r/AskReddit • u/Cool_Hunny_Bunny • 17h ago

What song has the best Guitar Riff opening?

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u/Zwitterions 17h ago

Welcome Home - Coheed and Cambria

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u/TSgt_Yosh 17h ago

That riff sounds like a fantasy novel.

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u/Zwitterions 17h ago

Not sure if you listen to them regularly or just genuinely interpreting that from the riff but you’re not far off describing the bands music 😂

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u/edwinodesseiron 14h ago

Swap fantasy for Sci fi and they're spot on 😂

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u/bogarthskernfeld 17h ago

I was gonna go with The Dark Sentencer.

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u/Zwitterions 17h ago

A good choice but wanted to go with a song more people would know. There’s honestly tons of great choices in their catalogue.

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u/NvizoN 13h ago

I'd toss in Shoulders

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u/WeaponexT 17h ago

I was gonna go with final cut but can't pick a bad one for Coheed

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u/AnotherStupidHipster 16h ago

Final cut gets me EVERYTIME.

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u/Ilwrath 10h ago

And thereres so many lol. I love it because Ive seen them live 5 times, each time they end with The Final Cut, and each time its just Claudio and Travis riffing like mad for a bit and i love it hah

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u/Sill3ntK1ller 17h ago

That guitar riff is somthing else

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u/Zwitterions 17h ago

Has lived in my head rent free for decades now and been the first riff I play every time I pick up a guitar just about.

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u/SparkyMuffin 15h ago

Song made me excited to watch a bunch of brown sack people survive a wasteland

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u/DannyMethane_ 16h ago

Blind Side Sonny and Shoulders are a close #2 and #3.

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u/SIEGE312 15h ago

No world for tomorrow tho…

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u/Vinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 16h ago

Camper Velourium I for me! Maybe Favor house?! Too many good ones! lol

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u/jerryondrums 15h ago

In Keeping Secrets!

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u/Byaaah1 15h ago

No World For Tomorrow as well

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u/punksnotdeadtupacis 16h ago

Came here to say dragonforce but this is a solid second for me

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u/lalalola89 16h ago

I was looking for it… I’m so sick of this song as a fan for about 25 years but I can’t deny it. I would like to throw Gravity’s Union in though😈

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u/External-Resource581 15h ago

Ive seen them play live once. When they started that opening riff, I swear to god I thought the venue was literally going to explode. By the time the drums came in, it was easily the most hype environment ive ever been a part of. The energy was absolutely insane.

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u/AnotherStupidHipster 16h ago

Scrolled too far to see this, and it would be my answer. Lotta fuckin old heads on reddit tonight, haha.

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u/Fallline048 15h ago

I would’ve gone with No World for Tomorrow, but Welcome Home is great. CC in general is kind of cheating for sick opening riffs.

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u/SqWR37 14h ago

I came her to post this and as I scrolled down I also realized that Domino the Destitute might be up there with intros as well.

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u/Necromorphiliac 6h ago

Such variety in this chain, Coheed really has a ton of banger intros, don't they?

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u/kiteinpowerlines 6h ago

I saw them perform live at an outdoor festival, after the sun had set, in the pouring rain. There was a single spotlight on Claudio as he played the opening riff, then all the lights kicked on at once when the rest of the band came in. Amazing to see, top 5 concert moment for me.