Best Guitar Riff From The 21st Century (1 Viewer)

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Seven Nation Army seems like a bass riff more than a guitar riff to me.

Things I Learned Today - no good guitar riffs so far this century.

no bass in the white stripes.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Take Me Out > Seven Nation Army

..in terms of the riff at least. Both great songs.

Ehhh I don't see 100,000 college kids singing along to Take Me Out at football games

 

[Amused to Death]

If you count covers, Rush released an album in 2004 of early 70s rock songs called Feedback. One on the album was "

This one has some pretty nice riffs.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Also Schism by Tool might be top 5

 

[peaces]

Seven Nation Army seems like a bass riff more than a guitar riff to me.

Things I Learned Today - no good guitar riffs so far this century.

no bass in the white stripes.

"semi-acoustic 1950s style Kay Hollowbody guitar, through a DigiTech Whammy pedal, set down an octave."

 

[Amused to Death]

Best riff played with no electric instruments.

 

[Mister CIA]

WTF!!

Anyone here familiar with 10 A.M. Automatic?

 

[dickey moe]

Wrong - Call It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm_ueh2h1nM

 

[dickey moe]

Korn - Here to Stay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pKlvG4XWAg

 

[dickey moe]

Muse - Hysteria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYWklAV_cwQ

 

[Mister CIA]

Wrong - Call It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm_ueh2h1nM

Korn - Here to Stay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pKlvG4XWAg

Muse - Hysteria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYWklAV_cwQ

Third time was not a charm.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqB4YPcacdo

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

Some older Black Keys stuff should be up there.

10 AM Automatic, Girl is on My Mind, All Hands Against His Own are all strong

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

WTF!!

Anyone here familiar with 10 A.M. Automatic?

 

[otello]

Riff can be a base line too, right?

 

[DaVinci]

Ben Harper - Why Must You Always Dress In Black

 

[timschochet]

I was going to go with "Smooth" by Santana, but it turns out it's 1999.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Riff can be a base line too, right?

yes

Royal Blood has like 5 great riffs, all bass

 

[tom22406]

The Dark Eternal Night from Dream Theater is my pick.

Do prog rock bands even do "riffs"? I think of riffs as a simple line of fewer than like 10 notes.

It sounds as though you have never even heard the song.It starts off with a sick riff that is used throughout the song.

 

[El Floppo]

Not in the same league as 5 nation army (heard sung by fans in stadiums for different sports around the world), but I've been partial to:

Stoned and Starving- Parquet Courts

Reptilia- Strokes

First of All- Japanther

The Funeral- Band of Horses

most of the stuff I like is dumb 3 chord garagey stuff (like the Japanther tune), so it's hard to pull out "classic" riffs from that.

 

[cstu]

its Seven Nation Army right?

So hilarious - didn't realize everyone thought the same.

 

[cstu]

Also "Are You Going to be My Girl" is another one that resonates from that era, even if it turned out Jet was awful.

 

[Hoos First]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDMvN45sjo4

 

[General Malaise]

Black Math >>>>>>> Seven Nation Army

https://youtu.be/No4XNlLuBgo