Kurt Cobain's Most Underrated Riffs
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- Опубліковано 8 жов 2021
- Hey guys! Since I love Nirvana and Kurt Cobain so much I decided to make a few videos with Nirvana underrated guitar riffs and Kurt Cobain underrated riffs. By the way, I personally think that Kurt was a great guitar player and singer, and of course he was a great composer and musician in common. I've read some books about Nirvana and Kurt Cobain recently and that pushed we to make some videos with Nirvana to pay my tribute. I've already have "Top 10 Nirvana Riffs" and "Top 10 Nirvana Underrated Riffs" videos, so you should check them out as well. Now I hope you'll enjoy this "Kurt Cobain underrated riffs" video, guys!
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"The sun is gone, but I have a light"
Kurt Cobain
I guess you can say that quotes not "Dumb"
;)
This sun is gone, but I have a gun
Kurt Cobain
“Everyone isn’t afraid of heights, they’re afraid of falling
Everyone isn’t afraid of saying I love you, they’re afraid of the answer”
I challenged you and backed down like a bitch
@@Maxim_Blagoslovenny “No I don’t have a gun”
Kurt Cobain.
I never realized how much Nirvana sounds like a metal/punk fusion.
well, thats exactly what grunge is
i always named them punk but at their core they are punk, i mean nevermind is straight up punk. Then you could name bleach metal and it would be almost right
With more than a touch of power pop.
Pretty soon this will be considered “classic rock”
All Kurt did was think about music and play music. No matter what else he had going on. Simple and powerful songs that will live forever
@@Job.Well.Done_01 It's already on the classic rock radio stations where I live.
I wouldn't exactly call All Apologies or Breed underrated, they both get exactly the reputation they deserve. How ever Frances Farmer is underrated af
Calling things underrated is the most cliche ‘ thing to say on UA-cam comments. Underrated is the new fuck. If you can’t think of anything creative and you like it ... say it’s underrated. Cliche
Frances Farmer it's just a sick song!
Best Nirvana bridge imo
@@nicholaskruger9460 this video is called underrated riffs? I think this comments word usage is understandable lol
Agreed.
I truley think that "All Apologies" is the most beautiful riff Kurt has ever written. It's so melodic, almost sounds like a classical piece, it's just wonderful! RIP Kurt Cobain, he was a genius.
that riff is perect and i agree with you bro, i also love heart shaped box, it is a little bit more dark but amazing too
Endless nameless most melodic song ever hahah. There's one song beside: she comes now. Really beautiful song
Swap
Meet is most underrated in my opinion
00:00 Swap Meet
00:33 Aneurysm
00:47 Big Long Now
01:14 Dive
01:30 lounge Act
01:43 Mr Moustache
02:00 Negative Creep
02:25 Milk It
02:43 Aero Zeppelin
03:54 School
04:18 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
04:31 Drain You
04:52 Breed
05:09 Floyd The Barber
05:44 TerritorialPissings
06:05 Serve The Servants
06:34 Scentless Apprentice
07:00 All Apologies
07:36 Paper Cuts
08:38 Blew
09:23 Endless Nameless
09:40 Frances Farmer
Bleach is underrated album‼️
It has so many killer riffs❗️👊
Incesticide as well
Best album
@@Faks.09incesticide is mostly just songs from the bleach session that didn't make it onto the record so that makes alot of sense lol
Incesticide*
Oh stop. They are not underrated. They are amazing and we all know it
Kurt was an amazing "guitar riffer". Simple, melodic, melancholic, agressive, noise!
People don’t appreciate how Cobain is like Adam Jones of tool, or Tom Morello. He doesn’t shred, although he does occasional flashy stuff. He adds layers to the sound and makes you bang your head, and that’s beautiful simplicity.
I had a subscription to guitar world when he was still alive and I remember him saying Steve Vai, van Halen and satrianni...(prolly butchered their names) were amazing , that he couldn't play like them, but they also, could not play like him.
Adam jones dude is sick
Kurt he is good songwriter for riffs are s1mple I think
@@garrettchristopher3462 That perfectly encapsulates the individuality from guitarist to guitarist.
@@surazxek Yeah
He was nowhere near as talented as Jones.
People forget that he was singing over these. Kurt knew how to write riffs and some are really tricky, if not try to sing over them. Yet still folks says he was a crappy player.
Y’know when you really start to look into Nirvana’s discography I think you start to gain a better appreciation for Kurt’s guitar playing. So many awesome riffs that people might never hear because they only listen to their most popular songs (there isn’t anything wrong with that but seriously you are missing out on so much good music!).
That's the same with 90% of bands, really. Radio hits have to be catchy and simple so the casual music listener stays interested. Deep tracks are for music lovers who purchase the releases to enjoy the whole offering, they're the ones who get the good shit.
Yep, 100%! People always claim Kurt is a mediocre musician (who are usually somehow not great themselves) but that's because they only hear what's on the radio. Good songs, but Nirvana is so much more than Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are....
@@brittz7506 Agree. But even Smells Like Teen Spirit is super great. And if you are a songwriter you can really recognise that. But that has also alot to do with Dave Grolls drumming on that track as well. How he lifts up that simple guitar riff with his approach on the drums...
Then we are even excluding this masterfully written vocal melody that goes with these four chords, or this simple bassline that follows the root of these chords, played by Krist Novoselic.
so fuckin true
@@brittz7506 He's a great songwriter, but his guitar playing has always been very below average
Thanks Kurt for getting me into guitar
Me too. He turned me on to so many great bands and that's what inspired me to write my own music. Cobain really changed my life and many others lives too.
Me too I started playing guitar two years ago because of him, and thanks to nirvana to introducing me into Rock, Punk and metal.
Same
I think, you‘re not the only one😁
Me too bro. I listened "Smells like teen spirit" when i was 12 years old in 1999. In the same year i started play guitar.
Big Long Now is also one of Kurt's most underrated vocals
Finally milk it gets some love, one of nirvana’s best songs!
It's a nice song,a really underrated song
It’s a rip off of a melvins song
@@RajHK8 which one?
@@michaeljordan2314 it’s shoved
@@RajHK8 not the same tune brotha
I like how everyone knows about "smells like teen spirit" but they don't about how awesome "dive" and "school" is.
True, people just know Something In The Way,Lithium,Polly and SLTS
True fans know every Nirvana song. In fact, EVERY Nirvana song is Perfect.
Even though kurt admitted he ripped off boston for the riff in smlts & tried to get across something like drain you was the better song but the management & mtv pushed smlts as the main single. I think he relished the fact dave started contributing towards the tunes with riffs like scentless apprentice, the pressure wasn't totally on him to write another smlts
Yep!!! do you think your the only one that knows about those songs you must be a revolutionary
Hey, I know smells like teen's spirit, but what is "divin' school." That sounds like a fun song!
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter is the best riff Kurt Cobain ever wrote. Imagine writing that and then getting to write a song with it.
Yeah, when i was heard this one at the first time, it's just blow me away
There are so many Nirvana songs from the beginning of their career that just sound very unique. Like Aero Zeppelin for example. I just can’t pinpoint a direct infuence for that song even tho the name suggest two.
IMO as someone who does not have the musical talent to be a musician but has the guitar talent to be good to great guitar player by itself, I would say his style is like taking the very very basics of rhythm guitar playing, with his strumming n chord progressions, is where u should be at 6 months after playing, but instead of learning more techniques and skills he just out accents and Ferness on this style, and his music was not really a product of a great music track and a great vocal track constructing a song, more of his two instruments making a unique sound when put together as a song.
Always thought Aero Zeppelin's riffs were a masterpiece.
Love it! Aero Zeppelin has always been a fav of mine, along with sappy. Bleach was pretty much my introduction to guitar music and incesticide has always been an album I love. I just think they got their sound so right on it. Poppy like nevermind but still dark like bleach. Keep it up man, always love your vids, especially these nostalgia heavy ones
Thought I was the only one who loved aero zepplin it’s literally my favourite song of theirs
You seem like a real Nirvana fan man. Love this
You seem like a Strokes fan, cool
@@ilyas_elouchihi I just wanted to be one of the strokeeeees
@@ilyas_elouchihi You seem like using UA-cam,cool mate
@@megamuerte6934 you seem to like megadeth, that's cool pal
@@enriquepastor3626 wanna hear a crime? I prefer Metallica...
Swap meet has a killer riff in my honest opinion.
And not only could he write amazing riffs, his ability to write vocal melodies over them is what set him apart into the legendary atmospheres
Kurt was 22 when he released those riffs for bleach and was a legend by the time he died at 27. gotta love young talent
Perfect cam angle for learning, great job and thank you for uploading 🎸
Engraçado, depois falam que o Kurt não era criativo e não tocava bem, vai entender, o cara era foda demais, fazia tanto musica puxado mais para o POP ROCK, mas também inventava RIFFS como estes do vídeo, pesados , bem Grunge e sensacionais !!! Pra min um gênio da música !!!
Todo lugar que olho você tá champz kkkkkkkk e é,pensamos igual
Kurt era mto criativo na guitarra... Fazia uns riffs fora do que era convencional para a época. Na minha opinião um gênio, queria ter nascido um pouco antes para ir num show deles.
Sou fã, tenho nem o que dizer dos riffs.
A concerteza gênio da musica e do Rock, realmente ele era muito, mas muito criativo na guitarra, lenda, criou riffs históricos
He was an amazing song writer. So many catchy riffs. And the melodies just took them to another level.
Mexican seafood will forever be my favorie riff
Love that song
I never realized how often he used E string bends. Very cool and unique riffs. Dive makes me think of Pantera's Walk. This vid makes me want to listen to Bleach and Incesticide for first time in years. Has some awesomely weird shit (Hairspray Queen) in addition to the great rock on display here (Dive, Aero Zeppelin). Aero Zeppelin sounds like a more melodic version of thrash to me... one of the most energizing songs I heard in the 90s.
Nice work! All killer riffs and your tone is excellent
Bleach is borderline Metal albu, it's so underrated and I absolutely love it!
honestly i reckon a lot of bleach could be considered pre-nu, like listen to korn's debut and you can see so much similarity
@@petal_cult 💯
Bleach is punk as fuck
Much agreed. I recently gave it a listen and was surprised at how actually heavy it was. Very metal like riffing and very dark throughout.
You say Metal, another coment say nu Metal, another guy say "Punk af", and I would say "Stoner"
truth is that Kurt Cobain came up with a new fresh unique sound for that era. It sounded different, it sounded cool, catchy. Something you wanted to be part of
Thanks Kurt!
I like how you covered my favorite songs from their 3 studio albums and incesticide comp! Great work and amazing tone, man!
VER its been many years yet I still watch. I remember when you were down and out and years before that but here you are going 200+. Another testament to life friend to never give up.
Wow! Thanks a lot for the years of support, buddy! I appreciate that so much! Stay cool!
Awesome playing. I think “Big Long Now” might be my favorite album cut. Such a great tune.
This definitely helped to remind me of the unique greatness of Nirvana. I dig your sound as well.
AMAZING job covering those riffs!
Great work!
Never thought I needed more nirvana but thanks for this. Gonna listen and and learn all of these.
Great video!!
Dave actually came up with the Scentless Apprentice riff! 🤘🤘
What a badass riff merchant Kurt was.
He drank deep from the Iommi well with a slight twist of Lennon!.
Great vid! "School" is a freaking headbanger 😈
Great editing, great video.
AWESOMEEE BEEN WAITINGG
Your playing style is so clean and neat it irks me😂 hahahah nice playing man!
Good job on the tone!
I'm going to listen all these songs again! I grew up listening to these songs! Thanks!
Basically; every Nirvana riff is highly underrated
Except smells like teen spirit sadly
SMTS It's what drain you was meant to be (in kurt's opinion)
This is dumb. You just can't say that because Nirvana itself is in the Top 10 most famous bands in the whole world of all time! There's no way anything they did is underrated. There are thousands other bands riffs which you could easily say that
@@alex.starostin Thing is, Nirvana is famous for like 4-5 songs. I agree that their records are super iconic, but I don’t think that their songs get so much attention because their one of the most famous bands out there… Like we get agree that SMLTS is overrated to some extent but the way it was written and recorded, I still think it’s one of the best songs ever written and don’t get me wrong, I was once of the guys to say that Nirvana was overrated but I realised that there was way more to it than what people like.
That’s why I’m saying that all their riffs are underrated cuz I don’t think they get as much praise as they should for the most part I guess…
Anyways, just my opinion and I’m so fkn biased
@@jasminlerouxperreault6463 nice response, I respect your opinion! but as much as I like Nirvana, I think they're a tad overrated. If Kurt didn't kill himself at 27, they wouldn't have been so famous. that's just my opinion
@@alex.starostin respectfully disagree due to the fact that they were wildly famous prior to his death
Nicely played... cool video
this is basically the list of the songs I still listen to this day! great list
Man I really enjoyed this.
Great stuff. Can you show the setting you did to get some of the distortion? I feel like you got it spot on in most! Nice work.
these "underated" songs are my favourite songs. Like: "If you must" for example. Your guitar tone is goood btw
Great selection.
Maaaan sick tone
Well done! Tittle could also be most Cobain riffs :D it is mind boggling what he could come up with using just barre chords and how he was able to put some epic melodies on some of the fairly atonal chords. Not to forget how musical Krist was in his anarchist way and how Dave had very much signature drum parts in every song to give depth to the otherwise simple songs. This made such an impact on me in -92 onwards so I'm obviously biased but it was such a great band wasnt it.
There’s something hypnotic about Big Long Now. Definitely one of the highlights of Insesticide.
Serve the Servants is one of my favorites to play. Those dominant 7ths add so much bite to the progression.
It's really cool to see Kurt's influences and his personal way of expressing an idea, clearly you can see a lot of Melvins in some riffs and something close to Black Flag too.
Great video
So good to hear those riffs ❤👏
Blew will always be my favourite 😁
i like how i can feel the strings on my fingers while watching this. that's a nice camera position!
Would love to see Tool riffs too!
He already has done that. Search tool riffs and you will find it.
@@shanedeel2 thanks!!
@@Dmoskians your welcome
Appreciate what you are doing here. The interesting thing about Kurt's riffs are they are not quite as simple as they seem. You are playing alot of them 98% correct with just a tiny bit of variance to how he actually played them. The other thing to note is that often he would simplify the way he played certain songs for live shows compared to the studio recordings.
Another thing is few songs also evolved over time in the way they were played. Kurt had an odd way of playing with some things almost seeming to be made more difficult than they possibly should have been, but then who am I to tell someone how their own songs should have gone.
Anyway, cheers for the vid.
Bravo! Nice choices.
This video has all my favorites. Dive. Lounge Act. Aneurysm. Milk it. School. RFUS. Scentless Apprentice.
I know you aren't a bass player (I am) but if you ever do bassline videos I'd watch those too just like I watch your other content. Cheers man.
Hope the wrist is doing better.
nirvana was so big sometimes it makes me wonder whether if they were a product of the 90s or the 90s a product of them (among other 90s zeitgeists of course), good work too, you really nailed it and now i have to binge listen nirvana for a week, which i don't mind at all ❤
edit: also the intro to breed is stuck in my head 24/7
Kurt is my Idol ever since i was in high school and you give an awesome rift man nice video
Great riffs!
Awesome seeing these songs played. 👍👏🏻🎸
Papercuts has been, and maybe always will be my ultimate favorite Nirvana song!
damn! took me back 30+ lol. your guitar sounds killer to
sick dude. Glad to see milk it on here
Swap meat is such a great song. Perfect way to start this off
Excellent !
Great vid! Fun fact, the Scentless Apprentice riff is actually a Dave Grohl riff.
I love all these riffs tout killed it. Clean and dirty sound. Can feel the energy!
Underrated for sure.
Shredding is cool but a concise, memorable riff is much more satisfying to my ears. Cobain was capable of a lot more than people realize. A lot of his Bleach-era guitar solos are just fantastic; certainly better than I could come up with.
Thank you for showcasing some of those great riffs! Big Long Now and Swap Meet are criminally under appreciated, even by Nirvana fans.
floyd and blew are my favorite riffs on bleach
So true and so good !!
Dive been my fave Nirvana song for as long as I can remember.
As pivotal as Kurt's guitar style and vocals were, the bass playing and drumming ferocity are massive influences on the band's sound. Pioneers for sure.
The best album - bleach. So heavy, raw, "true"... Themes, lyrics, atmosphere. Pre chorus on paper cuts might be the coolest " Brakedown" In Kurt's discography
Kurt was on fire
Awesome!!!!
Awesome!
thanks for this. didn't know nirvana got down like this. some of those riffs were super grunge-y and i like it
I love how the song title used with FRIENDS’s font
Massive respect for including Big Long Now. That's it 😉
Man this has like all of my favorites. Swap Meet, Lounge Act, Paper Cuts, Aneurism, Blew, Big Long Now, Serve The Servants, Scentless Apprentice, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge, it's all there
Basically the same video from 10 Nirvana riff. Even in his youth, Blandest and Hairspray Queen are underrated riffs.
Something has to be good to be underrated. And Even In His Youth & Blandest are cool songs
you played exactly as the original man, congratss
Great. Nirvana has some cool riffs. Some people seem to forget that.
She keeps it pumping straight to my heart! 😍
Never knew nirvana had very groovy riffs
clear ... excellent
I used to love playing Milk It in high school, my friends band even played it all the time at their rehearsals. We both played it in Drop D though, I think it sounds better that way. I always assumed that was how they played it on the album, i never tried it with standard.
Radio friendly unit shifter is highly underrated and one of my favorites
My inspiration was Cobain. Great job figuring out those Bleach riffs !!!!
Among the greats, he was able to play making subtle changes in his riffs to get maximum emotional impact.
Very crispy👌
Dude that first riff was exactly my first thought. Nice.
Los mejores riff de toda la historia nunca mas nadie los va a volver a repetir, estoy agradecido en la vida de haber vivido a pleno a nirvana
pero sin llorar
@@irotinmyskin jaja
"Los mejores riff",... si ubicas black sabbath y led zeppelin?
tambien estan the Beatles , Credende 🤟