RIP Chris Cornell

@@car_guy25carlover28 RIP Scott Weiland too

RIP Chester Bennington

@@shark2k764 Rip Andrew Wood

rip george ferryworth

Who cares? Anyone who disses him because of technical ability don't get that at the end of the day music is about feeling not playing a million notes per second, ignore those people and if you make music make the music you want to, fuck conformity I say

@@Heisenbinks Honestly I agree with that, playing fast is still cool and all but there’s a time and a place for it and Kurt was great at playing what the song needed

@@andrewpappas9311 spot on that's exactly what he was about, serving the song and making it the best it can be is way more important than showing speed and skill, though I also enjoy speed when it's done right and fits the song, I think 80s early 90s thrash bands do that well without sacrificing song writing!

I think that, bottom line, it doesn't matter how you play, as much as if you feel what you play. A lot of people can and should be praised for their technical ability. It just sucks that Kurt gets written off for lacking it. And ironically, he doesn't lack it all that much, he's just a high profile guitarist who gets a lot of attention which, however deserved, is arguably the wrong kind, or for the wrong reasons, because of his excess and extreme popularity with swathes of people that want to add momentum to his being celebrated as a musician by people who largely can't play a note of what he could play. It's understandable that people who have no taste for his style and musicianship will want to mount the counter tendency to tear down his monolith. I used to be among them. Giving the music a chance, and being willing to try to appreciate his qualities as a musician, despite the aspects to his taste that made me closed off to it, resulted in me becoming a convert to what he was trying to do, and the many aspects to his artistry he was trying to do it in. He was incredible as a guitarist, and especially a songwriter, and it would probably be sensible to say he was more talented as a vocalist, and had an amazing voice that could blare out harder than any other. I feel that the creative ways that he filled out the negative space in his playing due to lacking virtuosity showed a specific kind of genius. It wasn't merely 'fake it til you make it,' he could write and play in truly talented ways, and the fact that it showed up even stronger as a performing artist who, while he hated touring and being made to perform like a dancing monkey, had the drive and strengths to succeed on stage as much as in the studio as a songwriter, showed just what he was made of, and that he was talented beyond measure or subjective criticism. It might be understandable that people feel he is overrated as a guitarist, and he mignt be by many. But his talents on his instrument had a subtlety and reservation to their application that showed the mark of someone who clearly defies understanding and sound estimation from beginning to end, as an amateur with latent gifts, as a professional musician and hit songwriter, and as a celebrated great and legend who has gained immortality in music memory.

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That’s beauty of it, their riffs are just that good!!

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The chorus riff of Aneurysm is insanely complex, once you listen and WATCH live footage of it closely. The little stops together with little details in the vocal line. It's not: beat me out of me, beat me out of me-ee it's: beat me-ee (!) out of me beat me-ee (!) out of me-ee The first "me" is so subtle, no "meHee", it's just a slight "me-ee" (no "h" inside), together with the riff it's waving a dense little net of energetic holds and releases, it sounds incredible and is almost impossible to sing and play at the same time. Kurt was so dedicated to his art back in the day, they did nothing but rehearse so he would play Aneurysm in all of it's complexity live.

They opened the show with radio friendly when I saw them in Montreal in 1993. It was an amazing start to the show, Pat Smear jumping around like a maniac, he added so much to their live sound, gave Kurt the room to concentrate on singing. Unforgettable.

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@@NirvanaGuitars thanks it's an honor being replied and pinned by you!

You've passed up a golden opportunity to be "Serb The Serbians"

@@Ivegotwormsinme hahaha

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Ikr it felt like I was at my local drug-infested swap meet

Just said the same!

Same. "Lithium" is my favorite Nirvana song and favorite to play. It's such a fun song.

One of their best bridges by far, pure energy!

LAYNE STALEY ALSO

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@@NirvanaGuitarsAlso, I think for a video, you should try and find something similar to a Lindell Electric, or Teisco FB-29M/Ibanez Destroyer. I’m really interested in Kurt’s guitars and I thought this would be cool.

Nice choices!!

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It’s definitely all about the main riff BUT the context of what happens before & after it is important too 🙂

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Trust me it HURT to not include Aero Zeppelin buts it’s shortly after #10 in my top 30

YES i would love to do a full Anorexocist cover, now that you say that I don't know why I haven't done that yet! There were going to record it at the January 1988 Dale Demo session but ran out of the tape that they paid for and never got to it 😭 That's one of the biggest Nirvana "what ifs" for me. It would've sounded absolutely nuts with Dale's drumming, Endino's production and with how unhinged Kurt was doing his vocals at that session

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It truly is!! If there was a proper studio or demo recording of it I am confident it would be one of their most popular songs. It's that good

Nice list!! I didn't want Talk To Me to be the only song without a release listed so I just counted it being on the With The Lights Out DVD haha

Love your list, especially that you included Mrs Buttersworth! I don't think there will ever be 2 top Nirvana riff lists that look the same. They just have that many great riffs

@@NirvanaGuitars Very true!