Then why do you wish such ill on those that protest an evil organization, that you have no association with?

In reply to this comment by Irishman:
As I said before Kommie, I'm an eschatologist, not a scientologist.

In reply to this comment by QuadraPixel:
Wow, now that's a little harsh, but not when it comes from a SCIENTOLOGIST.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Busted-for-Interbulating-a-scientology-party
http://www.videosift.com/video/Cult-of-Scientology-takes-over-Clearwater-Police-Dept

In reply to this comment by Irishman:
Personally I'd like to see every single person in that video joining a suicide death cult as soon as possible.

Wow, now that's a little harsh, but not when it comes from a SCIENTOLOGIST.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Busted-for-Interbulating-a-scientology-party
http://www.videosift.com/video/Cult-of-Scientology-takes-over-Clearwater-Police-Dept

In reply to this comment by Irishman:
Personally I'd like to see every single person in that video joining a suicide death cult as soon as possible.

While they really go about it in an immature way, Scientology needs to be exposed for the fraud it is. It's not a religion. It's a corporate entity that brainwashes people and cleans out their bank accounts. Look up the information on their prison camps for dissenters, their private intelligence force, the FBI raids that uncovered stolen government documents, or how they seperate children from their parents for indoctrination. These cultists infilitrated the US government and were stealing/destroying files. They spy on their enemines and use scare tactics. They even bought out an entire police department in Clearwater, Florida. Unfortunately, people just getting sucked in to Scientology at the beginning levels haven't seen the ugly side until it's too late. They view this kindof stuff as hate and religious oppression instead of attempts to free them from a cult.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Cult-of-Scientology-takes-over-Clearwater-Police-Dept

http://www.videosift.com/video/Cult-of-Scientologys-Militaristic-Inner-Core

http://www.videosift.com/video/Cult-of-Scientology-Builds-Secret-Vaults-in-the-Mountains

These guys are major human rights abusers. They just seem to have enough money and legal muscle to silence any major criticism. Most of these poor people are enslaved and just can't accept it.

I lived in central Florida for a number of years and spent a lot of time in the Clearwater area (Scientology central). It is scary what they are doing there. If you drive down the beach you will see many 10+ story beach front hotels with no cars in the parking lots because Scientologists have bought all the land for "religious purposes". I guess their followers demand the best and not paying taxes on the most expensive land in all of Central Florida can piss anyone off (hopefully they got their tax exemption revoked). Further more im not a religious man but i talked to many of the ministers around there (mainly methodists with some catholics and baptists) and they told me stories of how many of their churches are being closed down due to Scientologist buying them and then bulldozing them. If they dont sell then they will buy all the land around them and try to complicate their utilities by doing construction near the power lines and water pipes. Even reports of intimidation and threats geared towards certain churches and their followers. Its quite depressing that a priest near there said in 5-10 years not a single church will exist within the city limits of Clearwater unless it is owned by Scientologists

Very few of this are riffs and most of them certainly ain't cool.
So here's my list of the coolest guitar riffs.

1. Led Zeppelin - Whole lotta Love (Coolest riff ever, end of story forever and ever amen)

2. Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady (just plain damn cool)

3. The Troggs - Wild Thing (The Definition of cool guitar)

4. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

5. Metallica - Enter Sandman

6. The Doors - Peace Frog (Rage against the Machine ripped this off for bulls on Parade)

7. The Beatles - Come Together (More a bass guitar riff but still damn cool)

8. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

9. Collective Soul - Where the river flows

10. Cream - Sunshine of your love

11. Creedence Clearwater Revival - I heard it through the grapevine

12. Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well

13. Kasabian - Club Foot

14. Oasis - Wonderwall

15. Queen - Now I'm Here (Who knew Queens could be cool?)

16. Radiohead - Paranoid Android (The best piece of music Radiohead ever made)

17. U2 - One

18. Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick

19. Metallica - Whisky in the Jar (I prefer it to the Thin Lizzy Version)

20. Deep Purple - Smoke on the water

Seriously? Jimi has no soul? are you retarded?

I think Bill Hicks said it best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCbVkX7jdAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkA6zugNMQ

Oh and considered by who exactly? Well lets take a look at the top 100 guitarists as voted for by the readers of rolling stone

The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time and the number one spot goes to...??? Jimi? oh no that can't be right. Now who is this eric johnson noob? Is he even on the list? oh yea that's right...he's not.

1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

Huzzah! Your sifting efforts are epic - the recent Fortnight of Fright was excellent.

I liked your Creedance Clearwater Revival sifts, and your Why It Sucks To Have an Imaginary Girlfriend cracked me up so much.

Cheers to you feathery sifter, and keep 'em comin'!

In no particular order:

The Kinks
Cream
Van Morrison
John Prine
The Clash
The Ramones
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
The Allman Brothers
David Bowie
Rolling Stones
Creedence Clearwater Revival

Favorite band you never heard of: Pine Hill Haints

*Quality!

I love Dire Straits! I upvoted before even listening to this and most other Dire Straits videos!

Because in my early university days, my roommate would CONSTANTLY play nothing but Dire Straits and Credence Clearwater Revival... EVERY SINGLE FU@$!ING DAY. All I need to do is remember those days and I just hear Fortune Son and Money for Nothing...

The soundtrack to an entire generation. I love CCR.

Creedence Clearwater Revival, commonly referred to by their initials CCR or simply Creedence, was an American rock band, fronted by John Fogerty. Although it hailed from the Bay Area of California, the group was influenced by the swamp blues genre that came out of south Louisiana in the late 1950s and early to mid-1960s. CCR cultivated a Louisiana connection through its choice of song and album titles, such as "Born on the Bayou," Bayou Country, and Mardi Gras, as well as through the southern "good ol' boy" image projected by its members.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival