I think it's far more impressive being able to write a simple but very catchy riff than being able to play a million notes in 10 seconds. When we look at it, the most well known melodies are often very simple: Smoke on the Water, Seven Nation Army, Iron Man, etc.
Kurt could play as good as he needed to. What makes him unique is the melodies he creates and how he uses the fretboard. That's why he's that gerations John Lennon.
I don’t think any musician has ever done more with less. That’s meant to be a compliment. Even You Know You’re Right is basically 3 simple chords but he played with attitude. That’s what made them great.
@@likeabumblebee maybe this is just my ears but I don’t believe in the Cobain chord, especially on smells like teen spirit that and he does not play the open strings like on the recording
As someone who listened to Nirvana from the "Bleach" era (and especially when "Nevermind" came out) and coming from the punk rock background it was always funny to consider Nirvana a "grunge" band. Kurt was a punk rocker to us. Someone who had a real DIY attitude, someone you can relate to. Never would we put him side by side with Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell or Layne Staley (with all due respect to them). Not to mention the guitarists in their bands, who were technically top notch, but to me sometimes somewhat sterile. I liked Kurt because he played straight from the guts, and your playing gives a honest tribute to the man.
A great comment, in both content and style. You answer with authority. I grew up loving 1980s metal, and I thought Kurt was brilliant from the first time I heard Nirvana.
Kurt was one of the most talented musicians the world will ever know. He only had basic knowledge of the guitar an was still able to create some of the greatest and most notable riffs of all time without even knowing a single chord. Imagine what he could have done if he decided to learn more
The dude knew chords man.. their songs are simple pop chord structure. 1st 4th 5th chords of a scale. Boom. Easy as. They remind me of the Beatles. The Beatles could play better but God damn he wasn't a good musician, but he was a great fucking song writer. Amazing song writer. But simple
@@blu3me304 you’re close! It’s a johnny Marr signature Jaguar. Same body style, but shorter scale length and some different specs. His signature model has custom wound bare knuckle pickups. Me Want!
@@igorshunch close but no cigar, mate! This is the new Fender Player Jag. It's taken all the good bits of the original, Kurt's sig and Johnny's sig and put them into one guitar. Johnny's has two bare knuckle single coils. Stunning guitar
@@BuzzsawMoviesLtd the lack of the chrome plating gives it a jazzy look. It’s a sweet guitar for sure it’s definitely not a Mar though. Now that I look at it that is totally a jag single coil in the neck. I want one lol
All apologies is definitely me favorite riff of all time. For sure. The nostalgia it brings back from when my dad forced me to listen to nirvana every time we went on a car ride OH MY GOD
Kurt is my favorite player and my number one influence. He had such a raw and unique style, and you could feel the emotion coming out of everything he played.
See the cool thing about this guy is not only can be play all the riffs but they don't just resort the most popular ones. And I have a level of respect for that
The thing about Cobain's playing is that the riffs feel like he's sliding power chords around at random trying to find cool dissonant sounds, but his ear is so fucking good that he comes up with melodies that justify the chords retroactively. Someone whose chord vocabulary is more conventional wouldn't have found this stuff. But really that's the story of guitar throughout its history - using the idiosyncrasies of its tuning and fretboard layout as limitations that breed creativity. ❤
Lithium was verte elegant, maybe the best way I've heard. Same with smells like teen spirit, in other covers, people always forget that the first sequence of the riff is different that in the rest of the song.
Your sound is outstanding in every video. That's why I watch your videos. And because I want to discover new music. Also, it's really nice to focus on the music and your playing because there's a plain background.
Kickass as always, Bloxsy. Keep up the great work! Nirvana has so many great riffs, it can be hard for me to pick favorites personally. I think Paper Cuts is an absolute gem though, that's gotta be one of the heaviest, filthiest riffs they ever played.
Esse é de longe o vídeo de riffs do Nirvana mais bem tocados desse RU-vid! Esse cara do vídeo se absteve de mostrar o rosto, mas podem apostar que ele realmente é um grande guitarrista! Os timbres são PERFEITOS! A pegada de mão é a ideal pra extrair o som que Kurt propôs.. Queria deixar a ressalva também que Kurt foi um dos maiores guitarristas da história, e isso não se deve ao seu sucesso extremo com Nirvana, mas pelo som que ele conseguiu extrair de suas mãos. Ele definitivamente não é virtuoso, muitos acham que virtuosismo é sinônimo de tocar muito bem, mas existe uma lacuna enorme nisso. Se for analisar ao pé da letra, realmente os virtuoso tocam mesmo! Muitas notas por segundo. Eu gosto demais de metal, principalmente groove metal, estilo Pantera.. Mesmo com aquele virtuoso gigantesco, o Dimebag conseguiu elevar sua guitarra a outro patamar quando desencanou dl speed metal, por isso que muitos não curtem os álbuns antigos, que mais parecem ser uma imitação do Judas Priest.. Mas voltando ao Kurt, ele é um dos melhores por causa de sua criatividade! E tocar o estilo que ele tocava não é nada fácil! Raramente vejo guitarristas tocando o ritimo certo em Smells Like, ou fazendo os slides de powerchord em In Bloom.. Então quando um ingênuo faz comentário dizendo que o Kurt não era um bom guitarra o jeito é rir mesmo, porque subestimam demais o cara.. O mesmo vale pro John Frusciante.. Criticam ele muito disso. Mas enfim, esse cara do vídeo é um excelente guitarra, vale a pena estudar os timbre que ele usa nos vídeos. Não sei como o RU-vid não deu copyright em Lithium... O timbre e o jeito de tocar ficou muito igual ao original, coisa da frequência quase entrar em fase mesmo, muito bom.
list is lacking in Aneurysm and Oh, The Guilt but everything else you nailed :D your playing and tone is some of the most accurate and faithful to Kurt's I've ever heard, keep it up :)
Good riffs, no denying, but for some of them, such as Smells Like Teen Spirit and Heart-Shaped Box, you really do need those drums in there to get that same feeling in my opinion.
Kurt made the simple way on the most powerful and beautiful distortion sound guitar ever made. Thanks kurt and nirvana. A simple kind of man,a simple guitar,simple melodies, simple and great music ever made. He changed everithing ,a new generation was born. Greetings from Lima,Perú.
I love the player Jaguar I have the exact some one in black it’s great😎 I still want to get an American original Jaguar one day with the chrome control plates. I wish they would’ve put them on this one as well, it’s part of what makes a Jag a Jag.
I love the grain on your fretboard on your Jazzmaster. That dark strip that goes from the top of the first fret to the bottom of the 22nd fret is awesome, it seems almost machine made
