Top 25 BADASS Guitar Riffs | Through The Years

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[PaulDavids]

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!

[lucasmoc]

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)

[rohanpradhan]

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

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This is every Chevy or ford commercial in a nutshell

[dizzy]

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

[GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

One of the very first 'Badass' guitar riffs ever: 'Toad' by Cream, from their debut album, 1966. That riff is super heavy!

[stick-itproductions.]

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.

[nikaletsmith]

the chord into the headphones instead of input had me, i felt that on a personal level.

[jacoblang]

Some honorable mentions:
Black dog - Led Zeppelin
Carry on Wayward Son - Kansas
Ain't talkin bout love - Van Halen

[MetroCrunch]

After Thanos wiped out half the universe, Captain America decided to follow his childhood dream and become a rock-star.

[JasonGabler]

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."

[stefanorolfo]

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

[tomj]

I can play like a bad ass, just without the bad

[dadcooks]

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.

[Alex-cuyn]

Nothing can't be more badass than Here Comes the Sun

[sovietapples]

Alternate title: 25 badass riffs you hear in every commercial, movie, show, or game even if they are unnecessary.

[joshharvey]

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 😂!

[amitchait]

i have never known mcgregor was able to play the guitar till now

[way]

When I saw you plug your guitar into headphones, I chuckled and immediately subscribed.

[travistotle]

Wow dude, you sure can rip a mean guitar, but shouldn't you be preparing for your fight against Floyd Mayweather next week??