Best song driven by guitar

[VABuckeye 2472]

Fight me. 

[ztejas 43480]

What the fuck does "driven by guitar" mean. 

[VABuckeye 2472]

Song that from beginning to end has the guitar line as the main theme of the song.  Maybe my drunk ass isn’t eloquent tonight. 

[DalTxHornFan 3106]

Eagles.  Life in the Fast Lane.

 

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

58 minutes ago, VABuckeye said:

Song that from beginning to end has the guitar line as the main theme of the song.  Maybe my drunk ass isn’t eloquent tonight. 

That’s a great song. I’ve mentioned before that Steely Dan put out six straight albums without a bad song in the lot. But which came first in Reelin’ in the Years? The theme or the guitar part? There are stretches where there’s no guitar at all. I don’t know and can’t say.

Here’s the first thing that came to mind for me:

 

[Chilly Water 416]

Pink Floyd -Comfortably Numb

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

14 minutes ago, Chilly Water said:

Pink Floyd -Comfortably Numb

The subject of the thread isn’t, “Name a song with a guitar solo you like.” If it was then I’d have posted this:

 

[Chilly Water 416]

2 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

That’s a great song. I’ve mentioned before that Steely Dan put out six straight albums without a bad song in the lot. But which came first in Reelin’ in the Years? The theme or the guitar part? There are stretches where there’s no guitar at all. I don’t know and can’t say.

Here’s the first thing that came to mind for me:

 

This is a pile of smoking dog shit on a front porch. GTFO with your music tastes. 

[Chilly Water 416]

1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said:

The subject of the thread isn’t, “Name a song with a guitar solo you like.” If it was then I’d have posted this:

 

And I repeat myself.

[BrickHorn 18237]

Holy Jesus fuckballs. The topic is best guitar-driven songs and the first three entries are Steely Dan, The Eagles, and Pink Floyd?!? Did I accidentally stumble into musicforpussies.org?

[Buzzrock 14926]

[NoRagrets 1125]

Come on, we all know the answer:

 

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

6 hours ago, Chilly Water said:

This is a pile of smoking dog shit on a front porch. GTFO with your music tastes. 

You’re an idiot. Especially if you think Comfortably Numb is a guitar-driven song. It’s a good song with a guitar solo. There are thousands of songs like that. Listen to it and notice how deep into the song you get before the guitar even starts, rook.

Why Comfortably Numb and not Mother?

That’s a rhetorical question  I don’t expect you to come up with a cogent response.

 

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

This might be cheating but it certainly qualifies (and it’s a great album).

 

[TexPx 2323]

[rungeflash 322]

 

[BrickHorn 18237]

I could go with 20 different tracks from these guys, but this one is my favorite:

 

[jimmyjazz 45978]

8 hours ago, BrickHorn said:

Holy Jesus fuckballs. The topic is best guitar-driven songs and the first three entries are Steely Dan, The Eagles, and Pink Floyd?!? Did I accidentally stumble into musicforpussies.org?

I was starting to worry if we needed to call in a wellness check on you.

[noharleyyet 2838]

 

[baboso 6056]

Ahem.

 

 

[Deej 76834]

 

[mr. sunshine 2827]

 

[zlavydra 2123]

 

[CoTex 1160]

 

[Guest]

 

[utee94 15835]

 

[Celery Man 20969]

AC/DC I don’t care which song you pick

[jimmyjazz 45978]

Three iconic riffs, one song:

 

[Deej 76834]

7 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Three iconic riffs, one song:

 

 

[Celery Man 20969]

7 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Three iconic riffs, one song:

 

Had a cd-r with that right next to this one rattling around in the old sunfire

 

[jimmyjazz 45978]

Holy shit, GWAR + Boston!

I never saw Kansas or GWAR, although I know a dude who has produced/recorded some of GWAR's albums, but I did see Boston on the tour for their second album.  Scholtz totally rocked the organ (errr) on "Foreplay".

[DalTxHornFan 3106]

Probably not the genre you were thinking of, but this classic is totally driven by guitars:

[TexPx 2323]

[rungeflash 322]

13 hours ago, Celery Man said:

AC/DC I don’t care which song you pick

No backing mics….no problem

 

[phdhorn 6224]

Well, whatever you like, if you're talkin' rock'n'roll, you must include something by the two individuals who more than anyone anywhere anytime influenced the R&R guitar sound - "guitar driven?"  Shit, ain't nuthin' top these two:

T-Bone:

And the other one you know but ten thousand kids took up guitar after hearing this barrage in 1958 - there is no single riff, period, which more  influenced rock and roll forever - ALL of 'em here and anyone you can name were influenced by this song, ain't no exceptions:
 

 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

On 7/4/2022 at 10:30 PM, VABuckeye said:

Song that from beginning to end has the guitar line as the main theme of the song.  Maybe my drunk ass isn’t eloquent tonight. 

It's not particularly delicate, but it's guitar-driven.

 

[Horn Draoi 255]

“China Grove,” the Doobie Brothers.  Triple guitar driven.  “Fortunate Son” by CCR.  “Satisfaction,” the guitar riff that changed everything in rock music.

[Moby Ric 2058]

Van Halen.......all of it

[jimmyjazz 45978]

Given that the vast majority of rock 'n roll is "driven by guitar", this really seems to be more like a "best riff" kind of thread.  Whatever.  Here's 3 dudes tearing it up on guitar:

 

[Bogeywon 2519]

 

[jimmyjazz 45978]

That's a great call.

[AnotherUTFan 9758]

[JCHIL 414]

 

[Vegas64 676]

 

[jimmyjazz 45978]

LOL.

Every time I hear "Tush" I think "that's my favorite ZZ Top tune".

Then I hear "La Grange" and I think "that's my favorite ZZ Top tune".

 

It's an impossible puzzle to solve.

[baboso 6056]

Then I hear "Just Got Paid" and I think that's my favorite ZZ Top tune.

[smuggs 9353]

 

[Chad Fuck 17686]

6 hours ago, baboso said:

Then I hear "Just Got Paid" and I think that's my favorite ZZ Top tune.

I saw @jimmyjazz's post then immediately thought this.  There are lots of good options.

 

[DixonHur 11341]

Does after some bells count?

 

[JCHIL 414]