100 Greatest Rock Keyboard Riffs

Johnny · **Joined:** Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:13 am **Posts:** 171

Negative Creep wrote:

I know this is basically subjective, but I think Light My Fire should always reign as THE unchallenged number one.

I don't think its really subjective. It's almost a law of nature by now.

Bones · **Posted:** Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:28 am

Foreplay/Longtime needs to be here.

Bruce · **Posted:** Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:17 pm

Why is there never anything from the 50s on these lists?

Bruce · **Posted:** Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:20 pm

Bones · **Posted:** Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:45 pm

There's a difference between keyboard riffs and piano riffs Bruce.

Bruce · **Posted:** Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:55 pm

Rock N Herbs wrote:

There's a difference between keyboard riffs and piano riffs Bruce.

Are you saying that a piano does not count as a keyboard?

I think you're wrong, and that's why these songs are on the list:

12.Money (That's What I Want)- Barrett Strong
19.Mess Around- Ray Charles
31.Mary Ann- Ray Charles

Bones · **Posted:** Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:01 pm

Didn't quite see that. Sorry.

AgentAJD · **Joined:** Tue May 17, 2011 7:32 am **Posts:** 6

Say what you will, but it's influential and recognizable.

Bones · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:15 am

beaverteeth92 wrote:

This list needs work. This is how I'd do the beginning of it:

1. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
2. A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
3. Don't Stop Believing - Journey
4. Light My Fire - The Doors
5. Green Onions - Booker T. & the MGs
6. The Final Countdown - Europe
7. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
8. Baba O'Reilly - The Who
9. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
10. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
11. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
12. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Don't Stop Believing > Light My Fire? Are you from Mars or something?

Bones · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:11 am

(I Just) Died in Your Arms - Cutting Crew should be here. And "Layla" by Derek and the Ds should be here too.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11729

Bones wrote:

beaverteeth92 wrote:

This list needs work. This is how I'd do the beginning of it:

1. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
2. A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
3. Don't Stop Believing - Journey
4. Light My Fire - The Doors
5. Green Onions - Booker T. & the MGs
6. The Final Countdown - Europe
7. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
8. Baba O'Reilly - The Who
9. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
10. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
11. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
12. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Don't Stop Believing > Light My Fire? Are you from Mars or something?

Yeah there's no way Light My Fire should ever drop from #1. It is the quintessential organ riff.
The only song I could see taking it's place would be "What'd I Say", which I cant believe beaver didnt include in his top 12...

beaverteeth92 · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:09 pm **Posts:** 1163

It is, but Superstition is both obscenely difficult to play well and arguably the most well-known keyboard riff in the world.

Bones · **Posted:** Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:37 pm

beaverteeth92 wrote:

It is, but Superstition is both obscenely difficult to play well and arguably the most well-known keyboard riff in the world.

That's reasonable but there's is no way that simple riff in DSB beats the legendary LMF riff.

beaverteeth92 · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:09 pm **Posts:** 1163

Fair enough. Either way I tend to use popularity as a huge criterion for riffs in general because the best riffs tend to be immediately recognizable and in the public conscience. It's also one of a multitude of reasons I advocated "Good Times" by Chic as the Greatest Rock Bassline.

Bones · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:19 pm

100 Greatest Rock Keyboard Riffs

Who is online