You know how when Dorothy landed in Oz everything went from black and white to full color? One day in middle school, the whole world was suddenly all plaid flannel.

@enriquepastor3626

2 жыл бұрын

You're so right

@lorimcmyne4283

2 жыл бұрын

Oh shit!

@carebear1143

2 жыл бұрын

Dead. 🤣🔥🎯🥰

@RDRussell2

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, that is a perfect metaphor!

@jamiemckinney2134

2 жыл бұрын

100%

Someone asked me if Nirvana is old enough to be considered classic rock. I said no because their music is still ahead of it’s time 25 years later

@christophertidwell6724

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's classic rock

@helengvozdovskaya9056

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophertidwell6724 And yeah, they are still ahead of time. That's a paradox. That's Nirvana.🎶🎸💙

@johnbarnes830

2 жыл бұрын

Thats what my 15 year old called it instantly making me feel old because I was in 7th grade when he killed himself.

@thephuntastics2920

2 жыл бұрын

The Nirvana is eternal

@a.ramosakadrumgrl6677

Жыл бұрын

There are teens & people in their 20’s that wear t-shirts; they weren’t even alive when they were out. Sad day when he was found dead! Nirvana still remains ageless! Kurt was in his 20’s when got popular, got married to Courtney, and had a daughter.

This album came out when I was 16. It changed absolutely everything almost immediately.

@newgrl

2 жыл бұрын

One day you were humming along to some random Poison, Mötley Crüe, or Van Halen tune, and the next day you absolutely were not. It felt like West Coast Hair Metal all died on the same day in September 1991. It was so weird to live through that.

@deitydam

2 жыл бұрын

@@newgrl Sad thing is that it killed metal for about 8-10 years and we were stuck witha lot of crap grunge bands that were nothing like Nirvana. Pantera lived on somehow, while Metallica lost their sound.

@miti314

2 жыл бұрын

I was 25 y old when i heard Nirvana for the first time on radio. And thought it was U2 !!!

@brianmcleod1683

2 жыл бұрын

Same. Whole world changed. Changed again when he left this world. Good thing he put all his work on wax huh or cd o should say lol

@AnnClaire

2 жыл бұрын

I was like 10 maybe and the first time I saw them I think I was 12... I remember things shifting too even as young as I was.

As someone who was a teenager in the 90s, Nirvana will always hold a special place in my heart. RIP Kurt ❤

@ANunes06

2 жыл бұрын

Truth. As my musical taste has expanded, I can readily admit that there's nothing musically remarkable about Nirvana. Also, the more experienced I become with music, the more I realize that this is what made them so incredibly special. There's a talent there that transcended music. Honesty. I think it might have been honesty. This isn't a bad tune to learn on guitar either. :wink wink: CLASSIC chord progression. In fact, play SLTS and Go Go Godzilla at the same time and tell me they are different songs.

@davidpeters6894

2 жыл бұрын

Facts. I listened to all their music n still do today. RIP Kurt Cobain

@GarmrsBarking

2 жыл бұрын

I to was a teen in the 90s.._ kurt and nirvana change my life and literary saved it on more than one occasion._. When he died (rip) i swore never to idolize a person like again._. Then later on i discovered peter steele (rip) and type o negative.._ who almost had the same impact on my life...

His lyrics meant quite a lot. He spent a lot of time in interviews dodging questions about meanings of songs and eventually developed this "I write it in 5 minutes. It doesn't mean anything." I think it was his way of protecting himself.

@user-pm3wk6lw6m

2 жыл бұрын

guess this is what stream of consciousness done right looks like

@Paldasan

2 жыл бұрын

Even just trying to nail down what a person is thinking of when that bit of creation comes into being can be difficult. When they write a line they may have authorial intent but they're also thinking about how they had toast for breakfast instead of cereal, and a parent has been griping about them not popping in enough to say hi, and what is this rash that comes and goes and suddenly the lyric that was going to be about a girl walking into a bar now has a girl walking into a convenience store or pharmacy/drug store and the writer may not even be conscious of it, they just needed the antagonist to enter a location because they needed to start a journey.

@enriquepastor3626

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@misspiggy3606

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think many people get this, I’m sure some songs were written hastily but I don’t they were quite as meaningless as he would have people believe. He was very canny.

@M4tti87

2 жыл бұрын

Parts of the lyrics mean something, but not the whole song as one piece. It is a mashup of random 4 liners. Each of the 4 liners mean something, but as put together they dont make sense as a whole a lot of the times. And that is what Kurt Cobain means when he says they dont mean anything.

Jay-Z is in an interview I saw once where he talks about how hip hop and rap was about to take off and take over music by storm. Then Nirvana dropped this album and Jay-Z was like, damn, we gonna have to wait a little longer. I’m enjoying watching your reactions to music I grew up with, like Nirvana, Guns and Roses, and AC/DC, and music that my parents engrained in me like Led Zeppelin. Seeing you enjoying it reminds me of all those little moments where I found a new or older band I never knew about.

@lavenderllamamusic

2 жыл бұрын

He certainly wasn't wrong either lol they did have to wait but now rap music is everywhere

@DevonThomas1204

2 жыл бұрын

Lavender Llama and it’s annoying asf

@jamesvancam

2 жыл бұрын

I like 'Holy Grail' where Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake sample the lyrics of the chorus of SLTS.

Every day you're falling deeper down the rabbit hole of Nirvana and I LOVE it lol.

The video for smells like teen spirit was promoted every hour on the hour, on Mtv for over a month! Mtv sure delivered on their promise! Nirvana was a breath of fresh air and did kill hair metal overnight! No lie!

I agree with the line,"where the normals can't hear". Very, truth, loaded statement.

the fact that you 'been doing rock songs for a while now and growing SUBs means rock and roll is alive. and now that you started doing trivia on that, you been absorbed by R&R ora. welcome to the machine bro. :)

RIP Kurt. We love you!!!♥️❤️♥️❤️

it’s crazy how popular this song still is tho

@micahkiyimba8641

2 жыл бұрын

I waas born in 98, but I cannot go a day without at least 1 Nirvana song

@anan-ko9vt

Жыл бұрын

ikr it’s everywhere after 30 years like that’s crazy af lol

@maxstrayle589

7 ай бұрын

and just 3 studio albums and still so relevant, its soo so incredible and crazii @@anan-ko9vt

When he talks about the “normals” he really means the average music viewer usually only listens to the most popular bands or listens to the most popular singles, but I think people who listen to music on a more Personal level (hip hop heads/punk enthusiasts/ metal heads) they have bigger appreciation to niche music and music that experiments with sounds that are other wise “poppy”. An analogy: Coors/ Corona might be the beer of choice for many casual drinkers, but for the beer enthusiasts, they can appreciate the wide variety that beer has to offer (craft beer, saison, mead).

I don't think this video did a great job exactly showcasing how impactful the song was. The 1980s was a time of commercialised everything. Overproduced stadium songs that were more about Los Angeles than anywhere else filled the charts head to toe, completely ignoring the rest of the country and the world. The Glam Metal years mostly spoke to young adults that were fresh out of school and getting laid at college parties and drug parties. Meanwhile, there was an entire breed of young pre-teens who were coming home to an empty house since most households had two working parents, leading many kids to come home alone with a latchkey, left with nothing but their mind. This was known as the "Latchkey Generation", or more generally as "Generation X". These kids felt unheard and alone. Their parents were gone most of the time, the big bands and singers on the radio were singing about parties that they weren't at, and mental health issues started to become bottled up with no outlet. This turned many kids to street drugs, alcohol from their dad's stash, and suicide. When Nirvana hit the charts, they represented something that no one else on the charts thought to focus on; the Unheard Youth. These latchkey kids were beginning to feel the pressures of high school and didn't feel up to the status of Glam Metal and Industry Pop acts. That's why Nirvana and Kurt Cobain spoke to them. The title of the song alone "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was a clear message to them. There was something ominous about Kurt's voice and mysterious about his lyrics that intrigued them. He was a catalyst for all the emotions teenagers felt at the time and allowed them to be freed and displayed for everyone to hear. When Nirvana exploded, it broke this dam of bottled-up emotions that were forming in many underground bands and it immediately took over the big haired Glam bands of the 80s. Nirvana were a taste of reality, and reality always wins above illusion. The 1990s featured virtually no Glam Metal hits, no over-polished production, and no Arena-style concerts from the popular bands at the time. Nirvana and the rest of the Seattle grunge scene played relatively small gigs for their popularity and when they thought they were getting too big, they toned it down with an Unplugged performance of MTV. Grunge was the biggest genre in the world at that point, and just as it happened, it was suddenly gone on April 5th, 1994, when Kurt's body was found lying in the greenhouse of his Seattle home with a shotgun pointing up to where his head should have been. Kurt's death shocked everyone! Fans, Critics, Close Friends, and more. Many fans saw his death and unfortunately took that to mean there is no other way but death, and proceeded to commit suicide as well. Kurt's message was always tackling serious subjects, most notably mental illness. When he died, it appeared that even the hero of the unheard couldn't defeat his demons. Even all of the people that thought he was just screaming about nonsense and trying to amp up on teen angst properly shut up out of respect when it was clear that it wasn't an act. The three years that the latchkey generation were suddenly the most vocal were too short for it to last on their character. When Kurt died, so did their Teen Spirit and they reclined into silence once again. If you ever wonder why the loudest generations of today are Boomers, Millennials, and Zoomers but completely skipping over Gen X, it's simply because of this. They grew up quiet and alone as kids, and want to live quiet and alone as adults.

@Mve_be

2 жыл бұрын

And Nirvana's impact on the Generation X was worldwide, even here in Europe. That's the best summary about 90's and Nirvana i ever read.

@DodonaWind

2 жыл бұрын

Everything about this hit me so deep. I was only 12 when we lost Kurt, but man! His music affected even my high school years. Thank you for delving so deep into this. You're absolutely spot on.

@DocRobert

2 жыл бұрын

Preach.

@TNT66762

Жыл бұрын

I've never heard a better explanation of how "we" grew up and how we still feel. This is absolutely 100% spot on! Thank you for defining Gen-X so perfectly.

@kcbondurant7959

Жыл бұрын

We have talked before on Discord. I always knew you had insight and this solidifies my perceptions of you. Thank you so much for your comment. It's one of the best ever.

Nirvana put the knife in the heart of Hair and Glam Metal, but TBH they were ready to die anyway.

@nikolasmroue3685

2 жыл бұрын

@king bee U dumb? Hair metal went away for a decadenor two but heavy metal? Fuck no. Metallica were the biggest band of the 90s. Heavy metal was one of the biggest genres of the 90s.

It can't be exaggerated just how much this song changed EVERYTHING in music within months. Not just signaling the end of hair-metal, but just about everything else that smacked of being over-produced or self-important. I saw an old band I liked called The Tubes in 1992, and on stage they were grousing that their record label had just dropped them because they "don't wear plaid" (seen as the signature clothing of "Grunge"). They thought it was fashion, or a fad, but it was actually an instant revolution. It was sad because they just didn't realize music had passed them by, just like that.

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" came out in 91. Kurt died in 94. He is part of the 27 club, in that it was his age, as well as many other music stars, that he and they died. Kurt had health issues, drug issues and anxiety working against him when he sadly took his own life. I was 20 when this song came out and it blew my mind, I hadn't heard a real guitar and drums in what seemed like forever ( hip hop and dance was big at the time) The sound seemed so fresh and new! Everyone of my friends and i wondered why the song was called after women's deodorant! It was kind of a joke! We had to buy the cassette to learn the words because we couldn't understand him over the radio! Nirvana started the whole grunge look which consisted of old Jeans t-shirt and flannel shirt over it. I had a wardrobe of different colored flannel shirts! Nirvana was the beginning of a whole new sound and a whole new culture and Seattle was ground zero. I was a teen in the 80's and a young 20-something adult in the 90's. I'm always shocked when someone young like yourself reminds me of how long ago that was! Lol I enjoy your thoughts and reactions!

I was 17 when this song dropped. I can tell you 100%, it sounded unique, raw, and it tapped into the frustration and angst of the youth. It was anti-establishment, anti-commercialism. It was an anthem for the weird, downtrodden, freaks. It was awesome! There are so many amazing "grunge" style bands that came out at the same time but Nirvana blew the door wide open for it to become mainstream. Ultimately, the pressure and fame lead to his destruction, as well as many other grunge front runners. Other bands in this era include Alice In Chains, Mother Love Bone, Mudhoney, The Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, and later Pearl Jam and Stone Temole Pilotes.

Kurt was a man out of time. Those of us that were kids when Nirvana stood up top the world didn't know what we were witnessing. I so much wish I could go back and experience it again

@ellendennis1202

Жыл бұрын

Maaaan if this isn’t the truest thing ever! I would so make different choices and appreciate things more.

@anan-ko9vt

Жыл бұрын

i wasn’t alive yet but ugh i wish i could be born in the 80s just to experience nirvana

Allow me to offer a counter-point. I was in high school in the late 80's in the Pacific NW and listened to Mudhoney, Mother Lovebone, Nirvana, Soundgarden for years. I was uncool. In the fall of 1991 I went into bootcamp...which offers no view of the outside world. When I got out of bootcamp, the world was suddenly listening to the music I liked. It was surreal. The driving force behind the grunge movement was the Gen-X rejection of the lack of authenticity that boomer society fed us all throughout our childhood. We needed to have something real. Grunge was a rejection of the plastic, packaged excesses of the 1980s.

"Nevermind" knocked "Dangerous" out of the top spot. Yeah, it was kind of a big deal. 😂

Like others, I was also in high school when this came out and it "felt" different. I wasn't even into that kind of music at the time. It just was like an explosion. Music just changed after.

@indiedavecomix3882

Жыл бұрын

Nirvana Nevermind, Pearl Jam Ten, and a couple of other really popular grunge albums dropped within like a week or two of each other. It was like a bomb dropped on the music industry.

Nothing better than that feeling of hearing Smells like like Teen Spirit for the first time. I can't really even explain it. It's really hard to understand. And then seeing the change to the music landscaping almost instantaneously. Man I miss the 90s

THIS BAND Put GRUNGE ON THE MAP NOT Just Seattle THIS band DID SO MUCH. I was about 15-16 when Nirvana Hit the scene I am 41 STILL a DIE HARD FAN one of the BEST bands EVER. Poor Kurt couldn't handle the fame. RIP KURT I'll never believe he committed suicide Courtney had him killed Green Day is a GREAT BAND Too

@fredtello

2 жыл бұрын

Grunge music was the Genesis of the current stupid woketard movement

@bjmcmahon722

2 жыл бұрын

@@fredtello good comment if this was 1997. Though I'd love to dismantle you , you're too stupid to engage.

@Daniel_He09

2 жыл бұрын

sorry, I'm new to nirvana and all this 1990s rock, I know Courtney was his wife so why would she kill him? Did they have an very unhealthy or toxic relationship?

@bjmcmahon722

2 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel_He09 to say the least...yes. Very on both.

@KylieIsOverIt

2 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel_He09 here are some facts. You can do what you want with them. He was the biggest rock star in the world. Was making a lot of money and was going to continue to. They had a pre-nup. He wanted a divorce. "Drug overdoses" by drug users are a consistent method used for murder that looks like suicide. She has spent a metric ton of money and even sold off large chunks of the legacy that was meant for his daughter.

There’s definitely a line in music history… before Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and after.

Kurts art changed people, his influence was uncontrollable, lyrics are just words, but the creation of music,the grooves, the melodies both musically and vocally, it moves you, it makes you feel, makes you think and that effect everyone in a different way, that’s the power. No he’s not the only one who can do that, but he did do that for billions of people around the world all at once, people who fucking NEEDED it, that’s why he was special!

You have to check out the Ramones. I recommend: -Blitzkrieg Bop -Rock ‘N’ Roll High School -I Just Wanna Have Something to Do -Sheena is a Punk Rocker -I Wanna Be Sedated -Teenage Lobotomy -Pinhead -Rockaway Beach -Judy is a Punk -Do you Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Radio? -We’re a Happy Family

@0kidogi

2 жыл бұрын

@JD Hogg I can’t tell if you are talking to me or him

@ConstanceCox

2 жыл бұрын

No. Ramones suuuuuuuuuuuck.

you should react to RUN DMC and AEROSMITH - ‘Walk this way’ amazing colab between Rock and Hip-Hop

@jaimereynolds258

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! That was fun

@atticusruiz2844

2 жыл бұрын

Faxxxxx

@addiepnut3373

2 жыл бұрын

I keep suggesting that song a few times! I totally agree that song may actually blow JoJos mind

@acemodez3169

2 жыл бұрын

Bring The Noise is a better rock/rap collab

@MrSfxer

2 жыл бұрын

Ohh man, that collab literally changed rock and hip hop history. Ushered in the whole rock/rap genre. Linkin Park, etc..

Watch Montage of Heck. It's old recorded journals of Kurt's mixed in with interviews with his family and Krist Novocelic from Nirvana. (Pat and Dave were recording Foo Fighters Sonic Highways album and unavailable) Anyway, I think it's on Amazon prime or HBO max. It's very in depth and so beautiful.

My man you do a great job!! I was in high school when all this music came out & it changed our lives!! It’s cool to see you interpret it the way you do!!

Hi man, I recommend you checking out drain you by Nirvana, it was Kurt's favourite song!

"rock still thrives in the underground" absolutely true!! a couple years ago i went to a few makeshift concerts in some person's patio here in Seattle and they were awesome! small shows in bars, heck, even karaoke nights!! rock is doing wonderfully, specially with the reunions of big ones like Guns N' Roses and My Chemical Romance! Oh!! and Foo Fighters are fantastic too! Dave Grohol (the drummer from Nirvana) is the frontman of the band. and Pat Smear, who was rhythm guitar for the last couple years of Nirvana, is also in Foo Fighters!

One of the things they touch on in the video, for music in general, was how stuff in the 80s was all about girls, sex, drugs, drinking, partying, being cool, etc.. Guitar solos were basically musical boasting, like, "Look how good I am, I can do this stuff no one else can do and that makes me the best in the world!".. Lyrics were as deep as a puddle.. Grunge brought guitar playing back "to the people" by not being ultra-complex stuff that takes years of practice to master.. That's why I love so much stuff from the 90s; you had bands like Nirvana, there was Rage Against The Machine singing about racism and government corruption, Marilyn Manson talking about how corrupt religion was and how people used religion to strip individuality away from people and control them, bands like Hole, Kittie, and festivals like Lilith Fair were all about feminism and empowering women to be more than just passive, agreeable slaves for men's desires.. And we're about due for another Grunge-style revolution. It's slowly starting up again, with the recent focus on BLM, the shit with Trump's corruption and putting kids in cages, the stronger acceptance of the LGBT community, a stronger societal focus on Social Justice, anti-bullying.. But if you look at most of the music that's come out in the past 20 years, we're back to how it was in the 80s, especially with most commercial/successful hip-hop and rap. Everything is about partying, doing drugs, having fun, making money, being rich, having sex, being in love (or heartbreak).. Music now is mostly just as shallow as it was back in the 80s, before the 90s came along and said "Fuck you, there's more important things in the world we need to be focusing on right now than just having fun because shit is BROKEN!". The music is all over-produced and sounds "perfect", and most people are more worried about their image than they are about saying anything meaningful or doing anything that might not sound "perfect" and "polished" like every other major hit. There's no more experimentation or passion in music, only marketing and image, because all the artists out there are scared that if they rock the boat too much, they might fall into the water and disappear, and that's more important to them than being meaningful and pushing music into new directions.

True story bro... the underground is full of great music yet to be heard

I was 20 when Nirvana & grunge came on the scene. It totally changed my life. Was an AMAZING time to be alive.

I love that he is playing the version of smells like teen spirit by the guys from 2Chellos which by the way plays lots of old skool rock/grunge/metal.....my favorite is 2 Chellos "thunderstruck" a cover of AC/DC

@222valas

2 жыл бұрын

Check out them doing hurt by nine inch nails

@bethannprather1462

2 жыл бұрын

Yesssss! I noticed it too and thought it was cool that it was playing through the narration. Very talented guys

Jojo you are insightful young man!! Your reactions are thoughtful and true!

when this song came out in 92, they was in europe somewhere, they had to put the words on mtv lol-everything they did was great,rip kurt

Hey Jovan! Every song in the intro of that video is worth checking out. :) You have my respect for your open mind and eagerness to listen to new things. Those are great qualities to have, sir.

I appreciate your thoughtful reflection on music and the meaning of it. You are wise beyond your years and that is a credit to your desire to learn about what you are reacting to. Kudos my man.

I love your afterthought on the video, on the whole Teen Spirit thing, as idea of being expressive, the idea of how Kurt wrote it, as just being expressive.

It was really nice to hear your perspective on Nirvana :) I grew up listening to them in the early 2000s and was the weird teenager obsessed with a band that was around a decade ago haha. They had a lot of sincerity and I felt that Kurt just made his art because he wanted to. If he hadn't become famous, I'd assume he'd still be painting and he'd still be playing underground gigs with a band, or busking on the street. Another thing to note is that Kurt was very progressive and liberal at a time where it wasn't popular to be at all. He vocally supported feminism, racial equality and campaigned for gay rights. He wrote this message to his fans on the B-Side album Incesticide, which came out after Nevermind: At this point I have a request for our fans. If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us - leave us the fuck alone! Don’t come to our shows and don’t buy our records." Nirvana received death threats for playing benefit concerts to support the causes they believed in. The '90s really was a different time.

“you know your right! “ so many times he had stated ,that people put too much meaning into his lyrics and that they were basically catchy hooks and melodic ramblings . We all needed them to mean something. He seemed slightly irritated ,when asked to explain them. he gradually realized and tried to appreciate this and reluctantly accepted -to each of his fans ,they meant something a little different, perhaps more than he ever intended. the fact ,that his songs were transformed by his voice , those perfectly imperfect guitargasms , his apathy, it all signified by default one thing we can all relate to : “PAIN” . pain was undoubtedly his muse . It’s often a curse (cost) for talented entertainers. Look at those who came before, who rose to artistic ambivalence : Morrison, Presley , Hendrix etc.. they all transcended reality and they all suffered dying tragically,alone , and evading a painful existence . His path , his pursuit , his goal was using creative desperation for freedom and relief . In the begining it was raw , it was punk , it was a distraction. Once, his music was forced and commercialized it became a job , no longer offering escape ,then came heroin- an artificial escape of pure bliss, until it wasn’t anymore . He started and ended in pursuit of relief from somthing ,only he knew . the only way he could feel free was to play , like no one was listening ,like he was playing to the cruel God ,that made him , who cursed him ,with what he originally perceived as a passion ,until it became a curse . we felt the relief of those melodic injections and begged for more .more.more. We obsorbed him and demanded consistent dope (performance’s) , reguardless of his price. His talent like dope injected , our minds, and souls ,like his beloved heroin effected us all profoundly . Deep down he was an artist and poet- a pisces and that’s exactly what art does ; it moves us with all that pain wrapped in talent , and as a pisces tormented by my own existence ; i know the only thing we all have in common ,is that we all suffer in one way or another . We all know pain . Look at his pictures. look at his lyrics without the music . look at his letter at the end and then you will know why his art and life sticks with you now ,maybe even more than it did in 94 . “she eyes me like a pisces when i’m weak . “ , “I’ve never failed to fail “ , “we all knew it would come to this” , “Rape Me my friend”, many of his lyrics are temporary emotions in things he felt on a daily basis . An entire song was based on a conversation he had with Krist and Dave the day before or a producer he disagreed with , even a traumatic memory from 10 years in the past . It’s because his ideas came from a lens he used to capture and collect every experience with and it’s effect was discomfort and pain . distorted in life and so in his music . It was a fabulous life the money and the fame, until it wasn’t, because his lens could not be swapped . No amount of money would afford him a new lens , nor allow him to simply swap it out for a nicer one , thus he knew he had to go . A broken bulb affixed in a dim room will never bring light 💡.Sadly he was so sure it could never change ,that he “favored burning out over fading away!”

Doing your homework. I love that you’re doing research!! Makes me love you even more! That makes the entire difference between a reactor and a GREAT reactor.

I was at a party the first time I heard this, my freshman year in college. It came on and I immediately crossed the room and went over to the stereo where a small group of guys was gathering. I looked at them with my mouth agape, unable to speak. For real. One of them just said “I know.”

I enjoyed this very much. Thanks!

Absolutely loved your instrumental background. Set the tone perfectly.

Watching you listen and learn, is a learning and listening experience . Nice one bro.

Alice and chains and guns and roses opened the door for rock to come back hard. Nirvana and pearl jam kicked down the old house.

I hope there is a band soon that makes rock mainstream again

i enjoyed watching this w someone that’s from your generation. stay connected, Jojo. teen spirit = that life will get better as you grow…

They invented a new genre-grunge. The cranberries are the only ones that did anything even close to what they did as far as reviving creativity and nuance in rock, especially during that time. If you want more underground rock omg pleeeaaase tell us because there’s not just the whole grunge scene but the more “screamo” music that came after too.

Great analysis at the end there. Spot on.

These are the meanings I’ve been able to get from the lyrics “Load up on guns, bring your friend, it’s fun to lose and too pretend”- a call to action “She’s overboard and self assured, oh no I know a dirty word”- poetry that was thrown together by Kurt “With the lights out, it’s less dangerous”- the safety of the audience not being able to tell what you’re doing “Here we are now entertain us”- the audience demanding entertainment “I feel stupid and contagious”- The entertainer doing things on stage and feeling stupid, but it’s contagious to the audience. “I’m worse at what I do best, and for this gift I feel blessed”- he’s acknowledging that he has a gift for music, but he’s convinced he isn’t good “Our little group has always been, and always will until the end”- the band will stay together “forever” “And I forget just why I taste, oh yeah I guess it makes me smile, I found it hard was hard to find, oh well whatever never mind”- drug use made him feel things, he was going to tell us more but he decided “never mind” “A denial”- he was unable to finish high school because of his grades, so he was “denied”

You're reactions are great man! Some suggestions for bands you haven't reacted to yet that I'd love to see: White Zombie - "More Human than Human" and "Thunderkiss 65", Nine Inch Nails - "Head Like a Hole" and "Terrible Lie", Smashing Pumpkins - "Today" and "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" and Foo Fighters - "Everlong" and "All My Life" The singer of the Foo Fighters was the drummer of Nirvana

I actually didn't pay attention to or become a fan of Nirvana until about 1993-94(ish) while I met some new friends in my senior yr HS. I didn't appreciate Nirvana until after Cobain died in early 94. But I loved the new style of music that Nirvana brought to the attention of the world. There would still have been grunge, but I don't think it would have been so mainstream in the 90's if not for Nirvana and Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Kurt was a genius. Nirvana was so different when they came out.❤️

You’re right about those artists who create music only to be popular and not what they really feel like, that’s one of many acpects that made Kurt stand out, he really didn’t care if people like their music or not and that made him special.

Im glad you are finding out about the history of all genres of music my friend... kudos

What’s going on everybody man! 🤣I love Jojo’s introduction to his vids a nice guy listening to great bands. 🤘👍

As someone who was a 60s child, i'm still trying to wrap my head around people who are just now discovering history. I'm officially old now.

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I know the feeling as a 70s kid. But I'm impressed he's delving into this music history. And he's "getting it". Very open minded

When you said “music is about how it makes you feel.” 100% yes! I was just saying that the other day. I’m GenX and we didn’t have access to all this information at the tip of our fingers, so it was mostly about how it made you feel. I so appreciate you taking the time to learn about Nirvana. I first heard them from Sub Pop. They had a Singles Club that you’d subscribe to for a fee. We’d get 7” vinyl singles mailed to us and Nirvana’s “Love Buzz” was the first one. That was in 1988 and I was 19. By the time Nevermind came out, my ex worked at a store that sold punk rock shoes (DMs) and he worked with a few people in different bands. Someone from L7, another Sub Pop band, someone from Jawbreaker and another person who played the cello on “Something in the Way” on Nevermind. It was amazing time in music. It is tragic that Kurt’s life was cut so short and I can’t believe there was no investigation. I hope the Seattle PD does the right thing and reopens the case.

Great video. Just on the underground comment that was made in the video that you asked about, I tend to agree with it. I grew up listening to Incubus and Disturbed but it is hard to find similar music in the mainstream now. It’s out there, but you do have to dig to find rock and alternative music these days.

It's cool that had that impact on you. It's rare when you hear certain music and there's a feeling of discovery, like it's something completely different -- like a new possibility. I'm twice your age and may have only had that feeling 3-5 times. Nirvana was one of them for me too, but when they released it.

Music was and always has been the thing that has connected me to the world, across all barriers. Mainly family growing up with my mom and then meeting my dad in my 20s.... I don't think I've ever had a religious experience without music.... I was raised in many ways and to represent many things, but rock music embodies everything i have ever learned about life. I'd say its one of two things ive learned in life, but theyre really one in the same. Being true. Doing the right thing the right way in the long run is a better strat than the ends justify the means. Truth in speech is proven by Truth in action. When everything aligns, and your not skimping here or there, your where the world needs you to be.

Most of my favorite bands are not commercially viable, yet their music is mind blowing! Underground music is where new music comes from.

my dad bought every nirvana album on vinyl and on cd. years later when he met my mom and they had me and my siblings he still played those albums and told me so much about their music and music in general. i learned guitar with my dad inspired by dave grohl. i swear that kurt, dave, krist & others they created with will be life changing forever.

Grunge is as if Punk Rock and Classic Rock had a baby! I love grunge! I felt like Punk was back! I am a child of the 60's & 70's. I hate that Rock may be dead and if it comes back, come back with a roar!!! This is coming from a CBGB, Madison Square Garden girl!

Your the only one who has put things in context. He deconstructed a genre. A true artist.

Do "BRING the NOISE" It's a rock/rap collaboration...Anthrax and Public Enemy together and it fucking...kicks...ass!

i salute you for taking time to discover some old stufff... old but new to you. the 80´s was a decade of pop music. one hit wonders. the records company pick up young guys and girls with a pretty face but without a singing background put them on a studio with a song. the big rock bands where in decline or breack up. by the beginning of the 90´s teens where tired of the same stuff. nirvana just come first with those guitars loud and crazy distortons and that attitude of "we don´t care". that´s what make them an icon. see how they dance on stage. it´s that rebel posture that teens in those days needed

I was the guy who requested this video on you’re Instagram!

I wasn’t always into music I mean I’ve always would just listen to whatever is on later got into pop and rap but my dad love rock and plays guitar so it caused me to also picked up a guitar and I’ve loved it ever since and rock punk and all that has become my favorite and I love hearing stories behind bands and their song and it’s incredible.

was on the edge of 15 when he died. So many were so deeply impacted but it really opened our eyes to what depression and heroin does to anyone. My generation learned a lot. (Look up DARE drug abuse resistance education). If only we could have saved Kurt bless him and his wife Courtney Love and baby daughter Francis Bean two that he left behind, unfinished life just like Tupac, Jeff Buckley and others who died too soon. They changed my life. 💙 Love from Colorado 💙

So glad so see Deafheaven mentioned in the video. They’re a great band and I love them!

The biggest pet peeve of Kurt’s was that Nirvana was only looked at for this song. He had said countless times he would be on stage playing it and would just want to throw his guitar down and walk off stage. The song irritated him because he felt there were better songs of his to be appreciated than this one! If he were here today he probably would have a different outlook. Also, the song “In Bloom” is specifically about the people who read too much into his lyrics! Definitely the next one to check out.

I lived in the Seattle area in the early 90’s. Being a college student in the nexus of the music universe was so amazing. I had friends who saw Nirvana at the Color Box. No one really new who they were and then like 6 months later Nevermind dropped, and they realized they witnessed history.

I went to a residential school in the early nineties and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was our music to wake up to each morning. Some of the students would blast the song and it was awesome to wake up each morning and just listen to the song. Such memories.

That's true.. most rock music I've listened to I always find it by chance and not on the radio.

Massive impact. Super simple chordage and musical competence, but they (sort of) led and rode the wave of a huge social shift in the youth consciousness of the early 90s x

Grunge was born and I was a teen at the time. Loved it lived it!

I love this. I love to see the music I listened to when I was younger touch the younger generations today. You would have loved Kurt. I did. I do! I have him tattooed across my shoulder blades!

Very well done. I remember the time well as a teenager myself. About 17 yrs I was. Teenage angst and an out for when life got hard.

I was lucky enough to see them at Tipatina’s in New Orleans the week Nevermind was released (f’n awesome show). And then sometime in 1994 not long before Kurt was gone. I got to see them in the beginning and the end. RIP.

You are so insightful! I feel bad that there are apparently so many younger people out there who haven't been exposed to this stuff. The point of the music was the feeling, very true. I was 10 when this song and video came out, and when people say everything changed overnight, they're not kidding. There was a recession, and we just didn't feel so much like watching videos with guys showing off expensive cars, clothes, and hookers anymore. I'm really glad you found this band!

The Pixies is one of my favorite bands EVER and they were a big influence on Nirvana. You should check out the Pixies. Try Debaser, Where is My Mind, and Gigantic. A newer artist I like that I feel 90s inspired vibes is Oliver Tree. He gives me Beastie Boys, Weezer, and Pixies and he’s great

I love you Jojo!!! ♥️♥️♥️

Stay blessed young blood.

The impact of this song can never be overstated.

This is just so wholesome. From a Black 90s baby who has been a rock lover from the jump, welcome!

The song you skipped was More than A Feeling by Boston- the chords are similar and they played it before Teen Spirit in that concert!

I was 18 in 1991 wasn't a big fan at the time. I'm a big fan now I have learned to appreciate their music over the years👍❤ RIP KURT

As a big nirvana fan your reactions vids are great.

Yes they had that big of an impact. And just a year and a half later Dr. Dre's The Chronic did too. Both albums came out when I was in high school and looking back on it having two different albums start a musical revolution in such a small amount of time between each other will simply never happen again.

Yessir that had that much impact!!!!

Great reaction! I love how you're getting context. I can't say if rock is still thriving underground because I'm way out of the scene, but I bet it is. Folks always find a way to express themselves. I don't really know a lot about Cobain, but seems like he was attracted to and repulsed by fame at the same time. That could have contributed to his unhappiness. Someone to compare him to is Paul Westerberg who was in the Replacements in the 80s.

Love watching your videos! I noticed your more recent videos are about more recent (80s-90s) rock. Would you try some of the older stuff like (50s-60s) Buddy Holly, Elvis, The Doors, Steppenwolf, The Kinks? Also think you might like Cream, they have good psychedelic vibe.

Hey Jojo, I love what you’re doing. This song was so influential when I was a teen. When you’re done exploring Nirvana, let me suggest a few other songs that heavily influenced both my musical taste and my lifestyle. Some of these are from the Seattle Grunge scene, and others from the California alternative music scene. From Seattle: Alive by Pearl Jam Outshined by Soundgarden Would by Alice In Chains From California: Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers Epic by Faith No More Low Self Opinion by Rollins Band Perhaps none of these were as influential to the musical landscape as Smells Like Teen Spirit, but they were all at least as influential to me personally.

Ill never forget the day I learned he died. I was cryin all the way home from work no cell phones... This makes me cry just to see this 🙏RIP KURT🙏

The first time I heard this was at lunch in grade 8.....it changed everything, I remember seeing my teachers face, he new it as well....