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Albert Genower
United Kingdom
Приєднався 17 сер 2013
Music History & Music Theory
How The Beatles Influenced Nirvana
Exploring how Nirvana were influenced by the Beatles, especially how Kurt Cobain was influenced by John Lennon
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“John Lennon has been my idol all my life,” Kurt Cobain once scrawled in his journal. The comparisons to be drawn between Nirvana and the Beatles-specifically between Kurt Cobain and John Lennon-are plentiful. Musically, personally, and societally, the two have significant overlap that has been a fundamental influence on Nirvana’s music. I always knew that Kurt was a Beatles fan before starting the research into this video, but even I was surprised by quite how much it seemed to be.
Music Theory, Albert Genower, Video Essay, Beatles, Nirvana, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, About A Girl, On A Plain, Pennyroyal Tea, All My Loving, And I Love Her, Nirvana Influences
⦿ SCRIPT & SOURCES ⦿
tinyurl.com/beatlesnirvana
⦿ FOLLOW ME ⦿
Instagram: albertgenower
Spotify: tinyurl.com/tea9e8v2
Twitter: albertgenower
“John Lennon has been my idol all my life,” Kurt Cobain once scrawled in his journal. The comparisons to be drawn between Nirvana and the Beatles-specifically between Kurt Cobain and John Lennon-are plentiful. Musically, personally, and societally, the two have significant overlap that has been a fundamental influence on Nirvana’s music. I always knew that Kurt was a Beatles fan before starting the research into this video, but even I was surprised by quite how much it seemed to be.
Music Theory, Albert Genower, Video Essay, Beatles, Nirvana, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, About A Girl, On A Plain, Pennyroyal Tea, All My Loving, And I Love Her, Nirvana Influences
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Kurt was left handed. Rad video though! Well done
This was a beautiful video essay on such a fascinating topic-deep, insightful, and so well-researched. Thank you for all the hard work! The connection between Nirvana and the Beatles must be in the air because I just explored a similar theme in my own video. I focused more on the personal and psychological connection rather than the musical one. If that sounds interesting, you can check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/k4s2OQv5LUQ/v-deo.html
I appreciate the actual audio examples of the theory cause the actual explanation was all French to me (I know 0 music theory which is my skill issue)
Something is a huge stretch.
I think the most interesting thing that you mentioned in this video is that Kurt Cobain saw a lack of Melody based bands like the Beatles in the 90s, so he knew he could fill in the gap with nirvana, Kurt was very intelligent that way when it came to business, he repeatedly called his managers to complain that mtv didn't play his videos nearly enough
Wrote a long comment about John and it got wiped. Can't stand John the more I see of him. He was at most a good counterpoint. Sure they needed an angsty whiny cynic. An emotional wrecking ball. Paul brought it all back. Helter Skelter, Paul.
The media told us what Paul was, and the bunch, defined their places and contributions. Paul and Johns branding was most off base as more actual footage has shown them working. Paul made Johns stuff better. Paul was just as punk in the studio and in the years after the Beatles. Paul saw through the industry leeches and grifters. The media told everyone Paul was the good boy making elevator music. He did it all, from softy old time dittys to rough and out there stuff because he liked it. Watch Lennon in the sessions, pretend its not him, your Rock God and tell me you'd actually want to hang out with him.
no do a how kurt cobain changed the sound of rock music because sadly he is a major part of why it sounds the way it sounds today
This video brought me back to a time when video essays really wanted to be great essays with frequent sourcing and delicate use of pacing This video felt like 5 minutes in the best way, and I already knew alot of these facts from my own readings on Nirvana and I STILL learned something Great video
I appreciate this kid's passion & analysis, but it's really reaching...particularly the comparisons musically between nirvana & beatles.
Hey Kurt is already like John Lennon, Both are very, very annoying to talk about online!
Woh you've blown my mind with your knowledge (Undertaker isn't a real Undertaker) I actually can't believe it I thought wrestling waz his side hustle to make bit of extra moola, he waz digging graves the whole time he wasn't in the ring fighting, But now your saying wrestling us "fake fighting" and "scripted" and he is "playing a character" 🤯 Mind blown, childhood ruined, buts it's okay, its still real to me dammit
His favorite Beatles album was Meet the beatles, it was in his top 50 records list
Hey this is a solid video and analysis - you’re really good at this.
I always thought I Saw Her Standing There "I'll never dance with another..oohhh.." resembles About a Girl "I can't see you every night" ...similar chord movement and melody line movement... E-A-C. Not exactly the same, different amount of beats given to each chord, but I think similar enough to make note of.
John Lennon was a cut-and-paste merchant hack and a half baked, short sighted , self obsessed nitwit. He's one of the only people to ever actually get smarter after having half his brain shot out. I get embarrassed for everyone I ever meet that gushes about how great he was. To quote an actual wise man, "only a fool would say that".
Bad video
Where did you find the "knock Paul McCartney's teeth" quote from?
Great video! Very interesting!
how many times has this video been made seriously. its getting so old.
I think it’s a very good video, the way he elaborated on the lennon Cobain comparison was very effective
1988. Bleach was released in 1988
Awesome comparison video! Since you compared Kurt to John, I think it's worth looking into the comparison between Dave Grohl and Paul as they share similarities between themselves that even Paul himself recognized. I often think if Kurt lived on if we would of seen more Cobain/Grohl songs like Lennon/Mccartney.
Probably not. I don’t think Dave is really on a similar talent level like Paul and John were. Dave’s great and all, but I think he’s clearly a tier below Kurt in the songwriting department. But with that being said I do love Scentless Apprentice, so who knows maybe they could’ve kept that going. We’ll never know
Was he actually like fully right-handed? Looked into it years ago and he wrote with his right hand but even in pics of him as a baby (the one where he's holding a toy guitar) he's holding it left-handed. But also read that he wrote right-handed and saw pics confirming so but only bc in the late 60s/early 70's and before it was common to teach kids to write right-handed even if they were naturally lefties. Most conclusions i've seen basically say he was ambidextrous. As am i, but i'm naturally right-handed. The only thing i can't do w/my left is play guitar and my writing's slower w/it but legible/decently neat. My younger cousin's the same way, tends to run in people genetically and happen more often for people of higher than average intelligence (which that side of my family's smart, the other side not so much lol) which makes sense as far as Kurt being ambidextrous. Didn't know about his uncle that gave him the guitar playing/being left-handed, always heard the reason he played lefty even tho he may have been naturally a righty/wrote with his right hand was because Greg Sage of The Wipers did the same thing. Odds are it's probably an influence from both his uncle and Greg Sage I'd say but feel like he was probably ambidextrous w/his left being a hair more dominant than his right and he probably learned to do that bc of being corrected on his writing as he was learning to as a toddler/little kid but didn't have anyone to "correct" him as far as playing guitar and his uncle playing lefty probably had some part in at as well if Kurt got a guitar already set up for a lefty/was inclined to play it like that
great
Cobain's Acoustic Home Demo cover of "And I love Her" was recorded sometime between 1991 - 1992 (as you can tell from which Acoustic guitar he's playing, and the Tascam 4-Track Cassette recorder used) as me being a Human Cobain Biography as some people call me, I know everything about Kurt and his Art, Music, Gear, etc.... I know like what equipment he used on whatever shows, etc, and I have a pretty good ear on knowing what guitar he plays on his home and studio recordings... As being a musician myself I know about a lot about his Equipment.
Same here man, 25 now and been a Nirvana/Cobain nerd (lore, learning their songs, etc) since I was like 12-13
more abusion less conclusion
3:35 I am trying to find this quote but I can’t do you remember the source?
He has the sources in the description of the video, its the full script with sources for every line. This is what it says for that line : Interview with David Fricke; Interview with Youri Lenquette; Interview with Phil West;
if you just look up "kurt cobain interview with" any of those names you should find the interview where he gets each quote on live nirvana archive
Got it, thanks.
Did you make this script with A.I? Just curious
What makes you say that?
@@Black-Thorne very robotic script
@@lamelame1779sounded fine to me
3:44 how do you like john lennon but hate his boyfriend
i had to edit it because i got the time wrong. my comment is less funny because it’s edited.
*time-stamp
I feel that replying to yourself twice has more of an unfunnying effect than editing it
It's not hard to hear some Beatle backbeat in Nirvana tracks. Shit, "Verse Chorus Verse" is a great example of a drum backbeat and song structure that is straight out of the early Beatle songwriting.
Hey, i just wanted to say, i really enjoyed your video, and i know from firsthand experience how absolutely right you are! I recently did this interview you might enjoy, where i touch on exactly some of the same points you mentioned. Enjoy it ua-cam.com/video/9iyA1nMdqWw/v-deo.htmlsi=h9G0pL2vzKiHLU-x
Great research and very enjoyable format. Keep at it!
You mention that Kurt is right handed, but can I ask what you’re basing this off of? He was said to have been forced to write right handed, but that his natural tendencies were always left handed, and honestly believed that he played left handed, not as a result of circumstance, but through his own genetic traits.
Yeah, I was thinking the exact thing
I never knew the similarities in About A Girl ran that deep. Great video man!
Really loved this analysis! You've hit the comparison spot on. Coincidentally, I've been thinking lately a lot about Serve the Servants' uncanny similarity to the Beatles catalog (e.g. the Hard Day's Night sounding opening chord, Dave's Ringo-like shuffle in the choruses, the Glass Onion-esque introspective fourth-wall breaking lyrics, etc). I bet you'd find tons more to unpack given your clear expertise in musical theory. You've earned a subscriber! Looking forward to more. 👍
Hey man!!!! I LOOVEE your videos!
extremely underrated video
Real 🙏🙏
Hehe is funny that people are still out there saying Taylor Swift is bigger then the Beatles.
I think the Beatles-Cobain connection makes more sense when you realize Lennon didn´t really attempt to write a pop song between Rubber Soul and Mind Games. I asked AI to list all Lennon-lead Beatles songs from Rubber Soul to the end. There are barely any commercial pop songs there, except maybe All You Need Is Love. I think the first pop song Lennon tried to write after Help! was Whatever Gets You Through The Night. Here are Lennon lead Beatles songs after Help! Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Nowhere Man Girl In My Life Run for Your Life I'm Only Sleeping She Said She Said And Your Bird Can Sing Doctor Robert Tomorrow Never Knows Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! Good Morning Good Morning A Day in the Life I Am the Walrus Strawberry Fields Forever All You Need Is Love Dear Prudence Glass Onion The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill Happiness Is a Warm Gun I'm So Tired Julia Yer Blues Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Sexy Sadie Revolution 1 Cry Baby Cry Revolution 9 Hey Bulldog Come Together I Want You (She's So Heavy) Because Sun King Don´t Let Me Down Dig a Pony Across the Universe One After 909
You’re such a waste for using ai for this lmao
come together is a pop song
@@torsion2 well it’s not really.
one after 909 was written before help
Instant Karma.
It’s funny how he actively described hating Paul McCartney’s music but then the only two audio recordings of Kurt playing Beatles songs are songs that were heavily written by Paul McCartney. 😂
What’s the other song?
@@SimonEDDThe one everyone knows is And I Love Her, but there’s a video out there somewhere of him singing Yesterday
I suppose he means he doesn’t like Paul but he doesn’t say he doesn’t like his Beatles music.
😂dont forget hey jude
A man who adored Lennon, despised McCartney, and forgot that Lennon loved McCartney.
Amazing! Beautiful work
vim pelo reddit =)
In EVERY genre it's hard to find an artist who is not influenced by The Beatles
djent
Mozart, buddy holly, Elvis and plenty more….
Classical
@@chiuaua2235 all 3 are pre Beatles
@ all 3 are genres that weren’t impacted by the Beatles.
Really enjoyed your video. Interesting that you recently stumbled across kids busking the nirvana version of a Beatles song in … Chisinau, Moldova. Amazing the power of music to reach people across the generations, cultures and countries.
Fantastic video. Serious researched info. It's a shame they never met.
He is a holy man. Thank you!
Amazing video, man! How beautiful music is, and what better way to enjoy it than combined with this lovely game. Thank you!
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Ydra is a magnificent island, telling that as a Greek :) Thanks for sharing Like & Subscribed 👍 💙🎥👍
this is a gem
The title makes it sound like ur disappointed to be interviewing Anthony fantano
Absolutely subbed