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What's that guitar Riff Game!

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  • nweathingtonnweathington Posts: 6,750
    A couple of them he didn’t play quite right, but it sounded like it was probably done in one take, so I'll give him a pass. I was able to recognize them all anyway. I've played most of them at least once at some point or other.
  • DoctorDoomDoctorDoom Posts: 2,586
    This is what I got so far. And this is as far as I go.

    Give you a Scooby Snack for your help, @nweathington

    1. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

    2.

    3. Johnny Be Good - Chuck Berry

    4. Rumble - Link Wray

    5.

    6.

    7.

    8. Wipeout - Surfaris

    9. Day Tripper - The Beatles

    10.

    11. Satisfaction - Rolling Stones

    12. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

    13. Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac

    14.

    15.

    16. Crossroads - Cream

    17.

    18. Paranoid - Black Sabbath

    19. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival

    20.

    21. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin

    22.

    23. Layla - Eric Clapton

    24. School's Out - Alice Cooper

    25. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

    26. Money - Pink Floyd

    27.

    28. La Grange - ZZ Top

    29.

    30.

    31. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

    32. Walk This Way - Aerosmith

    33.

    34. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent

    35.

    36. Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

    37. Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas

    38.

    39. Barracuda - Heart

    40.

    41.

    42.

    43.

    44. Back in Black - AC/DC

    45. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourn

    46.

    47. Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan

    48. Owner of a Lonely Heart - YES

    49.

    50.

  • GregGreg Posts: 1,946
    edited March 2014
    #2. Sounds like a couple things to me but I keep thinking Words Of Love by the Beatles

    #7. Dick Dale - Misirlou

    #10. The Who - Can't Explain

    #17. Led Zeppelin Communication Breakdown

    #20. Joe Walsh - Funk #49

    #35. Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back In Town

    #38. The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (?)

    #40. Van Halen - Running With the Devil

    #41. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

    #42. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper

    #4.3 Neil Young - Hey Hey My My

    #46. Rush - Spirit of Radio






  • Thanks for posting!

    2 Buddy Holly
    3 Chuck Berry
    7 Dick Dale misirlou
    9 Beatles Daytripper
    11 Rolling Stones Satisfaction
    12 Jimi Hendrix
    13 Santana Black Magic Woman
    14 Beatles Helter Skelter
    16 Eric Clapton Crossroads
    17 Led Zeppelin
    18 Black Sabbath
    19 CCR
    21 Led Zeppelin
    23 Eric Clapton Layla
    24 Alice Cooper School's Out
    25 Deep Purple Smoke
    26 Pink Floyd Money
    27 Allman Brothers
    28 ZZ Top La Grange
    29 T Rex 20th Century Boy
    32 Aerosmith
    33 Queen Bohemian
    34 Ted Nugent Stranglehold
    36 Blue Oyster Clut Don't Fear the Reaper
    37 Styx
    38 Ramones
    39 Heart
    41 Dire Straits
    42 The Police SOS
    43 Neil Young Hey Hey My My
    44 AC/DC Back in Black
    45 Ozzy Osbourne Crazy Train
    46 Rush Limelight
    47 Stevie Ray Vaughn Pride and Joy
    48 Yes Owner
    50 Eddie Van Halen with Michael Jackson Beat It


    Did I win with 36? I think knowing the band/guitarist is enough. Song title is secondary. :P
  • 13. Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac

    I've never heard, nor did I know there was, the Fleetwood Mac version. Is the riff theirs or Carlos' Santana's?
  • DoctorDoomDoctorDoom Posts: 2,586
    That may have been a mistake.
  • DoctorDoomDoctorDoom Posts: 2,586
    I'm just stuck on 5, 6, 15, 22, 22, 27, 30, and 49!

  • 5 is the song "Ain't No Cure for the Summertime Blues"

    6 is a little familiar.

    15 is a little less familiar.

    22 I just figured out is Rolling Stones, ummm... "Girl, when you call my name..."

    27 Allman Brothers, right? Sweet Melissa, right?

    30 is possibly the most unknown thing to me.

    49 is some headbanging metal that I'm unfamiliar with. Not Metallica, but maybe Iron Maiden?
  • GregGreg Posts: 1,946
    edited March 2014
    #6 The chantays - pipeline

    #22 rolling stones - it's a bitch

    #27 Allman Borthers - Jessica

    #49 Iron maiden - Flight of icarus
  • nweathingtonnweathington Posts: 6,750
    edited March 2014
    I've marked the songs, followed by the guitarist, followed by the band (if not a solo artist). There are two I’m sure I’ve heard before, but I can’t quite name the song or band.

    1. Folsom Prison Blues — Luther Perkins — Johnny Cash

    I'm not 100% positive on #2, but I think it’s:
    2. Everyday — Buddy Holly — Buddy Holly & the Crickets

    3. Johnny B. Goode — Chuck Berry

    4. Rumble — Link Wray

    5. Summertime Blues — Eddie Cochran

    6. Pipeline — Bob Spickard — The Chantays

    7. Miserlou —Dick Dale — Dick Dale & the Del Tones

    8. Wipeout — Bob Berryhill — The Surfaris

    9. Day Tripper — John Lennon — The Beatles

    10. Can’t Explain — Pete Townsend — The Who

    11. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction — Keith Richards — Rolling Stones

    12. Purple Haze — Jimi Hendrix — The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    13. Black Magic Woman —Carlos Santana — Santana

    14. Helter Skelter — Paul McCartney — The Beatles

    15. Can't quite put my finger on it

    16. Crossroads — Eric Clapton — Cream

    17. Communication Breakdown — Jimmy Page — Led Zeppelin

    18. Paranoid — Tony Iommi — Black Sabbath

    19. Fortunate Son — John Fogerty — Creedence Clearwater Revival

    20. Funk #49 — Joe Walsh — James Gang

    21. Immigrant Song — Jimmy Page — Led Zeppelin

    22. Bitch — Keith Richards — The Rolling Stones

    23. Layla — Eric Clapton — Derek & the Dominos

    24. School's Out — Glen Buxton — Alice Cooper

    25. Smoke on the Water — Ritchie Blackmore — Deep Purple

    26. Money — David Gilmour — Pink Floyd

    27. Jessica —Dickey Betts — The Allman Brothers

    28. La Grange — Billy Gibbons — ZZ Top

    29. 20th Century Boy — Marc Bolan — T. Rex

    30. Can’t quite remember it.

    31. Sweet Home Alabama — Ed King — Lynyrd Skynyrd

    32. Walk This Way — Joe Perry — Aerosmith

    33. Bohemian Rhapsody — Brian May — Queen

    34. Stranglehold — Ted Nugent

    35. The Boys Are Back in Town — Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson — Thin Lizzy

    36. Don't Fear the Reaper — Donald Roeser — Blue Oyster Cult

    37. Carry on Wayward Son — Kerry Livgren — Kansas

    38. Blitzkrieg Bop — John “Johnny Ramone” Cummings — The Ramones

    39. Barracuda — Nancy Wilson & Roger Fisher — Heart

    40. Running with the Devil — Eddie Van Halen — Van Halen

    41. Sultans of Swing — Mark Knopfler — Dire Straits

    42. Message in a Bottle — Andy Summers — The Police

    43. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) — Neil Young — Neil Young & Crazy Horse

    44. Back in Black — Angus Young — AC/DC

    45. Crazy Train — Randy Rhoads — Ozzy Osbourne

    46. Spirit of the Radio — Alex Lifeson — Rush

    47. Pride and Joy — Stevie Ray Vaughan — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

    48. Owner of a Lonely Heart — Trevor Rabin — Yes

    49. Holy Diver — Vivian Campbell — Dio

    50. Beat It — Eddie Van Halen — Michael Jackson
  • 2 is, based on lyrics "hold me close and tell me how you feel", Words of Love, which I know better from the Beatles' cover.
  • nweathingtonnweathington Posts: 6,750

    2 is, based on lyrics "hold me close and tell me how you feel", Words of Love, which I know better from the Beatles' cover.

    Yeah, I think you're right. They both have the same chord progression, which was throwing me off.
  • nweathingtonnweathington Posts: 6,750

    13. Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac

    I've never heard, nor did I know there was, the Fleetwood Mac version. Is the riff theirs or Carlos' Santana's?
    Fleetwood Mac wrote the song, but this guy is playing Santana’s version, which is phrased slightly differently.
  • DoctorDoomDoctorDoom Posts: 2,586
    I love you guys. You are awesome.
  • I really want to know what 15 and 30 are. Maybe Shazam can help me?
  • DoctorDoomDoctorDoom Posts: 2,586
    Here are the answers:

    1. Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash
    2. Words of Love, Buddy Holly
    3. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
    4. Rumble, Link Wray
    5. Summertime Blues, Eddie Cochran
    6. Pipeline, The Chantays
    7. Miserlou, Dick Dale
    8. Wipeout, Surfaris
    9. Daytripper, Beatles
    10. Can’t Explain, The Who
    11. Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones
    12. Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix
    13. Black Magic Woman, Santana
    14. Helter Skelter, The Beatles
    15. Oh Well, Fleetwood Mac
    16. Crossroads, Cream (Clapton OK)
    17. Communication Breakdown, Led Zeppelin
    18. Paranoid, Black Sabbath
    19. Fortunate Son, CCR
    20. Funk #49, James Gang (Joe Walsh OK)
    21. Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin
    22. Bitch, Rolling Stones
    23. Layla, Derek and the Dominoes (Clapton ok)
    24. Schools out, Alice Cooper
    25. Smoke on the Water, Deep Purple
    26. Money, Pink Floyd
    27. Jessica, Allman Brothers
    28. La Grange, ZZ Top
    29. 20th Century Boy, T. Rex
    30. Scarlett Begonias, Grateful dead
    31. Sweet Home Alabama, Lynard Skynard
    32. Walk this way, Aerosmith
    33. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
    34. Stranglehold, Ted Nugent
    35. Boys are Back in Town, Thin Lizzy
    36. Don’t Fear the Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult
    37. Carry on my Wayward Son, Kansas
    38. Blitzkrieg Bop, Ramones
    39. Barracuda, Heart
    40. Runnin with the Devil, Van Halen
    41. Sultans of Swing, Dire Straits
    42. Message in a Bottle, The Police
    43. Hey Hey My My, Neil Young
    44. Back in Black, AC/DC
    45. Crazy Train, Ozzy Osbourne
    46. Spirit of Radio, Rush
    47. Pride and Joy, Stevie Ray Vaughan
    48. Owner of a Lonely Heart, Yes
    49. Holy Diver, Divo
    50. Beat It, M. Jackson
  • Wow! 15 & 30 titles are unknown to me.
    I now make it my mission to create a similar game for late 80s to now. I will probably fail. :P
  • nweathingtonnweathington Posts: 6,750
    Fleetwood Mac, huh? Never listened to them all that much outside of what I’ve heard on the radio. Never heard this one. I’ve listened to a lot more Dead than Fleetwood Mac, but mostly their more iconic songs. I'm sure I've heard “Scarlet Begonias” once or twice, but not enough to place it, and I don't think I ever knew the title.
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