Why Guitar Players HATE Paramore

[@MateusAsato]

Paramore is great!!! Old era, new era - they are just amazing & super creative. I must say one thing though [ready for the hardcore fans to get mad at me again iykyk] - what Josh Farro (alongside Taylor York) did on the first three albums was completely game-changing in terms of guitar parts at this category of music, specially on the Brand New Eyes album. Tones, Rhythm, Lines and Melodies - everything on that album serves the music in the most flawless way possible. I am a big fan. I met Hayley and her dog last year in a studio in Burbank. She was the nicest. Ps.: the drummer Zac Farro is a beast!

[@samuellimademoura7521]

Man, I completely agree with you, the guitar parts on Brand New Eyes are perfect in many ways. I was a fan of Paramore before I started playing guitar, but I don't think I started playing guitar because of them. Anyway, when I started studying and researching things that interested me for the guitar parts of a song, I realized that everything was already there in Brand New Eyes. Something like: Great Riffs (Ignorance); Ambient FX (Reverse Delays on the first Chorus of All I Wanted); Big rhythm parts and breakdowns (Looking up); Harmonies (Playing God Intro); Interesting Chord Progression (Brinck de Boring Brick); and I understood that for me simple guitar parts that fit the song are cooler than random shredding guitar parts/solos. obs.: te acompanho faz mais de 10 anos, e até hoje volto no seu canal pra reassistir Loop'sCool hahaha

[@phant0157]

The goat said it first! Zac is great, of course, but the duo guitar parts that complement each other like in playing god, let the flames begins, brick by boring brick, is amazing stuff... Paramore is amazing and very creative in their songs

[@kylesimbwa]

I 1000% agree! I can proudly say that 90% of my play style is reminiscent of Josh Farro's playing. So unpredictable yet unforgettable and melodic and ughhh!😩🔥🔥

[@RayhanNoor]

Agree, 1000000000%!!!

[@guillermorodriguezcoore4856]

Man, Mateu Asato watched your video. That's it, you made it!

[@ears4days]

Taylor York is exceptional in so many ways, a creative force, multi-instrumentalist, writer, producer. I love his intensity as a live performer as well. And it's too bad he shies away from singing because he actually has a great voice!

[@Mvgical]

Probably realizes it's hard to top Hailey lol

[@982214120]

Josh and Hayley were the soul of Paramore, when he left the band he lost 50% of his soul.

[@akashita]

What I love about Paramore and why they're one of my favourite bands especially for playing guitar is that they've always had intricate writing on the guitar. What's crazy is that they wrote AWKIF when they were about 15 and I can't imagine how they came up with some of these parts like on Here We Go Again, Pressure, Emergency, Conspiracy, and so many others. It's harmonically so much richer than most emo-punk music, and the melodies that Hayley wrote on top of those already complex guitar parts really make these songs a lot more memorable. Having said that, I love ALL of their stuff and I love that they keep re-inventing their music, and that they don't just stick with what's comfortable for them even though they can easily rest on the laurels of their old stuff till the end of time.

[@johnmarcdegaard6589]

I’ve been saying this for a good while but strictly from an arrangement stance, Paramore has always been one of the best rock bands period. There are so many layers to all their songs that you always pick up on every listen

[@quinnost-volmers]

No there not NIN is better then them and I mean way fucking better

[@tessarae9127]

They have said they’ve been inspired by the band Mew and you can really see how they kind of have grown musically together, in the same vein 😇

[@ghijbvhiigvh3940]

@@tessarae9127vain*

[@rodanone4895]

Hayley Williams is an exceptional musician. Paramore is amazing. watch the Austin City Limits festival from last year. be blown away.

[@countstoneula]

Yes! I’ve been a fan for a long time, but that ACL video brought it to another level last year. Trying to analyze all the parts and effects. It’s been a rabbit hole that I’ve been happy to go down.

[@chickensoup1807]

one of the only concert performances i go back to consistently watch

[@stevenpipes1555]

They came to play in Worcester many years ago, and contacted the choir tacher at my daughters school. They were looking for a school chorus to come sing on stage with them that night. Being a total band nerd, my daughter was among those lucky enough to go. Hailey Williams came up to my daughter, put her arm around her shoulder and stuck the mike in her face! It was very cool. Shes an amazing singer and was a huge Paramore fan at the time. Talk about a cool last minute surprise. Each kid in the choir and one parent each got free tickets to the show as well. WHAT A VERY COOL THING FOR A BAND TO DO!

[@carlyalakija4703]

THEY WERE IN WORCESTER? U.K. or US?

[@stevenpipes1555]

@@carlyalakija4703 U.S. Worcester Massachusetts.

[@therockman6482]

#1. It's spelled Hayley not Hailey. And #2. It's spelled Mic as in Microphone 🎤 not Mike. Lol 😂 👍🏻 Are you raising your kids to be bad spellers also lady?

[@stevenpipes1555]

@@therockman6482 #1 I misspelled a name with about 6 different spellings, sue me. She's rich and famous, she'll get over it. #2 You got me. I rushed through a text and didn't proofread before hitting send. So funny! #3 I'm sure i spelled my name correctly, you should go back and read it again! Im not a lady. I hope you're teaching your children to be better readers than you are.

[@therockman6482]

@@stevenpipes1555 My bad. I'm a speed reader and a dedicated Hayley Williams/Paramore fan. Yesterday was her 35th Birthday 🎂 and I spent the whole day watching Paramore videos on my Beautiful 4K Television courtesy of VEVO Music (Rock Royalty) and Samsung TV Plus. I'm not going to sue over such a minor mistake but it is her given birth name (unlike some artists such as Lana Del Rey (do a Wiki search on her for some good laughs!) Have a good week, bye. Isn't the Internet fun? Haha. Whatever.

[@liduariojessica]

Ah, so nice to see some Taylor York appreciation! He's truly a genius and co produced after laughter one of my fav álbums ever

[@982214120]

Quem produzia os discos do Paramore era o Josh

[@Betta66]

Dude, you are so lucky. I saw Paramore in 2018 and they are more fun than any human deserves to have. Shoutout to Hayley, Taylor and Zac.

[@htht856]

And josh

[@jordangamble3515]

Don’t forget Jeremy

[@Beez_Churger]

The new album has some stellar guitar work as well! Would love to see more breakdowns of Taylor’s arrangements!!!

[@satanicconservative3935]

Saying that anything Paramore has ever done, has “stellar guitar work” is the dumbest shit I’ve ever herd, and I know people that are proud they voted for joe biden

[@Maynard0504]

no

[@danascully3683]

god yes please!!!!!!!!!!

[@OliverAmberg]

The new Paramore album is fantastic. Next to the great guitarwork, the drumming is awesome.

[@aaronmcvay3011]

Speaking of great drumming and Paramore... kzbin.info/www/bejne/imHbp4hrisZoqck

[@elnr]

this is an awesome video, and so cool you had the pleasure of running into hayley! i could watch you break down their musicality - and praise taylor - for hours, honestly

[@AnimatedVirtuoso]

I am seeing them tonight for the second time this year and am so excited, they deserve everything they have achieved and every ounce of appreciation, the musicianship is unreal.

[@nicholasaragon4126]

I finally saw them Live at "When we were Young" last year and I was blown away by Brian Robert Jones' playing. It was phenomenal! Every song he had a different guitar for me to drool over. Then he just absolutely RIPPED on those songs! Fun songs with a lot to appreciate when you relax and vibe with it!

[@dereklewis4321]

Amazing festival! Unless you had a pass for that one day....xD

[@sciencegirl2012]

Totally agree! He’s an amazing musician!🔥🎉

[@adamcogan211]

I love Paramore! I grew up with their emo phase and think Brand New Eyes is a masterpiece!

[@t.doig07]

taylor york is my favourite guitarist ever. he’s so subtle about the complexities of his work, yk?

[@nidarb]

Great video man! Only thing is at 6:34 you said about solos like Misery Business, Taylor didn’t write that solo haha. He wasn’t in the band until after Riot released.

[@mrskullman40]

I took my wife to see Paramore last Tuesday in Charlotte NC, they had a boatload of energy and the guitars all sounded tight and put together for sure

[@akashita]

So Taylor actually joined the band after Riot came out, and if you notice, he's the rhythm guitarist for all songs on that album even to this day. I saw a recent live performance of Decode and he's still playing the rhythm parts that he did in 2009.

[@BaNkR_7-TeeN]

He also co-wrote Conspiracy from All We Know Is Falling. One of my favorites. When I was in high school in the 00's, my favorite band was blink-182, but I didn't discover Paramore until 2012 for whatever reason. When I first listened to Riot on Pandora, I deep dove into them, and that first album is particularly special to me.

[@akashita]

@@BaNkR_7-TeeN damn! I absolutely love Conspiracy too! Taylor is talented af

[@mikeblue385]

i like paramore. i kept hearing this song about why i don't leave the house. i had to find out who it was. good band.

[@dmitriciccarelli4082]

Josh farro was the guitar mastermind.

[@adambadruddinsyah3178]

Honestly, that Ledger impersonation at 1:53 was pretty darn good.

[@mykhedelic6471]

Never been a big fan of them, like, at all, but man, their first single from the new album is pure HEAT.

[@thedoyleharcavy]

I grew up in the emo era and never got into pop punk music. When After Laughter came out and I heard Hard Times for the first time I instantly became a fan.

[@Tarburz]

you don't realize how crazy Paramore music is till you try to learn to play it and you're like "wtf this is so unorthodox for pop-punk" (the Riot! album at least, I haven't tried any of their others)

[@avodroxx]

Imagine just going to repair your laptop and find hayley williams walking by NOW THAT'S THE DREAM MAN HAHAH YOU LITERALLY LIVED THE DREAAMM

[@stratonarrow]

Oh man you don’t have to be an emo kid to love Riot. Easily top 20 albums for me.

[@nickcarroll5034]

Josh Farro would've been the one who wrote and performed the solo on Misery Business lol. Also while York helped write one song on their first album from 2005, he didn't join until 2007.

[@jana_d6186]

im not about to type a paragraph abt how much i love paramore like half of yall here im just so filled with love for them i cant describe it

[@dontewilkins2770]

Saw Paramore in charlotte last week and it was a blast can’t wait to see them again

[@DiegoGonzalez-kh3eb]

I was there also it was a really good show!

[@982214120]

Hayley and Josh was a meeting of souls, what they created together is something divine and will always touch the heart and soul of whoever listens to the music they created together.

[@legatomodi3522]

She used to sing the star spangled banner at my high school for football games before she joined paramour. She was country and gospel singer then. Meridian MS fo real. I never seen them at the underground though. I saw paramour when they played the temple but I left mid show chasing my soon to be wife. Thems the days.

[@sadeairbender1129]

Paramore was the band that made me want to play guitar haha I was watching The N back in 07 and Crushx3 and Misery Business were on the commercial music breaks while I was watching South of Nowhere. The next week I had to pick classes, winded up picking guitar class for my senior year. And I’ve been playing guitar since then! Still get mad at myself for not going to see them with Jimmy Eat World during my senior year. Tickets were like $26?! Still have yet to see Paramore live, but hope I do eventually.

[@jordanroberts1519]

I'll die on this hill: Let the Flames Begin, the live version, is the height of musical emotion. The build of the bridge/outro, the delay & reverb, the high parts, the hammering drum parts, etc...

[@jeremy7746]

Went to the Paramore concert for their new album in Pittsburgh and Taylor is a phenomenal guitarist

[@KalEl0]

I am such a fan of Hayley i kind of never want to meet Hayley (unless we become immediate besties) but I have dreamt about her. :3

[@danielsaraceni1848]

As a fusion guy, I have to say that Paramore completely astound me while confounding me. The guitar arrangements are so much more than they appear on the surface. I have to say as an older guy guitar player that the coloration created by the guitars on their albums was something I have aspired to my entire life.

[@vincentl5363]

Glad I clicked on this. I appreciate Paramore much more based on your enlightenment.

[@bradspitt3896]

Never heard a guitarist say this ha. Their live performance of Last Hope is on par with any legendary performance. They're top tier, recently started incorporating more jazz into their pop.

[@daydreamhero1374]

I love paramore from their debut until this day

[@achillesale8889]

Hi Mike! Can you do a video on why guitar players HATE Jeff Buckley? I think most people know Jeff as an exceptional singer and it feels like he is often overlooked for his talent as a guitarist/songwriter.

[@diogoazevedo4976]

Grace has yet to be topped as the single most incredible vocal performance in Rock. He sang in several different styles in one song in order to adapt to each part

[@kingsley9352]

i've been thinking about this for so long they're a wildly underrated band technically

[@MisterRorschach90]

I’ve been a guitarist for literally decades now. But since KZbin and the modern internet took off its lead me to completely different hobbies. I wanted to learn some guitar repair and setup stuff. That led me to realize learning that is just a couple steps away from building an entire guitar. This lead me to be interested in other wood working and building stuff. This lead me to be interested in tools. This lead me to be interested in cnc machines. Cnc stuff lead to being interested in machining. Then restoration channels took off and I got interested in that because I’ve always like antiques. On the completely opposite spectrum looking at guitar amps and effects led me to looking at pro audio stuff. Which rekindled interest in recording. Effects also lead me to looking at synth stuff. Now I am a synth junkie. This lead me to being interested in vintage electric pianos and organs. This also has lead me to being interested in electrical engineering even though I’ve specifically always hated it. It was too much work. Tedious work. Guitar KZbin has done wonders for my interests.

[@ellielovesbands]

Oh my god, so awesome you met Hayley! 🙌🏻

[@zelkovabright7723]

Paramore and Jimmy Eat World taught me everything I know about guitar playing and guitar tone

[@LuiTunes]

Dude!!!! That is so awesome! I would have passed out of excitement!

[@kylea.robbins9426]

I listened to a lot of early Paramore with my sister, she was the typical mid-00’s emo girl and she was a super fan so I pretty much knew about them my whole life. I branched off from that lane of emo to harder stuff and when they came out with AL I was deep into Rammstein, Meshugga, Slipknot etc. so I just shrugged it off as those pop sellouts and stopped listening to their stuff outright. As I’ve gotten older I’ve kinda mellowed with my music, and when This Is Why came out I instantly felt a little mad at myself for just throwing them away for 6 years. I then dove into their discography and have become hyper fixated on everything they’ve done. Zac and Taylor are insanely rhythmic and Hayley is in my opinion the best female rock vocalist of this generation. Very complex arrangements on songs that were written by teenagers, with Zac being 15 when their first album came out. An all around great band that has had a long career and it feels like it’s just started with how young they all still are.

[@indigovioletiris]

bro causally met THE hayley williams

[@dilegox]

We have to take into account that most of the early guitar parts were not written by Taylor York, but by Josh Farro, an ex member of the band. They are both good but very different guitar players. And don't get me started on the drama of Josh and his beliefs, cause we are talking about guitars here.

[@jaxonfrey4090]

3:15 : the unemployed friend on a random Tuesday lmao

[@abelramirez7320]

When I heard the guitar in "All I Wanted" for the first time I was floored.

[@StPatrickzz]

Great videos, man! Keep ’em coming…

[@buzzstankos8532]

Mike - Thanks for your superb take on guitar & life.

[@bebisibeb]

Their drum parts are phenomenal too. As someone who played the drums for 15 years, their arrangements still amazes me, especially their newer stuff which isn't made by their old members if I'm not mistaken.

[@no_one4461]

she is the best singer ever and btw Taylor York wasn't the guitar player on there first two albums honest mistake i thought the same thing Farro is kinda a dick too

[@jamiestonks]

this is why, their most recent album definitely has some of the best guitar work i've heard honestly

[@daviddauriadrums6481]

Clicked on this because of the title, and after watching, I can now proudly say I H.A.T.E Paramore too 🤘🏼 Well made video Mike!

[@smartmammal9926]

I am an Apple IT Professional (Sys Admin). Don't be afraid, just always backup (and secondary backup) and 99.9% of your worry's are mitigated

[@juwonikemoses2045]

Hope the people from Paramore see this vid

[@SydPeppa]

I can name tune after tune after paramore tunnnnnee. What a band!

[@No_onewillknow8]

Just a heads up when using laptops and then having a PC if you have a PC, you should always buy extra memory with USB hard drives and you know like 1 terabyte hardrives for laptop or pc. Hard drives are good to transfer files and other data. There are cheap options for hardrives as well. Especially in amazon or ebay

[@hmadden]

Big Man Little Dignity has some guitar chords that is insanely different.. As well as on "Figure 8"

[@akiramatoi4158]

I LOVE Paramore (my favorite band) if i got to meet any of them, let alone Hayley, let alone... just... Out somewhere. id prolly shit bricks of happiness (on the inside... i dont really externally freak out over shit like that... or anything really) and its so crazy to watch someone explaine notes on a guitar.. as a 15+ year player myself i learned almost all of Paramore's music and blink 182 (when starting) and many many other songs scales n stuff.. but if you ask me what notes/chords they are..... i couldnt tell you... i know scales.. i couldnt tell you exactly what note it is tho (until i hear it) i only ever learned to read piano music... LMFAOOOO and i even forget that its been so long. i took 1 year of lessons and learned the rest myself by ear. and any technique that i came across that i didnt know. thank god for YT lol i can read guitar/bass tab tho i also mess around on bass and drums, DJ & rap a lil too. love music of all kinds.. making it and listening. you should peep a song by Unwritten Law called "Celebration Song" Theres a Bass & Guitar riff in the intro and thru out the song at parts and its such a dope riff i love playing it. it starts as a bass solo but the guitar comes in with it eventually

[@cqwickedwake7651]

Guitar player here, paramore is super damn cool EDIT: You don't need good laptop with lots of storage for filming, just buy a separate pc, put in high capacity HDDs and install a NAS system or just buy one from QNAP or Synology (I advice you gettin QNAP small one perhaps 4 bay one)

[@acousticguitars123]

dang man come to Texas and hang out with me, I can tell it would be fun and I can show you some cool guitar stuff

[@ckscovers]

very cool video man!

[@Errk2G]

Really love Paramore

[@MrDiamon97]

Fun video Big fan from Iceland 🤘🏽🤘🏽🎸

[@Joshua.M.S.]

go to Brauð & Co for me and get a cinnamon roll please. i miss them.

[@west4coast77]

You've got a great delivery, quality content. excellent video quality and good sense of humor. ...Now I gotta listen to some more Paramore. Well done!

[@courtneymoore3177]

All the members of paramore even the guys who aren't officials members are underrated.

[@juicyjjctv3806]

exceptional title

[@Beiyuu]

Very well spoken

[@rickyg1036]

If you think Taylor wrote misery business then you're not that big of a Paramore fan

[@minnielife9509]

Mike, please tell us what you think of Alejandro Aranda, he was on American Idol and his guitar playing is something I have never seen. 😊

[@malcolmthomas6198]

I remember when i met hayley after the concert in 2013 that made my whole year

[@MrEjm93]

I dont know why haha but I just felt soo happy listening to your story 😁

[@mykashg]

taylor york rights!!!!!!! highly rec checking out some of the stuff he did on their latest record

[@SwnkyTiger]

This resonates with me, I never listened to or gave a chance to My Chemical Romance (for obvious, young butt-head gate-keepy reasons) finally gave them a chance last year and I HATE The Black Parade now.

[@1happboy]

Paramore is my guilty pleasure band tbh

[@ronnieblanchet4072]

So cool! Praise God for that lovely gift:) SOLI DEO GLORIA (To The Glory of God Alone) Father, Son & Holy Spirit -Ronnie

[@firdauszainudin7118]

Hayley make lyric, Josh make melody. Paramore should have evolved into post hardcore somewhere between Sleeping with sirens & Of Mice and Men after B-Sides EP (befor self titled) , that sounds like My Heart. but Josh did left. Hopefully someday in the far future.

[@sumblwnup8695]

I just like the mariachi on Misery Business

[@caidenmerritt1930]

no way bro this guy met my favorite singer ever omg LOL your so lucky

[@olonoli]

Love paramore but got to be honest since after laughter i really i just lost interest and thats kind of sucks, cause ive really tried to like them from that album but it just doesnt connect with me fortunately i still have all we know is falling, riot and brand new eyes ! Love those 3 albums

[@dom.mp3]

mike wat jsut happened to ur latest fender amp sim fideo! i was just watching it and it cut off mid vid cuz u had deleted it

[@gabygarcia9103]

this is how I talk about Taylor York to any of my friends who dont know who he is

[@MolitovMichelleX]

Taking that click bait to the next level

[@ShareLoveDream]

So this is what jealousy is 😂

[@zzkeokizz]

I love Paramore. And the only rockstar I’ve met is Steven Tyler and he called out to me.

[@merkules2001]

Hard Times is probably my least fav Paramore song. They cover like 5 to 6 different styles each album. This is why is all gold.

[@NetVoyer]

We really do have similar taste in guitars.

[@wichitadisciple9874]

Lindsey Buckingham - “Big Love”!!! Blow your mind! :)

[@JordanKyle]

Has Haley seen this video yet? Cause if not, she NEEDS to!

[@jaymcs]

If that happened to me, i would have died or fainted ahahaha i love hayley so much

[@NoobMaster-dc4hm]

can someone tell me what guitar tone and effect he used in the end of the video and in the riff of hard times???

[@Yonny316]

The first mistake is an apple product. Hahahha

[@ShareLoveDream]

Also we just became besties

[@timtim-hf3ut]

I love this band and don't know why

[@jaysonleroux9103]

You're so wholesome

[@quitenough]

Taylor didn’t write on the first 3 albums. And I personally think those are the best albums. However he’s still a great guitarist.

[@Itzzy515]

Taylor wrote on BNE. He was an official member in 2008. Also wrote some stuff on AKF like an unoficcial member.

[@Funkfreed]

paramore stuff starts at @2:24