Comments on: No, Guardian, “anti-riffs” are not a thing.

By: Synthetase

Synthetase — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:15:36 +0000

What is an ‘anti-riff’? Seriously, I have no idea what he’s talking about. Please don’t tell me these guys get paid to spew this nonsense onto the internet…

I love Windowpane – love the whole of Damnation, actually. I saw Opeth in Melbourne a couple of years back and had to dodge the ‘favourite album’ question so as not to be thrown to the floor Damnation gets regular spins at my place as the whole household likes it.

If they want anti-riffs, how about Beethoven’s 5th paino concerto?

By: PaulE

PaulE — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:37:40 +0000

The full Radio 2 list is here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/chart/guitar-riffs

A panel of “experts” selected the songs and then voting took place. It is quite clear that only one song per artist was allowed. Many of those you listed as omissions are in the longer list. And Chic is there as well.

By: PaulE

PaulE — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:05:42 +0000

“Anti-riffs” ? Is that the best the journalists can come up with ? They’ve had a few decades to define it better than that – whatever it is that they prefer. It seems that they are far more certain about what they are Against than what they are For. Which is a poor way to define anyone’s taste. Not to mention being overly concerned with fighting old battles. This is going to carry on and on. Watch out the Nursing Homes of the future.

By: ObjectiveReality

ObjectiveReality — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:05:09 +0000

I’d say pretty much anything by Opposite Sex (oppositesex.bandcamp.com). They’re hard to describe – noisey, punky pop with a guitarist who sounds like he’s playing a jazz-fusion/folk-jazz band.

This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZOc40Q4eQU and this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObQG8mIr7vM are pretty good examples of them doing their thang.