favourite Stooges riffs

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anyone like to nominate any fave Stooges riffs?

everything on those first two albums, for me, but a particular personal favourite is 'Little Doll', so mesmerizing it's unbeleivable even for a Stooges track. I don't know what it does to my brain.
outside of those two albums, 'Open up and Bleed' has to be one of the most intense riffs in history. Plus the fact that Ron Asheton plays an absolute MONSTER of a bass...

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The riff that comes to my mind without having to think is TV Eye, not very original but so great.

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I Need Somebody!!!

especially the bass riff
though guitar is mesmerizing too

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ZinZin wrote:: I Need Somebody!!!

especially the bass riff
though guitar is mesmerizing too

good call

also REALLY like 'Scene of the Crime'. and for something a little more 'contemporary', 'Mexican Guy'

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Nadja wrote:: 'Scene of the Crime'

yep nice screamin guitars

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Mon May 12, 2008 1:07 am

i like down on the streets riff

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Mon May 12, 2008 2:31 am

I was thinkin of my favouite, and i read scene of the crime and gave it a listen - how great are those three 72 tracks Tight Pants, Scene of the Crime and I'm Sick of You, such good songs, really really good songs

ill got for those, otherwise, umm i got a right, gimme some skin, open up and bleed, cock in my pocket, rubber legs, raw power, i need somebody, death trip, loose (brilliant in its simplicity), tv eye, little doll, ohh i love real cool time and 1969, they have so many, hard to choose even like a top ten, lol

HJW

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Tue May 13, 2008 12:18 am

Gimmie some skin

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Tue May 13, 2008 12:36 am

Anything with Ron, and...

Sick Of You
I Got A Right
Scene Of The Crime
Open Up & Bleed

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I've just had a re-listen to 'No Sense of Crime' - that is one spooky riff that really gets into your head

and what a fabulous song title too, I think it's one of their best!! Very Happy

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Wed May 14, 2008 12:39 am

The two most simple fantastic riffs in history...

I Wanna Be Your Dog

No Fun

Some other favourites...

Real Cool Time

Down On The Street

I Got A Right

Search And Destroy

I'm Sick Of You

Open Up & Bleed

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I always had a soft spot for Rubber Legs, dunno why.

Dirt - a fuckin monolithic riff, heavier than the heaviest thing imaginable.

Raw Power - dig those live opening hammerings, piano and all. Hypnotic.

1970 - like a drunken boxer slugging away in the ring.

I Got A Right - such a classic that you almost forget how much of a GODHEAD riff that is. Insane. Volatile as hell it is at the same time funky, cool 50's rock and a totally new sound.

1969 - almost grow fresher for every passing year. Strange. Ultra-crude and simple diddley-in beat. Still they do sooo much with that riff, it's insane. Not just jamming to it, they cast a spell with it. That's not an easy task.

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Spot-on in saying that '1969' sounds so 'fresh'!! Like a Star @ heaven

actually there's no 'almost' about it! every single time I go back to it, this track still strikes me in EXACTLY the same way as when I first heard it, except to sound even better. And it was the first Stooges track I EVER heard, so I have all the more affection for it. Very Happy

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Sun May 18, 2008 11:16 pm

First of all, among riffs, I would like to honour Dave Alexander with 'Dirt' - one of the grooviest basslines I've ever heard. Honestly, there's so many cool, catchy riffs by both Ron and James. But for sure the one that I can't stop listening to is 'Open Up and Bleed' Smile

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Mon May 19, 2008 8:09 am

1970, Shake Appeal and I Got a Right are the first ones that pop into my head...

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JamesWilliamson82 wrote:: First of all, among riffs, I would like to honour Dave Alexander with 'Dirt' - one of the grooviest basslines I've ever heard. )

what a simmering, shimmering, smouldering guitar on that track too. Just about the most sensual, seductive sound I ever heard Very Happy

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Sun May 25, 2008 10:24 pm

Nadja wrote:

JamesWilliamson82 wrote:: First of all, among riffs, I would like to honour Dave Alexander with 'Dirt' - one of the grooviest basslines I've ever heard. )

what a simmering, shimmering, smouldering guitar on that track too. Just about the most sensual, seductive sound I ever heard Very Happy

Indeed. What a masterpiece. Very Happy

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I Wanna Be Your Dog: It has a feel of intensity and torment that complements the song lyrics to perfection.

Shake Appeal/Tight Pants: Again, it's good that a song called "Shake Appeal" would actually make you want to move around!

TV Eye

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I really like the riff in Open up and bleed and Down on the street.

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:08 am

all of 'em

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:21 pm

LA Blues.

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:58 pm

G, F#, E wrote:: LA Blues.

Yeah, and Freak on Complete Funhouse Sessions Very Happy

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this is slightly off-topic, but then you guys brought it up -can anyone tell me whether Lou Reed's 'Metal Machine Music' takes its inspiration from 'LA BLues'? I've heard good things about that.
(oh, just remembered there IS a Lou Reed thread...never mind...)

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:45 pm

Honestly, I've never heard about that...But Lou's MMM (not really an album, because it's a 64 minute metallic shriek) and 'LA Blues' (definately pure Sun Ra/Coltrane/etc.) are totally opposite when it comes to its sound LOL Interesting information though... Smile

Subject: Re: favourite Stooges riffs Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:54 pm

Yeah Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" is all distortion while LA Blues is improvisation. Reed was probably influenced by John Cale who made a floppy plastic single that came free with a music magazine. On one side was a proper song on the other it was all distortion and it had locked groove which meant at the end of the song it just repeated over and over with no gap.