Why I Hate Nirvana | Mike The Music Snob
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As was seen in my Fine Bros reaction video, I do not like Nirvana. Here's a better explanation of why. Not necessarily the same as The Doors.....but you'll get the idea.
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Luka Hays u just contradicted yourself on ur own comment. Why did u even post that
@Luka Hays Gwent isn't even out on mobile yet
@Luka Hays Oh sorry, you mean the iPhone version. Android isn't out yet, I'm waiting for that version
I thought riff and repetitive were synonyms
@Luka Hays Legacy of the Beast is a far superior mobile rpg because at least it has Iron Maiden.
Use this as a respectfully disagree button
No way
Thanks
Yeah but... Do we HAVE to be respectful!? Hahaha bless ya
@Nilly Sigger best name ever, you roon capist
Use what as a respectfully disagree button? thumbs up or thumbs down? I see now arrow or what the choices are....or is it simply commenting?? Shit I fucked up . I lose either way now 🥺🥺
*Sees title of video*
“So you have chosen... death”
Tashawn Sheffield I disagree
Tashawn Sheffield I probably wouldn't like them that much if I only listened to their studio albums. Became a fan because of the MTV Unplugged and Live at Reading
Live at reading
Sliver:voice crack lmao
T Pags Lol yeah XD
@Tashawn Sheffield YEAH!
Thank you! And Nirvana did not invent grunge. Pixies, Sonic Youth, Replacements, and countless other bands already developed the genre. Also, grunge did not end hair bands. Glam rock of the 80s was already on its way out. The Seattle scene just made it obvious.
MLB was sort of one leg in both worlds
Nobody says Nirvana invented grunge, they brought it to the mainstream which helped other similar bands
@@pranav5788 It was and still is a popular misconception with people who are unaware of bands that Kurt Cobain cited as influences that Teen Spirit introduced a whole new musical genre.
@@crazedoutlook Those people don't know much about grunge scene then but Nirvana surely was the flagship band that made it mainstream in early 90s which most of their peers acknowledge.
Replacements are pretty far away from Grunge. They're college rock.
The first grunge band was the U-Men.
Comment section summarized: Everybody hates everybody
Slipknot said it best People = Shit
Listen Mike, I love you, I can see where you're coming from with disliking Nirvana, but god sakes I'M NOT PLAYING RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!!
Agreed
Let the man get paid lmao
*goes and downloads raid shadow legends* 😌
@@benlyda9781 no
@Percocet Pastor quiet shill
If it wasn't for Nirvana you wouldn't have the Beatles
Sergio Balaguera its a joke
Idiot Beatles were from 60s maybe even 50s and nirvana was late 80s or 90s
@@Yani_lolNonce.
@@Yani_lol lmao this idiot
That's the stupidest thing I ever hesrd
Kurt watched a lot of MTV. His mind was an algorithm to identify what would be successfully commercial on TV. He not only had a great voice or composed decent melodies, he knew marketing. That's why they became so successful.
This man has a lot controversial opinions but still seems genuine and a good person
Not controversial, its a fact. Nirvana is a pop, overrated band
@@corban8714 I disagree but no hate
Finally, someone doesn't start blindly hating on Mike just cause he said his opinion. You sir, are truly great
@@corban8714 Bullshit
@Michael B yeah I hate all his takes usually but that’s just personal taste his stuff is really entertaining though
Speaking of their potential; In one of Kurt’s last interviews he stated that In Utero would be their last “grunge” album and if I remember correctly, he even stated that he was sick of their old sound. He said that in future albums they would get more experimental and sound completely different but of course we never got to hear that. I often think about what that would’ve sounded like.
Angelo Sarmiento if I remember correctly he had said he was quite interested in using orchestral arrangements more, probably like Jesus...sunbeam from unplugged but more varied instrumentation. Woulda been cool maybe.
@@9ZenMedia Michael Stipe said that he and Kurt Cobain were planning to collaborate and would have done if Kurt had not killed himself. Stipe said that Cobain wanted "nothing plugged in" although, even on their actual 'Unplugged' album, his Martin is played through an electric guitar pickup (as opposed to an acoustic one or a mic) and sounds a lot like an electric.
BEEG BEEG facts
I could be mistaken but I think Dave Grohl has said some of the early Foo Fighters songs were originally written for Nirvana. So they might have sounded similar to Foo Fighters
Radiohead No. 2 but actually number 1 but doesn't exist?
My man hatin on Nirvana, but he advertises Raid shadow legends
Mr World like an absolute beast.
Mr World Criticizing. Not hating. There’s a difference.
dedley01 the title is “why I hate nirvana”
Caleb Green Yes, but if you engage your brain a bit and watch the video you’ll realize it’s a stupid clickbait title.
Jonathan Chiasson Maybe you perceive it as stupid because you can’t accept opinions that aren’t congruent to your own.
I hate nirvana, but one thing I can say about them is, as a musician, everyone I've worked with who lists nirvana as a formative influence almost always tends to have moved on from them to very broad range of diverse musical tastes and as players, even if they are limited in technique and actual music education, they all tend to have a very good and natural musical intuition and understanding. They know what to play and when, even if they may not know exactly how to play it. They seem to have a natural understanding of things like dynamics and appropriate changes or counterpoints. It's something I've observed not unlike people who have the Beatles as an early formative influence. I'd usually rather work with someone who has Beatles or nirvana as a foundation that's only been playing for 6 months than, say, Kiss or Iron Maiden fans who've spent a decade playing.
You're right smells like teen Spirit is what made me acknowledge this band. Smells like teen Spirit is one of my favorite songs of all time. When I dug into the rest of their catalog I was honestly disappointed. I mean I could listen to a few other songs but seemed like they all lacked so many things that teen Spirit had going for it.
Oh boy I can't wait to read the comments on this one.
Why is the album Insecticide ignored by everyone? Not a lot of hits, but still there.
it wasn't technically an actual album, it was a compilation of b sides and outtakes from bleach and nevermind
@@zachpappas5105 gotcha
@@kennymoore7546 Great album! Love it!
Incesticide is massively underrated! Dive, Big Long Now, Been A Son and Aneurysm are gems.
@@Bellocks1 u forgot Sliver! Best song! And Turnaround, Molly's Lips, Son of a Gun
Can somebody explain what a "frequency bubble" is? He mentions it around 16:15
Just curious cause I havent heard this term before (I'm probs just a noob)
Thank you!
Gotta say, this making me laugh though 😂 You’re being very respectful of your dislike and that’s something to utterly respect. Nice one mate. And yeah, I’m British.
In my opinion Nirvana has remained popular for these reasons:
1. Perfect timing. Hair metal was dominant and Nirvana killed it off with one song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit". It was a fresh sound for the mainstream. Key word: mainstream.
2. They were the voice for the angsty Generation X. They made relatable music for those teens and college kids. They were the biggest thing in music from 1991-1994 until Oaisis blew up in 1995.
3. The death of Kurt Cobain. Him dying young elevated them into a legendary status, and many asked the question: "What if Kurt didnt die?"
I don't blame Kurt for hating Teen Spirit. That song was literally a musical weapon which despite it murdering a rather appalling genre, attracted the wrong kind of people.
I just like their music in general. Don’t really care about their attitude too much.
Guns n roses killed off that commercial crap. BTW, hair metal was started by thrashers to bash the LA sound, so i can tell you can get fucked because there was plenty of good music out of LA at that time.
@@pilotamurorei People still lumped them into that mix. If anyone from LA was agaisnt the hair metal stuff going on, it was Jane's Addiction.
Their popular still because people like their songs, idgaf about their "hits" I like MTV unplugged album, when I was 10 in 2012 i learned about nirvana in Buddhism and thought hey that would be a cool band name it means like tranquility and peace, heaven but a better name, so i searched nirvana band on google two check if anyone had the idea first and made it big cause their are artists with the same name as long as they are little but what popped up was nirvana, Kurt cobain, and so i listened to them on RUclips and smells like teen spirit had like 600m views and i liked it but was like holy shit but at the same time fuck i wanted to use the name, they released 3 albums and of course it was heavy but remember they were 3 punk minimalists who never wanted fame just music and they where evolving to be less heavy like every heavy band which is a shame, Kurt was an artist🎨, singer songwriter at such a young age
Mike: I don’t like Nirvana
New fans: aaaaahhhhhhhwhatthehellhowcouldyousaythat?!?!
Older fans: we saw this coming
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhwhatthehellhowcouldhesaythat?!?!?
actually nobody cares
The first time I watched this guy he was going on about the doors and I was like I hate this guy and I can see we’re he’s coming and I could forgive him but I’m not sure I can this time🤣
His opinion doesnt even matter. Half of the shit he likes sucks worse than Nirvana, but, opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one. Not everybody needs to see it though. 🤷♂️
We saw this coming
I was never a big fan, but saw them twice in concert, the only concert Ive been to where every person is singing every song lyric for lyric for the entire concert. Its was like listening to a 20,000 person choir.
Sounds damn annoying.
@@Kaesewicht honestly sounds awesome for a band to connect with an audience like that whether a good band or not.
@@Kaesewicht that happens at Power Metal festivals in Europe
@@Kaesewicht Miles better than a dead crowd
That happens in Iron maiden concerts too
“Because, despite the extent of my musicianship and all my technical mastery, I will still never have Kurt’s ability to simply write songs that move people”.
Cardi b songs makes me fucking twerk, having people move to music is only one thing
@@mylerwilson4879 I highly doubt that. And being inspired to dance is only one way of being moved by music.
Wow, you thought he literally meant move people physically lol
STFU. Most of his lyrics are ambiguous at best.
Basically, lol
I’m kinda curious if you’ve seen Rick Beato’s “What Makes this Song Great” about Nirvana, specifically his 2nd one. I’d be interested to know what you think about his take on Nirvana.
@Wild Eye Curious...what is it about Beato you don't like?
Was thinking that as well, Nirvana used some pretty complex (for pop/rock) melodies, harmonies and non-diatonic chord progressions, but don't make it sound like prog- which is no easy feat!
Yep probably a case of 'Oh, that's what we did' lol
@Wild Eye -Beato is The Man
He was definitely bullied by nirvana fans in high school
The problem with Nirvana is that it's a very overrated band
@@Cody-sk2dr The word "overrated" is overrated. When people don't like a popular band, they just call it overrated.... which is annoying and hilarious at the same time.
Cody20023 they deserve all the hype 🧚🏻♀️💖
@@nilsar3742 That is not always the case. Even if *you* think that something is overrated, there are also people that like the artist of that certain thing that is overrated and even they say that and tbh Nirvana is a great example of that. They aren't bad but they are overrated and that is a fact. Overrated isn't always something bad, don't forget that.
@@johnuary not really, there are other grunge rock bands that are better than Nirvana like Alice in chains, Soundgarden, Even Pearl jam is better than Nirvana hahaha
definitely overrated, I remember rolling stone also saying he was one of the best guitar players ever which was ridiculous..
Very narrow definition of genius, his ability to convey emotions and give an insight into his mental struggles was very impressive especially from someone without a musical background. I think most fans of nirvana aren’t under any illusion he is as great as Hendrix or Van Halen on the guitar, or as great a lyricist as John Lennon. They just love the rawness and emotion which comes through in his music, which most artists I don’t think can capture in even close to the way that Kurt did.
That shows emotional intelligence, doesn’t show his genius
That’s just Kurt Cobain being fucked in the head and spilling out his mental problems into his music. It’s not genius it’s a cry for help and that’s why people think it’s so raw and punk and shit. I mean for me I’ve been in extremely dark places in my life before and knowing the emotions he might have been going through first hand yes it’s impressive that he was able to write the music he did, but it also was just objectively bad music being held up by the fact he was depressed and struggling mentally (edit also I mean no disrespect by saying I might know what he was going through but I’ve struggled with real mental problems myself and am only alive because my brother unknowingly walked downstairs before I could yk)
absulotely not bro, have you see some nirvana fans!? they treat kurt like a god
What emotions did he actually convey? All his songs are about women.
@@mylerwilson4879 What would art be without emotions, man?
I respectfully disagree
no one cares anyway but im the 100th like lol
I dont respectfully disagree
I think Mike just doesn’t like punk, or anything with a punk ethos
Z metal wouldn’t have blast beats without punk. a lot of punk bands are admittedly influenced by Black Sabbath, but punk would totally exist without Black Sabbath. Punk was born from garage rock of the mid to late 60s. The stooges were basically making punk before Black Sabbath’s first album was released.
nirvana is not punk or anywhere near punk man
@Z NIRVANA IS NOT PUNK STOP
Black Bart Simpson notice how I said punk ethos. Grunge was influenced by punk. In Utero has a rough, noisy recording, clearly influenced by punk bands who rejected hifi production. I mean the album was produced by Steve fucking Albini, you know, the guy who was in multiple killer post hardcore bands as well as being an audio engineer for plenty of punk acts. Songs like tourettes, stay away, territorial pissings, and negative creep have a clear punk influence to them with their speed and raspy shouted vocals. Kurt cobain was a big fan of several punk acts, such as black flag, the Buzzcocks, bad brains, the stooges, etc. Both Kurt and Dave Grohl have admitted to being influenced by Husker Du, one of the first hardcore punk and alternative rock bands ever. Without Hüsker du, you wouldn’t have the pixies. And without the pixies, you sure as hell wouldn’t have nirvana, considering how much of a giant influence they were on them. Nirvana, especially on bleach, also borrowed a lot from noise rock and sludge metal, and those two genres have clear ties to punk. The pixies were noise rock sometimes and the melvins were sludge metal at times. Two bands Kurt loved. Finally, Kurt doesn’t play flashily, he plays very simple riffs, sometimes pretty noisily and fast, and that’s pretty punk imo. Punk rejects the technical playing and sterilized production of progressive rock bands and in utero follows in these footsteps. It had a punk ethos. Which is why mike doesn’t like it
What punk ethos?
Because when I think Nirvana, I sure as Hell don't see an indication that they could grasp the attitude of "we're gonna do this ourselves, kick ass, and be awesome" like Minor Threat, Black Flag, The Misfits, The Clash, The Damned, etc.
All I see is a band led by a guy that GG Allin would be embarrassed to be around.
How about AIC ? I would be interested what you think of them ?
This comments section just reinforces my belief that Nirvana has one of the most cancerous fanbases in music history.
Spend with them long enough and you’ll be getting chemotherapy in no time
Facts.
It was and is a cult.
U can’t talk u are paying to become a member
says the person who’s a member of a youtube channel 💀
For people that complain about Nirvana's music being very simple here's quote for you guys:
"I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid want to go out and buy a guitar and learn to play"
-Ozzy Osbourne
I'm confused how does that quote rebut/change the notion that Nirvana's music is simple to play?
@@aszneehitme8691 It answers the question "why Nirvana is so popular" They are a Punk/Grunge band (a music genre made by teens for teens) sometimes a riff based on only 3 chords is all that you need
@deadvoguestar you maybe not but alot of other have
@@brianjones8432 And you're point is... ?
I never said Kurt was a guitar god he was decent at best while Rhodes was one of the top players in the music industry
@@alexandergeodakyan1988 The point is, you can write complex AND catchy riffs that still motivate kids to want to play guitar.... It's the whole reason my generation was bored as fuck in the 90's covering Nirvana tunes for the braindead masses. Because we grew up learning from people who could actually play their instruments.....smh..... And if Kurt had actually been any kind of "genius" he would have been smart enough to point the shotgun at Courtney. Nuff said.
Nirvana had interesting melodies and a dark emotive tendency I still love. They were my favorite band growing up. Complex isn't always better.
nope
go listen to killing joke brighter than a thousand suns
Simple/Inept/Lazy isn't always punk/cool/genuine/good either. Nirvana had a handful of great songs and a lot of meh.
@@VVVY777
totally agreed. I find Nirvana and Dream Theater similar in a sense that they have some great songs here and there but mostly super boring albums, even though their approach to music is the polar opposite of each other.
Jim Stockham nirvana was a experimental band that had succes they did not exist to play well they existed to make music that THEY liked it just happened to be so that people could relate to their music
Jim Stockham It’s a review not a personal attack.
I appreciate your opinion 👍
Personally I like Nirvana. The music.
Some guys I knew in college, LOVED Kurt, the person, one guy , Cory, had a huge wall sized poster of Kurt’s face, he read the same books Kurt read, Cory worshipped Kurt. That I didn’t understand. Hero worship is for the birds.
If Kurt was ugly they wouldn't have gotten to this level..my 2 cents
@@drspritz yes. Unfortunately that’s how the industry is. Some people idolize celebrities for some reason. I like Robert De Niro. His acting, his movies. But I don’t idolize the man. I don’t read the books he reads or have a six foot poster of his face in my room. Does that make sense?
Classic Cory
@@serobesehightower4041 exactly, he’s probably worshipping Machine Gun Kelly now.
Nirvana? Culturally significant?
The Bealtes are culturally significant.
Thank you for giving eloquent voice to the things I think and feel every time I hear Nirvana's "genius".
Nirvana was......a band?
"oh ok I'll try to understand his side"
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I’ll be damned if I take this kind of abuse from a man who’s Harley Davidson shirt identifies as a Tapout tshirt 😂
Ok that's pretty hilarious
Jarrette Rohling 😂🤣😂 that was really funny
Talking about genius
you obviously
took the video personal
Ruben Tavares No, just messing around is all lol
Can't wait to send you my debut album when it drops. Really want to know how it ranks for real
This video was very enjoyable to me because it was brutally honest. I don't agre with you in many aspects, but i also came to understand and almost agree with others. Kurt may not be a musical genius if you compare him with Mozart, but he certainly made an impact and brought honesty back to mainstream music.
*Bashes Dave Grohl’s drum sound...
Immediately asks me to subscribe.
*yeah that’s gonna be a no.
So that's a common joke among audio engineers. "The snare sounds like shit" is pretty much a meme at this point due to how difficult it is to sit right while cutting through a mix. It was intended to be a non-serious statement for a laugh.
Aaron Branson hahahahahahha
I still don't get why some people hate others (with no solid arguments), just 'cause they have different opinions ... like, dude, he has some really good points that we should consider. Think outside the box
Hey, you replied and were super nice about it! That makes my day dude. Just for that, I WILL subscribe :)
And just so you know, I was trying to be funny by exaggerating the snark.
Grohl is easily one of the best drummers ever
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I was born within a few months of Kurt Cobain, but I was lucky to be trained in music and to have exposure to a broad range of music earlier than Cobain did, as I understand his biography. I lived in England in the late 70s and got exposed to British punk early on. By the time I graduated high school, I had a huge collection of punk records and, generally, everything that descended from The Velvet Underground, plus a lot of the Indie/Alternative Rock of the 80s, Patti Smith, The Clash, The Violent Femmes, Black Flag, etc... I loved Sonic Youth. I had a show on my college's radio station, so we were always looking for new, cool bands. I saw Jane's Addiction open for Love and Rockets. So by the time Nirvana came around and brought a punk ethos to the mainstream, it didn't blow me away because I'd seen it before and, arguably, done better. Now, if Nirvana was your first exposure to this genre of music, then that's great, but it has roots going back 25 years. And compared to some of the ones who came before, I don't think Cobain's lyrics are that great. ("I'm anemic royalty"?) He wasn't Lou Reed or Patti Smith. So I'd say that if you like Nirvana, you should check out their musical antecedents.
"Spoke to a directionless generation with directionless music." Perfectly stated.
06:57 My man predicted the whole Puddle of Mudd cover
Lmao true pioneer
This made my day lol
I thaught that
Zing
Nirvana is my favorite T-shirt brand
"T-shirt band"... I gotta introduce that phrase into my conversations.
AC/DC is MY favourite t-shirt brand!
I see teenagers wearing those now.
Lord of Diamonds that’s not what it said but I agree
Mike Northrup Iron Maiden for me.
I don't hate the music, I just hate the hype and the messianic levels of worship of Kurt by fans that never gave a shit about that kind of music before Nirvana came out to remould the pop music landscape. I feel Kurt originally wanted to be famous (at least subconsciously) but couldn't deal with the eventual price tag it came with and became disillusioned when every kind of pressure was put on him from his label and fans and felt there was only one way out. Like many people, I feel sorry for the guy more than anything. He seemed like a very sensitive and troubled but kind soul who was crying for help, alone and falling off the mountaintop at an alarming pace.
He also had a stomach illness that put him in pretty much constant pain that the doctors couldn’t figure out
You nailed it man.
Absolutely on point
Just ask Michael Jackson how fun it was for him to be out in the public at all. Whether at the mall or the beach his life was total hell. Zero privacy. The price of excessive fame is high 🤷
"I don't hate the music"....This comment contributes to the Messiah (Savior) Complex.
I agree. Nirvana was a great band and Kurt was a talented songwriter, but I actually prefer most of the other Seattle/PNW bands as far as output. I get tired of people making Kurt out to be the second coming of John Lennon.
One of my hot takes is that I don't like nirvana. And finally someone agrees with me!
Whether you like Nirvana or not, at least we can all agree that they’ve inspired a lot of people to pick up an instrument
Very true, I actually forgot until I read this comment that he was the main reason I started playing in '94.
They inspired me to come to kurts house with a shotgun but when I showed up I think someone beat me to it
@@goodinternetuser1943 as long as you agree it was someone, not himself
@Constantine Constans
"I can agree that Nirvana sucks"
~A guy who just joined a month ago, whose mommy's net worth is NOwhere near Kurt's net worth
@Constantine Constans "i can agree that Nirvana sucks"
Yet they won the hall of fame :)
Nirvana isn’t about refinement, complexity or trying to appeal to anyone’s opinion of what music should be. Nirvana was about a feeling, a rejection of what everyone thought rock was.
Moisty Matthew I agree. Nirvana’s music was an expression of pure emotion through sound. What it looked like is irrelevant
Well it still sucked monkey balls.
I'll leave ya a poem.
Nirvana is bad.
Kurt's songs are bland.
You should check out good music like Badlands.
@@kingofdragontown9680 Badlands is unlistenable garbage. Super corny. Hair metal dorks from the 80s will always complain about Nirvana.
@@kingofdragontown9680 cringe
Moisty Matthew Perfect way to explain it tbh
My view is: This is what happens when people focus far too much on the technicalities of music. It takes away from the purpose of music in the first place if you do it for long enough, to the point where people actually interpret it completely differently. This happened to me years ago when I was younger, a guitarist, and a producer.
I took years off from music entirely, hardly listened to music at all for about 5 years... and when I got back into music, I could appreciate music organically again for what it actually is. I could hear music for the original purpose once again and appreciate it without being distracted by technical details.
I get what you’re saying. Its that intangible quality. Being able to feel the song and have it put you in a vibe instead of getting focused on the technical aspects of the musicianship. “Seeing the forest for the trees,” if you will. I’ve been playing guitar for 28 years and anytime I hear a song I enjoy that makes me not notice the guitar, it’s usually a pretty accurate indication that it’s a well written song.
I loved Nirvana growing up but as my music understanding and taste evolved, I completely understand your point. I loved them because it was simple and my parents wanted me to think they were the greatest thing ever (they were big during their 20’s). I’ll listen to them occasionally but it’s rarely voluntary. They are good in moderation now but everyone has their own opinions 🤘🏼
Me: listens to a bunch of Nirvana on youtube
RUclips: recommends video of a guy who hates Nirvana
IKR?????
A2Z83 RUclips’s trying to help u get a better music taste 😂👏🏾
The Hammer there taste is just fine
Duh, can you say algorithm? *goes and watches sky diving videos* ....wait... Why do i keep getting sky diving video recommendations?
Media platforms enjoy conflict, brings them business.
The funny thing is -- in his own way, Kurt Cobain was a music snob too.
Yeah and I love Nirvana, the fanboys and girls shut down anything negative said about him lol.
Yup, he talked crap about many bands
I Had a first release demo cassette of Love Bug/Big Cheese. One song per side
This band destroyed 80's hair metal, with for the exception of very few bands, the rest were musically intolerable.
Melodies
Aretha
Tops, Spinners
Kurt was a Roadie for The Melvin's
True story. After the first big royalty check from his he bought a jaguar. Something reliable, cuz thier shit car broke down all the time. The cost day he owned the jaguar kids gave him shit about his fancy car. He never drove it again
I cried when 5 musicians died
John Lennon
Pac
Johnny Cash
Kurt Cobain
Chester Bennington (sweet soul)
and Chi Cheng, my dear friend, former bass player from the Deftones. Crushed me
Nirvana has been awarded one Diamond, three Multi-Platinum, seven Platinum and two Gold certified albums in the United States by the RIAA, and four Multi-Platinum, four Platinum, two Gold and one Silver certified albums in the UK by the BPI.
But ya who noticed? 😆
@@feastorafamine 👍
How was he a music snob? He created utter shit for music
A lot of angry Nirvana fans in the comment section.
I'm barely getting into nirvana now. I watch this video when it came out too. But since I'm actually giving them a chance now. I decided to read the comments. It's filled with teens or guys who don't understand opinions. After 30 years it came out.
Lol true. Everything Kurt did was genius or accidental genius to them. Plus for some reason they always have to bring up why he was such a great, troubled guy, as if that means anything. To me its just false idol worship.
cry about it
@@chrissyswifey Yes the nirvana fans are definitely crying about it
The truth is that Nirvana or any other popular act aren't just popular because of their music but more their allure, attitude, image, timing, and many other factors. The majority of popular acts aren't incredible musicians but very unique and charismatic people and the whole package is what people follow, that's why the most talented people typically have smaller fanbases
I'm a huge, huge Nirvana fan and I think the video makes a good point on why you don't worship Nirvana and that's totally cool.
I really don't like Nirvana but I respect your attitude
It's all about respect. 👌
It's cool to hate on Nirvana
Hell, if we all liked the same band then it would be pretty fucking boring. Nirvana isn’t music and music isn’t Nirvana. Nirvana is just a part of music and there is a lot of other music out there so if you like them cool and if you don’t whatever. I can listen to a few of their songs, I definitely don’t worship them but I don’t hate them either. They are just there like many other bands....
I agree with you on that. I Really like nirvana for their simplicity, melody, and emotional music, also his screaming voice, but I see where this guy is coming from
“I just have no clue why so many people love nirvana” because not everyone loves extreme thrash metal
Well that's kinda why Nirvana became big. They were just really different than Glam and against that flashy image. Just like thrash metal, but thrash metal was to heavy for the mainstream. Nirvana just hit a sweet spot between being pretty mainstream enjoyable and something you can go wild to. But yes, everyone has a different taste
Name 1 extreme thrash metal band, before you say anything, I’m a big fan of Nirvana
@@vonicrimson3619 Dude, you're just like this "Name 3 songs" meme
@@marvintimke3978 you like nirvana? Name every nirvana 😳🥺🤩🤪🤗😬😑🙄🥴🤐🥱😴💩👾💀💀
Grunge from the 80s was taken to another level when producers got their hands on the sound.
I was in high school in the early 90s when Nirvana was putting out their albums (and when Cobain offed himself). The 90s were good and simple years - pre-social media, pre-9/11 - but yes, for many it was very nihilistic.
Nirvana is great if you're a 13-year-old boy.
Or have parasocial relationship syndrome
This dude... I picture him listening to Sex Pistols, and saying something like "Too much fuzz." 😔
Lmao... This is my pinned comment
Except the only difference is, Sex Pistols were a shit punk rock band.
They were posers
@@DioStreams nah you just don't know what you're talking about
@@tammy2760 I listen to The Ramones, and I'm pretty sure their opinions are very well known as well.
I listen to good punk rock and artists who were consistent to the end, not one-off one hit wonders who broke up after an album because they never gave a fuck
@@DioStreams lmao breaking up after one really successful thing is like, the most punk thing you could do
real punks dont call other punks "posers"
All I can say is if you are going into a punk/hardcore/grunge band expecting Dream Theater.............
Reevaluate
Not to Mike btw
Its like hearing The white Stripes and complaining there's no bass,lacks another guitar and double bass drum......my my the problems of living in the metal bubble
i like punk and dream theater
considering i
his top bands, i dont think this is the problem
@@andrepereira744 Wdym Metal bubble
When they were all the rage in the early 90s, me and my snobby musician friends were really hard on Nirvana. We were busy with the likes of Faith No More, Soundgarden and Tool.
After Kurt passed, I gave them a second chance and found that I liked them more than I thought and that they wrote some decent songs. I still don’t understand the social obsession and zeitgeist that occurred. There were literally hundreds of bands from back than that I thought were far more deserving. They are ‘just ok’.
Soundgarden is so fucking good. So much better than Nirvana.
im pretty sure everything said in this video nirvana intended.
Nirvana is actually what transitioned me from a huge hip hop fan to a huge rock fan
Same
For me it was reggae
in the '90s i was a big Hip Hop Head who also loved Grunge/Alternative Rock so it never really was a transition for me.
ok but there's still plenty of great rappers and producers nowadays out there
Chad
Well, the comment section here is gonna be fun to read
It's actually not that bad.
Something that fascinates me about Nirvana is that, despite their status as a revolutionary band, the grunge fad they heralded only lasted a few more years before getting replaced by other fads like ska, nu-metal, and electronic music. If Kurt Cobain hadn't killed himself, I wonder how differently they might have been viewed at the close of the decade. Would they merely be seen as a brief but memorable flash in the pan? I think his suicide has become an inseparable part of the experience of listening to them and discussing them, amplifying everything about the band into a sort of tragic pop culture legend.
What do you think about the Unplugged album?
Nirvana is the 90s Sex Pistols.
If you dont get It you wont see why Its important.
@Kyle Whitehead dafuq are you talking about have you listen to post punk .
but yeah grunge sucks azz
@xennialpride80 pearl jam lmao
@@bubblegumgun3292 what about soundgarden and Alice in chains? I consider them better than nirvana
As a massive Nirvana fan, watching this video was actually a very interesting experience for me! In my house, both me and my sister are obsessed with Nirvana, and our parents absolutely could not give two shits about them. For this reason, I have learnt to respect those who don't feel the same way for Nirvana and Kurt that I do.
But in other words, I don't mind sharing why I love Nirvana and Kurt, since Mike has also encouraged the conversation.
1) Personally, I don't think playing sloppily is so much of a bad thing. I am not talking about the punk ethos here, I am speaking from the perspective of a girl who once never believed she would be able to achieve playing great music. Listening to Kurt reminded me that playing music has to come from the love of playing music and not with the aim to become a 'technical genius'. I now play guitar and though I strive for perfection and practice every day, I no longer get into fits of rage and low self-esteem when I can't master a chord change. I no longer feel the urge to smash the instrument I am playing (LOL even if Kurt himself did do this XD).
2) I think the labeling of geniuses is a very subjective thing and always has been. My opinion is that he was a genius, and part of that comes from his idleness. I remember an Agatha Christie quote where she stated that all human inventions (made by so-called 'geniuses') come from human idleness and the desire to actually make things easier. I believe Kurt is this for many young musicians. But I can totally understand if you don't agree, because everyone has a different definition of 'genius'. As Mike says, I don't think Kurt would be comfortable with the term either.
3) My favourite album is actually In Utero. To me this comes from, once again, a VERY subjective POV. There are songs in that album, lyrically and musically, that seem to understand many feelings and thoughts I have had and continue to experience. It is an emotionally powerful album, often very dissonant and harsh, and to me a punch in my gut. I have sobbed out loud with this album. I am sure many out there have also done the same and felt similarly.
I think what I am trying to say with my list of three is that the fame of Nirvana and people's love for Kurt actually comes from a very deep, humanly emotional level, possibly even more than a musical one IMO. He seems to have touched many people, and many see parts of him in themselves. Nirvana and Kurt were magnetic like that.
For that reason I think it highly depends on personal experience if you like them or not. And if one doesn't that does not make them any less of a human/great artist/wonderful person/emotional wreck XD! It's just different perspectives.
Sorry for the long ass comment I just feel like since Mike went through the trouble of explaining his perspective and opinion, some should respond with an equally rational even if subjective approach, as many on here have also done :) x
I actually read all of that lol. Nice comment.
I dunno I listen to a lot of Pixies Doolittle and Surfer Rosa and love that a lot so I don’t think the sloppy playing is the thing.
I think you are spot on. I think this isn’t mikes style and I can totally get that
Just say you hate grunge coz thats all grunge
@@gothygothy608 as in Mike should say he just hates grunge? hahaha
Nirvana pretty much the one that started rock and music as a whole going to crap in the 90's, their revolution only lasted a little while and it's gotten worse for the past over 3 decades since.
Got really nervous when I only saw “Nirvana started rock and music” 😂
But yeah, you right. I get flak for doing it, but I ask people all the time “Name one legendary, all time great band that has gone on record citing Nirvana as their biggest influence”
@@Ronnie.Raymond yep, this band paved the way for the garbage fake rock you seen since then,
They were like the Taylor Swift of the early 90s. Playing their music was a giveaway that you liked popular things a lot. Grunge was so mainstream it eventually washed it out. We were all listening to Cobain's favorite bands.
no
"the forefather of pop punk"
The buzzcocks, the descendents and billions of other bands: am i a joke to you?
I feel like maybe he meant post grunge and the mainstream alternative scene,i don't really see many pop punk bands with Nirvana's sound. I actually understand most of your points,but i don't feel that one was accurate in the slightest.
dead cornball Nirvana did help bring alt rock to the mainstream including pop punk. Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt even acknowledges this. People became more interested in Punk/Alt in general. Nirvana was supposed to headline Woodstock 94 but the memorable act instead was Green Day and their mud fight I like both grunge and multiple punk styles ie Nirvana, Pearl Jam, AIC, Green Day, Bad Religion etc
@@GrimmFLawless yeah,but if you look at all the pop punk bands before Nirvana , like the 80s (e.i. the adicts,billy idol, descendents) already had a following in America. I do think to a certain extent, Nirvana might've helped elevate the popularity of punk in the mainstream,but i think there's more factors that were in pop punk's favor.
Mike obviously doesn’t know much about punk music.
I think he obvioulsy dosen't know much about music in general
Husker Du!!!
Why do people use the word “objectively” when talking about music
if you hear the same certain notes repeatedly in a short period of time, that's objectively repetitive right?
Jj ru Yes, but music at the end of the day relies on perception, which can never be objective since it relies on introspection.
Damn. Opened my eyes
Elvis Gonzalez Movies rely on our perception because we’re watching it and absorbing the plot, but the scripts can still be judged objectively as to how coherent they are. It works with pretty much all forms of art. If you compare the Mona Lisa to three lines on a piece of paper that took someone 5 seconds to draw, the Mona Lisa is still objectively better crafted. It doesn’t matter if someone prefers the three lines, more expertise and skill went into the Mona Lisa.
Daily Bassist True! There’s some elements of music that can be analyzed (structure, etc) but at the end of the day, it all just comes down to an opinion.
Your example was a bit extreme, of course something like Dance of Eternity is structurally better than Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Still, someone can just enjoy Twinkle Twinkle Little Star more. Music is a bit different than something tangible, so the comparison is a little off.
Bleh I hate getting into semantics (I’m not much into debating) but objectively just isn’t a good word to use for art. In my opinion is a better term. Music is just too subjective for that and deserves much more than being put in a box 😄
At about 14:15 you reiterated the point about their rhythmic accuracy or lack thereof. Their producer even mentioned this as a huge problem when mixing tracks to try and craft them into finished songs. He was almost a miracle worker and at least half responsible for Nirvana's greatest hits. He had to find ways production-wise to work around this rhythm and syncopation issue on the tracks he had available to work with, to keep from needing the band members (Kurt mainly) to come back in and lay down useful additional tracks that could actually be synched. Hard to make that happen when the singer/leader is laid up in a dark room somewhere on a self-pity binge. (Oh, did I say that?) Anyway I've "heard" that some drugs affect your experience of time and where you are within it. That would understandably make it hard to play music in a rhythmically tight way. Hypothetically speaking. After his last record Kurt said he wanted to get away from that and make better music. We know what happened next though and it didn't take long. Heroin is a cruel mistress. Boo hoo, people who kill themselves when they're on top of the world directly insult us who find ways to stay alive and keep trying. Now about Dave Grohl... never mind.
I liked them as a kid, but these days I will end up changing the song. They were definitely of a time. The only song I really like and will actually listen to regularly is 'You Know You're Right' which makes me wonder if I would of liked their next record a lot.
I love ya man, but lets just be real that the reality is you're basing your projections on precision, and math, and charts and numbers, and technique, production, tone etc and mainly forging your argument around those types of details. The reality is that they didnt give a shit, and i feel that to truly get it and love it beyond just liking the singles, you have to be somewhat of a naturally chaotic, and manic person, which you do not seem to be in the slightest, and thats not an insult, i just think that is the key to why you dont like them. You're focusing on the details in a band that was never about details. Technique and precision will never equal raw feeling and the ways that it connects with people. Basically you're being a musician about it. I can see both sides of it, because ive played every manner of music, written every manner of music, and some things require manic bullshit like that, and some things require precision. It doesnt make either side of the argument correct. Kurt was a poet more than anything ya know. I just feel like you're basing this on the same things as perhaps a jazz or classical musician would, and its like dude, you're talkin about Kurt Cobain, get real. You're taking it too literally, as if they actually thought about the things you're talking about. Like when you mentioned one of the modes i couldnt help but laugh because i couldnt help but think to myself "does this dude really think any of them were thinking about the modes, or gave a shit or knew what the modes were?". The whole thing was just about attitude. idk im gonna stop rambling. All in all, love you man!
Agree, its funny you know one of my good friends was an insane classically trained guitarist, but he couldn't play any nirvana song like kurt did, he was so structured and stiff. Art is outside of the fundamentals. Just listen.
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MattSaintsMusic THANK YOU why are people assuming that more complex or technically proficient is better IT IS NOT, MORE COMPLEX DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN BETTER
yeah just feeling and attitude
I dont think he's discounting any of that.
Rawness and simplicity are perfectly fine. What he was pointing out was the nihilism conveyed in the total "fuck you" approach to music and sound. It gets to the point of being overly self-indulgent, whiny and immature.
Curt was a highly flawed person, flawed musician, oftentimes making flawed songs. There was a spark of beauty and creativity there but not enough for the mass hype they got.
in utero was their best by far. taken aspects from insecticide and using noise to keep people like you away honestly
LMFAO WHAT DO U PPL LOOK FOR IN MUSIC? SOMETHING TO SLEEP TO?
Yeah, just being themselves. They really upset the masses with that one.
I'm not a huge Nirvana fan, but this is their one album that I love. I love the production on it and it's a heavier Nirvana record. I understand some of Mike's criticisms on Kurt, but he was a great songwriter. Yeah, some of the songs are simple and repetitive, but the fact that Kurt left such a mark on the industry with limited guitar ability is a testament to his ability to write great songs. They're a band that many different rock/metal fans can get into because of that. I don't like grunge or punk music. I mostly listen to death metal, but even I can get into Nirvana because they were just different and Kurt had such a unique voice.
Robby Olinski it’s for sure their best
2022!. Love Nirvana, grew up in the era. You missed Incesticide, album after Nevermind and before In Utero. But if we all like the same music and had same tastes the world would be boring.
I was obsessed with nirvana in my early high school years, but grew out of them towards the end of high school.
Same! Who did you gravitate towards after your Nirvana fandom?
Sometimes I think Nirvana is overrated too. But then I listen to Nevermind and that feeling goes away really fast. They were a special band, unique and had a ton of great songs, thats not subjective. So it doenst matter if you like them or not, the fact is they change the landscape of music in the 90s and still remain as one of the most influential bands of that era.
And he's the reason popular music has gone to shit ever since. He changed the musical landscape for the worse for sure.
@@curioso7867 "has gone shit since then"? I don’t think so. Radiohead, Oasis, Coldplay, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala, The Killers, The Strokes, Eminem, Amy Winehouse, Kanye West, Bruno Mars, Kings Of Leon, Interpol, The Black Keys, Travis, Daft Punk, Avicii, Maroon 5, Gorillaz, ect etc....
@@infor99 half those bands you mentioned are either awful or not very good. And Nirvana having great songs is very much subjective.
@@citrus7115 all those bands I mention are all great. Smells like teen spirit is not a good song dude? Is a fucking classic. So is Come As You Are, Heart Shaped Box, Lithium etc.....
Nirvana were a good band. They wrote good songs, recorded good albums and put on a good live show. The problem is that the messianic worship of Kurt Cobain went to insane levels. Even he wouldn't like it if he were alive today.
This is the kinda dude who thinks having an unpopular opinion is a personality trait
Watch his videos and youll know lol
This is quite literally a "listen to my opinion" channel....
Lets be honest tho Kurt is not really a genius and he wouldn't have been as popular as he is now if he didnt die early
@@astatine4604 maybe not a genius but very relatable dude which is one of the reasons people look up to him I quess
@@astatine4604 Lol what? Nirvana was the biggest band on the planet before Cobain killed himself. The rock world literally stopped the day it was announced that he died. “LeTs Be HoNeSt ThO” lol
I wonder what Mike thinks of Alice n Chains both Layne era and new era 🤔
I’m glad that most of the criticism was about their sound and tone because for the most part that’s their biggest flaw and strength at the same time. It’s why I love that band so much
I think he ended up explaining why he was a genius
Larry Paul he spend around half of the video praising nirvana
No he explained why they were an okay band who had some good stuff, wasted a lot of potential and were totally overrated.
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The only thing that I think Kurt Cobain was a genius at was out to market himself, he knew exacly how to connect with the youth of the time. Nirvana was my first band that got me in love with rock music and later on with Metal, I don’t listen to it a lot today but I still like it, that said I can agree with a lot of your points
I don't hate you personally,but I hate your music preference🎉
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You beat me to it.
Kurt Cobain's melody writing is one of the best
Subjectively
@@ricardosiahaan5287 True, but look at Teen Spirit's Melody in the Verse and Chorus. It's remarkable
@@myless.5493 no its not
@@ufukciftci218 You wanna give an example of a melody that is remarkable?
@@myless.5493 you can listen any led zeppelin songs. That is the melody writing. What kurt did is Playing some power chords and screaming like a cat
Well they sold and still sell millions upon millions of their music, how much of your Spotified music have you sold?
Wow great counter argument. Nirvana and tool sux cox in hellz
Interesting and well done video! I am not a biggest fan of Nirvana but I feel that this is for different reasons than what you are describing. I come from the world of punk and underground and my favorite bands of all time are Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth. For me, Nirvana is important because they were popularizers of the 80s underground and I hear clear influences of Pixies, Sonic Youth, Killing Joke, Breeders (their album Pod was a huge influence on In Utero) . Because of Nirvana, more people were exposed to the bands /artists such as Meat Puppets and Daniel Johnston (Kurt wore Daniel Johnston T-shirts many many times in public). However, Nirvana itself was not that interesting to me compared to these other bands. By the time Nirvana blew up, you had at least 10 years of college and alternative music that Nirvana was (heavily) referencing. On the other hand, I think that you don't like Nirvana because underground/punk/alternative is not the musical aesthetic that you dig. From your channel, I gather you are more a metal/hard rock fan and you love more technical music. Which is cool. Or maybe I am wrong and you really dig bands like Sonic Youth and Velvet Underground and you simply don't like Nirvana that much. But I think you have more of a problem with the genre than the actual band. For example, people love Boys II Men, but I don't, not because of Boys II Men but because I don't like the genre of soft R&B. So if I created a video on why I don't like Boys II Men, that would be missing the point because I really don't have a problem with them, I have a problem with an overall aesthetic of the band. Sorry for the long comment and peace!
Glad I found someone here who actually feels the way I do.
I agree I think mike cares more about technical playing than what the music sounds like
@@willbordash5904 that was not the point this comment was supposed to get across
mike likes the SOUND of technical stuff while some other people like the SOUND of more simple stuff.
“Self appointed judges judge. More than they have sold.”
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Underrated comment and Underrated song!
Hands down most accurate comment here
Haha truee shittt
@Sam did you get the reference?
It's 100% fine to not like Nirvana but most of the reasons you gave are the cliché reasons someone who doesn't get Nirvana hates them for. Not surprisingly it's mostly metal fans who've been conditioned to see technicality and proficiency as one of the, if not the most important aspect of music. Nirvana being arguably the most influential rock band of the last 30 years challenges that conception and creates a whole lot of frustration amongst these people.
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Duck Tape Melodies. Saying someone doesn’t understand the band is not a defense. I think the main reason Mike hates Nirvana so much is the fan base. They claim Kurt Cobain is a musical genius and he wasn’t. I mean when someone’s main defense for a band they like is that the people who dislike it just don’t understand it just shows how little they know about music. They are overrated. He’s not explaining why it isn’t technical because that doesn’t matter, he is explaining why it’s dull.
That's cause kurt was a shitty guitar player , singer and was mostly zooted on heroin. That's the beauty of the music and the genre ofgrunge. Kurt knew he wasnt good and it pissed him off how people liked it.
@M.L. 'BEWMIE' Wolff Why?
About time someone said it! I played in a working band while in college in the early 90's and got so sick of everyone requesting freaking Nirvana. So we had to play some.... So Boring, but easy to work up like two or three times played thru and we had it. BTW Steve Vai Rules!!!!
I used to have exactly this same opinion, and then some switch just flipped in my head and I started to like them, but not to any fanatical extent.
Mike likes:
- "Love Buzz" - maybe a coincidence but it's a cover, not Nirvana's original.
- "Smells like Teen Spirit" - why not go all the way and admit to prefer Weird Al's "Smell like Nirvana" :)
I mean to be fair Nirvana definitely made "Love Buzz" their own
Respectfully, I think you dislike Nirvana for some of the wrong reasons, primarily for their popularity. You like technical music, and seem to look down on simpler music like Nirvana, which is ok but I feel like your dislike of their influence & popularity is what makes you find things about Nirvana’s music to dislike.
Anthony Sclafani preach 😂
I don't think he always necessarily likes technical music. Opeth is one of his top3 bands and there's nothing technical about Opeth.
Simplicity doesn't always mean genuine and good. Nirvana is a very polarizing band, many people find them bland (myself included). It is what it is.
@@t.hussain921 there's quite a lot technical about Opeth.
@@jiimmyyy
Not on the same level as Dream Theater, Tool and some other prog bands. Opeth put lots of feel and soul into their music.
But he wasn't saying they were bad, he was saying he understands why people liked them but thought they were totally undeserving of their massive fame.
Off the bat…. I LOVE KURT AND NIRVANA but I respect your opinion but loving nirvana is more about loving freedom and they change you as a person because nirvana is a form of therapy for many people
Little late to the party on this video but had to comment. First, love your channel and your vibe. Your commentary is very thoughtful even when I don't fully agree. However, to be fair (and I realize I may be over simplifying this) but I don't think that a guy like you who seems to primarily enjoy metal math rock is Nirvana's target audience. With that said, I wasn't a big Nirvana fan (especially when Kurt was alive) but I do think there are definite moments of songwriting genius in hindsight. I sincerely think had he of lived and managed to not burn out on drugs there was potential for future greatness once he matured, but sadly his untimely death means we'll never know. I agree Never Mind is by far their best record, production, and writing wise. Also, Smells Like Teen Spirit is their best song. It's not an exaggeration when I say that song literally changed the course of rock music. The first time I heard it I knew immediately the sound of commercial rock as I knew it in the 80s and early 90s was dead. I think you have to give Butch Vig a lot of credit for that tbh. I agree their later music was a public diary of a very damaged man, and I'd say he represents the generation who grew up on Nirvana quite well; which is why they are so incredibly popular even to this day. I'll end by saying this in regards to the "Is Kurt a genius" argument, there are so many fans that can relate with him on such a visceral level that he's almost achieved a god like status. I'd argue that perhaps being able to connect with so many people on such a visceral level is it's own kind of genius? In fact it's not too unlike Jim Morrison, another artist that died young, was polarizing and whom many felt was over rated. I'd say their lives and musical contributions have many parallels. PS I just saw your video "Why I hate the Doors" LOL fitting...
I think a lot of the die hard fans genuinely relate to Kurt on a personal level. His life before getting popular kept him incredibly humble about it all. He never forgot about where he came from. And that’s very respectable considering the level of success they acheived.
The next Nirvana album was supposed to incorporate symphonic elements, I think that would have been interesting.
@brandon roberts why?
I always got the vibe that Nirvana would've eventually made an acoustic studio album
I don’t agree with all of your opinions, but I definitely see where your coming from. The reason why so many people like nirvana is the intensity and rawness (especially from bleach and in utero) and they had an extremely unique sound palette that was highly impactful on music as a whole.