When Weird Al asked permission to parody Nirvanna, the band thought it was funny that the song was going to be about how people couldn't understand the lyrics.
@@DianeJenningsWeird Al wasn't legally obligated to ask permission since his version would be parody. Al made a choice for himself to ask for permission and accept no for answer. Only 1 or 2 people ever said no btw.
I don’t disagree because they did change the Rock landscape nearly overnight but for discussion purposes I’ll say Linkin Park was also groundbreaking in bringing their take on Rock to the masses.
If you're going to throw Zeppelin in there, then you have to throw-in Metallica. Two bands that took what was going on already and made it heavy. Elvis, Beatles, Nirvana, invented, where diverse in sound, influenced at a peak level, and created a structure so successful they call it "pop" too which nobody else has been able to re-create a structure to remove the old, ergo it becomes common. Zep were session men who came together when the 60's were over and had already designed, created, and plowed the road, stole TOO MANY songs, and made them heavy. One sound, one voice style, and a podophile to offer a lengthy guitar solo.
@@jamesbuckingham357 James tell us how you feel lol. I do agree with some of your opinions, but Zep and even the Beatles nicked stuff from other artists, that is how music Evolves. Even bands like Yes, King Crimson, and Rush did the same. Heck even Frank Zappa drew from other artist before him. As for creativity and originality, I would say Black Sabbath is above Zep, however, you can't deny the influence they have had on music and culture. As for Metallica, I'd rather listen to paint dry.
I sometimes cry when I see Curt in videos. Most heartbreaking thing from my early years. I got to see Nirvana live at the Roskilde Festival in 1992, just a few hours after our little nation of Denmark had won the European Soccer Championships in a total upset of mighty Germany. Curt even congratulated us, even if I'm not too sure he knew what we had won ;) Nirvana expressed the pain of youngness at the time (both the height and the ending of the Cold War). They would have been huge today as well ... well, they still are, actually ;) Rest in Peace, Curt. We miss you so much. I would have loved seeing you turn into an old codger, but it wasn't to be. Now I have to do it on my own.
I'd forgotten how incredible the imagery was in this video. I also remember how crisp, clear, and well-filmed it was at the time. Thanks for the throw back!
I remember when Nirvana first made it big. They were fairly obscure before that, and then a boom! It was a game changer, just about everyone was blown away when Smells Like Teen Spirit came out
I was a freshman at Michigan State. A kid in the dorm said listen to THIS. These guys are from Seattle. I didn't know shit about Seattle. Two months later the entire midwest knew about Seattle.
i was not a fan of them until this song come out, then i listen to the other songs again. Heart Shaped Box is still there best song. but don't get me wrong, they got some other good songs.
The “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video, released a few years before that one, was the video that really made them popular. My favorite Nirvana song actually belongs to David Bowie “The Man Who Sold the World.”
A classmate of my son at Hudson Bay High School in Vancouver (the first one), Washington is in the crowd shots on the "Smells like teen spirit" music video shot in Seattle, Washington. Both my son, and most of his friends where big Nirvana fans.
The alternative era was one of my favorite times in music. It killed off lame hair metal, but unfortunately only lasted a few years before Britney Spears and boy bands took over. Still, it was great while it lasted. During part of the time I was stationed in Idaho, so I was able to see several of the Seattle/Pacific Northwest region bands play live, either in Boise or on trips to Washington. One of my favorites was a band called Coffin Break. I thought they would be stars post-Nirvana, but they never took off. Oh, and since you have a self-professed lack of knowledge in popular music, I should mention that Nirvana's drummer, Dave Grohl, went on to form the band Foo Fighters. It's highly probable you've heard some of their music, even if you weren't aware of it. Favorite type of potato: French fries. Or chips, pomme frites, patatas fritas, whatever.
To me it's one of the best SOUNDING rock songs ever. Guitars are harsh but not ear piercing, instruments go extremely well together: it's creamy, warm but still noisy and ambient sounding. As soon as the chorus hits it starts pulsating immediately so you can't help but bop your head, mostly because of how well the bass drum and the bass guitar push the whole song forward and forward. Steve Albini and the mastering engineer on this album really did a great job capturing and sculpting a fabulous sound.
@@Saintphoenix86 Well, its punk actually. Grunge is a term used for all bands created in Seattle around 1990, even if they sound way different (and indeed most of them do). Also Kurt himself said Nirvana is a punk band
@@Saintphoenix86 I said rock because I didn't want to narrow it down just to grunge (which turned out to be a generic and unclear term too). I think it's the best sounding in all of rock- including all genres.
So I've heard this song a million times. Mostly thanks to local rock radio station still having the same 10 bands from the 90s on heavy rotation. First time seeing the video was just now on this channel. True story.
I’m starting to realize that as many times as I have heard this song, and despite what my memory thinks, I have never understood more then 3 or 4 words in the whole song.
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If you're interested in like a crash course on the 5 main bands that the Grunge genre was built by, I STRONGLY recommend checking out: Alice In Chains' song 'The Rooster' - I think of their frontman, Layne Staley (RIP) as the Lion Of Grunge. When he opened his mouth this unearthly roar came out. And Jerry Cantrell (founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter) is also incredible. AIC is the darkest of the 5 main Grunge bands. Grim, mournful, and powered by Layne's roar and Jerry's voice, and the incredible ability to harmonize between them. Pearl Jam's songs 'Jeremy' or 'Black' - DESPITE Pearl Jam actually being the newest of the 5 founding Grunge bands, their frontman, Eddie Vedder, is kinda like the Godfather of Grunge. Or the Old Hound of Grunge. He opens his mouth and out rumbles ancient mournful wistful tormented howls. He comes off as like....the big brother to the genre. It's hard to describe Pearl Jam, other than to say that the way they sound feels rooted in an older era. They're from the 90s, but they feel like they're rooted in the 60s or 70s. Like their vibe and Eddie's voice are conjuring memories and visions of childhood playing in the woods, playing by the old train tracks, school yards, something semi-rural, something before the modern age of TV and video games. Old timey cars, social events out in the yard.... It's truly impossible to explain what I mean or why I mean it. I don't really understand it. He's conjuring the essence of memories, even if it's stuff that you've never experienced. Wistful memories. Painful memories. Sometimes warm memories. Soundgarden's song 'Spoonman' - their frontman, Chris Cornell (RIP) was kinda like the Wolf Of Grunge. Like Layne, he had an absolutely UNREAL voice, and when he opened his mouth he could unleash unearthly howls. Chris Cornell was one of the most epic voices of all-time. I preferred Layne's voice, but Chris Cornell was master of a MUCH wider range of styles and vibes. After Soundgarden, Chris Cornell would go on to become the frontman of the rock supergroup Audioslave, which was EVEN BETTER - featuring Chris Cornell backed by the band from Rage Against The Machine. Stone Temple Pilots' song 'Interstate Love Song'. STP are like the.........California/beach vibes version of Grunge. I don't really know how to tell you why that is.....other than that they're literally from California. But somehow that comes through in their sound too. They're lighter and refreshing. BOTH of STP's first two lead singers died. Scott Weiland (THE lead singer), and Chester Bennington (the frontman for Linkin Park). Together with Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Stone Temple Pilots are the essential core and founders of the Grunge genre. They may or may not have been the first bands in the genre, but they're DEFINITELY the ones who cemented it as a genre. . As a side note, Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder also briefly had a supergroup called Temple Of The Dog. As you might imagine, it's kind of a combo of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Eddie Vedder is also the last of the original 5 frontmen alive, so at this point Eddie Vedder and Jerry Cantrell are pretty much the elder statesmen of the whole genre. It must be super hard and strange to be the last men standing, because a lot of these guys were friends. Like Jerry Cantrell lived with Eddie Vedder AND Chris Cornell.
Love the look of horror on your face😂 I'm a literalist, so I have absolutely no chance of catching the meaning even if I listened a thousand times. But I respect those who do get it, 👏👏👏
As an individual of Generation X I guess that this fits into my musical style. Understanding and getting into the music of my generation isn't that hard it however nowadays might be a lost ability.
@@scottfrazier1618 Well...I am for some reason felling a little older now. That little one doesn't know what an old song is then. The Star Spangled Banner is one of the oldest songs I can think of at the moment. Well perhaps some classical music but I don't know what the names of them are. The day that I hear that Nirvana is an oldie I have to reevaluate what I think of as time.
Yay! Chewie is back!! Rumor has it he was traveling throughout Europe sightseeing and working on a travel guide for loveable fur children. The guides working title is "The Traveling Furs"! Again it's just a rumor :)
Kurt Cobain was one of the pioneers of the Grunge scene. Grunge is characterized by the dark guitar and the strange sounds it could make when not tuned completely also the overlaid noise also is a factor. The fashion of Grunge is quite noticeable as its a lot of used clothing like plaid shirts and clothes that look very messy or aren't fitting right as they are second hand often bought from goodwill or second-hand stores. not like today with to hyper-oversized rappers or the neat pop singers.
"Grunge" was just a label the media gave to the eclectic group of modern rock bands that emerged into the mainstream in the early 1990s. "Alternative" was another term used interchangeably with grunge, which begs the question: an alternative to what? Namely, the tired old classic rock acts that had been around for 20+ years, and the grandiose hair bands that had dominated the 1980s. The media needed terms like "grunge" and "alternative" to differentiate between the new modern rock bands and what preceded them. When it came to the modern rock bands themselves, many couldn't stand terms like grunge that were employed to define them. On that note, Nirvana would not call themselves "pioneers of grunge" since the grunge label was a term that the media came up with to pigeonhole them rather than to understand them.
For those of you who don’t know, Nirvana is in a sub genre of rock known as grunge rock, which is influenced by punk and metal music, it’s started in the 90’s in Seattle, same thing like bands like Melvins, mudhoney, Alice in chains, Soundgarden, and pearl jam
I'm a Gen-Xer, and I remember exactly where I was standing when the news broke about Kurt Cobain's $uicide. I wasn't a massive fan of theirs, but I did enjoy the music. Everyone called Cobain "The voice of our generation"..... and because of the pressure put on him, he opted out. I remember how my peers were devastated by that event.
foo fighters have made the same album over and over again since the late nineties. the newest album was a bunch of TERRIBLY MIXED HORSE SHIT, and is still the same sound they’ve had since the nineties. a totally one dimensional band intended to appeal to low iq simple people. Dave’s not a bad musician at all, but he can’t compare to kurt in the slightest.
I’ve never been able to make heads or tales of this song, but I’ve always found the imagery in the lyrics so very disturbing, so I think I’d like to listen to it again with that meaning in mind.
I was never a big fan of Nirvana or grunge rock but it has its place in the rock era and helped influence other rock musicians to expand beyond what we had considered what rock music was.
Never really got into Nirvana, preferring Audioslave, Alice in Chains, Collective Soul, Garbage, or Soundgarden. But, Nirvana really did kick off the whole "grunge rock/Seattle sound" that opened up music markets to those groups. Good reaction to the video! Glad to see Chewie back in his perch. ☺
Though I am not a psychologist I believe that within these lyrics and the iconography of the video we can get a glimpse of the demons that haunted, and eventually doomed, Kurt Cobain (I imagine a severe drug addiction also weighed heavily into his suicide, self-medicating to ease the pain rarely ends well). His influence, however, upon an entire musical genre is undeniable. Great reactions, you seemed alternately disturbed and intrigued by the lyrics and the video, I would have loved to hear E.D.'s reaction as well. One more excellent reaction to load into the archive.🍩
The look on your face says it all when trying to make sense of the lyrics or video Diane.🤣 Don’t worry, I had the the same “DA FUH??” look on my face in 1993 and am still puzzled. It is definitely unique!!
Thank you for saying that about music videos, this was the era where MTV was at its peak...every artists new single success was almost based on the quality of its video !! Personally it determines whether I watch a certain reactor or not, whether they watch and play the video, especially with 80's music but also into the mid 90's...until MTV stopped playing videos and turned into whatever it is now..anyways Love Nirvana and the rest of the big four Seattle grunge bands
Not really the case. No band would have a music video put on MTV unless the song was already a hit. Often the music video would differ from the content of the song. Most rock bands didn't want a literal translation of the lyrics, they wanted something interesting, odd, creative, and visually entertaining. So when reactors try to understand the meaning of the song by watching the music video they're confused. In addition Nirvana by design was difficult to make out what the lyrics were and the meaning was up to interpretation, that's what they wanted.
So many songs are like that. You rock to the melody, sor sing along in the, wherever, but don't realize how dark the lyrics are until you read them, or finally really listen to them.
I remember where I was driving the first time Nirvana SLTS came over my car radio .... I looked at the radio & thought wow, this ain't Poison or Ratt ...LOL
My friend, Nirvana's songs are always better than today's bands, and it's strange to think that it was 30 years ago, it seems like Kurt Cobain's songs will be eternal...
Drummer Dave Grohl is the last of the three who is still a musical thing. He is a DC metro area (Alexandria) kid who's busy resurrecting a musical venue in the nation's capital.
You know.. back then "oh, a new Nirvana music video". I could see now how shocking it was. At Much Music (Canadian music station) they would put a disclaimer before the video aired. Olsen Twin? Now that would have been huge news if one of them were on the video. Great reaction by the way.
I think I probably had the same expressions on my face when I first saw this video on MTV in 1993. And I was a teenage Nirvana fan at the time. Like, what the... 😄
What makes Nirvana music great is they had about 5% concern with making great music and making it big. They just wanted to play and the only people they wanted to please with their music was themselves. There were just a HELLUVA LOT of people that agreed with them that it was good enough.
Im ashamed to say that as someone who lived through the Nirvana days, (i was at college, best time ever!!) Ive only just bought their Nevermind CD, even 48 year olds still have some catching up to do music wise...
Ok, now you need to hear the following songs to fill out your rock n' roll education. Some of these I'm sure you have heard, but these are essential listening. • "Don't Fear the Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult The smoothest, trippiest song you'll ever hear. Simple, yet deep. • "Hotel California" - The Eagles The centerpiece of the best selling album of any genre in recording history. • "Still Loving You" - The Scorpions Vocalist Klause Meine... it's like an Angle and a Banshee made a baby, lol. • "One" - Metallica Research the history of the song first. • "Black" - Pearl Jam Visceral is an understatement. • "November Rain" - Guns & Roses You'd be hard pressed to find another hard rock song that has such mass appeal. Very well structured. • "Mr. Crowley" - Ozzy Osborne Randy Rhodes' guitar solo is virtuoso-level, unparalleled. • "Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche Geoff Tate's vocals are haunting, but the song itself is actually quite sweet, lol. • "Love You To Death" - Type O Negative You've never heard anything like Peter Steele's vocals. And the ladies tend to swoon... a lot... really. • "Unleashed" - Epica A more contemporary song from the symphonic metal genre, but Simone's vocals are otherworldly, guaranteed shivers every time, and the composition is top-shelf stuff. • "We are the Dead" - David Bowie One of his most tragically under-rated songs, lyrical genius. • "Layla" - Derrik and the Dominos You know Clapton as a musician, now get to know him as God, lol. • "Erruption" - Van Halen Check out a live performance. Eddie Van Halen had a unique guitar-playing technique. He rarely strummed the strings as most do. He mostly plucked them, but so fast he could make an electric guitar sound like a cello. The speed and precision is amazing. • "Misunderstood" - Dream Theater This one hasn't been reviewed a lot by reaction channels but is one of their best. Every member of the band is of the highest order in technical proficiency with their respective instruments. Other successful musicians listen to these guys and just wonder "How the hell did they do that?" • "Midlife Crisis" - Faith No More A six-octave voice isn't supposed to be humanly possible. But it is, lol. And keep in mind, while much of their music sounds like the early 2010's, they were actually 15-20 years ahead of their time ,peaking in the early 90s. • "Big Balls" - AC/DC A fun song from one of rock's most iconic bands. It's not their best song, but you'll enjoy it. • "Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden. Globally, they are the biggest metal act in history, their music resonates with every culture. Bruce Dickinson's voice is an acquired taste for some, but his abilities are beyond comprehension, not to mention his incredible stage presence. He's also a commercial pilot who has taken the band's touring jet on a couple of rescue missions, so legit hero status.
Nirvana occupied the pinnacle and tail end of the true 'alt-rock' movement of the late 80's. After Nirvana, major labels, now run almost exclusively by accountants out of Harvard Business School, latched onto something they called grunge and started hiring a bunch of bands that just... sang songs and acted like they were too cool to care. To quote a song of the time, they had no Elvis in them. I would also go on to say that Nirvana occupied a very rare position in that they managed to actually create something approaching actual 'art' in rock. This song is the one that convinced me of that, and it's a great one.
After hearing this uplifting piece of music maybe next time pick a song that you enjoy but most of us probably haven't heard. I guess that can include show tunes, but you'd have to act that out.
Kurt Cobain on Ireland: "Actually it was Cobain, but the Coburns screwed it up when they came over. They came from County Cork, which is a really weird coincidence, because when we toured Ireland, we played in Cork and the entire day I walked around in a daze. I'd never felt more spiritual in my life. It was the weirdest feeling and I have a friend who was with me who could testify to this. I was almost in tears the whole day. Since that tour, which was about two years ago, I've had a sense that I was from Ireland."
I literally love Nirvana smmmm. Idcc abt being gen z listening to them but i know like all of the songs. My favorite song by them is Dumb or come as you are mtv unplugged.
Awesome some 90s bands Rock Music Journey. Nirvana is the grunge/alternative rock band that made the genre mainstream in the 90s transition from the traditional 80s hair bands rock. First Compact Disc I owned was Nirvana's album Nevermind when I bought a pioneer cd player. Nevermind, In Utero, and Live Unplugged in New York are there best albums without a doubt. Nevermind album is a good complete start to finish music album. Heart shaped box is a good song but weird music video and frances farmer is a good song with a good rock riff. I didn't know Courtney Love inspired him to write the song. they were married and had a daughter together. She's also singer and has a album. Another really good band of the 90s is Stone Temple Pilots. Chewie looks so comfortable in his bed like he got a good walk and some treats. Happy Alternative Nation Grunge Rock Weird Wednesdays. Thanks for making the day joyful. Party On! 🥳🎸🎤
I remember thinking this man was a genius. I was in the blossom of my youth when he passed. I remember sobbing with some young man I used to know. I still feel this deep ache when I hear their music.
It's a killer. The album "In Utero" was, according to Kurt, a test to see if the bandwagonning fans of "Nevermind" would still follow where Nirvana lead.
Did you know that Dave ghroll(the drummer) stayed in a hotel years later and asked the lady working there if he knew her because she was familiar to him. It turned out she was the blonde girl in the heart shaped box video. Funny old world we live in.
Grunge & Nirvana to me separates "old" gen X from "young" gen X. I am "old" gen X so this style came out when I was getting out of college in the dawn of the 90s and I was approaching mid 20s. My sister and her cohorts who are 6-7 yrs younger have a different music experience in their school years to mine. I have heard this song before but not seen the video. Lots of imagery there.
Being approx the same age I can relate. Grunge was more popular with those slightly younger than us on avg. I think the reason i connected with grunge was being from the same age group as the artists
Gold Yukon are my favorite potato. As I grew into a teenager at the turn of the millennium, they were definitely one of the reasons I picked up a guitar lol. Definitely went down the Nirvana rabbit hole when between 12 and 16 lol
I love watching this generation react to 90s rock. The looks on their faces is priceless. Gen X didn’t blink.
Just like our expression when we first heard it
@@sukaew1974 I think we had less of a WTF when we heard Rape Me and Polly (read the lyrics if you dont get that).
I think it is 100% fake
@@Iansco1 Word. Absolutely.
Wish I was alive back when kurt was alive and nirvana was thriving would be so amazing. Nirvana is amazing
When Weird Al asked permission to parody Nirvanna, the band thought it was funny that the song was going to be about how people couldn't understand the lyrics.
Weird Al also managed to get the same actor who played the janitor from the original video!
"Smells like Nirvana" the video is an absolute must watch, tons of small gags hidden all over it.
Are you serious? The irony of the weird Al video still being held for copyright…
Chip, why doesn’t it surprise me that you know that 😂?😊
@@DianeJenningsWeird Al wasn't legally obligated to ask permission since his version would be parody. Al made a choice for himself to ask for permission and accept no for answer. Only 1 or 2 people ever said no btw.
They were such an influential band. Great song and album.
I get why
Yes, but what about the potato?
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I was so offended when I heard Nirvana on the grocery store speakers.
@@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar I've been hearing music in stores that I never thought I'd hear in stores.
@@alanflor703 we're getting old.
Nothing like them before or since. Life changing music for many, myself included. Rip Kurt
I don’t disagree because they did change the Rock landscape nearly overnight but for discussion purposes I’ll say Linkin Park was also groundbreaking in bringing their take on Rock to the masses.
@@xdg6451 Groundbreaking in what ! ¿ Bringing no talented loud crap noise to the brainwashed masses.
Like Elvis, the Beatles, and Led Zepplin, Nirvana took several musical influences and combined them to completely change music and culture.
@TheDianeJennings Don’t do it. SCAM. Happens to me often and other UA-camrs say it’s not them and never reply to telegram!
all of my favorite artists! legends.
If you're going to throw Zeppelin in there, then you have to throw-in Metallica. Two bands that took what was going on already and made it heavy. Elvis, Beatles, Nirvana, invented, where diverse in sound, influenced at a peak level, and created a structure so successful they call it "pop" too which nobody else has been able to re-create a structure to remove the old, ergo it becomes common. Zep were session men who came together when the 60's were over and had already designed, created, and plowed the road, stole TOO MANY songs, and made them heavy. One sound, one voice style, and a podophile to offer a lengthy guitar solo.
@@jamesbuckingham357 James tell us how you feel lol. I do agree with some of your opinions, but Zep and even the Beatles nicked stuff from other artists, that is how music Evolves. Even bands like Yes, King Crimson, and Rush did the same. Heck even Frank Zappa drew from other artist before him. As for creativity and originality, I would say Black Sabbath is above Zep, however, you can't deny the influence they have had on music and culture.
As for Metallica, I'd rather listen to paint dry.
I have never found fault with any Nirvana songs. It seems they were all masterpieces.
This band changed my life, from a shy kid to rockin’ on stage. My favorite band ever, still influencing me to this day.
I sometimes cry when I see Curt in videos. Most heartbreaking thing from my early years. I got to see Nirvana live at the Roskilde Festival in 1992, just a few hours after our little nation of Denmark had won the European Soccer Championships in a total upset of mighty Germany. Curt even congratulated us, even if I'm not too sure he knew what we had won ;)
Nirvana expressed the pain of youngness at the time (both the height and the ending of the Cold War). They would have been huge today as well ... well, they still are, actually ;)
Rest in Peace, Curt. We miss you so much. I would have loved seeing you turn into an old codger, but it wasn't to be. Now I have to do it on my own.
I'd forgotten how incredible the imagery was in this video. I also remember how crisp, clear, and well-filmed it was at the time.
Thanks for the throw back!
I remember when Nirvana first made it big. They were fairly obscure before that, and then a boom! It was a game changer, just about everyone was blown away when Smells Like Teen Spirit came out
Musically the first two years of highschool was hip hop and hair bands.
The last two were grunge and gangster rap.
I was a freshman at Michigan State. A kid in the dorm said listen to THIS. These guys are from Seattle. I didn't know shit about Seattle. Two months later the entire midwest knew about Seattle.
i was not a fan of them until this song come out, then i listen to the other songs again. Heart Shaped Box is still there best song. but don't get me wrong, they got some other good songs.
@@cjcampbell713 U have bad judgement in music.
@@rosajeffrey6112 it sound like you do, if you think nirvana is good.
The “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video, released a few years before that one, was the video that really made them popular. My favorite Nirvana song actually belongs to David Bowie “The Man Who Sold the World.”
I’ve not heard of that one either
Potato?
Sweet potato... 😋
David Bowie put out the Album Man who sold the world in 1970. Nirvana did MTV unplugged in 1993. For context those songs were decades apart.
@@Irish381 Most cover songs are decades apart from the original.
A classmate of my son at Hudson Bay High School in Vancouver (the first one), Washington is in the crowd shots on the "Smells like teen spirit" music video shot in Seattle, Washington. Both my son, and most of his friends where big Nirvana fans.
The whole album, "In Utero," is absolutely bonkers. You need to hear the rest of it. Sometimes poignant, sometimes savage, always interesting.
Yep, this is 100% bringing me back to the best of my teenage years. Add in some Alice in Chains and you have the perfect playlist.
The alternative era was one of my favorite times in music. It killed off lame hair metal, but unfortunately only lasted a few years before Britney Spears and boy bands took over. Still, it was great while it lasted. During part of the time I was stationed in Idaho, so I was able to see several of the Seattle/Pacific Northwest region bands play live, either in Boise or on trips to Washington. One of my favorites was a band called Coffin Break. I thought they would be stars post-Nirvana, but they never took off. Oh, and since you have a self-professed lack of knowledge in popular music, I should mention that Nirvana's drummer, Dave Grohl, went on to form the band Foo Fighters. It's highly probable you've heard some of their music, even if you weren't aware of it. Favorite type of potato: French fries. Or chips, pomme frites, patatas fritas, whatever.
😆boy bands!
I’m so sorry! The boy bands, and Britney were my jam 😂 I am musically basic
Eminem ended all those boy and girl bands 😂
Nirvana was just a revolutionary type of grunge band. Unique in every way rocketed them straight to the top.
To me it's one of the best SOUNDING rock songs ever. Guitars are harsh but not ear piercing, instruments go extremely well together: it's creamy, warm but still noisy and ambient sounding. As soon as the chorus hits it starts pulsating immediately so you can't help but bop your head, mostly because of how well the bass drum and the bass guitar push the whole song forward and forward. Steve Albini and the mastering engineer on this album really did a great job capturing and sculpting a fabulous sound.
Grunge, dont just call it a rock song, that is such a generic term with little actual meaning or value
@@Saintphoenix86 Well, its punk actually. Grunge is a term used for all bands created in Seattle around 1990, even if they sound way different (and indeed most of them do). Also Kurt himself said Nirvana is a punk band
@@Saintphoenix86 I said rock because I didn't want to narrow it down just to grunge (which turned out to be a generic and unclear term too). I think it's the best sounding in all of rock- including all genres.
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Diane, the look on your face says it all. Exactly how I felt the first (and last) time I watched this video. Luv the channel!
Your genuine shock at the imagery was hilarious lol
Nirvana, Tool, and Ren are at the top of my current playlist. Great reactions!
Nirvana, Tool, Alice in Chains..... The 3 greatest bands that have ever existed.
A friend of mine once described a Nirvana song as "musical grimacing."
I see Chewy is still upgrading you from behind. 🙂
😂😂😂
Always my favourite song of theirs. Thanks heaps for this one!
I’ve always thought that heart shaped box was better than smells like teen spirit
It Is.
So I've heard this song a million times. Mostly thanks to local rock radio station still having the same 10 bands from the 90s on heavy rotation. First time seeing the video was just now on this channel. True story.
I’m starting to realize that as many times as I have heard this song, and despite what my memory thinks, I have never understood more then 3 or 4 words in the whole song.
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@@DianeJennings hey , for the next reaction video - first time hearing
Guns N roses or metallic or bon Jovi
I have keen ears... I always know all but a few words... now we can Google them if we forget.
@@gizmokat8321 ummm hey gizmokat8321 , cool name 😎
Anyway : i would appreciate it , by your permission of course if we can be friends here in the comment section
"throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back"
He threw out so many warnings.
Yup. Mouth open and couldn't say a word til the song was nearly done. Pretty much my reaction to Nirvana in 1991.
If you're interested in like a crash course on the 5 main bands that the Grunge genre was built by, I STRONGLY recommend checking out:
Alice In Chains' song 'The Rooster' - I think of their frontman, Layne Staley (RIP) as the Lion Of Grunge.
When he opened his mouth this unearthly roar came out.
And Jerry Cantrell (founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter) is also incredible.
AIC is the darkest of the 5 main Grunge bands. Grim, mournful, and powered by Layne's roar and Jerry's voice, and the incredible ability to harmonize between them.
Pearl Jam's songs 'Jeremy' or 'Black' - DESPITE Pearl Jam actually being the newest of the 5 founding Grunge bands, their frontman, Eddie Vedder, is kinda like the Godfather of Grunge.
Or the Old Hound of Grunge.
He opens his mouth and out rumbles ancient mournful wistful tormented howls.
He comes off as like....the big brother to the genre.
It's hard to describe Pearl Jam, other than to say that the way they sound feels rooted in an older era.
They're from the 90s, but they feel like they're rooted in the 60s or 70s. Like their vibe and Eddie's voice are conjuring memories and visions of childhood playing in the woods, playing by the old train tracks, school yards, something semi-rural, something before the modern age of TV and video games. Old timey cars, social events out in the yard....
It's truly impossible to explain what I mean or why I mean it.
I don't really understand it.
He's conjuring the essence of memories, even if it's stuff that you've never experienced.
Wistful memories. Painful memories. Sometimes warm memories.
Soundgarden's song 'Spoonman' - their frontman, Chris Cornell (RIP) was kinda like the Wolf Of Grunge.
Like Layne, he had an absolutely UNREAL voice, and when he opened his mouth he could unleash unearthly howls.
Chris Cornell was one of the most epic voices of all-time.
I preferred Layne's voice, but Chris Cornell was master of a MUCH wider range of styles and vibes.
After Soundgarden, Chris Cornell would go on to become the frontman of the rock supergroup Audioslave, which was EVEN BETTER - featuring Chris Cornell backed by the band from Rage Against The Machine.
Stone Temple Pilots' song 'Interstate Love Song'.
STP are like the.........California/beach vibes version of Grunge.
I don't really know how to tell you why that is.....other than that they're literally from California. But somehow that comes through in their sound too.
They're lighter and refreshing.
BOTH of STP's first two lead singers died. Scott Weiland (THE lead singer), and Chester Bennington (the frontman for Linkin Park).
Together with Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Stone Temple Pilots are the essential core and founders of the Grunge genre.
They may or may not have been the first bands in the genre, but they're DEFINITELY the ones who cemented it as a genre.
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As a side note, Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder also briefly had a supergroup called Temple Of The Dog.
As you might imagine, it's kind of a combo of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.
Eddie Vedder is also the last of the original 5 frontmen alive, so at this point Eddie Vedder and Jerry Cantrell are pretty much the elder statesmen of the whole genre.
It must be super hard and strange to be the last men standing, because a lot of these guys were friends.
Like Jerry Cantrell lived with Eddie Vedder AND Chris Cornell.
Love the look of horror on your face😂
I'm a literalist, so I have absolutely no chance of catching the meaning even if I listened a thousand times. But I respect those who do get it, 👏👏👏
Ha ha ha very diplomatic answer Kim I like it 😜
@Diane Jennings I try😅
As an individual of Generation X I guess that this fits into my musical style. Understanding and getting into the music of my generation isn't that hard it however nowadays might be a lost ability.
My cousin's daughter told me she's into oldies music, like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. That hurt but it's good to know teanagers can apprciate this music.
@@scottfrazier1618 Well...I am for some reason felling a little older now. That little one doesn't know what an old song is then. The Star Spangled Banner is one of the oldest songs I can think of at the moment. Well perhaps some classical music but I don't know what the names of them are.
The day that I hear that Nirvana is an oldie I have to reevaluate what I think of as time.
Dude, rh... Are you an individual, or a member of Gen X? Think about it.
damn they are legends for a reason. Real GENUINE feeling and a touch of blasphemy. LOVE THEM =D
this take me back to High school memories I was in algebra class when we heard about his passing
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Your face at the end of the video is the definition of "disturbed". They accomplished their mission.
Its great to see you enjoying what many of us have already embedded into memory. Your stoic hypnotic gaze of enjoyment is priceless.👍🤗
Absolutely! 😊
Yay! Chewie is back!! Rumor has it he was traveling throughout Europe sightseeing and working on a travel guide for loveable fur children. The guides working title is "The Traveling Furs"! Again it's just a rumor :)
love nirvana and the 90's weird music videos. those of us who were witnessing this in real time took it all for granted.
You sitting there absorbing this Nirvana classic is priceless 🙃
Kurt Cobain was one of the pioneers of the Grunge scene. Grunge is characterized by the dark guitar and the strange sounds it could make when not tuned completely also the overlaid noise also is a factor. The fashion of Grunge is quite noticeable as its a lot of used clothing like plaid shirts and clothes that look very messy or aren't fitting right as they are second hand often bought from goodwill or second-hand stores. not like today with to hyper-oversized rappers or the neat pop singers.
"Grunge" was just a label the media gave to the eclectic group of modern rock bands that emerged into the mainstream in the early 1990s. "Alternative" was another term used interchangeably with grunge, which begs the question: an alternative to what? Namely, the tired old classic rock acts that had been around for 20+ years, and the grandiose hair bands that had dominated the 1980s. The media needed terms like "grunge" and "alternative" to differentiate between the new modern rock bands and what preceded them. When it came to the modern rock bands themselves, many couldn't stand terms like grunge that were employed to define them. On that note, Nirvana would not call themselves "pioneers of grunge" since the grunge label was a term that the media came up with to pigeonhole them rather than to understand them.
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I enjoyed your reaction video because you didn't pause it a million times, plus nirvana forever.
For those of you who don’t know, Nirvana is in a sub genre of rock known as grunge rock, which is influenced by punk and metal music, it’s started in the 90’s in Seattle, same thing like bands like Melvins, mudhoney, Alice in chains, Soundgarden, and pearl jam
The looks on your face watching the vid.... Absolutely priceless.
Nirvana- were did you sleep last night. Best video to see/hear Kurt Cobains powerful vocal talent
The stunned facial expression is priceless. 🤣
Discovered nirvana a few years ago. Love them.
Her reactions are priceless. I could watch her face over and over.
I'm a Gen-Xer, and I remember exactly where I was standing when the news broke about Kurt Cobain's $uicide. I wasn't a massive fan of theirs, but I did enjoy the music. Everyone called Cobain "The voice of our generation"..... and because of the pressure put on him, he opted out. I remember how my peers were devastated by that event.
I'm Gen X too, and remember how they were played non-stop on the radio
My favorite thing about Nirvana is that it launched the career of Dave Grohl.
Nirvanas short career is greater than everything Dave Grohl did with the rest of his.
Love Dave. Love Foo Fighters. Don't kill me.
@@sonnybarry Good save. Remember Nirvana is dead the Foo Fighters are still fighting.
foo fighters have made the same album over and over again since the late nineties. the newest album was a bunch of TERRIBLY MIXED HORSE SHIT, and is still the same sound they’ve had since the nineties. a totally one dimensional band intended to appeal to low iq simple people. Dave’s not a bad musician at all, but he can’t compare to kurt in the slightest.
I’ve never been able to make heads or tales of this song, but I’ve always found the imagery in the lyrics so very disturbing, so I think I’d like to listen to it again with that meaning in mind.
Right, I was trying to discern words too
I was never a big fan of Nirvana or grunge rock but it has its place in the rock era and helped influence other rock musicians to expand beyond what we had considered what rock music was.
Yeah! Huge name
Yes, but what about the potato?
It knocked all of those hair bands off the top 50 charts. 😅
Never really got into Nirvana, preferring Audioslave, Alice in Chains, Collective Soul, Garbage, or Soundgarden. But, Nirvana really did kick off the whole "grunge rock/Seattle sound" that opened up music markets to those groups. Good reaction to the video! Glad to see Chewie back in his perch. ☺
Those are next level cool bands I think…
Though I am not a psychologist I believe that within these lyrics and the iconography of the video we can get a glimpse of the demons that haunted, and eventually doomed, Kurt Cobain (I imagine a severe drug addiction also weighed heavily into his suicide, self-medicating to ease the pain rarely ends well). His influence, however, upon an entire musical genre is undeniable. Great reactions, you seemed alternately disturbed and intrigued by the lyrics and the video, I would have loved to hear E.D.'s reaction as well. One more excellent reaction to load into the archive.🍩
Kurt's influence? More like his influences. Namely Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Husker Du, Killing Joke, Flipper, Sonic Youth, Black Flag, etc.
Thanks for reacting to it Diane!
No problem 😊
Still BLOWING MINDS...30 YEARS LATER.....kids today can't really put them in to a category or time stamp them....
0:20 *Come As You Are* or *Lithium* would have been good _Nirvana_ songs to react to. *Heart-Shaped Box* is defiantly a interesting song to react to.
The welcome sign for Aberdeen has added to the bottom "Come As You Are"
The look on your face says it all when trying to make sense of the lyrics or video Diane.🤣 Don’t worry, I had the the same “DA FUH??” look on my face in 1993 and am still puzzled. It is definitely unique!!
Unique is a great word for it
Diane should absolutely check out Here Comes the Rooster by Alice in Chains, and Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver by Primus. Very fun music videos.
Thank you for saying that about music videos, this was the era where MTV was at its peak...every artists new single success was almost based on the quality of its video !! Personally it determines whether I watch a certain reactor or not, whether they watch and play the video, especially with 80's music but also into the mid 90's...until MTV stopped playing videos and turned into whatever it is now..anyways Love Nirvana and the rest of the big four Seattle grunge bands
Not really the case. No band would have a music video put on MTV unless the song was already a hit. Often the music video would differ from the content of the song. Most rock bands didn't want a literal translation of the lyrics, they wanted something interesting, odd, creative, and visually entertaining. So when reactors try to understand the meaning of the song by watching the music video they're confused. In addition Nirvana by design was difficult to make out what the lyrics were and the meaning was up to interpretation, that's what they wanted.
Thanks for the video Diane! Always liked the melody of the song, but WOW those are some DARK lyrics!!!
So many songs are like that. You rock to the melody, sor sing along in the, wherever, but don't realize how dark the lyrics are until you read them, or finally really listen to them.
For real 😮
I remember where I was driving the first time Nirvana SLTS came over my car radio .... I looked at the radio & thought wow, this ain't Poison or Ratt ...LOL
My friend, Nirvana's songs are always better than today's bands, and it's strange to think that it was 30 years ago, it seems like Kurt Cobain's songs will be eternal...
The mouth open look of... shock?... is great.
Drummer Dave Grohl is the last of the three who is still a musical thing. He is a DC metro area (Alexandria) kid who's busy resurrecting a musical venue in the nation's capital.
You know.. back then "oh, a new Nirvana music video". I could see now how shocking it was. At Much Music (Canadian music station) they would put a disclaimer before the video aired. Olsen Twin? Now that would have been huge news if one of them were on the video. Great reaction by the way.
Incredible music
I think I probably had the same expressions on my face when I first saw this video on MTV in 1993. And I was a teenage Nirvana fan at the time. Like, what the... 😄
What makes Nirvana music great is they had about 5% concern with making great music and making it big.
They just wanted to play and the only people they wanted to please with their music was themselves.
There were just a HELLUVA LOT of people that agreed with them that it was good enough.
Im ashamed to say that as someone who lived through the Nirvana days, (i was at college, best time ever!!) Ive only just bought their Nevermind CD, even 48 year olds still have some catching up to do music wise...
The symbolism in this music video is insane
Mannnnn I miss those days , great channel girl. Texas🇺🇸
Ok, now you need to hear the following songs to fill out your rock n' roll education.
Some of these I'm sure you have heard, but these are essential listening.
• "Don't Fear the Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult
The smoothest, trippiest song you'll ever hear. Simple, yet deep.
• "Hotel California" - The Eagles
The centerpiece of the best selling album of any genre in recording history.
• "Still Loving You" - The Scorpions
Vocalist Klause Meine... it's like an Angle and a Banshee made a baby, lol.
• "One" - Metallica
Research the history of the song first.
• "Black" - Pearl Jam
Visceral is an understatement.
• "November Rain" - Guns & Roses
You'd be hard pressed to find another hard rock song that has such mass appeal. Very well structured.
• "Mr. Crowley" - Ozzy Osborne
Randy Rhodes' guitar solo is virtuoso-level, unparalleled.
• "Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche
Geoff Tate's vocals are haunting, but the song itself is actually quite sweet, lol.
• "Love You To Death" - Type O Negative
You've never heard anything like Peter Steele's vocals. And the ladies tend to swoon... a lot... really.
• "Unleashed" - Epica
A more contemporary song from the symphonic metal genre, but Simone's vocals are otherworldly, guaranteed shivers every time, and the composition is top-shelf stuff.
• "We are the Dead" - David Bowie
One of his most tragically under-rated songs, lyrical genius.
• "Layla" - Derrik and the Dominos
You know Clapton as a musician, now get to know him as God, lol.
• "Erruption" - Van Halen
Check out a live performance. Eddie Van Halen had a unique guitar-playing technique. He rarely strummed the strings as most do. He mostly plucked them, but so fast he could make an electric guitar sound like a cello. The speed and precision is amazing.
• "Misunderstood" - Dream Theater
This one hasn't been reviewed a lot by reaction channels but is one of their best. Every member of the band is of the highest order in technical proficiency with their respective instruments. Other successful musicians listen to these guys and just wonder "How the hell did they do that?"
• "Midlife Crisis" - Faith No More
A six-octave voice isn't supposed to be humanly possible. But it is, lol. And keep in mind, while much of their music sounds like the early 2010's, they were actually 15-20 years ahead of their time ,peaking in the early 90s.
• "Big Balls" - AC/DC
A fun song from one of rock's most iconic bands. It's not their best song, but you'll enjoy it.
• "Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden.
Globally, they are the biggest metal act in history, their music resonates with every culture. Bruce Dickinson's voice is an acquired taste for some, but his abilities are beyond comprehension, not to mention his incredible stage presence. He's also a commercial pilot who has taken the band's touring jet on a couple of rescue missions, so legit hero status.
A real comment! The robe the little girl was wearing was a Ku Klux Klan robe.
Kurt said he never felt so much at home as when he was in Ireland.
That face😂
The full onslaught of 90's angst..
Don't remember this video, but love this album.
The drummer is the lead singer of the "Foo Fighters" he lost Kurt on Nirvana. Then Taylor passes away 2 years ago. He had a lot of pain as a musician
The oddest thing is that this was basically what pop music is today. That something this experimental and bazaar was so popular.
27 and had it all and blew his brains out awesome⚛
and yet no one will remember you - interesting
@@sterlingmarshel6299 yes and hopefully u neither haha⚛😀
Nirvana occupied the pinnacle and tail end of the true 'alt-rock' movement of the late 80's. After Nirvana, major labels, now run almost exclusively by accountants out of Harvard Business School, latched onto something they called grunge and started hiring a bunch of bands that just... sang songs and acted like they were too cool to care. To quote a song of the time, they had no Elvis in them.
I would also go on to say that Nirvana occupied a very rare position in that they managed to actually create something approaching actual 'art' in rock. This song is the one that convinced me of that, and it's a great one.
I probably listened to this song like a thousand times I can't believe I've never seen the music video for it wow haha
After hearing this uplifting piece of music maybe next time pick a song that you enjoy but most of us probably haven't heard. I guess that can include show tunes, but you'd have to act that out.
Kurt Cobain on Ireland: "Actually it was Cobain, but the Coburns screwed it up when they came over. They came from County Cork, which is a really weird coincidence, because when we toured Ireland, we played in Cork and the entire day I walked around in a daze. I'd never felt more spiritual in my life. It was the weirdest feeling and I have a friend who was with me who could testify to this. I was almost in tears the whole day. Since that tour, which was about two years ago, I've had a sense that I was from Ireland."
I literally love Nirvana smmmm. Idcc abt being gen z listening to them but i know like all of the songs. My favorite song by them is Dumb or come as you are mtv unplugged.
Kurt first video his way all him all the way he wanted. That why he smiling having fun.
I listened to Nirvana as a kid. Was happy when the drummer of Nirvana, Dave formed his own band, Foo Fighters.
Next song for Nirvana needs to be "All Apologies," particularly the MTV Unplugged version.
Nirvana Unplugged is awesome. It’s them, but an acoustic version.
Awesome some 90s bands Rock Music Journey. Nirvana is the grunge/alternative rock band that made the genre mainstream in the 90s transition from the traditional 80s hair bands rock. First Compact Disc I owned was Nirvana's album Nevermind when I bought a pioneer cd player. Nevermind, In Utero, and Live Unplugged in New York are there best albums without a doubt. Nevermind album is a good complete start to finish music album. Heart shaped box is a good song but weird music video and frances farmer is a good song with a good rock riff. I didn't know Courtney Love inspired him to write the song. they were married and had a daughter together. She's also singer and has a album. Another really good band of the 90s is Stone Temple Pilots. Chewie looks so comfortable in his bed like he got a good walk and some treats. Happy Alternative Nation Grunge Rock Weird Wednesdays. Thanks for making the day joyful. Party On! 🥳🎸🎤
He sure did! Just got back from town and he’s exhausted
@@DianeJennings Awesome, glad You and Chewie had a joyful day. 🎉🎸🎤🎵🤗
You were so engrossed in the imagery of the video I couldn't tell if you heard the song or even liked it.
Sorry to hear you were disappointed Shad. Admittedly I am more into visual than audio. I’ll try and note your critique in the future 😊
@@DianeJennings Not a critique, just an observation.
I remember thinking this man was a genius. I was in the blossom of my youth when he passed. I remember sobbing with some young man I used to know. I still feel this deep ache when I hear their music.
Nothing will make you feel older than a pretty girl saying....."a band called Nirvana...."
I live just about a mile away from Cobain's boyhood home, in Aberdeen WA
Even though this band is 30 years old the music still bangs, rip Kurt
It's a killer. The album "In Utero" was, according to Kurt, a test to see if the bandwagonning fans of "Nevermind" would still follow where Nirvana lead.
That's the cutest pronunciation of nirvana that I've ever heard.
Classic
I feel very blessed for being a part of the Nirvana / Grunge Era " Long live the spirit of Kurt Cobain!!!! 🎸 🕊
Kurt is sitting in his plastic chair thinking, "I will never be that old."
You gotta check out Nirvana's Unplugged set; specifically "Where did you Sleep Last Night" 🎶
Did you know that Dave ghroll(the drummer) stayed in a hotel years later and asked the lady working there if he knew her because she was familiar to him. It turned out she was the blonde girl in the heart shaped box video. Funny old world we live in.
Grunge & Nirvana to me separates "old" gen X from "young" gen X. I am "old" gen X so this style came out when I was getting out of college in the dawn of the 90s and I was approaching mid 20s. My sister and her cohorts who are 6-7 yrs younger have a different music experience in their school years to mine.
I have heard this song before but not seen the video. Lots of imagery there.
Being approx the same age I can relate. Grunge was more popular with those slightly younger than us on avg. I think the reason i connected with grunge was being from the same age group as the artists
Gold Yukon are my favorite potato. As I grew into a teenager at the turn of the millennium, they were definitely one of the reasons I picked up a guitar lol. Definitely went down the Nirvana rabbit hole when between 12 and 16 lol