Why is that? It's how you learn of artists you may have heard of but never gave them the time to listen. If that were indeed the case folks wouldn't listen to Marvin Gaye, The Beatles etc. So your choice is you'd rather let the music die than him to react to it because you think its before his time?
@@blackkingrottweilers8535 because when it's iconic, they have always heard it before. I have no issue with them listening to it, but calling it a reaction is a farce.
@@KylieIsOverIt sorta, it's not super true to say "nothing sounded like them" but they pioneered a new genre of music, and there were bands that at least musically sounded similar. There were a lot of common inspiration in the seattle grunge music scene, Soundgarden (RIP Chris Cornell) Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots were all from seattle and inspired by the same trailblazing that Nirvana had been inspired by. Nirvana has been the inspiration of hundreds of bands, and is responsible for the megalithic alternative rock scene we have now that evolved out of the seattle grunge sound.
There's two things he has to learn. 1st. he has to learn Kurt Cobain committed suicide. 2nd, he has to learn Courtney Love killed Kurt Cobain and tried to make it look like a suicide.
As someone who was raised with this music I find it baffling that some people have never heard some of my fav songs, But I love to see people broaden their musical taste. I swear watching people react to older songs for the first time is my new guilty pleasure
It's similar to me asking you about Chicago Drill, which has basically changed the whole rap music genre. Yet, many rappers over the years who were popular in that scene have either been murder, are now in jail, or moved away from Chicago for a better life.
Not really, I believe its in the top 3 or 5 most listened to genres in the world. And I believe metal is also in the top 10. But I do think more people should listen to rock, cause I love it
This song essentially opened the floodgates for alternative rock and metal to get into the mainstream. Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, and even nu/alt metal bands like Korn, Slipknot, Deftones, System of a Down etc may never have gotten so big without Nirvana blowing up so much.
@@notgobbo I love Linkin Park! Too bad I got into their music too late. Rest In Peace Chester, I didn't know you when you died, but I sure as hell know you now.
I know I’m late, But this also goes for PunkPop/Emo bands like Blink182, Green Day, All American Rejects, Bowling for soup, Fountains of Wayne, My Chemical Romance, All Time Low, and all those in that sub genre of rock as well.
Jay-Z even made a statement when Nirvana popped onto the scene that they stalled the rise of Hip-Hop for a while. And there's a clip on some documentary of Dr. Dre jamming to a Nirvana song saying it was his favorite Rock group
For a while? If not for Nirvana, Rap would've been more mainstream that Rock by 1995. Wave that started by Nirvana, made Rock more relevant than Rap for atleast a decade. I dont think Rap was *more* mainstream than Rock until Mid/Late 2000s
“This video was posted 2009...” because most music videos didn’t make it on UA-cam until 2009. This is actually from the early 90’s...🤣 this was the soundtrack of our youth in the 90’s. Losing Kurt killed alternative and wounded the hurts of millions. RIP Kurt Cobain.
At least Dave Grohl (the drummer) moved on, taught himself to play guitar and formed the band Foo Fighters. I would love to see LayedBak's reaction to one of their most recent singles, "Run." I just love the song and the clip is hilarious.
Why would he know that? He already explained he never paid attention to rock music before. Does everyone on this thread know everything about every Rap artist he's listened to? No? Then stop using this as an excuse to feel superior and STFU.
Corey Johnston I was never a fan of nirvana for a long time but as I started getting more into then I realized the the world lost a very talented human to say the least
Until limp bizkit came and made it outdated 😂 think about that....nu metal knocked this music out of the mainstream...did people have brain damage in the late 90s?
I remember the exact moment I first heard this song...we were playing 90's Hip Hop at a party and someone handed me this CD and asked me to play it...music was never the same for me after that :-)
He was murdered because he was leaving the band and had hired a divorce attorney. Courtney Love knew her free ride was coming to an end. While she’s never been directly linked to his murder she’s always been the prime suspect in his death in the public’s eyes. She’d have lost everything without him. Her marriage was over. She was going to lose custody of Francis Bean. Her music career would’ve failed without her ability to steal Kurt’s songs. She’d have been nothing. She’d have gone back to whoring herself out to feed her addictions.
Nirvana started the whole grunge music scene in the early 90s and without them a whole genre of music wouldnt have came to fruition.. this was one of their mainstream hits that awoke the entire industry to a new sound that would forever change the face of music... they dont have a bad song and even the covers that they did are masterpieces!
I agree and disagree. There were popular grunge bands prior to nirvana. Soundgarden , pearl jam, temple of the dog, Alice in chains. Kurt just made it mainstream. Even though he didn't want to
Jason LeBeau they didn’t start the grunge music scene. They were just the ones who made it mainstream. If you want to know who started it you’d have to look at Green River they weren’t huge outside of Washington, but some of their members formed Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, and mother love bone. Theyre considered pioneers of grunge music.
Justin Pfeiffer, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, and Temple were essentially the same band. But the Seattle sound existed long before anyone had heard of them. The Seattle area has a long history of turning out huge bands.
This song was posted in the 90s, Kurt Kobain (the singer) killed himself. The dummer of Nirvana is Dave Grohl went on to make a band called Foo Fighters after Kurts Passing
where did you sleep last night is a cover of a 1940s song. I'd rather see a reaction to the original. (leadbelly) and save the nirvana reactions for original music
@@ailm3ntrx658 Where Did You Sleep Last Night isn't an original but it's a damn good video to watch as you clearly see all the pain that Kurt was suffering from.
Smells like teen spirit - “Godzilla - The smashing pumpkins 1990 BOC cover” Come as you are - “The damned - life goes on” / “22 faces - Garden of delight” / “Killing joke - Eighties” Rape me - “Gwar - Pussy planet” / “Mudhoney need” Polly - “Neutral spirits - Calling Chicago” aneurysm - “fang an invitation” Polly, new wave - “The 4 skins on the streets” Been a son - “Zebra Don’t walk away” About a girl - “Hrast parni vajak” Heart shaped box - “Nether street - Bodast” / “Butthole surfers bar b q” chorus, resembles “HEY WAIT” Breed - “Wipers potential suicide” Big long now - Psychodelic furs - sister europe Mr moustache riff is a rip off of “Paul revere and the raiders - Hungry” 0:55” min Milk it - Melvins it’s shoved Spank thru - El chavo
Nirvana released three albums (Bleach, Nevermind, and In Utero), as well as an acoustic concert widely considered as an album unto itself, before their lead singer, Kurt Cobain, committed suicide in 1994. Their drummer, Dave Grohl, went on to form the Foo Fighters. Other great songs by them include All Apologies, About A Girl, Lithium, Come as You Are, In Bloom.
I'm just sitting here waiting for another Nirvana to arrive to reset music again. I remember the day Nirvana hit, overnight the entire music industry changed. The only other artist to ever have that affect was The Beatles. Everyone went from 80's rock and pop, to the next week 90's grunge, they even changed fashion.
This is the official anthem of white kids in the 90s. This song changed everything. I remember exactly where I was when I heard Kurt had died. I remember kids at school crying. Nirvana meant a lot to a lot of people.
I was a senior in high school and we were on a yellow bus going to our lacrosse game and one of the kids on my team with head phones yelled out “yo Kurt Cobain died”. It was our John Lennon moment.
Kurt Cobain would have been disgusted by your comment. He once stated: "If you're a sexist, racist, homophobe or basically an asshole, don't buy this CD. I don't care if you like me, I hate you."
ohh it did, before this it was all stadium rock, Aerosmith, Guns and Roses etc etc . . After this, things just went nuts. This is the song that set the 90's on fire.
Celtic Spirits Coven fun thing is , i talked about this with my steph father this week. And he said the exact same, i knew it was the case, but he said "the day that Smells like Teen Spirit came out was the very last day i ever heard Hair Metal"
Even thought Kurt hated this song because it didn’t deserve to be this famous, it defined an entire generation, and made an anthem for teens. Everybody who’s born should be required to listen to this. Literally one of the greatest songs of all time
@AntiqueAncestry- it's "Even THOUGH' Kurt hated... Just adding that letter "t" at the end can misconstrue your comment that even Kurt "thought" he hated this song, he did hate this song, sounds out of context by that typo error of one letter.
This song defined a generation. It was the end of 80s rock and the beginning of 90s rock. It inspired about 20 years of rock bands. Its a before and after moment in music history. It's unfathomable how big this was. Top 10 most famous songs of all time.
I remember this vividly. My stoner friends marked the hell out of Nirvana back then. Kurt Cobain died right around the same time Tupac was killed and my stoner friends were just as heartbroken as my Tupac fans were. Tupac Shakur and Kurt Cobain are of legendary status in 2020 for a reason.
ik now in 2020 kids be vaping at the age of freaking 11 and listen to cardi b and horrible music. back the like nirvana red hot chilli pepers and bands like that were the bomb.
@@jofj6184 What's sad is when we only notice when it's happening in our countries. Kids have been struggling all around the world, mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually for a long time.
@@DevonThomas1204 mhm the music i horrible i mean what kind of song is like trap bunnie bubbles like they dont know what real music is im around my teens so u would expect me to be like every girl wearing aesthetic clothes and a full face of makeup but no i act likemyself.
@Dig Bick Possibility i guess..since none of us were there, i guess we'll never know...she was as crazy and messed up as he was, so it definitely wouldn't shock me if that were the case.
The thing about this song, as the beginning of grunge, was that it was so different from everything from the plastic and over produced 80's. Nirvana was coarse and heavy, the opposite of the top 40 music. They, and those that followed, spoke to the counter culture of the time. Until they became mainstream, and what was cool changed.
And it dropped out of a underground scene in Seattle of all places. LA, Nashville, and none of the other music hubs knew what hit them. Love this music as much as I did 30 years ago, maybe even a little more. It definitely ages well. Cheers!
This song represented all us outcasts and freaks and geeks, who were stuck in no name towns, with no prospects and no future for something better. We were the generation x.
This song represented dumb fuck America and the lack of actual talent or reason behind trends. The song is a literal play on nonsense and gerbil for the sake of popularity. It was poking fun at the people who idolized it.
I disagree big time. There were songs by the Ramones, The Damned, Ministry, The Exploited, etc. that represented outcasts as well. Nirvana may have resonated with yoiu, but their music in no represented Generation X
Mainstream music at that time was awful. The music industry ran and determined what was put out until an undeniable sound came along and it was the voice of every young person. If this song and Kurt hadn’t come along a lot of people wouldn’t still be here. His music gave us hope and something worth living for. I just wish we could have helped him.
Mainstream music was awful in '89-95? You must be kidding.. The high of Bryan Adams, Paul Abdul, Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, Withney Houston, Madonna, Janet and Michael Jackson, Roxette, London Beat, Enigma, AC/DC, Metallica, Guns n Roses, and more. All had billboard level hits, and they were good.
"Up to a billions views. Why do yall think this song resonated so much?" I have your answer. Let me set the scene for you. It's 1992. The rock airwaves are dominated by 'hair metal' bands like Guns n Roses, Poison, Def Leppard. 80's rock. White dudes with eyeliner, leather pants and high heels. On the opposite side you have Michael Jackson and Madonna...that's literally it. All of a sudden, a band rises from Seattle and kicks down MTV's doors with a sound that's never been heard before. To today's millennials, it's a familiar sound...one of normality with nothing special to it. But, in 1992, it was a sounds that was never heard before. Elvis Presley in the 1950's. The Beatles in the 1960's, Led Zepplin in the 1970's, Michael Jackson in the 1980's. They produced sounds that defined entire generations! Nirvana in the 1990's. This song was groundbreaking. It BURIED the white girly-men of the "hair metal" genre of the 1980's and drop kicked early 90's Pop and R&B to the backseat. This song pushed Nirvana to #1 on the Billboard Charts and immediately transformed them into Gods. EVERY rock or metal sounds of today is traced back to THIS song, by Nirvana. That's why this song resonates so much. Like Michael Jackson's Billie Jean it was industry altering at that time.
Not exactly never heard of before, but not in the mainstream. Kurt Cobain himself listed Pixies as one of his biggest inspirations, and if you listen to for example Gouge Away you can really hear the influence.
@@Personal_Info145 cause it's a song that resonates with the sheer rage and desire to wild out that so many people have, at least imo. When you get to the chorus after the buildup you can't not headbang
This song and this band in general resonated with everybody immediately because they basically created a new genre of music that nobody had heard before. They single handedly changed the landscape of the scene. RIP Kurt. Very sad how his death went down.
"why this song is so huge on UA-cam?" well first of all, this song is from 1991, if it made it to almost one billion on UA-cam, just imagine how huge it already was before UA-cam was even created lol And also, this band and the lead singer (and other artists of course) started a whole new movement (grunge) and represented an entire legion of teenagers that also felt awful with all the hypocrisy and bad things that were happening in the 80' and 90' all around the world This song is their greatest hit, it's mainly about how most of the young people preferred to be distracted by the entertainment and media industry, instead of focusing and fighting on the serious and more important things that was going on (quite an irony this song being so popular on media, right?) aaaaaalso, it sounds great and catchy and is easy to bounce your head to it lol 🤷♀️
I think the special thing about this song is it's simplicity. The 4 chord progression that carries throughout the whole thing, and the switches from loud and distorted to clean and tidy again. Legendary song
Love when people do shit like this to try and expand their listening preferences. A lot of people nowadays are too biased and stick to one genre. Respect for giving this type shit a listen brotha🖤💯
I'm not judging, just surprised that there's so many classic songs he's never heard. Still so much to discover! But I love getting to see his reactions. New subscriber
"Suicidal thoughts call it Kurt Cobain" - Denzel Curry Nirvana started the genre grunge rock in the 90s. By this time, hip hop was taking over and metal was "dying" off (not entirely true but in general). The apathetic vibe of grunge seemed to hit with a lot of people. It's not surprising that emo rock became popular around this time in mainstream rock. Grunge, and emo music has been influential to a lot of young rappers to this day. Circle of life applies to music as well, we all connect to all levels of music if its pleasant to the ear regardless of the genre. RIP Juice WRLD.
The grunge sound predates Nirvana by a few years. And the so called Seattle Sound can be traced back to the 1960s and includes bands such as Heart, Jimi Hendrix, and Stone Temple Pilots. Nirvana just happened to be the most successful band from that area. But they didn’t start the movement. They were just the face of it.
Nah hip hop didn’t really take over until 1997. It was still underground and true in 1991, minus the pop acts. Later is when it totally went top 40 and played out.
My beautiful 18 year old nephew who died in 1998; this was his favourite song. He killed himself the same way as Kurt Cobain. We miss you so much our darling Christophor, always missing from your family who love you so much.
@@karenglenn6707 post it on Facebook. I don’t get the appeal of posting your sob story’s on public comment sections. Oh well whatever I don’t care. I hope you come to peace and live long.
Ignore the righteous idiots , the fact that this dude doesn't know how old this song is or who Kurt is shows that this is a genuine reaction. He didn't research it before. What I'd like to see are follow up videos after discovering an artist he digs and his reaction to what he then finds out. Like, he how long ago this existed, the tragedy that they didn't create more, etc.
kenzie s Y'all are both trippin, you're not a fan if you don't know it's "Kurt" It's a fairly small difference that you could make for some people, but for the legend he is? Nah, c'mon.
Fun fact: Kurt didn’t really like smells like teen spirit but everybody else sure as hell did, being the mantra of angsty teens (not an insult by the way) to this day. Nirvana was probably THE biggest band that popularized grunge style music.
Not probably, it was. Nirvana changed the music. Thanks to Nirvana, Rock Music was relevant for atleast 15 years more. Even though they lasted for 4 years (Kurt 💔), they sparked a revolution that made other Rock/Metal bands carry the torch
He didn't like that people associated Nirvana only to smells like teen spirit. Much the same way that Radiohead disliked creep for that very same reason.
I'm 54 now. In the 90s, I was in my 20s when I first heard this song. I remember thinking "What the hell is this?" It was like no music I'd heard to that point. Grunge rock INSTANTLY took over the radio waves. I have never experienced such an instant change in culture as that. The only thing that rivals that sudden change would be Rapper's Delight. (Boom. Instant shift.) In the coming months after that, it was all Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, and, of course, Nirvana. It was amazing to see things change on a dime like that.
This song was the beginning of grunge... when the “hair nation” bands heard this, they were like Oh shit...Nirvana is not my favorite grunge band, Dave Grohl evolved and became a legend, but Pearl Jam is my pick for you to react to!
Not completely accurate. Grunge had been around for years underground. Nirvana brought it into the charts. Followers of grunge hated that it became mainstream. Even Dave Grohl said ‘Teen spirit’ was the end of grunge.
Smells like teen spirit - “Godzilla - The smashing pumpkins 1990 BOC cover” Come as you are - “The damned - life goes on” / “22 faces - Garden of delight” / “Killing joke - Eighties” Rape me - “Gwar - Pussy planet” / “Mudhoney need” Polly - “Neutral spirits - Calling Chicago” aneurysm - “fang an invitation” Polly, new wave - “The 4 skins on the streets” Been a son - “Zebra Don’t walk away” About a girl - “Hrast parni vajak” Heart shaped box - “Nether street - Bodast” / “Butthole surfers bar b q” chorus, resembles “HEY WAIT” Breed - “Wipers potential suicide” Big long now - Psychodelic furs - sister europe Mr moustache riff is a rip off of “Paul revere and the raiders - Hungry” 0:55” min Milk it - Melvins it’s shoved Spank thru - El chavo
It blows my mind that there are hugely popular and ever-played songs that have been around for decades that some people have never heard. IT'S MY NEW FAVORITE THING TO WATCH. WE'RE LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU IN THESE REACTIONS. 🤣
I think it’s hilarious that most people genuinely do see this song as a masterpiece and they literally made it as a fuck you joke to the music industry
Another late comment here...but... This song isn't a masterpiece, it has only 4 chords i think.. any amateur can easily learn ho to play it, but it's greattt to listen to, it's fu**ing iconic, and it was a game changer precisely for the reason you said it was writen: the fu** you to the industry, and the "just let us do our thing and fu** off" vibe that they can pass to anyone listening to it!!! 4 guys on a stage doing their thing and passing on that vibe and that energy.. no dance show, no lights show, no semi naked women on that stage.....just music!!! And, by the way, i love these reactions, but, honestly, there are a few songs, including this one, that i just can't understand how is it possible that, even people in their 20's, had never heard off! Have they been living in a hole??????? And even so it had to be a really deep hole!! Or are they so closed minded that the world just passes by them and it goes unnoticed.. they just don't care because if they like blue their eyes just can't see any other colour!! Be safe
@@brunofonseca8320 just because something is easy to play doesn’t mean it’s not a masterpiece. Part of what makes this song a masterpiece is how simple it is.
The reason it resonated was because not only did Kurt Cobain have such a unique indescribable voice but he brought a new genre of music to the table and both pioneered and perfected it in one fell swoop. It’s a phenomenon as to how talented he was.
Tthis song resonated so strongly in the music business and culture as a whole at the time because of 2 factors 1: it was tapping in to the attitude of young folks at the time and 2: it was markedly different from the music that was popular just a few years earlier
Kurt Cobain and Nirvana was the forerunners of the Seattle Grunge movement in the late 80's early 90's. Unfortunately in '94 Kurt Cobain committed suicide. I remember being in school when I found out. Great song, great band! You ought to check out some of Nirvana's MTV unplugged.
If your going to do more Grunge, music consider these Nirvana- Lithium, Come As You Are, Drain You, Polly, The Man Who Sold the world (MTV unplugged), Heart-shaped box, Territorial pissings, Been a son, All apologies, In bloom. Stone Temple Pilots- Plush, Interstate Love song, big empty, Sex Type thing, Dead & bloated, Vasoline, Unglued, Creep. The Smashing Pumpkins- 1979, Drown, Bullet with butterfly wings, Here is no why, Cherub rock, Tonight Tonight, Disarm. Soundgarden- Spoonman, Black Hole Sun, outshined, Full on, Rusty Cage, Fell on black days, The day I tried to live, Hands all over. Pearl Jam- Daughter, Black, Jeremy, Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town, Yellow Ledbetter, Alive, Last kiss, Better man, Save you, Rearview mirror. Alice in chains- Would? (You could also do the MTV unplugged version), Rooster, Heaven Beside you, Them bones, Angry chair (MTV unplugged), Man in the box, Nutshell, The killer is me (MTV unplugged), Down in a hole. Foo Fighters- For all the cows, My hero, Everlong, Learn to fly, The pretender, Wattershed, Monkey Wrench, Up in arms, All my life. Some more songs- Mother love bone- Crown of thornes Bush- Glycerine The Cranberries- Zombie Blind melon- No rain Temple of the dog- Hunger Strike Screaming trees- Nearly lost you
His voice,the riff, the quiet and loud phase, and lyrics being mysterious, and at the same time deep, and it cut straight to the point unlike songs before his time with like the hr long guitar solos. And it’s basically riot song for his fans
Now that you have done Smells Like Teen Spirit, you need to listen to the Weird Al Yankovic parody, Smells Like Nirvana. It's fantastic. Weird Al is very under appreciated, the guy is really talented.
Rap was overtaking Rock. We despaired for our children's lack of quality music. When Grunge hit in the 90's, the young music fan had a genre to call their own. Nirvana, AiC, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam ... Although Grunge, per se, didn't last very long, it inspired many artists and rock was again on the upswing.
@Riley Larson Greta van Fleet is a poor man's Led Zeppelin. Until their frontman loses his Plant persona and finds his own identity, they're a novel act - at best.
Generally speaking, Rock is at that point, if not beyond it now. Last time Rock was "relevant" it was maybe Mid-Late 2000s. Before this time, I don't think Rock was ever this thin. People consider 1 rock band as mainstream now, Imagine Dragons, *WHICH ISN'T EVEN ROCK* We desperately need a revolutionary _actual_ rock band in mainstream, or after maybe 2025, Rock will be, sadly, a thing of past
@@ayushFos Rock is already a thing of the past. When I wanna listen to rock, I listen to bands that are from decades ago. Hell, I can't even name one modern band or artist.
Most of Kurt's lyrics throughout his career reference his depression and how he used it to make money and how much he hated himself for it and for never putting himself in a position to get better or even want to get better...like, a meta-meta view of his own suffering. Or maybe I'm talking outta my ass. Kurt is a myth and a legend.
Smells like teen spirit - “Godzilla - The smashing pumpkins 1990 BOC cover” Come as you are - “The damned - life goes on” / “22 faces - Garden of delight” / “Killing joke - Eighties” Rape me - “Gwar - Pussy planet” / “Mudhoney need” Polly - “Neutral spirits - Calling Chicago” aneurysm - “fang an invitation” Polly, new wave - “The 4 skins on the streets” Been a son - “Zebra Don’t walk away” About a girl - “Hrast parni vajak” Heart shaped box - “Nether street - Bodast” / “Butthole surfers bar b q” chorus, resembles “HEY WAIT” Breed - “Wipers potential suicide” Big long now - Psychodelic furs - sister europe Mr moustache riff is a rip off of “Paul revere and the raiders - Hungry” 0:55” min Milk it - Melvins it’s shoved Spank thru - El chavo
crazy your listening to this the day juice passed. ""whats a 27 club we aint makin it past 21" he said that bar because of nirvana is one of his favorite bands.
Someone has likely already said much of this, but I can't possibly explain to anyone who wasn't there just how big this album was. "Nevermind" was unlike anything we had ever heard and it spoke to a great many of us. This was the first single off of the album and it BLEW UP. I mean, it went crazy. Those of us who were into it, were REALLY into it. It changed individual lives, as well as the entire musical landscape. It was said that Kurt was our voice. He didn't like that, but I can't argue against it. We didn't really have a rallying cry. This song became it.
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Watch Van Halen Eruption-Guitar Solo.
Eddie Van Halen just goes off like nothing you have ever seen
Billy Talent please
Walk by Foo Fighters
And Come As You Are by Nirvana
and also Figure It Out by Royal Blood ⚡️
*one of the most famous songs of all time starts playing*
“Why does this sound so familiar? Was this on a commercial or something?” 😂
At some point they have to stop reacting to music from before they were born.
@@chookhamable ??
Why is that? It's how you learn of artists you may have heard of but never gave them the time to listen. If that were indeed the case folks wouldn't listen to Marvin Gaye, The Beatles etc. So your choice is you'd rather let the music die than him to react to it because you think its before his time?
@@blackkingrottweilers8535 because when it's iconic, they have always heard it before. I have no issue with them listening to it, but calling it a reaction is a farce.
@@chookhamable Nah, this is very organic.
That video came out in 1991 and literally changed music history
So tru. Just 4 chord change music. WOW
Deff changed rock music at the time
1991. How fresh does this still sound? Nothing sounded like them then...and nothing does now.
Sad how songs like this don’t get big anymore
@@KylieIsOverIt sorta, it's not super true to say "nothing sounded like them" but they pioneered a new genre of music, and there were bands that at least musically sounded similar. There were a lot of common inspiration in the seattle grunge music scene, Soundgarden (RIP Chris Cornell) Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots were all from seattle and inspired by the same trailblazing that Nirvana had been inspired by.
Nirvana has been the inspiration of hundreds of bands, and is responsible for the megalithic alternative rock scene we have now that evolved out of the seattle grunge sound.
“Why this shit sound so familiar”
Probably because it’s one of the most influential rock songs of all time 😂
Chill dude
Chill u nitty 😂
@@TheTeleporter101 ahahah nah
I think i saw somwhere its the 6th Popular Song of all time and all music Genres
@@lukmuller5082 only 6th lol surely higher
This is not just a song. This is an anthem of a generation, a piece of history, and in my and many others' opinion a part of world cultural heritage.
Bro shut up u taking to serious damn
Huh
But it makes no sense
Ok
ok chill out emre
"I wonder what else these guys are putting out."
...who's gonna break it to him?
He probably doesn’t know about the Shotgun incident huh
KhasAdun someone’s needs to tell him
There's two things he has to learn. 1st. he has to learn Kurt Cobain committed suicide. 2nd, he has to learn Courtney Love killed Kurt Cobain and tried to make it look like a suicide.
@@rynecology facts
Its called foo fighters 👌
Next episide: first time reacting to happy birthday
Underrated 😂😂😂
Ohhh this gotta be higher
Him: «why does that sound familiar?»
what a fucking comment hahaha
"was this on a commercial? "
"I heard this before"
As someone who was raised with this music I find it baffling that some people have never heard some of my fav songs, But I love to see people broaden their musical taste. I swear watching people react to older songs for the first time is my new guilty pleasure
For real dude! Imagine what it would be like to listen to this song for the first time again.
Haha yeah dude, I knew the song years before I knew about the group.
It's similar to me asking you about Chicago Drill, which has basically changed the whole rap music genre. Yet, many rappers over the years who were popular in that scene have either been murder, are now in jail, or moved away from Chicago for a better life.
Same love it and this guy is my favorite one
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Rock is so underrated in today’s world
Not really, I believe its in the top 3 or 5 most listened to genres in the world. And I believe metal is also in the top 10. But I do think more people should listen to rock, cause I love it
Not underrated at all actually, it's a pretty high up there genre
Fax
@@deathring7339 but It isn't mainstream anymore
I know right
Impossible, everyone and their mother has listend to Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Lmao my thoughts exactly. So funny how many people believe some of these videos😂
He said he had heard it before. That isn’t his genre of music before so he is sitting down and actually listening to it....not just hearing it.
Yeah, but that doesn't mean he's actually paid attention to it or actually thought about it before.
@al never.
I don't give a shit who you are you can't lie and say you hadn't heard this. I'm black and I was listening to this when it actually came out.
“Where have i heard this before?”
Dude its as old as me almost 29 years old and it’s a classic 😂
One of 2009's hottest tracks
Tons More Cowbell it came out later than 2009 they just uploaded it in 2009
@@rvinlvd9100 Might wanna double check what you said there :')
And I'm pretty sure Tons More Cowbell was being sarcastic
commonxdreads lol and bro I’m to fucked up to know what I say all the time but he knows what. I mean
Maybe he knows "More Than A Feeling" by Boston.
"Why did this song resonate with so many people..."
Answer: It's the official 'Teenage Angst Anthem'.
Basically.
@@willvr4 Well, duh!
Youre not wrong
One of them, yes.
@Sans On Xans Do you even know about the grunge movement?????
This song essentially opened the floodgates for alternative rock and metal to get into the mainstream. Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, and even nu/alt metal bands like Korn, Slipknot, Deftones, System of a Down etc may never have gotten so big without Nirvana blowing up so much.
well foo fighters is kinda nirvanas child lmao
Don't forget the cranberries
Don’t forget one of the most influential alt bands (in my opinion) Linkin Park
@@notgobbo I love Linkin Park! Too bad I got into their music too late.
Rest In Peace Chester, I didn't know you when you died, but I sure as hell know you now.
I know I’m late, But this also goes for PunkPop/Emo bands like Blink182, Green Day, All American Rejects, Bowling for soup, Fountains of Wayne, My Chemical Romance, All Time Low, and all those in that sub genre of rock as well.
Dude, there are unborn fetuses who've heard this song before
I’m pretty sure you’re born knowing this song.
pretty sure my dad was playing Nirvana , Metallica and Queen in the car when sending my mom to the hospital and giving birth to me 😂.
The sperm swimmin in my balls know this song already.
My man. 🤘🏼😎
Many have heard the hook and stuff but never digested the song fully let him rock lol
Jay-Z even made a statement when Nirvana popped onto the scene that they stalled the rise of Hip-Hop for a while. And there's a clip on some documentary of Dr. Dre jamming to a Nirvana song saying it was his favorite Rock group
The Defiant ones. It's a 4 episode doc and everyone needs to watch.
@@nathantrust Yes, very good mini series
@@nathantrust thank you! Im on it!
Yes he was jammin to Stay Away lmao classic
For a while? If not for Nirvana, Rap would've been more mainstream that Rock by 1995.
Wave that started by Nirvana, made Rock more relevant than Rap for atleast a decade. I dont think Rap was *more* mainstream than Rock until Mid/Late 2000s
“Why this shit sound so familiar” bro it came out in the 90s there’s NO way you haven’t heard this
Nate Childs seriously. Dude is bullshitting for views, straight up
Jason smh lol 😂 at least I’m not the only one who notices this stuff
Jason he literally says he heard it before just never actually listened to jy
It*
& you expect the whole world know this particular song? Really? Still, many not ever heard of them, so chill.
Ended 80's hair band music..entered grunge!!! A completely new and exciting sound!!! Thats what i thought the first time i heard it in 1991.
new sound...
@@Без_трусиков-ф1ф dude shut the fuck up I see you everywhere and you are pissing me off!!
@@Без_трусиков-ф1ф literally no one cares
listen to mudhoney they came before nirvana. they even performed together. also a great band.
I second that!
“This video was posted 2009...” because most music videos didn’t make it on UA-cam until 2009. This is actually from the early 90’s...🤣 this was the soundtrack of our youth in the 90’s. Losing Kurt killed alternative and wounded the hurts of millions. RIP Kurt Cobain.
At least Dave Grohl (the drummer) moved on, taught himself to play guitar and formed the band Foo Fighters.
I would love to see LayedBak's reaction to one of their most recent singles, "Run." I just love the song and the clip is hilarious.
Ralph Stuivenwold Dave grohl already knew how to play guitar
“Losing Kurt killed alternative” okay buddy 🙄😂
Losing to Kurt to “Murder” is still difficult to handle. One of the greats was taken from us
I was gonna put this end of video lol
Wait... he doesn’t know Kurts dead....
Tbh I dont think he even knows that's kurt
Yikes
He was living under a rock
Why would he know that? He already explained he never paid attention to rock music before. Does everyone on this thread know everything about every Rap artist he's listened to? No? Then stop using this as an excuse to feel superior and STFU.
@@garyglaser4998 do you even realise how big Linkin Park were? Probably not that's why you are talking shit
The lead singer was a voice of a generation and passed a few years later, the drummer is Dave Grohl who is the Foo Fighters and a genius,
Jason Talks hell yea dude
Courtney love killed him too such a waste very talented man
Corey Johnston I was never a fan of nirvana for a long time but as I started getting more into then I realized the the world lost a very talented human to say the least
Jason Talks that drummer is the Foo Fighters? That’s amazing
@@notreallygordonramsayorami8785 yup. The birth of a REAL legend right here!
He doesn't realize this broke and rebuilt rock as a whole. This song rocked the world when it came out
Until limp bizkit came and made it outdated 😂 think about that....nu metal knocked this music out of the mainstream...did people have brain damage in the late 90s?
@@PISStopherNolan bro's hating 💀
@@PISStopherNolan what?
@@NeroSparda99 Nu-metal killed grunge in the mid 90's
@@cinderzs Nu metal killed grunge....it's not an opinion, it's a fact. So no I'm not hating, toggaF.
I remember the exact moment I first heard this song...we were playing 90's Hip Hop at a party and someone handed me this CD and asked me to play it...music was never the same for me after that :-)
Yeah, this song and the video were an experience for me too. Had never heard anything like that before!
- Lil.Swiper.2ez - Disappointed.
Same for me. I remember the exact moment, the exact location... (it was MTV). I knew instantly that this is a huge game changer.
Stuffed Beagle great story! I just shared mine a few moments ago.
🤘🏼
The song actually came out in 1991. Also, the lead singer "Kurt Cobain" died in 1994.
Fredrik Nydahl Kurt
He was murdered because he was leaving the band and had hired a divorce attorney. Courtney Love knew her free ride was coming to an end.
While she’s never been directly linked to his murder she’s always been the prime suspect in his death in the public’s eyes. She’d have lost everything without him.
Her marriage was over. She was going to lose custody of Francis Bean. Her music career would’ve failed without her ability to steal Kurt’s songs. She’d have been nothing. She’d have gone back to whoring herself out to feed her addictions.
Oh, not to mention her pages of handwriting practice, meant to MIMIC Kurt's specific style, found in her backpack. Whoops. *collective shrug*
@@ThinkShinkis this true?
Imagine being 16 when this came out and you just got your first car. Good times.
Yeah they were
I dont care what anyone says this is one of the best songs ever created
Nirvana started the whole grunge music scene in the early 90s and without them a whole genre of music wouldnt have came to fruition.. this was one of their mainstream hits that awoke the entire industry to a new sound that would forever change the face of music... they dont have a bad song and even the covers that they did are masterpieces!
Jason LeBeau The Man Who Sold The World is an amazing cover! Totally agree with you.
I agree and disagree. There were popular grunge bands prior to nirvana. Soundgarden , pearl jam, temple of the dog, Alice in chains. Kurt just made it mainstream. Even though he didn't want to
Jason LeBeau they didn’t start the grunge music scene. They were just the ones who made it mainstream. If you want to know who started it you’d have to look at Green River they weren’t huge outside of Washington, but some of their members formed Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, and mother love bone. Theyre considered pioneers of grunge music.
Jason LeBeau Can’t leave out Chris Cornell and Soundgarden
Justin Pfeiffer, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, and Temple were essentially the same band.
But the Seattle sound existed long before anyone had heard of them. The Seattle area has a long history of turning out huge bands.
Come as you are, lithium, heart shaped box, all apologies....these are all great songs from Nirvana to check out. Very influential group!!!!!!
"I feel stupid and contagious"
Who else is here in 2020 quarantine?
Tell me about it 😢🤦♀️
Me
Here we are now, entertain us.
Yep
JCarson great comment my man
Nirvana will forever go down in music history. They created grunge. They were an amazing Segway between decades. This band is very important.
This song was posted in the 90s, Kurt Kobain (the singer) killed himself. The dummer of Nirvana is Dave Grohl went on to make a band called Foo Fighters after Kurts Passing
Where was it posted in the 90's exactly? I didn't know there was social media in the 90's! To think of all those 90's dank memes I missed out on... :(
@@sapphirevaltiel this is either a troll or youre taking words i said too literally
@@Dev_242 Just those two? I might have been joking by taking your words literally. In fact, I was :)
@@sapphirevaltiel haha I was so confused, I bet someone would type that non ironically
The foo fighters are in my opinion even better than nirvana
“We might have to do more nirvana” that killed me. Man, I love you’re reaction it felt so good to see someone get into nirvana in 2019. Rock on man
This is called a genuine reaction.
IM PISSINNG MYSELF BRO LITERALLY LIKE ???
There is no way this is his first time hearing smells like teen spirit
@@bananaman7216 1:41
Being a teenager when it came out..it spoke to everything I was feeling from silent rage to insecurity. Nirvana was my outlet.
Same here. I was 13.
Amen!
why does this sound familiar? "doo deh chick do deh" was this on a commercial or somthing?
*BRUH*
Its not "doo deh chick do deh" you dumbass
💀💀
Nirvana - where did you sleep last night or something in the way
Something in the way is my favourite. The original Sappy is one of my favourites too
I don't recommend Where Did You Sleep @ Night as it isn't a Nirvana song and you could risk getting copyrighted
where did you sleep last night is a cover of a 1940s song. I'd rather see a reaction to the original. (leadbelly) and save the nirvana reactions for original music
@@ailm3ntrx658 Where Did You Sleep Last Night isn't an original but it's a damn good video to watch as you clearly see all the pain that Kurt was suffering from.
Smells like teen spirit - “Godzilla - The smashing pumpkins 1990 BOC cover”
Come as you are - “The damned - life goes on” / “22 faces - Garden of delight” / “Killing joke - Eighties”
Rape me - “Gwar - Pussy planet” / “Mudhoney need”
Polly - “Neutral spirits - Calling Chicago”
aneurysm - “fang an invitation”
Polly, new wave - “The 4 skins on the streets”
Been a son - “Zebra Don’t walk away”
About a girl - “Hrast parni vajak”
Heart shaped box - “Nether street - Bodast” / “Butthole surfers bar b q” chorus, resembles “HEY WAIT”
Breed - “Wipers potential suicide”
Big long now - Psychodelic furs - sister europe
Mr moustache riff is a rip off of “Paul revere and the raiders - Hungry” 0:55” min
Milk it - Melvins it’s shoved
Spank thru - El chavo
This song completely changed the landscape of music in 1991.
“Why this shit sound so familiar?” That’s why it was ranked the most iconic song of all time.
“I wonder what else these guys are putting out”
Ight who’s gonna tell him
*Is literally the biggest band in their time*😂😂
Rip
Tell him what? That Dave became the lead for Foo Fighters?
@@jacksoneee6759 someone really does need to connect the dots for him😂
Time to jump down the rabbit hole my friend. Check: Plateau
And yes, ' lots of shit like this,' ... im old and they still were kickass. Go grunge!
Nirvana released three albums (Bleach, Nevermind, and In Utero), as well as an acoustic concert widely considered as an album unto itself, before their lead singer, Kurt Cobain, committed suicide in 1994. Their drummer, Dave Grohl, went on to form the Foo Fighters.
Other great songs by them include All Apologies, About A Girl, Lithium, Come as You Are, In Bloom.
Harry Freeman check out Jarren Benton’s remix of come as you are
Harry Freeman dont forget heart shaped box
You mean was killed.
High school in the 90s what a great time to be a teen.
how can u forget territorial pissings :(
I'm just sitting here waiting for another Nirvana to arrive to reset music again. I remember the day Nirvana hit, overnight the entire music industry changed. The only other artist to ever have that affect was The Beatles. Everyone went from 80's rock and pop, to the next week 90's grunge, they even changed fashion.
James Ryan others have done such things. Elvis, mj, animals, pick Floyd with sud barrett
The sex pistols did the same
The reason this song was so big in the 90s was because it introduced a new genre of music called grunge.
Don't worry bro just you wait another one will come soon
Music industry’s dead
This song hasn't aged a day since was released and will forever stay that way
I know I’m late to comment on this but “Come as you are” and “lithium” are both great songs. And anything off of the unplugged album are great.
Muhammed Yiğit Aykurt Incesticide best album imo
come as you are is a rip off
just like teen spirit, rip off
@@Без_трусиков-ф1ф what
No no no. Why on earth would you recommend those. Especially come as you are. One of the most boring songs he made.
Are they making music? Man, the lead singer killed himself in the 90’s. Curt Kobain is like the 2pac of grunge.
Kurt*
Kurt cobain*
Kurt Cobain
Kurt for the win!!
We all know he didnt kill himself...
Ok man. Go to watch the clip: "Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box"
blenzo sad my favorite song by them!
Yea heart shaped box is my fav nirvana song
Come as you are is my favorite song by Nirvana
Favorite song!!!!!!
Why not the underrated ones
Most “iconic” song of all time! Wish we could go back to the 90’s!
90s music was elite
From high school till now, NEVER get sick of this. Still brings me chills.
Same
This is the official anthem of white kids in the 90s. This song changed everything. I remember exactly where I was when I heard Kurt had died. I remember kids at school crying. Nirvana meant a lot to a lot of people.
I was a senior in high school and we were on a yellow bus going to our lacrosse game and one of the kids on my team with head phones yelled out “yo Kurt Cobain died”. It was our John Lennon moment.
Kurt Cobain would have been disgusted by your comment. He once stated: "If you're a sexist, racist, homophobe or basically an asshole, don't buy this CD. I don't care if you like me, I hate you."
@@MH-zg5yw well I mean it seems kinda true even in the music video there’s a lot of white people I don’t see any brown or black people
@@MH-zg5yw how the fuck is he being racist?
@@MH-zg5yw Kurt Cobain literally called it "white boy funk" he would not be offended
THIS song killed pop Hair Metal of the 80's. It was a revolution in music.
Celtic Spirits Coven no U
I don’t think it did but they had great original trend
ohh it did, before this it was all stadium rock, Aerosmith, Guns and Roses etc etc . . After this, things just went nuts. This is the song that set the 90's on fire.
Celtic Spirits Coven fun thing is , i talked about this with my steph father this week. And he said the exact same, i knew it was the case, but he said "the day that Smells like Teen Spirit came out was the very last day i ever heard Hair Metal"
Yep. Was 18, and snuck into a bar to watch my boyfriends band when this video played for the first time. Everyone in that bar knew what just happened.
This song captured the very essence and feeling of a whole generation.
I was right there, 16 years of age. This shit hit like a meteor back then.
14 years for me. Was blown away
I was 17 and into all kinds of shit when this came out. Now, I’m a responsible father of three.
Even thought Kurt hated this song because it didn’t deserve to be this famous, it defined an entire generation, and made an anthem for teens. Everybody who’s born should be required to listen to this. Literally one of the greatest songs of all time
@AntiqueAncestry- it's "Even THOUGH' Kurt hated... Just adding that
letter "t" at the end can misconstrue your comment that even Kurt "thought"
he hated this song, he did hate this song, sounds out of context by that typo
error of one letter.
It’s sad that he killed himself. The drummer is now the singer of the Foo Fighters. Thanks for playing this!!!
Wake up
kinda sad huh
😯 I didn't know that. I like the foo fighters too but he was the drummer for Nirvana?! 🤯
And on the albums he replaces the drummers drumming with his own then on tour the other drummer is the drummer... talk about hurt feelings.
I think He got murdered watch his documentary
RIP Kurt Cobain. May your spirit live on through the lives of us all.
Feel ya boy
@@paulepejos Preach. I was born the year this song came out.
This song defined a generation. It was the end of 80s rock and the beginning of 90s rock. It inspired about 20 years of rock bands. Its a before and after moment in music history.
It's unfathomable how big this was. Top 10 most famous songs of all time.
I remember this vividly.
My stoner friends marked the hell out of Nirvana back then.
Kurt Cobain died right around the same time Tupac was killed and my stoner friends were just as heartbroken as my Tupac fans were.
Tupac Shakur and Kurt Cobain are of legendary status in 2020 for a reason.
ik now in 2020 kids be vaping at the age of freaking 11 and listen to cardi b and horrible music. back the like nirvana red hot chilli pepers and bands like that were the bomb.
@@jofj6184 What's sad is when we only notice when it's happening in our countries. Kids have been struggling all around the world, mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually for a long time.
kiana kydd I thought of starting a band but realistically this kind of music won’t stand a chance today
People just listen to trash they don’t know what real music is anymore
@@DevonThomas1204 mhm the music i horrible i mean what kind of song is like trap bunnie bubbles like they dont know what real music is im around my teens so u would expect me to be like every girl wearing aesthetic clothes and a full face of makeup but no i act likemyself.
Rip Kurt Cobain
spooky kid rip
spooky kid how did he die?
@@miah5561 killed himself..shotgun..ugh..horrible
@Dig Bick Possibility i guess..since none of us were there, i guess we'll never know...she was as crazy and messed up as he was, so it definitely wouldn't shock me if that were the case.
Robert Salesky damn
The thing about this song, as the beginning of grunge, was that it was so different from everything from the plastic and over produced 80's. Nirvana was coarse and heavy, the opposite of the top 40 music. They, and those that followed, spoke to the counter culture of the time. Until they became mainstream, and what was cool changed.
Scott J Indie Rock was the shit back in the day 🤘🏽
And it dropped out of a underground scene in Seattle of all places. LA, Nashville, and none of the other music hubs knew what hit them. Love this music as much as I did 30 years ago, maybe even a little more. It definitely ages well. Cheers!
Grunge was the antithesis of brit pop, the most popular genre at the time
You can’t deny this song it’s the most iconic song of all time..
Finally some throwback shit, this Grunge rock takes me back to the 90s
This song represented all us outcasts and freaks and geeks, who were stuck in no name towns, with no prospects and no future for something better. We were the generation x.
Lol ik you were the “I’m 14 and this was deep” kid
not really what the grunge movement was but ok lol
No it didn’t lol
This song represented dumb fuck America and the lack of actual talent or reason behind trends. The song is a literal play on nonsense and gerbil for the sake of popularity. It was poking fun at the people who idolized it.
I disagree big time. There were songs by the Ramones, The Damned, Ministry, The Exploited, etc. that represented outcasts as well. Nirvana may have resonated with yoiu, but their music in no represented Generation X
Nirvana: one of those bands that will ALWAYS be cool
Mainstream music at that time was awful. The music industry ran and determined what was put out until an undeniable sound came along and it was the voice of every young person. If this song and Kurt hadn’t come along a lot of people wouldn’t still be here. His music gave us hope and something worth living for. I just wish we could have helped him.
Mainstream music was awful in '89-95? You must be kidding.. The high of Bryan Adams, Paul Abdul, Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, Withney Houston, Madonna, Janet and Michael Jackson, Roxette, London Beat, Enigma, AC/DC, Metallica, Guns n Roses, and more. All had billboard level hits, and they were good.
I don't understand this guy, in 2019, everyone know Smells like teen sprit
I know people who have never even heard of Nirvana let alone a song
Do you believe that I've never heard tupac
I do
In bloom lithium polly come as you are breed serve the servants
JS Channel yes
"Up to a billions views. Why do yall think this song resonated so much?"
I have your answer. Let me set the scene for you. It's 1992. The rock airwaves are dominated by 'hair metal' bands like Guns n Roses, Poison, Def Leppard. 80's rock. White dudes with eyeliner, leather pants and high heels. On the opposite side you have Michael Jackson and Madonna...that's literally it. All of a sudden, a band rises from Seattle and kicks down MTV's doors with a sound that's never been heard before. To today's millennials, it's a familiar sound...one of normality with nothing special to it. But, in 1992, it was a sounds that was never heard before. Elvis Presley in the 1950's. The Beatles in the 1960's, Led Zepplin in the 1970's, Michael Jackson in the 1980's. They produced sounds that defined entire generations! Nirvana in the 1990's. This song was groundbreaking. It BURIED the white girly-men of the "hair metal" genre of the 1980's and drop kicked early 90's Pop and R&B to the backseat. This song pushed Nirvana to #1 on the Billboard Charts and immediately transformed them into Gods. EVERY rock or metal sounds of today is traced back to THIS song, by Nirvana. That's why this song resonates so much. Like Michael Jackson's Billie Jean it was industry altering at that time.
That is the best description as to how they changed music in the 90s. It led the way for the so many different genres.
As well as creating a new genre. GRUNGE.
Not exactly never heard of before, but not in the mainstream. Kurt Cobain himself listed Pixies as one of his biggest inspirations, and if you listen to for example Gouge Away you can really hear the influence.
But that was in the 90's before UA-cam, do you know why they have so many views in the present day?
@@Personal_Info145 cause it's a song that resonates with the sheer rage and desire to wild out that so many people have, at least imo.
When you get to the chorus after the buildup you can't not headbang
This song and this band in general resonated with everybody immediately because they basically created a new genre of music that nobody had heard before. They single handedly changed the landscape of the scene. RIP Kurt. Very sad how his death went down.
"why this song is so huge on UA-cam?"
well first of all, this song is from 1991, if it made it to almost one billion on UA-cam, just imagine how huge it already was before UA-cam was even created lol
And also, this band and the lead singer (and other artists of course) started a whole new movement (grunge) and represented an entire legion of teenagers that also felt awful with all the hypocrisy and bad things that were happening in the 80' and 90' all around the world
This song is their greatest hit, it's mainly about how most of the young people preferred to be distracted by the entertainment and media industry, instead of focusing and fighting on the serious and more important things that was going on (quite an irony this song being so popular on media, right?)
aaaaaalso, it sounds great and catchy and is easy to bounce your head to it lol 🤷♀️
And really, Nirvana was one of the bigger grunge groups, people tend to neglect some of the others, like Alice in Chains.
Damn couldnt said it better myself
besides dat, these songs spoke wat part of the marginalized ppl thought of everything around em, something revolutionary until then.
True, couldn't have said it better myself. But I've always found it funny that Kurt hated Teen Spirit.
@@lilac_reed soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Those 4 bands were the ones who Started it all
This is what kickstarted grunge in the early 90s
Will Torbett this isn’t grunge, bleach and incesticide is grunge, this is rock/pop
@@InFamXYT Bruh they pretty much made grunge or atleast made it popular. Literally everybody agrees with that. XD
pinhead larry ok
This is punk rock, not grunge. Nirvana was never grunge and they never called themselves a grunge band.
@@BoxOfCurryos you obviously dont know punk bro 😂
I think the special thing about this song is it's simplicity. The 4 chord progression that carries throughout the whole thing, and the switches from loud and distorted to clean and tidy again. Legendary song
YESSS!!! an incredible song
Love when people do shit like this to try and expand their listening preferences. A lot of people nowadays are too biased and stick to one genre. Respect for giving this type shit a listen brotha🖤💯
I'm not judging, just surprised that there's so many classic songs he's never heard. Still so much to discover! But I love getting to see his reactions. New subscriber
"I heard this before" yea this is one of those songs almost everyone in America has heard before. It was huge when it came out and stayed popular.
"Suicidal thoughts call it Kurt Cobain" - Denzel Curry
Nirvana started the genre grunge rock in the 90s. By this time, hip hop was taking over and metal was "dying" off (not entirely true but in general). The apathetic vibe of grunge seemed to hit with a lot of people. It's not surprising that emo rock became popular around this time in mainstream rock. Grunge, and emo music has been influential to a lot of young rappers to this day. Circle of life applies to music as well, we all connect to all levels of music if its pleasant to the ear regardless of the genre. RIP Juice WRLD.
rest easy juice
Jay Z also mentioned Kurt and this song in his verse in the song Holy Grail
The grunge sound predates Nirvana by a few years. And the so called Seattle Sound can be traced back to the 1960s and includes bands such as Heart, Jimi Hendrix, and Stone Temple Pilots.
Nirvana just happened to be the most successful band from that area. But they didn’t start the movement. They were just the face of it.
Nah hip hop didn’t really take over until 1997. It was still underground and true in 1991, minus the pop acts. Later is when it totally went top 40 and played out.
Pretty sure Denzel said suicidal doors call it Kurt cobain
It resonates because it grabs you by your gut!! Young wild and constrained.. Every young person has felt that
My beautiful 18 year old nephew who died in 1998; this was his favourite song. He killed himself the same way as Kurt Cobain. We miss you so much our darling Christophor, always missing from your family who love you so much.
Sorry for your loss.
@@poultonboys3108 Thank you, he is my sister's only child. Such a beautiful kid. So loved.
@@karenglenn6707 why you comment this though
@@zakklebowski7712 It's none of your business.
@@karenglenn6707 post it on Facebook. I don’t get the appeal of posting your sob story’s on public comment sections. Oh well whatever I don’t care. I hope you come to peace and live long.
Ignore the righteous idiots , the fact that this dude doesn't know how old this song is or who Kurt is shows that this is a genuine reaction. He didn't research it before. What I'd like to see are follow up videos after discovering an artist he digs and his reaction to what he then finds out. Like, he how long ago this existed, the tragedy that they didn't create more, etc.
Hip Hop always acknowledge and reference Curt Cobain he's a legend 🙏
Curt Cobain is a legend. 👊🏿
kenzie s Y'all are both trippin, you're not a fan if you don't know it's "Kurt"
It's a fairly small difference that you could make for some people, but for the legend he is? Nah, c'mon.
nugget I was bouta say😂😂
@@nugget5090 true!!
@Johnny Fry if you think artists only listen to the genre they make then you DUMB dumb
Basically the anthem of my high school years. Ah Grunge.
Fun fact: Kurt didn’t really like smells like teen spirit but everybody else sure as hell did,
being the mantra of angsty teens (not an insult by the way) to this day. Nirvana was probably THE biggest band that popularized grunge style music.
Not probably, it was.
Nirvana changed the music.
Thanks to Nirvana, Rock Music was relevant for atleast 15 years more. Even though they lasted for 4 years (Kurt 💔), they sparked a revolution that made other Rock/Metal bands carry the torch
He didn't like that people associated Nirvana only to smells like teen spirit. Much the same way that Radiohead disliked creep for that very same reason.
Fun fact the song was never meant to be a “teen anthem” the song was named after a popular deodorant brand called teen spirit
duh
I'm 54 now. In the 90s, I was in my 20s when I first heard this song. I remember thinking "What the hell is this?" It was like no music I'd heard to that point. Grunge rock INSTANTLY took over the radio waves. I have never experienced such an instant change in culture as that. The only thing that rivals that sudden change would be Rapper's Delight. (Boom. Instant shift.) In the coming months after that, it was all Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, and, of course, Nirvana. It was amazing to see things change on a dime like that.
This song was the beginning of grunge... when the “hair nation” bands heard this, they were like Oh shit...Nirvana is not my favorite grunge band, Dave Grohl evolved and became a legend, but Pearl Jam is my pick for you to react to!
Not completely accurate. Grunge had been around for years underground. Nirvana brought it into the charts. Followers of grunge hated that it became mainstream. Even Dave Grohl said ‘Teen spirit’ was the end of grunge.
Most if not all underground things become mainstream.
Nirvanas bleach and mudhoney are the face of grunge
Smells like teen spirit - “Godzilla - The smashing pumpkins 1990 BOC cover”
Come as you are - “The damned - life goes on” / “22 faces - Garden of delight” / “Killing joke - Eighties”
Rape me - “Gwar - Pussy planet” / “Mudhoney need”
Polly - “Neutral spirits - Calling Chicago”
aneurysm - “fang an invitation”
Polly, new wave - “The 4 skins on the streets”
Been a son - “Zebra Don’t walk away”
About a girl - “Hrast parni vajak”
Heart shaped box - “Nether street - Bodast” / “Butthole surfers bar b q” chorus, resembles “HEY WAIT”
Breed - “Wipers potential suicide”
Big long now - Psychodelic furs - sister europe
Mr moustache riff is a rip off of “Paul revere and the raiders - Hungry” 0:55” min
Milk it - Melvins it’s shoved
Spank thru - El chavo
It blows my mind that there are hugely popular and ever-played songs that have been around for decades that some people have never heard.
IT'S MY NEW FAVORITE THING TO WATCH.
WE'RE LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU IN THESE REACTIONS.
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I think it’s hilarious that most people genuinely do see this song as a masterpiece and they literally made it as a fuck you joke to the music industry
I think they were inspired by Pixies actually
@@souldigger3D this song was inspired by where is my mind
Another late comment here...but...
This song isn't a masterpiece, it has only 4 chords i think.. any amateur can easily learn ho to play it, but it's greattt to listen to, it's fu**ing iconic, and it was a game changer precisely for the reason you said it was writen: the fu** you to the industry, and the "just let us do our thing and fu** off" vibe that they can pass to anyone listening to it!!! 4 guys on a stage doing their thing and passing on that vibe and that energy.. no dance show, no lights show, no semi naked women on that stage.....just music!!!
And, by the way, i love these reactions, but, honestly, there are a few songs, including this one, that i just can't understand how is it possible that, even people in their 20's, had never heard off! Have they been living in a hole??????? And even so it had to be a really deep hole!! Or are they so closed minded that the world just passes by them and it goes unnoticed.. they just don't care because if they like blue their eyes just can't see any other colour!!
Be safe
@@brunofonseca8320 just because something is easy to play doesn’t mean it’s not a masterpiece. Part of what makes this song a masterpiece is how simple it is.
Know they made it because Kurt Cobain just wanted to copy Pixies
The reason it resonated was because not only did Kurt Cobain have such a unique indescribable voice but he brought a new genre of music to the table and both pioneered and perfected it in one fell swoop. It’s a phenomenon as to how talented he was.
Oh man this brings back memories. This was one of the first songs I learned on guitar nearly 20 years ago. 🤘
1990 still had a lay over of 80's style rock and metal. This song in 1991 changed everything. New decade, New sound.
Tthis song resonated so strongly in the music business and culture as a whole at the time because of 2 factors 1: it was tapping in to the attitude of young folks at the time and 2: it was markedly different from the music that was popular just a few years earlier
Kurt Cobain and Nirvana was the forerunners of the Seattle Grunge movement in the late 80's early 90's. Unfortunately in '94 Kurt Cobain committed suicide. I remember being in school when I found out. Great song, great band! You ought to check out some of Nirvana's MTV unplugged.
"Suicide"
Courtney killed him lmao
Kurt killed himself and I’m a giant panda. 😂
@@dr.floridamanphd kurt killed himself and so did Epstein 😂
If your going to do more Grunge, music consider these
Nirvana- Lithium, Come As You Are, Drain You, Polly, The Man Who Sold the world (MTV unplugged), Heart-shaped box, Territorial pissings, Been a son, All apologies, In bloom.
Stone Temple Pilots- Plush, Interstate Love song, big empty, Sex Type thing, Dead & bloated, Vasoline, Unglued, Creep.
The Smashing Pumpkins- 1979, Drown, Bullet with butterfly wings, Here is no why, Cherub rock, Tonight Tonight, Disarm.
Soundgarden- Spoonman, Black Hole Sun, outshined, Full on, Rusty Cage, Fell on black days, The day I tried to live, Hands all over.
Pearl Jam- Daughter, Black, Jeremy, Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town, Yellow Ledbetter, Alive, Last kiss, Better man, Save you, Rearview mirror.
Alice in chains- Would? (You could also do the MTV unplugged version), Rooster, Heaven Beside you, Them bones, Angry chair (MTV unplugged), Man in the box, Nutshell, The killer is me (MTV unplugged), Down in a hole.
Foo Fighters- For all the cows, My hero, Everlong, Learn to fly, The pretender, Wattershed, Monkey Wrench, Up in arms, All my life.
Some more songs-
Mother love bone- Crown of thornes
Bush- Glycerine
The Cranberries- Zombie
Blind melon- No rain
Temple of the dog- Hunger Strike
Screaming trees- Nearly lost you
His voice,the riff, the quiet and loud phase, and lyrics being mysterious, and at the same time deep, and it cut straight to the point unlike songs before his time with like the hr long guitar solos. And it’s basically riot song for his fans
Kurt would hate that you picked the most famous song
Yeah I think that he once said that he hates that song, didn't he?
He is just doing what the fans want
Jakub Port yes he hates it
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Jakub Port yeah well he kind of hated everything
Now that you have done Smells Like Teen Spirit, you need to listen to the Weird Al Yankovic parody, Smells Like Nirvana. It's fantastic. Weird Al is very under appreciated, the guy is really talented.
Rap was overtaking Rock. We despaired for our children's lack of quality music. When Grunge hit in the 90's, the young music fan had a genre to call their own. Nirvana, AiC, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam ... Although Grunge, per se, didn't last very long, it inspired many artists and rock was again on the upswing.
@Riley Larson Greta van Fleet is a poor man's Led Zeppelin. Until their frontman loses his Plant persona and finds his own identity, they're a novel act - at best.
Riley Larson I want to bring rock back! I’m 13, I play the drums and listen to bands like Creedence, AC/DC, The Who, Led Zeppelin, etc.
What? Somebody mentioned AiC??? that almost never happens.......
Generally speaking, Rock is at that point, if not beyond it now.
Last time Rock was "relevant" it was maybe Mid-Late 2000s.
Before this time, I don't think Rock was ever this thin.
People consider 1 rock band as mainstream now, Imagine Dragons, *WHICH ISN'T EVEN ROCK*
We desperately need a revolutionary _actual_ rock band in mainstream, or after maybe 2025, Rock will be, sadly, a thing of past
@@ayushFos Rock is already a thing of the past. When I wanna listen to rock, I listen to bands that are from decades ago. Hell, I can't even name one modern band or artist.
Most of Kurt's lyrics throughout his career reference his depression and how he used it to make money and how much he hated himself for it and for never putting himself in a position to get better or even want to get better...like, a meta-meta view of his own suffering. Or maybe I'm talking outta my ass. Kurt is a myth and a legend.
Smells like teen spirit - “Godzilla - The smashing pumpkins 1990 BOC cover”
Come as you are - “The damned - life goes on” / “22 faces - Garden of delight” / “Killing joke - Eighties”
Rape me - “Gwar - Pussy planet” / “Mudhoney need”
Polly - “Neutral spirits - Calling Chicago”
aneurysm - “fang an invitation”
Polly, new wave - “The 4 skins on the streets”
Been a son - “Zebra Don’t walk away”
About a girl - “Hrast parni vajak”
Heart shaped box - “Nether street - Bodast” / “Butthole surfers bar b q” chorus, resembles “HEY WAIT”
Breed - “Wipers potential suicide”
Big long now - Psychodelic furs - sister europe
Mr moustache riff is a rip off of “Paul revere and the raiders - Hungry” 0:55” min
Milk it - Melvins it’s shoved
Spank thru - El chavo
Why was this so popular? Because we were pissed at the world and sick of hair bands and bubblegum pop.
Such an underrated comment fr
Yessss
Also, sadly, because Kurt blew his head off with a shotgun and it was spread across the world like nothing before.
@andromidius courtney love killed him, he ODd on heroin
Shut up
PLEASE LISTEN TO THE “Nevermind”
album my brother
Batman or Rape me
@@MaxTw1st Rape me isn't an album.
The Obligatory Mad Max it’s from the album “In Utero”
Just gotta listen to the deluxe
Solid Swanson yesssssss
i really smiled when he was smiling, head banging a lil. bruh he b vibin
Am I the only who feels high while hearing this song every time. A feeling I wanna hold on forever.
crazy your listening to this the day juice passed. ""whats a 27 club we aint makin it past 21" he said that bar because of nirvana is one of his favorite bands.
Someone has likely already said much of this, but I can't possibly explain to anyone who wasn't there just how big this album was. "Nevermind" was unlike anything we had ever heard and it spoke to a great many of us. This was the first single off of the album and it BLEW UP. I mean, it went crazy. Those of us who were into it, were REALLY into it. It changed individual lives, as well as the entire musical landscape. It was said that Kurt was our voice. He didn't like that, but I can't argue against it. We didn't really have a rallying cry. This song became it.
Song cause a revolution. Hasn't been one close since
for fucking real
Scar Tissue...
@@thabangmotea6025 LMAOOOOO
Nirvana is a band from the 90’s who started a revolution in music bro. Look them up