Top 25 BADASS Guitar Riffs | Through The Years
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2017
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I know I 'missed' a lot of awesome songs and probably agree with the song you are about to mention but let me clearify a little bit on how this video came to be: I came across some oldish really fun riffs, and wanted to make a video about that. I noticed a lot of em were played in the key of A, or E with powerchords, the I-iii-IV or the I-IV-V chords, and some other similarities. The list grew and grew, and I finally transformed it into just badass riffs, because I didn't really know a better name :) But sure, keep the suggestions coming!
Plug in baby - Muse
Ball and biscuit - The White Stripes
Supernaut - Black Sabbath
Who did you think I was - John Mayer
Paul Davids any song from appetite for destruction by Guns n roses
reapers by muse and hysteria!
smells like teen spirit....
Paul Davids I'm a metal head but I love watching your videos! You inspired me to play blues. :)
This is every Chevy or ford commercial in a nutshell
*The New Ford Raptor*
*get yours today at your local dealership*
Keep this man at 420
Especially at 6:42
And a few Viagra and Cialis commercials!
Yo I got a FORD ad when reading this!
0:17 - Bad To The Bone (George Thorogood & The Destroyers)
0:33 - Boogie Chillen (John Lee Hooker)
0:47 - Rumble (Link Wray)
1:01 - Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker)
1:15 - Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream)
1:32 - Crossroads (Cream)
1:56 - Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf)
2:09 - Voodoo Child (Jimi Hendrix)
2:27 - Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin)
2:47 - Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac)
2:56 - La Grange (ZZ Top)
3:12 - Rebel Rebel (David Bowie)
3:19 - Walk This Way (Aerosmith)
3:27 - Barracuda (Heart)
3:42 - Back In Black (AC/DC)
4:03 - Bad To The Bone (George Thorogood & The Destroyers)
4:22 - 2 Minutes To Midnight (Iron Maiden)
4:37 - Money For Nothing (Dire Straits)
4:55 - Killing In The Name (Rage Against The Machine)
5:07 - Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz)
5:26 - A Corpse Without Soul (Mercyful Fate)
5:41 - Ball And Biscuit (The White Stripes)
5:59 - I Don't Need No Doctor (John Mayer)
6:16 - I Got Mine (The Black Keys)
6:30 - Psycho (Muse)
6:45 - No Good (KALEO)
7:20 - Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)
Bless you
Thanks man
Im sure you and PD know but Mercyful Fate is the band. For some reason he lists the Metallica medley of 4 Mercyful Fate songs.
@@mjtrace8391 Mercyful Fate is also a band but what was played in the video was the song by metallica.
@@lucasmoc47 let me elaborate. The song by Metallica was a cover of 4 Mercyful Fate songs.
Before I started playing guitar at the end of last year, I was in pure awe of this video and its bad assery. Now I'm still in awe, but having a better understanding of guitar also helps this badassery seem more achievable as well. This video also played a huge role in pushing me towards the guitar.
Keep at it!!
you are so talented! I am sure that it took so much time and effort to get to that point so good job! God bless and Jesus loves y’all
After Thanos wiped out half the universe, Captain America decided to follow his childhood dream and become a rock-star.
Yaron Grushka
Rock music didn't exist in 1940's
robiansah huda sanusi party poopaaa
Lmao
There are rock in 1940's. Kanye West with first rock hit "Whole Lotta Love"
静音 HAHAHAHAHA
0:34 Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker
0:47 Rumble - Link Wray
1:01 Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
1:15 - Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
1:32- Crossroads - Cream
1:57- Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
2:10 - Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix
2:27 - Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
2:48 - Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac
2:57 - La Grange - ZZ Top
3:11 - Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
3:19 - Walk This Way - Aerosmith
3:30 - Barracuda - Heart
3:42 - Back In Black - AC/DC
4:03 - Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood
4:23 - 2 Minutes To Midnight - Iron Maiden
4:38 - Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
4:55 - Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
5:08 - Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
5:26 - Merciful Fate - Metallica
5:41 - Ball And Biscuit - The White Stripes
6:00- I Don't Need No Doctor - John Mayer
6:17 - I Got Mine- The Black Keys
6:30 - Psycho - Muse
6:46 - No Good - Kaleo
7:20- Smoke on the water - Deep Purple
You're a legend thank you!
Rohan Pradhan yeah no shit the titles and artists are already on the screen when he starts playing bitch
Dont be an asshat bud. He's just trying to help out.
Rohan Pradhan x
Desi nibba 👊
Man, you're so precise. It's a pleasure to watch you play. I'm following what you're doing on the fretboard and think to myself, "Oh, wow. I never knew that was so easy to play." Then I pick up my own guitar and think "Oh, wow. It's not as easy as Paul makes it look."
My son is in love with “badass” rock & roll and learning guitar. Oddly enough he freaked when he seen you lace up your boots and is now begging for a pair for himself, literally begging! Even said he will quit wearing sweatpants every day if he can get some “sick” boots like yours 😂!
we need to normalize rocking in sweat pants
Get that boy some boots.
One of the very first 'Badass' guitar riffs ever: 'Toad' by Cream, from their debut album, 1966. That riff is super heavy!
How am I the first reply??
@@isa.almoayed cause you replied first??
Yeah I agree toads a great riff
@@kanisama6596 true
My 6 year old thought she had mastered the drums. Not anymore :)
*angrily takes off crocs*
Is there any other way?
Kevin voisine yes
Lisen hre u lil shit
Idk why but this made me fucking die
@@guusverschuuren8495 i drink liquids and i am 6ft.
Really interesting video! A lot of riffs I never heard before, so there was a lot of variety unlike the usual same old choices. Great job!
This video is literally, "less talk, more rock!" Freakin' awesome. And I love that it's all played on a tele! (with the same signal, even??)
BEST. INTRO. EVER.
Thanks, really appreciate it :) I'm going for an Oscar next year, what do you think?
Paul Davids you absolutly deserve it! 👏👏👏
haha
What was the song called?
popalexis here comes the sun by the Beatles
Has anybody noticed the pick transfer from thumb to middle finger at 6:00 and how he then readjusted it back to normal?
That's more difficult to me than all the riff Paul just played.
He's a MUGICIAN
Wtf
I dont think hes using a pick
@@adamgreenan30 If you slow down the speed you can see he's got a purple pick, bro
Ya it seems hard but just like with all other things guitar it eventually becomes second nature, the key is to practice your balls off...at least touch it for an hour a day if you're not willing to seperate your balls from your body as a result of excessive practice
yea thats insane
This man didnt just play sick riffs. He just sparked a career in music for hundreds. This video was actually why i dropped the drums and played the guitar.
Rumble is so amazing. Four chords, one basic scale, but it’s so iconic and beautiful. Drums and bass are sick too. Always crank that when I hear it.
the chord into the headphones instead of input had me, i felt that on a personal level.
Your pfp: cursemit
Try setting up a e-drumset and keep the wires organized.
At least it isn't a USB :P
Fr!!
Gr8 title, tune selection and video editing as always Paul-muy bueno! And very fun to watch!
It was really great hearing all these iconic guitar riffs played back-to-back -- and it certainly proves that rock 'n' roll isn't all the same as my Dad would claim!
I can play like a bad ass, just without the bad
So you play like ass?
lmao
I can play bad ass too, just remove the ad
s l a p p n o i c e
😭😭💀
Nothing can't be more badass than Here Comes the Sun
Waters I hope! 😂 Nothing Can be more badass than a Beatles song!
alex how bout the number of the beast iron maiden
hmmmm not bad but The Beatles are better xD
money for nothing for sure, the riff is outstanding trust me.
alex what about Helter Skelter?
I bought a Kemper Stage Profiler during my pandemic lockdown and was pleased to see you roll through a bunch of presets on yours. Well done. The fact that you managed that in one take is mysterious.Do I have to check for punch ins and video edits? Well done. That's a lot of groove changes flawlessly.
That was simply brilliant! Well done Paul.
Some honorable mentions:
Black dog - Led Zeppelin
Carry on Wayward Son - Kansas
Ain't talkin bout love - Van Halen
Jacob Lang you mean songs that shoulda been on there
*Supernatural fans have entered the chat*
Good call
which was the riff at 0:18 please reply anyone i have been searching for it past few days
Iron Man - Black Sabbath
1948 - Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker
1958 - Rumble - Link Wray
1962 - Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
1967 - Sunshine of your love - Cream
1968 - Crossroads - Cream
1968 - Born to be wild - Steppenwolf
1968 - Voodoo child - Jimi Hendrix
1969 - Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
1969 - Oh well - Fleetwood Mac
1973 - La Grange - ZZ Top
1974 - Rebel rebel - David Bowie
1975 - Walk this way - Aerosmith
1977 - Barracuda - Heart
1980 - Back in Black - AC/DC
1982 - Bad to the bone - George Thorogood
1984 - 2 Minutes to midnight - Iron Maiden
1985 - Money for nothing - Dire Straits
1992 - Killing in the name - Rage Against The Machine
1993 - Are you gonna go my way - Lenny Kravitz
1998 - Merciful Fate - Metallica
2003 - Ball and biscuit - the white stripes
2006 - I don't need no doctor 1966 - John Mayer
2008 - I got mine- The Black Keys
2015 - Psycho - Muse
2016 - No Good - Kaleo
1972 - Smoke on the water - Deep Purple
Thanks for Awesome Riffs, Paul Davids
This comment needs to be pushed to the top. Why only 5 likes? Thanks, Prashanth...you saved me a lot of googling time.
Clifford Dweller thanks man I appreciate it
This man is goin places
Thanks Bro
thanks!!
One of the most entertaining clips I have seen in ages! With almost 18 million views I am obviously not the only one! Well done man, awesome guitar!!
Holy Hell Dude this is incredible! Magnificent work. Keep it up!
Alternate title: 25 badass riffs you hear in every commercial, movie, show, or game even if they are unnecessary.
Where have u seen money for nothing? Just curious
hajzan kingsman
@@hajzan3325 so overplayed on the radio
i have never known mcgregor was able to play the guitar till now
From call of duty 2?
Shreyas Guha no Connor mcgregor as in a boxer
@@greatbritishedits6602 no Connor Mcgregor the Mixed Martial Artist
@@liamlyda2116 hello my good sir, I would to apologise for making a severe and continuous lapse of my judgment as I was completely unaware of who mcregor really is. I had no idea that was a mixed martial artist, which to me is pretty Impressive. On that note I would like to ask if you could please accept my apology, I would also like to thank you for taking the time to read this.
@@greatbritishedits6602 lmfao made my day
Sunshine of your love . One of my first songs on electric guitars. Thank you I really enjoyed hearing you play many old songs I used to love . I need to play guitar again .
Sweet playing dude. Always enjoy your vids. Defo needed the addition of "Aint talkin bout love". One of the best hard rock/guitar riffs ever written imo, and of course it is only my opinion👌🏻
25 riffs.... 26 copyright claims!!!
Rip
💀💀💀
Ahahahahah 🤣
make that 50
F
He almost changes songs as fast as my drunk friends on the aux cord.
Lmao.
*ALMOST* .... b r u h
loooool
Alright, so this was funny af😂
Literally why they gotta change the song so much 😂
Amazing! The amount of time and effort that was put into this!
Kickass riff selection dude! :) And nice guitar tone! Now on to playing them.
25 riffs that show that a Telecaster is a very versatile guitar.
I would have used a strat but a telecaster is also god tier
my telecaster can drive a car
Guitarist*
TELETELETELETELE
Every guitar is versatile if you have the skills
Even after the TKO loss to Mayweather, he can still jam some guitar. Gotta give it to him.
dan pom L
dan pom bahahahaha
jeez this guy has a point mcgregor with a guitar
ROFL
Me encantan tu videos, excelente trabajo, muchas gracias por tu maravilloso contenido!!!
Nice work! I've watched the 80 riffs version. They're all wonderful!
Well done McGregor! :D
Emre Kara Good I thought I was the only one
Anthony R btw
Emre Kara he's into music now?
I agree, Ewan McGregor is good at guitar.
iyi denemeydi mayweather
0:25 Lmao this is way too relatable :D
MyNameJeff your gf breakup with you or something.
MyNameJeff chill bro you mom big gay
MyNameJeff did someone finally tell you your edits are shit😢🤕
@@polpottopg i don't know if we should listen to the guy who has a sheldon account pic
All i read was nothing but opinions that meant nothing to me, come at me with a decent point next time x
Man you’re unreal , great work as always !
This is an awesome display, nice work!!!
Holy fuck the headphone jack this is so fucking relatable😂😂😂😂
ik lol
Carlos Zetina I just made that mistake today
Carlos Zetina I know when me and my bro are practicing we start and there's no sound from the guitar we check everything legit everything except where the cord goes
Then you will think your guitar is broken when you didnt realized
We once spent an hour till we found out our guitarist had plugged his guitar into the footswitch.
WTF no spongebob theme??
Frankenscuzz ikr what the hell!!??
Frankenscuzz No spongebob?!?! Unsubscribed...that'll show em u don't mess wiff mah nigga from da sea!
wait man spongebob theme is toooo havy
Frankenscuzz toooooo djent bro
It's a ukulele I believe. Not an electric guitar.
This badass style really suits you! My all time favorite video of yours 😍
So fun to watch you, great job dude 😊
When I saw you plug your guitar into headphones, I chuckled and immediately subscribed.
Way ♕ same
Ikr. I did it all the time
Lmao at all the people saying bs like "why isn't this song here?" Was he supposed to include very single semi-popular ever made? Ever heard of opinions?
Leonlx ha ha. Stones? Semi-popular?
Lots of folks are always looking for others to confirm their opinions, instead of broadening their views. But I am happy about all (well, most off 'em) the comments!
Paul Davids well said , fella
Paul Davids You would be right, if the video title had the word "MY": MY top 25 BADASS Guitar Riffs. But you didn't add "MY" not because without this words in the title still mean that this is YOUR top. No, sir. You consciously (or perhaps subconsciously) not added "MY" because the video will have more views. The psychology of the masses. "People don't like telling you things. They love to contradict you." (Sherlock s1e3)
All masterpieces. Well done!
Thiss was the most insane level guitar playing I've ever seen man.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Respect to you❣️🔥🔥🔥
Wow dude, you sure can rip a mean guitar, but shouldn't you be preparing for your fight against Floyd Mayweather next week??
travistotle lol wtf
travistotle Holy shit he does look a lot like Conor
😂
daaaamn dude he really look like Connor
travistotle Fook Mayweather! Lol
Part 2 pleasee
Tjarda Rosendaal 👆👆
This time with Immigrant song
And also Space Truckin'
i need it
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Fantastic playing, noooooo doubt about it!!!! Great work!!!!
The smile on his face during the Money for Nothing riff says it all cause thats such a good riff
It's hard to pick just one for the best, but if I had to, Money for Nothing could certainly be a contender.
When your sims level up their guitar skill.
🦵
A-ha h
0:25 guitarists' life in a nutshell
Very under rated comment
Nah get a real amp and headphone jacks aren't a thing 90% of the time
brad livey good for you
brad livey ok Bradley
500th like
This is awesome my dude!!
Love this! Thank you 🤙🤙
Ha ha!! This is basically me in high school just playing all the recognizable riffs and not the song in its entirety.
me right now as a high schooler realizing it’s an actual problem😅
Kennedy Y +1 :D
Man I started the same way lol
This is me at 39 and still doing the same shit way too often 😂
Same
Guitar skills 100%
Editing skills 100%
I don’t do math
Math 5%
👍
200% shit hot
Lol
sooo coool!! i love how you move through the threads cant lie never touched a instrument but you make it look so fun and relaxing i dont think i could learn so i just envy amazing play on!
Of course you can learn, it just takes a bit of practice
Kickass top riffs. Thanks for the video.
this is the video that got me into guitar. I wanted to be able to do this so i found my moms old acoustic guitar and started playing. thanks man
That's awesome! You're going to be able to play them! Not immediately, but after a couple of months, you're gonna learn them piece by piece! Keep practicing! 👍🤘
Trust me bud, once you start getting good and loving it, you won't wanna stop XD
pilsner_film dude, awesome!!! Rock on!
How are you fairing now?
@@BakedNConfused I'd like to know as well.
Why does your bass have 6 strings?
Weird
Ohh hi slapper
SLAP LIKE RIGHT NOW
Davie504 sent you didn’t he
Ikr so odd
Really enjoyed this. Great stuff.
Now I know again what I'm living for!
Herzliches Dankeschön
Try to guess what this comment said based on the comments on it
Yeah
Stairway to heaven is like rick rolling the guitar store employees
Yes
035
@@jayphilpot2909 No Stairway? Denied!
I like how he wore crocs at first, when we was playing calm acoustic, and then he changes them to boots. badass XD Nice playing btw!
You need run to the hills by iron maden
So much for motivation. Time to return to practice. This is very good, wow.
DAMN he rocked that voodoo child riff
chile
What about that merciful fate tho
That pick grab at 6:00 was smooth as hell
I missed it the first run through. Very niiiiiiice.
Where even, i can’t find it
Endrik End how the hell did he do that
great work man!! thanks
Fabulous work
And my brother gets mad at me because I never play a song all the way through.
Me too!🤣🤣
Me too!🤣🤣🤣
When I was taking lessons, this is what I "hoped" I sounded like...just playing riffs and intros...no boring lessons.
( On my Les Paul Jr. solid body ) oh, the good old days.
Haha, same here!
555th like
4:40 I think this is my favorite riff.
Poats money for nothing dire straits....a legendary song
3:20 is my favriot
Yeah I love dire straits too
You make it look so easy. You have so much talent it's insane
You said talent. The proper word is skill. Practice would also be acceptable.
nice to see rebel rebel in the list and the riff that made me fall in love with the guitar Back in Black
Me: decides to learn the guitar
Simply guitar: let me introduce myself
Lol
Simply Guitar: pay this much to continue.
I flicked my pick against the wall, caught it and carried on playing :) felt pretty badass
No one cares
@@avinci3116 poor you. You are screaming for some form of validation probably staring at your phone the past three hours waiting for a reply. Lighten up man, or get a life either one :)
holy shit that's amazing
@@guitarsandgaming332 you should not have replied..
@@dAviN31 agreed
Dude I love this definitely looking into getting something like this just bc of this video
Love this video. I think was my introduction to you/your playing. Perm fan. Best Wishes and Best Regards!
Very cool riffs! I need to learn them all!
Milk
@@ballcheeese possibly yes
Where’s Queens riff
@@jairorivera394 fuck Queens
@@the___dude fuck YOU
Your tone is lovely
but not very badass
Shoulda played a les paul
Was terrible on heartbreaker! Sounded to clean and just wrong...
very sick tone.
Was pleased to see muse on the list... some epic riffs...
This video is awesome 👌
This one video helped me to get new songs in my playlist.. Old songs are really good :) And thanks for the video Paul :)
money for nothing is my all time favorite riff that shit just goes _hard_
Kendall R A very underrated guitar riff. My favorite as well. A close second is the intro to Ain’t Talking Bout Love by Van Halen
Two awesome and relatively similar ones:
Reapers - Muse
Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
Totally! Reapers!!
Both are ripped off from some classical composer. Oh and add Flash to the Blade by Iron Maiden to the list.
That Rebel Rebel intro really never gets enough love. And Two Minutes to Midnight was a pleasant surprise as well. Kudos.
Dm let 👆👆let talk I got something special for you🎊💯
Dm let 👆👆let talk I got something special for you🎊💯
This video is awesome! So cool that you gave Kaleo some love!
Ahah, man, best intro ever ! At first I was thinking: OMG, why is he starting the video with gummy babouches. But then came the twist ! :D Great selections: it would be great, one day, a video that also helps set up the pedals to recreate the sounds ;)
Secret tip: I often wear Crocs whilst recording acoustic guitars...
Ahah, Crocs ! So that's the secret of your playing skills :D
Anthony Lazaro yes this please
yes.. The Crocs of Destiny that used to belong to satan himself
that were passed down through the centuries
i mean really how often do you really look at a guitarist's shoes
i'm confused, am i quoting Pick of destiny or Shawshank redemption hehe
i don't know.. anyway
Amp these days can sound like that with all presets.
That amp fail was funny
Yes
Lohon gaming true facts haha
Where? Didn’t notice
Markus Barkholt he accidentally plugged the power cord into the audio port
Andrew Wigginton it’s not the power cord. It’s the jack cable. But i understand what you mean
Simply amazing
I love this kind of vids cos I always learn a new song that I’ve heard before but I’ve never knew the name of it.
He looks like if Conor McGregor and Chris Evans had a kid
Who?
@That One Guy You Walk Past What hard to read?
@That One Guy You Walk Past LOL!
I'll live! You had to be THAT guy right?
@That One Guy You Walk Past Sorry mate? I didn't why at all!
DW, it's all good!
Cheers!
Lol
Only problem with this video is that I stopped recognizing the riffs at the end. Now I feel old!
I'm young and don't know any post 03 lol
Zachary Derrick so you don’t listen to any of the amazing guitarists and bands that play today? That actually play good music?
@@billhader8404 no dude, we just don't know these obscure riffs........
Nick Birge Metallica, the white stripes, John Mayer, the black keys, and muse aren’t obscure bands or artists. They’re very well known.
@@billhader8404 Muse is for Radiohead fans, which I'm not. The Black Keys is for hipster, which I'm not. New Metallica is for guys with leather vest at a bar, that drive a Subaru, which I'm not. The White Stripes................. Yeah no.
John Mayer got chops tho.
It’s like my life’s playlist ,awesome as always paul
It sounds just soo chill but funky too.. Love it! I like especially the song of Dire Straits and John Mayer (;
4:40 rip glass slide...
he did look like a badass killing it though.
Anyone else hear a tiny scream when he threw it away? Lol
niceeeeee :X
why not aryllic?
Vitor Luccena I
Watching this at 16 having just learnt my first chord on the guitar (Em), I have one big journey to go on 😋
Don't we all?
You got this!
How's it going?
Good luck with it man!
I started at age 12 and am 56. The journey NEVER ends. That's a beautiful thing.