Originally Posted by harvey

btw, for those that play guitar: I remember in the 70s the first thing you wanted to play with your electric guitar (even if you didn't have one) was the "Cocaine" or "Smoke on the Water" riffs. Wasn't "A forest" one of the most "go to" riffs in the mid eighties? I remember every time you went to a music someone was testing a guitar playing "A forest", "Money for Nothing" and/or some metal tune, usually Quiet Riot or Judas Priest. In the 90s people tested guitars (and multi-effects) trying to emulate My Bloody Valentine, and some Nirvana or Smashing Pumpkins.

Am I right or these were the popular choices only in my country? Anyway, what were your tunes to test a guitar, or the ones you listened the most at a music shop?