The Riff (Lordi song)
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| Single by Lordi | |||||||
| from the album To Beast or Not to Beast | |||||||
| Released | February 8, 2013 | ||||||
| Format | CD single | ||||||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | ||||||
| Length | 3:47 | ||||||
| Label | Sony Music | ||||||
| Producer(s) | Michael Wagener | ||||||
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"The Riff" is a song by the Finnish hard rock band Lordi. It is the first and only single from the album To Beast or Not to Beast, released on February 8, 2013.[1] The band has also made a music video for the song. [2] It's also the very first Lordi song that has been released also as an official lyrics video.[1]
Lordi performed "The Riff" in a German television competition Wok WM in 2013.[3] The song is also featured in a Pinball Rocks app game.[4]
Track listing
- "The Riff" (3:47)
Music video
The music video of "The Riff" was filmed exclusively in Czech Republic, in a local supermarket Albert. The video was filmed by Martin Muller. A Czech playmate Dominika Jandlova is featured in the video. The music video got censored by the label Sony Music; they didn't let Dominika Jandlova appear naked in the video.[5]
The song
The lyrics speak figuratively about a near-death experience narrated in the first person. The narrator meets and is offered transport by the grim reaper, which he tries to refuse. The grim reaper insists he "take a peek", referencing visions of the afterlife frequently encountered in near-death experiences. The grim reaper plays a song on guitar and asks the narrator for his honest opinion, to which he uncomfortably replies that "the riff is a killer, but the rest is a throw-away". The grim reaper subsequently dies, and the narrator plagiarises his song, signifying resuscitation and drawing inspiration from the experience.[6]
References
- 1 2 "The Riff (2013)". LORDI Army. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "Lordi - The Riff video released". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "Lordi in TV-shows". LORDI Army. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "The Riff on Pinball Rocks app game on the appstore". Lordi.fi. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "The Riff music video (2013)". LORDI Army. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "Lyrics To Beast or Not to Beast". LORDI Army. Retrieved 2014-02-02.