Top 10 Hardest Rock Songs to Play On The Guitar

[@jackylacracotte4307]

now, we know there's no guitarist on watchmojo

[@jakedemetrius_official]

yup.

[@jakedemetrius_official]

“So do you agree with our list?” Ha! no.

[@alexberra592]

I agree. Also who wrote this script for this video I hope they get fired.

[@jesuisunpoisson4804]

:o

[@dougswainson4704]

This charming man dosent deserve to be on this list I learned it my second year

[@rastan3]

Brought to you by people who have never picked up a guitar!!

[@vaughnswank]

rastan3 exactly what I thought since the beginning when I saw sweet child o mine 😂 idek why this video was on my recommend videos

[@freebodychris]

Show us you playing them pal.

[@nouvelhomme8990]

At least half of these (ahem, Van Halen) are songs you learn on the way to learning the hard stuff.

[@joep1551]

@@nouvelhomme8990 exactly what I thought. Eruption #1, just about every guitarist plays this one, and most do a pretty damn good job at it.

[@jessem.1736]

U don't know these people don't play guitar for sure

[@jimmyhartigan5950]

This guy has no idea what he's talking about Who in God's name would pronounce tremolo like that

[@rileyqueenan7388]

TremOLO

[@birdb0i327]

Master of puppets: ... If you took kirks path you get the full load of James and tremolo picking, alternate picking and pinch HARMONIES wow really hard stuff yes i play guitar

[@iceyplayz3388]

Trem oh low. Jeeze go back to kindergarten narrator.

[@legoworksstudios1]

Wouldn't it be different for Canada? Where these guys are from?

[@joesredneckadventures2051]

Jimmy hartigan 1st of all ur profile pic is the best 2nd of all ur right

[@irish_mcrae1892]

Guitarists with short fingers will understand: Every Breath You Take

[@rutajitbharadwaj4174]

Dude it's not that hard....watch the live version....look at his index finger

[@irish_mcrae1892]

@@rutajitbharadwaj4174 ik is not that hard, i covered it at school like a year ago I'm saying that when you have short fingers it's hard, i tried it when i was 11 or 12 and i couldn't play it i covered it at 16 effortlessly, so, my point is the length of the fingers, not the techniques or anything else

[@ralelunar]

Snow (Hey Oh) - RHCP

[@DaSeppii]

@@ralelunar If you know your chords, and you have a strong pinky it's really easy.

[@erikjakobsson5743]

Should've played bass

[@rollingrock2561]

Smoke On the Water is the hardest song to play on guitar

[@alexnordlund3461]

Rolling Rock people don't play it write...

[@alexnordlund3461]

Right*

[@apolloptx]

Ha-Ha we get it.

[@noahman-lr4gz]

Rolling Rock no it is not my dad can play it

[@manchode788]

Rolling Rock eruption*

[@choochoochooseyou]

I've never missed a note on my air guitar.

[@ChrisM-kf4rp]

Choochoo , Best comment Lmao.

[@johannes7259]

Me too I can be faster than Becker and Synyster Gates thanks to air guitar!

[@musicreviewist6737]

Chris M ok

[@skategameplaysandetc3660]

choochoochooseyou me to i can destroy stairway to heaven on my baby blue air guitar

[@glanemann]

I have 300 air guitars in my collection.

[@sindrereinertsen9133]

"Top 10 Hardest Rock Songs to Play On The Guitar" *sweet child of mine intro*

[@poboyobo2857]

sindre reinertsen it’s the solo that’s playing

[@pieceofcard591]

The solo still isn’t in the top 10 hardest things to play on the guitar

[@poboyobo2857]

pieceofcard _ I know the solo is pretty hard the but it doesn’t compare to some of the stuff on here

[@poboyobo2857]

Parmae it is it took my like a day to master the guitar solo

[@thom8536]

@Ronald Ames YES the outro solo!

[@robertstevens7303]

The hardest rock guitar riff ever is Come As You Are, it took me almost a decade to play the second note

[@paulmacdonald1408]

bruh your pathetic, it took me 9 years 11 months and 30 days to get the second string down. get on my level

[@deathmeatle3171]

@@paulmacdonald1408 "Whos the most pathetic competition" lol

[@loloisback775]

you must be a guitar god it took me about 10 lifetimes to get to the third note

[@oofmaker3117]

@@loloisback775 I’m the inventor of the guitar, and I still haven’t been able to play the second note

[@quagmirewasere]

All of you hold my whats a guitar?🤣🤣🤣

[@interesting_tuna]

Watch mojo: “pinch harmonies” All guitarists: -_-

[@iwatchtheanime279]

I remember playing one by accident and showing it to my teacher and expecting am actual response, he promptly outshredded me in 2 minutes

[@interesting_tuna]

George's garlic Bread , lmao. He’s like “theres this cool thing called diminished 7th arpeggios”

[@iwatchtheanime279]

@@interesting_tuna i asked him for Tabs Just a few hours ago, he gave me the tabs and also sheets if i wanted to play with My own touch and to learn the theory, he actually uses a Lot of Diminished sweeps and He seems to really love A Phyrgian as well.... i dont really know if i can play it ;-;

[@interesting_tuna]

George's garlic Bread , phrygian is cool but ask him what Super Locrian is 😦🤤

[@m.o.pisgood5177]

Having some trouble finding Dimebag Darrell

[@mm0962]

WatchMojo: TremOLO picking Me, a guitarist: ----_---

[@rehobalint1100]

It was almost the first thing I learned to do lol

[@floydfreeman1318]

Am I the only one who finds the intro to through the fire and flames kinda easy

[@r0stad222]

@@floydfreeman1318 no

[@siraxlrose5659]

@@floydfreeman1318 nope

[@monkeh3925]

@@floydfreeman1318 please don't sprinkle salt over our open wounds ...

[@examper22]

Let's get this straight, "Taps" is a piece that is played when someone has died. "Tapping" is a technique used on the guitar.

[@StamfordBridge]

Well, I want tapping at my funeral.

[@davenotstaine5646]

@@StamfordBridge "WELL GOOD LUCK BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA NEED YOUR FENDER STRATOCASTER AND HAVE TO ARPEGGIO AND HAMMER ON AND PULL OF AND TREMOLO AND ALTERNATE PICK YOUR PINCH HARMONIES TO GET TAPPING RIGHT!" - probably some dude at watchmojo

[@nicholasfaulds2762]

Taps is (was? Idk) also the military curfew bugle

[@anpusindhu9971]

Really???? -_- Sulthans of swing is harder than dream theatre and animals as leaders???

[@Top10-b3z3t]

Ye

[@y.e.e6337]

Actually it is

[@sebastianpangaribuan6157]

Sultans of swing is really difficult to master, the fingerpicking is another thing to master as well, which is not easy.

[@martinlopezruiz7875]

Yup.

[@vaibhavmugulavalli3366]

Yup its dam hard

[@draggin]

So you are telling me that dragon force is easier to play than eruption. Ok

[@jessejive117]

And cliffs of Dover lol

[@jamiemacmillan4056]

Eruption is hands down the most overhyped guitar piece of all time in terms of difficulty

[@draggin]

@@jamiemacmillan4056 true

[@marcohidalgo1101]

@@jessejive117 LOL even Guitar Hero players know Dragonforce is harder than Cliffs of Dover

[@fauxie3090]

@@jamiemacmillan4056 eruption was the first of its kind so it gets credit there. But yea i agree

[@AbominationalFailure]

No Santana, no Satriani, no Malmsteen, no Buckethead; hell, Jerry Cantrell deserves to be on this list more than most of the people on it.

[@AmbientSounds205]

no Jason Richardson- Titan

[@unbornspace]

The guitarist you mentioned scuks. Overrated

[@AbominationalFailure]

@Jason Talbot Lolllllllll

[@SuperFlyingGlydon74]

What about Alan Holdsworth?

[@siraxlrose5659]

0:40

[@lukepearson8851]

"Now, our number one." -Smoke on the Water begins

[@kevindurant7411]

Plz not that song.. It's classified

[@flameblast7364]

I leant it for my first song on my gutair so no its not hard

[@forrestsmith324]

Flameblast73 bruh...

[@morijoestar3771]

Definitely the hardest one 🤣

[@user-ne6nz2lb6w]

@@flameblast7364 r/whooooosh

[@lovebone89]

In 1980, Eddie Van Halen was asked - "What does it feel like to be the best rock n roll guitarist in the world?" His response was "I don't know... ask Alex Lifeson." La Villa Strangiato should be on this list. As a matter of fact, you can hear parts of La Villa in Eruption.

[@1dunn0whatt0puthere]

La villa isn't even the hardest rush Song. Something like Freewill is the hardest rush Song

[@calvinscheuerman]

whoever put this list together doesn't actually play guitar. the smiths? come on.

[@iZiddle]

Calvin Lee dude when i saw Metallica & RHCP I no longer took this list seriously lol. Even eruption is somewhat easy to play being mostly pentatonic there's harder VH songs like Spanish Fly. No Yngwie, Synyster Gates, or Nuno, but Kirk Hammett, the laughing stock of the guitar world, makes the list . Fancy techniques do not beat pure dexterity on the fretboard. I know people who may be "more technical" but can't play solos as basic as Crazy Train. I hear the same applies to Tosin Abasi, my buddy saw him live and said he sucks, all he can do is do that tapping crap.

[@calvinscheuerman]

just to be clear, the smiths rule, but the guitar isn't difficult; just well written.

[@calvinscheuerman]

+Johnny Riddle yeah, it's a pretty bad list. not sure about tosin abasi though. maybe all he does is crazy tapping (i dont really listen to his band) but he does that crazy tapping really, really well. (i sure couldn't do it.)

[@iZiddle]

Calvin Lee on second thought, you're right, he is great at what he does, and I forgot that this was a list about the actual songs, not the players themselves. I quit learning multiple songs because that goes way above my head. Albeit unconventional, his playing is very unique and I have to retract my previous statement about him because it is pretty damn hard now that I think about it lol.

[@kevmet84]

Agree! & 'Eruption' as the #1 pick? Sure it may be a challenge to some, but as it is pretty much a pure guitar solo solo(w/o other band elements), any decent rascal that has worked it out at least once can fake it well enough for the local drunks at the tavern down the strip. Basically, given as easy as the riff is to learn well enough for casual performance and it be the #1 pick indicates the whole list is but a joke despite a few mention ones being worthy such as 'Sultans of Swing', but there are plenty of rock songs that have more demanding guitar duties that can easily prove to be very tricky to pull off, especially live than most on this list. It would appear that a non musician and a novice guitarist put this list together as if it sounds difficult, then it must be so. There are plenty of tricky rascals even within the more popular realm of rock music that can mess any good musician up even if it is just the nature of the rhythmic nuances and patterns, etc.

[@TheBfutgreg]

Looks like a list made by a non-guitarist, how is Eruption more difficult than Cliffs of Dover?

[@TheBfutgreg]

also Animals as Leaders is rock now lol

[@MadDogReed97]

uhh have you listened to both songs?

[@austinmoser5056]

MadDogReed97 No eruption is actually pretty fucking easy, it just looks hard

[@MadDogReed97]

+Austin Moser Dude, calling it easy is just being in denial, I mean it may not be the hardest, but Damn son, the live version is undeniably hard, it's like a 10 minute shredathon.

[@austinmoser5056]

MadDogReed97 OK the record version is not very difficult definitely not difficult enough to be #1 the live version is whole other thing

[@pookiemonster100]

this list was made by a bunch of people that have never been in the same room as a guitar...

[@SquareViking]

WatchMojo is your generic top10 show. They might have some picks that are decent, but they rarely have an intimate relationship to the topics they're working on.

[@JeffBecerra1]

Ahaha!! nice

[@wob6776]

Where tf is Buckethead and Yngwie Malmsteen on this list? Buckethead's done some crazy stuff with noises and he shreds like a god, and I seriously can't believe they didn't put even one song from Malmsteen in the list (even though there's a clip of Arpeggios from Hell) when he has written songs ten times harder than and more intricate than most of the songs on this list. Just because these songs may be somewhat difficult does not mean they are the hardest.

[@jakesmith5958]

WobSucksAtLife IKR eruption isn’t even FUCKING HARD ITS JUST WHAMMY DIVES AND TAPPING LITERALLY whoever made this is a fucking idiot he didn’t even pronounce tremolo right tf

[@christianmoisander6623]

@@wob6776 I guess they used the term "rock" here a bit loosely. But yeah, I was also wondering why throw in clips of some virtuosos who are not on the actual list, but better than most in it. Anyways, anything by Jason Becker would mop the floor with this list.

[@luvsic35]

4:26 he doesn’t know wtf he’s talking about. He’s just using big words. I’m a guitarist, can confirm

[@Cipher301]

Tre Rossi you just described this whole video

[@matthewtaylor1785]

He’s just saying chord a whole bunch of times

[@AriochStarr]

@@matthewtaylor1785 Yo, dog, I hear you like chords...

[@palacerevolution2000]

Haha, yeah man, it was the Frusciante section that was especially irritating.

[@hunterupdate7797]

Fr

[@gauravarya2745]

10.This Charming Man (1983) • The Smiths 9. Little Wing (1967) • The Jimi Hendrix Experience 8. Snow [ Hey Oh ] ( 2006) • Red Hot Chili Peppers 7. Master of Puppets (1986) • Metallica 6. Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity •Dream Theatre 5. Through the Fire and Flames (2006) • Dragon Force 4. CAFO (2009) • Animals as Leaders 3. Sultan's of Swing (1978) • Dire Straits 2. Cliff's of Dover (1990) • Eric Johnson 1. Eruption (1978) • Van Halen Here you go. You just saved your 13:37 min. Thanx me later ✌✌😜😜

[@metallicakevin1]

correction 1. Eruption - Van Halen

[@gauravarya2745]

Dskay「Tetris」 ty bro

[@metallicakevin1]

gaurav arya np m8

[@vb2388]

I just knew This Charming Man was going to be here..

[@gauravarya2745]

arunk2784 same to you bro🖕🖕

[@doria2822]

"And Wonderwall thanks to its difficult and fast change of chords, it is harder than any Yngwie Malmsteen song!" Surprised that line isn't in the video

[@jc.1191]

That was one of the first songs I learned 😂

[@titorialiano2419]

Today is gonna be the day

[@robertcortez4956]

Ironically, it's in the top 10 easiest songs to play on guitar

[@stevenhunt3113]

Why not? They are wrong about everything else!! Lol

[@joinrocknation9618]

This people don't know what the hell their talking about

[@IMTHATPSYCHOWITHAMINIGUN]

This is the dumbest video i have ever watched 😂

[@IMTHATPSYCHOWITHAMINIGUN]

I only agree with a couple of these

[@xDerFred]

They're*

[@axeman567]

*These

[@carlosf9278]

***These people don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.*** You’re welcome ;)

[@BasicallyVader]

Eruption is so much easier than tender surrender. RIP Eddie ♥️

[@braden1450]

yup Eruptions is the type of songs that people who dont play guitar thinks is fricking hard, but is actually easy

[@MisterGreenGuy]

Its actually easy to play (for a seasoned player), it just sounds like its hard.

[@Yoursoulismine814]

True. I could play Eruption when I was 15

[@RyanMonty]

Eruption is extremely difficult to play properly. Tons of people can "play" it. Not a whole lot play it correctly.

[@Yoursoulismine814]

@@RyanMonty Even if I grant you that, hardest of all time? What about jazz based stuff like Chon that's full of complex chords that lead into each other so there's zero room for error or some Steely Dan songs like Your Gold Teeth ii that change keys about 20 times in one solo?

[@sherry93175]

Ever heard of Megadeth? Honestly Stevie T did a better analysis. Go watch that.

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

And then get some women to react to it

[@eloyzamora7957]

Rattle your fucken head!!

[@baphometwingsof666]

Cuz Stevie T is an actual guitarist and has some talent unlike WatchMojo.

[@Webxs231]

Umm megadeath isnt known for their gutairist they are litteraly known for having the best drummer, and watchmojo is not talking about song in general he is talking about guitars only

[@imvandenh]

@@Webxs231 That is absolute utter nonsense! Megadeth has never been famous for having a "best drummer" as you say. They have gone through a string of drummers in their history and none of them has ever been praised as "best". Gar Samuelson and Nick Menza stand out as among the best they've had but neither could be called best by anyone who has a clue what they're talking about. On the guitar side of things however, Chris Poland, Marty Friedman, Chris Broderick are all world-class guitarists and acclaimed as such. It's a shame none of them are in the band anymore however.

[@austinfenner5398]

Hearing this guy try to talk technical makes me chuckle.

[@sodiumtetraborate3392]

You mean read? Hah!!

[@l6318]

taps, Taps, TAPS!!!

[@amiterez1356]

TREMOLO PICKING

[@BorislavVeselinov]

@@amiterez1356 hammer ons and pull offs.

[@jakelance6]

Watching you try to type the English language makes me chuckle lol... you're a fucking inbred idiot LOL

[@blackie75]

here come the top 10 internet guitarists to disagree with your list lol

[@rickross199]

IKR lmao. Internet wannabe "guitarists" have to be the most pathetically insecure people ever. They bash every type of guitar video by everyone but never seem to post anything of themselves playing. Hmmmm

[@NeesyPlaysGuitar]

to be fair watchmojo basically just put on the flashiest shit. I reckon there's 10 andy james songs harder than any listed here lol. The number 10 song is actually pretty damn simple, i've seen plenty of cover bands do it justice.

[@volimNestea]

Mox_au Master of Puppets is pretty straight forward as well. And I just can't hear anything interesting in Eruption. And don't get me started on Dragonforce, the cheesiest of cheese...

[@blackie75]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present #10,9 and 8....

[@volimNestea]

Mox_au So? These are supposed to be like the hardest songs ever, there's no excuse for any mediocrity in such a list.

[@Yoursoulismine814]

I love how all the songs they show in the intro are harder than the ones on the actual list (except Dream Theater and Animals as Leaders)

[@ethandoesmusic]

Except sweet child o mine. That's easier than 8 of the songs on the list

[@russc.9618]

Stevie Ray Vaughan in honorable mentions. Cute

[@KiSsMyaSsAsS3n]

The disrespect

[@madzzzporsche]

vaughan*

[@russc.9618]

OLLIE oops my bad. Thanks for the correction

[@madzzzporsche]

@@russc.9618 no problem sir! I'm glad that you noticed how cute it is that they put SRV in honourable mentions.

[@GT0wned1]

i knew i was going to be pissed off.

[@Maggiethegsd]

Tornado of souls as an honorable mention? You gotta be kidding me!

[@seabasszamarripa8252]

Maggiethegsd honestly Tornado of souls isn’t even that bad imo. I can’t play half of the songs here, but I can play tornado somewhat decently

[@ironmota1111]

As far as megadeth goes, tornado of souls isn’t bad. Poison Was The Cure’s riff is a lot harder I’d say

[@Maggiethegsd]

@@ironmota1111 the hardest part of tornado of souls is obviously the solo. Otherwise, the rhythm is almost easy to play, but not so while singing!

[@Maggiethegsd]

@@ironmota1111 poison was the cure 's riff is obviously much harder as they focused on the main riff there instead of the solo, but in tornado of souls, it is inverted

[@albertgein3082]

But the Smiths?? Is on here????

[@Varun616]

Any Dream Theater solo can easily make this top 10.

[@FoXzzig]

Hardly since it isn't a list about solos XD

[@umcaraqualquer1859]

still dream theater i really hard even without a solo

[@StairwayToEvan92]

Dream Theater is hard to play, no matter what instrument you are playing

[@Milton2k]

Yep, any g3 player is super hard to play.

[@blockertrend]

I Agree. but Dream Theater isn't "hard rock", is power metal, and almost all bands of Power Metal are very hard to play!...

[@Cl0v3rComics]

MoJo: “So, do you agree with our list?” Me: Ha! No!

[@Domgoons]

(Y) s ame Do you know the meme I’m referring to?

[@L.K.S.R.]

Is that a Hazbin Hotel reference?

[@random_kid1278]

I love how he calls pinch harmonics “pinch harmonies”

[@reknstudios1239]

Its cus googling everything about guitar doesnt really teach u anything besides fancy words

[@faiilomakin-rogers9387]

Yeah proper cringed at that 😂🤦‍♀️

[@leofender909]

Pure cringe

[@CedricsSpecialLP]

He probably thought the c was a typo so he said harmonies.

[@tahwnikcufos]

List should be, "Top 10 Songs WatchMoJo could use, without getting a copyright strike." Did you get these from Harmony Central?

[@railenherman6482]

It's fair use.

[@timdatanuki2375]

tahwnikcufos it’s under fair use. Which allows its use of the song for educational purposes or commentary as long as they don’t try to distribute the song as their own.

[@herculesbrofister265]

pretty sure metallica goes apeshit about copyright. remember the whole napster thing? a swing and a miss.

[@CCWPB]

Other harder songs 1.- Metropolis Part 1. - Dream Theater 2.- In the Name of God - Dream Theater 3.- Constant Motion - Dream Theater 4.- Illumination Theory - Dream Theater All Songs Dream Theater is Harder.

[@bigchungus3399]

Yael Pacheco lol this legit could of just been the list.

[@MusicCroc]

The fact that they included dream theater is the reason why I didn't dislike the video

[@LD-qj2te]

Yael Pacheco yes no one matches Petrucci easily !!

[@francescos8761]

You didn't remember take the time.........

[@floridafishingherping877]

Stream of Consciousness is absolutely insane too.

[@alastairr_6640]

How is sultans of swing higher than through the fire and flames?

[@diamondsfuns924]

This is like troll list

[@morningwaterrr12]

THE SOLO ON SULTANS OF SWING ISNT HARD LMAOOOO

[@Yoursoulismine814]

How is Eruption higher than through the fire and flames? It's the same technique only at warp speed and like 10 mins long

[@martinculiaoo]

@@Yoursoulismine814 If it is the same techinque why would you put TTFAF above eruption?

[@Yoursoulismine814]

@@martinculiaoo Sheer run time if nothing else. It's hard to keep up that speed and intensity for 8 mins straight.

[@Logophile18]

They should rename this list to "Songs you'll likely hear while in Guitar Center" it'll show how "hard" these songs are...

[@TheZPil]

safe to say that i'm expecting a full cover of cafo from you?

[@jacobykelley6048]

Alex Ponce It's closer to "songs people think they can play, but they really can't and it sounds like crap"

[@mr.moseby2456]

Number one would be complete nonsense/tuning

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Ahh ... back in the day, it was always "Stairway".

[@aaror9363]

nnnnnn.. Didn't you see the sign?? 'No Stairway Allowed"so Always SOTWater.......lol

[@neeevans7]

lol I feel like people only click on watchmojo videos to leave comments about how watchmojo's opinion is totally wrong

[@SockLove]

problem are the people voting for this lists. they dont know shit

[@tractorp2255]

you have discovered the problem

[@tractorp2255]

you nailed it...thats why i do anyway

[@calvinscheuerman]

In this case though, they are objectively wrong; most of these songs aren't that difficult to play at all, and *definitely* not the hardest ever. Dream theater and animals as leaders are very difficult to play, but even though I love a lot of the other songs, they just aren't very hard. Like, little wing is a great song; one of the most beautiful electric guitar songs ever. but it's just not difficult. I played it note-for-note at a school talent show in 7th grade, and I'm not a great guitarist; I consider myself pretty average now, and I wasn't very good at all way back then. (Although there are a lot of songs/guitarists out there who make me feel *WAY* below average as a player; this list just doesn't have many of those songs. Two, maybe three at the most.) To sum it up, *long paragraph says list is bad.* I probably should've just went with that. "List is bad" is a lot more to the point than my little rant. Oh god, I'm still doing it. Just talking about nothing, over and over. And you're still reading it! I'm not sure which is worse. Although, I bet you're very attractive, with just the *loveliest* genitals, whatever those genitals happen to be, If I had to guess, I'd say penis; never bet on red. (Queue rim-shot) Why am I still typing? None of this is anything; just empty nonsense. That first paragraph is all true though. So, ya know... That's something I guess... i am a deeply unhappy person.

[@exedeath]

I go to watch mojo as a curiosity to see how specifically they fucked up. Like seeing a car accident video to see specifically how it happened.

[@getrektgaming6280]

I dont think that this guy has even ever touched a guitar

[@jakelance6]

I don't think you've ever touched a vagina.

[@boyanyanev82]

@@jakelance6 1st grade insults. WOW

[@magnuslikestanks6044]

@@jakelance6 Holy shit what a savage you are. All your 4th grade friends must be going crazy right now.

[@wolfpakave5084]

@@magnuslikestanks6044 pretty bad 4th graders if you ask me...

[@jonathanrynjah]

This guy is just a narrator.

[@brycecold8438]

Every time this guy says “taps” I want to die

[@nobodylovesme3743]

Taps can be very hard But of all the songs with tapping they chose eruption?

[@braden1450]

but the what he said is actually correct!

[@WikiTrash]

Oh no, alternate picking, that sounds hard.

[@SomeDudeOnline]

surprisingly so when you want to go fast.

[@settratheimperishable4093]

Oh no, fast tapping, that sounds hard... I'm left handed I literally have a harder time picking than tapping. Fucking right hand won't obey

[@SomeDudeOnline]

Do you play left handed or right handed? I could see how everything would be more difficult in different ways playing opposite of your dominant hand.

[@troyhenjamin1144]

I taught my brother to play right handed and he had to make a 180 from his left handed mind. He's a badd ass bass player now! Its better to learn the instrument right handed the way it was originally made.

[@troyhenjamin1144]

Yeah alternate picking is very challenging when your running 280 beats a minute.

[@SamaelVR]

List clearly put together by someone who doesn't play guitar.

[@somenoob1091]

I thought the same thing lol

[@rayharrington1663]

Gwyn's Last Knight yea honesty, I can play master of Puppets with a little trouble

[@SamaelVR]

Chaos Dinonugget the only difficult part is Kirk's solo and some other riff parts if you play them correctly.

[@franksavageryan]

I think Disposable Heros challenges the picking hand more than Master. Perhaps that's just me.

[@SamaelVR]

franksavageryan It is.

[@GhettoGinny]

I am a guitarist of 37yrs so, that gives me the right to comment on this entire video. Only The John Petrucci, Tosin Abasi, maybe Dragon Force, Eruption 'ehhh' it's completely possible with practicing. But, you could practive your life and never get a Tosin Abasi or John Petrucci solo, dragon force is a guitar practice exercise music. 'The Smiths' have absolutely no right being in the same video as Tosin or John P for hardest anything about guitar.

[@boston4635]

Lmao you could choose any Dream Theater song or Animals As Leaders song and they could take this entire list

[@thevorace]

I absolutely agree, and I don't even play guitar, I just love music.

[@jasonrimmer5953]

Terrible take

[@jasonrimmer5953]

Let’s hear your version of This Charming Man, please. Show us how you can play it even close to Johnny Marr. We are waiting.

[@Superio49]

Jason Rimmer we are t waiting, that song isnt hard, and the only hard thing is trying to get that sound from pedals. There is no chance that song would ever be in a hardest guitar riff every. Dunno why you think its a hard song to do tbh.

[@k-samo2667]

WatchMojo: 10 hardest rock songs. Half of the songs: Is Metal.

[@chadmarx7718]

Metal is a denomination of rock

[@peterstefan6900]

@@chadmarx7718 exactly lol, it's just faster, angrier rock

[@DreiK96]

@@peterstefan6900 metal isn't necessarily faster. Speed and Thrash metal are fast but Metal in general aren't fast. Listen to Black Sabbath's Ironman for example.

[@erichehe8216]

@@DreiK96 or literally every doom metal band

[@michaelpukmel9175]

Steve Vai and Stevie Ray Vaughan get 'honorable mentions'? Really?

[@pissoff594]

Michael Pukmel I don't think they like names with Steve in them

[@bassprofishe1549]

Michael Pukmel yjm just got a video clip. Also if ur gonna put one of eddies solos on here why not Spanish fly or cathedral, both take much more skill and technique.

[@No-0ne-is-Alone]

Most of these arent really hard if you are somewhat decent on guitar.

[@JUSTO33344]

the list is bullshit, i can easily play sultans of swing, snow or that smiths song but CAFO is way out of my league

[@28ebdh3udnav]

Justo Lanuse As may be Dream Theater's.

[@royalvarez24]

it is hard when you have to be on stage and get in sync with the rest of the band. alone it definitely is easier.

[@thehapagirl92]

"Eruption" by Van Halen will kick your ass.

[@flyboy2099]

Simonne that's a finger tapping solo, beginners stuff.

[@davidremilio7449]

You obviously haven’t seen me play the McDonald’s theme with one finger

[@prometheustv6558]

Dyer’s Eve should be here instead of Master of Puppets.

[@wildersound]

It's quite insulting to put any 80's Metallica song into "Rock" category...

[@vascotheron864]

creeping death is more difficult if you play properly. The down strokes are terrible

[@prometheustv6558]

Vasco Theron Only the main riff is hard tho, the rest of the song isn’t that hard except the solo. Dyer’s is hard throughout the whole song.

[@santiaxxx4494]

Try Section B of The Frayed End of Sanity

[@prometheustv6558]

XXX Tobi The whole song has to be hard for it to be on this list and the A section is pretty simple.

[@holidayonion]

I knew Dream Theater would make it on here. The guys are fucking mental.

[@PathfinderProject]

I was very disappointed they were #6 though

[@PathfinderProject]

So basically, you're telling me that Jordan Rudess, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy/Mike Mangini, John Myung and James Labrie are "not that good" and overrated? Jesus.

[@KinokoSpore]

T Orrent Overrated? that's the stupidest shit I've read so far.

[@PathfinderProject]

Diamond Lu Dickwad Yeah not everyone likes this genre, that's true

[@Ironroses1987]

Diamond Lu Dickwad r

[@RandomizationE]

"We're not ranking them for their solos." *Puts Sultans of Swing at #3*

[@SecretAgentDharun]

We Are The Random Bros we're*

[@ImThe5thKing]

Exactly lmao TTFAF is way harder than Sultans of Swing. Considering I can play the riff of SOS. I couldn't try to play any part of TTFAF

[@gregmccurry5619]

Check out Guitar George he knows "all" The Chords?

[@regus69]

I agree. I can play SOS but i can play one riff of TTFAF

[@Melkiors]

Yeah but every cover i heard of Sultans no matther who played it nothig ever sounds close to as good as Knopfler does it. People concentrate so much on the bending and well sure they get the sound but are onlt playing 1/10 of the notes.

[@kaseycarling1739]

um hello? what about that nick Jonas song? it's extemely hard to play that shitty.

[@ok_then_but_why_3375]

Rock songs only

[@firer2d2]

Dontknomuch I don't think you got it :/

[@SevensSecret]

Kasey Carling hilarious!!

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

Kasey Carling Lil Wayne’s skills are far more advanced at sounding sick(ending)

[@PROSODYmetal]

Kasey Carling u look like a dehydrated Guy Fieri. Lmao

[@maxb7611]

my 13 y/o brother can play master of puppets lol. you should have included some rings of saturn.

[@cqnc1212]

YES YOU ARE SO RIGHT I HAVE BEEN PLAYING GUITAR FOR 2 YEARS MASTER OF PUPPETS TORNADO OF SOULS WAS EASY BUT THIS RINGS OF SATURN MAN I CANT PLAY IT LMAO THIS INADEQUATE IS SO HARD

[@bobanalhair1622]

@@cqnc1212 upload a cover then

[@themacleod3893]

@@bobanalhair1622 You're on. Mark my words: Me a 15 year old who has been playing guitar for a year will upload this cover.

[@themacleod3893]

@Stew Daly It's coming, I assure you.

[@austinsmithston2762]

@@themacleod3893 better be all downstrokes

[@Coldwallbar]

So many things wrong with this video

[@zzzhuh]

I'm just glad they didn't put 'sweet child of mine' on the list.

[@keinstein3714]

Sweet child of mine isnt it the best solo ?

[@jacob6616]

it's not because it's good that it's hard.

[@keinstein3714]

Do u know Irony ?

[@jacob6616]

Kein Stein It was hard to tell, sorry to break it to you.

[@Sabbathfaax]

In what world is Eruption harder than Dance of Eternity

[@ericanderson7346]

Cyrekt In the world of people who have never picked up a guitar

[@mealsonwheels4970]

my nephew learned Eruption at 13. Ive been playing for 20 years and have trouble with Dream Theater.

[@mikekarena]

So many people claim to have mastered Eruption, yet I rarely hear anyone who captures the feel at all. Most versions are note for note, but lack any musicality. The scarcity of other memorable solos in the 40 years since Eruption is a testament to how brilliant it was in 1978.

[@jhill5769]

OMG! Tina S. is phenomenal! I'd really like to hear her do some more Dream Theater. She looks like she's bored to death when she is doing some of the most incredible shredding! I believe she is French.

[@Reject101Personal]

MACK D she's 17 you sick fuck

[@RockyStJohns]

Master of Puppets??? Come on dude. Thats standard stuff for any highschool metal head..

[@brianbrown2119]

Jr high

[@ahmetoguzhallac8775]

Yeah, I learn it in a day and I am not an expert on guitar in any means

[@elmeri4415]

@@ahmetoguzhallac8775 so you are saying you learnt it in day and played the whole song full speed along studio version, including solos😂😂

[@ahmetoguzhallac8775]

​@@elmeri4415 Nope, I practice it until I can play it at full speed excluding solo and simply didn't try to perfect the solo because I wasn't aiming to learn it in the first place. It just was a request from a friend

[@elmeri4415]

@@ahmetoguzhallac8775 ok

[@shelovesweetcron]

Ah yes, just like every guitarist would say "video game noises"

[@MerkinMuffly]

Robert Fripp: Hold my beer performs Fracture

[@raulruizdevelasco6215]

He wasn’t on the list. This video has no credibility. Literally no one but Fripp can play Fracture.

[@ct-ys3mo]

@@raulruizdevelasco6215 if anyone else tries, the title describes what will happen their wrist

[@leofender909]

I came here just to look for this comment lmao

[@Squre]

@@raulruizdevelasco6215 It can't be that hard.

[@barackobama9552]

@@Squre Dude, one of his students took years to play it.

[@cybo9977]

Me: can play all of Master o Puppets with both solos Also me: *does this mean I'm good at something*

[@positivefingers1321]

Cyborg StudiosTM yes! It does!

[@thecoconutfromthetf2files]

Same tho

[@AreEnTee]

That's impressive, but trust me, it's even harder to play The Temple of Hate by Angra

[@nateblake6688]

Stop craving attention

[@nigward6704]

Damn u really tryin to be funny but all u want is people telling u how good u are

[@jackmills8089]

I kill all of these songs on guitar hero

[@steviecal96]

Jack Mills The key words there being "guitar" and "hero"

[@jackmills8089]

Steve Callanan Jesus Christ bro learn sarcasm

[@steviecal96]

It might be hard to believe but I ain't jesus christ and I'll only learn sarcasm if you learn to play the guitar😜😂

[@jackmills8089]

Steve Callanan I'll learn guitar when you can grow facial hair or lose your virginity

[@steviecal96]

Hahaha done and done😂 you'll have to give me something better than that seeing as you were giving me god standards originally

[@marvinjudem.gorospe5460]

RIP Eddie van Halen. You may be gone but your music and legacy lives on.

[@Purplexity-ww8nb]

The first 14 notes of "Stairway to Heaven".

[@connorbradshaw6667]

Snow (Hey Oh)- "Well at least the solo offers some relief, as it's as simple as one of fleas bass lines" See the problem? It's WatchMojo.com

[@1979bobhd]

@G1njaN1nja05 • Those at watchmojo have got to be the dumbest brain dead fucktards that ever lived all their lists are so wrong.

[@RiversEagle_]

yeah um that line is sarcastic, they're saying even the solo is difficult.

[@gusstabithc]

Get the quote right. "At least the solo provides some relief. In short, it's as difficult as your standard flea bass line."

[@dalsinstevenson1165]

I've seen everywhere that people say Snow is very difficult. However I have ease with it. At the same time I have the fingers of Robert Johnson. So I understand where some find it hard. But how is it that I can play it and not play solos? I honestly need help, been stuck in a rut for about 3 months now.

[@guyhowland]

Actually speak to any guitarists when making this video? 1. Most of the Eruption clip wasn't Eruption, mainly a live solo section from 1986. 2. Eruption, whilst probably one of the most impactful and influential guitar tracks, is not the hardest by far. 3. Johnny Marr and John Frusciante really? 4. No Malmsteen. To which many people still cannot play accurately or with the same feeling. 5. Perpetual Burn - Jason Becker. Largely heralded by most players as the hardest. The speed, technical ability, feeling and general stamina required to play this is close to impossible. Some have tried, but have never captured the feeling of his playing. Lastly, you guys should not confuse the hardest songs to play with the most influential. Big difference. Hendrix and Van Halen are extremely influential, inspiring legions of guitarists, but consequently have inspired a lot harder pieces to play. And also this is not all about speed, but also feeling and touch. David Gilmore and Gary Moore anyone?

[@WesTV]

omg shut the fuck up

[@Roman-bx8tw]

Totally agree. This list was made by someone who knows nothing about music or guitar playing and wanted to make a mainstream list in about 5 minutes. I know at least 4 guitar players that are able to play that stuff. You want an impossible song to play? Go listen to some Aristocrats

[@MrJuico1337]

Why? He's right I bet you don't even play guitar.

[@markdavidofficial4274]

The Roman Bro, chill! Just 'cause you can't play the easiest one on this list doesn't mean you gotta bash on the list!

[@markdavidofficial4274]

The Roman Bro, you know I'm just messing with you right? I know who Guthrie Govan s and I've been listening to Exotic Cakes and The Arisoicrats for five years man. This list is pretty BS but is made for a mainstream audience. Believe me, if they really wanted to do an accurate list, it'd just be a list of Guthrie Govan or Yngwie Mainsteen songs. Btw man, just because a song is simple doesn't make it inherently bad. Case and point: The Beatles, The Rollin Stones, Punk rock in general. Btw, I majored in piano performance in college and have been playing guitar, Keys, and bass in bands for years so I know difficult music man.

[@joby-wankenobinolan3428]

The dooo played through the fire and flames so well, Li Herman said he wanted guitar lessons from the dooo.

[@collidingwithmars]

yo why the hell is dream theater and animals as leaders behind van halen and why is rhcp even on this list? where's chon? where's plini? where's paul gilbert? where's satriani?

[@collidingwithmars]

do y'all even play guitar

[@KinokoSpore]

Colliding With Mars thank you ,at least some people understand prog .

[@chilibiskit14]

Colliding With Mars stfu virgin

[@cmart28nyj]

I don't agree with most of this list, but i was happy they gave a shoutout to Animals as Leaders. I actually saw them and Chon together in Philly like 3 years ago and I was completely blown away

[@lukerussell4055]

snow by RHCP has a pretty difficult riff I think

[@lukepearson8851]

Narrator: 'On this song, he was playing the Z cord at 40 trucks a quantum second with triplets every four gigabytes." Me, a non-guitar player: "Ah yes, talent."

[@swaggersouls4208]

Very underrated comment😂

[@monkeh3925]

This made me spill my coffee

[@jaketsu1630]

Lmfaooo

[@cobgod1415]

A lot of the stuff on here is just big words that sound like they have to do with guitar, the narrator knows nothing

[@AriochStarr]

I had to reread it several times to understand it (because I'm dumb). I have tears in my eyes from nonestop gigglefits.

[@themetalone7739]

Personally, as someone who plays a LOT of Metallica, ...And Justice For All is much more difficult than Master of Puppets (the only hard parts in MoP are the ones with rapid, constant, down-picking). Oh, and Holy Wars...The Punishment Due, by Megadeth definitely deserved to be on here.

[@paulmccartney1109]

Yes. I agree. Megadeth is harder than Metallica, but Metallica has hard things, aswell. Like... disposable heroes. One's solo. Etc. Also, for Megadeth, I think Headcrusher needs to be here. In the beginning of that song, it has a long strech, and is fast.

[@nicksguitars5543]

Do and justices timing is fukin weird and hard to play megadeth also pretty difficult to get

[@robbielawsonguitar6446]

I like metallic a lot more than megadeth but I still think that dave mustain is a far better guitar player than James hetfield or kirk wahmmet

[@jrstone257]

Rust in peace has alot of good guitar work. Lucretia is a mighty fun song to play

[@guitars7225]

The Metal One yes thank you

[@wildgg1871]

Anyone else here from music is win?

[@5.7bethesda]

Yep.

[@matteoloconte2748]

Yes

[@vicrattlehead5530]

Yea

[@nickbonfiglio6174]

I think this is a more accurate order for the ten songs in the video: 10. This Charming Man 9. Snow (Hey Oh) 8. Little Wing 7. Eruption 6. Sultans of Swing 5. Master of Puppets 4. Through the Fire and Flames 3. Cliffs of Dover 2. CAFO 1. Scene Seven I. The Dance of Eternity

[@noahshutts5655]

Nick Bonfiglio put little wing higher on that list

[@dreamkiller9]

I'd switch around #1 and #2, but yeah, that sounds more accurate.

[@reubenferg5640]

why the heck is theyr no led zep

[@lesspaul2241]

Because most zep is pretty easy.

[@paologabrielpalafox2999]

you're telling me Eruption is harder than Snow, Neon, Voodoo Child, and Through The Fire And Flames? Ok

[@nathang1184]

Neon is easy But the rest like snow, ttfaf, voodoo child, they are the hardest

[@hellodumplings8564]

All neon, snow and eruption are easy af.

[@5150eruption]

Post a video of eruption! Its so easy do it!

[@nathang1184]

@@hellodumplings8564 damn, how are you able to maintain your stamina and speed on snow ?

[@hellodumplings8564]

Nathan X I gotta admit I sounded cocky af, but every song is easy after enough practice. That’s literally just it.

[@griffinsdr1811]

There is literally nothing on this earth more triggering than watch mojo making videos about music

[@savagekinggoat9427]

Mentions to add: Every Breath You Take - Police, this song is very hard when you have short fingers, and I got Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding by Elton John, the song has 35 Chords and the song is 11 minutes long. There could be other Elton John songs I could put.

[@savagekinggoat9427]

If you think Eruption is hard, well it is not, because like tapping is one of the easiest things to learn on guitar.

[@mikekennedy257]

I see you set this list up by playing guitar hero.

[@skyzenskyluke5880]

Mike Kennedy 😂😂😂

[@Soporose19]

Mike Kennedy Probably true

[@ayreous801]

Lol yeah sadly

[@YukataKaytee]

Surely because even Dragon Force can't play their own songs.

[@HeatherMoontail]

DragonForce sadly wouldn’t even be on this list if not for their Guitar Hero popularity...and while I don’t agree with this list, there really isn’t a harder song on this entire list than Through the Fire and Flames...hell, any DragonForce song, ANY, would overtake these other songs by a long shot...

[@Poats]

Alternate picking, vibrato, and trem-oh-loh? ...

[@liem-uw1xi]

*Tremolo

[@Poats]

@@liem-uw1xi What?

[@matthewlafontaine7386]

Don't forget pinch harmonies

[@huh968]

@@liem-uw1xi He's ridiculing the way the guy in the video says it.

[@Steve-yu1zi]

AAAAAAAH SOOOOOO HARD

[@Armentitron]

I'm both impressed by and cringing at their guitar jargon knowledge

[@allenellsworth5799]

Armentitron Why?

[@Armentitron]

Feels kind of inauthentic coming from a voice that talks about everyhting under the sun in their videos

[@Ishimura89]

"pinch harmonies" >_< Too bad they didn't mention "Dive booms" , "hammer-offs" and "pull-ons"

[@crawford22904]

Kim N That made me laugh way harder than it should've

[@ChelseaGrinMan001]

Cafo "Slap techniques, Tune your low E to D, Alternative picking" it uses none of that besides a little bit of alt pick

[@KyleDesharnais]

6:56 actually the calllalalacallalalalcoloolo riff is pretty easy tbh

[@nickgilmer8788]

The solo rapes your fingers tho

[@MrMetalhorse]

SEES TITLE: Ok let's see. SWEET CHILD OF MINE APPEARS. LEAVES VIDEO

[@MrSeanandRyan]

lol

[@Gamo4life]

SOOOOOO True!

[@budtcheez]

Mr. Metalhorse lol!

[@kerbyvalenzuela4210]

Same here

[@KidaMilo89]

That song is an overrrated piece of garbage.

[@xxthefeardxx]

why not make a top 10 shitty and pointless watchmojo videos?

[@aidenseabridge6752]

xxthefeardxx honourable mention is every video that was not on the list

[@deanneale7485]

xxthefeardxx I agree XD

[@jtoyb]

I'm sure they're working on it. Lol!

[@xandermeadows2792]

I agree, but there is a bit too much to choose from

[@guilhermehenrique-zj5tt]

perfect commentary.

[@owenhilton2045]

Hot cross buns is a fucking hard ass song to play I'm really surprised it's not on this list

[@ortizluis28]

Owen Hilton agree, as well as 3 little kittens

[@coolgy67]

Master of Puppets is only marginally harder and yet it's on this list.

[@hansgerber8654]

so are thousands of other songs .. which aren't on this list too

[@atticuskoch2965]

Ode to Joy is harder

[@WeWantYouToStay]

Hot cross buns was too metal for the list

[@_jony711]

12:03 So... if eruption is number one... I could play satriani like a master.

[@MichaelD8393]

Here's a revised list (from a guitarist BTW): 10: _This Charming Man_ 9: _Sultans of Swing_ 8: _Master of Puppets_ 7: _Eruption_ 6: Megadeth - _Tornado of Souls_ 5: Steve Vai - _Tender Surrender_ 4: _Cliffs of Dover_ 3: _Scene Seven I: The Dance of Eternity_ 2: _Through the Fire and Flames_ 1: _CAFO_

[@MrDude-zm2fi]

You forgot play with me by Extreme

[@MichaelD8393]

@@MrDude-zm2fi I did didn't I? Well, to be fair, I only revised Watchmojo's list here; never considered adding any more songs.

[@MrDude-zm2fi]

@@MichaelD8393 it's ok still awesome songs

[@MichaelD8393]

@@MrDude-zm2fi Yup. Though if to were up to me, I would've replaced _This Charming Man_ with Buckethead's _Jordan_ and _Eruption_ with Living Colour's _Cult of Personality._ Those two songs are still far out of my skill level, and I've been playing for 12 years now.

[@MrDude-zm2fi]

@@MichaelD8393 I love those songs I've been playing guitar for years and love playing songs like those

[@hamtiman]

There are more than three chords? I gotta talk to the guitarrist in our band...

[@willb9431]

Hamtiman no there are only three, A Major A Minor and A7. JK

[@metalbent9078]

Nice!

[@jestle]

hamtiman *cough cough* Elvis *cough cough*

[@jay8819]

ThatDrawingBassist 07 get some medicine

[@jestle]

jjwp 88 Why?

[@sammalla5238]

You could fit any Dream theater songs in this list.

[@alexanderedwards8863]

Sam Malla i was thinking the same thing

[@TheViburn]

true

[@AztecScrupReal]

But this top is for rock songs, not metal nor prog

[@josharmoogam6696]

Also Nitro. Have you seen Michael Angelo Batio shred, he's amazing!

[@alexanderedwards8863]

AztecScrup but they have Dream theater on the list, besides prog rock is a sub genere of rock

[@burningisis]

The difficulty in Cliffs of Dover isnt the intro or the fast segments. Those are difficult, but not the depth of the difficulty of the song. The true difficulty is in achieving Johnson's clean sound he got while performing those difficult segments. Its not just his fretwork, its his precision. And Cliffs of Dover illustrated that even in fast segments, you could hear every note clearly

[@ravenshield56]

"Lets name guitar techniques we googled (And in some cases get it totally fucking wrong (Fucking "PINCH HARMONIES"??) and put them next to popular songs" And somehow everyone is fooled... This is an insult to guitarists around the world

[@fredsmith9714]

John Walsh agreed. Pronunciations are wrong, thinking switching from 4/4 to 2/4 is difficult....they googled "hard guitar songs" and came up with this garbage. Respect to the bands, many of these songs are impressive and writing them would be ridiculous, but there are actual reasons songs are difficult and they aren't listed here

[@gronskko]

True. I know how to play Snow in guitar, and it ain't that hard. I know almost everything about RHCP Stuff ( my fav band ) And they have no difficult in the guitar ( And if they have, Snow is not one of them )

[@megadethmofomegadethmofo7149]

Fred Smith I like when he said tremo'lo

[@sodiumtetraborate3392]

Normal people's perspective: oh damn that's hard alright!! Guitarists perspective: He pronounced tremolo wrong for fuck sakes!!

[@sammccue500]

Sodium Tetraborate... You're right. In fact it should more properly be called a 'vibrato' bar because it alters the pitch. Tremolo is a whole other effect and is usually on the amp or done with a pedal.

[@chummyboye2829]

Sodium Tetraborate IKR

[@xzn1989]

The second one is also any Italian's perspective. When will you ever learn to put the right accent on Italian words? XD

[@sodiumtetraborate3392]

xzn1989 Hahahaha good one, I didn't see that coming.

[@bigtravis1968]

naming Eddie Van Halen's Eruption as number one must be a joke

[@aljoschavirag9840]

Buckethead is smiling about that trash list while he compose his 400th album

[@badguy4032]

Yoooo. I was surprised, no Buckethead like really?!

[@aljoschavirag9840]

@@badguy4032 well buckethead isn't mainstream and ppl prefer overrated music these days Wich is sad

[@Jdb_]

Aljoscha Virag these lists were made by people who haven’t held a guitar in the life

[@elliottotten2445]

CAFO deserved to be on here though

[@davidporporino8386]

Harvey birdman

[@gloglogabgolabfilms6077]

POV: you watched music is win’s video reviewing this video

[@ri-jy6my]

Yes 💀💀

[@Fragments_Ov_Shattered_Malice_]

Who's music is win?

[@vicrattlehead5530]

You got me

[@gloglogabgolabfilms6077]

@@Fragments_Ov_Shattered_Malice_ it’s a guitar you tuber

[@Fragments_Ov_Shattered_Malice_]

@@gloglogabgolabfilms6077 oh really? Edit: so i just checked him out and he has 1M subscribers, I'm surprised I never heard if him

[@floridafishingherping877]

98% of dream theater songs could have made it on this list.

[@bigchungus3399]

Florida Fishing & Herping 100% dude, any dream theater song is harder than all of the songs on this list.

[@floridafishingherping877]

Big Chungus see, Big Chungus gets it.

[@wildersound]

@@bigchungus3399 Well I suppose Pull Me Under isn't that hard. But yeah, definitely harder than any Smiths song 😂😂😂

[@ethanedwards7557]

But their music is so pretentious and soulless.

[@luisxindria]

@@ethanedwards7557 implying that's true, what does it have to do with the comment?

[@tubromoi]

they don't listen to technical death metal

[@TheElOcean]

Well the video title does say Hardest Rock Songs, so Tech Death kinda doesn't count.

[@Davidsthlm1]

then why is animals as leaders on the list? they're considered djent sometimes

[@TheElOcean]

O shit. Gotta say I didn't even watch the video, because you know, WatchMojo, but that title couldn't be farther for the truth.

[@Davidsthlm1]

ye lol

[@tubromoi]

Hahahahah Ocean you should watch the videos before comment below

[@Rtg5155]

I feel like i've been issued a challenge

[@fish4814]

gloom That's unwarranted.

[@jacobalbert7606]

awww , does Gloom need a little bit of attention ? , here's some for you , I don't know you , nor do I care about a little nothing like you , but I DID feel that you needed to know this ! " nobody will ever love you , or care about you , if they say they do , get used to the fact that they are lying to you " , now how do you feel ? , also , judging by your brilliant comment , you are also useless , have an awesome day

[@Malapropify]

Lol, heheheh yeah me too now. :)

[@johnmedina3671]

PsyQo Ryan lol same

[@obscurejesse2206]

Lord Freezer legato

[@thoroughfaretonothingness623]

most of the tracks nowadays are just 4 minutes freebird has a 4 minute brilliant solo

[@fiddleronthecube7835]

Eric Johnson needed recognition. He deserves it.

[@kjpianorock162]

Agreed

[@michaelmorris2243]

YES ! I agree. ERIC JOHNSON 🙂😺🙋‍♂️✌

[@budallen1376]

@@kjpianorock162 I agree also...

[@lovegod5956]

Great guitarist

[@jakelance6]

Ummm...... no.

[@tobiasasp]

Lets reorganize a bit. 10. Snow 9. This charming man 8. Little Wing 7. Master of puppets 6. Sultans of swing 5. Cliffs of dover 4. erouption 3. Through the fire and flames 2. Cafo 1. Dance of eternity

[@wishmeluck4933]

Tobias Asp I agree other than I'd switch eruption and cliffs of dover. I'd have to say learning that whole song is tougher than learning eruption.

[@tobiasasp]

Brandon, Im totally with you on this one.

[@adamsteinbach4899]

Brandon Dodson ya I agree, I think cliffs of Dover is harder than eruption

[@gingercore69]

Tobias Asp it shows how different guitar players have different perspectives on what makes a song hard, for example, for me its harder to play snow than master of puppets, its harder cliff of dover than eruption, etc... Other than that, "rock songs? Lets put power metalz thrash metal, progressive metal, etc, cos metal and rock are the same, right?" I think the video cheated on that... Lots of the songs are not even rock, and most of them can be played by billions of guitar players... I know more guitar players that know how to play master of puppets, cliff of dover, eruption and snow than guitar players that dont, and i know in person about 10 guitar players that can play all this songs, from wich only about 3 are in a band...

[@mradzinski]

Totally agree. I would even say Snow is a bit harder than This charming man, but that's because I must've played This charming man at least 5436572972828962 times xD. Last year alone I played it 251 times live not counting rehearsals, lol

[@lucasthelemur7606]

but where's smoke on the water?

[@Hathorr1067]

Garret, Nope, mine was the intro to "Love Song", because my teacher was a Randy Rhodes fan.

[@leinad2934]

Garret Phegley u didnt get the joke

[@michaelmorrison1198]

Hey don't forget iron Man lol

[@lexisorrells8142]

Foopie! Smoke on the water isn’t that hard

[@lucasthelemur7606]

it was a joke ya dingus :p

[@sirsackdragger4686]

HeadCrusher by Megadeath because you need to stretch like 9 frets while keeping your finger still then adds your middle and ring finger

[@peterlinley6520]

Nuno Bettencourt's "flight of the wounded bumble bee" and Extremes part 3 to "Three Sides of the Story" are worthy of mention.

[@papawyvern6993]

Peter Linley yes

[@droidzilla22]

What about "Play With Me"?

[@mamy7936]

Flight of the wounded bumblebee is more of a song that sounds harder than it really is because Nuno bettencourt uses a double delay so it sounds faster than it really is

[@DelDuio]

Here, this is better: 1) Overture 1928 2) Strange Deja Vu 3) Fatal Tragedy 4) Beyond This Life 5) Through Her Eyes 6) Home 7) The Dance of Eternity 8) One Last Time 9) The Spirit Carries On 10) Finally Free Aaaaaannd.. SCENE! *From a memory hah

[@katiesiu3769]

DelDuio lololol I cannot agree more.

[@tradeka4206]

DelDuio none of the ones on the actual list are that hard this should be the list

[@ChucktheFNG]

The Dance of Eternity is at #6 on their list. It should have been 1 or 2 compared to the others.

[@TheLo0uilli]

stevie ray vaughan - scuttle buttin ... burn ur fingers trying to learning​ that crazy shit...

[@rockparkoure]

THANK YOU

[@jessejive117]

If you think through fire and flames is hard on guitar you should try and play it on guitar hero three on expert.

[@LIKEcommentANDsubscribe]

😂 Takes me back to the good old days

[@dragonforcefan3277]

I’ve been fan of guitar hero and dragonforce over 10 years and you are saying that a videogame is harder than real life playing?!

[@marcohidalgo1101]

@@dragonforcefan3277 Well they did overcomplicate Slipknot's Before I Forget

[@sandradefosse213]

How about Decapitation Fornication by Infant Annihilator ? Warning, if you're Under the age of 18, Don't Watch the music video

[@theradtaco6547]

Sandra Defossé now you have me intrigued

[@SesamemeFrog429]

Every single riff on the Rust In Peace album is harder than all of the songs in this list