Also checkout their first album "Bleach" from 1989 and their compilation Album that came out a year after Nevermind in 1992 "Incesticide" along with their Last song from 1994 which wasn't released until 2002 "You Know You're Right" Edit: Also Nirvana Unplugged is a MUST
This album changed everything. I was 15 when it came out and everyone was immediately obsessed. We’d never heard anything like it and Nirvana blew up the whole 90s scene with a huge head bang. We played it over and over. Magical time.
@@LarsRyeJeppesen Yeah, so? The Beatles & Rolling Stones built on every black artist of the 50s, Led Zeppelin built on the Delta Blues,. Everyone builds on something then develops their own style, which Nirvana did.
"In Bloom" probably sums up why so many kids were drawn to Nirvana. It's a song about all the popular kids, or bullies/jocks who used to pick on Kurt in school who, when Nirvana became popular, sang his songs not really knowing what they meant. Many of Nirvana's songs were anthems to the unpopular kids in school, the "losers" who felt like outcasts. So besides Nirvana being amazingly talented and Kurt being a melodic genius, Nirvana gave the outcasts a voice. Nirvana hearkened back to punk rock but in a new genre, grunge.
I was 17 when this came out and when I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit on the radio for the first time it was truly a "HOLY FUCK!" moment! It was hard rock, punk and pop all wrapped into one gorgeous addictive earworm package and Nivana and grunge absolutely took over the world and change the future of rock for years to come.
@@greatBLTThat's so funny because I did the same in 1990/1991 when I was 6: waiting all day for Nirvana to come on MTV and then jump around the room. It was so encaptivating. I somehow sensed that this was something special happening in the music scene, and it shaped my musical taste for good.
You guys are doing right! 👌 Listening to the full album is the spirit of reacting to the best music era 🤟 You got a friend in me, TX from Québec Canada 🇲🇶🇨🇦🖐️
The Seattle sound didn’t have a name, groups like Mud Honey and the Melvins and Pearl Jam, Soundgarden all came out BEFORE Nirvana, and all those bands were from that area. Grunge the name is a media construct made up because that sound had no name. Kurt’s lyrics are stories, not metaphors. If you FELT something, then Kurt accomplished his mission.
"Grunge": Nirvana = punk, Soundgarden & Alice in Chains = hard rock, Pearl Jam = alt rock "Grunge" was such a bullshit term. If I had to define it (aside from your correct origin of the term) would be thick, dark, depressing/angry music. lol All of them were heavy, no doubt. But "grunge" wasn't a specific genre. The bands that made up the Seattle scene were all over the map.
My wife worked with Kurt's sister back before she became my wife. After the "incident," Kurt's sister hid out at my wife's place to avoid the hounding press trying to get any story. 😢
There are certain songs where the lyrics are very deep. Lounge Act, Drain You, Polly, Teen Spirit. He clearly spent alot of time thinking out those lyrics. Others are throwaway, like he was just putting in words to fit with the music. Kurt could be a very good lyricist when he wanted to be.
@@dathorndike4908 that’s true. He wrote a lot of lyrics based on sounds tho and he mentioned this. That’s not to say there’s zero meaning but the meanings can be obscure and if you analyze too much you’ll get lost.
Thats the most stupid thing ive read in a long time... You should always try to interpret things because thats how it becomes art (or not). Guess you decided for yourself but dont tell others to do the same just because it didnt click with you.
I love the instant smiles when teen spirit kicks in😂 Kurt did it right with this album, he had no idea it would go down in history even 30 years later😢 rip Kurt
Also, you should do a full reaction to their MTV Unplugged set. All their work is amazing, but Unplugged & Nevermind are the crown jewels of their library
One thing to be clear about - Endless Nameless is a hidden track and is not intended to be part of this album. That gets lost in the streaming era, but when you bought this on CD or cassette (and maybe vinyl? not 100% on that) after Something in the Way there would be like 10 minutes of silence. You would assume the album was over, and then "boom!" Endless Nameless would come on and scare the shit out of you. Kurt specifically said he intended for it to be that - this hidden track meant to mess with people. I don't think he would have ever wanted it to be listed as just the next track on the album. It's not even a song. Speaking of which - also worth nothing that Endless Nameless was just a random one time jam. They had been trying to play Lithium and couldn't get it right so they were all angry and did this crazy jam with Kurt just yelling out random nonsense. It got recorded and they decided - being the subversive maniacs they are - to put it on as the secret track. The fact that they even have lyrics transcribed for this "song" is ridiculous. Per Kurt himself that was just stream of consciousness gibberish. Ok, moving on...yes, you guys should definitely do Bleach and In Utero. Bleach was recorded for $600 and is very raw and basic, but still has some great songs. In Utero is a total masterpiece, but much less slick than Nevermind. Also worth listening to the live albums MTV Unplugged and Live at Reading '92 (for starters). Nirvana was an incredible live band. Finally, they had a ton of amazing b-sides as well, including a compilation album called Incesticide which is worth listening to. Some broader context - Nirvana came out of the Seattle Grunge scene of the 80s and 90s, which exploded onto the mainstream in the early 90s. If you haven't checked out some of the other Seattle Grunge bands, check out Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, The Melvins, Mudhoney, Screaming Tress, etc. All have at least one great album, some have several!
Kurt was fucked up for sure but he had his goofy side too. I recommend to listen the Bleach album as well. They were just great and how Jack Endino said their music was pop songs with punk rock muscle.
Polly tells the story from Mr. Friend’s perspective. On In Utero, the song called “Rape me” tells it from her perspective. She was able to escape him by acting like she enjoyed it which made him let his guard. What’s sad is that this was Kurt’s interpretation. The girl in question was murdered I think
Nah she wasn't, she was able to escape at a gas station while Friend was refilling petrol. She would then go on to sue the people that let Friend of jail early on patrol. Also Rape Me hasn't been confirmed to be from the girl's perspective, I believe it is generally about "mental rape" but everyone has their own interpretation.
Long story short, the song Rape Me was about how Kurt felt that he and his wife were being treated by tabloid journalists and being portrayed in the media. More specifically, a certain journalist's (forgot her name) article in Vanity Fair about Courtney Love and how she had done herøin (before yet knowing) that she was pregnant. After that article, CPS removed their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, from their custody. (Later regaining custody of her.) 🤘🏼❤♾️ - RIP - Kurt Donald Cobain 02/20/67-04/05/94 🕊️💔♾️
@@gNome_5No He mentioned in an MTV interview that, he was tired of people not understanding his lyrics, so he wrote it as blatantly and obviously as he could. The song has no hidden deep meaning. It’s spelled out for you. And yet, people still misunderstand it
With your love of Dave's drumming, you should check out the Foo Fighters debut album after listening to In Utero. Basically Dave Grohl put a lot of his feelings post-Kurt death and end of Nirvana into this album. Recorded all the parts on his own and put a band together before touring. The Colour and the Shape may be my favorite FF album, but the debut is so raw and bangin'.
And while they're at it, check out Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age. Dave Grohl plays the drums on that album. If you haven't heard it already, go listen to it right now.
The song poly was written about the abduction, r*pe, and torture of a 14-year-old girl returning home from a punk rock concert in Tacoma, Washington in 1987. Kurt in his own way was trying to bring awareness to injustices. there are many songs of his, or covers that he has done that dont make sense without some investigating
The authenticity and honesty of Cobain's art will always be the thing that keeps their music alive. Music from a place that real very rarely gets all the way up to the mainstream without it being watered down and that's why it hit so big.
Couple of miscellaneous fun facts about this album (Been listening to it nonstop the past few weeks and learning it on bass) 1. Kurts favorite song from this album was actually Drain You, and he was expecting it to be the albums hit single, not Smells Like Teen Spirit 2. Speaking of, Kurt grew to absolutely HATE Smells like Teen Spirit when it became their most popular song 3. While the album is mostly in E Standard tuning, the songs Lithium , Come As You Are and Drain You are in D standard 4. Kurt hated how produced the album sounded, having to be convinced by the producer to double track his vocals and guitars by telling him that John Lennon would double track on Beatles songs. This would end up leading to In Utero having way less production and a more raw feel as you two probably noticed in your review as Kurt wanted it to sound similar to a live session. 5. The acoustic guitar on Polly was intentionally chosen due to how old and rusty it was, giving it a harsher and more disturbing tone to it overall. 6. During live performances of Territorial Pissings the band would intentionally act crazy on stage (or crazier than usual at least)
Oh yes, I highly recommend you take a look at some of their live performances! Their energy can be amazing. There are the famous concerts of Reading 92' and Live and Loud, two of my favorites are Live at the Paramount (that has the added bonus of having especially great video quality) and Paradiso.
You guys gotta do In Utero now, it's incredible especially next to Nevermind, it's an amazing follow up. Keep up the fuckin awesome work guys, Merry Christmas!
I was around 16 and heard bits and pieces of Smells Like Teen Spirit which was garnering a buzz. I thought it was cool but most likely just a trend. Then I walked into a Sam Goody(look it up) record store. I listened to the entire song and got why it was so popular. Then they played the entire album, and each song seemed more better than the other. I stayed for the entire time and called late for my job. They originally ended with Something In The Way, which I think is more appropriate. Endless Nameless belongs on In Utero better. Anyways, I was going to purchase the album, but it was sold out and I had to be put on a waiting list. It was a blockbuster that turned the music industry around and shifted the culture. In music, I haven't seen anything like that since. I felt that I was witnessing history, and I was right...33 years later and they still are more popular than ever. We need another Nirvana to come and shake things up!!
That feeling you feel when listening to this, is what it felt like growing up in the 90s as a GenX teen. This album and its content is a perfect snapshot of that era.
This record did change everything in the rock / metal world. It really caused a kind of war between genres of heavy music back then, but it was so good that it was still standing. Amongst all the freakouts over metal possibly being destroyed by it, absolutely nothing could be done to stop it, because it was too good. The world eventually had no choice but to adapt. Ultimately it just opened the door to many other possibilities of what can be done with heavy music, which is: virtually anything.
Endless Nameless was the hidden track. You'd listen to the CD and if you let it play after Something in the way, 45 minutes of silence later you'd hear Endless Nameless bust out of nowhere
Lol, I still have my cd and listened to a million times in the day...I know all the lyrics by heart despite not listening to cds in a very long time (why, when you can listen to anything anytime right here...much more to choose from than my 50 or 60 CDs) and....I did NOT know about the hidden track!!!! I was going to comment that the last song wasn't on my CD (Again, know them all by heart...along with millions of other songs...despite not hearing them for years at a time...but cant remember why I walked into the kitchen 😂😂😂)
My first introduction to nirvana was actually their first album bleach...awesome...before the comercial boom and hype of nevermind...i ve heard to nevermind countless times on loop while playing my sega mega drive ...as a teen in the 90s...man ...what a time...if you want to time travel check out jonah hills movie "mid 90".. ive never seen a more realistic portray of that time,my life,my friends as that movie...keep going guys...great work! Cheers from portugal 🇵🇹
Beauty can be sad, you're proof of that. -Juliana Hatfield Scary is a good word. It was scary and beautiful at the same time... and you know what else... It's haunting and glad you all could pick up on it. Album changed the world.
The entire landscape of music literally changed the day after this album dropped. Looking back on it is a bit surreal. And 30 years later I still play this album. It's almost perfect. Dave Grohl is a machine on those drums! Btw, I'm nearly 50 and I totally get the Lil' Peep vibe. I've sat in my garage looking at old photos listening to songs like "16 Lines", "Save That Shit", and "Star Shopping". Much like Kurt Cobain, it was another loss when he passed away.
10 місяців тому+16
drummer = dave grohl original menber from nirvana now lead singer on Foo fighters
@@joaovictormarini2488 Well I love Dave...but Dale Crover was the best drummer, in strictly drumming terms. And Dave would absolutely agree with that notion.
Curt’s wife was Courtney Love .. Lead Singer of Hole.. check them out . Their daughter Francis Bean Cobain who was 3 mos old when Curt passed She recently married Tony Hawks son Riley Hawk . It’s been over 30 yrs since she was born
I remember listening to it the first time all the way through, thinking it’s just banger after banger. There’s not many rock albums that are so complete without much filler.
Endless Apprentice was not a song on the album. It was the hidden track that came on 10 minutes after Something in the Way ended. There was 10 minutes of silence, people thinking the album ended would walk away and then that came on out of nowhere. Happened to a bunch of us kids the first time we played the CD.
some Nirvana songs have a somewhat cohesive narrative but a lot of them are composed from pieces of poetry Kurt wrote, like random lines thrown together to relate a feeling or emotion to you rather than a story. In Utero is my fav (less polished and more unhinged) but Nevermind became such a staple for a reason. great album.
You were wondering about the reaction to the cover and said it was "a more conservative time." What young people sometimes don't get about pre-internet days, there was rarely major outrage or reaction to anything. Small pockets of conservatives might get upset, but without everyone being able to broadcast their thoughts to the whole world, it never gained any momentum to make an impact. Politicians had less contact with voters, so even if you want to call the times conservative, it was actually a lot easier for people to put out crazy things because cancel culture didn't exist. Politics may have been conservative, but music in the 90s certainly wasn't.
Yeah, I think it’s far more conservative now than it was in the early 90’s. People just didn’t get upset about stuff like they do nowadays. And I’m sure social media has everything to do with that, as you so eloquently stated in your post.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 "People just didn’t get upset about stuff like they do nowadays." Ummmmm, you don't recall TV shows like "Murphy Brown" and "Ellen" "NYPD Blue" Songs like "Cop Killer" "F*ck the Police", "Justify My Love" 2 Live Crew. Movies like "Natural Born Killers" artwork like "Piss Christ" Sinead O Connor on SNL And tons more.
Exactly. It's messed up these days that everyone is do focused on negative 'potentially controversial' stuff all the time, like associating a naked baby with.. God knows what kind of people / crimes. It was just a baby back then.
Its interesting to hear someone hear this for the first time. Ill never forget hearing this for the first time when i was about 11 around 2005. I can literally recall the moment i felt my brain chemistry change and it kinda sent me in a daze Trends in music ebb and flow, fashion changes etc... but occasionally there is a real earthquake and the entire landscape is changed over night. For me there are two real earthquakes in music and one is the beatles, and the other is nirvana. As soon as either as those bands got big, nothing was never the same. I once heard a quote from ozzy about the beatles. He said something along the lines of "before the beatles, it felt like we'd all been living in black and white. Then when they came along, it was like seeing colour for the first time". That's exactly how I feel about Nirvana
Glad you guys liked the album I also got into nirvana recently (this month also!) I hope you when you listen you like in utero like I did. I stayed up at night and listened to that album I think I liked it a bit more than nevermind actually and I might listen to another album tonight if I’m not that tired. (My sleep schedule is a wreak💀) also late but merry Christmas
A lot of music *tried* to be raw, but it came across as an effort for the sake of being edgy. Then this came out and it just IS raw, musically and emotionally, no pretenses, and it being so genuine hit different.
I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this. You asked the question of what instrument was in the background. Guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. That’s all they have making all that noise. Insanely talented.
Yeah, it's like that. The "Hype!" Is real. And I HIGHLY encourage everyone to watch that film of the same name. Maybe you will or maybe you might. Oh well, whatever NeVeRmInD...
Born ten days before Kurt Cobain, I never listened to the band until a few months after he topped himself, when my corner tap had turned into a Gen X hangout for a glorious couple of months and they had a copy of the CD behind the bar that got multiple daily plays at pleasurably earsplitting volume They shot immediately into my top dozen favorite rock acts, where they've remained ever since and are, as far as quality of output (if not, alas, quantity) and cultural significance go, somewhere up on a rough par with The Doors in my estimation Dig their Live at Reading [Festival UK 1992] video ---as solid as any concert document ever made, it absolutely kills...
Hard to believe there are people out there that have not heard this album. It was the first non gangster rap album I got the five finger discount on as a kid. Then on to Metallica megadeth etc… Never looked back to rap as my main source of ear pleasure.
Oh and you guys need to watch the nirvana unplugged in new York, but don't do only audio like the cd, do the video so you can see it. It's amazing and makes you feel like your right there in the audience.
This album was written many years before his suicide Lyrics don’t take so literally . Curt had major spinal back pain and was in pain killers and drugs to ease pain . He was miserable physically for many years, til he ended his life . I can remember the day and how horrific it was when we got the news . He was Huge ! He hates being famous . He wanted to play music without fame or popularity he realized once he had it all . He was very isolated depressed in pain
When Bleach came out we had the reaction everyone had for Nevermind. When Nevermind came out it took my buddies and I a bit to come around. We did… but we felt they cashed in even though they were still amazing. In utero was the leap forward back to what they started on Bleach.
12:17 its a guitar with a chorus effect , in a chorus effect, the guitar signal is duplicated and the pitch changes slightly. In addition, the signal is often also slightly delayed and then mixed back into the original guitar signal
What's up boys, long time listener, first time caller here. I'm going to drop the definitive 411 on Territorial Pissings meaning you won't this anywhere no the Internet except in your comment section. Summary: This is about the analysis of Earthly conditions from two souls that are being reincarnated. The song starts out by a replaying of what the last enlightened alien soul (Christ) had attempted to tell the Earth natives the last time he was there. It's not an accident that bassist Krist is the one yelling this line (Come on, people, now. Smile on your brother. Everybody get together. Try to love one another right now). First verse is obvious, second verse is about the matriarch and associated mystery schools (Vesica Pisces/etc), third verse is about the persecution & capital punishment to that last alien soul who thought we should all get along & love one another. The chorus' is the panicked intrusive thoughts repeating, cyclicly repeating between the understanding that they had better find a better way than to talk peace, love, and happiness since that didn't work but having no plan rethinking the incarnation process & just thinking they'd better wait. The most jaw-dropping thing about Nirvana was not their musicianship, nor their (lack-thereof) elegance. It was the sublime authenticity that they delivered what had to be almost a blindly inspired anthem to a generation that struck chords in the notes of the universal synchronistic. Their stuff had crazy meaning & it was almost stupid luck that it meant anything to anyone. But if you dissect their musical & lyrical corpus, it is uncanny how they really had a finger on the pulse of something that touches us all. It was weird, powerful & unforgettable. thanks for paying homage to these dudes.
The lyrics werent supposed to mean very special stuff. They were meant to make you feel and think for yourself. You can interprete them in several ways. Not all... but many of the lyrics. But they gave certain directions. Often some kind the feeling of being "lost" somehow and being disturbed about human society. Which is actually still the same feeling in my opinion most people should have when they honestly try to think about our crazy world. Kurt put a lot questions in his lyrics. A lot easy but deep thoughts what the whole point of our partly absurd society is. Questioning power systems, structures, capitalism, etc... that should be usual to young people. The core approach of Nirvana and many other "alternative" bands in the late 80s and early 90s was to put the music in the front again. Its not about style or trend or fashion or a performance. Its not about trying to do every shit to sell your music. The music is there to sell the music. But it still is sort of crazy - the whole business. Maybe someday you will listen to the album "incesticide" - the song "Aero Zeppelin" for me has a very certain meaning. Maybe you give it a shot. Musically its a bit disturbing cause its a weird combination of metal, punk and jazz. Anyway - this early 90s were... very strange. USSR pulverized and some people thought now the world would become a good place. But we young people mostly noticed... nope... isnt gonna happen. The same old shit goes on and on and on. As a german I was very close to the political stuff cause we had our reunification... but we also just knew that our crazy economical system would just go on. Climate change was already a topic. Russians were supposed to become our friends. China started to take over capitalism. In the middle east although Saddam Hussein started his weird war against Kuweit cause the war against Iran ended just a few years earlier... there was still hope that maybe Israel and the Palestinians could find peace. It was a weird time cause there was a lot hope and at the same time a lot of delusional stuff going on. In the end... "we" pessimistic minds were right. Why do I write this shit? Although Nirvana wasnt aggressive in the political approach it was clearly there. Maybe you gonna check out the debut album of Rage Against the Machine. They showed their political approach VERY aggressive. And in my opintion ... rock music should be critical towards society. Anyway - thanks a lot for your reaction. Wish you all the best for your channel and your whole life.
Kurt didn't want to double his vocals, but it ended up being a great decision. The producer, Butch Vig, changed Kurt's mind by saying "John Lennon did it" and that was all it took. Amazing.
Track after track this album is so killer. Couple random album suggestions: Foo Fighters - Self Titled (Dave Grohls follow up band to Nirvana) ,NOFX - The Decline (it's an 18 minute punk song that is basically a full album), Green Day - Dookie, Weezer - Pinkerton, Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea(Indie rock), The Mars Volta - Deloused at the comatorium( Prog rock. Mind blowing band). Great channel! Merry Christmas!
i like yalls takes on the songs meanings, but after on a plain yall were talking about how he had mental issues his whole life, but he was actually a very happy kid before his parents got divorced, after that it was just downhill
Check out their live unplugged performance in MTV . He was inextreme pain while filming that he admitted years later . U would never know . He was so sad and in pain
@@tobiaseriksson475 He said he had severe back pain during his performances, 24/7 really. Rec Drugs numbed it in ways that didn’t prevent him from performing his best like severe pain killers may have . Reasons why heroin etc was difficult to shake.
Closest voice I've heard to Nirvana is Dead Confederate. They sound kind of like a southern influenced Nirvana. Wrecking Ball album is definitely solid the whole way through.
Great video, I like your theories about the songs, it's very fun to watch. Would be nice to have you react to their other albums. Bleach and In utero are great, they also have some amazing live performances.
Really enjoying your content so far! I was 13 when this album started gaining momentum, so it kicked off my teenage years. I had the cassette tape of Nevermind and I would play it in my little boombox. Luckily, it was a dual deck boombox so I was able to record to blank tapes in the 2nd deck. What I wouldn’t give to have those mix tapes back. Anyways, this album instantly outdated most every other rock sound coming out and basically put a ton of bands out of business haha!
12:18 it’s a guitar with a so called Chorus pedal, which takes the guitar signal, duplicates it, slightly delays the duplicate, and slightly changes the pitch of the duplicate. as well as giving it kind of a swooshy effect
I'll never forget walking into my dorm room and my excited roommate going "Hey man you gotta listen to this it just came out. It's supposed to be great!" "What is that? A naked baby on the cover? Sure pop it in let's listen".
react to the other albums!!!! my favs are 1. In Utero 2. Bleach 3. Incesicide 4. Nevermind fav songs are 1. drain you 2. dive 3. the man who sold the world (Live & loud) I would recomend watching one of their lives shows either mtvs live and loud or paramount
Just to clear up any confusion lol, Kurt Cobain is the guitar player, so he plays and sings on this album, but they got a second guitarist to handle the live set on the next album, since he wanted to take some of the load off his shoulders and focus on singing a bit more. Still played guitar tho.
Dave Grohl is an awesome drummer, would be awesome if you guys checked out his other projects he's been apart of. Especially Queens of the stone age! killer band.
fun fact: dave hits his drums so damn hard that if you listen to teen spirit from the drum intro and then skip to the end, you can hear the snare drum go out of tune
In Utero next?
hell yeah
Yes!
Yes!
Also checkout their first album "Bleach" from 1989 and their compilation Album that came out a year after Nevermind in 1992 "Incesticide" along with their Last song from 1994 which wasn't released until 2002 "You Know You're Right"
Edit: Also Nirvana Unplugged is a MUST
yes.
endless nameless is just them in the studio and kurt raging when fucking up the recording of lithium. just pure emotion
yeah and apparently endless nameless would play around half an hour later after something in the way.
No it wasn't
@@mikecappadocia5959 ok butch vig was lying i guess
@@SuperJuniorBros3410 minutes ☝️🤓
Yea and if I remember correctly Kurt was smashing a guitar in the recording as well.
This album changed everything. I was 15 when it came out and everyone was immediately obsessed. We’d never heard anything like it and Nirvana blew up the whole 90s scene with a huge head bang. We played it over and over. Magical time.
I was 13...but otherwise, SAME! Mosh pits with thousands of people, so cramped crowd surfers couldn't actually fall to the ground...man...good times.
You were very young, .. if you had been a few years older you'd know that basically they built on Pixies and Sonic Youth
@@LarsRyeJeppesen
Yeah, so? The Beatles & Rolling Stones built on every black artist of the 50s, Led Zeppelin built on the Delta Blues,.
Everyone builds on something then develops their own style, which Nirvana did.
@@LarsRyeJeppesen I wasn’t young. I never heard of Pixies or Sonic Youth.
@@abj136never too late to give a first listen lol
when this album came out, NO ONE cared about the baby on the cover
yeah and now the guy is trying to sue again💀
Nobody was offended by it you mean. The album cover is incredibly eyecatching and creative and is an iconic reason is the attraction of the album
@@h.k.2766 Yeah because it's legendary and he feels like he didn't get in on the money... pure greed.
@@mnn1265seems fair enough
Gen Z thinks everything is outrageous.
"In Bloom" probably sums up why so many kids were drawn to Nirvana. It's a song about all the popular kids, or bullies/jocks who used to pick on Kurt in school who, when Nirvana became popular, sang his songs not really knowing what they meant. Many of Nirvana's songs were anthems to the unpopular kids in school, the "losers" who felt like outcasts. So besides Nirvana being amazingly talented and Kurt being a melodic genius, Nirvana gave the outcasts a voice. Nirvana hearkened back to punk rock but in a new genre, grunge.
I was 17 when this came out and when I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit on the radio for the first time it was truly a "HOLY FUCK!" moment! It was hard rock, punk and pop all wrapped into one gorgeous addictive earworm package and Nivana and grunge absolutely took over the world and change the future of rock for years to come.
how did it feel hearing heart shaped box for the first time?
@@kmanthecoolest9304 It was fine.
@@buzzardbeatniks but doesn't compare to nevermind?
I was about 4 at the time and had the same reaction. Every time the song played on MTV or on the radio, I'd jump around playing air guitar to it
@@greatBLTThat's so funny because I did the same in 1990/1991 when I was 6: waiting all day for Nirvana to come on MTV and then jump around the room. It was so encaptivating. I somehow sensed that this was something special happening in the music scene, and it shaped my musical taste for good.
You guys are doing right! 👌 Listening to the full album is the spirit of reacting to the best music era 🤟 You got a friend in me, TX from Québec Canada 🇲🇶🇨🇦🖐️
The Seattle sound didn’t have a name, groups like Mud Honey and the Melvins and Pearl Jam, Soundgarden all came out BEFORE Nirvana, and all those bands were from that area. Grunge the name is a media construct made up because that sound had no name.
Kurt’s lyrics are stories, not metaphors. If you FELT something, then Kurt accomplished his mission.
"Grunge": Nirvana = punk, Soundgarden & Alice in Chains = hard rock, Pearl Jam = alt rock
"Grunge" was such a bullshit term. If I had to define it (aside from your correct origin of the term) would be thick, dark, depressing/angry music. lol All of them were heavy, no doubt. But "grunge" wasn't a specific genre. The bands that made up the Seattle scene were all over the map.
@@charliemac64 LIKE
Pearl Jam came out a few years after Nirvana. 1990, in fact.
@@charliemac64 exactly, Nirvana was the Washington areas version of punk rock from the 80s american underground movement.
My wife worked with Kurt's sister back before she became my wife. After the "incident," Kurt's sister hid out at my wife's place to avoid the hounding press trying to get any story. 😢
Lithium is about bipolar disorder, they treat this disorder with Lithium. Extreme highs (I love you) and extreme lows (I killed you)
A word of advice when listening to Nirvana...Don't try to analyze Kurts lyrics too much lol
Yes
There are certain songs where the lyrics are very deep. Lounge Act, Drain You, Polly, Teen Spirit. He clearly spent alot of time thinking out those lyrics. Others are throwaway, like he was just putting in words to fit with the music. Kurt could be a very good lyricist when he wanted to be.
@@dathorndike4908 that’s true. He wrote a lot of lyrics based on sounds tho and he mentioned this. That’s not to say there’s zero meaning but the meanings can be obscure and if you analyze too much you’ll get lost.
Nah. Kurt meant every syllable. I’m a retired Kurt Stan. Trust me
Thats the most stupid thing ive read in a long time... You should always try to interpret things because thats how it becomes art (or not).
Guess you decided for yourself but dont tell others to do the same just because it didnt click with you.
I love the instant smiles when teen spirit kicks in😂 Kurt did it right with this album, he had no idea it would go down in history even 30 years later😢 rip Kurt
Also, you should do a full reaction to their MTV Unplugged set. All their work is amazing, but Unplugged & Nevermind are the crown jewels of their library
One thing to be clear about - Endless Nameless is a hidden track and is not intended to be part of this album. That gets lost in the streaming era, but when you bought this on CD or cassette (and maybe vinyl? not 100% on that) after Something in the Way there would be like 10 minutes of silence. You would assume the album was over, and then "boom!" Endless Nameless would come on and scare the shit out of you. Kurt specifically said he intended for it to be that - this hidden track meant to mess with people. I don't think he would have ever wanted it to be listed as just the next track on the album. It's not even a song.
Speaking of which - also worth nothing that Endless Nameless was just a random one time jam. They had been trying to play Lithium and couldn't get it right so they were all angry and did this crazy jam with Kurt just yelling out random nonsense. It got recorded and they decided - being the subversive maniacs they are - to put it on as the secret track. The fact that they even have lyrics transcribed for this "song" is ridiculous. Per Kurt himself that was just stream of consciousness gibberish.
Ok, moving on...yes, you guys should definitely do Bleach and In Utero. Bleach was recorded for $600 and is very raw and basic, but still has some great songs. In Utero is a total masterpiece, but much less slick than Nevermind. Also worth listening to the live albums MTV Unplugged and Live at Reading '92 (for starters). Nirvana was an incredible live band. Finally, they had a ton of amazing b-sides as well, including a compilation album called Incesticide which is worth listening to.
Some broader context - Nirvana came out of the Seattle Grunge scene of the 80s and 90s, which exploded onto the mainstream in the early 90s. If you haven't checked out some of the other Seattle Grunge bands, check out Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, The Melvins, Mudhoney, Screaming Tress, etc. All have at least one great album, some have several!
Damn bro dropped a whole research paper
@@joncokejones9318 If only youtube was full of such comments, instead of the constant empty repetition and (much)worse.
@@DoubleMonoLR facts
Fell asleep to this CD woke up to endless nameless thought my CD player was fried. Gotta love the 90’s
more like 20 min.
It use to confuse me where that music suddenly came from (listening on CD)
The special thing about this album is that there isn't a song that gets skipped :)
Not really that special
sometimes lounge act
@@erikberkemanvinnerborg91 are you insane? Lounge Act is one of the catchiest things on the album. And it has the added bonus of not being overplayed
Drain you
@@TheBlueBlur2312 it's the best one
Kurt was fucked up for sure but he had his goofy side too.
I recommend to listen the Bleach album as well. They were just great and how Jack Endino said their music was pop songs with punk rock muscle.
Polly tells the story from Mr. Friend’s perspective. On In Utero, the song called “Rape me” tells it from her perspective. She was able to escape him by acting like she enjoyed it which made him let his guard. What’s sad is that this was Kurt’s interpretation. The girl in question was murdered I think
Nah she wasn't, she was able to escape at a gas station while Friend was refilling petrol.
She would then go on to sue the people that let Friend of jail early on patrol.
Also Rape Me hasn't been confirmed to be from the girl's perspective, I believe it is generally about "mental rape" but everyone has their own interpretation.
Long story short, the song Rape Me was about how Kurt felt that he and his wife were being treated by tabloid journalists and being portrayed in the media. More specifically, a certain journalist's (forgot her name) article in Vanity Fair about Courtney Love and how she had done herøin (before yet knowing) that she was pregnant. After that article, CPS removed their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, from their custody. (Later regaining custody of her.) 🤘🏼❤♾️
- RIP -
Kurt Donald Cobain
02/20/67-04/05/94
🕊️💔♾️
@@gNome_5No
He mentioned in an MTV interview that, he was tired of people not understanding his lyrics, so he wrote it as blatantly and obviously as he could. The song has no hidden deep meaning. It’s spelled out for you. And yet, people still misunderstand it
With your love of Dave's drumming, you should check out the Foo Fighters debut album after listening to In Utero. Basically Dave Grohl put a lot of his feelings post-Kurt death and end of Nirvana into this album. Recorded all the parts on his own and put a band together before touring. The Colour and the Shape may be my favorite FF album, but the debut is so raw and bangin'.
And while they're at it, check out Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age. Dave Grohl plays the drums on that album. If you haven't heard it already, go listen to it right now.
The Foo Fighters suck. Kurt had to be so disappointed in the afterlife hearing that garbage.
I found the Pearl Jam fanboy.
@@Stockhandle123right 1
💯
Alone/Easy target was basically going to be a nirvana song on the next album
The song poly was written about the abduction, r*pe, and torture of a 14-year-old girl returning home from a punk rock concert in Tacoma, Washington in 1987. Kurt in his own way was trying to bring awareness to injustices. there are many songs of his, or covers that he has done that dont make sense without some investigating
The authenticity and honesty of Cobain's art will always be the thing that keeps their music alive. Music from a place that real very rarely gets all the way up to the mainstream without it being watered down and that's why it hit so big.
Glad you guys liked it. It’s one of those albums I don’t skip any tracks.
Couple of miscellaneous fun facts about this album (Been listening to it nonstop the past few weeks and learning it on bass)
1. Kurts favorite song from this album was actually Drain You, and he was expecting it to be the albums hit single, not Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Speaking of, Kurt grew to absolutely HATE Smells like Teen Spirit when it became their most popular song
3. While the album is mostly in E Standard tuning, the songs Lithium , Come As You Are and Drain You are in D standard
4. Kurt hated how produced the album sounded, having to be convinced by the producer to double track his vocals and guitars by telling him that John Lennon would double track on Beatles songs. This would end up leading to In Utero having way less production and a more raw feel as you two probably noticed in your review as Kurt wanted it to sound similar to a live session.
5. The acoustic guitar on Polly was intentionally chosen due to how old and rusty it was, giving it a harsher and more disturbing tone to it overall.
6. During live performances of Territorial Pissings the band would intentionally act crazy on stage (or crazier than usual at least)
Oh yes, I highly recommend you take a look at some of their live performances! Their energy can be amazing. There are the famous concerts of Reading 92' and Live and Loud, two of my favorites are Live at the Paramount (that has the added bonus of having especially great video quality) and Paradiso.
You guys gotta do In Utero now, it's incredible especially next to Nevermind, it's an amazing follow up. Keep up the fuckin awesome work guys, Merry Christmas!
In utero next would be awesome! It’s a less “poppy” sounding album but it’s so good and my favorite album ever
I was around 16 and heard bits and pieces of Smells Like Teen Spirit which was garnering a buzz. I thought it was cool but most likely just a trend. Then I walked into a Sam Goody(look it up) record store. I listened to the entire song and got why it was so popular. Then they played the entire album, and each song seemed more better than the other. I stayed for the entire time and called late for my job. They originally ended with Something In The Way, which I think is more appropriate. Endless Nameless belongs on In Utero better. Anyways, I was going to purchase the album, but it was sold out and I had to be put on a waiting list. It was a blockbuster that turned the music industry around and shifted the culture. In music, I haven't seen anything like that since. I felt that I was witnessing history, and I was right...33 years later and they still are more popular than ever. We need another Nirvana to come and shake things up!!
That feeling you feel when listening to this, is what it felt like growing up in the 90s as a GenX teen. This album and its content is a perfect snapshot of that era.
This record did change everything in the rock / metal world. It really caused a kind of war between genres of heavy music back then, but it was so good that it was still standing. Amongst all the freakouts over metal possibly being destroyed by it, absolutely nothing could be done to stop it, because it was too good. The world eventually had no choice but to adapt. Ultimately it just opened the door to many other possibilities of what can be done with heavy music, which is: virtually anything.
Endless Nameless was the hidden track. You'd listen to the CD and if you let it play after Something in the way, 45 minutes of silence later you'd hear Endless Nameless bust out of nowhere
10*
Lol, I still have my cd and listened to a million times in the day...I know all the lyrics by heart despite not listening to cds in a very long time (why, when you can listen to anything anytime right here...much more to choose from than my 50 or 60 CDs) and....I did NOT know about the hidden track!!!! I was going to comment that the last song wasn't on my CD (Again, know them all by heart...along with millions of other songs...despite not hearing them for years at a time...but cant remember why I walked into the kitchen 😂😂😂)
My first introduction to nirvana was actually their first album bleach...awesome...before the comercial boom and hype of nevermind...i ve heard to nevermind countless times on loop while playing my sega mega drive ...as a teen in the 90s...man ...what a time...if you want to time travel check out jonah hills movie "mid 90".. ive never seen a more realistic portray of that time,my life,my friends as that movie...keep going guys...great work! Cheers from portugal 🇵🇹
Allegedly some of the last words the man ever wrote were: peace, love, and empathy. I applaud your empathy 🙏 you really listened with an open ear.
Beauty can be sad, you're proof of that. -Juliana Hatfield
Scary is a good word. It was scary and beautiful at the same time... and you know what else... It's haunting and glad you all could pick up on it. Album changed the world.
A heart that hurts is a heart that works. Great lyric reference. :)
The entire landscape of music literally changed the day after this album dropped. Looking back on it is a bit surreal. And 30 years later I still play this album. It's almost perfect. Dave Grohl is a machine on those drums!
Btw, I'm nearly 50 and I totally get the Lil' Peep vibe. I've sat in my garage looking at old photos listening to songs like "16 Lines", "Save That Shit", and "Star Shopping". Much like Kurt Cobain, it was another loss when he passed away.
drummer = dave grohl original menber from nirvana now lead singer on Foo fighters
he was actually the second drummer, but we can accept him as the first because he helped the band hit the pavement.
5th drummer
Best drummer for Nirvana
@@gmonk003 He was the 5th, but the best, yeah
@@joaovictormarini2488
Well I love Dave...but Dale Crover was the best drummer, in strictly drumming terms.
And Dave would absolutely agree with that notion.
Heard this album for the first time at 14 it completely chamged my worldview of music
The editing and content you guys are putting out gets better and better every video!!!!! Keep it up boys love the content
Foo fighters lead singer is Dave Grohl … They are already in RRhall of fame . He’s had time to create an entirely new legacy after Nirvana . That’s ⭐️
Curt’s wife was Courtney Love .. Lead Singer of Hole.. check them out . Their daughter Francis Bean Cobain who was 3 mos old when Curt passed She recently married Tony Hawks son Riley Hawk . It’s been over 30 yrs since she was born
There's no way to describe with words how perfect this album is
I remember listening to it the first time all the way through, thinking it’s just banger after banger. There’s not many rock albums that are so complete without much filler.
In Bloom is about you young fellas 😂……
Keep digging….
Facts 💀
He even said "I just want to sing along with the chorus". Man Kurt was a genius! Massively missed he is 😢
😂😂😂😂
love your guy's spot analysis after every song, you guys are on it!
You guys definitely need to watch Nirvana Unplugged
And i agree people need to put up more lights! There definitely aren't as many this year as in the past.
Endless Apprentice was not a song on the album. It was the hidden track that came on 10 minutes after Something in the Way ended. There was 10 minutes of silence, people thinking the album ended would walk away and then that came on out of nowhere. Happened to a bunch of us kids the first time we played the CD.
You’re getting “Endless, Nameless” name mixed w “Scentless Apprentice” but Endless was a hidden track
@@sorryimsosad I guess I did. Funny how the mind works. Wrote that like 5 mins before falling asleep.
some Nirvana songs have a somewhat cohesive narrative but a lot of them are composed from pieces of poetry Kurt wrote, like random lines thrown together to relate a feeling or emotion to you rather than a story.
In Utero is my fav (less polished and more unhinged) but Nevermind became such a staple for a reason. great album.
In Utero is one of the greatest follow up albums ever. It’s more aggressive and dirty and also thanks you listening to my pick means a lot.
Don't feel bad about the Christmas outfits, Kurt wore pajamas to his wedding in Hawaii 😂 it's a grunge thing
You were wondering about the reaction to the cover and said it was "a more conservative time."
What young people sometimes don't get about pre-internet days, there was rarely major outrage or reaction to anything. Small pockets of conservatives might get upset, but without everyone being able to broadcast their thoughts to the whole world, it never gained any momentum to make an impact. Politicians had less contact with voters, so even if you want to call the times conservative, it was actually a lot easier for people to put out crazy things because cancel culture didn't exist. Politics may have been conservative, but music in the 90s certainly wasn't.
Yeah, I think it’s far more conservative now than it was in the early 90’s. People just didn’t get upset about stuff like they do nowadays. And I’m sure social media has everything to do with that, as you so eloquently stated in your post.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192
"People just didn’t get upset about stuff like they do nowadays."
Ummmmm, you don't recall TV shows like "Murphy Brown" and "Ellen" "NYPD Blue"
Songs like "Cop Killer" "F*ck the Police", "Justify My Love"
2 Live Crew.
Movies like "Natural Born Killers"
artwork like "Piss Christ"
Sinead O Connor on SNL
And tons more.
Exactly. It's messed up these days that everyone is do focused on negative 'potentially controversial' stuff all the time, like associating a naked baby with.. God knows what kind of people / crimes.
It was just a baby back then.
Its interesting to hear someone hear this for the first time. Ill never forget hearing this for the first time when i was about 11 around 2005. I can literally recall the moment i felt my brain chemistry change and it kinda sent me in a daze
Trends in music ebb and flow, fashion changes etc...
but occasionally there is a real earthquake and the entire landscape is changed over night. For me there are two real earthquakes in music and one is the beatles, and the other is nirvana. As soon as either as those bands got big, nothing was never the same.
I once heard a quote from ozzy about the beatles. He said something along the lines of "before the beatles, it felt like we'd all been living in black and white. Then when they came along, it was like seeing colour for the first time". That's exactly how I feel about Nirvana
Glad you guys liked the album I also got into nirvana recently (this month also!) I hope you when you listen you like in utero like I did. I stayed up at night and listened to that album I think I liked it a bit more than nevermind actually
and I might listen to another album tonight if I’m not that tired. (My sleep schedule is a wreak💀) also late but merry Christmas
I snuck into a soundcheck at met Nirvana at a NY show in 93 on the In Utero tour. They signed my cd too.
A lot of music *tried* to be raw, but it came across as an effort for the sake of being edgy. Then this came out and it just IS raw, musically and emotionally, no pretenses, and it being so genuine hit different.
im late but the "god is gay" isnt to disrespect god it was just to piss of homophobic people back then.
lets also bring up kurt the transgender being racist just like his wife
I'd rather be dead than cool.
best most edgy Cobain lyric ever.
I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this. You asked the question of what instrument was in the background. Guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. That’s all they have making all that noise. Insanely talented.
Check out these albums too!
The Money Store - Death Grips
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Demon Days - Gorillaz
Bought my nevermind CD past week i enjoy listening to it
Yeah, it's like that. The "Hype!" Is real. And I HIGHLY encourage everyone to watch that film of the same name. Maybe you will or maybe you might. Oh well, whatever NeVeRmInD...
watching people listen to Nevermind for the first time is like watching someone wander the desert and find an oasis with clean water
Gotta love dat base in lounge act!!!
Great video guys!!! The editing keeps getting better and better 😀
Born ten days before Kurt Cobain, I never listened to the band until a few months after he topped himself, when my corner tap had turned into a Gen X hangout for a glorious couple of months and they had a copy of the CD behind the bar that got multiple daily plays at pleasurably earsplitting volume
They shot immediately into my top dozen favorite rock acts, where they've remained ever since and are, as far as quality of output (if not, alas, quantity) and cultural significance go, somewhere up on a rough par with The Doors in my estimation
Dig their Live at Reading [Festival UK 1992] video ---as solid as any concert document ever made, it absolutely kills...
Hard to believe there are people out there that have not heard this album. It was the first non gangster rap album I got the five finger discount on as a kid. Then on to Metallica megadeth etc… Never looked back to rap as my main source of ear pleasure.
Oh and you guys need to watch the nirvana unplugged in new York, but don't do only audio like the cd, do the video so you can see it. It's amazing and makes you feel like your right there in the audience.
This album was written many years before his suicide Lyrics don’t take so literally . Curt had major spinal back pain and was in pain killers and drugs to ease pain . He was miserable physically for many years, til he ended his life . I can remember the day and how horrific it was when we got the news . He was Huge ! He hates being famous . He wanted to play music without fame or popularity he realized once he had it all . He was very isolated depressed in pain
When Bleach came out we had the reaction everyone had for Nevermind. When Nevermind came out it took my buddies and I a bit to come around. We did… but we felt they cashed in even though they were still amazing. In utero was the leap forward back to what they started on Bleach.
Watch Live at the Paramount! If nothing else, watch them play Breed!
I’ve seen them twice live ! Badass shit 🌠⭐️🌠⭐️🌠literally every song is 🔥on this album .. instant ly beloved by us they were ~Yoda
Before listening to this whole album, I already liked most of the songs from it without knowing they were all in once album 😂
Coolest part is that this music was played in clubs etc.. good times
Love Nirvana ❤
12:17 its a guitar with a chorus effect , in a chorus effect, the guitar signal is duplicated and the pitch changes slightly. In addition, the signal is often also slightly delayed and then mixed back into the original guitar signal
What's up boys, long time listener, first time caller here. I'm going to drop the definitive 411 on Territorial Pissings meaning you won't this anywhere no the Internet except in your comment section. Summary: This is about the analysis of Earthly conditions from two souls that are being reincarnated. The song starts out by a replaying of what the last enlightened alien soul (Christ) had attempted to tell the Earth natives the last time he was there. It's not an accident that bassist Krist is the one yelling this line (Come on, people, now. Smile on your brother. Everybody get together. Try to love one another right now). First verse is obvious, second verse is about the matriarch and associated mystery schools (Vesica Pisces/etc), third verse is about the persecution & capital punishment to that last alien soul who thought we should all get along & love one another. The chorus' is the panicked intrusive thoughts repeating, cyclicly repeating between the understanding that they had better find a better way than to talk peace, love, and happiness since that didn't work but having no plan rethinking the incarnation process & just thinking they'd better wait. The most jaw-dropping thing about Nirvana was not their musicianship, nor their (lack-thereof) elegance. It was the sublime authenticity that they delivered what had to be almost a blindly inspired anthem to a generation that struck chords in the notes of the universal synchronistic. Their stuff had crazy meaning & it was almost stupid luck that it meant anything to anyone. But if you dissect their musical & lyrical corpus, it is uncanny how they really had a finger on the pulse of something that touches us all. It was weird, powerful & unforgettable. thanks for paying homage to these dudes.
The lyrics werent supposed to mean very special stuff. They were meant to make you feel and think for yourself. You can interprete them in several ways. Not all... but many of the lyrics. But they gave certain directions. Often some kind the feeling of being "lost" somehow and being disturbed about human society.
Which is actually still the same feeling in my opinion most people should have when they honestly try to think about our crazy world.
Kurt put a lot questions in his lyrics. A lot easy but deep thoughts what the whole point of our partly absurd society is. Questioning power systems, structures, capitalism, etc... that should be usual to young people.
The core approach of Nirvana and many other "alternative" bands in the late 80s and early 90s was to put the music in the front again. Its not about style or trend or fashion or a performance. Its not about trying to do every shit to sell your music. The music is there to sell the music. But it still is sort of crazy - the whole business.
Maybe someday you will listen to the album "incesticide" - the song "Aero Zeppelin" for me has a very certain meaning. Maybe you give it a shot. Musically its a bit disturbing cause its a weird combination of metal, punk and jazz.
Anyway - this early 90s were... very strange. USSR pulverized and some people thought now the world would become a good place. But we young people mostly noticed... nope... isnt gonna happen. The same old shit goes on and on and on. As a german I was very close to the political stuff cause we had our reunification... but we also just knew that our crazy economical system would just go on. Climate change was already a topic. Russians were supposed to become our friends. China started to take over capitalism. In the middle east although Saddam Hussein started his weird war against Kuweit cause the war against Iran ended just a few years earlier... there was still hope that maybe Israel and the Palestinians could find peace.
It was a weird time cause there was a lot hope and at the same time a lot of delusional stuff going on. In the end... "we" pessimistic minds were right.
Why do I write this shit? Although Nirvana wasnt aggressive in the political approach it was clearly there. Maybe you gonna check out the debut album of Rage Against the Machine. They showed their political approach VERY aggressive.
And in my opintion ... rock music should be critical towards society.
Anyway - thanks a lot for your reaction.
Wish you all the best for your channel and your whole life.
Kurt didn't want to double his vocals, but it ended up being a great decision. The producer, Butch Vig, changed Kurt's mind by saying "John Lennon did it" and that was all it took. Amazing.
Track after track this album is so killer. Couple random album suggestions: Foo Fighters - Self Titled (Dave Grohls follow up band to Nirvana) ,NOFX - The Decline (it's an 18 minute punk song that is basically a full album), Green Day - Dookie, Weezer - Pinkerton, Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea(Indie rock), The Mars Volta - Deloused at the comatorium( Prog rock. Mind blowing band). Great channel! Merry Christmas!
Good call with the album suggestions! I would personally start with the Blue Album but Pinkerton is cool too.
The drummer is the lead singer/guitarist for the Foo Fighters.
i like yalls takes on the songs meanings, but after on a plain yall were talking about how he had mental issues his whole life, but he was actually a very happy kid before his parents got divorced, after that it was just downhill
I can hear him saying “I’m Kurt cobain”in his little kid voice
Check out their live unplugged performance in MTV . He was inextreme pain while filming that he admitted years later . U would never know . He was so sad and in pain
"he admitted years later." Really?
@@tobiaseriksson475 He said he had severe back pain during his performances, 24/7 really. Rec Drugs numbed it in ways that didn’t prevent him from performing his best like severe pain killers may have . Reasons why heroin etc was difficult to shake.
Closest voice I've heard to Nirvana is Dead Confederate. They sound kind of like a southern influenced Nirvana. Wrecking Ball album is definitely solid the whole way through.
Great video, I like your theories about the songs, it's very fun to watch. Would be nice to have you react to their other albums. Bleach and In utero are great, they also have some amazing live performances.
"Who's the drummer?" :O
My man Dave
Drain you is so damn good i swear
If you think Nevermind is dark then check In Utero out.
Really enjoying your content so far! I was 13 when this album started gaining momentum, so it kicked off my teenage years. I had the cassette tape of Nevermind and I would play it in my little boombox. Luckily, it was a dual deck boombox so I was able to record to blank tapes in the 2nd deck. What I wouldn’t give to have those mix tapes back. Anyways, this album instantly outdated most every other rock sound coming out and basically put a ton of bands out of business haha!
Idk why but parts of this reaction reminded me of old episodes of Beavis & Butthead! LMAO 🤣
The Christmas episode!!!😂😂😂
Teen Spirit -> In Bloom -> Come As You Are must be a contender for one of the best back-to-back trios of songs on any album
That Dave Guy should start his own band. He’s so aggressive so maybe something with the word fighters in it
You also both dont know Dave Grohl? Damn what.. he is also the front man of Foo Fighters
I dare you to put Breed in your running playlist and see if you're not out of breath afterwards.
Nirvana a awesome group I remember in 1991, when I was 24.Kurt Cobain a awesome singer so sad he passed away May Kurt Cobain RIP 💐🙏
12:18 it’s a guitar with a so called Chorus pedal, which takes the guitar signal, duplicates it, slightly delays the duplicate, and slightly changes the pitch of the duplicate. as well as giving it kind of a swooshy effect
I'll never forget walking into my dorm room and my excited roommate going "Hey man you gotta listen to this it just came out. It's supposed to be great!"
"What is that? A naked baby on the cover? Sure pop it in let's listen".
react to the other albums!!!! my favs are
1. In Utero
2. Bleach
3. Incesicide
4. Nevermind
fav songs are
1. drain you
2. dive
3. the man who sold the world (Live & loud)
I would recomend watching one of their lives shows either mtvs live and loud or paramount
tryna act different by putting the greatest album of all time last on your list. wise up, no one cares
Just my opinion man, what does it matter to you?@@KissMyKittyCat.
Lol trying to be cool i guess by putting nevermind last?
just my opinion dude@@markxv2267
@@KissMyKittyCat. Sorry not everybody is the same, basic bitch
Just to clear up any confusion lol, Kurt Cobain is the guitar player, so he plays and sings on this album, but they got a second guitarist to handle the live set on the next album, since he wanted to take some of the load off his shoulders and focus on singing a bit more. Still played guitar tho.
6:53 then dave made the foo fighter and became 2x gigachad
Then he made Them Crooked Vultures and became a 3x gigachad
You definitely have to check out In Utero, and don’t forget In Rainbows by Radiohead
Kurt used a Small Clone guitar pedal to achieve that “watery” guitar sound for Come As You Are
Dave Grohl is an awesome drummer, would be awesome if you guys checked out his other projects he's been apart of. Especially Queens of the stone age! killer band.
fun fact:
dave hits his drums so damn hard that if you listen to teen spirit from the drum intro and then skip to the end, you can hear the snare drum go out of tune