Awful songs with great guitar riffs

[DeafPoet]

I've been listening to music from my high school days recently. I was very into nuMetal back then.

It's not very good music, sadly. However, I was able to understand it a little bit. There are some killer guitar riffs in there, even if they're surrounded by some pretty shitty songs.

The two that I've noticed are the last 30 or so seconds of Limp Bizkit's "Counterfeit" and Deftones' "My Own Summer."

What are some shitty songs that have undeniably awesome guitar parts?

 

[Jetfire]

If I don't like a song it doesn't matter if the guitars...or music in general are great...I either like it or don't.

Kid Rock taking the riffs from Sad But True by Metallica would fit what you are asking...actually I don't like the song itself but the guitars are really good.

 

[Nowhere Man]

Pretty much all Prince songs

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

Pretty much all Prince songs

Ouch!

Yet, I don't find myself disagreeing too much.

Creed's "Take Me Higher"

 

[Nowhere Man]

Pretty much all Prince songs

Ouch!

Yet, I don't find myself disagreeing too much.

Creed's "Take Me Higher"

I mean the man can rip a guitar like no other(excluding Hendrix) but thats all I can stand, his lyrics and singing I can't stand. I will exclude "Purple Rain"

Creed is a whole different ball game.I just wanna throw up by hearing the name Creed.

 

[Jetfire]

I can't tell if this song sucks or not coz it be in German...but I like the guitars and the over all melody of the song...it is hard rock/metal.

Böhse Onkelz - Wir ham' noch lange nicht genug

 

[Reverend]

I've been listening to music from my high school days recently. I was very into nuMetal back then.

It's not very good music, sadly. However, I was able to understand it a little bit. There are some killer guitar riffs in there, even if they're surrounded by some pretty shitty songs.

The two that I've noticed are the last 30 or so seconds of Limp Bizkit's "Counterfeit" and Deftones' "My Own Summer."

What are some shitty songs that have undeniably awesome guitar parts?

nuMetal? Is that the repetitive throaty crap where the bloke screams like an unintelligible banshee with a concussion while someone with a severe caffeine addiction abuses a guitar for two and a half minutes, or am I thinking of something else?

Either way, I think I need to go wash my ears out with some Iron Maiden now.

 

[C.E. Evans]

Anything by Limp Bizkit.

If you can tune out Fred Durst, both Wes Borland and the guy who ultimately replaced him actually have some pretty catchy guitar licks on a lot of tracks that don't get any airplay...almost a shame, really.

 

[DeafPoet]

Pretty much all Prince songs

Ouch!

Yet, I don't find myself disagreeing too much.

Creed's "Take Me Higher"

I'd like to disagree but that riff is inarguably awesome. And the song sucks hard. It's apparently tailor made for this thread.

 

[caisson2delta]

The first thing that comes to mind is "Yankee Rose" by David Lee Roth. Steve Vai was amazing and wasted his talent in this band. The same could be said about Billy Sheehan as well.