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@aesaj9680

4 жыл бұрын

You need to listen to some Natalie Findlay songs!

@ThePatman1980

4 жыл бұрын

That hair band stuff wasn't garbage, dude. The 1980s had the best music. I love Scorpions' "Rock You Like A Hurricane" and Def Leppard's "Animal." I love Nirvana but it's too emo and self-loathing. 80s music was shallow but fun. And it aged better.

@ajayshukla42bhk48a

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZatysuhZ6vggaQ.html

@gusk00

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThePatman1980 I beg to differ. 80s hair bands are seen as corny and sure, people listen to their music, but it's mostly people my parents' age. Nirvana is more culturally relevant than any of those bands can and will ever be.

@gusk00

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThePatman1980 80s music definitely didn't age better either. Nirvana's discography is much more resemblant of today's music.

Rock isn't dead but it isn't alive either.

@TokyoBlue587

5 жыл бұрын

KEEF IS STOOPID It's a zombie?

@icantthinkofagoodname7992

5 жыл бұрын

@@TokyoBlue587 I think it is a ghost.

@thesite

5 жыл бұрын

Rock is sleeping until someone figures out how to wake it up

@AspenEmrys

5 жыл бұрын

come back Zombie Kurt!!

@take5transfat

5 жыл бұрын

like i always say to my pals “rock ain’t dead, but you may be”

music is too clean now we need some dirt

@KillforKickz

5 жыл бұрын

i would say my music has dirt...

@colombiansRul3s

5 жыл бұрын

listen to underground XXXTENTACION

@Dog-nq6vk

5 жыл бұрын

And Facelift too!

@Mshani-pu5uq

5 жыл бұрын

Music is dead budy

@tet2122

5 жыл бұрын

Brojob

"We need another smells like teen spirit" *this is the truest thing ive ever heard*

@rowboat5294

4 жыл бұрын

Seven Nation Army?

@sulturwood3226

4 жыл бұрын

@@rowboat5294 No, it didn't make the same level of waves teen spirit did, although it has become an anthem all over the world for soccer.

@grubbybum3614

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think we do. You need to discover other songs & albums which even surpassed Nirvana. Imo, Faith No More's 'Epic' song and album had a greater reach than 'smells like teen spirit'.

@RJA

3 жыл бұрын

@@grubbybum3614 Why has everyone heard of smells like teen Spirit then?

@grubbybum3614

3 жыл бұрын

@@RJA what's your point? Popularity doesn't mean something is influencial.

He makes it seem like he doesn’t care about the lyrics, but if you read his diary he really did care, he just kinda kept that “i didn’t care” vibe

@austins.2495

2 жыл бұрын

Precisely. He always downplayed how much he cared about things, and acted like stuff just came together randomly. But in reality he cared and had alot of drive

@ElectronicHouseFlash

2 жыл бұрын

He was 24/7 under Drugs, so i cant take his Words serious. You shouldnt either. Smells like a teen Spirit is a sick Rock song that will never get overrated. Has always a place in my Playlist.

@juzujuzu4555

2 жыл бұрын

@@ElectronicHouseFlash You don't have to care about his words. If you study his songs and lyrics, those are anything but random. The music is deceptively simple on the surface, but there's actually tons of things happening and it's really creative in the good way. The lyrics are also much more complex, and more revealing, than is usually given credit for. It's kind of sad how Nirvana is so remembered about this song, while it certainly is magical on it's ability to create raw animalistic angst, I think it's just about average Nirvana song. It's a song that hooks everyone, and again it gets that adrenaline rush, but I don't think there are many true Nirvana fans that rate it as their favorite.

@juzujuzu4555

2 жыл бұрын

@Mariana D'Amelio In Kurt Cobain's case I think that "I don't care lyrics that much" is mixture of multitude of things. But I think Kurt sort of planned the mythic state for the band. It's much more effective to let the people decipher how amazing the lyrics actually are than explain it away for them. On the other hand I think he meant that words are not so important, it's the emotion etc. that is important. Words are just placeholders for actual real things like emotions. And to communicate something metaphysical you have to play with words that are inherently crappy at doing just that. But Nirvana managed to achieve that.

@devon2667

2 жыл бұрын

why tf did you read his diary

tbh we realy need rock to go back to mainstream its about time.

@nicholasromig5506

4 жыл бұрын

we really don't. wouldn't you feel cooler if you were listening to 6-7 super rad bands that nobody else gave a fuck about? get a tee shirt from some act nobody cares about and watch people figure out that you're plugged in. who gives a shit if it's commercially successful? you can help smaller, more interesting bands develop a loyal, adoring fanbase.

@brianwilliams5662

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck finding bands like the 15 great bands from the early to mid 90s lol. It will never happen again. Nirvana Soundgarden Pearl Jam Alice In Chains STP, smashing Pumpkins Red hot chili pepper, Tool, Radiohead.....all at the same time? And there are more lol. It will never happen again. As much as i love Nirvana, it wasnt just Nirvana. Plus other bands like GNR and Metallica were still making great music. Use your illusion 1 and 2 are fucking masterpieces and still get forgotten because of the new wave coming right after their release. REM was still around too. Rock is dead and its not coming back

@nicholasromig5506

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianwilliams5662 but it's not. it may not be as much of a commercial force but seriously. amazing new rock records come out every week. it's your fault if you're too lazy to find some.

@_jimmythesaint

4 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasromig5506 Oh please stfu, you're acting like success is a bad thing! we should all strive for that. MAINSTREAM IS NEEDED IN ROCK. You're one of those dickheads who doesn't wanna see growth

@TheThirdChild

4 жыл бұрын

Why, so we can have garbage like most of the 80s again?

Rock is not dead. you just cant smell what he is cooking.

@dominusalbaniae7812

4 жыл бұрын

Rock is defenetly not dead. There plenty of great bands making great music out there. The thing is that now days not everybody likes rock. I love rock but i cant force everyone to listen to something just because i say so.

@slodekslod9337

4 жыл бұрын

@@dominusalbaniae7812 you didnt get the reference

@raiden21913

4 жыл бұрын

"If you smeeellll what the rock is cooking"

@heh7129

4 жыл бұрын

@@dominusalbaniae7812 you didnt get the comment

@Romeo-me5ss

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

"... and a small blonde man hollering like he's exorcising a demon" That line got me lol

@dumbloser666

Жыл бұрын

me too its so accurate

Even my dad, who grew up listening to the Beach Boys and was almost 40 when Nevermind came out, heard Smells Like Teen Spirit and thought that it was a big deal and bought the album shortly after its release.

@metalrockstarizer89

3 жыл бұрын

did he like Van Halen, cause Sammy Hagar was already 40 during that time

@scallen3841

2 жыл бұрын

Yet before kurt took of his head , he wanted to quit

@miamitten1123

Жыл бұрын

That makes it corny. You don’t want your parents liking your music. Has to have a rebellious element.

@vincenzovalentino5005

Жыл бұрын

@@miamitten1123 But what if your parent is rebellious?

@darrenedwardgriffin454

Жыл бұрын

I t was my dad that played nirvana for me and he don't really like rock he's a blues and Country fan but nirvana imprinted on him and he had to share with his music loving sons

It's time for another Kurt Cobain to explode into the scene and save us!!!

@granola1307

4 жыл бұрын

I mean they're not the same genre as Nirvana,but Nothing but Theives is a cool band.

@TheThirdChild

4 жыл бұрын

Music won't be the same every generation, we got a lot of artists who control the majority of creativity in their music or do everything themselves: Kevin Parker (Tame Impala), Grimes, Baths, Snail Mail, etc.

@Owen-hd3oq

4 жыл бұрын

there not exactly a grunge band but Car Seat Headrest are epic and the best thing happening to rock music at the moment

@MrTHEJERRYFILMS

4 жыл бұрын

Listen to Lil PEEP whole different World but has a similar position for the current teenage generation

@Owen-hd3oq

4 жыл бұрын

TheJerryFilms no, just no

What's funny is I knew the song. And one day I was with my girlfriend and she needed deodorant (and other things), so we went to the store. I went down the aisle with her, and I saw that deodorant called 'teen spirit' and said "oh that's funny, the deodorant is named after the nirvana song...clever". She said "no, that deodorant has been around longer, I think". So I thought "no, the song can't possibly be based on a deodorant" lol. I love little epiphanies like that. :) great video!!

@CozMyN

5 жыл бұрын

lol

@Nerfe-yz1vp

5 жыл бұрын

T Timeler well, the song was kinda named after the deodorant. Kurt was at a party, and he had a hangover. When he woke up, he saw,”Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit,” on the wall, and he loved the phrase so much that he decided to name the song after it.

@BETTER.ART.

5 жыл бұрын

Nerfe 75 Thank you, we watched the video.

@Nerfe-yz1vp

5 жыл бұрын

Better Art Just trying to be helpful

@music_can_change_lives584

5 жыл бұрын

This is like when I thought Little Nemo the animated movie was "based on the Nintendo game by Capcom" and I was like, 10 or something, and I had never heard of Windsor McCay. I literally thought the movie was made because of the Nintendo game. To be fair, Little Nemo the game was released in 1990. The animated movie wouldn't see a release for another 2 years because of it being delayed.

When Kurt died something happened to Rock

@paulatreides1354

3 жыл бұрын

@@FetishonyoutubeURL hmm .no ..it's sad for Chester obviously but his death didn't have the same impact.

@rainluna9765

3 жыл бұрын

Alejandro yes and to the world. Society isn't the same without him.

@BoccanNino

3 жыл бұрын

It got better - he he he he

@minddump9907

3 жыл бұрын

@@BoccanNino troll

@user-eb2gl1ql8o

3 жыл бұрын

and chris cornell

I still insist that “here we are now, entertain us” is the most prescient rock lyric ever written. View it now in the context of youth culture today. Astonishingly relevant.

@KMFDM_Kid2000

8 ай бұрын

It's something Kurt would say upon arrival at parties.

Blame the music industry not the music.

@niared260

5 жыл бұрын

Blame the people not the music industry they decide what's popular

@lookatmyplaylists9848

4 жыл бұрын

Blame the music industry and the people

@helloskinny510

4 жыл бұрын

@@lookatmyplaylists9848 Very accurated

@weaponizedestrogen

4 жыл бұрын

@@niared260 i think the music industry has more of a say in it than the people because i feel like theres a lot of bands like nirvana that are brilliant but the music industry just ignores them in favor of pop and hip hop bands

@nazeem9057

4 жыл бұрын

@@lookatmyplaylists9848 blame the parents who made those peoples

There was something almost magical about “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. As a longtime lover of music, it’s one of just a handful of tunes in which I distinctly remember the first two times I heard it. The first two times I heard it was on Tulane University’s student-run radio station WTUL. It was in either late August or early September 1991. Both times I was in my car driving very close by Tulane U on Broadway. When I heard it I thought it was the musical equivalent of my generation. Honestly, that’s exactly how it struck me. After the 2nd time I went right into a nearby indie record store (The Mushroom) and described the song for Mike. He knew exactly what I had heard. He said “Yeah man that’s Nirvana. They’re out of Seattle. Album is called Nevermind.” And he put on “Come As You Are”. That was it for me - I was hooked.

@tommie42

5 жыл бұрын

Ivan Lendl it's so interesting to me to hear people's first times hearing Nirvana. Must've been so enlightening and magical

@julioernestomoretacastillo2366

5 жыл бұрын

@@tommie42 it was revolutionary,the "generation x" finally had something to relate to...

@ghostwrench2292

4 жыл бұрын

Was was a young Marine in Southern California driving in my car in which I had just had a stereo installed (Back in 1991, you could buy a new car without a stereo), when Smells like teen spirit came on the radio. I was astounded, like wtf was that I just heard?? It blew my mind. Then, just a few years later, driving that same car, I heard on the radio the news about Kurt Cobain’s death. And again I was stunned.

@readyforlifenow

4 жыл бұрын

@@julioernestomoretacastillo2366 In UK and Europe we had acid house in the late 80's early 90's, which originated in Chicago in 1985. So Acid house. Rave and House music were also music for Gen X. I also agree with you Nirvana were definitely for Gen X too and kicked grunge into the mainstream.

@spencbeats4694

3 жыл бұрын

That honestly so dope man, Nirvana is just so unique. I can’t really pinpoint it but even the members of the band are so cohesive and perfect for each other and Kurt is just wildly interesting and talented, I’ve never been captivated by a voice, energy, and personality like I am of Kurt. It’s something about him I haven’t seen in any artist since.

Wow Kurt really nailed the lyrics to “more than a feeling”.

@lavareas0n804

4 жыл бұрын

It was krist, not kurt.

Smells like teen spirit was one of Kurt’s song’s he hated most!! 😢

@helloskinny510

4 жыл бұрын

I understand him. The success that song had really seems an accident. Nirvana had a lot of better songs.

@dcac4959

4 жыл бұрын

People need to stop saying that, he didn't hate it he was just tired of singing it

@iluvtacoz123

4 жыл бұрын

He didn’t hate the song itself, he just hated how popular it was.

@wyattnyfeler7270

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Skinny which ones

@Littlehandler

4 жыл бұрын

Ironic

I remember being completely dumbfounded when I first saw the video. It was like nothing I had ever seen. Anyone who thinks it wasn't game changing simply wasn't there, or was too stoned to notice. Look at the musical landscape before Nevermind, then look at it after. Nothing in music was the same after September '91.

@1norwood1

5 жыл бұрын

I dunno the 90's was a weird time to grow up. Personally I don't remember hearing much Nirvana at the time. Guns N Roses were massive I can remember hearing Sweet Child of Mine playing on the radio all the time way more than Smells Like Teen Spirit. Metallica were pretty huge pretty much everyone knew about them even if they didn't know any of their songs. I can remember everyone talking about Oasis and how they were going to be huge the next Beatles. And for a while they were absolutely huge. When Firestarter by The Prodigy came out and media was freaking out about it they were in hysterics about them being bad influences or whatever. Nirvana was really just a small subset of everything else that was happening at the time. Then the mythos around them just kind of grew, probably because of Kurt's death, everyone started talking about how they were game changers and how influential they were but at least from my point of view looking back they were a small subset of everything else happening in music at the time.

@FrostedSeagull

5 жыл бұрын

For people like me who had gotten into Indie music since 1985, Smells Like and Nirvana were nor unusual. Mainstream commercial success and acceptance is what was amazing. Indie music had tapped on the door of the mainstream but with one hit wonders. The Cure, the Cult and Goth band the Sisters of Mercy all were just on the outside. The Clash never made it. Ironically, Depeche Mode massively broke into the mainstream in 1992-93. with their album Songs of Faith and Devotion. Depeche Mode were called techno grunge. Their massive 1992 - 94 world Devotional tour literally almost killed them. A founding member left mid-term, their engine room and lead singer ended up with massive alcohol and drug addictions. Nirvana due to the enduring success of Nevermind saved them. Had Kurt lived he would have ended up like Layne Stalley, unable to tour due to his addiction. Had he cleaned up, he would have no drive to write songs.

@grubbybum3614

4 жыл бұрын

@@1norwood1 it's an America vs UK problem. If you are American, then Nirvana were the last big thing in rock. In Britain, Oasis kept rock in the spotlight.

@mordakai6969

4 жыл бұрын

@@FrostedSeagull is that why its better to burn out than fade away...

@cedrikpelletier5735

4 жыл бұрын

@@FrostedSeagull Finally someone mentioning Depeche Mode and how big they were in early 90s. It's sad that the band is mostly unknown by common (and young) folks nowadays. People recognize their songs but just can't put a name on it:(

Why do people keep calling Kurt small he was 5'10! Damn that's not tall but it's not small

@user-fb6cw6cb2i

5 жыл бұрын

Rotisserie Chiggen Kurt stood next to Krist Novoselic all the time. Anyone would be considered short if they stood next to Krist.

@_sam_ddn

5 жыл бұрын

At least Kurt was taller than me.

@KillforKickz

5 жыл бұрын

krist is like a tree

@noasundqvist7090

5 жыл бұрын

Certainly hit a nerve with someone :)... A nerveana

@josephstalin2829

5 жыл бұрын

As we all know, people under 5’12 are dwarfs

Rock, punk, grunge, metal Or in other words: any bands like led zeppelin, greenday, nirvana or metallica will never die, even if we need to wait 20+ for it, we will alwats get another one

@Krusader-

4 жыл бұрын

Well it’s been 29 years since Nirvana. I really want a new banned to revive rock and grunge.

@user-go3jv8rw7i

3 жыл бұрын

IvanGames101 I’m trying

@danielwiseman9428

3 жыл бұрын

IvanGames101 check out Greta Van Fleet

@Amal-db2xh

2 жыл бұрын

greenday sucks ass and will never be like nirvana ever was

@realspeedghxst

2 жыл бұрын

@@Amal-db2xh yup when you hear their whining emo core and pop punk it's shit better listen to rage against the machine

People don't seem to recognize how complex Kurt's Melody writing is. There is no way to teach an ear for Melody like that. It's both easy to play and impossible to create

The thing about "smells like teen spirit" is that it's kind of just like a big joke on the idea of a rock pop song. It's deconstruction of the genre is so effective as to be invisible, in short term at least. Today ppl don't even know what rock music was, or why people loved it. Cobain came from a generation that was able to witness incredible performers in concert at their prime. But now it's all just a blank slate at this point...

@Sighbot

5 жыл бұрын

“People don’t even know what rock music was”. I’m pretty sure they do.

@daytona2134

5 жыл бұрын

You sound like a pseudo-intellectual

@kafeithetimelordmewtwo5671

5 жыл бұрын

What's wrong with the 2000's rock operas? American Idiot and The Black Parade, great songs with fantastic narrative.

@grantduke318

5 жыл бұрын

well aren't you depressing. Greta Van Fleet isn't a blank slate

@TheDionysianFields

5 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what you're trying to say or why people upvoted this comment.

It is funny how people always seem to say "(whatever) is dead." Yes the way Nirvana influenced society will never happen again as it is unique to the concurrent circumstances. However, music will never "die." Rock is alive and well and people twenty years from now will look back and say "man rock is dead, they don't make them like they used to." Our brains love nostalgia and place the past on a pedestal, sometimes deserved and often times not.

@theinternetkilledmusic2054

5 жыл бұрын

Bad excuses and wrong. If it was nothing but nostalgia then how do I love music from before I was even born? I heard songs in the past week that are some of the greatest things I have ever heard. They were hits before I was even born, and I didn't even hear them until recently.

@KaizerBeatz-vf9wf

5 жыл бұрын

The Internet Killed Music His theory of rosy retrospection makes more sense than your theory of the Internet killing music, especially when you refer to discovering music from before you were born which I imagine you discovered in the past through the internet. If you’re going to call others wrong, make sure you’re not a target first

@TokyoBlue587

5 жыл бұрын

kevin dooley Rock is not dead. I think it never will be, as long as people have beating hearts.

@wickedlee664

5 жыл бұрын

Do some reading on the concept of nostalgia

@dasein9980

5 жыл бұрын

If rock is not dead, then name a few relavant contemporary rock bands.

"We need another smells like teen spirit." No, we need a new artist to revolutionize the sound

@NBP123

2 жыл бұрын

That person is me. My name is Victor Nila JR, and I'm a power pop multi-genre musician. I mainly focus on nursery rhymes, or applying a childlike dynamic to my music. This is because of my miracle baby sister, and my fascination with the very first stages of life. Moreover, I am a Kemeticist, and that refers to the revival of ancient Egyptian religion. In Kemeticism, some of the gods are actually babies. Hereupon, I have given spiritual birth to seven more nurslings: three boys and four girls. Abydos, Chiron, and Orion are the boys. Abike, Babette, Eulalia, and Ocyrhoe are the girls. They protect me, heal me, and give me ideas for my musical work. Please tell everyone you know, my friend. My KZread channel will always be family-friendly, and sure to enliven your spirit. My name is Uncle Vic JR, and I just can't wait to be your new best friend.

@Rocksmiths

Жыл бұрын

@@NBP123 what the hell

@KMFDM_Kid2000

8 ай бұрын

​@@NBP123you should take less acid.

One of the most genre defining songs ever was about deodorant

@OmgAuntySuzanne16

2 жыл бұрын

Hehehe

@tysonwastaken

Жыл бұрын

ummm his girlfriend got her deodorant all over him

ROCK/GRUNGE IS GONNA COME BACK !!

@alex.b755

4 жыл бұрын

Look up Lunch With the Devil by ElectricSol I think that will be the new sound

@singh68ify

4 жыл бұрын

I think the xxxtentacion fans/generation will be inspired to mess with foreign sounds. I really hope change happens, x's music was a little rock (slipknot, one minute and 777) which I think will definitely inspire the youth. I myself am trying to learn the guitar and hope to write my own songs.

@brooklyn8386

4 жыл бұрын

Bobstar Bobby if you ever make songs and upload them you gotta let me know😂

@singh68ify

4 жыл бұрын

@@brooklyn8386 😂 for real, I've been at it. Learning theory of music and reading hella books. I'll release them one day 👍😂

@arandomaccount4875

4 жыл бұрын

@@alex.b755 any link? I can't find it on youtube

5:30 didnt Cobain also say that he joked with the media often?

@Krusader-

4 жыл бұрын

Grimmlokd jager

@65neu

4 жыл бұрын

all the time

@fuzzydunlop7928

4 жыл бұрын

Cobain was full of contradictions in his writings and in his interviews - some of it deliberate, some of it because he'd earnestly believe something one day, and just as earnestly believe the opposite a week from then. He died before he could finish defining himself as a person. All that's left is scraps he's left behind for people to extrapolate from, when in truth they're all pieces from totally different puzzles thrown all in the same box. He did not know his own mind, so how anyone else but his closest loved ones thinks they can is beyond me.

I remember when it came out. Everything was SO. DANG. BORING. Then my husband turned on the radio and it started playing and we were both "YES!!! YES!!! FINALLY someone's singing what we want to hear." It was such a breath of fresh air. We were so grateful for it.

How chief keef's "Love sosa" changed the world next

@ppcasm_1278

3 жыл бұрын

Deez bitches love sosa, oh, and I know it.

@ceejayyu6536

3 жыл бұрын

@@ppcasm_1278 wrong

@NikoBenet

3 жыл бұрын

Chief Keef > Nirvana

@thedonk2

3 жыл бұрын

Who ??

@grungegazer

3 жыл бұрын

justmillennialthings

We are still waiting for another band to have that Nevermind impact. More Importantly will it happen? It has been nearly 30 years and no sign of anyone yet.

@sbells272

5 жыл бұрын

Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory came close though

@heftyalan1152

5 жыл бұрын

SBells27 Classed as Nu Metal so never really had the same Impact.

@hunterjoy5913

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, Blue October’s Foiled album was a masterpiece. Just like Nevermind, every song on Foiled was golden; in my opinion

@bigblackdrummachine8250

3 жыл бұрын

Hefty Alan one day there will be a band called “wraiths” and they will blow the world away. I’m only 14 but me and my newly formed band will stop at nothing to kickstart a new generation of good music.

@beepboop9837

3 жыл бұрын

There are lots of good new rock bands but they aren’t famous so no one really knows them

The thing ab Kurt that not many ppl understand is about how smooth his lyrics truly were. Like even if they don’t have a story behind it, if you rly listen and read between the lines, you can hear how creative each phrase is. It wasn’t his lyrics, it was his unique wordplay that nobody ever had.

@nickvalenzuela9166

10 ай бұрын

I really felt when he sang, "I'm an albino mosquito "

Honestly I'm happy rock isn't in the charts. The underground gives way for way more cool innovation pop status wouldn't allow.

@emarry1686

4 жыл бұрын

What?

@65neu

4 жыл бұрын

True. And there will never be any rock group that impacts the world the same as Nirvana did because, nowadays, everything is pop. The underground never went back.

@ja8ames

4 жыл бұрын

The underground was always there, at least for artists who weren't chasing pop stardom.

@HarhanDerMann

4 жыл бұрын

@@ja8ames exactly, and that's usually been where the most interesting stuff comes from.

@FetishonyoutubeURL

3 жыл бұрын

Pop maybe popular, but rock has mature fans than the pop ones.

7:26 I love how he puts Welcome To The Black Parade behind this brief point, effectively disproving it entirely

Nirvana changed the world...☮️

@porteraldred4204

4 жыл бұрын

Kelli Jenkins-Iles in a bad way

@erisstephens3086

4 жыл бұрын

Orange Lover i think you meant good way :)

@Raitzu

3 жыл бұрын

Good way

@kimmyree_8412

3 жыл бұрын

@@porteraldred4204 nope, good way

@FetishonyoutubeURL

3 жыл бұрын

Im gonna kill that person whoever says BTS or BLACKPINK change the world. Fk them.

Nirvana is definitely the most punk influenced of the big 4 Seattle "grunge" bands.

@mateusmartinsjunior6506

4 жыл бұрын

i personally prefer pearl jam but nirvana is definitely the most influential

@rumblefish9

4 жыл бұрын

@Long duk dong Alice in Chains and Soundgarden were better. But AIC were leaning more on metal than garage rock. And even then Nirvana stole much of their sound from bands like Mudhoney and the Melvins.

@ja8ames

4 жыл бұрын

​@@rumblefish9 They all sounded fairly different, among the "Big 4," which was cool.

@mrpumavol7.044

3 жыл бұрын

@Long duk dongits about taste

@mrpumavol7.044

3 жыл бұрын

@Long duk dong Nirvana and Alice 4 me are the bests But 4 you Soundgarden

Funny thing is Nirvana only got a record deal with Geffen Records because Sonic Youth suggested to sign on Nirvana to Geffen as they were already on the record label, and the reason why Nirvana wanted to be on Geffen Records is because they let Sonic Youth have the musical freedom to write the music they wanted, but Geffen Records never thought much or expected much out of Nirvana, so much so, that when Nirvana was recording the Nevermind album, Geffen never even went to check on what they were doing or how the record was being done, when Nevermind was released, Geffen only printed 50 000 copies of Nevermind world wide, almost not even enough to call it a indi band... but once the smells like teen spirit video was released on MTV, it changed every musical projection from the record companies stand point! Lmao crazy i was so bored i had the time to write all of this on youtube 😂 cheers to whoever reads this...

legendary bands like nirvana comes every 30 years

@ElCap1van

3 жыл бұрын

Beatles, Nirvana

@ashc4167

2 жыл бұрын

It’s been 30ish years now

@oliviamaxw5136

2 жыл бұрын

well i mean its been about 27 years since nirvana ended so lets wait and see

@Bigusman245

3 ай бұрын

@oliviamaxw5136 the underground scene is already similar to what it was in the 80s so someone will be breaking out

@taromilktea08

Ай бұрын

@@Bigusman245give music recommendations from underground?

I like all types of music but Rock is my favorite. I want to see it big again, I want to see rock bands that knock your socks off come out again.

@FetishonyoutubeURL

3 жыл бұрын

Same, after that, all that’s left is to take out the trash, k-pop...

@moonie2770

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I too listen to most genres. Rock need to come.

@rishabh7215

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Rock and hiphop my faves

Yup, Nirvana taught me how to play guitar, moved onto Metallica/Korn, then Mudvayne, then Chimaira, etc-etc.

@noahs.627

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@smokingthinrat6666

4 жыл бұрын

I've started playing the guitar only to play Nirvana song's on it

I’m the kid in my neighborhood growing up who was considered the outcast. Kurt defined me and a complete generation of outcasts, the weirdos and all of those in between in what he was and the music he made. He was the voice I was waiting for. Yes. We only had him a short while but he did so much for music and pop culture in that short period of time. I just wish I could thank him for what he did for me and countless others. He is among the greats now. Thank you for this video.

"gone from the charts" Maneskin: hold my pasta!

@maria.skorik

2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for a comment about Måneskin! Maybe they're the beginning of a new rock revival and we're lucky to be here to witness it.

We need another Punk Rock. That's how we got to Smells like Teen Spirit. The journey of the 1980's American and UK underground is completely overlooked when we discuss Nirvana. The underground was the essential way to get from 1979 to 1991. Black Flag and Pixies aren't all that happened. Don't limit the story there.

@gregdahlen4375

3 жыл бұрын

why, what happened that contributed to Smells Like?

@alvaroramos9069

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregdahlen4375 I heard somewhere that when Nirvana was writing that song, they were trying to imitate Pixies.

@ElectricSolar_

2 жыл бұрын

Give me a few years.

@cs292

2 жыл бұрын

Look at the video about the evolution of grunge…you will get your answers.

Really good video but just one thing..... ROCK WILL NEVER DIE!!!

@Teh3aZ

5 жыл бұрын

Died long time ago

@adam_musics

5 жыл бұрын

Teh3aZ explian??

@legohexman2858

5 жыл бұрын

That is what has been said about many things

@emarry1686

4 жыл бұрын

@@Teh3aZ ur mad

@Teh3aZ

4 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Woods How I’m mad? I’m a rock/metal head, but this is the truth whether you like it or not, radio now is full of pop/new school rap bullshit.

He gave us a voice and we adored him.... and we lived the life of alternative people. Thank you Kurt!

My dream when I grow up is to bring back this grunge and rock era for everybody. I would love to live in a world like this, with more amazing bands, though nothing can replace Nirvana.

@roberto.garcia9

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@carlotaorense

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@metalrockstarizer89

3 жыл бұрын

Nahhh. Bring back the Ratt N Roll of the 1980s. Give me my hair metal back 🤘🎸

@deq115

2 жыл бұрын

All the best you guys

@nahbirdie4773

2 жыл бұрын

It sounded like you were saying you'll bring it back for us 😂 if so, do it! Or birth it in new form

Ahhh! what made Nirvana, Nirvana is lot of things... Many bands reached epic and legendary rock levels, but only Nirvana reached the nirvana. Talent is obvious, each band member was exactly where he should've been at the right moment with the right attitude. What really was outstanding is the global reach of 'Smells like teen spirit' and that is something that usually critics in the USA usually tend to undertone. As somebody who grew up outside of the US in 90s i can tell you that the track has hit the world with cataclysmic magnitudes. All of a sudden you had people in India and China, people in Morocco and Nigeria, people in Spain and Russia, Argentina and Brazil .... all looking at this blond guy uttering words they don't understand and playing music they are not used to hear, yet, somehow they knew exactly what he was talking about because they could feel exactly what he was feeling. So yeah, many are good and many are great, but only a select few reach this level, the level of Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Bob Marley and Sinatra... where music transcends race, culture, gender and borders. Sappy

@trizamuhammadirfan9071

5 жыл бұрын

confuzler don't forget The Beatles

@sanjin5387

5 жыл бұрын

Beatles

@thejasonbischoff

4 жыл бұрын

confuzler well said.

@donaldvanvliet9039

4 жыл бұрын

Please, the song wasn't an international hit because other people could feel what he was feeling...as the video says the lyrics are gibberish and the song doesn't really mean anything...the reason it works all over the world is because the riff and production get your adrenalin pumping in a very primal way...just like the best dance music can get you dancing, or how a beautiful woman walking by can give you a boner...

@rumblefish9

4 жыл бұрын

Nirvana is so overrated. It really sucks that the first thing most people attribute to the Seattle Sound (I refuse to call it grunge) is Nirvana. When there were so many bands that were better. A lot better. Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees... heck Pearl Jam. What Nirvana was was a hype machine. Nirvana were media darlings who's talk to every magazine and TV station. Guys like Layne Staley didn't talk to any media. Kurt could never even in his wildest dreams come close to how awesome Layne was.

It's the simplicity of the cords combined with the much more complicated melody that makes this song so genuinely sad rather than just angry.

dude i really love what you did with this video, almost brought a tear to my eye to see that someone else can describe the emotions and power in Kurts music the way i see it and feel it. Nirvana was a pandemic that pushed the world to open their eyes on how music can evolve, and I really like the way you displayed that! Music needs meaning to have purpose, and while Kurt may not admit he had meaning behind his music, there 110% was. Love your stuff man, if you haven't already you should make a video on Silverchair, they were Nirvana's apprentice and their music kept grunge alive when it started to die down.

I don't know that there will ever be a moment like that again. Culture was homogenized into hair metal. It was like the 3 TV stations before cable garnering all the attention. Nirvana was like a singularity, everything changed and never went back. I was so looking forward to their career(s) in the coming decades. Imagine if the Beatles disappeared after Rubber Soul. Would we still be talking about The Beatles. Can't know, but I think Nirvana died before their full impact could be felt and Rock has drifted away ever since. Heroin destroyed more than we can fathom, and I'm not just talking about Kurt Cobain.

@mj.l

5 жыл бұрын

lots of great music has been - and still is - made by people on heroin. that's probably not a coincidence, destructive as it is.

@tdsims1963

3 жыл бұрын

@Reflex I agree.

at the time I first heard this song was weeks after it first came out and I was very into GNR, Metallica, Sepultura, 80's synth pop and all that stuff and this song was like nothing I have ever heard! It completely opened my mind as to how rock can sound, it was truly revolutionary! thanks so much Kurt and Nirvana for being part of my youth!

I just discovered your channel today and I really like it. Your videos are well-researched, seem lovingly put together and there is an endearing clarity to your narration. Well done and thank you.

*insert other Nirvana song* tHiS iS bEttEr tHAn sMeLLs LiKe TeEn SpiRiT

@MultiBeerme

4 жыл бұрын

Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle.

@rowanmurphy7814

3 жыл бұрын

Aneurysm such a underrated song

@EpicB

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite Nirvana song is Song 2.

@FetishonyoutubeURL

3 жыл бұрын

Damon albarn: im boutta ruin grunge’s whole career. *WHOHOOO*

@FetishonyoutubeURL

3 жыл бұрын

@KMS Tripitz nirvana’s last song was better.

I live in Brazil and I just discovered your channel and I'm simply impressed, your narrative is incredible and simple. Congratulations man ps: I do not even want to be fluent in English but I understand a lot of what you say

Smells Like Teen Spirit is one of the few songs that I can vividly remember the first time I heard it. This song, and Nirvana in general, had a huge impact on the bands and styles of music I have enjoyed since hearing this song for the first time.

your analysis is SO DEEP, man. all playlists are pure gold! watch, repeat

Rock will never die Rock Doesn’t Fear The Reaper.

@Silviaeb

3 жыл бұрын

🍻

@louwburger3701

3 жыл бұрын

It's sad that so few people get the reference

I believe everyone remembers what they were doing when they first heard Smells Like Teen Spirit.

@augustgreig9420

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was wondering why a song named after deodorant was getting so much praise.

@paige6891

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I actually do haha

@Stephen_vii

4 жыл бұрын

SKELETON SLAPBOXING it was in 2016 cause I’m not a 90’s kid but I was unloading dishes

@iss4715

4 жыл бұрын

I am not 90's kid. I am 9 years old

@SirenTown0

3 жыл бұрын

t'was a ncie day in the living room

Can you do more Nirvana and Joy Division and maybe a whole essay on punk rock culture in music basically a whole video on punk ahah 🙏🏼🙏🏼

@WobblesandBean

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Joy Division! I would also like to see an essay on how the JD members rallied post-Curtis to form New Order.

Love how you got it playing in the background

“In the end” by linkin park is up there as one of those songs...

@jinmutennou2482

3 жыл бұрын

I think Linkin Park has been the latest GREAT rock band, it’s a shame what happened to Chester. RIP

@Capnsensible80

2 жыл бұрын

nah, not even close. nirvana changed the entire music industry for the short time they were around. even pop music radio stations that previously only played hip hop, rap and house music started playing rock 24/7. no other band since has made that much impact on pop music.

@mikethemechanic7395

2 жыл бұрын

Not even. They are a different era.

I wish I could hear it with fresh ears, as the first time I heard it was when I was probably 1991 or 1992 when I was 6. I was too young to realize the impact it had on rock music.

Every day I wake up and thank God that Jack White is still alive

That's a great summation man. Great job!

I love the classic cover of the song in the background. I was wondering though... You've never mentioned R.E.M.

not sure why freak scene by dinosaur jr was placed in the hair metal bands video montage but hey ho

Love your videos man....Big inspiration for me!

I love that you included a local band of mine (Downtown Boys) in the video

This was fantastic, good shit

@c0m4g1bb

5 жыл бұрын

Literal shit*

Thinking about those early 90s days still puts me in a trance, oh man what a magical time to be alive...

After watching this video I found “Well Done” and “And Breeding”, played both of these songs a least 100 times in a 72 hour span, thank you for helping find new music. I primarily listen to hip hop, and 90’s rock now I’ll have to find more gems like those. Great video 🤙🏾

Great vid thank you!

I guess that was late 1991 or very early 1992, when I first heard it. It was love at the first few chords. So... Isn't overanalyzing it pretty much futile? It's not about technique, not about ideology, not about lyrics (my English back then was awful anyway), it's all about emotions that music arises.

@olivers.3144

5 жыл бұрын

TotalRookie_LV Agreed. Nirvana weren’t successfull because Dave was a good drummer or because Kurt was a good singer and songwriter. They were successfull because they touched many young people emotionally with their songs. And this is also what music is about in general, at least for me.

i also think it’s worth mentioning that a lot of teenagers and stuff discover nirvana and it changes their perspective on so many things so quickly and profoundly. even if slts is the only song they know, it still makes an impact. ik this because i’m a teen. and the first time i listened to nirvana (in 2019 i think and the first song i listened to was slts or lithium...not sure lol) i instantly liked them and finally found something that felt authentic and free and simple and also had good morals and opinions about the world. nirvana’s impact is prevalent when you look at fashion trends too that are going on. (ironic considering that the whole “grunge” scene and everyone from it was so “anti fashion” and looked like attractive homeless people lmao) the e girl and grunge and etc etc even indie kid (sometimes) is just a modernized version of the original looks from the 90s. no matter what you think about slts or nirvana, you simply cannot ignore the impact and longevity the band has had.

I’m super toasted rn and discovered your channel. And I wanna say TGANK YOU

Love your videos !

I remember back in 1995, i think, I was in line for a big haunted house on Halloween with a couple hundred other teenagers- I was probably 15 and Kurt was already gone. It was one of those big, corporate events, sponsored by the local alternative radio station. Anyway, as soon as SLTS came on the loudspeakers, the crowd broke out in a spontaneous mosh pit, complete with slam dancing and crowd surfing. The reaction was primal, and showed just how much that song touched a nerve with a whole generation of kids. That pit was a hell of a lot more memorable than the haunted house

Love the background violin cover

This is a brilliant video!!

Way waaay late to this video, but I love that you brought up "Cherry Pie" by Warrant - because as a 20 year old when that song came out, I was so disgusted by it that I stopped listening to any of that kind of rock/hair metal altogether. It was such a turning point for me so I'm delighted you included it here!

I was in college when this song was released. I went to many grunge concerts and Lollapaloozas. The internet was there but different. Finding lyrics on Usenet groups proved pointless. One night, we sat around in a dorm room trying to pick out the lyrics. It's odd really...knowing the song didn't mean anything deeply philosophical yet it defined our generation.

Kurt is the voice of generation X which is 1990s and into the late 2000s kids.

I just added a lot of bands that were shown here in my playlist thanks haha

Great analysis and tone. Well done. +1 sub

It’s obviously younger generations that grew up believing Nirvana was the first band with grungy vocals and music, but oddly enough the Beatles hold a place for gritty vocals with heavy music with “Helter Skelter” in 1968. Meanwhile, many others pumped out gritty music well before Nirvana, such as Led Zeppelin’s “Communication Breakdown”, Aerosmith’s “Nobody’s Fault”, Black Sabbath’s “Hole in the Sky”, “Disturbing the Priest” and many more. Nirvana’s music simply came at a perfect time, following the pretty glam-rock bands of the 80s. Yes, they obviously made an impact, but their music was not radical when compared to bands decades before them who sang mean gritty songs. In this regard, not innovation but Timing was everything.

@richdisilvio4591

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

7:02 best part ❤️ Being me to tears with Lithium in the back

I got goosebumps. Awesome video.

Awesome video and explanation of the song..

I still remember 1991, the day before I heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', +80% of the music I listened to was Rap/Hip-Hop, the less than twenty percent was everything else. After hearing Nirvana for the first time, I went on a spree looking for anything that could provide that same feeling (mostly Punk and Alt Rock). To me Nirvana really did change music.

1:33 that sounds a lot like modern music rn, mainly Pop,Hip-hop & rap. *Its about to hit I know it, that band that smashes rock back into the mainstream is inevitable*

Your intro is genius!!!

We gotta be due an updated, deep dive version of this one!!! 👌👌

It's true I learned teen Spirit in a day and the solo

It was a rawness that you just feel, I mean really feel....it brings a part of your soul to the surface that mankind has pushed so far down it was almost like a vampire that’s not fed in a million years. It’s not thee words per say... it’s like that core that our souls connect to that connects us to.... if that made any sense I know the words but it’s not the words. God damn my head hurts

Hadn’t seen this!!! Excellent!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I remember first hearing this when I was younger and it was the only song I listened to for like a week straight. Love it

im still just listening to that 90's seattle music then i will stop and just watch documentaries for a month,Smells like a nervous breakdown again

Kurt Cobain was an amazing singer. He was also artist with the guitar, writing, painting and sculpture

@rumblefish9

4 жыл бұрын

Could never hold a candle to Layne Staley as a vocalist.

@rhinestonecowboy9720

3 жыл бұрын

@@rumblefish9 but to be fair that’s Layne Staley not discrediting Kurt, they were all amazing vocalist but Layne will always be the best in my opinion

Good video. Not sure about including Dinosaur Jnr in the hair band montage though?!?

This is probably the most impressive essay I've learned something from in a while.

Early 90s - Grunge Late 90s / Early 2000s - Pop Punk / Nu Metal Mid / Late 2000s - Metalcore / Post Hardcore 2010s - ? People listen to almost the exact same bands they listened to a decade ago.

@RickReasonnz

4 жыл бұрын

Usually people listen to bands they liked during their 'formative years.'