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"The Riff" is a song by Finnish hard rock band Lordi. It is the first and only single from the album To Beast or Not to Beast, released on 8 February 2013.[1] The band has also made a music video for the song.[2] It's also the first Lordi song that has been released also as an official lyrics video.[1]

"The Riff"
Single by Lordi
from the album To Beast or Not to Beast
Released	8 February 2013 (2013-02-08)
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	3:47
Label	Sony Music
Songwriter(s)	Tracy Lipp, Amen, Mr Lordi
Producer(s)	Michael Wagener
Lordi singles chronology
"This Is Heavy Metal" (2010) "The Riff" (2013) "Nailed by the Hammer of Frankenstein" (2014)
Music video
"The Riff" on YouTube

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

1. "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

На других языках

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- [en] The Riff (Lordi song)

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[es] The Riff

«The Riff» es un sencillo de la banda Lordi, que fue publicado el 8 de febrero de 2013.[3] Es el primer sencillo del álbum To Beast Or Not To Beast.[4][1] De esta canción también se hizo un videoclip, grabado en el supermercado Albert de Praga, protagonizado por la playmate Dominika Jandlova y dirigido por Martin Müller.[5] Mr. Lordi presenta la canción de la siguiente forma: .mw-parser-output .flexquote{display:flex;flex-direction:column;background-color:#F9F9F9;border-left:3px solid #c8ccd1;font-size:90%;margin:1em 4em;padding:.4em .8em}.mw-parser-output .flexquote>.flex{display:flex;flex-direction:row}.mw-parser-output .flexquote>.flex>.quote{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .flexquote>.flex>.separator{border-left:1px solid #c8ccd1;border-top:1px solid #c8ccd1;margin:.4em .8em}.mw-parser-output .flexquote>.cite{text-align:right}@media all and (max-width:600px){.mw-parser-output .flexquote>.flex{flex-direction:column}}

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[ru] The Riff

The Riff — песня финской хард-рок-группы Lordi. Это первый и единственный сингл из альбома To Beast or Not to Beast, выпущен 8 февраля 2013 года[1]. Группа также сняла видеоклип на песню[2]. Это также первая песня Lordi, которая была выпущена как официальное лирик-видео[1].

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