Metal Guitarist destroys Watchmojo Top 10 hardest rock songs on guitar

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  • Watchmojo awful and everything they do is awful. Listed below are the artists on their video so I can utilize SEO like they do.
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    Eddie Van Halen
    Eric Johnson
    Jimi Hendrix
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Metallica
    Animals as Leaders
    Dream Theater
    Dragon Force
    Dire Straits
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Комментарии • 3 тыс.

  • @jamiekiss5589
    @jamiekiss5589 3 года назад +2670

    18:14 sorry...drummer in the house....
    THOSE ARE NOT TRIPLETS!!!!!!!!!!

    • @BecomeTheKnight
      @BecomeTheKnight  3 года назад +647

      Good call out! Can't believe I missed that!

    • @Ahalaya
      @Ahalaya 3 года назад +170

      Insert Samus66 joke here.

    • @The_JustJoshing
      @The_JustJoshing 3 года назад +12

      @@Ahalaya lol

    • @numzdontlie2638
      @numzdontlie2638 3 года назад +49

      Lol aren't those just straight up eighth notes?

    • @The_JustJoshing
      @The_JustJoshing 3 года назад +7

      @@numzdontlie2638 sounds like it

  • @jacobking2477
    @jacobking2477 3 года назад +3901

    They forgot Smoke on the Water

    • @sethchestosky9903
      @sethchestosky9903 3 года назад +24

      😂😂😂

    • @spiggly_digg
      @spiggly_digg 3 года назад +216

      They probably didn't include it because it's only theoretically possible. Nobody's actually done it, it doesn't count

    • @SCBiscuit13
      @SCBiscuit13 3 года назад +24

      @@sethchestosky9903 Starway to heaven :D

    • @gaudetgaming
      @gaudetgaming 3 года назад +73

      @@SCBiscuit13 no one can play that because if it's illegal to play so no one can master it without a jail sentence

    • @SCBiscuit13
      @SCBiscuit13 3 года назад +18

      @@gaudetgaming I pitty the fools who have to work at guitar centers around the US

  • @conormurphy4328
    @conormurphy4328 3 года назад +1971

    My nightmare has always been Mike repeating to me “it’s not that hard” in an increasingly angry tone.

    • @Skuldug
      @Skuldug 3 года назад +77

      It's my fetish

    • @JacobStoneFilms
      @JacobStoneFilms 3 года назад +35

      without blinking.

    • @LordofDiamondsMetal
      @LordofDiamondsMetal 3 года назад +11

      Uuuugh... curse you and your strained sexual puns

    • @FairyCRat
      @FairyCRat 3 года назад +20

      For real, imagine having troubles learning a song and Mike sneaks up behind you saying "IT'S NOT THAT HARD!"

    • @kingzuna8007
      @kingzuna8007 3 года назад +11

      I’m not gonna lie it seems like he would be a douche of a guitar teacher. Just because it’s not hard for him doesn’t mean it’s not hard for someone else and just because it’s hard for someone else that doesn’t make that person a “bad” guitarist.

  • @braindead5283
    @braindead5283 3 года назад +679

    I, too, use large words I don't fully understand, in an attempt to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

    • @poopytootsface3489
      @poopytootsface3489 3 года назад +38

      Me as well, I see you can rectify the situation of the anomaly in the supercalafragilisticexpealidosous.

    • @MiigsMusic
      @MiigsMusic 3 года назад +26

      Very accumulative obsession my male homo sapiens

    • @mahathi1709
      @mahathi1709 3 года назад +15

      @@poopytootsface3489 You have decided to phrase the letters of the sesquipedalian word rather unconventionally.

    • @Johnnysmithy24
      @Johnnysmithy24 3 года назад +10

      Lol I thoroughly venerate this utterance segment

    • @wikingwarrior8859
      @wikingwarrior8859 3 года назад +2

      That's a bit of a shibboleth

  • @Bowling_Dude
    @Bowling_Dude 3 года назад +971

    as a vocalist I laughed when they said 4/4 to 2/4 is difficult

    • @rebeccassweetmusic4632
      @rebeccassweetmusic4632 3 года назад +5

      LOL!!!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Abby-yx4ff
      @Abby-yx4ff 3 года назад +29

      Its literally the same thing😂

    • @Bowling_Dude
      @Bowling_Dude 3 года назад +122

      @@Abby-yx4ff oh god. I have to count to 2 instead of 4. how am I ever going to get through this song.

    • @Abby-yx4ff
      @Abby-yx4ff 3 года назад +18

      @@Bowling_Dude that tremOlo picking is too hard. I might as well give up

    • @AD1978leo
      @AD1978leo 3 года назад +2

      Hmm every other beat? my brain!

  • @corbinm5237
    @corbinm5237 3 года назад +1175

    “This list already sucks”
    The fact it’s a WatchMojo list didn’t give that away immediately???

    • @rebeccassweetmusic4632
      @rebeccassweetmusic4632 3 года назад +18

      Yeah! Like... I feel like Mike should've known that this is WatchMojo before his blood pressure goes up every time they talk about a song they think is "hard" to play on guitar, and I'm not a guitarist 😂.

    • @shawklan27
      @shawklan27 3 года назад +14

      This! Like how the fuck do they still exist?!

    • @beanman2206
      @beanman2206 3 года назад +1

      Imo their lists are normally not that bad

    • @zebes2694
      @zebes2694 3 года назад +6

      They make lists of stuff they don't know sh!t about or from random comments from their subs

    • @OFFICIALLYBENPEARCE
      @OFFICIALLYBENPEARCE 3 года назад +1

      @@rebeccassweetmusic4632 you heres the thing the man in the watchmojo video takes his job seriously he is a voice actor like the Knight doesn't take RUclips seriously because he has a music career the guy talking is like a newscaster and one that makes enough money to not have to have two or three different jobs this is the thing I think people misinterpreted. Its a scripted video the person who wrote the script likely isn't the man talking

  • @davidfelton7772
    @davidfelton7772 3 года назад +702

    Coming in at number 1.... THE E MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE

    • @bejited6932
      @bejited6932 3 года назад +9

      lmao

    • @binilgn5941
      @binilgn5941 3 года назад +18

      The A minor pentatonic scale is much harder

    • @kiillabytez
      @kiillabytez 3 года назад +4

      Hey, don't dis the Pentatonic. Many know it, but few can make it epic, yourself included, I'm guessing.

    • @ethankarkoon861
      @ethankarkoon861 3 года назад +3

      Needing memorization and at least 700 years of mastery, the e minor pentatonic scale takes presicion, care, and a ass ton of caffeine.

    • @ModernSocrates
      @ModernSocrates 3 года назад +1

      this made me laugh so hard

  • @alexbrownstone4939
    @alexbrownstone4939 3 года назад +725

    Guys, everybody knows that the HARDEST song to play on guitar is Tenacious D’s “One Note Song”

    • @josephyates8134
      @josephyates8134 3 года назад +3

      Lmao

    • @KissMyFatAxe
      @KissMyFatAxe 3 года назад +9

      That fucking song made me throw my guitar. Why is it so damn COMPLICATED! 😂

    • @IarwainBen-adar
      @IarwainBen-adar 3 года назад +6

      Yeah you gotta do the bendy thing

    • @Austinbuff
      @Austinbuff 3 года назад

      Hey guy. I know you

    • @Austinbuff
      @Austinbuff 3 года назад

      Hey guy. I know you

  • @Abyss_Watcher
    @Abyss_Watcher 3 года назад +1843

    Ah Watchmojo... God I miss when I forgot they existed.

    • @peepnox7747
      @peepnox7747 3 года назад +8

      Yep

    • @Wisconsin222
      @Wisconsin222 3 года назад +30

      They still exist sadly lol

    • @Kronix86
      @Kronix86 3 года назад +27

      I miss when they didn't beg for subs on every single video, right before the number 1 choice.

    • @Abyss_Watcher
      @Abyss_Watcher 3 года назад +1

      @@Wisconsin222 As this video unfortunately reminded me...

    • @thedisabledviking
      @thedisabledviking 3 года назад +8

      they have made good stuff in the past IMO. I quit enjoyed their comic book origins series

  • @Tcrumpen
    @Tcrumpen 3 года назад +694

    To quote Jared Dines. For most of these its simple “Just fucking practise”

    • @BecomeTheKnight
      @BecomeTheKnight  3 года назад +120

      That was a good video

    • @Tcrumpen
      @Tcrumpen 3 года назад +12

      @@BecomeTheKnight Certainly tapping into that thing every guitarist has done in their lives of trying to find this ultimate quick method to get good. When all you have to do is "Fucking Practise"

    • @breakingaustin
      @breakingaustin 3 года назад +8

      'practise' lmao

    • @ConArdist
      @ConArdist 3 года назад +2

      And especially Greg Burgess or Ryan Glisan. Greg was my teacher for a while, and I believe truly virtuosic.

    • @blackmetalgroot9233
      @blackmetalgroot9233 3 года назад

      Thank you for that.

  • @Hydrograd57
    @Hydrograd57 3 года назад +597

    This list is clearly so wrong. I mean come on, they don't even have Come as You Are at #1.

    • @Hammox
      @Hammox 3 года назад +3

      Yo cool pfp!🥴✨

    • @grindstone25
      @grindstone25 3 года назад

      And at that, the Puddle of Mud cover.

  • @2XxStayFlyxX4
    @2XxStayFlyxX4 3 года назад +271

    After Master of Puppets came on, i immediately said to myself "Dyer's Eve is way harder than this song" and chuckled when Mike said it shortly after LOL

    • @clw5746
      @clw5746 2 года назад +1

      LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Haha Good one Pal 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

    • @CrazyHeadassery
      @CrazyHeadassery 2 года назад +2

      That or Battery.

    • @unga8588
      @unga8588 2 года назад +12

      I agree, but master of puppets is by no means an easy song to play. The thing that really makes it difficult is the fact that it is played at a very high tempo (210-220 bpm I think) while all down picking. It took me quite a while to learn to play it confidently, mostly because i started learning it after only two weeks of starting guitar lessons. Yeah I know, bad idea for a beginner.

    • @harryevans4994
      @harryevans4994 2 года назад +1

      @@CrazyHeadassery i wouldnt say that...

    • @daviddarrh1610
      @daviddarrh1610 2 года назад +4

      Creeping death when it's live is the fastest song metallica got I think

  • @MoltenMetal613
    @MoltenMetal613 3 года назад +476

    I can imagine it now. WatchMojo Top Ten Prog Songs.
    #1: “You Suffer” by Napalm Death

    • @fantawi7999
      @fantawi7999 3 года назад +21

      “HYEAUH”

    • @kellandfraustro6656
      @kellandfraustro6656 3 года назад +3

      Underrated comment

    • @christianrounds85
      @christianrounds85 3 года назад +10

      Robert Fripp is rolling in his not-yet-existent grave.

    • @lopolik
      @lopolik 3 года назад +4

      And Top Grindcore songs: #1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (42:00) - Dream Theater

  • @Jahoragin94
    @Jahoragin94 3 года назад +270

    Legend has it John Petrucci has to warm up to play The Smiths.
    Source: Trust me

    • @jimmyandersson59
      @jimmyandersson59 3 года назад +1

      Hahahahahaha

    • @genesiskeglar6372
      @genesiskeglar6372 3 года назад +1

      Without Johnny Marr, John Petrucci wouldn’t have a career. To overcome the sense of belittle-ment that Marr magic cursed him with, he decided to become a world class musician. He’s still haunted by Johnny Marr playing basic sounds with strange tunings though.

  • @GayLatinoBear
    @GayLatinoBear 3 года назад +300

    Take a drink everytime he curses in this video. Professionals only.

    • @RadiantSkiddMarx
      @RadiantSkiddMarx 3 года назад +8

      Just make sure you call an ambulance in advance for alcohol poisoning.

    • @joshuadcosta5602
      @joshuadcosta5602 3 года назад +13

      Instructions unclear, I am now in the desert

    • @TheNateGatsby
      @TheNateGatsby 3 года назад +4

      Take a shot everytime he says virtuosic

    • @GayLatinoBear
      @GayLatinoBear 3 года назад +1

      @@TheNateGatsby CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
      "Hello and welcome to WatchMojo. Today we will be counting down the 10 deadliest drinking games"

    • @ambrusvitezmurameszaros7766
      @ambrusvitezmurameszaros7766 3 года назад

      @Wences Acosta
      51 drinks
      Good luck

  • @UhYeahNoThanks
    @UhYeahNoThanks 3 года назад +513

    I feel like I've been at a party stuck in a corner with this dude while he rants angrily at me about things I have 0 control over

  • @benjaminbrownbass
    @benjaminbrownbass 3 года назад +114

    DID THEY JUST PRONOUNCE CLAVE AS CLAY-VE?!? It's Cla-Vey, holy shit.

  • @tafua_a
    @tafua_a 2 года назад +37

    Apparently according to the Watchmojo guy, guitar difficulty is either Wonderwall or impossible.

  • @DathoxUdictus
    @DathoxUdictus 3 года назад +69

    my man here so mad he drank a v8 like it was a beer.

  • @banzaibomb4980
    @banzaibomb4980 3 года назад +332

    "I challenge anyone to stretch this far on the neck"
    Me: *Laughs in Bass guitar*

    • @visionsvetarn
      @visionsvetarn 3 года назад +7

      Well i can stretch 6 frets on a 27" scale, does that make me a pro? 😅
      Edit: 12-24

    • @rchesaux3908
      @rchesaux3908 3 года назад

      My exact thoughts

    • @mpmd6.9
      @mpmd6.9 3 года назад

      yessss

    • @akumaross
      @akumaross 3 года назад

      hold the fuckin' phone, people think hitting the money notes is difficult?

    • @AquaDragon-kc9fh
      @AquaDragon-kc9fh 3 года назад +8

      Lol have you ever held a uke or a mandolin? As a bass player they just feel so small and fragile. Like making love too a little person when your used too 7ft tall Amazon women.

  • @ScrotumJoe34
    @ScrotumJoe34 3 года назад +140

    Johnny Marr is great and This Charming Man is an amazing song but it being on this list is one of the worst things WatchMojos ever done

    • @nayten0324
      @nayten0324 3 года назад +3

      I agree

    • @villiannewyork
      @villiannewyork 3 года назад +4

      It's a great riff but it's not that difficult compared to a lot of other songs

    • @jasonrimmer5953
      @jasonrimmer5953 3 года назад +12

      @@villiannewyork I love seeing this, but let's hear people ACTUALLY play it.

    • @M45S1VE1999
      @M45S1VE1999 3 года назад +12

      Yep so true! But there are so many layers to the riff that people don’t even realise. I remember watching Music is Win cover the same watch mojo list and he thought he could nail it in minutes, but he completely flopped it 😂

    • @villiannewyork
      @villiannewyork 3 года назад +1

      @@jasonrimmer5953 good luck with that if you ask any gutairist rn they only know how to play djent on a 12 string

  • @BigStrazz
    @BigStrazz 3 года назад +445

    Mike, you’re the Gordon Ramsey of metal.

    • @memebot6490
      @memebot6490 3 года назад +2

      Sounds about right

    • @bramlackman-mincoff6616
      @bramlackman-mincoff6616 3 года назад +10

      A mix of Gordon Ramsey and Red Foreman

    • @joshansharma4244
      @joshansharma4244 3 года назад +8

      He's a fuckin bedroom snob. He doesn't represent anything of the "Metal World".

    • @BigStrazz
      @BigStrazz 3 года назад +5

      @Joshua Sharma that’s like, just your opinion man.

    • @joshansharma4244
      @joshansharma4244 3 года назад +8

      @@BigStrazz Thanks, El-duderino

  • @Bucko99
    @Bucko99 3 года назад +505

    I'm sure the narrator is just reading a script someone else wrote.

    • @conormurphy4328
      @conormurphy4328 3 года назад +33

      This is probably more directed at whoever wrote the script and whoever was directing the VA and not bothering about the pronunciation of certain terms and names.

    • @EzioMonty117
      @EzioMonty117 3 года назад +11

      @@conormurphy4328 What do you mean? TRA-molo and CLAY-ve is clearly how you pronounce those terms and names. Smh.

    • @danielj.265
      @danielj.265 3 года назад +4

      1👊

    • @Bucko99
      @Bucko99 3 года назад +5

      @Tristan Lioi not knowing how a word is pronounced isn't a good excuse for pronouncing it wrong?

    • @thebasedgodmax1163
      @thebasedgodmax1163 3 года назад

      people seem to forget that WM are a company. lists are voted on by fans, several people write a script, and then one of a few narrators gets chosen to read it. so yes, you're right.

  • @TheSouldead1
    @TheSouldead1 3 года назад +99

    Master of Puppets is fast, but I’m thinking this guy Mike is reacting to never heard of bands like Archspire or Obscura.

    • @nikolaybelyaev9311
      @nikolaybelyaev9311 3 года назад

      Hellyeah, you're right.

    • @daoyang223
      @daoyang223 3 года назад

      Some archspire riffs are just fast riffing of power chords but when they arent playing power chords, they generally play really intricate single note riffs.
      Also they may not do super fast arpeggios but they have extremely well timed arpeggios that are hard to do.

  • @Crazy-bq2ke
    @Crazy-bq2ke 3 года назад +290

    "Immediately the fucking smiths" had me dead

  • @YoniIsrael
    @YoniIsrael 3 года назад +78

    WatchMojo is not "Quantity over quality" they are "Quantity with no quality"

  • @chasthompson7390
    @chasthompson7390 3 года назад +145

    This should be, "Songs normies know and think are hard".

    • @LuciusVulpes
      @LuciusVulpes 3 года назад +25

      "Songs normies know and..." should be the title of every single one of these lists.

    • @Lucretia916
      @Lucretia916 2 года назад +4

      Homeboy really said “normies”

  • @prometheustv6558
    @prometheustv6558 3 года назад +178

    Why did they even make this video, it’s clear the person narrating doesn’t play guitar.

    • @The_JustJoshing
      @The_JustJoshing 3 года назад +33

      “Pinch harmonies, TREM-OH-LO picking” 😂😂😂

    • @slipknota7xeg
      @slipknota7xeg 3 года назад +24

      So that Mike could watch it and lose his shit. Which is incredibly entertaining to watch.

    • @prometheustv6558
      @prometheustv6558 3 года назад

      @@The_JustJoshing Yeah where tf did they get their information

    • @prometheustv6558
      @prometheustv6558 3 года назад +2

      @Cyberdemon Mike The person who wrote the script wrote pinch harmonies and a lot of the language they use doesn’t make a song harder.

    • @matthewroberts3125
      @matthewroberts3125 3 года назад

      WatchMojo will make a video on just about anything as long as it gives them clicks.

  • @matteopriotto5131
    @matteopriotto5131 3 года назад +153

    Drink a shot every time he says "substantially"
    I tried that and im prwfctaley fien guyd

    • @archdukebigdogkoopa3821
      @archdukebigdogkoopa3821 3 года назад

      You're actually faking it right there.

    • @appalachianexploration5714
      @appalachianexploration5714 3 года назад +4

      @@archdukebigdogkoopa3821 no, no, no, clearly he is completely obliterated drunk and not making a joke at al.

    • @archdukebigdogkoopa3821
      @archdukebigdogkoopa3821 3 года назад

      @@appalachianexploration5714 I'm allergic to alcohol...

    • @appalachianexploration5714
      @appalachianexploration5714 3 года назад

      @@archdukebigdogkoopa3821 that has nothing to do with what I said.

    • @archdukebigdogkoopa3821
      @archdukebigdogkoopa3821 3 года назад

      @@appalachianexploration5714 How's this: If he's drunk, then tell me, did he just blank right out and go to sleep in that way?

  • @patstevens4560
    @patstevens4560 3 года назад +20

    Met this guy a few years ago at a party. He was nothing but a nice and chill dude. Great convo about music Glad to see the channel growing and much love

  • @DahliaOlive
    @DahliaOlive 3 года назад +98

    The yelling in this video makes me feel like *I’ve* done something wrong. 😂

  • @Ballin4Vengeance
    @Ballin4Vengeance 3 года назад +336

    They forgot “Every Breath You Take.”

  • @ThePrangon
    @ThePrangon 3 года назад +39

    Here is the thing: "HARD" translates to "Awesome Skills". Not necessarily "Nice to listen to".

  • @jacobrichards967
    @jacobrichards967 3 года назад +83

    I wasn't paying attention and when they said Little Wing, I thought they said Lil Wayne.

  • @vincentsoussi
    @vincentsoussi 3 года назад +85

    Become the Knight: reacts to Watchmojo
    Me: Uh oh...

  • @donmcglothlin841
    @donmcglothlin841 Год назад +9

    I would say the hardest Metallica song to play is Disposable Heroes
    That downpicking at that tempo is fucking murder

    • @user-yk4gd1fl4z
      @user-yk4gd1fl4z Год назад +3

      I’m so mesmerised by the timing/phrasing in the riffing in that song, I’m too post nut to attempt it after listening to it. Easily my favourite on MOP.

    • @TranceSFX
      @TranceSFX 11 месяцев назад

      Absolutely 100% correct! Fuck that song is impossible

    • @Leo_music88
      @Leo_music88 3 месяца назад +1

      The Down picking in blackened is way harder, even puppets

  • @benjaminbrownbass
    @benjaminbrownbass 3 года назад +176

    Sus 2 chords are typically easier than standard major or minor chords

    • @Powermad-bu4em
      @Powermad-bu4em 3 года назад +15

      Every Breath You Take is offended by your claims.

    • @johnr8095
      @johnr8095 3 года назад +5

      It depends. Some of the fingerings of sus chords require more fingerings, and stretching your hand across more frets. But other times you actually remove a finger and play open strings. It depends on the chord really. I have never had an issue with most sus chords though.
      But sus chords aren’t inherently more difficult to play than major or minor chord. I think mojo.com is describing sus chords as more difficult to play because they think sus chords are a more exotic chord than a major or a minor. The use of a sus chord in a song doesn’t mean it’s harder to play. It might be more sophisticated as a song though. But that’s not about technique of guitar playing. That’s about songwriting. Some songs are more sophisticated while others stick to the same basic chords in their structure.
      And the same with time signatures. Once you know how to count time signatures then it’s not hard to play in those it e signatures. Mojo again is confusing the use of a time signature in a song versus the difficulty of playing in a time Singnature. 4/4 is much more common than 7/8 from a songwriting perspective. But just because it’s used less often doesn’t make it harder to play.

    • @benjaminbrownbass
      @benjaminbrownbass 3 года назад +2

      Y'all are missing that I said "typically" lol

    • @XenoMorphGaming79
      @XenoMorphGaming79 3 года назад +2

      YOOOO AMONG US

    • @benjaminbrownbass
      @benjaminbrownbass 3 года назад

      @@XenoMorphGaming79 I actually meant Sus as
      in Suspended rather than Sus as a
      stand in for suspicious, but go for
      it my guy, Among Us is a really fun game!

  • @Yenneffer
    @Yenneffer 3 года назад +53

    Ah yes, Watch Mojo and their "10 random rocks songs we pulled out of out ass and needed some title for" video.

  • @SenorGermaine
    @SenorGermaine 3 года назад +14

    If the main criteria for difficulty in both fingering and speed, then Neon by John Mayer deserves a spot on any top ten hardest songs list. Combining difficult and unusual chord shapes with the speed the song has, as well as the difficult right hand pattern all make for an incredibly difficult song to pull off

  • @noahlasher9724
    @noahlasher9724 3 года назад +130

    He should react to Top Ten Metal Songs. That list pissed me off.

    • @lk6687
      @lk6687 3 года назад +16

      that's what their videos usually do

    • @mayolicious69
      @mayolicious69 3 года назад +15

      I love that that even implies that such a thing can be measured and ranked

    • @MorganTC
      @MorganTC 3 года назад

      Huh same

  • @metalheadwrestling5928
    @metalheadwrestling5928 3 года назад +151

    Washington is Next by Megadeth. There's a riff in the song where Dave stretches from fret 12 to fret 24. 😥
    Edit: Opeth album tier list video please. 🙏

    • @bretmclennan2147
      @bretmclennan2147 3 года назад +27

      Yeah but he does use his thumb to do that stretch

    • @Kostas_Zacharakis
      @Kostas_Zacharakis 3 года назад

      It’s not hard

    • @DartDerg
      @DartDerg 3 года назад +15

      All stretches are hard when you have baby hands like me

    • @joaquinlezcano2372
      @joaquinlezcano2372 3 года назад +5

      @@Kostas_Zacharakis guys who can't even stretch that large because THEY CAN'T: allow to introduce ourselves

    • @levanpolka9628
      @levanpolka9628 3 года назад

      Into the lungs of hell - exactly the same thing. Everyone taps it which really grinds my gerkin.

  • @thesisterfister2984
    @thesisterfister2984 3 года назад +12

    25:26 shut up that’s just the Mario kart theme song

  • @genesis75549
    @genesis75549 3 года назад +134

    Playing a correct rhythm is a lot harder then executing a chord.

    • @erikaw7767
      @erikaw7767 3 года назад +10

      I think it's relative to who you are how big your hands are and where you're at as a guitar player

    • @memessavedmylife8574
      @memessavedmylife8574 3 года назад +2

      True my friend that also plays guitar was shitting on me saying that metal songs are easy because they're primarily power chords but he doesn't understand that the multiple rhythm changes and bpm make them difficult to play.

    • @stevowilliams8279
      @stevowilliams8279 3 года назад +6

      @@memessavedmylife8574 yes but right hand technique is much more intuitive than left hand, imo metal is a much easier genre than alot of other 'simpler' genres.

    • @Blockoumi
      @Blockoumi 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@stevowilliams8279i will say it depends on the genre. Some right hand focused styles are HARD.

    • @stevowilliams8279
      @stevowilliams8279 8 месяцев назад +1

      i see what you mean, meshugga's bleed comes to mind@@Blockoumi

  • @JohnnyOlsson
    @JohnnyOlsson 3 года назад +59

    The hardest thing here is to step outside with Michael Angelo's haircut and not get beat up.

    • @goatsemarathon6642
      @goatsemarathon6642 3 года назад +4

      Michael Angelo would beat your ass.

    • @goatsemarathon6642
      @goatsemarathon6642 3 года назад +1

      @Cyberdemon Mike rofl

    • @OTSOBerg-pn5gm
      @OTSOBerg-pn5gm 3 года назад +4

      @Cyberdemon Mike Leonardo is the most disciplined maybe, but Raphael is the largest, strongest, and most aggressive. Mikey is the most likeable, Donatello is the smartest.

  • @dannysteele4442
    @dannysteele4442 3 года назад +22

    As a guitar player do you think synister gates from A7X is underrated because some of his riffs and solos are just mind blowing i think or is it just me?

    • @walmartian422
      @walmartian422 2 года назад +5

      Underrated because the band hes in is not respected by metalheads and guitar geeks. He’s extremely melodic and anyone could learn alot from listening to him play.

    • @dannysteele4442
      @dannysteele4442 2 года назад +1

      @@walmartian422 A7X my favourite band I havnt ever heard a guitarist like syn or zachy the both incredible talents but syns use of gypsy jazz into his metal is what makes it so good

    • @joandrumz3176
      @joandrumz3176 2 года назад +3

      I feel like he's crazy well appreciated. Maybe not in rock and metal overall, but definitely in the 2000s metal scene.

    • @gergoretvari6373
      @gergoretvari6373 Год назад

      I love Syn, he is my favorite guitarist. I don't really think he is underrated, he gets a ton of recognition and people love his work, haters will always hate him because they can't move on from playing the F chord.

  • @hamood1756
    @hamood1756 3 года назад +47

    I feel bad for that space bar... Those were some brutal pauses

  • @lonestar6709
    @lonestar6709 3 года назад +181

    I'm not saying that "This Charming Man" is top ten ever, but Johnny Marr is still an absolute wizard.
    A true virtuoso.

    • @JulioLeonFandinho
      @JulioLeonFandinho 3 года назад +16

      no, he's not, a good guitar player, yes, a virtuoso my ass... he's just playing all the time in the style of Roger McGuinn and that's all, folk arpeggios.

    • @DiogoBianchi5
      @DiogoBianchi5 3 года назад +63

      The problem with most metal guitarists is that their "virtuoso" attitude is about speed. I have never seen someone playing any Johnny Marr's songs close to his tone. Dude seems to have silk in his fingertips

    • @JulioLeonFandinho
      @JulioLeonFandinho 3 года назад +7

      @@DiogoBianchi5 the obssesion with 'tone'... every guitar player has his tone, every guitar player has even various tones. Tone is important in acoustic playing (folk music, classical, flamenco...), because it depends much more on player's fingers than in gear, amps and so on... the guy has his tone? who doesn't? you like it? congrats to you, I simply don't care

    • @DiogoBianchi5
      @DiogoBianchi5 3 года назад +37

      @@JulioLeonFandinho That is why most metal bands are stuck in a niche for "purists" while other bands move forward. Take bands like Gojira and see how their technique is less about showing off and more about textures. Most metal guitarists I know had that moment when they felt a new world opening to them when they were already pretty good and tried to play something different. Their surprise was "This should have been simple. Why am I not doing this the right way?"
      That is because some styles are not about speed, but about how to add something to the song, and that is being implemented in metal more often

    • @JohnWilliams-vs3rb
      @JohnWilliams-vs3rb 3 года назад +28

      @@DiogoBianchi5 Johnny Marr has his own sound that you can pick out instantly. Also has an incredible talent for making difficult guitar sound easy

  • @zachpenza6174
    @zachpenza6174 3 года назад +29

    Watch mojo: The Smiths make difficult music.
    Necrophagist: Hold my metronome.

  • @dneuens
    @dneuens 3 года назад +78

    You have the title backwards: "Watchmojo Top 10 hardest rock songs on guitar destroys metal guitarist's soul"

  • @bramlackman-mincoff6616
    @bramlackman-mincoff6616 3 года назад +46

    I haven’t seen Mike this pissed off since College Kids react to billboard

  • @KaleKellerSalad
    @KaleKellerSalad 2 года назад +2

    If watch-mojo tried to explain the most basic drum groove they’d say:
    “First the drummer must lock in their time with everyone else’s in the band, then they must shift their hand from the rested position on their lap to hovering over the high-hat, tapping in the correct time signature after resting their left foot over the petal holding the two cymbals closed, next the drummer must then hit the bass drum on certain upbeats or downbeats within the time signature sequence, this is done with a petal operated by their right foot, the last thing the drummer must focus on is hitting the snare drum on proper upbeats or downbeats within the proper time signature sequence, this is done with the left hand, and all of these steps combined create a basic drum pattern that flow with the sway of the band, thus locking in a strong backbone to rely on”
    That’s it, that’s as complicated as I can explain how a drum pattern is done and gave no doubt that’s how watch-mojo would explain it just to make themselves sound smart smh

  • @smithfan22
    @smithfan22 3 года назад +139

    I love The Smiths lol. Johnny Marr is one of my favorite guitarists.

    • @cloudstrife7566
      @cloudstrife7566 3 года назад +43

      Great guitarist. The list is terribile but this video is worse.

    • @lewisgartland8948
      @lewisgartland8948 3 года назад +15

      He’s a wizard but his stuff isn’t exactly hard I don’t think he was calling him shit more just a bad choice for the list

    • @lewisgartland8948
      @lewisgartland8948 3 года назад

      @Tyler Clark yeh that’s what I meant

    • @tomasmiranda4454
      @tomasmiranda4454 3 года назад +14

      Yeah, this guy really underestimated my man Johnny

    • @JoshuaSmith-fc8kg
      @JoshuaSmith-fc8kg 3 года назад +15

      I think the talent lies in having to put up with morrissy 's bitch ass rather than the guitar playing .

  • @NiRo_90125
    @NiRo_90125 3 года назад +34

    FraKctured by King Crimson. Robert Fripp himself says it’s impossible.

  • @drdurry7536
    @drdurry7536 Год назад +5

    I've never seen someone this upset about a Watchmojo video in my life

  • @madderbass
    @madderbass 3 года назад +20

    Fracture by King Crimson should be considered one of the hardest rock songs to play on guitar. Robert Fripp even said that one song alone takes up a majority of his practice time.

    • @gustavrsh
      @gustavrsh 3 года назад

      Fraktured is insane

  • @fredgt45
    @fredgt45 3 года назад +51

    The south park theme song is harder to play than any songs off of this list

  • @AdvaitBhalerao
    @AdvaitBhalerao Год назад +2

    Alan Holdsworth got absolutely robbed..

  • @joshuaweatherman9496
    @joshuaweatherman9496 3 года назад +22

    BREAKING NEWS: Local man bombs WatchMojo headquarters.

  • @jamesn6458
    @jamesn6458 3 года назад +45

    “Jimmy Marr.... Johnny Marr. I don’t know because I’m a fucking good guitar player.”
    EXXXCUUUUUSE MEEEE?!?!

    • @SilhouetteLifter
      @SilhouetteLifter 3 года назад +12

      I have heard literally 1 person ever besides Johnny play This Charming Man correctly

    • @ch1nmus1c16
      @ch1nmus1c16 3 года назад

      @@SilhouetteLifter same

    • @joaquinlopeztorres1071
      @joaquinlopeztorres1071 3 года назад +1

      yeah, he really said that...

  • @eggg8480
    @eggg8480 3 года назад +6

    Fracture by king crimson should be number one but the fact that king crimson or anything by Fripp isnt even on this list pisses me off

  • @dantee1138
    @dantee1138 3 года назад +33

    40 year old man rages at the internet for HALF AN HOUR (WRONG GONE)

  • @camilaroman8262
    @camilaroman8262 3 года назад +48

    This is basically kinda hard rock songs that are well known

    • @AreEnTee
      @AreEnTee 3 года назад +2

      that's how all "tOp SoNgS" are

    • @israeldelarosa5461
      @israeldelarosa5461 3 года назад +1

      I uh, am not really into metal and thus know ZERO of his Top 10 suggestions.

    • @schmittza
      @schmittza 3 года назад

      @@israeldelarosa5461 tsk tsk

  • @anjshaw4898
    @anjshaw4898 3 года назад +3

    I think my "I'm done" was during a "soulsborne" boss video and couldn't pronounce Gascoigne without having a stroke during the process.

  • @Ch3k0v
    @Ch3k0v 3 года назад +8

    I applaud you for making that differentiation between "ten of the hardest" and "the ten hardest", because that use of "of" is a huge difference that's often and easily overlooked.

  • @SavishGoat
    @SavishGoat 3 года назад +11

    Even as an extremely novice beginner guitar player I could realise that it sounded like he was just saying shit for the sake of saying shit to sound complicated

  • @sydhamelin1265
    @sydhamelin1265 Год назад +2

    Our band actually covers This Charming Man, and the ONLY slight bump in difficulty is the time signature on the intro. Tab probably has it in 8/8 with a rest on 1, but what you hear sounds more like 15/8. So...if you can count to 15, you can play it.

  • @jesusfreak777ize
    @jesusfreak777ize 3 года назад +22

    I'm gonna need a "treMoLo picking" sound bite to play all the time

    • @robwalsh9843
      @robwalsh9843 3 года назад +2

      "treMoLo" sounds like some Italian candy

  • @ashley-cn3rz
    @ashley-cn3rz 3 года назад +9

    Rosetta Stoned by tool was the bane of my existence for months.....

  • @werner1213
    @werner1213 3 года назад +20

    When you said "Little Wing" I thought you said "Lil Wayne".

  • @yellowmunchie9823
    @yellowmunchie9823 3 года назад +25

    I honestly don’t think that the people who came up with that list took it as seriously as you did. But there are people out there who would believe it. Thank you for pointing out there are harder songs. You should air a stream of you playing them all note for note

  • @deadinsidemcgee411
    @deadinsidemcgee411 3 года назад +28

    Metallica’s hardest song is quite easily off justice, it’s probably between dyer’s Eve and the title track.

    • @demianstohr2422
      @demianstohr2422 3 года назад

      Nah the title track is prolly the easiest (with shortest straw, at least riff wise)

    • @deadinsidemcgee411
      @deadinsidemcgee411 3 года назад +2

      @@demianstohr2422 I’m talking personally, I found it pretty difficult mostly because it’s a ten minute long track. Although the eyes of the beholder is probably up there too. Altogether justice is a super difficult album for a variety of reasons.

    • @spiderfan1974
      @spiderfan1974 3 года назад

      @@demianstohr2422 difficulty varies from person to person. For example Jump In the Fire I learned that song in under 30 minutes (minus the solo). The other guitarist in the band struggled with the rythm for days. Same guy couldn't do the galloping part of damage inc. I didn't have any problems with the 16th note triplets and chords in damage inc.

    • @spiderfan1974
      @spiderfan1974 3 года назад

      @@demianstohr2422 I struggled with phantom lord while Jeff got it almost immediately.

    • @nielslund5959
      @nielslund5959 3 года назад +1

      Nobody gonna talk about fight fire with fire?

  • @jegr3398
    @jegr3398 3 года назад +21

    "Our picks" for the top 10 hardest. That's their disclaimer.

    • @mstaverage8405
      @mstaverage8405 3 года назад +2

      Yeah but when it's about an instrument that you don't even play it pretty much means nothing lmao

  • @thiccmcchicken550
    @thiccmcchicken550 3 года назад +69

    I’m pretty sure Every Power Rangers opening theme song is more hard then any of the songs listed

  • @daumantasdaniel1929
    @daumantasdaniel1929 3 года назад +20

    There is something charming about Mike just ranting.

  • @PromethiumOcelot
    @PromethiumOcelot 3 года назад +3

    Fair point. I was gonna say Octavarium too. Not technically the most difficult but god damn does that song take some consistency to pull till the end. Even getting slightly impatient can cause you to fuck up near the end and ruin it.

  • @troym856
    @troym856 3 года назад +16

    "Tendinitis by Jason Richardson. A human being should not be able to play this."
    You are not wrong good sir

  • @ThePhantomPeen
    @ThePhantomPeen 3 года назад +30

    Mike should absolutely make a shirt that says “General Riffage”

  • @kixbone87
    @kixbone87 3 года назад +4

    They didn't even include Greg Howe, Paul Gilbert, nor Guthrie Govan.

  • @theodoredavidmooney5703
    @theodoredavidmooney5703 3 года назад +9

    This is so funny. The reactions are ridding me of all the pent-up anger over various WatchMojo vids I had accumulated over the years.... Thanks brother!

  • @berhanpalabyk9368
    @berhanpalabyk9368 3 года назад +14

    It has nothing to do with the video, but yesterday I watched your Separate Ways parody video. The best 4 minutes and 38 seconds I've had this year

  • @toasega
    @toasega 3 года назад +4

    "Watch Mojo fucking sucks"
    In other news: Water discovered to be wet.

  • @zaynebonshire3900
    @zaynebonshire3900 3 года назад +71

    I wouldn’t call Metallica, Dream Theater, Dragonforce, Animals as Leaders & Megadeth rock though! It’s more like metal actually

    • @BecomeTheKnight
      @BecomeTheKnight  3 года назад +81

      Considering metal falls under the larger "rock" umbrella i can grant them this.

    • @ivanhozjan7137
      @ivanhozjan7137 3 года назад +5

      Metal is subgenre of rock (surely, with many sub-subgenres) that frequently does not even strain as much from original rock'n'roll conventions as, say, zeuhl or krautrock.

    • @ksquidplaysminecraft
      @ksquidplaysminecraft 3 года назад

      It's all the same to shallow corporate boomers. Loud guitar.

    • @ivanhozjan7137
      @ivanhozjan7137 3 года назад

      @@ksquidplaysminecraft Pretty sure they're shallow corporate X/Y-gen ignorants.

    • @mmestari
      @mmestari 3 года назад

      @@ivanhozjan7137 Metal is just about much sub-genre of Rock as Jazz is sub-genre of March music.

  • @KINGMARS413
    @KINGMARS413 3 года назад +19

    tremOLO, then pinch harmonies😂 fucking perfect

  • @billzakill1257
    @billzakill1257 2 года назад +1

    Popular hard songs for guitar players( there’s harder songs but it’s songs many know
    1.Tendinitis - Jason Richardson
    2. Dream theatre - pull me under? (Not too familiar for the hardest dream theatre song)
    3.Altitudes - Jason Becker
    4.Far Beyond the sun - Yngwie Malmsteen
    5.Tender Surrender - Steve Vai
    6.Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
    7.holy wars - megadeth
    8.Racer x - Scarified
    9.Neon - John Mayer (rhythm and picking technique)
    10.Dragonforce - Through the fire and the flames

  • @ryanlogan35
    @ryanlogan35 3 года назад +13

    So basically it’s songs that are harder to play than they sound, songs that sound hard and popular songs

  • @alexandercarlinmusic9467
    @alexandercarlinmusic9467 3 года назад +86

    People's tongues should fall out for pronouncing "Tosin" and "tremolo" that way

  • @guitarjag1
    @guitarjag1 3 года назад +6

    Eruption is the opposite of a lot of the other songs...it's actually easier than it sounds (not that it's EASY, and it's got the most wow factor (except for maybe Hocus Pocus live) of anything in that era.

    • @Blockoumi
      @Blockoumi 8 месяцев назад

      Hocus Pocus live is so damn impressive. The speed man. One of the first metal sounding shredding i’ve seen

  • @tristantaylor4784
    @tristantaylor4784 3 года назад +52

    Why is mikes rage so entertaining

    • @blppt
      @blppt 3 года назад +4

      He's like the bald dude from Whiplash, thats why.

    • @mike04574
      @mike04574 3 года назад

      crybaby

  • @mirkecWii
    @mirkecWii 3 года назад +7

    "Trimowlow picking and pinch harmonies" and dance of eternity on 6 had me crying

  • @wereallthinkingit9389
    @wereallthinkingit9389 3 месяца назад

    So much rage and profanity.
    With all the ridiculous overcensorship now, you sir, are a gem.
    Subbed the shit outta this channel.

  • @luciferclown9328
    @luciferclown9328 3 года назад +88

    I find it funny that Mike isn’t really a nirvana fan, but deadass is starting to look like Kurt Cobain 😂

  • @zryhmer
    @zryhmer 3 года назад +38

    Tim Henson’s God Hand. Tosin taught him how to thump and it looks incredibly difficult.

  • @TIMxisxHERE
    @TIMxisxHERE 3 года назад +3

    I think the most difficult part of Snow is trying to play it on that speed from beginning to end. But yeah...

  • @Hevvvyyy
    @Hevvvyyy 3 года назад +70

    Someone should make a list of the hardest songs to sing and play at the same time, but that award probably goes to josh homme

  • @destianpatrianagara1119
    @destianpatrianagara1119 3 года назад +6

    10:00 I cracked up when he said "it's like skipping rope on a trampoline while riding a horse". Seriously? 🤣

  • @BretGriffis
    @BretGriffis 3 года назад +11

    Eruption being number 1 is just insulting. Almost everyone I know who plays guitar knows how to play Eruption, some even play when they're just fucking off

  • @DartDerg
    @DartDerg 3 года назад +11

    All I can say aside from that WatchMojo makes terrible lists is thank you Mike for introducing me to so many great artists at the end of the video. I stopped and listened to every single song you mentioned as they came up and ended loving most of them.

  • @jxomxo
    @jxomxo 3 года назад +51

    “I’m a good guitarist but I don’t give a shit about alternative guitarists”
    ...except everyone who’s ever picked up a guitar in their life knows and respects Johnny fucking Marr

    • @alexandergunn5143
      @alexandergunn5143 3 года назад +16

      Totally agree, that line made him sound really pretentious, and with alternative being my favourite genre and The Smiths my 2nd favourite band...that hurt

    • @pseudo_canadian8190
      @pseudo_canadian8190 3 года назад +16

      @@alexandergunn5143 Let's be honest, he sounds pretentious and like the stereotypical metal fan in basically every video so it's not really a surprise.

    • @alexandergunn5143
      @alexandergunn5143 3 года назад +8

      @@pseudo_canadian8190 joke's on him then I guess...missing out amazing music

    • @robertspindler5652
      @robertspindler5652 3 года назад +9

      @@pseudo_canadian8190 pretentious and metal are comical. Kinda like the trailer park revolting against society. Oh wait that's already happened. Anyways he seems to only have one answer....speed. Almost everyone he mentioned aren't even youtube stars, much less successful in the music industry. There's a reason why Clapton, Page, and Hendrix carry the weight they do. No music theory class will ever teach feel, soul, or expression. Every player he mentioned are paint by numbers artists, playing what they think they should, no heart.

    • @davebryan1890
      @davebryan1890 3 года назад +7

      Proceeds by calling him "Jimmy Marr" 😒, I'm pretty certain he knew straight away it's Johnny Marr just didn't want to admit it in case it took away from his " I'm more metal than you " outlook

  • @bohoh123
    @bohoh123 3 года назад +12

    Thank you man, for giving Michael Angelo Batio the recognition he deserves. It's a shame that guy is just too underrated.

  • @LordofDiamondsMetal
    @LordofDiamondsMetal 3 года назад +8

    8:11 For some reason I found that vape hit to be gut-bustingly hilarious