My 15 minutes of fame . I'm the guy sitting down left of screen . White T and long shorts . Long hair . 15 years old . Just before the first hello, how low part . Never knew it would be historic moment.
It doesn't work like that anymore. The internet came and changed how music spreads and gets popular. Everyone has access to everything now, so it's not going to happen again. Nirvana ended just before the internet started.
I think it's possinle that it happens again, but if it does, it has to be a time-transcending band like Nirvana or The Beatles, and that will probably never happen again. We as humans at a cusp in music
@@alukuhito Agreed. There are no A&R people signing, MTV no longer a kingmaker…..no on-ramp to the top. DIY shows and miles in vans making friends/enemy’s and playing music you write….if you are lucky, someone on UA-cam will steal your work.
I don't think any song in rock history defined a generation as much as this one. This one song buried 80's hair metal and ushered in grunge and 90's alternative.
I was 18 years old, when this song came out. It hit me like a train. Its hard to describe for younger folks.... at the time, this sounded so real, energetic, and raw..... it was amazing. Compared to all the other fake hair metal and soft rock that was out at the time. This was like a color movie showing up when everything else was black and white. Still sounds great to me too, that song holds up, doesn't sound dated at all.
Bill Bored i was only 9, but had older siblings whom, thankfully, kept me informed on the best music. Ive heard the intro/daves snare compared to the snare which kicks off like a rolling stone. A signal to the listener that times have changed, this is different, and things will never be the same. I always appreciated that comparison
I was about 14 in freakin' Nowhere, Alabama, when this came on the local rock station. After it finished there was a pause while the reverb died, before the DJ said "what the hell was that?" (several years before the Simpsons made it a meme). No one knew just what the hell had happened but it changed everything.
Bill Bored, I agree. I was 20 years old when this came out and I could not make any stereo play this song loud enough, and I could never listen to it too many times.
it was exactly the same way for me when appetite for destruction hit. i would imagine im just a few years older than you. songs can change your life bro.
I was never a big Nirvana fan, but it’s undeniable that this song changed rock music. Glad you’ve heard it. Some folks in their late 20s and 30s react like they never have and I wonder what planet they’ve been on.
I was honored to be able to see Nirvana in concert,. And later seeing Nirvana in concert with Pearl jam and Red hot chili peppers together, what a great concert.
@@VitaliyTanki since people like Paul McCartney,David Lee Roth, Queen, john paul jones, joe walsh, jazzed to play with them. Oh, and all the platinum records and grammys dont hurt
This was the song that ushered in the entire sound of 90s rock. The radio would never sound the same again thereafter, and the influence Nirvana had on music remains to this day. While this song got a bit overexposed, it's a fun jam and a good introduction to an absolutely iconic musical artist (Kurt Cobain)
Cory Rollinson negative ghost rider. Soundgarden had a major label debut in 1989 and was the first of the Seattle bands to do so. And that was their 3rd album as well. The original old guard of the Seattle scene (The Melvins, Green River, Malfunkshun, Skin Yard.... so many that gave birth to what became lumped together by some mktg genius 🙄 as ‘grunge’).
I was big into Alice in Chains when all the folks around me were still into hair bands. The first time I heard the opening chords of this song, i knew things were about to change and my music had arrived.
Some songs bring back VERY specific memories to me. This is one of them. This song came out in late 1991 and was a HUGE hit. It was my friend Keith's favorite song. We were both 27 yrs old at the time. The following 4th of July (1992), we all went to Keith's house for a BBQ. He lived on a quiet, private dirt road. He was married and had two small children. So after sundown, he went and did fireworks in the road for his kids to see. We were all on the yard in lawnchairs watching. Then some drunk driver, fleeing the police, came speeding down this private dirt road at about 80mph and hit and killed Keith. Right in front of us. Right in front of his children. As this was his favorite song, his widow had it played at his memorial service. So when I hear this song, it doesn't bring back any happy memories. It just makes me think of watching my friend Keith being killed.
Smells Like Teen Spirit Load up on guns, bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's over-bored and self-assured Oh no, I know a dirty word Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido Yeah, hey I'm worse at what I do best And for this gift I feel blessed Our little group has always been And always will until the end Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido Yeah, hey And I forget just why I taste Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile I found it hard, it's hard to find Oh well, whatever, never mind Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido A denial, a denial, a denial, a denial, a denial A denial, a denial, a denial, a denial Songwriters: Chris Novoselic / David Grohl / Kurt Cobain
Strange you would think this song is older. When me and my friends first heard it, it sounded like nothing we ever heard before, it was fresh, raw and real. The guitar sounds were unique and came to define the 90s Alternative rock sound.
I almost fell off my chair when he said that! Figured if he knew the words after hearing it a few times in a stadium then his ear is better than mine! I didn't learn the lyrics until a few years ago! Lol
I would love for him to be like we were in 1990. We were SO. TIRED. of MTV playing hair metal every 5 minutes that when Grunge happens with music with substance, we all just jumped on it. Time for a hair metal marathon, then react to Nirvana's Lithium (and Lounge Act, the low-key best song on Nevermind)
Maaaaaaaan, this was released during my senior year of high school, in 1991....back then I had a BMW 320i with two 15" Redline woofers, two 8" Bose mids and two 3" Bose tweets, and 2 JBL amps w/fans in the trunk bumpin, one 600 watts the other 300 watts, a Zapco 24-key equalizer w/the 200 watt bass boost, runnin thru a JBL cassette deck, that system would bump LOUD...I'd drive my boys crazy when we'd cruise up and down The El Camino with my music, cuz right after I'd have "Freaky Tales" by Too Short off his Born To Mack album slappin, I'd make ears ring by playin this Nirvana album loud as hell, this vid just took me back almost 30yrs....holy hell, I'm damn near 47yrs old now, seems like life has been nothin but work, wth two combat tours in Iraq thrown in to make sure I barely sleep and have the most hellish dreams when I actually do get some shuteye....enjoy your youth people, cuz you don't wanna be leavin a comment like this under an Upchurch or Struggle Jennings vid....
@@America370 I got the full blast of nirvana in the early 90s cause I was in the beginning 20s back then. The lyrics were so suitable to my overall feelings about myself in the world... for me and lots others it was the definition of "making sense" ;)
@@Zombied77 Yeah, I was 14 and I remember going to the record store and buying this cassette tape because I'd seen the video on MTV. Bye-bye Hair Metal.
@@jimmyjennings5343 I know, I remember Reb Beach, the guitar player for Winger, saying that they were on tour back then promoting the "Pull" album when the Alternative Rock thing blew up, and then he watched on the tour bus's TV an episode of Beavis & Butthead on MTV and saw that the fat lame kid they bullied wore a Winger t-shirt and he knew his career was over.
I saw them live way back in 1991 at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit! We all were experiencing this new sound, new look, the dudes didn't wear spandex and eyeliner! This sound was sorely needed and gave a generation a voice! Gotta rep all us GenXers!!
Damn looking back I wish I would’ve gone but I was only about 15 and my dad was NOT letting me go to Saint Andrew‘s Hall!😂 Also, I didn’t become a fan of Nirvana until after I became a fan of Foo Fighters lol letting me go see NWA, ICE T, LL Cool J, third bass and M.C. Lyte was more than enough. Did they ever fix the floor?
The gateway out of 80s hairband era. Nirvana began GRUNGE! They had just that perfect touch of punk. Enmeshed with hard rock and blues. That perfect way to let out emotions.🙌🎸🎤 Hence teen spirit needing to be entertained.
Don't you just love it when you come across a tune you've "kind of heard" for years, but don't know a thing about, then get to actually sit still and LISTEN to it? I'm 58 years old and have been a huge music fan since I was old enough to sit up on my own, and I still run into tunes like that on occasion (although it's becoming harder to do with each passing year.) That's one reason I love your channel and your videos so much. Not only are your reactions so real, but you genuinely enjoy the musical journey you're on. There are a ton of reaction channels out there, but you're #1 in my book because you look like you're having just as much fun as I am. I have an absolute blast watching you discover the music I love (I think I've watched your SRV reactions a hundred times apiece - easily 100 times apiece,) and kind of re-live that feeling of discovery through you. Keep doing what you're doing, and keep being you. Peace to you and yours, my friend, and may God bless you all.
Well said I'm 54 and love seeing these younger guys react to tracks we probably took for granted as the depth and quality of music we were exposed to was so huge, tracks like this were standard. Now they sound like Bach or Mozart they are absolute genius
I was 10 years old when this song released. At the time I had only heard 80's pop and lite rock or adult contemporary that my mom listened to on the radio and thought that I just didn't like music. I didn't have a favorite song, I didn't like any bands, I didn't listen to anything. Until I changed schools and the bus driver played a rock station. Then I heard this song and it blew my little 10 year old mind. I didn't know music could sound like this and it influenced me greatly. After I heard this song, I began to listen to so much 90's rock and I found so many bands to love, all because of this song. (then 15-20 years later I would discover my dad's music and fall in love with classic rock once I was done being a teenager.)
To really understand the impact of this song, you would have to go back in time to the days of MTV where rockers all had big huge hair and wore make up. Then, out of the blue, this shows up on MTV... Its not just the look, the sound was just as different and this song right here changed our society and our culture very quickly.
Weird Al Yankovic - Smells Like Nirvana ua-cam.com/video/FklUAoZ6KxY/v-deo.html The janitor and a bunch of the people in Al's parody video are the same ones in Nirvana's video
"Woo hoo!". Classic. But a good point. EVERYBODY tried to sound like Nirvana after this album, so it makes sense you'd mistake it for another song (or 50 other songs) from that decade. 🙏❤️
I loved this song so much that after I bought the Nevermind cassette, yes cassette, I sat there going over the words until I knew every word. 🤣 I just had a jam session in my living room blaring this video. Still love this song! 🤘🏻 RIP Kurt.
@@HardRockMaster7577 Maybe...but I'd give the nod to Johnny B. Goode in '58 or Little Richard's - Tutti Frutti which was released a month before "Rock Around The Clock" in '55.
I absolutely love Nirvana ❤ he died when I was in high school (side note: During my high school years... Kurt Cobain, Tupac, and Notorious BIG, all died, ans all favorites of mine, all music legends. Such sad tragedies 🥺) I was crushed and a lot of high school students were in tears that day each of them died 💔 including me. I a lot cried a lot, Nirvana was my favorite band, it still is in my top favorite bands of all times! 💙 His voice is so incredibly amazing and so unique, I love it! ❤ Thanks again for your great reaction!! I really enjoyed it, as always!✌
oh how i loved their mtv unplugged session . i remember blowing my speakers in dts (like dolbydigital5.1 i think. not sure if dts is only a european thing lol) for months . but i always had the lyrics next to me for a while hehe
After Kurt died, the drummer Dave went on to form and sing for The Foo Fighters. Definitely worth checking out. Hard to believe he stepped out from behind the drums to become one of the biggest rock stars in one of the biggest rock bands of our time. You’d think he was already a big enough legend for being in Nirvana, but he upped the ante.
RIP Curt Cobain, Such a talented young man. I love your channel. It is so much fun to see you younger people are lovin' our music from back in the day. It always makes me feel great. Thank you and thank you to your lovely audience.
I just want to start by saying that I really like you and your family! Happy new year! Do more 90's rock! There's a lot to consume there, from Toadies: Possum Kingdom to almost literally everything else. I'm a big fan of Nine Inch Nails. I digress... I really enjoy watching your reaction videos. Bring your sister on and show some of her reactions while introducing her to some of your favorite stuff you have found, doing these reaction videos! Keep keepin' it real! Best to you and yours in the new year and tidings of comfort and joy!
I used to watch them in the dorms at The Evergreen State College circa 1988. We just thought another local punk band. They became something we never imagined.
Fun story, Kurt's friend Kathleen Hanna wrote the phrase "Kurts smells like teen spirit" on his apartment wall and that's where the title comes from. Teen spirit is a girls deodorant.
I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this song. After hearing the opening chords and the drum intro, I knew within the first 10 seconds that this song was going to be huge! It defined a generation.
This song came-out on September 24th, 1991 and blew everything else out of the water. This was a generational divide song, a worldwide cultural landmark and social manifesto. All bands dream of having a great song. Relatively few achieve that. Nirvana, on the other hand, recorded the Gen-X version of "Rock Around The Clock," "Hound Dog," "She Loves You," "Purple Haze," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Black Sabbath's self-titled debut album, "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Stairway To Heaven," "Smoke On The Water," "Rock And Roll All Nite," and Van Halen's debut album. This is one of the greatest and most important songs in music history. Please do "You Know You're Right." It was the last song this amazing band ever recorded.
@@JamesWilson-vr3ql They stuck me in an institution Said it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect me from the enemy, myself!!
Your long pause, and then "WOO HOO", followed by another pause made me laugh...I've had a rough day---THANK YOU for making me laugh! (Great song, isn't it) :-)
Jamel/Jamal - you are terrific. I support your channel. As a big Nirvana fan (we are legion, BTW, as you probably know) I was happily thinking "this guy has no idea what he's getting into."
When I first heard this song in 1991 I was hooked for life! Their album NEVERMIND changed the course of music! I listened to that album so much! Interesting thing. Never got tired of listening to t!
I guess its going to be a singalong lol This is why I love watching your reaction videos, your honesty about music and how how it affects you regardless.
First hearing this song was amazing. There were these hugely distorted guitars, then the clear, sweet single notes, and Kurt’s clear voice. I saw Nirvana sometime between 89-91, just before they broke, and their energy was amazing. RIP Kurt.
I distinctly recall way back when, seeing this video for the very first time on its debut at MTV; I was immeditaely hooked and had to go out buy their music, it was that groundbreaking (for me) in that era.
Lyrically Song 2 means nothing, more in the veins of Start Me Up, another song, that has no meaning. Not a criticism-just the way it is. It would great to see him do some more 90's British Rock.
I didn’t know that Nirvana did this song, either. I have heard this once in a while but, not often. This is one of those songs that a person will listen to if, it plays on the radio. I never got into Nirvana. The songs tended to be a little darker than I could handle at the time. This is when my husband and I were still living in the often gloomy winters, Puget Sound. I need a lot of sunshine all year long. Thanks for the reaction, Jamel.
Hey, you should check out Bad Religion. Their singer is amazing and he is a college professor with a PhD. His lyrics are very political and insightful, the harmonies are amazing, and the band sounds killer! I would recommend Sorrow, Kyoto Now, Generator, or anything off the album Stranger Than Fiction. Love the videos, keep ‘em comin’!
A very influential album (Suffer) in the punk history timeline, but I was thinking, since he might not be accustomed to punk just yet, some slightly later BR material could be a good way to start.
hey jamal, i really enjoy yours videos, maybe you can react to some punk rock music, like sex pistols, the ramones, dead kennedys or the exploited, cheers from chile keep it real bro!!!
Nirvana, Pearl Jam, STP,and Alice n Chains changed my life. I was 11 years old and my older cousin brought along her boom box to my grandma's house and we listened to them in the attic. I went from Whitney Huston, Bet Middler, and New Kids to full fledged grungy over a weekend.
The true greats are those who usher in something completely new, not just their own music, but introduce an utterly new genre, and change music in general. Even for those of us who were around at the time, it can be hard to remember decades later the sheer originality of the moment. Sometimes it's not just what a band did, but WHEN they did it...and what music was like before and after. In my mind, Nirvana stands alongside the likes of Elvis and the Beatles in this regard.
Hey Jamel great channel and really dig your commentary and views on the music you listen too and watch. I usually dont post on UA-cam, but after reading some of the comments being left about Nirvana/ Foo Fighters etc etc I just cant keep my comments to myself. Like them or not, Nirvana is easliy one of the biggest and most influential bands from the 90s. No one sounded like them. No one played like them. No one really did what they did. That being said, The Foo Fighters also are a unique band in their own right. You cannot compare the 2. Just because they have 2 members that were in both bands does not mean they are the same.
This song saved my life. In 1991, we the reagan/bush era promise us we were all going to be rich and be part of a country club. It was the end of excess and greed. This revolution was not sexist, racist, homophobic, etc. They actually did concerts to support women's rights (often performing in dresses), gay pride, and inner city schools. This was all for equality Wanting what you have..not having all you want. I was at peace with being poor..and my goal wasn't to get a big house and be rich.. It was to ENJOY life for all its beauty. That beauty is inside you from the moment you were born, just waiting to be discovered and cherished.
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My 15 minutes of fame .
I'm the guy sitting down left of screen . White T and long shorts . Long hair . 15 years old . Just before the first hello, how low part .
Never knew it would be historic moment.
Awesome. Burton C. Bell, singer of Fear Factory was in there as well
Do you search for every smells like teen spirit and post this? I would
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Hello, I admire you and I really love your channel. Could you played El Coleadero by Jorge Negrete ? Thanks!
Wow, how'd you get in it?
The "Woohoo" song is a song from the band Blur called "Song 2".
Randy Cooper lmao you know they wrote that song to troll people as nirvana cause noone could understand the lyrics right?
@@tacgames8217 I have a nirvana box set and still don't know the lyrics lol.
The intro is very similar.
When he said Woo Hoo in the beginning I was like "Wrong Song".
It's also a style parody of American grunge rock
This was probably the most influential song of the 90's. RIP Kurt Cobain.
The Theme song for Gen-X!!!!
Sent all that shitty hair metal packing
is he really saying he's never heard of this song?
Probably ever!
This song changed EVERYTHING. This song defined the 90's.
Nirvana literally saved rock and roll at the time. This decade needs saving, who is next?
It doesn't work like that anymore. The internet came and changed how music spreads and gets popular. Everyone has access to everything now, so it's not going to happen again. Nirvana ended just before the internet started.
I think it's possinle that it happens again, but if it does, it has to be a time-transcending band like Nirvana or The Beatles, and that will probably never happen again. We as humans at a cusp in music
@@alukuhito Agreed. There are no A&R people signing, MTV no longer a kingmaker…..no on-ramp to the top. DIY shows and miles in vans making friends/enemy’s and playing music you write….if you are lucky, someone on UA-cam will steal your work.
Disturbed
Whoever it is we need them FAST. 😂
if a song can define a generation, or a change in pop culture, then this is it
And it fucking did!
Oh well, whatever, never mind.
FACTS
It was a sea change. I had spent a lot of time watching upcoming bands in little clubs and had never heard ANYTHING like that. It was amazing.
I don't think any song in rock history defined a generation as much as this one. This one song buried 80's hair metal and ushered in grunge and 90's alternative.
I was 18 years old, when this song came out. It hit me like a train. Its hard to describe for younger folks.... at the time, this sounded so real, energetic, and raw..... it was amazing. Compared to all the other fake hair metal and soft rock that was out at the time. This was like a color movie showing up when everything else was black and white. Still sounds great to me too, that song holds up, doesn't sound dated at all.
Bill Bored i was only 9, but had older siblings whom, thankfully, kept me informed on the best music. Ive heard the intro/daves snare compared to the snare which kicks off like a rolling stone. A signal to the listener that times have changed, this is different, and things will never be the same. I always appreciated that comparison
I was about 14 in freakin' Nowhere, Alabama, when this came on the local rock station. After it finished there was a pause while the reverb died, before the DJ said "what the hell was that?" (several years before the Simpsons made it a meme). No one knew just what the hell had happened but it changed everything.
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Bill Bored, I agree. I was 20 years old when this came out and I could not make any stereo play this song loud enough, and I could never listen to it too many times.
it was exactly the same way for me when appetite for destruction hit. i would imagine im just a few years older than you. songs can change your life bro.
I was never a big Nirvana fan, but it’s undeniable that this song changed rock music. Glad you’ve heard it. Some folks in their late 20s and 30s react like they never have and I wonder what planet they’ve been on.
I was honored to be able to see Nirvana in concert,. And later seeing Nirvana in concert with Pearl jam and Red hot chili peppers together, what a great concert.
I was there, too!
the drummer ended up forming another legendary band Foo Fighters with him as the vocalist and guitars
since FF become legendary? lol
@@VitaliyTanki they kinda are mainstream... The fact that u dont like them, doesnt mean they are not legendary... oh also, your grammar sucks!
His name is Dave Grohl
VitaliyTanki David Grohl ROCKS and I’m a 74 yr old lady
@@VitaliyTanki since people like Paul McCartney,David Lee Roth, Queen, john paul jones, joe walsh, jazzed to play with them. Oh, and all the platinum records and grammys dont hurt
This was the song that ushered in the entire sound of 90s rock. The radio would never sound the same again thereafter, and the influence Nirvana had on music remains to this day. While this song got a bit overexposed, it's a fun jam and a good introduction to an absolutely iconic musical artist (Kurt Cobain)
Yep, Poison, Motley Crue, Cinderella and all those bands heard this on the radio and collectively said "F*** we're all out of jobs."
Honestly they were the first and BEST grunge band ever
Cory Rollinson negative ghost rider. Soundgarden had a major label debut in 1989 and was the first of the Seattle bands to do so. And that was their 3rd album as well. The original old guard of the Seattle scene (The Melvins, Green River, Malfunkshun, Skin Yard.... so many that gave birth to what became lumped together by some mktg genius 🙄 as ‘grunge’).
@@special420player They were the best, but hardly the first. I'd argue that Green River gets that distinction.
I was big into Alice in Chains when all the folks around me were still into hair bands. The first time I heard the opening chords of this song, i knew things were about to change and my music had arrived.
Some songs bring back VERY specific memories to me. This is one of them. This song came out in late 1991 and was a HUGE hit. It was my friend Keith's favorite song. We were both 27 yrs old at the time. The following 4th of July (1992), we all went to Keith's house for a BBQ. He lived on a quiet, private dirt road. He was married and had two small children. So after sundown, he went and did fireworks in the road for his kids to see. We were all on the yard in lawnchairs watching. Then some drunk driver, fleeing the police, came speeding down this private dirt road at about 80mph and hit and killed Keith. Right in front of us. Right in front of his children. As this was his favorite song, his widow had it played at his memorial service. So when I hear this song, it doesn't bring back any happy memories. It just makes me think of watching my friend Keith being killed.
Another Nirvana request is "Come As You Are"
Great suggestion!
Love it !
I love Come As You Are so much. Breaks my heart a little every time I hear it.
My favorite
Heart Shaped Box
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Load up on guns, bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over-bored and self-assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido
Yeah, hey
I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido
Yeah, hey
And I forget just why I taste
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard, it's hard to find
Oh well, whatever, never mind
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido
A denial, a denial, a denial, a denial, a denial
A denial, a denial, a denial, a denial
Songwriters: Chris Novoselic / David Grohl / Kurt Cobain
Yeah I seen afterwards
@@jamelakajamal HA! 2020
Probably the most famous song of the '90s. I'm shook every time I hear it.
Strange you would think this song is older. When me and my friends first heard it, it sounded like nothing we ever heard before, it was fresh, raw and real. The guitar sounds were unique and came to define the 90s Alternative rock sound.
“I guess it’s gonna be a singalong” and Kurt starts mumbling 😆
🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅😅
I almost fell off my chair when he said that! Figured if he knew the words after hearing it a few times in a stadium then his ear is better than mine! I didn't learn the lyrics until a few years ago! Lol
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Yeah I thought "if you can...". 😂 I know most of the lyrics because they're in the CD booklet but it's been a long time since I read it.
I have 3 requests
1 More grunge
2 More grunge
3 More grunge
Any of these will do just fine. Thanx
I would love for him to be like we were in 1990. We were SO. TIRED. of MTV playing hair metal every 5 minutes that when Grunge happens with music with substance, we all just jumped on it. Time for a hair metal marathon, then react to Nirvana's Lithium (and Lounge Act, the low-key best song on Nevermind)
I like this request
grunge was about before nirvina ,mud money butthole surfers wedding present and lots more 1986 it started full
Totally hear that
Fuck yeah
Maaaaaaaan, this was released during my senior year of high school, in 1991....back then I had a BMW 320i with two 15" Redline woofers, two 8" Bose mids and two 3" Bose tweets, and 2 JBL amps w/fans in the trunk bumpin, one 600 watts the other 300 watts, a Zapco 24-key equalizer w/the 200 watt bass boost, runnin thru a JBL cassette deck, that system would bump LOUD...I'd drive my boys crazy when we'd cruise up and down The El Camino with my music, cuz right after I'd have "Freaky Tales" by Too Short off his Born To Mack album slappin, I'd make ears ring by playin this Nirvana album loud as hell, this vid just took me back almost 30yrs....holy hell, I'm damn near 47yrs old now, seems like life has been nothin but work, wth two combat tours in Iraq thrown in to make sure I barely sleep and have the most hellish dreams when I actually do get some shuteye....enjoy your youth people, cuz you don't wanna be leavin a comment like this under an Upchurch or Struggle Jennings vid....
"WOOOHOOO" 😍😂 Man you are so adorable. I really love your sweet reaction. You have one big fans from Slovakia. God bless you 😘
“I don’t really know the lyrics.” My response: nobody does.
That's what the Weird Al version is all about.
I literally know every word but they don’t make any sense. 🤣
a leditto
@@America370 I got the full blast of nirvana in the early 90s cause I was in the beginning 20s back then. The lyrics were so suitable to my overall feelings about myself in the world... for me and lots others it was the definition of "making sense" ;)
john day I thought it was ‘my libido’
Your face when the drums came in is the same face we all made back in 1991 when this came out.
This song blew my 13 year old mind. There was no going back.
Yup. This song changed MTVs whole format, and the pop music scene as a whole. This song literally killed the hair metal era
@@Zombied77 Same, but I was 18. It changed everything.
@@Zombied77 Yeah, I was 14 and I remember going to the record store and buying this cassette tape because I'd seen the video on MTV. Bye-bye Hair Metal.
@@jimmyjennings5343 I know, I remember Reb Beach, the guitar player for Winger, saying that they were on tour back then promoting the "Pull" album when the Alternative Rock thing blew up, and then he watched on the tour bus's TV an episode of Beavis & Butthead on MTV and saw that the fat lame kid they bullied wore a Winger t-shirt and he knew his career was over.
I grew up with pretty much everything you're listening to, but your enthusiasm is infectious...making me appreciate it even more. Thank you for that.
I WAS Waiting for this one my mane!!! Song that made em famous and started a revolution. That's hasn't been even close since them
I saw them live way back in 1991 at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit! We all were experiencing this new sound, new look, the dudes didn't wear spandex and eyeliner! This sound was sorely needed and gave a generation a voice! Gotta rep all us GenXers!!
I was there too.
God damned right..represent lol
Gen X here!
Damn looking back I wish I would’ve gone but I was only about 15 and my dad was NOT letting me go to Saint Andrew‘s Hall!😂 Also, I didn’t become a fan of Nirvana until after I became a fan of Foo Fighters lol letting me go see NWA, ICE T, LL Cool J, third bass and M.C. Lyte was more than enough.
Did they ever fix the floor?
The song that killed the 80's hair metal scene.
80's hair metal killed 80's hair metal.
@@kenthayer2905 Yup. It had already turned into a parody of itself.
@@kenthayer2905 💀💯
Thank Satan for that.
I remember when that happened. Lol
This song changed everything. i was 21 at the time and loved heavy metal. RIP 1980s heavy metal music.
I love this reaction so much. You are the man!
The gateway out of 80s hairband era. Nirvana began GRUNGE! They had just that perfect touch of punk. Enmeshed with hard rock and blues. That perfect way to let out emotions.🙌🎸🎤 Hence teen spirit needing to be entertained.
Faith No More's "Epic" was a precursor.
Don't you just love it when you come across a tune you've "kind of heard" for years, but don't know a thing about, then get to actually sit still and LISTEN to it? I'm 58 years old and have been a huge music fan since I was old enough to sit up on my own, and I still run into tunes like that on occasion (although it's becoming harder to do with each passing year.) That's one reason I love your channel and your videos so much. Not only are your reactions so real, but you genuinely enjoy the musical journey you're on. There are a ton of reaction channels out there, but you're #1 in my book because you look like you're having just as much fun as I am. I have an absolute blast watching you discover the music I love (I think I've watched your SRV reactions a hundred times apiece - easily 100 times apiece,) and kind of re-live that feeling of discovery through you. Keep doing what you're doing, and keep being you. Peace to you and yours, my friend, and may God bless you all.
Well said I'm 54 and love seeing these younger guys react to tracks we probably took for granted as the depth and quality of music we were exposed to was so huge, tracks like this were standard. Now they sound like Bach or Mozart they are absolute genius
Mark Lindsay CNC I'm 56. Love the reaction!
I just found you and I've been watching you react for like 3 hours to so many songs i love from so many genres. Love that you are so eclectic.
I was 10 years old when this song released. At the time I had only heard 80's pop and lite rock or adult contemporary that my mom listened to on the radio and thought that I just didn't like music. I didn't have a favorite song, I didn't like any bands, I didn't listen to anything. Until I changed schools and the bus driver played a rock station. Then I heard this song and it blew my little 10 year old mind. I didn't know music could sound like this and it influenced me greatly. After I heard this song, I began to listen to so much 90's rock and I found so many bands to love, all because of this song. (then 15-20 years later I would discover my dad's music and fall in love with classic rock once I was done being a teenager.)
To really understand the impact of this song, you would have to go back in time to the days of MTV where rockers all had big huge hair and wore make up. Then, out of the blue, this shows up on MTV...
Its not just the look, the sound was just as different and this song right here changed our society and our culture very quickly.
For a real trip...watch the official video for Weird Al Yankovic's "Smells Like Nirvana"...the video sends up this one. It's hysterical!
When i 1st asked for this single on a cassette from my mom she ended up buying me the Wierd Al version instead. Man, that was a long time ago!!!
The videos are on YT, where Al talks about the phone call where he asked Kurt Cobain to use this song, its pretty funny.
That is AN ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT!!!!
Weird Al Yankovic - Smells Like Nirvana
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The janitor and a bunch of the people in Al's parody video are the same ones in Nirvana's video
Thank you! Just got to see the parody for the first time; that was hilarious!
Fun Fact: During the recording of this song, Kurt screamed so much that he lost his voice and was spitting up blood. True musicianship right there.
As someone who hit their early 20's in Seattle at the opening of the 90's, this was part of the soundtrack of my life.
If you are gonna do any other Nirvana, check out "Heart-Shaped Box".
One of the best!
And Dive, Sappy and About a Girl! By the way I love Drain You too!
"Woo hoo!". Classic. But a good point. EVERYBODY tried to sound like Nirvana after this album, so it makes sense you'd mistake it for another song (or 50 other songs) from that decade. 🙏❤️
Yeah 😅
Man I'm gonna be completely honest, your reactions are the best bro. Keep it up!
I don’t know you and your video appeared in my feed like magic but you’re awesome.
I loved this song so much that after I bought the Nevermind cassette, yes cassette, I sat there going over the words until I knew every word. 🤣 I just had a jam session in my living room blaring this video. Still love this song! 🤘🏻 RIP Kurt.
but....that would mean....you’re in your....
er4smiths yep... OLD! 🤷🏼♀️😭
Stephanie Glenn I’m just messin with you. I’m sure I’m older !
er4smiths oh I know 😁 I’m 40 😱
Stephanie Glenn awww a young whipper snapper!
Did you know the drummer looks exactly like Dave Ghrol lol 😂😂😂
@Marc Poindexter whoosh!
@Marc Poindexter O RLY U DO NOT SAY
Marc Poindexter lol i thought you fell for it and then saw the “just messin with ya” 😂
@Marc Poindexter lucky for you 😂😂😂
@Marc Poindexter yeah , the new stuff isn't as good . Too much computer and to polished for me.
The most musically transformative song since "She Loves You" in 1964.
No one turn Jamal on to the Beatles?
And before that "Rock Around The Clock."
@@HardRockMaster7577 Maybe...but I'd give the nod to Johnny B. Goode in '58 or Little Richard's - Tutti Frutti which was released a month before "Rock Around The Clock" in '55.
I absolutely love Nirvana ❤ he died when I was in high school (side note: During my high school years... Kurt Cobain, Tupac, and Notorious BIG, all died, ans all favorites of mine, all music legends. Such sad tragedies 🥺)
I was crushed and a lot of high school students were in tears that day each of them died 💔 including me. I a lot cried a lot, Nirvana was my favorite band, it still is in my top favorite bands of all times! 💙
His voice is so incredibly amazing and so unique, I love it! ❤ Thanks again for your great reaction!! I really enjoyed it, as always!✌
oh how i loved their mtv unplugged session . i remember blowing my speakers in dts (like dolbydigital5.1 i think. not sure if dts is only a european thing lol) for months . but i always had the lyrics next to me for a while hehe
After Kurt died, the drummer Dave went on to form and sing for The Foo Fighters. Definitely worth checking out. Hard to believe he stepped out from behind the drums to become one of the biggest rock stars in one of the biggest rock bands of our time. You’d think he was already a big enough legend for being in Nirvana, but he upped the ante.
RIP Curt Cobain, Such a talented young man. I love your channel. It is so much fun to see you younger people are lovin' our music from back in the day. It always makes me feel great. Thank you and thank you to your lovely audience.
I just want to start by saying that I really like you and your family! Happy new year!
Do more 90's rock! There's a lot to consume there, from Toadies: Possum Kingdom to almost literally everything else. I'm a big fan of Nine Inch Nails. I digress...
I really enjoy watching your reaction videos. Bring your sister on and show some of her reactions while introducing her to some of your favorite stuff you have found, doing these reaction videos!
Keep keepin' it real! Best to you and yours in the new year and tidings of comfort and joy!
“Negative creep” if u wanna hear them go crazzy. Get goosebumps everytime he hits that scream jn this one.
Fuck yeah!
Anything from bleach or Insecticide
gripenfelter yea their best shit is on these
Yesss now its stuck in my head
I used to watch them in the dorms at The Evergreen State College circa 1988. We just thought another local punk band. They became something we never imagined.
We played this song in band in the '90s. The whole world latched on to Smells Like Teen Spirit immediately.
Dude, I watch you all the time. Keep on. I laugh my ass off to these.
Punk Rock/Grunge,heavy metal rock n roll,I love it,Youth`s gone wild,most are Rebellious,always a reason for reactions and aggression.
Fun story, Kurt's friend Kathleen Hanna wrote the phrase "Kurts smells like teen spirit" on his apartment wall and that's where the title comes from. Teen spirit is a girls deodorant.
I'm not sure if this is true, but I've heard in some versions of the story that his girlfriend at the time, Tobi Vail, used that deodorant.
This song shook teenage me! I came in from school turned the television to MTV and stayed on my knees-totally mesmerized!!!
Love your videos mate ! cheers from Manchester UK
I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this song. After hearing the opening chords and the drum intro, I knew within the first 10 seconds that this song was going to be huge! It defined a generation.
Same here! I was mesmerized!
"I find it hard, it's hard to find … oh well, whatever, nevermind…." amazing
you should check out the MTV unplugged "Man who sold the world"
This song came-out on September 24th, 1991 and blew everything else out of the water. This was a generational divide song, a worldwide cultural landmark and social manifesto. All bands dream of having a great song. Relatively few achieve that. Nirvana, on the other hand, recorded the Gen-X version of "Rock Around The Clock," "Hound Dog," "She Loves You," "Purple Haze," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Black Sabbath's self-titled debut album, "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Stairway To Heaven," "Smoke On The Water," "Rock And Roll All Nite," and Van Halen's debut album. This is one of the greatest and most important songs in music history.
Please do "You Know You're Right." It was the last song this amazing band ever recorded.
Nirvana was one of the forerunners, if not the original, for the entire Grunge Rock genre. This song was the anthem of my generation.
Back in the day
I saw this video and said to myself "wow, things have changed, this is a new movement, a new sensibility - what does it mean?"
Institutionalized by suicidal tendencies aka Pepsi song is a must listen
just 1 pepsi
The WHOLE Freedumb album!!!
@@jasondunken and she wouldnt give it to me
I'm not crazy!
You're the one that's crazy!
You're driving me crazy!
@@JamesWilson-vr3ql They stuck me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself!!
Your long pause, and then "WOO HOO", followed by another pause made me laugh...I've had a rough day---THANK YOU for making me laugh! (Great song, isn't it) :-)
Jamel/Jamal - you are terrific. I support your channel. As a big Nirvana fan (we are legion, BTW, as you probably know) I was happily thinking "this guy has no idea what he's getting into."
Nirvana-Pennyroyal tea
Nirvana-scentless apprentice
Nirvana-Aero Zeppelin
The best of Nirvana for me
Pennyroyal tea is one of my fav if not fav
"I found it hard, it's hard to find, oh well, whatever, nevermind" probably my favorite lyric of all time
When I first heard this song in 1991 I was hooked for life! Their album NEVERMIND changed the course of music! I listened to that album so much! Interesting thing. Never got tired of listening to t!
I guess its going to be a singalong lol
This is why I love watching your reaction videos, your honesty about music and how how it affects you regardless.
Jamal: I don’t know the lyrics
Everybody else: we know, just go along with it
Lol, nobody really knows the lyrics.😉
“Oh well, whatever, never mind” - that’s all we need to hear and know.
❤ That and "here we are now, entertain us".
First hearing this song was amazing. There were these hugely distorted guitars, then the clear, sweet single notes, and Kurt’s clear voice.
I saw Nirvana sometime between 89-91, just before they broke, and their energy was amazing. RIP Kurt.
Loved your reaction!
we should turn him on to some older Tool like Lateralus.
React to nirvana - in bloom
Please!!!
I second this...the video..
Me too
Love your videos and reactions!
I distinctly recall way back when, seeing this video for the very first time on its debut at MTV; I was immeditaely hooked and had to go out buy their music, it was that groundbreaking (for me) in that era.
The rest in peace at the end was a nice touch.
Deftones - 7 Words, My Own Summer, Be Quiet And Drive.
Gotta add "you've seen the butcher" gotta love the crunchy ass bass in the beginning
Nirvana and the Beatles are the most influential bands of all time. Period.
Love the moment when you can put a song you heard many times to the artist and the video.. Like having a lightbulb moment...
Alice in Chains - Junkhead (Live)
The song you were thinking of is called Song 2 by Blur. You should react to it
Mitch Maldonado I agree. Would love to see some Blur reactions. Song 2, Boys & Girls, Park Life, Crazy Beat
Lyrically Song 2 means nothing, more in the veins of Start Me Up, another song, that has no meaning. Not a criticism-just the way it is. It would great to see him do some more 90's British Rock.
But he already knows the song. I like Blur but the Song 2 video isn’t much to shake a stick at
I didn’t know that Nirvana did this song, either. I have heard this once in a while but, not often. This is one of those songs that a person will listen to if, it plays on the radio. I never got into Nirvana. The songs tended to be a little darker than I could handle at the time. This is when my husband and I were still living in the often gloomy winters, Puget Sound. I need a lot of sunshine all year long. Thanks for the reaction, Jamel.
Pure energy!!! Absolutely love this song!!!
Hey, you should check out Bad Religion. Their singer is amazing and he is a college
professor with a PhD. His lyrics are very political and insightful, the harmonies are amazing, and the band sounds killer! I would recommend Sorrow, Kyoto Now, Generator, or anything off the album Stranger Than Fiction. Love the videos, keep ‘em comin’!
Greg Griffin is awesome. 👍🏻
"Fuck armageddon this is hell"
I always like to start people off with "Do What You Want"
Dr Hambone. Graffin is the man!😎
A very influential album (Suffer) in the punk history timeline, but I was thinking, since he might not be accustomed to punk just yet, some slightly later BR material could be a good way to start.
@Ron Lewenberg Agreed👍
hey jamal, i really enjoy yours videos, maybe you can react to some punk rock music, like sex pistols, the ramones, dead kennedys or the exploited, cheers from chile keep it real bro!!!
Holiday in Cambodia!
I second that!!
yess
He should do a reaction on the Repoman soundtrack
Don't forget The Clash
Nirvana, Pearl Jam, STP,and Alice n Chains changed my life. I was 11 years old and my older cousin brought along her boom box to my grandma's house and we listened to them in the attic. I went from Whitney Huston, Bet Middler, and New Kids to full fledged grungy over a weekend.
The true greats are those who usher in something completely new, not just their own music, but introduce an utterly new genre, and change music in general. Even for those of us who were around at the time, it can be hard to remember decades later the sheer originality of the moment. Sometimes it's not just what a band did, but WHEN they did it...and what music was like before and after. In my mind, Nirvana stands alongside the likes of Elvis and the Beatles in this regard.
Now you have to watch Foo Fighters with Everlong
Yes, since the drummer for Nirvana is the lead for Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl
"Weird Al" "Smells like Nirvana" Will mess with you if you know the song and not the lyrics.
Definitely react to Weird Al's Smells Like Nirvana. 😂
This would really be perfect after Jamal admitted he couldn’t understand the lyrics!
yes,you have to check out weird al's version
No. Please.
Hey Jamel great channel and really dig your commentary and views on the music you listen too and watch.
I usually dont post on UA-cam, but after reading some of the comments being left about Nirvana/ Foo Fighters etc etc I just cant keep my comments to myself.
Like them or not, Nirvana is easliy one of the biggest and most influential bands from the 90s. No one sounded like them. No one played like them. No one really did what they did.
That being said, The Foo Fighters also are a unique band in their own right. You cannot compare the 2. Just because they have 2 members that were in both bands does not mean they are the same.
Friends hat and listening to Nirvana. 2 of my favorite things. Subscribed.
For something a bit faster and intense of theirs, try "Territorial Pissings" and "Negative Creep"
aeneurysm (live at the paramount is a good version) and breed are also good examples
I appreciate your honesty. U keeps it real dude. So many faker ass reactors out here. Keep up the good work!
Thanks J
i love this channel you have good taste sir
I'll never forget the day I saw this on MTV....the shock heard round the world. #RIP Kurt
This song was the changing of the guard. 80's hair metal died the day this song came out.
When my spouse and I saw this vid for the 1st time on MTV we knew we were witnessing something revolutionary...a Grand Canyon-level game changer.
Got react to LA's own Red Hot Chili Peppers Breaking the Girl. Watch the video not the live version.
I love your slang Jamel, i must laughing everytime
This song saved my life. In 1991, we the reagan/bush era promise us we were all going to be rich and be part of a country club. It was the end of excess and greed. This revolution was not sexist, racist, homophobic, etc. They actually did concerts to support women's rights (often performing in dresses), gay pride, and inner city schools. This was all for equality Wanting what you have..not having all you want. I was at peace with being poor..and my goal wasn't to get a big house and be rich.. It was to ENJOY life for all its beauty. That beauty is inside you from the moment you were born, just waiting to be discovered and cherished.