Greatest Guitar Riff Of All Time?

[Apocalyptic Gerbil]

Vote for Supermassive Black Hole, New Born, Hysteria and Plug in Baby in the Greatest Guitar Riff Of All Time poll on NME.com :D

Supermassive - http://www.nme.com/rate/thegreatestguitarriffofalltime/61/last/09/rate/10

New Born - http://www.nme.com/rate/thegreatestguitarriffofalltime/61/last/10/rate/10

Hysteria - http://www.nme.com/rate/thegreatestguitarriffofalltime/61/last/11/rate/10

PiB - http://www.nme.com/rate/thegreatestguitarriffofalltime/1/last/82/rate/10

[Citizen Erased]

:O Is Plug in Baby is number one?

[Problemfanatique]

Either New Born, Hysteria or PiB should win. SMBH better not win it..

[Dominic.]

where's stockholm syndrome :(

[Problematique MX]

Yep.


AI SMELLZ VOTE FIKSEEEN!!! :D

[Problemfanatique]

Muse so own this poll. :LOL:

[Nimpo46]

supermassive? lol but not knights?


Dream Theater/Queen > Britney Spears any day

[Mneme]

SBH ftw! :LOL:

[koko]

Crap poll, where the hell is SRV. OR, where the hell is simply the first note of "No One Knows" by QOTSA!!!

[bellamy'szetagirl]

Voted PiB.
(It's at #1)

[pinkfloyddsotm]

Crap poll, where the hell is SRV. OR, where the hell is simply the first note of "No One Knows" by QOTSA!!!

ha im currently listening to "no one knows" when i read that..

[Kylee]

I do like how Matt is on the banner on the voting page... or is it there just when you vote for muse? :$

[Citizen Erased]

I do like how Matt is on the banner on the voting page... or is it there just when you vote for muse? :$

There all the time me thinks. :)

[Idiot Drugs]

Crap poll, where the hell is SRV. OR, where the hell is simply the first note of "No One Knows" by QOTSA!!!

Know one knows is in the poll you know

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

Some of those in the poll aren't even riffs :facepalm:

[Problemfanatique]

I do like how Matt is on the banner on the voting page... or is it there just when you vote for muse? :$

That's what I thought. :LOL: He's on the banner twice, and for every song/band nominated. Honestly, I've never known a magazine to kiss a band's arse more than NME does to Muse. :LOL:

[devonscreen]

Of course and no doubt... PLUG IN BABY!

Yay!!!

[a-museing]

Really really hope hysteria wins :D
i think its even gonna be obvious to non musers that some vote rigging went on here :LOL::$

[Megglen]

:facepalm: Holy Ship!

1, 2, 3 & 7

:musesign:

[Duckie!]

I voted for Satisfaction repeatedly. :LOL:

[brian KEEEEM]

Haha, I wonder how many of us it took to make robot puppies, human network, and madman top 3 XD.

[Apocalyptic Gerbil]

Matt's now on the NME homepage advertising the feature :LOL:

[Problemfanatique]

Some of those in the poll aren't even riffs :facepalm:

That what I was thinking..

[achi]

Ooh..Radiohead with Just at 14..nicee:happy:
And I put on 10 stars on Day Tripper:yesey:

[JackAndrews]

is anyone else embarrased that muse are 1st, 2nd, 3rd and supermassive is 6th?

[Dominic.]

embarassed? no way
1st 2nd 3rd and 4th now, but supermassive keeps dropping to fifth

[JackAndrews]

other people must think we have nothing better to do than to vote our favourite band to the top of every competition. even before we make a judgement on how good the actual riffs are, (plug in baby and hysteria are great riffs) we immediately vote them as high as we can. i can accept that plug in baby or even hysteria can be first, but definately not supermassive black hole or new born! theyre good riffs, but even on a poll of how good they sound they wouldnt be in the top 20; and this is the greatest riff of all time, so obviously youve gotta think of the context too (which is why Smells Like Teen Spirit is rated so highly, even though it is a simple power chord riff)

and that is why i am embarrased, other people must think we are tits.

[Dominic.]

hmm, good point, but im just glad to see muse up there, maybe a couple of them shouldnt be up there, specially supermassive, I was happy with just plug in baby being #1, and then I checked today and they had the top 4:p

[JackAndrews]

hmm, good point, but im just glad to see muse up there, maybe a couple of them shouldnt be up there, specially supermassive, I was happy with just plug in baby being #1, and then I checked today and they had the top 4:p
yeah lol, i immediately thought :facepalm:
made me laugh that the thumbnail for hysteria is matt on an acoustic guitar

[Samuel]

is anyone else embarrased that muse are 1st, 2nd, 3rd and supermassive is 6th?

oh god yes


they're all great riffs,
but there are soo much better ones to vote for

[Problemfanatique]

other people must think we have nothing better to do than to vote our favourite band to the top of every competition. even before we make a judgement on how good the actual riffs are, (plug in baby and hysteria are great riffs) we immediately vote them as high as we can. i can accept that plug in baby or even hysteria can be first, but definately not supermassive black hole or new born! theyre good riffs, but even on a poll of how good they sound they wouldnt be in the top 20; and this is the greatest riff of all time, so obviously youve gotta think of the context too (which is why Smells Like Teen Spirit is rated so highly, even though it is a simple power chord riff)

and that is why i am embarrased, other people must think we are tits.

Are you serious? New born is a great riff. I like it better than the plug in baby riff. But SMBH? that shouldn't even be on the poll.

[Obi]

and that is why i am embarrased, other people must think we are tits.


Who cares? :LOL:

[Nimpo46]

Are you serious? New born is a great riff. I like it better than the plug in baby riff. But SMBH? that shouldn't even be on the poll.

+1

[Samuel]

Who cares? :LOL:

Now now young man! That isn't the right mentality!
We must be the laughing stock of the Radiohead fans...

[Obi]

Now now young man! That isn't the right mentality!
We must be the laughing stock of the Radiohead fans...

Just ask half the members on this board then. :p

[Problemfanatique]

and that is why i am embarrased, other people must think we are tits.

And another thing.. you shouldn't care what other people think. Who gives a fuck if they think we're a bunch tits.

[Nimpo46]

And another thing.. you shouldn't care what other people think. Who gives a fuck if they think we're a bunch tits.

I'm a bunch of tits!

[Samuel]

Just ask half the members on this board then. :p
Yeah, I swear most people here prefer Radiohead anyway :LOL:
I'm a bunch of tits!

Ooh I could do with a bunch of tits right now

[Kylee]

Why is SMBH even on there? :facepalm:

[brian KEEEEM]

I would much rather have Hyper Music or Stockholm instead of SMBH on there. OH WAIT! STARLIGHT HAS SUCH AN AWESOME GUITAR RIFF!! OMG!! ;ALKDSJFODSKFLFJ

XD

[gunnerthekiwi]

Wot?

[Apocalyptic Gerbil]

Are you serious? New born is a great riff. I like it better than the plug in baby riff. But SMBH? that shouldn't even be on the poll.

+2

[Goya]

Don't take the poll seriously, c'mon. It's just the NME humping Muse's legs. What they love best. :happy:

[pinkfloyddsotm]

these polls are always bullshit cause theirs never any aussie bands included. all american and pommie junk..theirs some ripper aus bands out with killer riffage ,but never acknowledged
oh and the mars volta have some absolute killer riffs too, "frances the mute", "tetragrammaton" ,"metatron" to name a few.

[Hopix]

supermassive? lol but not knights?


Dream Theater/Queen > Britney Spears any day

I was thinking the same.

[JackAndrews]

new born is a great riff, but wasnt really a defining riff, like plug in baby

[Apocalyptic Gerbil]

new born is a great riff, but wasnt really a defining riff, like plug in baby

The New Born riff changed my view on music :LOL:

[JackAndrews]

haha ok, well thats why the poll is there then, for peoples opinions! :p

[Enemy]

The New Born riff actually smashed my face in first time I heard it, more so than the Plug In Baby riff.

[Problemfanatique]

Wow, all 4 Muse songs in the top 4. In science today, my friends went onto the NME site and looked at the poll, when I saw it I was all smug. :LOL:

[pinkfloyddsotm]

played plug in baby on triple j yesty morning.triple j loves muse

[Try_lee]

Anyone know when this vote thing is actually ending? It seems to have gone on for a rather long time already.

[L.]

That's what I thought. :LOL: He's on the banner twice, and for every song/band nominated. Honestly, I've never known a magazine to kiss a band's arse more than NME does to Muse. :LOL:

I can't blame NME on that... those are three fine little booties to kiss!!!!

Anyway just what we needed - another NME poll for us to take over!!! :D I guess they're just trying to keep us busy until the new album comes out. A cunning diversion tactic that seems to be working... I wonder what next month's poll will be all about... Vote for the best live act or maybe vote for the drummer with the best super hero outfit...

[khfreek]

Plug In Baby is the only Muse song that deserves to be on any top riffs' lists :\

SMBH? You've got to be fucking kidding me! I don't even know what riff it's referring to.

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

SMBH? You've got to be fucking kidding me! I don't even know what riff it's referring to.

The one they ripped from Britney Spears :)

[khfreek]

The one they ripped from Britney Spears :)

For some reason I had been thinking of Starlight... SMBH is a pretty weak riff though :rolleyes:

[devonscreen]

Starlight live @ Abbey Road=awesome

[L.]

Just received my weekly NME newsletter and thought I'd let you know that "we" are mentioned in there....

I quote:

5. Debate the Greatest Guitar Riff Of All Time. I'm tipping the Rolling Stones or Hendrix to win, but it would seem Muse fans have very different ideas...

Made me :LOL::LOL::LOL:

[a-museing]

Just received my weekly NME newsletter and thought I'd let you know that "we" are mentioned in there....

I quote:

5. Debate the Greatest Guitar Riff Of All Time. I'm tipping the Rolling Stones or Hendrix to win, but it would seem Muse fans have very different ideas...

Made me :LOL::LOL::LOL:


i think they're on to us :eek::stunned::shifty:

[Rich0]

I'm think Hysteria deserves to be number one and that the guitar riff in it is often underated

[L.]

5. Debate the Greatest Guitar Riff Of All Time. I'm tipping the Rolling Stones or Hendrix to win, but it would seem Muse fans have very different ideas...


i think they're on to us :eek::stunned::shifty:

They might be bugging our computers and even this forum...:shifty::shifty: They might be listening right now! :eek:

***** (sounds of paranoia setting in)

[a-museing]

Quick start typing in code before they discover our plan :shifty: