How 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Changed the World

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  • Опубликовано: 18 апр 2018
  • Why has all the seminal rock music disappeared from the charts? Rock is dead. Or at least that's what the music press have been telling us for the last half decade. There's not been a genre-defining rock act that has gripped the public consciousness in forever. Crunching guitar-based music is mostly gone from the charts. Hip-hop, day-glo pop and synths are the new dominating force. A lot of these RIP Rock articles envision a shake up. A new sound that is going to make "rock music" culturally relevant again. Simply put: We need another Smells Like Teen Spirit. But what made Teen Spirit so essential anyway?
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  • @TrashTheory
    @TrashTheory  4 года назад +717

    If you like this video and the rest of my content, please consider kicking a buck or two over to me on Patreon. Benefits include specific video-curated Spotify playlists. Nirvana's one includes tracks from underground rock acts that prove the genre isn't dead. That playlist is available now for as little as $1 per month! Link below:
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    • @aesaj9680
      @aesaj9680 4 года назад +1

      You need to listen to some Natalie Findlay songs!

    • @TeamDaemon1980
      @TeamDaemon1980 4 года назад

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

    • @ajayshukla42bhk48a
      @ajayshukla42bhk48a 4 года назад +2

      ruclips.net/video/3byhih7HzQA/видео.html

    • @gusk00
      @gusk00 4 года назад +5

      @@TeamDaemon1980 I beg to differ. 80s hair bands are seen as corny and sure, people listen to their music, but it's mostly people my parents' age. Nirvana is more culturally relevant than any of those bands can and will ever be.

    • @gusk00
      @gusk00 4 года назад +3

      @@TeamDaemon1980 80s music definitely didn't age better either. Nirvana's discography is much more resemblant of today's music.

  • @enragedentertainment6250
    @enragedentertainment6250 5 лет назад +11328

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

    • @TokyoBlue587
      @TokyoBlue587 5 лет назад +170

      KEEF IS STOOPID It's a zombie?

    • @icantthinkofagoodname7992
      @icantthinkofagoodname7992 5 лет назад +152

      @@TokyoBlue587 I think it is a ghost.

    • @thesite
      @thesite 5 лет назад +863

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

    • @AspenEmrys
      @AspenEmrys 5 лет назад +72

      come back Zombie Kurt!!

    • @take5transfat
      @take5transfat 5 лет назад +58

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

  • @dumbed.down13
    @dumbed.down13 5 лет назад +7316

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

    • @nicholasromig5506
      @nicholasromig5506 5 лет назад +472

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

    • @brianwilliams5662
      @brianwilliams5662 4 года назад +164

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

    • @nicholasromig5506
      @nicholasromig5506 4 года назад +97

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

    • @_jimmythesaint
      @_jimmythesaint 4 года назад +163

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

    • @TheThirdChild
      @TheThirdChild 4 года назад +12

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

  • @lyn.n06
    @lyn.n06 4 года назад +3293

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

    • @rowboat5294
      @rowboat5294 4 года назад +12

      Seven Nation Army?

    • @sulturwood3226
      @sulturwood3226 4 года назад +80

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

    • @grubbybum3614
      @grubbybum3614 4 года назад +6

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

    • @RJA
      @RJA 3 года назад +4

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

    • @grubbybum3614
      @grubbybum3614 3 года назад +8

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

  • @miamarquez9972
    @miamarquez9972 4 года назад +966

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

    • @austins.2495
      @austins.2495 3 года назад +75

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

    • @ElectronicHouseFlash
      @ElectronicHouseFlash 3 года назад +15

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

    • @juzujuzu4555
      @juzujuzu4555 2 года назад +19

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

    • @juzujuzu4555
      @juzujuzu4555 2 года назад +9

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

    • @devon2667
      @devon2667 2 года назад +1

      why tf did you read his diary

  • @finnmacdonald7842
    @finnmacdonald7842 5 лет назад +8014

    music is too clean now we need some dirt

  • @ranjansarma2267
    @ranjansarma2267 5 лет назад +3638

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

    • @dominusalbaniae7812
      @dominusalbaniae7812 4 года назад +56

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

    • @slodekslod9337
      @slodekslod9337 4 года назад +101

      @@dominusalbaniae7812 you didnt get the reference

    • @raiden21913
      @raiden21913 4 года назад +28

      "If you smeeellll what the rock is cooking"

    • @heh7129
      @heh7129 4 года назад +1

      @@dominusalbaniae7812 you didnt get the comment

    • @Romeo-me5ss
      @Romeo-me5ss 4 года назад +1

      Lol

  • @clearlypellucid
    @clearlypellucid 4 года назад +528

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

    • @metalrockstarizer89
      @metalrockstarizer89 3 года назад +2

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

    • @scallen3841
      @scallen3841 3 года назад +1

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

    • @miamitten1123
      @miamitten1123 Год назад +1

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

    • @vincenzovalentino5005
      @vincenzovalentino5005 Год назад +6

      @@miamitten1123 But what if your parent is rebellious?

    • @darrenedwardgriffin454
      @darrenedwardgriffin454 Год назад +1

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

  • @cassidyrobbins7895
    @cassidyrobbins7895 4 года назад +346

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

  • @cancel1913
    @cancel1913 5 лет назад +4659

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

    • @granola1307
      @granola1307 4 года назад +95

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

    • @TheThirdChild
      @TheThirdChild 4 года назад +135

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

    • @Owen-hd3oq
      @Owen-hd3oq 4 года назад +17

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

    • @MrTHEJERRYFILMS
      @MrTHEJERRYFILMS 4 года назад +91

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

    • @Owen-hd3oq
      @Owen-hd3oq 4 года назад +78

      TheJerryFilms no, just no

  • @gregrohs6688
    @gregrohs6688 5 лет назад +762

    Blame the music industry not the music.

    • @niared260
      @niared260 5 лет назад +45

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

    • @lookatmyplaylists9848
      @lookatmyplaylists9848 5 лет назад +95

      Blame the music industry and the people

    • @helloskinny510
      @helloskinny510 4 года назад +6

      @@lookatmyplaylists9848 Very accurated

    • @weaponizedestrogen
      @weaponizedestrogen 4 года назад +34

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

    • @nazeem9057
      @nazeem9057 4 года назад +6

      @@lookatmyplaylists9848 blame the parents who made those peoples

  • @alaejndro
    @alaejndro 4 года назад +720

    When Kurt died something happened to Rock

    • @paulatreides1354
      @paulatreides1354 3 года назад +42

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

    • @rainluna9765
      @rainluna9765 3 года назад +12

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

    • @BoccanNino
      @BoccanNino 3 года назад +2

      It got better - he he he he

    • @minddump9907
      @minddump9907 3 года назад +16

      @@BoccanNino troll

    • @user-eb2gl1ql8o
      @user-eb2gl1ql8o 3 года назад +5

      and chris cornell

  • @tannerb.8348
    @tannerb.8348 4 года назад +1985

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

    • @helloskinny510
      @helloskinny510 4 года назад +546

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

    • @dcac4959
      @dcac4959 4 года назад +773

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

    • @iluvtacoz123
      @iluvtacoz123 4 года назад +571

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

    • @wyattnyfeler7270
      @wyattnyfeler7270 4 года назад +7

      Hello Skinny which ones

    • @Littlehandler
      @Littlehandler 4 года назад +6

      Ironic

  • @TyDie85
    @TyDie85 5 лет назад +2536

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

    • @CozMyN
      @CozMyN 5 лет назад +11

      lol

    • @Nerfe-yz1vp
      @Nerfe-yz1vp 5 лет назад +206

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

    • @BETTER.ART.
      @BETTER.ART. 5 лет назад +78

      Nerfe 75 Thank you, we watched the video.

    • @Nerfe-yz1vp
      @Nerfe-yz1vp 5 лет назад +25

      Better Art Just trying to be helpful

    • @music_can_change_lives584
      @music_can_change_lives584 5 лет назад +5

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

  • @IvanLendl87
    @IvanLendl87 5 лет назад +802

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

    • @tommie42
      @tommie42 5 лет назад +26

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

    • @julioernestomoretacastillo2366
      @julioernestomoretacastillo2366 5 лет назад +8

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

    • @ghostwrench2292
      @ghostwrench2292 4 года назад +11

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

    • @readyforlifenow
      @readyforlifenow 4 года назад +2

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

    • @spencbeats4694
      @spencbeats4694 3 года назад +3

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

  • @Lady_Vengeance
    @Lady_Vengeance 3 года назад +116

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

    • @KMFDM_Kid2000
      @KMFDM_Kid2000 9 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @mikesmith1485
      @mikesmith1485 Месяц назад

      You sound so pretentious. What sort of wannabe are you?

  • @rooseveltbrentwood9654
    @rooseveltbrentwood9654 4 года назад +265

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

  • @kevindooley1254
    @kevindooley1254 5 лет назад +492

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

    • @theinternetkilledmusic2054
      @theinternetkilledmusic2054 5 лет назад +7

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

    • @KaizerBeatz-vf9wf
      @KaizerBeatz-vf9wf 5 лет назад +14

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

    • @TokyoBlue587
      @TokyoBlue587 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @wickedlee664
      @wickedlee664 5 лет назад +3

      Do some reading on the concept of nostalgia

    • @dasein9980
      @dasein9980 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @hamburgerdan101
    @hamburgerdan101 5 лет назад +1376

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

    • @user-fb6cw6cb2i
      @user-fb6cw6cb2i 5 лет назад +370

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

    • @_sam_ddn
      @_sam_ddn 5 лет назад +60

      At least Kurt was taller than me.

    • @KillforKickz
      @KillforKickz 5 лет назад +89

      krist is like a tree

    • @noasundqvist7090
      @noasundqvist7090 5 лет назад +40

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

    • @josephstalin2829
      @josephstalin2829 5 лет назад +60

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

  • @DannyBoi2112
    @DannyBoi2112 4 года назад +283

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

    • @Krusader-
      @Krusader- 4 года назад +22

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

    • @user-go3jv8rw7i
      @user-go3jv8rw7i 4 года назад +2

      IvanGames101 I’m trying

    • @danielwiseman9428
      @danielwiseman9428 4 года назад

      IvanGames101 check out Greta Van Fleet

    • @Amal-db2xh
      @Amal-db2xh 2 года назад +3

      greenday sucks ass and will never be like nirvana ever was

    • @realspeedghxst
      @realspeedghxst 2 года назад +1

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

  • @erikbarrett85
    @erikbarrett85 2 года назад +16

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

  • @violenthell
    @violenthell 5 лет назад +1570

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

    • @Sighbot
      @Sighbot 5 лет назад +41

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

    • @daytona2134
      @daytona2134 5 лет назад +56

      You sound like a pseudo-intellectual

    • @kafeithetimelordmewtwo5671
      @kafeithetimelordmewtwo5671 5 лет назад +28

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

    • @grantduke318
      @grantduke318 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @TheDionysianFields
      @TheDionysianFields 5 лет назад +7

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

  • @timperry6948
    @timperry6948 5 лет назад +396

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

    • @1norwood1
      @1norwood1 5 лет назад +24

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

    • @FrostedSeagull
      @FrostedSeagull 5 лет назад +11

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

    • @grubbybum3614
      @grubbybum3614 4 года назад +3

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

    • @mordakai6969
      @mordakai6969 4 года назад +2

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

    • @cedrikpelletier5735
      @cedrikpelletier5735 4 года назад +5

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

  • @TheRealDlazyfella
    @TheRealDlazyfella 3 года назад +82

    One of the most genre defining songs ever was about deodorant

  • @kimjongdaddy6793
    @kimjongdaddy6793 3 года назад +50

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

    • @NBP123
      @NBP123 2 года назад +1

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

    • @Rocksmiths
      @Rocksmiths Год назад +2

      @@NBP123 what the hell

    • @KMFDM_Kid2000
      @KMFDM_Kid2000 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@NBP123you should take less acid.

  • @asgyyy9299
    @asgyyy9299 5 лет назад +568

    ROCK/GRUNGE IS GONNA COME BACK !!

    • @alex.b755
      @alex.b755 5 лет назад +6

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

    • @singh68ify
      @singh68ify 4 года назад +29

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

    • @brooklyn8386
      @brooklyn8386 4 года назад +3

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

    • @singh68ify
      @singh68ify 4 года назад +3

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

    • @arandomaccount4875
      @arandomaccount4875 4 года назад +3

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

  • @kellijenkins-iles5039
    @kellijenkins-iles5039 5 лет назад +408

    Nirvana changed the world...☮️

    • @porteraldred4204
      @porteraldred4204 4 года назад +2

      Kelli Jenkins-Iles in a bad way

    • @erisstephens3086
      @erisstephens3086 4 года назад +20

      Orange Lover i think you meant good way :)

    • @Raitzu
      @Raitzu 3 года назад +3

      Good way

    • @kimmyree_8412
      @kimmyree_8412 3 года назад +1

      @@porteraldred4204 nope, good way

    • @FetishonyoutubeURL
      @FetishonyoutubeURL 3 года назад +7

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

  • @HarhanDerMann
    @HarhanDerMann 4 года назад +175

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

    • @emarry1686
      @emarry1686 4 года назад +20

      What?

    • @65neu
      @65neu 4 года назад +9

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

    • @ja8ames
      @ja8ames 4 года назад +10

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

    • @HarhanDerMann
      @HarhanDerMann 4 года назад +2

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

    • @FetishonyoutubeURL
      @FetishonyoutubeURL 3 года назад +1

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

  • @glokeef3399
    @glokeef3399 4 года назад +108

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

    • @ppcasm_1278
      @ppcasm_1278 3 года назад +6

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

    • @ceejayyu6536
      @ceejayyu6536 3 года назад +2

      @@ppcasm_1278 wrong

    • @NikoBenet
      @NikoBenet 3 года назад +9

      Chief Keef > Nirvana

    • @thedonk2
      @thedonk2 3 года назад +6

      Who ??

    • @grungegazer
      @grungegazer 3 года назад +1

      justmillennialthings

  • @grimmlokd416
    @grimmlokd416 5 лет назад +304

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

    • @Krusader-
      @Krusader- 4 года назад

      Grimmlokd jager

    • @65neu
      @65neu 4 года назад +2

      all the time

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 4 года назад +6

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

  • @heftyalan1152
    @heftyalan1152 5 лет назад +141

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

    • @sbells272
      @sbells272 5 лет назад +12

      Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory came close though

    • @heftyalan1152
      @heftyalan1152 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @hunterjoy5913
      @hunterjoy5913 4 года назад +2

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

    • @bigblackdrummachine8250
      @bigblackdrummachine8250 4 года назад +4

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

    • @beepboop9837
      @beepboop9837 3 года назад +2

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

  • @madiantin
    @madiantin 2 года назад +8

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

  • @masoudbahrami7194
    @masoudbahrami7194 3 года назад +63

    legendary bands like nirvana comes every 30 years

    • @ElCap1van
      @ElCap1van 3 года назад +4

      Beatles, Nirvana

    • @ashc4167
      @ashc4167 2 года назад +4

      It’s been 30ish years now

    • @oliviamaxw5136
      @oliviamaxw5136 2 года назад +2

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

    • @Peter.the.tumbler
      @Peter.the.tumbler 5 месяцев назад

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

    • @m.omoirokingyo
      @m.omoirokingyo 2 месяца назад

      @@Peter.the.tumblergive music recommendations from underground?

  • @millerk20
    @millerk20 5 лет назад +146

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

    • @mateusmartinsjunior6506
      @mateusmartinsjunior6506 4 года назад +9

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

    • @rumblefish9
      @rumblefish9 4 года назад +4

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

    • @ja8ames
      @ja8ames 4 года назад +3

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

    • @mrpumavol7.044
      @mrpumavol7.044 3 года назад

      @Long duk dongits about taste

    • @mrpumavol7.044
      @mrpumavol7.044 3 года назад

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

  • @Untitlednobody
    @Untitlednobody 5 лет назад +24

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

    • @nickvalenzuela9166
      @nickvalenzuela9166 11 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @scobain67
    @scobain67 3 года назад +32

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

  • @abolyn3862
    @abolyn3862 4 года назад +57

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

    • @roberto.garcia9
      @roberto.garcia9 3 года назад +2

      Same

    • @carlotaorense
      @carlotaorense 3 года назад +2

      Same

    • @metalrockstarizer89
      @metalrockstarizer89 3 года назад +2

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

    • @deq115
      @deq115 3 года назад +2

      All the best you guys

    • @nahbirdie4773
      @nahbirdie4773 2 года назад +2

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

  • @warrennelsom4859
    @warrennelsom4859 5 лет назад +56

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

    • @FetishonyoutubeURL
      @FetishonyoutubeURL 3 года назад +6

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

    • @moonie2770
      @moonie2770 3 года назад +1

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

    • @rishabh7215
      @rishabh7215 3 года назад

      Same here. Rock and hiphop my faves

  • @bogdanirimie7871
    @bogdanirimie7871 5 лет назад +227

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

    • @Teh3aZ
      @Teh3aZ 5 лет назад +9

      Died long time ago

    • @adam_musics
      @adam_musics 5 лет назад +4

      Teh3aZ
      explian??

    • @legohexman2858
      @legohexman2858 5 лет назад

      That is what has been said about many things

    • @emarry1686
      @emarry1686 4 года назад +1

      @@Teh3aZ ur mad

    • @Teh3aZ
      @Teh3aZ 4 года назад +3

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

  • @counter-weightmedias2263
    @counter-weightmedias2263 4 года назад +25

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

  • @xyzw10
    @xyzw10 3 года назад +16

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

    • @maria.skorik
      @maria.skorik 2 года назад +2

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

  • @alvaroramos9069
    @alvaroramos9069 5 лет назад +57

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

    • @gregdahlen4375
      @gregdahlen4375 3 года назад

      why, what happened that contributed to Smells Like?

    • @alvaroramos9069
      @alvaroramos9069 3 года назад +1

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

    • @ElectricSolar_
      @ElectricSolar_ 2 года назад +1

      Give me a few years.

    • @cs292
      @cs292 2 года назад

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

  • @confuzler6985
    @confuzler6985 5 лет назад +102

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

    • @trizamuhammadirfan9071
      @trizamuhammadirfan9071 5 лет назад +6

      confuzler don't forget The Beatles

    • @sanjin5387
      @sanjin5387 5 лет назад +3

      Beatles

    • @thejasonbischoff
      @thejasonbischoff 4 года назад +1

      confuzler well said.

    • @donaldvanvliet9039
      @donaldvanvliet9039 4 года назад +1

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

    • @rumblefish9
      @rumblefish9 4 года назад

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

  • @mackenziesadler-tew9547
    @mackenziesadler-tew9547 4 года назад +15

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

  • @kmstirpitz4285
    @kmstirpitz4285 4 года назад +58

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

    • @MultiBeerme
      @MultiBeerme 4 года назад +2

      Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle.

    • @rowanmurphy7814
      @rowanmurphy7814 3 года назад

      Aneurysm such a underrated song

    • @EpicB
      @EpicB 3 года назад

      My favorite Nirvana song is Song 2.

    • @FetishonyoutubeURL
      @FetishonyoutubeURL 3 года назад

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

    • @FetishonyoutubeURL
      @FetishonyoutubeURL 3 года назад

      @KMS Tripitz nirvana’s last song was better.

  • @TheHoagie13
    @TheHoagie13 5 лет назад +48

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

    • @noahs.627
      @noahs.627 4 года назад

      Same

    • @smokingthinrat6666
      @smokingthinrat6666 4 года назад +1

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

  • @mj011n1r
    @mj011n1r 5 лет назад +46

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

    • @mj.l
      @mj.l 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @tdsims1963
      @tdsims1963 3 года назад

      @Reflex I agree.

  • @lethalslaughterband5498
    @lethalslaughterband5498 2 года назад +1

    Love how you got it playing in the background

  • @keshakitanov5621
    @keshakitanov5621 2 года назад

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

  • @StephenSchaal
    @StephenSchaal 5 лет назад +17

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

  • @CarlosEduardo-si9oz
    @CarlosEduardo-si9oz 5 лет назад +8

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

  • @cult6666
    @cult6666 4 года назад +26

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

    • @Silviaeb
      @Silviaeb 3 года назад

      🍻

    • @louwburger3701
      @louwburger3701 3 года назад +2

      It's sad that so few people get the reference

  • @elrenato82
    @elrenato82 4 года назад +6

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

  • @bakabinch
    @bakabinch 6 лет назад +71

    This was fantastic, good shit

  • @iss4715
    @iss4715 4 года назад +49

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

    • @augustgreig9420
      @augustgreig9420 4 года назад +3

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

    • @paige6891
      @paige6891 4 года назад +2

      Yeah, I actually do haha

    • @Stephen_xvii
      @Stephen_xvii 4 года назад

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

    • @iss4715
      @iss4715 4 года назад

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

    • @SirenTown0
      @SirenTown0 3 года назад

      t'was a ncie day in the living room

  • @Jiffzzy
    @Jiffzzy 2 года назад +2

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

  • @Nirvana-For-All
    @Nirvana-For-All 4 года назад +3

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

  • @seanfitz
    @seanfitz 5 лет назад +14

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

  • @trentowens6122
    @trentowens6122 5 лет назад +11

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

  • @hetaera3418
    @hetaera3418 2 года назад

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

  • @Cypherdiaz951
    @Cypherdiaz951 3 года назад

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

  • @yearginclarke
    @yearginclarke 5 лет назад +10

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

  • @strawberryjpeg6000
    @strawberryjpeg6000 5 лет назад +55

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

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 4 года назад +1

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

  • @beastkingtrent
    @beastkingtrent 3 года назад

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

  • @RobinBonhomme
    @RobinBonhomme 4 года назад

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

  • @dannya8614
    @dannya8614 4 года назад +8

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

  • @Ludeguy83
    @Ludeguy83 10 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @radiomindchatter7994
    @radiomindchatter7994 2 года назад

    That's a great summation man. Great job!

  • @TotalRookie_LV
    @TotalRookie_LV 5 лет назад +82

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

    • @olivers.3144
      @olivers.3144 5 лет назад +5

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

  • @capgaming69
    @capgaming69 3 года назад +20

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

    • @jinmutennou2482
      @jinmutennou2482 3 года назад +8

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

    • @Capnsensible80
      @Capnsensible80 2 года назад +1

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

    • @mikethemechanic7395
      @mikethemechanic7395 2 года назад

      Not even. They are a different era.

  • @beyondthebeatpodcast1026
    @beyondthebeatpodcast1026 3 года назад

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

  • @mintfreightage7670
    @mintfreightage7670 2 года назад

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

  • @ima_navas
    @ima_navas 3 года назад +4

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

  • @amygoodwin9170
    @amygoodwin9170 2 года назад +3

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

  • @kyaferet1624
    @kyaferet1624 4 года назад +1

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

  • @missrachael1709
    @missrachael1709 3 года назад

    Great vid thank you!

  • @owenlfc228
    @owenlfc228 3 года назад +3

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

  • @brandonojeda1686
    @brandonojeda1686 4 года назад +4

    Love the background violin cover

  • @dannyjamz23
    @dannyjamz23 3 года назад

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

  • @PoznanPiatkowo
    @PoznanPiatkowo 4 года назад

    I got goosebumps. Awesome video.

  • @josephcaquias2515
    @josephcaquias2515 5 лет назад +120

    Rock is not dead!!! Rock is the reason why rap and hip pop is so popular

    • @ComaAlpha
      @ComaAlpha 5 лет назад +4

      Rock is deader than dead
      Shock is all in your head
      Your sex and your dope is all that was fed
      So fuck all your protest and put em to bed
      gOd is in the TV

    • @hesh9fivemusic924
      @hesh9fivemusic924 5 лет назад +12

      If old head’s werent so ignorant they’d realize just how punk Lil Peep and XXXTENTACION are LIKE Its the new punk/grunge of this decade all the acts are a hip/hop and punk duo made in heaven. If anyone wants to disagree with me I already know you’re ignorant so just do yourself a favor and go listen to
      Lil Peep- Cry Alone

    • @josephcaquias2515
      @josephcaquias2515 5 лет назад +13

      +Hesh9five * the singer looks and sounds more emo than punk or grunge

    • @hesh9fivemusic924
      @hesh9fivemusic924 5 лет назад +3

      Joseph Caquias well yeah the genre is called emo trap or punk trap. Im not talking just look cuz he’s changed his look a ton Im talking the music listen to the punk influences, screaming vocals, 4 chord guitar riffs, the energy at their concerts. I study rock history like an addict and i produce music for these new genres and i pull ideas from 90’s alt, grunge, punk, etc when i write my guitar riffs. If you want a really heavy metal rising artist look up
      Ghostemane- (d)rown

    • @josephcaquias2515
      @josephcaquias2515 5 лет назад +1

      +Hesh9five * you write music?

  • @sushonist9218
    @sushonist9218 3 года назад +5

    Nothing has happened for rock in a long time because the underground bands are underground for a reason, let me explain: 1) they make music that sounds forced 2) they don't sound like something someone can relate to/ don't sound pleasing 3) their music is too far down some rabbit hole of obscurity being either political themes or artistic, kind of relating to point 1). Some people are saying most of them copy the big bands, but there probably are original bands out there. Nirvana and all the other hit groups gained popularity because it was something different from what was considered popular at the time (hair bands for example), but not different enough that you can't get the audience as the earlier bands or even a bigger one. As much as we all would like to see the return of the golden age of rock, it won't happen, not with the same sound at least. There must be a compromise that sounds relatable to listeners of the mainstream music (hip hop,pop) and in this case bring the essence of rock into that by little and then it just spirals out and cool stuff happens. Sorry I'm just bored of writing.

  • @lehmooz7402
    @lehmooz7402 4 года назад

    This is a brilliant video!!

  • @mrsozric
    @mrsozric 3 года назад

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

  • @jtwilliams8895
    @jtwilliams8895 4 года назад +11

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

  • @iameric1019
    @iameric1019 5 лет назад +218

    The best band of the 90's was Nirvana but in my opinion the best album was Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

    • @dorianprosper2943
      @dorianprosper2943 5 лет назад +1

      i love you

    • @iameric1019
      @iameric1019 5 лет назад +16

      Dorian Prosper the Smashing Pumpkins are underrated

    • @dorianprosper2943
      @dorianprosper2943 5 лет назад +3

      Yesss they are great

    • @firewolf2763
      @firewolf2763 5 лет назад +15

      IMO Alice in Chains is the best band, I can't really put a finger on the best album, too many greats to pick from.

    • @lehitimongbanda
      @lehitimongbanda 5 лет назад

      Wow i miss that..smashing...

  • @simonvegas793
    @simonvegas793 Год назад

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

  • @johnjohnson3709
    @johnjohnson3709 2 года назад

    Love your videos !

  • @youngshinu3043
    @youngshinu3043 5 лет назад +48

    For the past 2 years rap has been getting distored beats and guitar backgrounds. The only thing making it "hiphop" is the extreme bass. Hell listen to 1Punch by Fukkit.
    Listen to Heart Attack by Scarlxrd
    Listen to Vengence by Denzel Curry
    Listen to pretty much ANY Lil Peep song.
    All of these "rappers" frequently make extreme metal influenced "rap"

    • @KryXOXO
      @KryXOXO 5 лет назад

      k

    • @azimaliff1131
      @azimaliff1131 4 года назад

      Bruh we know

    • @WoozieWookie
      @WoozieWookie 4 года назад +4

      @Long duk dong so does rock

    • @memomakiluchiha3119
      @memomakiluchiha3119 4 года назад +1

      @@WoozieWookie well I also disagree with that person because there are SOME good rap artist just as there are SOME good rock bands but I mean rock does have more talent than having someone writing your lyrics or trying to mention fucking in every verse or rapping about what color you wear or having a gun but like I said there are some good rap artist and rock bands and some horrible ones

    • @dominikfrolec
      @dominikfrolec 4 года назад

      @@WoozieWookie 🤦‍♂️

  • @freyaaldrnari6086
    @freyaaldrnari6086 5 лет назад +5

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

  • @lisasmith7066
    @lisasmith7066 Год назад

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

  • @SimmyBassline
    @SimmyBassline 10 дней назад

    I love just how much you have improved your videos over the years!

  • @BeatSyncBytes
    @BeatSyncBytes 5 лет назад +23

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

    • @rumblefish9
      @rumblefish9 4 года назад

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

    • @rhinestonecowboy9720
      @rhinestonecowboy9720 3 года назад

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

  • @Fr3nchFrise
    @Fr3nchFrise 5 лет назад +3

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

  • @Laughingjack178
    @Laughingjack178 4 года назад

    Underated video this video is so good it really has its finger on the pulse on modern rock

  • @kpk33x
    @kpk33x 2 года назад

    Great analysis and tone. Well done. +1 sub

  • @bartonbella3131
    @bartonbella3131 3 года назад +7

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

  • @KevinSmith-qn8fn
    @KevinSmith-qn8fn 4 года назад +4

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

  • @catapfract
    @catapfract 4 года назад

    Awesome video and explanation of the song..

  • @suc125
    @suc125 3 года назад +2

    I remember my older brother brought a cd with Nevermind album. Never heard of Nirvana and I was i my early teenage years back than and I didn´t prefer any music genre. But the cd captivated me. I didn´t know any english back than, but somehow, Smells like teen spirit was how I felt, it had so much energy in it. It was definetely the first band that turn my attention towards rock music