[Tom Hannon]

The Internet had The Top 50 greatest opening guitar riffs of all time.

I though about the answers before looking at the list.

My top 5 were -Satisfaction-Johnny B. Goode- Layla- / Sweet Home Alabama,
and Hotel California.

My first four made the top ten but Hotel California was not included.

Were the Eagles given an injustice? What are your top 5?

[waynet]

1.Smoke On The Water........Deep Purple
2. Satisfaction.....................Rolling Stones
3. Sweet Child of Mine..........Guns and Roses
4. Back in Black...................AC/DC
5. Pretty Woman..................Roy Orbison

[Tom Hannon]

Smoke on the water, and Pretty Woman were on the list. As was Michael Jackson's Beat it. I believe that was Eddie Van Halen doing the guitar break

[waynet]

it was Van Halen doing the guitar.

[bandsdavis]

Gotta add "Day Tripper" and maybe "Fun Fun Fun", although that was is very derivitive of "Johnny B Goode". Also "Sunshine of Your Love".

[bandsdavis]

Couple more a little less "mainstream": "Don't Fear the Reaper" Blue Oyster Cult; "Funk #49" The James Gang (featuring Joe Walsh of The Eagles on lead). Also "Tobacco Road" by the Nashville Teens.

B.

[bandsdavis]

OK, one more. The Hermans Hermits version of "Silhouettes"!

[Russ_Boston]

Another vote for Guns n Roses "Sweet Child".

Do you know that Slash (GnR guitarist on that) is also a Smooth Jazz guy?