Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff
The riff for today comes from Toronto's debut album Lookin' For Trouble (1980), an album that's full of great guitar parts. This is the band's rawest sounding record, straight-ahead rock, with some punk-ish and early New Wave overtones. Like so many of the best riffs, this one is simple, easy to play, and sounds cool.
TORONTO - "Delirious" (B. Allen)
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/canriffs.txt
There's an audio sample of the song on this page. I think the riff repeats a few times in this clip, but just to clarify, right after the opening line "Bet you're dying to catch me" is where the riff starts. In this sample, it sounds like mostly piano is carrying the riff, but in the Intro and Verses, it's the guitar:
http://www.amazon.com/Lookin-For-Trouble/dp/B000S580EU
Posted by planet/zerofret
at 2:19 AM EST
Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2008 2:20 AM EST
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Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2008 2:20 AM EST
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