Riffs and jams

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Adagio for Strings

Riff or jam
Name	Adagio for Strings
Artist	Samuel Barber
Writer/composer	Samuel Barber
Appearance	9th April 2011, 28th August 2011

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Adagio in G minor

Riff or jam
Name	Adagio in G minor
Artist	Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Writer/composer	Remo Giazotto
Appearance	2006, 2010

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Adagio in G minor was actually composed by Remo Giazotto based on Albinoni's Sonata in G minor. A fragment of the Sonata was found amidst the ruins of the Saxon State Library, Dresden, bombed by the Allies in World War II. While the piece was not actually written by Albinoni, it is commonly attributed to him.

It was played as a short jam before Time Is Running Out on the earlier half of the 2006 tour. This arrangement featured Bellamy's Kaoss Pad, with Wolstenholme playing single notes on bass, and no percussion. This made its return when Bellamy got his doubleneck Manson guitar. Currently, he plays this as in the intro to Resistance with the top neck. He can be seen doing so in the footage of Resistance at Glastonbury 2010.

The piece is transposed to A minor, the key of Resistance, for live performances.

Adagio sostenuto

Adagio sostenuto means 'Sustained & At Ease' and is the tempo and name of many classical pieces, not just Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2. The piece played at the Seattle gig is indeed the piece played at the end of Neutron Star Collision, but is not taken from Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2. It is only similar in it's tempo and pace. The piece is pretty much written by Matthew Bellamy.

Riff or jam
Name	Adagio sostenuto
Artist	Sergei Rachmaninov
Writer/composer	Sergei Rachmaninov
Appearance	22nd November 2003

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A short section of the second movement of Rachmaninov's piano concert № 2.

L'Arena

Riff or jam
Name	L'Arena (from Il Mercenario)
Artist	Ennio Morricone
Writer/composer	Ennio Morricone
Appearance	2010

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L'Arena is the main theme tune for the Sergio Corbucci Spaghetti Western, Il Mercenario [en: The Mercenary], composed by Ennio Morricone. It was played by Matthew Bellamy during the US leg of The Resistance tour in 2010, as an introduction to Time Is Running Out. It can be heard here from the Seattle KeyArena gig in 2010.

Asturias

Riff or jam
Name	Asturias
Artist	Isaac Albeniz
Writer/composer	Isaac Albeniz
Appearance	13th August 2008–20th May 2011

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Asturias first appeared at the Marlay park gig, Dublin, as an intro to Time Is Running Out.

Blue Valentine

Riff or jam
Name	Blue Valentine
Artist	Tom Waits
Writer/composer	Tom Waits
Appearance	21th September 2007

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Blue Valentine was played during the 2007 tour, after playing Whole Lotta Love and Jimmy Jam, also playing in Olaïve Interview[what?].

Bombtrack

Riff or jam
Name	Bombtrack
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Tom Morello
Appearance	2008

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Played as an outro to Bliss, along with Whole Lotta Love, during the 2008 Royal Albert Hall gig.

Bored‎

Riff or jam
Name	Bored‎
Artist	Deftones
Writer/composer	Deftones
Appearance	28th September 2010, 30th July 2011, 28th August 2011

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Bulls on Parade

Riff or jam
Name	Bulls on Parade
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Tom Morello
Appearance	8th April 2001

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Played once at Nottingham Rock City in 2001.

Burning Bridges

Riff or jam
Name	Burning Bridges (aka Irish riff)
Artist	Status Quo
Writer/composer	Francis Rossi
Appearance	22nd August 2006–5th March 2010, 30th July 2011

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This riff is from the song "Burning Bridges" by Status Quo from the album Ain't Complaining, released in 1988.

Occasionally played before "Plug In Baby" during the Black Holes and Revelations tour and during The Resistance tour. This riff was first played live at the Eden Project, 22nd August 2006. [watch].

Close Encounters

Riff or jam
Name	Close Encounters
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	16th June 2007–12th April 2008

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Sometimes played before "Knights of Cydonia", it made its début during the first night at Wembley Stadium.

The riff is named after its similarity to the motif used to contact extraterrestrial life in the 1977 Steven Spielberg film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.

Endless Nameless

Riff or jam
Name	Endless Nameless
Artist	Nirvana
Writer/composer	Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl
Appearance	2nd April 2010, 5th June 2010, 28th August 2011

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Enter Sandman

Riff or jam
Name	Enter Sandman
Artist	Metallica
Writer/composer	James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich
Appearance	14th April 2010

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Entrance of the Gladiators

Riff or jam
Name	Entrance of the Gladiators, Thunder and Blazes
Artist	Louis-Phillipe Laurendeau
Writer/composer	Julius Fučík
Appearance	24th August 2002–23rd November 2007

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Originally a military march composed in 1897 by the Czech composer Julius Fučík, and later rearranged for a smaller band in 1910 by Canadian composer Louis-Phillipe Laurendeau. It was played during a few gigs between 2002 and 2007.

Études Simples № 6

Riff or jam
Name	Études Simples #6
Artist	Leo Brouwer
Writer/composer	Leo Brouwer
Appearance	16th June 2007, 24th October 2009, 8th June 2010, 22nd May 2011

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Composed by Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor Leo Brouwer, Études Simples № 6 was played before Unintended at the Wembley Stadium gigs in 2007.

Fire

Riff or jam
Name	Fire
Artist	Jimi Hendrix
Writer/composer	Jimi Hendrix
Appearance	21st October 2007

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The Fly

Riff or jam
Name	The Fly
Artist	U2
Writer/composer	U2
Appearance	9th April 2011

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Freedom

Riff or jam
Name	Freedom
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Rage Against the Machine
Appearance	4th April 2001, 6th June 2010

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See also

• Riffs and jams, H–O
• Riffs and jams, P–Z
• Riffs and jams tablature