SG FAN Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I like a lot of Nirvana's stuff, but I'm not so sure about Cobain writing the the most famous riffs in rock n roll history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I like a lot of Nirvana's stuff, but I'm not so sure about Cobain writing the the most famous riffs in rock n roll history. He wrote pop stuff that most people can recognize if they have ever heard Nirvana before, but most famous riffs? Naaaaaahhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Dave Grohl is a cool cat....for sure. I know it. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dROK83 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 He wrote pop stuff that most people can recognize if they have ever heard Nirvana before, but most famous riffs? Naaaaaahhhhh Obviously if you've never heard Nirvana their riffs wouldn't be that famous, but the same could be said about any band. If you've never heard Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven or Whole Lotta Love probably wouldn't be very recognizable either. Doesn't make them any less famous. It's really hard to argue that Smells Like Teen Spirit isn't towards the top of a list of most famous riffs, even if it wasn't one of their best songs. I'm 28, and I've never met someone around my age that couldn't immediately identify it. Hell I know many people that range from early teens to mid 50's that could identify that song within the first few seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG FAN Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Eric Clapton, Tony Iommi, Richie Blackmore, and Jimmy Page wrote the most famous riffs in rock history, NOT Kurt Kobain. "Teen Spirit" is a famous song, but it is not an "Iron Man" or "Smoke on the Water". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson Artist Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Eric Clapton, Tony Iommi, Richie Blackmore, and Jimmy Page wrote the most famous riffs in rock history, NOT Kurt Kobain. "Teen Spirit" is a famous song, but it is not an "Iron Man" or "Smoke on the Water". This thread is kind of like those Juvenile "slash vs buckethead" types where people can use the forum to bash and berate someone elses favorites just because for some reason they are not a fan. But, since you said Kurt had no real impact on writing a famous rock riff here's what the writers of Rolling Stone magazine said about Nirvana. "Few bands in rock history have had a more immediate and tangible impact on their contemporary pop musical landscape than Nirvana did in the early Nineties. When the Seattle trio hit the scene in 1991, mainstream radio was awash in the hair metal of Poison and Def Leppard. But seemingly within hours of the release of Nirvana's anarchic, angry single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" — and its twisted anti-pep-rally video—the rules had changed. Artifice was devalued; pure, raw emotion was king." I guess you could also discredit their over 50 million record sales or the numerous mtv, grammy, brit and other awards but hey what does Rolling Stone know they've only been covering rock for the past 40 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG FAN Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Easy man, get the sand out of your vag :) Did you not see where I said I liked Nirvana, I just think you are overestimating his place as one of the greatest riff writers in history. P.S. If this is such a childish thread why are you posting in it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson Artist Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Hey, man, did you not see where I said I liked Nirvana, I just think you are overestimating his place as one of the greatest riff writers in history. P.S. If this is such a childish thread why are you posting in it?? Nirvana completely changed the face of rock music almost overnite and smells like teen spirit became the rock anthem for my generation, btw the editors of Rolling Stone made a 100 greatest guitarist list and Kurt Cobain was voted number 12. Eddie Van Halen by comparison was number 70, how does that grab ya? As for why i am posting i happen to be a fan of both Grohl and Kurt so i figured id chime in my opinion for what it's worth. My thoughts are certainly not the be all end all but i like to think i give an objective honest opinion when i write. You may not see Kurt's guitar riffs as impressive however Guitar World put Smells like teen spirit as the 26th greatest solo of all time. You are entitled to your opinion however Guitar world and Rolling Stone both consider Kurt one of the greatest guitar players of all time and id like to think their opinion carries abit of substance to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG FAN Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Kurt Cobain?? Greatest guitar players of all time?? .......ha! ha! ha! ha!........ Man, I'm not trying to hurt your feelings and I understand you are entitled to your own opinion, but that's crazy! Songwriter, yes. Lyricist, yes. Visionary, maybe. Great guitar player, not even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 5 pages and you're arguing over the wrong person....Steve said Dave Ghrol, not Dave Grohl. 2 different people but carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Nirvana completely changed the face of rock music almost overnite and smells like teen spirit became the rock anthem for my generation, btw the editors of Rolling Stone made a 100 greatest guitarist list and Kurt Cobain was voted number 12. There was a typo in that list....It was 100 most popular guitarists, not greatest. A very common mispelling. Not knocking what Cobain did, I actually still like In Utero but can't stand to hear anything of Bleach or Nevemind or Incesticide for that matter. Besides, RS is not THE end all source of all things music. If you take their word for it, then that's your loss. It's a big world and there are hundreds of music acts RS would probably never touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson Artist Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 5 pages and you're arguing over the wrong person....Steve said Dave Ghrol, not Dave Grohl. 2 different people but carry on. Its called a typo, you might have heard of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Its called a typo, you might have heard of them. It's called sarcasm. <_< You're newer and not familiar with my sense of humor like most people here so I'll let it slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson Artist Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 It's called sarcasm. <_< You're newer and not familiar with my sense of humor like most people here so I'll let it slide. Im familiar with sarcasm, i practically invented it. The irony was i thought i was misspelling it and came to realize i was not lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Im familiar with sarcasm, i practically invented it. The irony was i thought i was misspelling it and came to realize i was not lol. We can blame the OP for being drunk again. Now I am going to get the scoop on Dave Ghrol.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson Artist Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 There was a typo in that list....It was 100 most popular guitarists, not greatest. A very common mispelling. Not knocking what Cobain did, I actually still like In Utero but can't stand to hear anything of Bleach or Nevemind or Incesticide for that matter. Besides, RS is not THE end all source of all things music. If you take their word for it, then that's your loss. It's a big world and there are hundreds of music acts RS would probably never touch. That's fine because i cannot stand to hear anything from metallica and consider them the biggest sellouts in rock history. Didnt they sue their fans along with Napster? Got to love ingrates who take away a middle class families home for downloading a song on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 We can blame the OP for being drunk again. Now I am going to get the scoop on Dave Ghrol.... drunk? me? i'm tea total mate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 That's fine because i cannot stand to hear anything from metallica and consider them the biggest sellouts in rock history. Didnt they sue their fans along with Napster? Got to love ingrates who take away a middle class families home for downloading a song on the internet. Who? Where did that come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 drunk? me? i'm tea total mate... I'll join in a couple days...I don't have time to drink this week Perhaps Monday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Who? Where did that come from? for the record...I LOVE METALLICA!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ne14t? Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Where did Metallica even come into mention? I think its that time of the month for someone... Yes Metallica sued Napster for ILLEGALLY pirating there music, yeah it was a pen15 thing of them to do but if that is what you base your opinion of them by well you sir are no different than them. I can tell you without a doubt 100% that you would take legal action if you were losing millions of dollars a year from record sales because everyone is downloading your albums instead of purchasing them, not to bright on the whole music industry I would say. Dont want your house repo'd dont ILLEGALLY download music, sheesh its pretty simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I like guitars and turtles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS6udST6lbE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 I like guitars and turtles i used to like downloading metallca songs from limewire...jus sayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson Artist Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS6udST6lbE I have to admit that video is a classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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