This is arguably one of the 10 most influential songs in rock & roll history.

@m.ericwatson968

Жыл бұрын

Hard to debate that one

@diltberg9627

Жыл бұрын

I would say it was the most important song in rock history

@PongGod

Жыл бұрын

@@diltberg9627 "The most important song in rock history?" Seriously? That's an awfully bold claim. On what basis?

@loadedorygun

Жыл бұрын

At first for better then for waaay worse lol

@MyBrothersKeeper101

Жыл бұрын

Maybe you should actually research Rock history. This song is pop music😂😂😂😂

Weird Al asked Kurt if he could parody this song. Kurt asked is it gonna be about food and Al said "No it's gonna be how nobody can understand the lyrics!" Kurt loved it.

@tonyfro23

Жыл бұрын

I forgot this. Thank you for that nugget

@Jay.Z

Жыл бұрын

A beautiful moment in time. 😢

@trumphatesyou

Жыл бұрын

@@tonyfro23 Blind Mellon on Letterman singing "Change" is how I found out and I cried my eyes out for hours. Never thought I would be that emotional to someone I never met passing away. And then Shannon does it a few years later.

@CatherineBriseboisCatWoods

Жыл бұрын

He got so sick of playing it... I'm sure he just loved having someone poking fun at it. Hands down, the anthem of Grunge and the 90s.

@fruckles

Жыл бұрын

@@trumphatesyou Blind Melon is one of my favorites, about to go find that, thanks for sharing. [Solo]

"Going from sadness to absolute rage" perfectly describes most of GenX

@ernestolopezdevictoria8512

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that tracks.

@laurasedor4641

Жыл бұрын

Came here to confirm

@mjepend

10 ай бұрын

Good call by Polo picking up Kurt's sadness. Loved Nirvana and Kurt. Incredible band that captured spirit of the times

@zoodie13

10 ай бұрын

And always will until the end. Whatever

@angelaarsenault

9 ай бұрын

This

30 years later and my heart still beats faster to this song.

i love how dave grohl beats the drums like they owed him money. a lot of money. on every track.

@mztweety1374

Жыл бұрын

I knew he was a bad ass the first time I saw him because all I saw was sticks and hair😂

@davidgoodman4208

Жыл бұрын

Grohl has said frequently that his main influence as a drummer was Tony Thompson of Chic.

@emptybraincase4181

Жыл бұрын

@@davidgoodman4208 and that makes me love it even more. guy was a boss.

@hannahrlewis

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. He’s so passionate and I love it

@phyllisgaetz7683

Жыл бұрын

Dave Grohl only spent three and a half years drumming for Nirvana - but he says it felt like a lifetime. The band's iconic album “Nevermind” came out 30 years ago last month. And Grohl started the Foo Fighters after Kurt Cobain's heartbreaking suicide in 1994.

The reason this song is so great is because it was kinda of a call to arms for all the teens in the 90 that felt dislocated and had no voice in mainstream media. It is more like an anthem than anything else really

You can't understand how monolithic this song/album was for us 90's kids... before this it was all hairmetal 80's vibe and all of a sudden we had our own voice ! It was literally an explosion 💥

@jaygordon8683

9 ай бұрын

I was through it. Definitely understand. Those days are long gone. Never be anything like what we live through.

@SkarTisu

4 ай бұрын

This song is one of a handful where I audibly said “WOW” the first time I heard it.

@michaelcatanach2403

4 ай бұрын

"literally" wasnt the correct word there. there wasn't an actual explosion. but yeah it was big

@jksinorbit

4 ай бұрын

@@michaelcatanach2403 thank god for grammar Nazis...yes it was figuratively an explosion.

@heartlesskitten88

3 ай бұрын

I remember being 12 and hearing this on MTV while playing at a friend's house and i knew it was different and nothing was going to be the same. Looking back it marked a shift from childhood to teenage years, the music was a sound track to my youth.

Dave Grohl was the drummer for Nirvana and after Kurt's death, he founded Foo Fighters. Give it a shot dude, it's one of the great rock bands!

@Spooky_515

6 ай бұрын

Extremely successful band however I only liked the debut record. Dave will always be Kurt’s drummer to me

In 1992 this shit was GROUNDBREAKING. A counter to hair metal and pop.

The first half of the 90s was such a great time in music growing up - Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pearl Jam, Alanis Morissette, Soundgarden, Bush, Hole, Metallica, Green Day, Rage Against the Machine, R.E.M., Smashing Pumpkins, Faith No More, Live, Massive Attack, Portishead.

@AysKuz

Жыл бұрын

Right??

@hunterfitch5951

Жыл бұрын

Tool

@holgualoxford3871

Жыл бұрын

Alice in Chains, Ween, Blonde Redhead, Butthole Surfers, Superchunk

@mercychoke4475

Жыл бұрын

PORTISHEAD is one of my favorite bands ever. The album Dummy is on regular rotation in my house & car. Just 🤯💨.... SO FUCKING GOOD. Never gets old, fr... 🌬🕊😏🤘

@menwithven8114

Жыл бұрын

SUBLIME

This video was played on MTV after school. I was about 14... and this BLEW all the 80s hairbands (Motley Crue, Guns n Roses, Poison, etc.) out of the running. It changed the whole music scene to grunge. I was so different from what we were hearing for a decade. I sat on my knees with my mouth hanging open staring at this video... and then started moshing around. A great time in music history!

@denise5481

9 ай бұрын

Yes we were all tired of the skin tight leggings and big hair of the metal bands. We wanted something a bit earthier and more raw. Something not worried with how it was dressed and presented to the world. Totally original and has stood the test of time. Nirvana changed everything in the early 90s.

@keeleycarrigan

9 ай бұрын

I remember waking up from a nap when I was 8 on Halloween and this song was playing on MTV. It stuck with me. (Not sure why I was napping in the middle of the day when I was 8 😂)

@sporaxis1771

9 ай бұрын

I was a freshman in college, this song came on, the whole room stopped, we stared at each other like omg!!! This song changed everything. How many moments like that do you get in life? I loved watching someone else have that moment. You are awesome Polo!❤

@Spooky_515

6 ай бұрын

Slightly a bit a revisionist history. GN’R was still going strong as evident by their tour money and dropping two records the same day that both sold more than 10million apiece in the US alone

IM A 'CHILD' OF THE 60'S ... MUSIC IS/WAS MY LIFE .. IM 73 AND I LOVE NIRVANA ... THE ENERGY AND INTELLIGENCE!

@Norman-Bates

Жыл бұрын

Watch this my good man kzread.info/dash/bejne/aJWT26WxnbLYmto.html It was a real eye opener for me in understanding Kurts voice.

@wayneguess7946

Жыл бұрын

Agree, this music is timeless! 65 Myself!

@munkeeBraynStoo

Жыл бұрын

Keep rocking, old man!!!! (No diss intended)

@dullahan7677

Жыл бұрын

Kurt has often been called my generation's John Lennon.

@PeteOliva

Жыл бұрын

Kurt was a brilliant, humorous man but not in the typical humor. It's the kind of humor very high IQ people put out. He was such a great lyricist for this reason.

55 years old here. If there's one song that defines my youth, its this one.

I remember the first time I saw this video on MTV. It hit me different than anything I’d ever seen. The next day at school I asked one of my friends if they had heard of Nirvana and he said no. No joke the following words came out of my mouth, “they are going to be huge”. I was in junior high.

I love watchin your reactions. Especially this one. You’re hearing it the perfect most real way that I would hope for. You feelin all the magic. Like, I felt like I was hearing it for the first time again through watching you. Beautiful. Thank you

Grunge bands are a great rabbit hole

The drummer on this album and the unplugged concert is Dave Grohl. He's a phenom, also has a band called Foo Fighters that is pretty essential if you love Nirvana.

@markpipkinsjr1273

Жыл бұрын

Ngl. I hated the food fighters. I'm 38. They, to me, were WAAAY to pop/alternative and not grunge. Grohl should've stayed on the drums. Not saying anything about him as a person, I just couldn't stand the transition from rock/grunge. I also respect your opinion as art is subjective and all art isn't for everyone. ✌️

@thomperkins

Жыл бұрын

Grohl was their drummer from this album until Kurt killed himself in 94.

@blumoon3100

Жыл бұрын

​@@markpipkinsjr1273 I appreciate your consideration of critiquing the foo fighters. I personally love them and Dave Grohl.

@loadedorygun

Жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure I saw him play drums in my community center pool in VA, some punk band whose name I forget. Also Ian McKaye in an earlier band. I still can’t believe the same carpet where I had Monday Boy Scout meetings, these legends were tearing up on fridays.

@raeje

Жыл бұрын

@@markpipkinsjr1273 I felt that way until The Color and the Shape. That was when I realized what a great song writer Grohl was.

In Australia there is a radio station (Triple J) and every ten years or so they countdown the Hottest 100 songs of all time. This song has never failed to be #1 in every countdown. Iconic song

Kurt’s gritty, raw and emotional voice…it has so, soo much texture. When he sings you believe what he’s saying 100%.

It's a little bit difficult to state how iconic this album was when it came out it basically ended the glam rock and hair metal scene basically almost Altogether overnight this album is great. Bleach. In utero is amazing.

@MyBrothersKeeper101

Жыл бұрын

Hair metal had been dead for sometime grunge is just the next attempt at a product from the recording industry.... The next phase of pop music essentially. This genre is All but dead now.

@russnoneya6843

Жыл бұрын

It wasn’t dead, but it was definitely dying. They just didn’t kill hair metal, they killed bands like Loverboy.

@Xeroforte

Жыл бұрын

@@MyBrothersKeeper101 Shows how little you know about grunge. Mudhoney, Tad, Skin Yard, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, etc. All pop music created by the music industry despite all these bands forming long before the genre was a blip in the eye of the industry? How ignorant do you have to be to come up with something that ridiculous?

@jdog6620

Жыл бұрын

HUGE FACTS 🔥🔥. Started a genre.

@lastborn11

Жыл бұрын

Butch Vig … producer of the soundtrack of my adolescent life … he gets my money every time he brings a band to town!

Gen-X'er here. Another reason that Nirvana took over the airwaves was because of the sound of other songs at the time. The #1 song just before Smells Like Teen Spirit was by Bryan Adams and was a love song. Smells Like Teen Spirit heralded the exact moment that the Boomers lost the culture war to the new (much angrier) generation. Oh... and Come As You Are is a wonderful Nirvana song as well.

@iambecomepaul

Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Excellent! Brother GenXer here. I don’t know, man. It’s kinda hard-looking back-thinking we were that much angrier. I mean, I’m not doubting you. My parents had Kent State, fall of Saigon, etc. We were what? A bunch of latchkey kids. Mom and dad threw off the tie dye hippy sh*t and went to work at Chase-Manhattan Bank. We wandered around with our friends… didn’t wear helmets when we rode bikes… kinda a law unto ourselves. But I’m not sure “angry” is the word. I’d go “disappointed” and “restless” before “angry.” We had no direction-and we were self-destructive. At least me and my friends:) Good post, though. Thoughtful. Reflects the times.

@horizonblack

Жыл бұрын

@@iambecomepaul From my perspective, every generation has had their battles. The Boomers had the draft, the glass ceiling, and civil rights. Gen-X brought about Earth Day and fought for LGBTQ. Millennials and Gen-Z are still writing their truth, but already they have fought for Transgender normalization. I base the "angrier" assessment mainly on our collective cultural representation. John Denver and the Rolling Stones were legendary... but we had Public Enemy and Rage Against The Machine. They had the Hippies, true, but we had the Goths. They grew up thinking that the world was getting better though their effort, we grew up thinking that in the year 2000 every thing dies. Good conversation, friend. Rare online.

@iambecomepaul

Жыл бұрын

@@horizonblack saluting you in our time. They may never understand us, but we’re still here 😊 “It just doesn’t matter.”

@christopherking4932

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Michael was number one before nirvana knocked him off

@andidreyes5323

Жыл бұрын

Don't knock Bryan Adams either. I love both, LOL. Literally was my years of music discovery (roughly everyone discovers it at 14-ish) but I had older siblings so I have their love of hard rap and r&b plus headbanger rock and oddly some country music. Plus the pop music my parents favored. I actually loved opera and classical music as a little girl and I just loved music. I knew I couldn't play instruments for sht but I loved music. Still do. My siblings btch about music today sounds horrible but I find some good stuff. I think they just hear only radio play.

The whole album is a masterpiece. Kurt was a genius. The drummer went on to do countless projects. His most famous being the frontman for Foo Fighters

@randyriegel8553

7 ай бұрын

Dave Grohl is awsome in Foo Fighters.

@DrSammyMunchkin

7 ай бұрын

Dave is a awesome human... ✌

This song kicked down the door with authority when it came out. It changed EVERYTHING

Also fun fact the drummer of this band is now the Lead Singer and guitarist of the Foo Fighters

You really are a 90’s kid at heart. Love it. This wasn’t just a single, it was literally the end of Pop Radio. One day was Wilson Phillips and Roxette - the next day was this song, and everything else fell. It was the first time it felt like “our” music was on top. And it was pretty much exactly like your reaction. WTF…? Play it again. And again. And again. I love almost every Nirvana song. But if I have to pick one, and knowing what you dig: “All Apologies” from IN UTERO, their second, and last, album. It has everything - the rawness, the melody, the heaviness, the pain

@trumphatesyou

Жыл бұрын

Bleach and Insecticide don't count as albums?

@Voltor07

Жыл бұрын

In Utero was their third and final album. Everyone forgets about Bleach.

@danakerjbam

Жыл бұрын

@@Voltor07 second mistake of the day talking about the albums of my day. Drugs, kids. At least I had fun. 🤷

@punkroxgirl

Жыл бұрын

@@Voltor07 In Utero was fourth, everyone forgets Incesticide 😊

@tricko8000

Жыл бұрын

@@punkroxgirl That's not an official studio album, it's a compilation of b-sides and covers and stuff

The amazing thing about Nirvana is we were being fed hair bands for so long and then suddenly this song came out and changed everything. It was like discovering dynamite. My favorite songs are Lithium and Heart Shaped Box.

Dave Grohl in his interview with Pharrell Williams tells him that the drums in this song are taken from the Gap Band which is why you may have instantly recognized it within the first few beats 🤘🏼but also this is one of the most iconic songs of all time, Breed is one of my favorite songs by Nirvana, pure poetry 🌳🏠

@starla9

Жыл бұрын

Me at the top of my lungs: WE CAN PLANT A HOUSE, WE CAN BUILD A TREE

@zatoichi1

Жыл бұрын

And the opening riff is an off key variation of Boston's More Than A Feeling which they joke around with at Reading '92

Be advised, Nirvana live is a radically different experience, especially with Smells Like Teen Spirit because Kurt hated playing that song due to its overwhelming popularity. He hated that song being the only Nirvana song to many people. The same type of people who used to bully him would show up to Nirvana shows exclusively to hear that one song

Nirvana’s drummer was Dave Grohl. One of the best drummers of that era. He went on to front the Foo Fighters. Played all the instruments on their first album, essentially. He also played drums for Queens of the Stone Age for a while; check out Nobody Knows.

@42Mrgreenman

Жыл бұрын

Slight correction, that's No One Knows...lol...

@timfarrow1545

Жыл бұрын

1 album songs for the deaf and probably the tour its a shame coz that album is the best album qotsa have put out. Amazingly enough its daves drumming which makes it the best album. In my humble opinion

@angelinakump4732

Жыл бұрын

At this point, who hasn't Dave drummed for? If you like his drumming thought, Song for the Dead by QOTS is gold and their live performances of it really show what a BEAST he is on the drums.

@timfarrow1545

Жыл бұрын

@@angelinakump4732 love song for deaf its class n yeah that intro is prime grohl drumming

@bimgorling2036

Жыл бұрын

Actually the Foo fighters was just Dave Grohl in the beginning 😅 He just named his one-man-orchestra something that would make the audience believe it wasn't just one lonely dude doing it all by himself! 🤣 Then he eventually took in other band members as well. But it wasn't just him playing everything - he was literally the whole band!

I’m Gen X, this came out during my freshman year in college. It’s was like this huge shift from hair bands. Finally, there was someone as messed up and filled with so much anger like we were. We had the worst parents across the board and were mostly neglected. My favorite non-single is “All Apologies” live on MTV Unplugged. It was one of their last performances and always hits me in the feels

This song is an icon. It encapsulates the confusion and angst of developing into a young adult. This is why it has transcended the decades since it’s release. Heart shaped box next.

The Queen’s of the Stoneage “No One Knows “ that you reacted to because it was a song you really liked. Same drummer 😊 Dave Grohl now lead singer and guitarist of his band The Foo Fighters ❤

I've always really loved Heart-Shaped Box, but Nirvana had a string of great songs.

@tommj4365

Жыл бұрын

also one of my favorites

@gnovo8650

Жыл бұрын

Great song! Last song they played live.

@felis1224

8 ай бұрын

Me too!

Never realized how awesome the bass groove is to this song until now

@robnotwicz7002

Жыл бұрын

Every track on Nevermind has a *killer* groove

This song, this one moment in music, changed more about popular music than possibly any other song you'll ever react to. Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis and I Wanna Hold Your Hand by The Beatles might be the only ones bigger.

@tonyfro23

Жыл бұрын

I would agree with your historical thesis. It's probably as close to inarguable as anything in America can be

@mneugent7658

Жыл бұрын

@Christopher Moltisanti Pretty much wiped out hair metal too. Sorry about Adriana.

@bigboycombo6342

Жыл бұрын

I remember when this song started playing, it was a game changer.

@Paula_Pretty_lady

Жыл бұрын

I too remember hearing it the first time and the visceral feeling of the music change to come.

@lesscarmel5527

11 ай бұрын

Agree on all three songs being absolute game changers.

This band got me into playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15 and 15 years later I am still doing it and wouldn't regret it

This is the song where everyone remembers what they were doing and where they were the first time they heard it. It changed music. It ended the hair bands and gave a breath of fresh air to the music scene. There had been nothing like it before.

@HelloMisterJAMWAH

Жыл бұрын

Ya know, I hadn't thought about this but you're right. I was at a friend's 12th birthday bowling trip! Thanks for prompting the memory.

@JohnLennon99791

5 ай бұрын

True Statement

Not an album cut, but the song that gives me chills is their cover of Leadbelly's "Where did you sleep last night" on MTV Unplugged. That session also has a cover of Bowie's "Man who sold the world" that is great, but "Where did you sleep", there's a part at the end that just brings goosebumps every time.

This song slapped when I first heard it in 1991 and it still slaps. Other non-single favourites are Lounge Act, Stay Away, Milk It, Verse Chorus Verse, Tourette's, Been A Son

@punkroxgirl

Жыл бұрын

Love Stay Away

@sonicx7488

Жыл бұрын

​@Joe dirty71 "in his hands" i think

@Hyde_and_Seek

Жыл бұрын

@Joe dirty71 sappy

Nirvana put Seattle grunge scene on the map. Pearl Jam, Sound Garden and Nirvana were on top of the world for awhile in the 90's, and then grunge fell off the map as rock continued to evolve.

@lightningbug276

Жыл бұрын

My daughter visited Seattle and sent me pictures of the club Nirvana played . I’m so glad I gave them a proper rock education 😊

@maingeemutt1668

Жыл бұрын

you forgot the best of the Seattle bands, Alice In Chains

Mind-bending that it’s been 30 years….Truly.

I was 13 when this song came out, and I felt completely blown away. It was like the music I'd always wanted to listen to suddenly "existed". I felt like until that moment, I'd been waiting to hear Nirvana my whole life, but the band hadn't been created yet - and suddenly MTV put them in front of me. I don't think any of my friends were captivated the way I was, but being a fan became part of my identity - at a time when I didn't know how to identify myself. To say the least, they were my favorite band for years to come. When Kurt took his life, I wore a black armband to school to signify the loss. I was picked on for it because I "wasn't even related to him". I guess they didn't understand what affect Nirvana had on music. They certainly didn't care about the effect the music had on me. I still hold a grudge over being picked on.

Ahh I miss what music used to sound like. I'm probably supposed to be too old (61) to like this. Now you have to listen to Weird Al's Nirvana's song

@jsegovia

Жыл бұрын

Not really you're not that much older than Kurt would've been

@ezgezg8618

Жыл бұрын

Luv em Both 🍻🇨🇦

@MySnottyattaC

Жыл бұрын

I miss it too! To old? Never ever; I'm 58 next week....this gives me such energy!

You have to listen to Where Did You Sleep Last Night from the unplugged album. Kurt really shows his vocal talents in full bloom

@Naomi-pq6tv

9 ай бұрын

"Where Did You Sleep Last Night" is a cover, it was originally done by Lead Belly.

This is seriously one of the top 5 songs of the 90s. It changed the musical landscape, it's catchy as hell, and it spans genres (now, back then it was firmly "grunge").

I love that, ‘this is definitely going in the four runner,’ high praise!

This song single handedly ended the hair metal scene and killed all those bands career.

Best power trio of our time. Each member, a force of nature, just killing their respective parts

“Here we now. Entertain us.“ Rock classic lyric.

"Sadness to rage..." You described Kurt's voice perfectly. When this song his it was like being out in the wilderness and seeing a wild animal you'd never seen before. It was like someone singing into your heart. Scary and mesmerizing.

It's hard to over state the impact this album had on Grunge music, and the 90's in general. They weren't the first Grunge band. You can argue that they weren't the best. But they were the ones that drug the style kicking and screaming into the light, and cemented the 90's Seattle music scene as part of the cultural zeitgeist. Favorite song? That's hard. It's a toss up between "You know, you're right" (last song recorded before Kurt's death and posthumously released a decade later) or "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" (from the Beavis and Butthead Experience album)

Ok...dave grohl...front for foo fighters...played guitar...and nine inch nails and nirvana drummer....SUPER TALENT

Man you just had to have been alive and a music person at the time when this song came out. It singlehandedly took all the pop songs and 80s ballads and flushed them down the bowl. It was crazy everything before this song was released was was forgotten and the entire Rock world was turned upside-down. I've never seen anything like like it.

Lithium and Heart Shaped Box are two of my all time favorite Nirvana songs

Try "Heart Shaped Box " :)

It's hard to pick a "favorite" Nirvana song, but one of them for me is Breed. Kurt was one of the few celebrity deaths that really affected me. I will always wonder what could have been.

I remember when the song came out because I'm a teenager of the 90s. Just like everybody else has already said it changed everything as far as music goes. Post Malone and Travis Barker, who was the drummer for Blink 182, did an fundraiser at Malone's house for covid-19 during quarantine where they played like 15 Nirvana songs to honor the band and it was actually fire. As I previously stated, I was a teenager during the 90s and Nirvana was a huge influence on me. I thought I was going to hate what they did but it was amazing. I've re-watched that set numerous times. It is probably too long for a reaction because it's 15 songs but it is definitely worth watching sometime. Favorite song: stay away or breed

I'd love to see your reaction to some other grunge hits like "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman" by Soundgarden, "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam, "Would" and "I Stay Away" by Alice in Chains. It's fascinating, how the entire groundbreaking subgenre of rock/metal music was condensed in just couple of bands and albums.

@Naomi-pq6tv

9 ай бұрын

I absolutely love "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam!

Try “Drain You!” Drain You is still my favorite song from this album. Possibly my fav Nirvana song. Or Come as You Are or Bloom!

I came home from class in college. This popped up on MTV. I knew this was a hit. Just like Pearl Jams Evenflow. Nirvana had 3 great albums. The drummer is Dave Grohl, lead singer of Foo Fighters. Probably the world's best human.

This is a moment-in-time song. I was 18, first year in college. All these new bands and sounds were hitting. I heard Gish by Smashing Pumpkins the first week I was there. Then this song debuted on MTV. I was alone in my dorm room and I freaked and went to every room I knew and asked who else heard it. Three of us geeked out watching Mtv to hear it again until the album was available. It changed almost everything I listened to.

@FARID1870

9 ай бұрын

Yes me too. Before that I was really into Madchester and The Stone Roses. Grunge changed everything.

ANEURYSM is a extremely underrated Nirvana song. And “Where did you sleep last night” is Kurt at another level

This was the song of the 90’s. One of my favorites is lounge act.

As a 14 year old drummer when this came out, it Changed my life... Cheers Polo 🍻 👏

I was lucky enough to grow up near Seattle and turned 21 in 1990. I saw Nirvana live several times, not to mention all the other amazing grunge bands coming out of and thru Seattle.

Thursday Jan 2 1992-Salem, Oregon. I was blessed with the rare experience of seeing Pearl Jam and Nirvana open for Red Hot Chili Peppers, promoting records Ten, Nevermind and Mother's Milk. Still have the shirt, ticket stub and poster.

The commercial hits are really good to be fair, but the deep cuts are where the real songs are. Check out Bleach or Incesticide or Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, album-wise.

When Grohl comes in, in the first bar, is when everyone falls in love with him. What a friggin die hard, dynamo kick ass drummer he is. Peace! ✌🏼

@AL-fl4jk

4 ай бұрын

Grohl is God

@bradspitt3896

2 ай бұрын

My favorite Grohl moment was him and Zac Brown at the CMA awards just completely outclassing all those "country" musicians lol.

@halofitz8910

2 ай бұрын

Fck Ghrol! Kurt made him! He wouldnt be in same position RN he is without Kurt

Did you know that the drummer of Nirvana was Dave Grohl, the frontman and singer of the Foo Fighters?? Multi-instrumentalist and a great singer in his own right! Huge talent and a heart of gold - check him out as well as the Foo Fighters ;-) :-) 'The Pretender' smashes everything!!!!

I first heard this song, while living in Mississippi, on a Chicago AM station I could only get around midnight. The opening riff made me realize that something had shifted. The song perfectly captured how I felt, one moment melancholy, the other moment defiant rage. I came to realize that just about my whole generation felt the same. Song perfectly captures Gen X.

@Januaryschild

Жыл бұрын

I'd be interested which Chicago AM station played Nirvana?

@greenermusings161

Жыл бұрын

@@Januaryschild I don't remember the call letters, just remember it was an AM station I could only get after midnight. It was 1991 and it was the first place I heard Nine Inch Nails Head A Hole too. I just remember I couldn't find either album in Jackson, so I told a friend that was going to Dallas to look for the Nirvana cassette and also NINS Pretty Hate Machine. Told him he should get 2 of Nirvana's cassette Nevermind, cause I knew it would blow him away. And...I was right.

If you want to get into Nirvana's biggest musical inspiration, check out The Pixies. A lot of their sound was inspired by the Pixies.

@adumsmiff1239

Жыл бұрын

It’s just “pixies.” No the.

@pecsenye

10 ай бұрын

I came here to say this. Pixies were the ur-ur.

@Naomi-pq6tv

9 ай бұрын

And many of their covers were either songs by the Vaselines, Meat Puppets and Wipers.

@Spooky_515

6 ай бұрын

@@Naomi-pq6tvdefinitely influenced by them bands as well as Husker Dü and Fugazi

Grohl is great, but Kurt was a bonafide musical genius.

@carterhays9243

Жыл бұрын

Well, so is Dave technically.. BUT, you are not wrong. Still wishing for my Kurt Solo album, and not the montage of heck stuff

@hellcat19832

11 ай бұрын

@@carterhays9243nah Dave is a sellout

Now you have a feeling for why it blew us all away back in 91. Absolute classic and one of the most important songs ever imo.

Your response was so fitting. Absolutely a brilliant band. Did you notice “hello hello hello how low” just brilliant. For your own enjoyment get the nirvana unplugged mtv concert

I was 18 when this song came out, not only did it change the musical landscape, it changed what kids started wearing and the vibe in movies. Very few artists have had that kind of impact on the mainstream. Downside to that is you become your own parody, which Cobain saw coming.

My senior year of high school, 91-92. This song came out, EVERYONE heard it. Even the kids in learning disability classes were singing this. Teachers, too. EVERYONE knew this song. EVERYONE

Glad you liked the song. It really revolutionized music in its day.

The first time I saw this video on MTV I was sitting alone in my living room and I lost my bleeping mind - I couldn't control myself I had to jump up out of the chair and just start banging my head, it was the only moshpit I've ever been in and I was in it all by myself. It's by far one of my most treasured musical memories. RIP KURT - we lost a genius that had so much more to create

I saw them live in October 1991 at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit. We hadn't heard the term "Grunge" yet! The first thing I noticed when entering the venue was the really understated stage. You have to remember we were still experiencing the 80's music, most of which I despised! When they took the stage, they looked like nothing we'd ever seen before. No bright spandex. No big, over-processed hairdos. No makeup. For us Gen X'ers grunge became a way of life and a look and we were all the way in!

There are a lot of iconic voices in music. Kurt's is probably top 5, arguably top 3, in rock music imo. The slight yodel, the raspiness, it is the personification of grunge. This band, this music, this artist, absolute perfection. They literally changed the landscape of rock music for the better.

@christianwilliamson9752

Жыл бұрын

His choice of melodies was genius

Need to do Lounge Act. My fave Nirvana song

I was not a Nirvana fan at all nor the grunge genre. Im not a fan of 90's music really. However, this song...I love it and even though I am a huge music fan who loves so many songs I would put this song in the Top 10 best songs of all time. Its that epic. Its the structure, the vocals, the mood...they captured some kind of magic here

I still remember where I was, what I was doing, what I was wearing the very first time I ever heard this song in 1992. I knew the first 30 seconds that I had never heard anything quite like it. Immediately loved the song and still love it to this day even though I've heard it thousands of times. Historic song.

Please consider doing Like a Stone by Audioslave and/or Jeremy by Pearl Jam

How can I be banging my head and crying at the same time? Nirvana means so much to me it's impossible to pick a favorite song. This is an all time favorite band along with Tool and Led Zeppelin. I'm glad you love them and I will happily follow you down their rabbit hole. All Apologies Lithium Aneurysm Sliver

I was a 12 year old kid, and wondered what is nirvana... I'll never forget, that guitar riff, the drums... Immediately it stewed rebellion and I loved it.

Absolutely awesome reaction! Grunge bands finally showed me who I was and it was an amazing time for us. I’m sure you’ve heard this song because it’s one of the biggest songs from the 90’s. Thank you for this trip down memory lane!

I remember hearing this for the first time in 6th grade. I couldn't believe my ears... I grew up in a house were classical music played. So this, THIS was so raw, angry and AWESOME! First band to lead me on my own ''musical journey''. That eventually lead to other Grunge bands, NIN, Tool, Korn, Slipknot and many more. 😝🤟🤟🤟🔥🔥🔥

I was lost, bored, depressed middle-aged guy when this song hit. It hit me hard and completely changed me. I always turn it up loud and want to jump around whenever it plays.

Yes this is a masterpiece, you def heard it -was a global smash. Gorgeous melody, gorgeous everything. Sometimes rage is important and necessary. There are legit reasons for the nearly ancient phrase “angry young man.”

This was the only song that first time I heard it asked the person next to me "What is that "" I gotta hear more"....so powerful.. ended up being a Big Nirvana fan for many years, still listen occasionally... Come as You are was the first song I learned on guitar.

I remember a friend of mine giving me a cassette tape with this song on it a year or two before it came out. I sat in my car and played this song about 7 times in a row. I remember thinking “this changes everything”, and it did.

@randallpetersen9164

11 ай бұрын

A lot of music producers heard it before it came out; most of them knew it was going to blow the doors off pop music.

The Grunge period burned so brightly that it consumed itself. Truly the supernova of musical genres. I'm beginning to wonder if any of my generation's(Gen X) musical icons will ever live to see old age. I'm glad to have been there to see it, firsthand, but looking back, it's sad to know what we have lost.

Welcome to the Grunge Era! My favorite Nirvana track is Aneurysm! Its not one of the more main stream tracks by Nirvana, but for whatever reason, it encompasses their early, heavier riffs with their later style of tunes.

This one song on you tube alone has 1,600,000,000 views. They my will forever be one of the best and meaningful bands of all time!!!!

I wish I could hear nirvana for the first time again. The live album is even better (it's rawer)

They're arguably the greatest underdog story in music history. From nobody to the biggest band in the world overnight.

Polo knows what’s good. Hope for much more Nirvana to come

This song is when punk rock morphed and created one of the biggest songs on the Planet. The lead singer died tragically but the drummer is a freaking hero who tours has fun and funds school music programs. The drummer has a song called “Everlong” you might like.

Dave Grohl is amazing! Foo Fighters are incredible, his drumming, and his daughter Violet is amazing, too! Her voice is so beautiful ….❤