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7 Pop Songs That ACTUALLY HAVE COOL GUITAR
7 Pop Songs That ACTUALLY HAVE COOL GUITAR - Brandon D'Eon
Here are a few popular songs that have cool guitar riffs in them.
1. Adventure of a Lifetime - Coldplay
2. Waves - Robin Schulz
3. Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus
4. It Ain't Me - Selena Gomez ft. Kygo
5. Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur
6. Prayer in C
7. Wild Thoughts - DJ Khaled (originally played by Santana)
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I've never had more mixed feelings about a capo before
@megacahh870
4 жыл бұрын
same
@zdubbs7609
4 жыл бұрын
I think it’s kinda cool
@Bozzigmupp
4 жыл бұрын
what/who dat
@Jalegre
4 жыл бұрын
@@Bozzigmupp the dolphin looking thing Brandon had on his guitar at 0:38. It's used to change keys of songs easily and is often played with open chords.
@HAbarneyWK
4 жыл бұрын
Nah, its straight up disgusting :)
Get lucky has a pretty sick guitar part too
@idrissbelmejdoub6632
4 жыл бұрын
It's because nile rodgers plays guitar in it, he's a funk legend
@PNWGuitar
4 жыл бұрын
@Ostentatious Orca no FUNK legend.
@thatsjuancooldude9409
4 жыл бұрын
Bruno Mars treasure
@bruhlewis9508
4 жыл бұрын
that's Juan cool dude thats got a gorgeous baseline as well
@vilnv
4 жыл бұрын
Lose Yourself To dance is better imo 🤷♂️
The party in the USA lick is so tasty
@indonesianbassbooster5167
4 жыл бұрын
Oddly reminds me of RHCP
@livmzn9179
4 жыл бұрын
indonesian bassbooster same here :)
@deatontelevision6355
4 жыл бұрын
I wish someone useful got their hands on that lick before miley did
@indonesianbassbooster5167
4 жыл бұрын
@@livmzn9179 ikr! Just imagine Float On by Modest Mouse but RHCP is playing it and they kinda mixed up with Californification and Can't Stop
@joe8124
4 жыл бұрын
indonesian bassbooster it does sound like a Frusciante lick. He always uses chords like that.
That tone in the coldplay song is so good
@RockyHellers
4 жыл бұрын
Jony Buckland, sir.
@zachary4670
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, that whole album is pretty good. My little bro got it for me and I honestly really liked it.
@jeremybabin7435
4 жыл бұрын
@fjf sjdnx their hits are (sans Viva La Vida imo) but their deeper cuts are what I enjoy. Even as a certified metalhead and reggae guy, I consistently find myself going back to Coldplay for some strange reason
@kgzuig
4 жыл бұрын
Cuz Jonny Buckland is genius.
@simongosimon
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and the Santana tone made me wanna scoop my ears out
Lot of riffs in pop songs are probably created by session musicians and they will want to do something cool.
@123nohamdle
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if some day their will be a documentary about all the session musicians that are active today, like the wrecking crew back in the seventies
@BeerandGuitars
4 жыл бұрын
@@123nohamdle i expect so, they all have youtube channels and will be easy to research.
@Viper-dz2kw
4 жыл бұрын
David Benegas nah the real question is if they’re all gonna realize that they’re who make the hits and make a Session Musician super group just like ToTo
@distortedkid123
4 жыл бұрын
True. It's not uncommon to hear cool riffs in pop songs because of these legit musicians. Btw did you know one of the guitarists for Lady Gaga used to play for Suicidal Tendencies?
@BeerandGuitars
4 жыл бұрын
@@distortedkid123 not surprising, a gig is a gig
Britney Spears’ “Toxic” has some of the tastiest surf tone around
@feckethbalcony3666
4 жыл бұрын
That riff during the chorus is really cool, what's interesting about it is that it wasn't in the demo, but it was added in the official recording
@ethandoesmusic
3 жыл бұрын
@@feckethbalcony3666 agreed
@angrym0nkeysh0w
3 жыл бұрын
Well, I'm not even a Britney Spears fan but "Toxic" is just a masterpiece in production
@warren4110
3 жыл бұрын
There’s a group called The Surfrajettes on KZread; they do a brilliant cover of Toxic.
@SupraViperhead
3 жыл бұрын
That's because it samples "Tere Mere Beech Mein".
One thing a lot of people overlook is that very often, the people playing these songs are session/studio musicians and despite the simple music they are given to play, they are generally absolute shred monsters with total mastery of their instrument.
@gduke25
3 жыл бұрын
Reading your comment for grammar's sake is refreshing. I'm not saying grammar is everything, but oh my goodness does it help make sense of what someone is trying to say. LOL
@enrath4078
3 жыл бұрын
@@gduke25 I take pride in grammar for that very reason haha
8 : literally every john mayer song
@Meltedcheese567
3 жыл бұрын
Literally?
@chills2447
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@retardedphil
3 жыл бұрын
@@Meltedcheese567 language evolves get with it
@gibsondanny
3 жыл бұрын
@@retardedphil It makes people sound like idiots.
@5kr3aminMunk33
3 жыл бұрын
@@retardedphil Language doesn't evolve that much, changing the meanings of words leads to miscommunication and weird ideologies.
Always thought Adventure of Life Time was a synth part
@spamsingles5948
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@RockyHellers
4 жыл бұрын
Coldplay is a rock pop band
@MortanAMrk
3 жыл бұрын
i mean the fact that its coldplay should indicate its a guitar
Glad you started with Coldppay, Jonny Buckland is definitely a very good musician
@fischer55
4 жыл бұрын
True
@williambk
4 жыл бұрын
I was so surprised by that!
@Timliu92
4 жыл бұрын
The Coldplay guys are actually good musicians. Sadly their current material is a bit too generic IMO.
@williambk
4 жыл бұрын
Timliu92 have you heard Arabesque? I wouldn’t call their new album “generic” (except for Orphans lmao).
@jetsaleet
4 жыл бұрын
rabiezthecat honestly, the new album sounded like the Coldplay I love. It just had that old school
What the FOOK is that capo?
@gagida1829
4 жыл бұрын
Sharkie
@mrgriboman371
4 жыл бұрын
Jotaro's love
@shkoober
4 жыл бұрын
It’s Art
@dashiejinxx100
4 жыл бұрын
It's a shark, dude
@keiras4571
4 жыл бұрын
It’s a shark, dude
Im glad someone finally acknowledges Adventure of a lifetime's riff because indeed, it's sick
@MarcWijesuriya
3 жыл бұрын
Buckland can make a 3 note riff sound sick
That Party in the USA riff has a John Frusciante vibe in it. Hate that I said that about a pop song. 😂
@mikoajmorawiec744
4 жыл бұрын
I could easily imagine RHCP playing that
@VintageSlide
4 жыл бұрын
Why hate sayin it. Theres a lot of great pop songs, even from a musicians perspective.
@JRJS09
4 жыл бұрын
It really reminds me of Scar Tissue
@Ori0987
4 жыл бұрын
Valtteri Kataja I mean yeah there’s a lot of good music out there but it’s usually not the actual “Pop” stuff that gets on the radio. At least not very often.
@jackhill9234
4 жыл бұрын
Mikołaj Morawiec definitly!
Prayer In C was a good choice, although I prefer Robin Schulz’s other hit “Sugar” for a good, catchy guitar lick.
@kevincastro8768
4 жыл бұрын
Tyler Reddick Prayer in C is actually a folk song by some guys, Robin Schulz only took the song and added a beat
@bluejaysbaseball
4 жыл бұрын
Kevin Castro I was scrolling around and just found out now that Sugar was sampled as well. Interesting
Me : sees the name "waves" My brain : IN WAAAAAAAAAAVES
@bobafatty111
4 жыл бұрын
EGG WHITES!!!
@TysonMoonie
4 жыл бұрын
Same tbh
@DBrunoAraujo
4 жыл бұрын
Can someone please tell me what song that is?
@joaofernandes5543
4 жыл бұрын
@@DBrunoAraujo in waves - trivium
@DBrunoAraujo
4 жыл бұрын
@@joaofernandes5543 thanks!
0:57 tune that g string for me fella🤕
@TheTGB02
4 жыл бұрын
JoshCarter yeah that rllly sounded off
@georgeguzman7275
4 жыл бұрын
Whenever I tune my guitars it’s always the g that’s out of tune
@pedrosilvaproductions
3 жыл бұрын
@@georgeguzman7275 The G is the string that has the most tension on almost all guitars, and it's normally the first one to give to the tension
@jamesmantovani8620
3 жыл бұрын
Could have just been incorrectly intonated!
@michaelmireles7411
3 жыл бұрын
It is a les Paul though
Coldplay have some underated guitar parts you never see them on guitar channels
Prayer in C was one of the first songs I learned when I first got an electric guitar. It really has a beautiful sound to it.
There's a lot of great guitar work in pop songs. There's also a lot of elitist guitarists who bash on pop songs thinking they're too good for it. This is coming from a 16 year veteran of the instrument and believe me I was one of those people for a long time. I think it's some rite of passage that almost every rocker goes through but eventually we all come back full circle. Subsequently a true artist appreciates the instrument and the music not the genre.
@pedrosilvaproductions
3 жыл бұрын
If you're a true musician and not just a blues guy or a metalhead or some elitist shit you can appreciate any type of music. Of course, there's crap. But there's crap in any genre. I was never against these types of songs. I don't particularly listen to them myself but all of them have a lot of stuff in the middle we don't know about composition wise, production wise, etc
Adventure of a lifetime is pretty cool but the production just literally kills it.
@RockyHellers
4 жыл бұрын
Coldplay always makes different versions of their songs till they decide which one to publish. For example , Chris martin said tjere was even a hard metal style for Viva la vida. Obviously , its more effective for them to publish the most mainstream song
0:17 i hopped off the plane at LAX with a dream and my cardigan
0:02 THAT’S what that song is! I’ve always thought that riff was so cool but I could never even start to find a name because I didn’t know any of the words or even the rhythm of the rest of the song
Can you make a full cover to "coldplay - adventure of a lifetime"?
The lick on Adventure Of A Lifetime is such a groovy hook that pulls you right in when the beat drops. Fell in love with it since the Super Bowl.
You know your getting better at guitar when you start saying “I could probably play that”
@calebm.5698
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, or when you think that’s cool, I’m just gonna learn it real quick by slowing the video down.
Dangerous Woman has a killer solo in the middle
Love the shapes in Waves, been playing that song since it came out with my own arrangement and it always gets requested whenever i play at friends houses. The melody is killer
The guitar solo in "She" by Harry Styles is dope af
adventure of a lifetime is actual fire
Say you wont let go is mine and my girlfriends song, I love it so much. It took a long time to learn it because it was one if the first songs I ever learned, and was a big curveball from the normal strumming. Me and her performed it live for a fundraiser at her church, it was my first time performing in front of an audience and it really boosted my confidence in music, and I've been learning and growing ever since. This song changed me for the better.
Every coldplay song from A rush of blood to the head would fit here
@ecam651
2 жыл бұрын
Agree
I've always loved the riff for Waves
Brother:Who ate my chocolate??? Me: 0:33
Party in the USA is pretty John Mayer like with its subtle slides
@nurseaylla
4 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of "Under the bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Songs like these are just fun to play. Party in the USA, waves, say you won’t let go, and prayer in C are just fun.
I LOVED THAT SHARK FOR YOUR ACOUSTIC GUITAR
Please do MANY more of these
That wild thoughts song always makes me want to rip my cochlears out with ice picks
Thank you for clarifying the Santana solo in Wild Thoughts. I hate hearing that song on the radio and always hearing that part being used from him and thinking to myself, "why hasn't he sued yet?"
Dude Johnny Buckland always kills it! Thanks for putting Coldplay first!
Adventure of a Lifetime is kind of an epic song honestly.
0:08 sounds like orion Cliff's harmony part
Adventure of a Lifetime is a go to warm up lick on the guitar, so funky and melodic! Really stretches your fingers out and gets your fine motor skills and brain ready to perform 🤞
This video made me feel heavy nostalgia with those Robin Schulz songs, haven’t listened to them in ages
I have the same shark capo!
@adagamerlittlehero8456
4 жыл бұрын
Same here dawg
@strangersinbedband9986
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@aknael8186
4 жыл бұрын
same lmao
@iggystardust9236
4 жыл бұрын
Shame... And no that's not a typo. Shit is ugly!
@jppecha4739
4 жыл бұрын
same
Feel like prayer c is more of a house tune, loads of them have good guitar loops and riffs
@michaelolympus5994
3 жыл бұрын
Prayer In C is actually just a remix.
Thanks a lot bro, been searching for "adventure of a lifetime" the whole day cuz I couldn't remember the lyrics, finally clicked on this video and here it was!
Thanks for reminding me 'Prayer in C' exists. Good memories!
All of these riffs are written by amazing guitarists who will never have the names anywhere in the world.;
Backstreet Boys larger than life has an amazing lead guitar in it and the solo was good
Love how short this video is, no needed shittalk, great work!
Waves is such a chill song!!
I alwyas thought that Bruno Mars (I mean guitarist from his band) has cool riffs. To be honest, whole band is incredibly talented.
@undertablerecords
4 жыл бұрын
yeah, his guitarrist is Matheus Asato, from Brazil, where I do live, we all love him and his skills
suga suga has that cool riff too
I clicked on this hoping to see a Coldplay song - and the first one is 😲🤩 (Jonny’s Riffs are amazing, we need more of them 😍)
I glad im not the only one that knows that the part from wild thoughts came from the song Maria Maria by Santana
Nice vid bro
Rihanna's California King Bed. Love that wet crunchy guitar.
@paigesmith5807
3 жыл бұрын
that’s what i thought i love that song
I love the dolphin capo you use.
I thought james arthur is the artist behind say you wont let go...
@iliketrains3495
4 жыл бұрын
sebastian gozum it is, he just made a whoopsie
@musefan12345
4 жыл бұрын
That riff was originally used in “the man who can’t be moved” by the script. Arthur stole it, and got sued for it.
Well "Adventure of a Lifetime" was a psychadelic/alternate rock anyways.
Your acoustic sounds so good!!
prayer in C sounds like that one music from a french advert I watched yesterday.
Time was that most pop songs were just built around cool guitar riffs. Seems to be a rarity in 21st Century pop, with a near universal reliance on Pro Tools based synth lines.
Not Pop but I always thought that "Beautiful" by Eminem has an amazing guitar riff and solo.
Loved it!
The guitar solo in she is everything
@niharikamishra7
4 жыл бұрын
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT
I REALLY wanna play Adventure Of A Lifetime on guitar but GODDAMN that riff looks too hard 😂
The Santa one just made me remember the time kanye west played guitar. It wasn't good.
@kaydgaming
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah.... but lil wayne
@ivurivurivur
4 жыл бұрын
SANTA
@textnumbers22
4 жыл бұрын
Oddly enough a couple Kanye songs have really good guitar parts, check out the solos on Devil in a new dress
@Codexter1
4 жыл бұрын
Devil in a new dress and hold my liquor solo tho 😍
@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147
4 жыл бұрын
S A N T A
Do more!
"what you know" is pretty dope as well.
Another one for this list... Cake By The Ocean by DNCE (I think it's nick jonas band or so) Very funky cool guitar lines
Say You Won’t Let Go was actually completely ripped off from The Script’s Man Who Can’t Be Moved, but still
@iliketrains3495
4 жыл бұрын
Oliver Wood lmao it really does sound like a Script song
@RandomPerson-yy2ch
4 жыл бұрын
Oliver Wood they use the same chords, doesnt mean its stolen. Using ur logic, the Ed Sheeran lawsuit would make sense, but that’s total bullshit
yesss i loved all these songs
You made these songs enjoyable
0:16 The nostalgia....
Prayer in C is a rip off of A bolt of blazing gold by Dark Tranquility.
@michaelolympus5994
3 жыл бұрын
They are nothing alike. Listen to the original version. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWF6uZuup7S7ftI.html
oh my god the intonation on the g string in wild thoughts HURTS
You are fantastically fantastic
The Party in the U.S.A. guitar part sounds really inspired by John Frusciante.
EPICO
@justlucamusic
4 жыл бұрын
He’s pretty good on his 6 strings 🅱️ASS
waves just hits different
Cool video idea!!🤘🤘
The longer you play with your wrist angled sharp you're gonna have really awful pain in the future. If you can learn to keep your arm perpendicular to the neck and straighten your wrist the better it'll be on your tendons. Not to say anything bad about your playing. Great video
@matthewjohnston9717
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's called Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
@shahtayyib
4 жыл бұрын
considering he's been playing for 14 years and he's doing good, he'll probably be fine
@jakerjohnson38
4 жыл бұрын
XxPhantom Johnston04xX that’s a different issue
First one is pretty hard without a capo 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@muhammadnaufalhidayatullah10
4 жыл бұрын
Muse 🖤
@anactualbucket1082
4 жыл бұрын
He sure made it look easy
@pi2z806
4 жыл бұрын
how?
@siemniak
3 жыл бұрын
What?
Short and straight to the point
I’d suggest the main riff from “I See Fire”. It’s pretty nice, not in a “that’s awesome” but like a “oh that is perfect for the song” kinda way
is it an electric guitar?
@fitzgerald6466
4 жыл бұрын
Kiệt Nguyễn Tuấn no it’s a bass guitar
@A--NguyenTuanKiet-cg9ws
4 жыл бұрын
@@fitzgerald6466 then what kind?
@fitzgerald6466
4 жыл бұрын
Kiệt Nguyễn Tuấn thst was sarcasm yes it’s an electric guitarfuck...
@rileyleonard4194
4 жыл бұрын
Bryce Gaming that’s a trombone
@jerichopraba6185
4 жыл бұрын
It's a 6 string bass
The way I’d like to play songs like these but I have small hands 💀
@evananderson4299
3 жыл бұрын
So do I Can’t let it be an excuse
@ggdk2865
3 жыл бұрын
@@evananderson4299 True words have been spoken
so nostalgic songs love
That shark capo !!! Sooo siiick!!!🦈🦈
Davie 504: I need bass
No. Impossible. It can't be.
I love how he must gets to it.
All my favourite songs in one video
The last one was a little out of tune
the Wild Thoughts guitar solo is the worst solo I’ve ever heard
@Kascaded
4 жыл бұрын
Ben Spizuco yep i agree
@thenamescara64
4 жыл бұрын
Ben Spizuco its acually a carlos santana solo that rihanna ripped off
@lorenzowoodmusic
4 жыл бұрын
FloppyRabbit u mean dj khaled? 😂
@oskoreiaa11
4 жыл бұрын
Listen to the original one by Santana
These are nice, especially the Party in the USA lick. I was surprised, but literally thought so myself last time I heard the song. But tbh, I always thought that riff in Wild Thoughts was random, and it never sat right with me. Not even here. 🤷🏽♂️
The title is so passive aggressive and I love it
I don’t listen to these songs but I still recognized them, I hate the radio channel my job have damn it