{"id":216861,"date":"2023-11-25T06:20:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T06:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216861"},"modified":"2023-11-25T06:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T06:20:39","slug":"music-fans-vote-on-best-guitar-riff-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/celebrities\/music-fans-vote-on-best-guitar-riff-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Music fans vote on best guitar riff of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Music fans vote on best guitar riff of all time, placing above Prince&#8217;s Purple Rain in second and Dire Straits&#8217; hit Sultans of Swing in third<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The guitar riff in Guns N&#8217; Roses&#8217; Sweet Child O&#8217; Mine was voted in first place<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s an instantly recognisable prelude to one of the great rock anthems.<\/p>\n<p>So perhaps it will come as no surprise that the guitar riff in Guns N&#8217; Roses&#8217; Sweet Child O&#8217; Mine has now been voted the most iconic of all time.<\/p>\n<p>And Slash, who wrote the riff to the band&#8217;s 1988 hit, has been named the fifth greatest guitarist of all time, with Queen&#8217;s Brian May taking the top spot.<\/p>\n<p>Prince&#8217;s Purple Rain was voted as having the second greatest riff, with the one in Dire Straits&#8217; Sultans of Swing coming third.<\/p>\n<p>Among the riffs from more modern tunes that were in the top 40 were those featured in Sam Fender&#8217;s Seventeen Going Under, Pharrell Williams&#8217; Happy and Arctic Monkeys&#8217; Do I Wanna Know. The survey of 2,000 music fans found an overwhelming 83 per cent preferred music with guitars in it. While 81 per cent said a memorable guitar riff was vital to a good rock track.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/01\/78218353-12789329-image-a-23_1700876923876.jpg\" height=\"522\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/01\/78218349-12789329-image-a-24_1700876971865.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards rocks the house, as singer Mick Jagger belts out a favourite during their concert in Munich, on June 6, 2003<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/01\/78218371-12789329-image-a-25_1700876977581.jpg\" height=\"632\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jimi Hendrix performs live on stage playing a black Fender Stratocaster guitar with The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London on\u00a0 February 24, 1969<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/01\/78218351-12789329-image-a-26_1700877033105.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Prince performs on October 11, 2009 at the Grand Palais in Paris<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/01\/78218347-12789329-image-a-27_1700877140098.jpg\" height=\"471\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits performs in aid of The Prince&#8217;s Trust at the Hurlingham Club on September 9, 2009 in London, England<\/p>\n<p>The 1970s was the &#8216;golden age&#8217; of the riff, according to 30 per cent of music fans, while 21 per cent felt the Eighties saw the release of the best ones.<\/p>\n<p>Worryingly, just over half think the riff is dying out, with 74 per cent saying that is a bad thing. But there is hope yet \u2013 with 65 per cent still insisting the guitar is one of the coolest instruments you can play.<\/p>\n<p>The survey was commissioned by Sky Arts ahead of its new series Greatest Guitar Riffs, which features rock guitar legends Andy Summers, Tony Iommi and Nancy Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the show said: &#8216;It&#8217;s the ultimate air guitar play list. Whether it&#8217;s the late, great Jimi Hendrix, stalwarts such as Iron Maiden and Led Zeppelin or the new artists coming through, rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll will never die.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12789329\/Music-fans-vote-best-guitar-riff-time-placing-Princes-Purple-Rain-second-Dire-Straits-hit-Sultans-Swing-third.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music fans vote on best guitar riff of all time, placing above Prince&#8217;s Purple Rain in second and Dire Straits&#8217; hit Sultans of Swing in third The guitar riff in Guns N&#8217; Roses&#8217; Sweet Child O&#8217; Mine was voted in first place It&#8217;s an instantly recognisable prelude to one of the great rock anthems. 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