Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (VIDEO REACTION)
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Cannot be overstated how much this song changed rock music.
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single-handedly ended hair bands and glam rock
@@mouseshadow5828 The 80’s era did that…
ya changed it and subsequently killed it forever
Rock was about to die and this came out.
Dave Grohl (drummer) goes on to be the leader and guitarist for the Foo Fighters. He also admits to borrowing the intro to this song from Tony Thompson of Chic and the Power Station
And Kurt took the rhythm of the guitar riff from "More Than A Feeling" by Boston.
Have you heard his song with Paul McCartney? Cut me some slack. It won a Grammy it hits hard two!!
Disco Flams
I thought it was The Gap Band?
@@Seanriver316 you’re right! I’ve heard him say so much about this I got the beats messed up 👍🏻
It was time for "Hair Metal" to die. It had become a parody of itself by the late-'80s. The slate needed to be wiped clean to separate the talented from the bands simply cashing in on the look, the trend, and the lifestyle that went along with it. Thank you, Nirvana and the short-lived Grunge scene!
I remember hearing a story that some hair band member brought this single to one of band mates to listen to. After listening, the band mate said something along the lines of, “well, time for us to go get jobs.” He knew that their time was up.
No surprise😉 as far as global pop went hair metal was never on top: it went from punk to new wave to hip hop.
Grunge was killer, Cobain (and Grohl) a genius, but we had been punks had been through this. Nevertheless! I was a massive fan of Nirvana and Cobain’s death broke my FKG heart almost as much as Lennon’s.
Man, this song. It just grabs you by the throat and does not let go. As good as the drumming is....and also Cobain's whisper-to-scream vocals....the production by Butch Vig is also incredible -- doesn't get enough credit.
Once again, admitting your roots are R and B, and Hip Hop, and you guys approach all music! Thank you Fella's
You need to watch Dave Grohl explaining to Pharrell, how he came up with the beat for this song. The moment Pharrell recognizes it is classic. Then the epilogue is so wonderful.
I just saw that a few days ago, He says he stole all his stuff from disco
Just the first 3 seconds of the drum intro
He got it from Uncle Charlie Wilson LOL
@@mztweety1374 Tony Thompson was the Gap Band drummer. Dave thanked him in person and Tony said he knew Dave had used his drum riffs when he heard the song, lol.
Gap Band drum fill. Sorta.
I was into the hair metal scene & hip hop & when that song came out, people lost their minds. It was so influential that the music industry dropped hair metal & mined the Seattle area of all its bands, both good and bad. The term grunge was invented to give the media a buzz word to use for those Seattle bands, but those bands were not the same. Nirvana was different from Pearl Jam which was different from Soundgarden which was different from Alice in Chains & so on. Lot of great bands came out during that time & a lot of musicians left us way too early. And, out of the ashes of Nirvana rose the Foo Fighters.
Favorite Nirvana lyric - Forever in debt to your priceless advice (Heart Shaped Box)
I grew up in Olympia, Washington. Still go home to visit my 91-year-old parents. Kurt wrote most of Nevermind in a house on Pear Street in Olympia. I go by that house every time I'm back home. Out of respect.
I grew up in Seattle but had moved before grunge. Sad going back to my old neighborhood after his death and seeing billboards tagged with "Suicide- the bright side"
The drummer is Dave Grohl, who formed the Foo Fighters after Kurt killed himself.
As you know, Dave Grohl moved from the drums to guitar and vocals with the Foo Fighters. 🕊❤️🎼
I first saw this video in December of 1991. It's came on MTV as I was walking through the room at an after exam party and it stopped me in my tracks. I had never heard anything like it before. Changed my life.
Weird Al Yankovic did a parody of this song making fun of the fact you can't understand the words, you guys probably knew that
Back then I just thought it was Weird Al being Weird Al because he redid so many songs with different words.
Weird Al's parody was HILARIOUS 😂❗
@@AirplayBeats Since you just reacted to the original, you should react to the Weird Al "Smells Like Nirvana" parody next. Per Wikipedia and other sources, when Al asked Kurt Cobain for permission to do the parody, Cobain agreed, though initially he inquired if the song would be about food, a common theme in many of Yankovic's songs. Yankovic explained that the song would be about Cobain's incomprehensible lyrics, to which Cobain replied, according to Yankovic, "Oh, sure, of course, that's funny." When Al did the video, he used the same set and some of the same actors. Nirvana loved it!
I FKG hate Al Jerkovic he’s just a LEECH - with anyone’s sophomore humor.
The most underrated drummers ever. ❤ top 10 of all time.
Ned again fellas. I'm an old NYC Punker from the 1980s and remember Dave's teenage band Dain Bramage's advert in Hardcore punk magazines like Maximum Rock n Roll. He was already doing that beat back then which if you listen to it is a kind of half paradiddle between the snare and bass drum. Then he replaced the drummer in Scream who were a pretty legendary Wash DC band. The pre Grohl Nirvana played in NYC at the Pyramid club as the OPENING band for RAT AT RAT R. After they got famous half of the scene swore they were there. I know one or two guys who were there and said they were great. Iggy Pop was there too.
I remember exactly where I was. Grade 6 in the field at recess on a Walkman. Mind blown. Forever.
Everyone who loves this song remembers where they were when they first heard it. At my cousins house in his room. We just sat and stared at each other then replayed it about 40 times.
The lyrics speak to a young man standing at the line between leaving his youth and accepting the deep responsibilities of adulthood. He calls out to his mother and father, but they turn a deaf ear to his pain.
My definition of Grunge: Evolution of metal: still heavy but less polished, fuzzy and more melodic...Kids were a bit jaded with the fakeness of hair metal. You can see it happening in the late 80ies with Guns & Roses. May also want to check out Janes Addiction (Nothing Shocking or Ritual De Habitual albums)- they were right in that limbo period between metal and grunge in late 80ies early 90ies.
I am 70 and I love this song!!❤
I'm 67 and so do I. Since the first time I heard it.
W OGS
This saved me from the 80's hair bands! They were trying to rip off the Pixies, one of my fav bands too. Cheers.
The song that started a revolution.
which one ? lol
This song helped speed up the downfall of hair metal and ushered in a dark time in music and society
Absolutely ruined music maybe. Soundgarden and AIC are much better representations of this genre than Nirvana.
@@flyingburritobro68 bruh ...
No it didn't.
Ive heard this song 3 million times and didn't know half the lyrics until now.
I was at a point where I was beginning to think that maybe rock was on its last legs when this video popped up. The opening guitar really caught my ear because it was something different. When Dave Grohl came in on the drums, though, my faith in rock was restored.
Interesting to hear that this had an impact on the hip hop world. I'd never heard that before. Just goes to show that great music is great music, whatever the genre.
Yeah you need to listen to their 3 studio albums in chronological order and their legendary mtv unplugged. Theres a reason their music still his and his words make people smile and tear up.
I think thats gotta be THE rock song of the 90s!
that's still sorta like bragging about sitting in the far back seat of the short bus. music in the 90's took a huge nose dive with grunge and hip hop. by the end of the 90's rock was dead.
@@BigTimeRushFan2112 "music in the 90's took a huge nose dive" No it didn't.
Rock was dead because of MTV, (video really did kill the radio star), and Nickelodeon and Disney and illegal downloading which made getting paid for your music rather difficult. And iTunes of course, finished it off with the concept of the "album".
@@theapocalyptist all your examples are from the mid 2000's though. sadly rock did die in the 90's, musical tastes changed and those of us caught between generations and growing up also listening to our parents music from the 60's and 70's for the most part will all say that to ya. Pop and country did the same thing, went from weekly cool new stuff telling cool stories to blah, blah, blah, autotune crap with musicians barely about to sing yet alone play any instruments. It is what it is I guess. But hip hop and grunge did finish off rock in the 90's, I stick by that assessment 100%.
Grunge was hugely popular for us younger X'ers. Never in our lifetime was there such a drastic shift in the industry and arguably the culture than when this album spearheaded the Seattle sound across the country. Hairbands were obsolete overnight.
Man! I grew up on. the East Cost and took a 2 week vacation in California right after the Rodney King verdict came out. I brought this back along with some other bands so my friends could give a listen. In 1991-1992 the East Coast got music later than sooner....lost my every loving mind and I'm a hard core Jazz, EWF and Blues and was hooked on the Genre...thanks Gents!
Grohl looks eleven.
When this song was released the NO1 song was "working for the weekend" by Loverboy- The grunge sound made Rock Dangerous again
Sorry..working for the weekend came out in 81, 10 years earlier
@@markymark6088 Doh
@@paulraiz6360 No worries. You would have known if you weren’t so busy working for the weekend.
Gawdamn we rocked to this song in the day!
I went to a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in December of 1991. Their opening acts were Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Definitely one of the best shows ever.
That sounds like it was one for the books. You were definitely in the right place at the right time.
Glad you guys talked about this song. It changed the world of rock music and Butch Vig did a masterful job producing and mixing. Every song on album is fantastic. Keep checking it out in it's entirety. 🤘
The soft verse/loud chorus thing was heavily influenced by The Pixies. And the biggest tragedy of Kurt Cobain dying is that Dave Grohl switched from drums to guitar.
He says he sucks at playing the drums.🤷♂️
He is also a great backing vocalist but not so great as a lead singer imo.
Gotta react to some more Nirvana. Countless good songs in their discography
Incredible song and the production by Butch Vig was masterful. Vig is a member of the band, Garbage, their drummer and producer. This song has a classic Garbage sound, exact and clear segments followed by huge industrial chaotic bombastic hooks. Well done by all.
The do remember the Garbage Pail Kids collector cards? I feel like grunge (including Smashing Pumpkins) and Mad Magazine were all in the same vein. Bevis and Butthead…haha. I already commented about Alice In Chains.
Just a monster record. Cobain was super talented.
The song that, for me, changed rock and roll and brought grunge to the rest of America outside Seattle . Good call with your rating guys. 🤘
This is definitely a masterpiece . Also “ Come as you are “ is phenomenal. The guitar sound on that is exceptional.
Oh my god I never knew the words. Thank you guys!!!
Now that you have this one fresh in your minds you really should do Weird Al's version - "Smells Like Nirvana". Brilliant parody!
I remember that one
@@AirplayBeats an the "Amish Paradise" parody of Coolio's classic song.
It’s All About the Pentiums, by Weird Al.
@@BigTimeRushFan2112 Which is a take off of Stevie Wonder's Pastime Paradise from around '72.
A game change for the direction of music and influential as the a group can be for the next generation. Having not listened to this for some time, I am brought back to a simple time in my life. Young drummer playing in many bands in NYC and opening up for a band called the Bad Brains. Check out, "I against I". Speed, dexterity, brilliance and musicianship all wrapped up in the same ANGST as Nirvana. Put your seat belts on before you listen to this one!
Wow! Just wow!! Awesome song. Awesome band.
You know you're getting old when the music you listened to in high school is now considered "Classic" 🥲
Best song of the last 35 yrs
This may be the last great Rock song ever, Rock's been dead for many years now.
this was the only rock song that was played heavily on the rap radio in the Bay Area California
@@stabishop1769 no. rock.
Check out Breed. It is a serious banger. This was 1 of the most important songs of a generation. So much changed because of this album. So much from this album was played on the airwaves. The drums were crazy, hats off to Dave Grohl.
Great reaction gentleman. Love these guys when they came out in the early 90’s. Saw them in Washington with Jerry Cantral and Layn before they were Alice In Chains. They were called Sleze and a Glam band. Layne started out as a drummer. Keep up the great work La/Che
This was the beginning of being more main stream. Before this they were heavy into punk rock which I tried to listen to but I'm not a huge punk fan. Dave is one of the best drummers. I wish he played them more now a days.
Did someone say,, GIVE ME SOME BARZ?..
When released,, This one hit different,, But in the best of ways,, Timbuk 3 "Life Is Hard"
(Official Music Video A MUST!!) 🔥
Y’all need to do the whole album!!!
Now you have to do Weird Al’s version “Smells Like Nirvana”. EPIC!
ALL time classic! dbl ♥ Still one of the best rock songs ever made!
Outstanding fellas! Thanks!
Awesome reaction, you guys got to do “Weird Al” Yankovic’s smells like teen Spirit. He talks about how you can’t understand the lyrics. It’s a great version of it.
Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit ; 1,8 billion views ... ,... i like it too!
From what I have read about the making of this video, the scenes showing the "students" rushing the gym floor were planned to be shot last, since it would be difficult to coordinate the movement of so many people and hopefully could be done in one take. This meant that the crowd had to sit still and quiet for hours merely observing what can often be the boring and tedious parts of shooting a video. The director was something of a control freak and had often yelled at the crowd for moving or talking, not unlike a principal at a high school assembly. So when they were finally given the cue to come out of the stands, there was a genuine release of joy and expression of frustration.
I've been waiting for this❗🎵🎵🎵
To me, grunge is raw. That's the distinction.
This song will stand the test of time. Love it!🤩
There are videos of Dave playing alone to this in tribute to Kurt and you can see exactly what he's doing and how complex his patterns are. Another drummer from that scene who is a game changer is Matt Cameron from Soundgarden, Hater and Wellwater Conspiracy.
It's so sad that the lead singer's depression and drug abuse led him to commit suicide. He apparently couldn't stand the fame and attention. Very heart wrenching story.
His parents, especially his mother, were monsters.
1991……Everything changed…..Paradigm shift in music.
I still remember the exact moment when I saw this video. It shook me. I knew this was different, and my jaw dropped. Coincidentally, I still remember the moment I saw the first Foo Fighters video, I'll Stick Around. Seeing "the drummer from Nirvana" singing and shredding on guitar floored me.
Yes guys, Weird Al Yankovic made up his own words too. Same as you both - me too.
Als parody uses the same venue and cast of 'extras', even the janitor - it's hilarious. Title is 'Smells Like Nirvana'
Cheers✌
The 90s really didn't have a sound of its own until this release.
Same with Dre's Nothin' But A "G" Thang.
That drum n bass sound is amazing
The song that changed everything.
In the late 80"s, "grunge" did actually define a sound - high levels of distortion, feedback, fuzz effects, a fusion of punk and metal influences. (Taken from The Origin of "grunge" in Northwest Passage)
Theres a handful of Grunge Rock groups to go through. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots
This album marked the death of 80s hair metal.
You should react to their MTV unplugged performance.
They were beyond greatness and I don't think we realized it.
Punk rock in 77 never really disappeared,. It kept bubbling up until these kids emerged with something very powerful.
Guys, Nirvana really opened us up to the Grunge Scene. They crossed barriers and broke down walls. The drummer is Dave Grohl. Who started a little band called The Foo Fighters. You’ll eventually get to them. In answer to what grunge is, it’s the sound. And this kicked off an entirely new music category. ❤
The drummer is Dave Grohl.
As Dave was telling Pharrell it's just him playing old disco beats twice as hard.
@@stabishop1769 Do you even see the irony in your comment? "No-one really into music would give them the time of day" Yet you commented.
@ChrisSmith-bz1gl Guys like stanleshop want the world to know they are the ultimate authority on music, and anyone that disagrees with them or their opinions (or their hypocrisy) just doesn’t know as much as they do. Gee, I wish was as knowledgeable and authoritative as him (but not as big a hypocrite).
@@MarkMay-cr6bvToo funny, you nailed it, ⬆⬆
I stay occasionally in a hotel right near Sound City where Nirvana and Pearl Jam recorded in Panorama City. It was perfect, backstreet, sketchy neighborhood. Took some photos, you couldn't imagine what went on in there.
Dave Grohl, drummer here & founder/guitarist/singer for the Foo Fighters, admitted that he took this drum riff from The Gap Band drummer Tony Thompson. He told Pharell this, which blew his mind. Dave said Tony came to his house for a party & Dave told Tony thank you, I totally used your riffs for Nirvana and Tony said, 'I know'. 🤣 When you listen to some Gap Band songs with this in mind, it totally becomes clear!!
One of your very best reactions gentlemen 👍
The grunge revolution in the 90's had an incredible impact on music and so many artists there after.
Amazing Nirvana ❤❤❤
Structurally this song is incredible
I went skiing the weekend after this album dropped. Someone in our group played it non-stop all weekend. Never stopped.
I wasn’t the only one making up my own lyrics? 😂😂😂😂
Great reactions👍😎
First time seeing this back in the day was such an amazing experience! Seeing the lyrics included is great and truly appreciate your insights. Thank you! 😽🎶
Grunge was firstly a sound and later a style. I think Mark Arm, of Mudhoney, called his guitar tone Grunge or grungy in an interview and the description caught on. Then it fit that all of the band's happened to dress in flannel shirts abused boots ripped pants etc...the style caught on to the sound terminology. Bam. Grunge. It was probably Alt Rock or Alt Hard Rock to a record business type.
The whole Never-ending album is awesome - as you started with the initial track yu may as well carry on
This track is so great, for all time (and a couple others of theirs) that even though at the time I wasn’t paying close attention to pop (sometimes life demands attention)😉 its one of those you don’t have to be paying attention but it penetrates and turns your head “Wait. What is this?” Before I knew who they were “This. is. great. Hands down.”
Grunge started in Seattle. Where it rains a lot and depression is widespread. Somebody I know from there said you had to take a Prozac with your morning coffee. The band was from the poorer side of town and they wore that style clothing, which was always old, until manufacturers started making them that way and went on to set a trend. At least some of the band members had troubled home lives. Grunge: dark, gritty, and with attitude.
When this song hit, it ended so many 80’s bands and it was a shot between the ears…
We didn’t have cheer leaders like that in high school👍👊😉💥
IT WAS THEIR "MASTERPIECE" 😎😎😎👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Grohl is a monster on the kit!!
Love how y’all love music
Check out Nirvana “where did you sleep last night” live unplugged for Kurt’s voice on full display. And check out “Aneurysm” for one of the most underrated hard hitting songs. Great drums by Grohl
"Oh i made em up too" lmao🤣
HOW DID WE GET HERE??? 😊 THAT'S A GREAT RESPONSE ON IT'S OWN CHE! LMAO 👍 YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO ( WIERD AL ) TO THIS SONG, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT OF JUST NOW😮
something tells me you guys would like Nirvana's "Scentless Apprentice". the drums are very hip hop sounding.
the term "grunge" was more of a umbrella term for all the bands from the Seattle. most/all the bands from seattle were actually different sounding from each other, from bluesy/straight forward rock (Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees), to Sabbath/Zep inspired bands (Soundgarden), metal tinged (Alice In Chains) and punk sounding (Nirvana/ Melvins). the one thing that they had over most bands of the time was the community between the bands and the scene, itself. the term Grunge turned into a fashion term shortly, with all the flannel, and torn jeans. this was the direct opposite of the glam metal from L.A at the time, a more serious, introspective look at lyrics and music, other than the "look at me" attitude.
have you guys heard Phantogram's "Fall In Love"? the song is from 10-ish years ago. i recently found that song on an old ipod last night and shit bangs!
Kurt hung out w the Melvin’s who were one of the earliest grunge bands he called Jack Endino one day and the rest as they say is history
Great reaction, guys! This song was a showstopper, wasn’t it?
Since you are David Bowie fans, you should check out Nirvana’s cover of The Man Who Sold the World. It’s fantastic!
Cobain and Nirvana were at the forefront of an onslaught of bands out of the Seattle area…that introduced the world to the looks and sounds of grunge…which ended the era of ‘Hair Bands’ basically…overnight. Accompanying them were the likes of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, the Smashing Pumpkins and a slew of others. The drummer of Nirvana, David Grohl, went on to form (& front) the Foo Fighters as both guitarist and lead vocalist.
I was going to see bands in Seattle before Nirvana hit it big. It was a Fing scene after.
It was the beer, the rain, the coffee, the gloom, the depression, the pot and the ambiance that created grung in Seattle.
Isn't it crazy how drummer Dave Grohl from Nirvana forms the Foo Fighters but isn't the drummer? He's an epic musician and I love everything the Foo Fighters put out. Great reaction! (And Heart came out of Seattle too)
Most important song of the 90s.
Look up the drum inspo Dave had for these beats...you will be SHOOK!!!