a duck that lives in a tree maybe not occur to you?   http://www.woodducksociety.com/images/treeduck.jpg It does now

[MrHands]

Limelight is it for me.

 

RRRRR R RR...my feeble attempt at onomatopoeia

[treeduck]

QUOTE (MrHands @ Sep 5 2006, 07:09 PM)

Limelight is it for me. RRRRR R RR...my feeble attempt at onomatopoeia

Naa, naa, naa, ne ne naaa, ne, ne naa, naa naa, naa ne ne ne...

 

[priest_of_syrinx]

I love all those, but what about Kid Gloves??? Awesome riff there!!

[treeduck]

QUOTE (priest_of_syrinx @ Sep 6 2006, 04:42 PM)

I love all those, but what about Kid Gloves??? Awesome riff there!!

There's a little bit of Van Halen on Kid Gloves...

[Ancient Ways]

The ultimate Rush riff?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working Man

[treeduck]

QUOTE (Ancient Ways @ Sep 6 2006, 05:02 PM)

The ultimate Rush riff? Working Man

 

whoops i didn't see this...

 

[daveyt]

i'm stuck on parts of natural science. i try to make this one part sound like van halen. the part that goes ba ba ba bababab abba abababababab ab ababbaabbaba ab ab abababab ababab ababababbaab DA DADA!