Just because something is catchier or more memorable don't make it better. There are a million shitty catchy riffs by a million shitty bands that are earworms that people wish they could rid themselves of. Bernard is a hacky guitarist at best; he made a couple of catchy riffs in a couple of Joy Division songs, but every other Joy Division hook was the keyboard, drums, bass lines after that.
Johnny's may not be as surface level catchy, but his are deeper and fuller and mean more. The brain perceives the simplest melodies and chord changes as the catchiest. You know why children's songs and christmas songs are so memorable? It's because they are simple. Simple doesn't = better.