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‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’: The Story Of Nirvana’s Timeless Anthem
Udiscovermusic ^ | September 10, 2024 | Simon Harper

Posted on 09/13/2024 5:22:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 09/13/2024 5:22:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I don’t know why I like this song, I just do.


2 posted on 09/13/2024 5:23:06 PM PDT by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” -)
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Well we’re singing, and we’re playing, but you can’t tell, what I’m saying.

Weird Al.


3 posted on 09/13/2024 5:28:06 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Apparently, Kurt Cobain loved Weird Al’s version.


4 posted on 09/13/2024 5:31:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Knocked Michael Jackson out of the #1 spot, I believe.


5 posted on 09/13/2024 5:37:35 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Timeless anthem?

WTH does it even mean?


6 posted on 09/13/2024 5:38:03 PM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Army Vet 1986-1991 unburdened by what I was burdened by before.)
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kurt kabang...


7 posted on 09/13/2024 5:38:38 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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I'm a child of the 1960s...absolutely the greatest decade for music. The Stones,Beatles,Yardbirds,Who...the greatest by far! But I must admit that Smells Like Teen Spirit is a true classic...as is the video that went with it.
8 posted on 09/13/2024 5:45:10 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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I never liked the album. There were bands like pavement and etc breaking huge ground back then and Nirvana was mediocre.


9 posted on 09/13/2024 5:46:17 PM PDT by struggle
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Was never a fan of Nirvana... The only reason they’re popular is the suicide


10 posted on 09/13/2024 6:03:20 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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“ The only reason they’re popular is the suicide”

Wow.

No.

I mean, cmon.


11 posted on 09/13/2024 6:07:53 PM PDT by Fuzz
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Nirvana was pretty good. I recently learned Dave Grohl was the drummer.

He was so worried about Trump playing one of his songs at a rally, he forgot to keep his zipper up and got his side piece pregnant. I feel bad for his wife and daughters. What a jerk he turned out to be.

14 posted on 09/13/2024 6:15:06 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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Alice In Chains was so much better than Nirvana.


15 posted on 09/13/2024 6:16:52 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Fuzz

Opinion...they sucked as far as I’m concerned.


18 posted on 09/13/2024 6:22:25 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Levy78

Never a fan. I thought they sucked. My opinion anyway. To each his own.


19 posted on 09/13/2024 6:23:28 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Out of context it seems a strange selection for Great Songs, but it was. It's rough, angry, and filled with self contempt and wouldn't be remembered at all except that it was a watershed for the music of the time. Like punk, it isn't supposed to be pretty. What bothered Cobain about singing it as a hit was that do to so was to embrace what it was supposed to be rejecting.

So there I was, got a new job in Seattle after years abroad, walking through downtown toward Belltown, and I see this marquee that says "Courtney Killed Kurt", and heaven help me, I thought it was the name of a band...

20 posted on 09/13/2024 6:23:47 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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