Kurt wasn’t the most technically advanced player, but man did he have a unique style

@mircearusu3788

3 жыл бұрын

He just didn't show off too much, he could shred if he wanted to, either way he's a legend

@gavinstclair2945

3 жыл бұрын

Every time I learn a nirvana song a month after I watch him play it live and he’s playing it completely different so I learn the way he does it

@Chabam

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@NickJardine

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chabam terrific point. Skill involved in both. Not easy to make music like Kurt Cobain, nor is it easy to play like Eddie Van Halen.

@steven11359

3 жыл бұрын

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 it's possible to play these riffs better.

@kkrsnn5632

3 жыл бұрын

Only Kurt 😋

@hopkings28

3 жыл бұрын

I think, some peoples just watch videos like that for adding another good songs in playlist or smth

@carrterdinkins7977

3 жыл бұрын

Smells like teen spirit could of been a little better… ONLY COMPLAINT

@seafoodspanker5288

3 жыл бұрын

@@carrterdinkins7977 no it couldn't. it's exactly how's it played in the record

@carrterdinkins7977

3 жыл бұрын

@@seafoodspanker5288 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

Blew is easily their best riff

@zac3713

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, Lithium

@youngsterjoey9038

3 жыл бұрын

@@zac3713 nah drain you

@aviationlba747

3 жыл бұрын

@@youngsterjoey9038 Nah Milk It

@normalperson2549

3 жыл бұрын

the riff from i hate myself and want to die tho

@joseandresnavaperez

3 жыл бұрын

Nah breed

Bleach probably has my favorite riffs. Negative Creep is hot

@carlosgomez4997

3 жыл бұрын

Bleach is full of creative riffs, my favorite is big cheese

@negativecreep44

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro

@gaston1674

3 жыл бұрын

Songs heavy ,darks..

@txrminxted785

3 жыл бұрын

Mines is either swap meet, or downer.

@guu2955

3 жыл бұрын

Negative creep more like positive creep

Kurt definitely not a virtuoso...but he is an extremely badass guitar player with a lot of creativity and feeling.

@thedancingguy828

3 жыл бұрын

Being a virtuoso isnt everything good songwrite is the best quality an musician can have

@wispycirrus9907

3 жыл бұрын

Oh hey aren't you that guy I see commenting on a bunch of swans music videos? You're cool.

@antonioanimaciones7726

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes he is, for example,the solo played in aerozepellin

@goncaloguimaraes4185

2 жыл бұрын

was*

@Giovayo

Жыл бұрын

Try to explain to all the dumb fucks who say that he ain't a genious because of how easy his riffs were

Your tone on "Lithium" was spot-on! 👍❤️

@somealternativestuff9578

3 жыл бұрын

Fact!

@JumpStop1

2 жыл бұрын

Dude. I said the same exact thing while scrolling and land on this comment. I totally agree!

@footos8511

2 жыл бұрын

Fr

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.

@landendoesyoutube1543

3 жыл бұрын

I mean Jack White too.

@southsider3542

2 жыл бұрын

The Edge

@nocreo5185

2 жыл бұрын

Joy division

@rychier6994

10 күн бұрын

Billie Joe Armstrong also, simple riffs, great songs

Frances Farmer is an underrated riff

@rianb07

3 жыл бұрын

my favourite nirvana song without a doubt

@ZackieTheBun

2 жыл бұрын

Gay spider

@Foxikaze

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZackieTheBun yes

@Jillickle

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZackieTheBun gay spider😍💀

@jacksonwilliams3756

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

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

@climberg

2 жыл бұрын

I think he would cuz at one of the latest interviews he said they're tired of three-chords music

@menasouvlaki3595

2 жыл бұрын

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

The more you post nirvana covers, the more closer you sound to the actual records…

@bloxsy_

3 жыл бұрын

I think whenever I revisit the songs I notice something else that I didn't play before. But playing it in a looser style is also great too.

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.

@tommybinson

Жыл бұрын

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.

All apologies was spot on , that tone is actually perfect

@dannyvalencia5224

2 жыл бұрын

And Breed!

You play your power chords like Kurt does in this, gives it an authentic sound

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.

Your tone sounds more like Nirvana than any other covers I’ve heard.

Ah yes, Serve The Servants, my personal favorite Nirvana song.

@Pre_UglyMayFlower

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@Pre_UglyMayFlower

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@dellecapacitailcoraggiofis7536

2 жыл бұрын

With on a plain

@simonprior7111

2 жыл бұрын

Yes 🙌 and Aneurysm

@will9now122

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

Who also thinks blandest is underrated catchy.

@ModernArnas

3 жыл бұрын

I love this one. They threw away a lot of good songs

@wernerrainer4218

3 жыл бұрын

@@ModernArnas jep

@MassimoAni

3 жыл бұрын

As well as Pen cap chew

@wernerrainer4218

3 жыл бұрын

@@MassimoAni oh yes

@krashd

3 жыл бұрын

Sappy should have made it on to an album at least.

My all time favourite band. Thank you for doing their riffs.

I love all of these... but man people are skipping on hairspray queen, that song is heavy balls

@GalaxyDinoPlayzjojobestshowlol

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

Honestly, giving Jags the blade switch was a game changer. Thank you Johnny Marr. Sounding great man!

@blu3me304

3 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure that’s a jazzmaster

@igorshunch

3 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@BuzzsawMoviesLtd

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@blu3me304

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@blu3me304

3 жыл бұрын

@@BuzzsawMoviesLtd did they move the strangle where the rhythm circuit usually would be and trash the 2 pots?

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

Kurt was a really creative riff writer People sleep on his skills way too much

Immediately opened

@shadowhunter2846

3 жыл бұрын

It says you commented 22 Minutes ago And this Video is postet 21 Minutes ago So yeah you were pretty fast 🤣

Turnaround would’ve been another cool addition to this list, nailed the sound tho

@sharktroubles

3 жыл бұрын

Devo wrote it.

Paper cuts is so underrated

@ravila704

3 жыл бұрын

Great fucking song

@codeling2552

3 жыл бұрын

what's so good about it?

@followdanger890

3 жыл бұрын

@@codeling2552 you probably only listen to teen spirit and about a girl listen to it and realize how creative and different it was for nirvana

@codeling2552

3 жыл бұрын

@@followdanger890 no, i listened to the whole nirvana discography

Blew has something incredible badass.

When you realise Nirvana did thrash, metal, classic rock, hard rock, grunge, prog rock, punk and heavy metal

@downer2846

2 жыл бұрын

Half of the genres you just listed sound like just different words for the same 2 genres

@aviationlba747

2 жыл бұрын

@@downer2846 Not really, many sub-genres exist in the rock world.

Was waiting for this vid for sooo loong!! Glad a new nirvana upload came and that player jaguar looks really nice!! and the tone is nailed

@bloxsy_

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Blandest, Aero Zeppelin, Drain You, Aneurysm, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Is so amazing

Esse é de longe o vídeo de riffs do Nirvana mais bem tocados desse KZread! 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 KZread 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.

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.

I think Kurt would've loved the fact you were doing this in a Velvet Underground shirt :) Nailed it though man. Tone is spot on as f

The milk it riff might just be one of their best riffs

The best negative creep I’ve ever heard! keep it up man!

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.

im proud of myself as today like maybe an hour ago i played smels like team spirit ! i'll know it now as the first song I played on guitar

Wtf, you NAILED absolutely every guitar tone. Kudos, bro!

Dude you played Heart-Shaped Box so perfect wth, all these are spot on

Best Nirvana riff video I've seen! Great riff choices!

Thank you! I've been waiting for this!

I love your black guitar so much! The brown one is cool too You honestly did a great job, your covers almost sound identical to the originals

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 :)

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.

Sound is spot on. Love your work as always

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.

@bloxsy_

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad you appreciate it.

The video we all have been waiting for... 🙏🏼

Nice video dude! I really love your content

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

@Happylink75

2 жыл бұрын

It's a player jaguar

Kurt was just a genius

Awesome! Never thought of using the back of the neck like that. The creativity is definitely there!

At last, a nirvana best riffs' top don't put smells like teen spirit first!

Super clean playing. Really nice.

Great clip buddy some all time great song riffs in there

you're one of the few people I've heard play smells like teen spirit exactly like Kurt did. applause for u my guy

@uorsthdenSou-dg2bm

7 ай бұрын

swap meat also ...but I think he didnt perform Mr.Moustache on the right way.anyhow great . Well done coverized Nirvana riffs

You distortion is one of heaviest i've ever seen

@bloxsy_

3 жыл бұрын

I probably over do it a bit sometimes.

@Cadeiranteleg

3 жыл бұрын

@@bloxsy_ cool, the more distortion the better

@christosmeitanis6896

3 жыл бұрын

How do you see distortion ? That would be coool

@danielalcala1044

3 жыл бұрын

@@christosmeitanis6896 fuck yeah :v

@Matatigres

3 жыл бұрын

@@christosmeitanis6896 Synesthesia my friend

Wow, the tone is amazingly accurate! Thanks!

Love these epic riffs!

Your videos are killer dude ! Thanks for doing them.

Loved the video man, keep up the excellent work!

Love it.... Oh man Dive is such an amazingly underrated song haha

Nice Player Jag looking and sounding great!

@bloxsy_

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This is way too perfect hahah. Tone is spot on on all of these

Blandest! Gotta say there's not many players here on YT that play that song, one of my favorites! Cheers, mate!

Blocksy I loved your early covers from silverchair to now and from a couple thousand subs to almost 100k I love your covers no one can play them as good as you

@bloxsy_

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Really appreciate the support

Fantastic mate

Awesome playing as always

Cool playing man :)

Your play and tone are perfect.

Oh my god all these sound perfect!

thanks for the birthday present man. good video 🥳

@bloxsy_

3 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday!

Parece simples,mas um iniciante na guitarra não toca Nirvana!!Banda fantástica,kurt realmente uma máquina de compor!!

I have recently found a love for Bleach. Its the most riffy of their albums. I think this is your best vídeo. Cheers

Love your videos mate

@bloxsy_

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. I appreciate it.

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. ❤

Top 20 The Strokes Riffs please! Or top 50! hahahha

@juanrestrepo2426

3 жыл бұрын

Cuando escribas jajaja en ingles hazlo con h el "hahaha"

@senord2429

3 жыл бұрын

@@juanrestrepo2426 es lo que usualmente hago pero esta vez se me voló, gracias carnal

Loving the jag!

Thanks!! This is my fav band!!!

I could listen to you playing that School riff on repeat. Fantastic tone!

@bloxsy_

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Your tone is legit !!!

Glad that someone finally put Serve the servants on the list 💚✌️

Yes!! Awesome, thank you ❤🎸

Awesome !!! you have a new subscriber, greetings from another humble musician from El Salvador, keep on rocking bro. !!!

holy shit that school and lithium tone was spot on. i love your videos man ❤️

i hadn't liked the player jaguar until seeing that black one. i might have to get one

The best top i've ever seen about nirvana riffs !

Very good, Kurt Cobain is a riffmaster

I know these songs by heart so much, i was just waiting for the drums to kick in

@AmazingJuniorBros

2 жыл бұрын

Same

Serve The Servants is a little way down in my opinion :( i love that riff and the song

Would have loved to see you do Aneurysm, but I can't complain! Very nice!

the second i put my guitar down to go to bed i watch this ughhh guess i’ll just wake up at 12:30 tomorrow this is amazing btw

So much attention to detail!

man sick tone!!!

so clean!

Good job 👍the tone on lithium sounded spot on, Heart shaped box would probably be my number one, but can’t argue with come as you are either!

Holy shit I knew this was gonna happen eventually but not this soon, awesome

it's amazing!!! can you please do more Nirvana videos if possible? thank you!

You are my favourite guitar player on KZread. You playin' You rockin' But most importantly you got cool VU t-shirt.

Awesome🤘🏻

Damn good tone dude!