Gimme Shelter
Rocks off
Can't you hear me knocking
Satisfaction
If you can't rock me

There are so many great ones,s this was tough. I also think that some of the riffs written by Keith in the black and blue period are some of his best.

Start me up, slave, too tough-all winded up on later albums and
Hand of faith, Hey Negrita and crazy Mama- On black and blue album

"Reporter: Why did you call the album some girls?
Keith: We forgot all their fu!#ing names"

Bitch

Start me up is Micks too. Hey Negrita is Ronnie.

monkey man

<Bitch>

The riff is played (and probably written by) Mick Taylor. Keith plays the licks and the solos.

Keith riffs:

1. Slave
2. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
3. If You Can't Rock Me
4. All Down The Line
5. Beast Of Burden

Even though the riffs are simple, this selection shows a broad range of music and variety.

Flip the switch
Angie
You can't always get what you want
All down the line
Hand of fate

The list is endless..........................

1. Honky Tonk Women
2. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
3. Jumping Jack Flash (Keef plays it even if Bill reckons he wrote it)
4. Rocks Off
5. All Down the Line


The middle bit from If You Can't Rock Me almost makes it in...

Brown Sugar beats all.

JJFlash
Sparks Will Fly
SMU
Satisfaction
HTW

JumpingKentFlash

Brown Sugar is micks song

Mick the Riffmeister...

Right now:

IWTL
RJ
HoF
JJF
Crazy mama

I dont see the GS guitar things at the intro as riff(s).

kienan Wrote:
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> Flip the switch
> Angie
> You can't always get what you want
> All down the line
> Hand of fate
>
> The list is endless..........................


YCAGWYW is Micks song but Im not sure about the actual riff, the electric version is Keith right

1. Honky Tonk Woman.
2. Satisfaction.
3. Jumping Jack Flash.
4. Brown Sugar.
5. Start Me Up.

Can't You Hear Me Knocking intro by far

Satisfaction
Street Fighting Man
Bitch
You Got Me Rocking
Tumbling Dice

I re-discovered a great Keith riff...can't remember the song's name, but it's the last track on Metamorphisis. It's awesome

Rik Wrote:
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> Brown Sugar is micks song


By that standard I could claim that Satisfaction is in fact not Keith's song. It's the horns from an old soul tune as far as I rememeber. Brown Sugar may be Mick's writing, but it wouldn't be much without Keef playing it.

JumpingKentFlash

KevStonesFan ya gotta aim at I´m Going Down; well thats hard to beat!
Kent... I´m pretty sure ya aim at Otis' cover of Satisfaction,
so its the other way, the horns accompanyin' Otis plays Keef´s riff.
But there are people that still think is was Otis' song; so I wont pull it further.

In no order:

Can't You hear Me Knocking
Rocks Off
Take It So Hard
Tumbling Dice
Slave

Baboon Bro Wrote:
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> Kent... I´m pretty sure ya aim at Otis' cover of
> Satisfaction,
> so its the other way, the horns accompanyin' Otis
> plays Keef´s riff.
> But there are people that still think is was Otis'
> song; so I wont pull it further.


I read somewhere that Keith found out that it was an old soul tune, and the horns from that i.e. NOT the Otis version (Which is a great one btw). I also read (I think it was some Stones book, so some of you might now it) that Keef didn't "dream" the riff either.

JumpingKentFlash

Hope to get a grip of Keith & ask ' im maself.

I'll ask him in Horsens.

JumpingKentFlash

1.Satisfaction (yes Keith wrote it)
2.The Last Time (ditto)
3.Cant You Hear Me Knocking
4.She Saw Me Coming
5.Bitch (this is all Keith. I dont even hear MT on the studio version, although he plays a great driving rhythm on the live versions)

x



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-12-08 01:53 by Beelyboy.

HoldOnToYourHat Wrote:
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> 5.Bitch (this is all Keith. I dont even hear MT
> on the studio version, although he plays a great
> driving rhythm on the live versions)

Well, the whole riff you hear is him. Keith plays the lead.


[There'll be no wedding today...]

From "Rip This Joint"by Steve Appleford:
"Richards calmly ate his breakfast as he watched the band at work, until he could stand no more of the terrible screeching: "Give me that f ucking guitar!"
He quickly found a simple chord pattern that somehow transformed the song into a tight agitated package. It was an absolutely relentless riff, a fiendish attack on the senses. On the final track, Richards' rhythm guitar is joined by the horns of Bobby Keys and Jim Price, with some minimal lead work at the edges."
(page 104)

If Appleford is true, then I've been almost twenty years wrong about this one, (which could be the case...)

[There'll be no wedding today...]

jj flash is the most fun to play !?!?!

Is Tumbling Dice not a Keith riff? It's definitely one of the best!