I was 18 when this came out in 1991, 30 years later and I still get goosebumps when Kurt leaps into the chorus.... Generation X exploding onto the scene! R.I.P. Kurt!
Yes!!!! I remember the moment I first saw this video come on MTV (back when it was cool. lol) it was seismic! Overnight, complete shift in rock. I love watching people experience for the first time. It’s like reliving the moment I first heard it and was like, “Whaaatt?!” Incredible band.
The song that changed music. No joke, this was the cultural shift that ushered in what we think of as 90s music. When you talk to people who were in HS at the time, this is like our moonlanding moment, everyone remembers when they first heard this song. If I had to pick my top five 90s tracks, this would be in there. You guys should also check out Where Did You Sleep Last Night from Nirvana Unplugged.
This was back when MTV was Music TeleVision. This was also before the days of "The Internet". No one except for folks up in Seattle saw this coming. It just seemingly came out of no where and seriously changed culture, not just the music. This song has to be listed up there with some of the most impactful songs of all time, whether folks like it or not.
I was in 8th grade when this came out and you’re not kidding. This was the line in the sand between 80s music and 90s. Absolutely the definitive song of the early 90’s.
This song, in one day, changed music, culture, clothing and artistic expression all over the world. Of all the songs you've loved in your lives so far none has changed as much as fast as this one song.
@Brad Viviviyal Well... MTV unplugged existed because of Jon Bon Jovi and Ritchie Sambora performing acoustic versions of Living On A Prayer and Dead Or Alive at the 89 VMA's. It got a HUGE reaction and the lightbulb turned on in some exec's brain.
I was a sophomore in high school when it was released. This song defined the 90s and still sends me into a frenzy when I listen 30 years later. It will light a fire in your soul to just rock the f out!!! 🤙🤙🤙
I am a 4o + year old man watching young adults react to the music of my generation, our angst, life and love... This one song changed the music game.... Thanks C&R... Your reactions are priceless....
Now some young adults need to react to Rancid and,Operation Ivy. Nirvana is Seattle. Rancid/OpIvy is from the east bay northern California Gilman scene. Sadly, Ska has gone the way of the dodo. But then again, the other song everyone knows is All The Small Things by Blink 182.
@@elgordo6280 I was born in 83, so I’m gen Y ( I had to look that up) and this song and the “grunge movement” was associated so much with gen X, but when I got to high school in 95 nirvana was still so big and they played such a big part of my teenage life. Nevermind was the second album I bought and it shaped my musical taste for years to come, It’s nice to think that it’s the same for other generations. Nirvana are truly a timeless band that everyone should experience.
I find it weird how people haven't heard this song. Ive never been much of a listener of any type of rock, only rap, but my dad was a rap and rock fan and he showed me this before. And besides that I've heard it a million times just in passing. Maybe it's just a subconscious thing because I actually sat down and listened and I can recognize the song but I swear I've heard this song millions of times
The girl Kurt was dating wore Teen Spirit deodorant. He didn’t know it and a friend was teasing him saying Kurt smells like teen spirit. He thought it was something meaningful and named the song. He didn’t find out until after the album was released
"hello, hello, hello, how low..." Fun fact: they hated this song and stopped playing it live. They used to tease the audience by playing the intro and then would go onto a different song.
Not sure if Kurt really hated the song or more what it came to represent. It changed his and the band's lives in so many ways, and not all were positive.
Nirvana loved the song but hated it at the same time they liked the music but hated how people would only like them for that song therefor hardly ever played
Glam rock was already on its way out, Gun n Roses, and metallicas black album had brought a sense of realism to the forefront. Kids we're growing tired of hairsray pop.
If he can communicate through music, feed him a lot of music, all types, and see what he keys into. Maybe get him some beats so he can get the sound really clear. Get him a piano and see what he can do with that. Good luck with your sweetheart!
Music is used for therapy on dementia patients also. It temporarily wakes them up to reality. Music also stops tremors in Parkinson's disease patients. Music stimulates the brain.
This was the warning song of the future to come, the isolation, the narcissism and the lack of identity. It was such poison prophecy that the band didnt even want to associate with what was and is a master piece of tone, energy, emotion and forbearing.... The anthem of the generation that was angry confused and poisoned by its environment.
This song dropped on me and my college friends like an atomic bomb. We were in LA at the time into the LA/Hollywood alt rock club scene. And in 1991 these guys showed up out of no where and changed the freaking world. We just stood there. We couldn't believe what we were hearing.
This represents teenage and young adult angst in the early 90's. I grew up on this and gotta say these lyrics are still prevalent to this day. Especially nowadays. An amazing band and so talented. The drummer, Dave Grohl, went on to start his own band The Foo Fighters after Kurt Cobain died, may he rest in peace. This was the band from Seattle that really got the Grunge Alternative Rock music introduced to everyone. Great react video. Thank you!
You've heard this song before because this was the single that killed hair band metal and ushered in the 90's. Every radio station that isn't country was blasting it. That includes pop, rap and country stations. Nirvana was the voice of my generation and it's a timeless sound.
Yep. Younger people today don't really have a sense of how transformative this song, and Nirvana as a band in general, was. To give you an idea; this song knocked Michael freaking Jackson off the top of the chart. And that was MJ in his prime.
Radio stations still play it all the time. I can understand a young person who only listens to rap not hearing it much, but it’s a hard song to have never once heard.
Wow. Great reaction to one of the greatest rock songs ever. As a 50-year old white dude I am impressed by your willingness and eagerness to appreciate music outside of your comfort zone, and clearly before your time. Kind of like how my dad - gradually - got me to love Elvis and Sinatra. Keep it going. You're awesome. Go back 20 years earlier and try some Led Zeppelin.
Shiiit check out Soundgarden “Outshined” it’s one of the best songs ever,in any genre & that’s just 1 of Soundgarden’s songs,they have a pretty big catalog & actually we’re a HUGE influence on not just Nirvana but pretty much every band from that era,Chris Cornell is the greatest singer I’ve ever heard ...check out his performance on “Call Me a Dog” by Temple of the Dog,your jaw will hit the floor
The song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the anthem of Generation X. I'm a Gen-xer myself and when the video for this song came out, it kinda blew my mind. I was seeing this dude in a kiddie shirt at a high school that had cheerleaders in black dresses with tattoos all over them. The album "Nevermind" was the album that made Alternative/Grunge a huge success in the 1990's.
I was 23 when this album came out and when I put it in the tape deck of my ‘86 Ford Escort, the tape deck ejection mechanism broke. I listened to this entire tape for two months straight until I could figure out how to get it out. Still remember where I was and what I felt the first time I heard this song! 😊
The lyrics to this song 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,…
You left out the last verse 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 Nevermind
The drummer is Dave Grohl who went on to form The Foo Fighters, who are still a huge hard rock band Robert Plant of Zepoelin has referred to the grunge scene is Seattle as America’s own home-grown punk.
The best part of this video is when they first heard Cobain’s voice. Their faces said it all. Truly a great artist lost before his time. I remember being a teenager and hearing about his death on MTV when the news first broke. Watching you two enjoy this and dance to it is the best!
For the past couple if months I've been watching reaction videos to songs that i grew up listening to from the 80's/early 90's. This one is by far the most entertaining one I've seen so far. You guys were sooo into it and I could tell that you genuinely liked the song. Had me dyin!😂😂😂😂
Some young people today may not fully fathom how this song changed the whole thing. Imagine being 17 year old, having gone through a whole decade of suffering some of the shittiest prefab mainstream music ever on the radio that meant nothing to you, then all of a sudden, some late-summer afternoon, hearing that guitar riff exploding and freaking sweeping the whole world in a matter of weeks... I thank you eternally, Kurt, Krist and Dave.
Real hand made music and people who have unique voices are so rare. It's always "what can be Sold ans ist the trend today?" And a lot of Autotune... And my personal Feeling about music today is, that the emotions, whether happy or angry, are only let out with the handbrake on. Just not too much of anything and above all no lyrics that are critical or go really deep...
You’ve heard it before because this song is THE song that started the Grunge movement. So this song is iconic. Its THE 90’s song. It’s been in EVERYTHING.
@@TheLinc78 Don't think you know how movements work. It takes a star to step out to create progress. they absolutely carried Grunge music forward. No ones saying they were the first, or some dumb shit.
I was showing my 6 year old grunge and Nirvana. First thing we came across was this video. Now, she'll only watch the video with you two rocking out to it. She wants me to tell you Hi lol
Considered the greatest song of the 90s! Fun facts: first, this song was written about a popular spray people used like fabreze. Kids would stay home and smoke weed and use Teen Spirit to cover the smell so their parents wouldn’t smell it. I know, because I used it back in the early 90s. 😂
In 2014 Nirvana took their rightful place with the rest of the greats When they got inducted into The Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame well deserved... by the way great reaction video guys I liked it a lot you don’t see a lot of young black people appreciating this kind of music so big up to y’all for having a open mind💯👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I was just born when this song came out and I still remember hearing my mom listening to it when I was 4 years old. If Kurt was still alive he would be mind blown right now knowing today's youth are still jamming to this classic. I feel kinda old 😅
Whenever I feel sad I must listen to this song to take me back to the actual moment I saw this on MTV for the very first time and I’m awestruck again and I’m transformed back into that very moment in time.
@@ChrisandRheasiaTv yes!But he died at 27 with only 2 albums but they were so good it's like biggie only had 2 albums ya get what i'm saying.judge for yourself listen to 1993 live mtv.start with the man who sold the world.its about a man that lost himself .
Watching a younger generation that grew up to a different genre of music and exploring and opening their minds to other genres makes me so happy! This is music I grew up listening to and to see the younger generation enjoy it warms my heart! Yall keep doing you and thanks for the smiles ❤
I was in my early twenties when this song exploded and singlehandedly killed hair metal. One of the most iconic songs of the decade, anyone who likes music can see why this song in particular had such an effect on all of us. Kurt will always be missed and revered for his talent and his impact on popular music
lol no it did not Thrash metal killed hair metal, and that was done more specifically by the bands, Exodus, Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth and Overkill.
I think pearl jam should be up next. Alive, Black, Even Flow, Jeremy, Last Kiss. Also the We are We are you keep saying is from Youth of the Nation by P.O.D.
Nirvana transformed music for me...couldnt believe what I was hearing...no more new wave. And I lived just up the street from RKCNDY and the Offramp, but didn't know this was happening but I learned quick. Still the music I identify with
i’m half black and half white and on my “white side” this is One of the greatest alternative/grunge classic 90’s songs of all times!! HANDS DOWN KURT WAS BORN TO MAKE THIS SONG!!! I’m so happy seeing this and seeing that you guys actually loved it ! next you need to try some Red Hot chili peppers- give it away and Sublime- Santeria !!!
This is easily the biggest song of the 90s and has been played millions of times.... everywhere. People living on remote islands in a cave in the middle of a forest have probably heard it at least once 😄Cute reaction!
Beyonce once said when she and her destiny child girls would play this song over and over super loud singing in thier hairbrushes and jumping on her bed till her dad would come and tell them to turn it down, then they would do it over and over.thats pretty cool..lol
Keegan R. The crazy thing is you can have the all lyrics in the palm of your hand in under 5 seconds. Back in the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s my friends & I would have killed (figuratively speaking, of course) to have immediate access to the lyrics of almost every song ever written.
I remember us younglings going off our heads to this song, also big were The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, SOAD to name but a few. Great to see a whole new generation enjoying the music I grew up with.
Well guys, you’ve now really stepping into my era. Since you’ve opened the box to one of the great culture shifts - grunge/alternative rock - some suggestions/requests for the other “most influential” bands & songs. I’m sure there’ll be others I’ve missed , but these are the ones that really define the era for me... Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (The MTV Unplugged performance). In Bloom. Pearl Jam - Jeremy. Alive. Even Flow. Soundgarden - Spoonman. Black Hole Sun. Outshine. Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike (this is a bonus...it’s a combo of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden band members) Alice In Chains - Man in the Box. Would. Rooster. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush. Big Empty. Interstate Love Song. Smashing Pumpkins - Today. Cherub Rock. Tonight, Tonight. Rage Against the Machine - (you got them 😉) Feel free to pick and choose. 🎸🥁🎤🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I whole heartedly 100% percent agree with every band and song on this list. I absolutely second everything @Crimson Wring said, I could not come up with a better list myself. just spot on really. Maybe I would add Vasoline to the STP list and Rear View Mirror to the Pearl Jam list, but that is me being nit picky and adding two other songs I really like personally.
Hello hello hello how low? Kurt threw a party and conked out on Golden Girl, when he woke up the place was trashed and it was written on the wall "Kurt smells like teen spirit" teen spirit was a women's deodorant, but Kurt thought it meant something else
C&R WE LOVE Y’ALL💯🗣IF NEW SUBSCRIBE AND JOIN THE FAMILY‼️🙏🏾LIKE AND SHARE👏🏽WHAT NEXT??!!🔥
Power man 5000 when the world's collide
Nirvana rape me or heart shaped box.
Drummer is the lead for FOO FIGHTERS
REACT TO DEATH TO ALL BUT METAL BRO.
React to whats gucci by joyner
I think everyone is just born knowing this song.
Perhaps even.. In Utero
@@tonapittman can't believe I missed this opportunity.
the hero we need, but don't deserve.
My twin popped out shouting 'Isaac.' I popped out moments later screaming 'Here we are now, entertain us.' 'Hello...Hello...Hello...How low!' : )
Come out womb like "Ok I'm here. Let's get some Smells like teen spirit up in here."
Dude said “have I heard this?” Soon or later he will realize this is one of the most iconic songs.
True but he was refuring to when they sing it in the movie PAN. Thats why they only know the hello hello hello part.
Kanye also used the same style in a live performance of something. Same style music, different lyrics.
Average song at best. Cool though
Truth
I absolutely love y’all.
I made my husband listen to three so far.
I’ve seen so many of your bands in concert in Atlanta
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌♥️♥️🥰😘
I was 18 when this came out in 1991, 30 years later and I still get goosebumps when Kurt leaps into the chorus.... Generation X exploding onto the scene! R.I.P. Kurt!
Timeless
I was 20 and I remember exactly where I was and who I was hanging out with the first time I heard this CD! Almost 53 now!!!
Me too❤
I was 12 n still rocking this in stereo, even in my high skool gig #gen-x
This dude's sincerity is so aggressive, it's hilarious.
That's the point of grunge
May EVERYONE follow suit. Goddamn it's beautiful lol
It's contagious 🤘
"Smells like teen spirit" is literally the song that almost everybody has heard once, maybe except for the kids growing in the 2010's.
Nah.. My boys are 10 and 9 and know this song... Along with Weird Al's version lol 😂
@@amanday450 That's a Great thing to hear and that's the reason why i used "Maybe"
Everybody around me has... ;D
@@amanday450 faxx I’m ten and I know that song
@BB music period. I’m born 2006 and know this song word for word
The impact of this song cannot be underestimated. They may have not known it when they wrote it but this changed music overnight!
Yes!!!! I remember the moment I first saw this video come on MTV (back when it was cool. lol) it was seismic! Overnight, complete shift in rock. I love watching people experience for the first time. It’s like reliving the moment I first heard it and was like, “Whaaatt?!” Incredible band.
Then it changed in a few years.
The song that changed music. No joke, this was the cultural shift that ushered in what we think of as 90s music. When you talk to people who were in HS at the time, this is like our moonlanding moment, everyone remembers when they first heard this song. If I had to pick my top five 90s tracks, this would be in there. You guys should also check out Where Did You Sleep Last Night from Nirvana Unplugged.
This was back when MTV was Music TeleVision. This was also before the days of "The Internet". No one except for folks up in Seattle saw this coming. It just seemingly came out of no where and seriously changed culture, not just the music. This song has to be listed up there with some of the most impactful songs of all time, whether folks like it or not.
The birth of grunge, what a time to be alive
I was in 8th grade when this came out and you’re not kidding. This was the line in the sand between 80s music and 90s. Absolutely the definitive song of the early 90’s.
I totally agree. I remember listening to this song for the first time and it was lile a revelation.
I was a junior in high school when Guns N’ Roses came out ...epic
I was never really a big Nevada fan.
This song, in one day, changed music, culture, clothing and artistic expression all over the world. Of all the songs you've loved in your lives so far none has changed as much as fast as this one song.
@Brad Viviviyal Well... MTV unplugged existed because of Jon Bon Jovi and Ritchie Sambora performing acoustic versions of Living On A Prayer and Dead Or Alive at the 89 VMA's. It got a HUGE reaction and the lightbulb turned on in some exec's brain.
There are a few others... but this is right up there with "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "Rock Around the Clock" in terms of impact.
@@jamesdignanmusic2765
And, Anarchy in the U.K.
And that very same band hates performing it lol
@@BrainDeadNed True. But I think you meant to say hated instead of hates. Not really an option for the last 26 years.
I was a sophomore in high school when it was released. This song defined the 90s and still sends me into a frenzy when I listen 30 years later. It will light a fire in your soul to just rock the f out!!! 🤙🤙🤙
I am so jealous of the era you grew up in
Yesssss
Don’t forget he made grunge music known
I was a freshman. Graduated in 1994. Makes me want to get my flannels back out.
I am a 4o + year old man watching young adults react to the music of my generation, our angst, life and love... This one song changed the music game.... Thanks C&R... Your reactions are priceless....
Now some young adults need to react to Rancid and,Operation Ivy. Nirvana is Seattle. Rancid/OpIvy is from the east bay northern California Gilman scene.
Sadly, Ska has gone the way of the dodo.
But then again, the other song everyone knows is All The Small Things by Blink 182.
I'm a 40 yr old Black woman and you're absolutely right. This song changed the game! That whole album is fire.
@@femmefatale6550 You're the same age as my daughter and she fell hard for Nirvana. And because she listened to them, I did. And SLTS was 🔥🔥🔥
@@sweetblaqcoffey962 I know, every song on that album is so good.
@@femmefatale6550 GIRL! It's the ISH!😂😂
It’s hard to imagine that there are people that haven’t heard this song. But then I remember that I’m old now, and so is the song.
Great video! 😊
As a Gen Z I can tell you this song will pass to every generation till the end of time. This song changed music. Genuine masterpiece.
@@elgordo6280 I was born in 83, so I’m gen Y ( I had to look that up) and this song and the “grunge movement” was associated so much with gen X, but when I got to high school in 95 nirvana was still so big and they played such a big part of my teenage life. Nevermind was the second album I bought and it shaped my musical taste for years to come, It’s nice to think that it’s the same for other generations.
Nirvana are truly a timeless band that everyone should experience.
I find it weird how people haven't heard this song. Ive never been much of a listener of any type of rock, only rap, but my dad was a rap and rock fan and he showed me this before. And besides that I've heard it a million times just in passing. Maybe it's just a subconscious thing because I actually sat down and listened and I can recognize the song but I swear I've heard this song millions of times
It doesn't matter still people have heard it
@@jaelonwillis2336 i know this song by heart and i barley listened to it
Teen spirit was actually a cheap deodorant hence the “smells like” teen spirit.
Definitely a play on words from back in the 90s. Means nothing now because that deodorant is no longer sold.
The girl Kurt was dating wore Teen Spirit deodorant. He didn’t know it and a friend was teasing him saying Kurt smells like teen spirit. He thought it was something meaningful and named the song. He didn’t find out until after the album was released
lol, I wore Teen Spirit.
It was the slogan for the deodorant. The commercials all said “smells like teen spirit” that’s where the phrase comes from.
@@laurareed5093 thanks for clearing that up.
"hello, hello, hello, how low..." Fun fact: they hated this song and stopped playing it live. They used to tease the audience by playing the intro and then would go onto a different song.
Not sure if Kurt really hated the song or more what it came to represent. It changed his and the band's lives in so many ways, and not all were positive.
Nirvana loved the song but hated it at the same time they liked the music but hated how people would only like them for that song therefor hardly ever played
Wow really can't believe that !!! Wow its one of my favs on the planet 😍!!
they didnt hate the _song,_ more they hated how overplayed it was.
They didn’t hate it kurt just wasn’t happy it became a rock anthem
This band ended the hair bands. This song is so iconic.
Yeah my dad never lets me play them. It’s a touchy subject.
@@actavisprime514 😆👍
And thank god for that
I was SO HAPPY when this song ripped the airwaves apart for the first time !!
I remember yelling, "Yay, PUNK IS BACK!!!!"
Glam rock was already on its way out, Gun n Roses, and metallicas black album had brought a sense of realism to the forefront. Kids we're growing tired of hairsray pop.
It’s so amazing how no other band can ever sound like Nirvana, as much as you try. You cannot make a band and expect to sound just like Nirvana.
Er...well there is ...Weird Al does that count? 🤣
Love Nirvana but Nirvana sounds like Slow who didn't get signed
agreed, but Seether comes close... especially their older stuff
silver chair was really.y close to them.
All right. You guys unlocked a new level now. GRUNGE.
You need to react to Alice in chains - Rooster
I am Star Lord and I approve this message ^^^
What about Pearl Jam?
Gotta get some Sound Garden and Stone Temple Pilots too!
@@chriscross2473 pearl Jam is great but not as good as AIC
Seriously, get into Grunge at some point.
I’m sure you’ve heard it before, it’s one of the biggest songs of the last few decades
May be the biggest
The movie hes talking about is PAN
It's literally considred to be THE song of the 90s.
@@Yugioh420
It was also featured in “Moulin Rogue” and “The Muppets Movie”.
Everybody goes crazy when they hear this song fully for the first time 🤣
My non-verbal autistic 6 year old son sings this song word for word. He obviously knows something special when he hears it.
what the fuck if he ain’t verbal how the fuck he speaking verbs
Try to see how many
other songs he hears
that he can sing word-for-word.
If he can communicate through music, feed him a lot of music, all types, and see what he keys into. Maybe get him some beats so he can get the sound really clear. Get him a piano and see what he can do with that. Good luck with your sweetheart!
Music is used for therapy on dementia patients also. It temporarily wakes them up to reality.
Music also stops tremors in Parkinson's disease patients.
Music stimulates the brain.
My 8 year old also has autism and he loves music. He’s thrived so much since beginning music therapy
This was the warning song of the future to come, the isolation, the narcissism and the lack of identity. It was such poison prophecy that the band didnt even want to associate with what was and is a master piece of tone, energy, emotion and forbearing.... The anthem of the generation that was angry confused and poisoned by its environment.
Well put
Agreed.
Bruh. Buddy is out here speaking the truth.
Accurate.
well said!
“We all we all we all fall down” is actually super Nirvana🤣🤣🤣
Black - Pearl Jam Live at MTV Unplugged!! This is an absolute must listen, and a gem of a performance from the 90s rock era
And *Jeremy* as well, the uncensored official video.
Love that song .!!!
This song dropped on me and my college friends like an atomic bomb. We were in LA at the time into the LA/Hollywood alt rock club scene. And in 1991 these guys showed up out of no where and changed the freaking world. We just stood there. We couldn't believe what we were hearing.
100% this song is 100% get x
Same thing happened in Texas, College Station and Austin. Hair bands felt ancient.
Must have been amazing to witness history
This represents teenage and young adult angst in the early 90's. I grew up on this and gotta say these lyrics are still prevalent to this day. Especially nowadays. An amazing band and so talented. The drummer, Dave Grohl, went on to start his own band The Foo Fighters after Kurt Cobain died, may he rest in peace. This was the band from Seattle that really got the Grunge Alternative Rock music introduced to everyone. Great react video. Thank you!
Yaaass! Finally Nirvana! Check out “ Come as we are”, “ Lithium”, “ Heart Shaped Box”, “ All apologies”, “ In Bloom”
Add to that list "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" from MTV Unplugged.
*Come as you are
Where did you sleep last night, now that's a real classic, Nirvana did a great job with that song...
You've heard this song before because this was the single that killed hair band metal and ushered in the 90's. Every radio station that isn't country was blasting it. That includes pop, rap and country stations. Nirvana was the voice of my generation and it's a timeless sound.
Yep. Younger people today don't really have a sense of how transformative this song, and Nirvana as a band in general, was. To give you an idea; this song knocked Michael freaking Jackson off the top of the chart. And that was MJ in his prime.
Radio stations still play it all the time. I can understand a young person who only listens to rap not hearing it much, but it’s a hard song to have never once heard.
Happy seeing youngsters discover great music. The whole album is amazing, please check out more of their catalog when you can.
Wow. Great reaction to one of the greatest rock songs ever. As a 50-year old white dude I am impressed by your willingness and eagerness to appreciate music outside of your comfort zone, and clearly before your time. Kind of like how my dad - gradually - got me to love Elvis and Sinatra. Keep it going. You're awesome. Go back 20 years earlier and try some Led Zeppelin.
Sinatra my way still gets me hype
Shiiit check out Soundgarden “Outshined” it’s one of the best songs ever,in any genre & that’s just 1 of Soundgarden’s songs,they have a pretty big catalog & actually we’re a HUGE influence on not just Nirvana but pretty much every band from that era,Chris Cornell is the greatest singer I’ve ever heard ...check out his performance on “Call Me a Dog” by Temple of the Dog,your jaw will hit the floor
50 too, love it that they just picked up those grunge moves!!!@
Hey Brian may XD
Theyve Already checked out some Zep and stuff like that
The song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the anthem of Generation X. I'm a Gen-xer myself and when the video for this song came out, it kinda blew my mind. I was seeing this dude in a kiddie shirt at a high school that had cheerleaders in black dresses with tattoos all over them. The album "Nevermind" was the album that made Alternative/Grunge a huge success in the 1990's.
Our generation's Beatles, dude. Party on, Wayne! 😃
Guilty, though of course I think we were the last rational generation before the gen Z's who haven't really reached maturity yet.
Gen X took a lot of hits, musician or not. The generation lost a lot on the journey
and it blew kurt's mind too
I was 23 when this album came out and when I put it in the tape deck of my ‘86 Ford Escort, the tape deck ejection mechanism broke. I listened to this entire tape for two months straight until I could figure out how to get it out. Still remember where I was and what I felt the first time I heard this song! 😊
The lyrics to this song
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,…
Last part (after the part where this cuts off) is "a denial!" over and over.
You left out the last verse
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
Nevermind
The drummer is Dave Grohl who went on to form The Foo Fighters, who are still a huge hard rock band Robert Plant of Zepoelin has referred to the grunge scene is Seattle as America’s own home-grown punk.
Yesss!!! Finally got some Nirvana. This is the song that defined the 90's, y'all!! Great pick!!!!! Love from Cali
i wish kurt could have gotten help heroin took control of his life and the shot gun ended his life.
Define the 90s, you and I remember when this killed big hair
@@anthonygajewski1464 A divorce would've been just as good for him.
The best part of this video is when they first heard Cobain’s voice. Their faces said it all. Truly a great artist lost before his time. I remember being a teenager and hearing about his death on MTV when the news first broke. Watching you two enjoy this and dance to it is the best!
The drummer is Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters!! This was voted the number one video of the entire 1990's!! (Btw, it's Hello, hello, hello, how low.)
In North America maybe. In Europe Oasis was king.
Yea lol. Where they get we are we are lol
@@TonyMontanaDS En Spain este fue el más votado,Oasis no tenía tantos fans,Spain está en Europa.
@@juanariquelmecutillas4095 si vas a responderle en español, escribe "España" en lugar de "Spain" ya que estamos 😂
@@noahoraporfavor2432 Es por si no sabe que es España,no sería la primera persona que no sabe ni donde estamos.Saludos y buena tarde.
That song marks the exact moment, when the 80s ended and the 90s begun... At least for me. Great times!
For the past couple if months I've been watching reaction videos to songs that i grew up listening to from the 80's/early 90's. This one is by far the most entertaining one I've seen so far. You guys were sooo into it and I could tell that you genuinely liked the song. Had me dyin!😂😂😂😂
29 years later and I still get chills when Kurt takes that 1st leap into the chorus. Generation X exploding onto the scene.
This came out the year I was born so I grew up hearing this song 👌
@@kayameyamamoto I was 18 that year. Best times of my life in the early 90s!
Still remember driving around in my pos car rocking out to all this. Miss the 90's
@@jeremypatton80 I regret not slowing down and experiencing the 90s more than I did.
Yeah i wish he was still alive to see this 😭
Jay z used the lyrics to this song on his song "holy grail" too. Classic tune.
Classic? No, it was revolutionary!
Some young people today may not fully fathom how this song changed the whole thing. Imagine being 17 year old, having gone through a whole decade of suffering some of the shittiest prefab mainstream music ever on the radio that meant nothing to you, then all of a sudden, some late-summer afternoon, hearing that guitar riff exploding and freaking sweeping the whole world in a matter of weeks... I thank you eternally, Kurt, Krist and Dave.
Rest in Peace, Kurt - finally+💖🙏
You are remembered fondly by many who
hope to see you again - in Paradise✨👑
Real hand made music and people who have unique voices are so rare. It's always "what can be Sold ans ist the trend today?" And a lot of Autotune... And my personal Feeling about music today is, that the emotions, whether happy or angry, are only let out with the handbrake on. Just not too much of anything and above all no lyrics that are critical or go really deep...
You’ve heard it before because this song is THE song that started the Grunge movement. So this song is iconic. Its THE 90’s song. It’s been in EVERYTHING.
wayouttatune2 so it started the grunge movement then. 🤷🏻♂️
Sounds like the proper term would be it gave the grunge movement traction
@@TheLinc78 Don't think you know how movements work. It takes a star to step out to create progress.
they absolutely carried Grunge music forward. No ones saying they were the first, or some dumb shit.
@@TheLinc78 exactly
@@TheLinc78 exactly!! my man
'Lithium' is insane. Literally insane, as in, written by a crazy person. Has insane energy, insane lyrics and is insanely good.
Lithium is used to treat bipolars, would make sense.
You mean genius. It’s often mistaken as insane evidence it’s so hard to truly wrap your head around
That was his mood when he wrote it. Pure genius
Welcome to Nirvana and the 90's, my darlings! You are at the beginning of a very good time for music!
This song dropped in 1991. I didn't know the words until last year.
Still don't know it
I'm pretty sure I heard "entertain us" somewhere in there 🤷
@@gkus7008 yessir, with the lights out, it's less dangerous, here we are now, entertain us.
Lol same. For me would be this year
I was showing my 6 year old grunge and Nirvana. First thing we came across was this video. Now, she'll only watch the video with you two rocking out to it. She wants me to tell you Hi lol
Love you guys! It makes me so happy to see you having so much fun discovering the music I grew up with!!
Considered the greatest song of the 90s! Fun facts: first, this song was written about a popular spray people used like fabreze. Kids would stay home and smoke weed and use Teen Spirit to cover the smell so their parents wouldn’t smell it. I know, because I used it back in the early 90s. 😂
Fun fact. I didn't know this. Thank you for sharing 😊
Teen Spirit was a brand of deodorant.
It was deodarant and one of his friends wrote Kurt smells like teen spirit with a sharpie on a wall the rest is history
greatest ripp-off of the 90's...of the Pixies
Teen spirit deodorant was marketed to tweens and teenage girls.
Check out ''In Bloom'' ''Lithium'' ''Breed'' ''Come as you are'' ''Heart shaped Box'' They actually dont have a bad song! R.I.P Kurt
Man & WOOOman, you two are IT! I love how the music & LYRICS make you MOVE & Smile & GASP in surprise! Thank You!
This guy’s voice is like 30 years older than him 😱 in a good way!
In 2014 Nirvana took their rightful place with the rest of the greats When they got inducted into The Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame well deserved... by the way great reaction video guys I liked it a lot you don’t see a lot of young black people appreciating this kind of music so big up to y’all for having a open mind💯👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I like how he says: ‘we know this part!’ Whilst simultaneously singing the wrong words!
Well it is Nirvana,odd lyrics anyways...lol
"We don't know the middle of this song, we only know the popular part"
"And we don't even know that"
F'in brilliant
Decades later and I still don't know what they're saying. I'd still struggle even if I was holding a lyric sheet. Lol
@@chrissyb9988 me too. Lol
just like everyone lol
I was just born when this song came out and I still remember hearing my mom listening to it when I was 4 years old. If Kurt was still alive he would be mind blown right now knowing today's youth are still jamming to this classic. I feel kinda old 😅
Y’all should react to “Heart Shaped Box” also by Nirvana it’s a great ass song
YESSSS
Fuuuuck yessss!
@Phantom Freeze lithium goes hard!
You have good taste
Nirvana’s renditions of Leadbelly’s “Where did you sleep last night” mtv unglugged. PLEEASSEEE
Absolutely!
😍😍😍😍
Love her reaction to first hearing Kurts voice
I actually love these guys. So genuinely happy and excited
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
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Chris Novoselic / David Grohl / Kurt Cobain
Smells Like Teen Spirit lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
I liked the reaction but it was driving me crazy when he would sing the hook wrong lol
Every time Kurt would go to a party, he would say here we are now, entertain us. That's where that lyric came from.
I went to diverse HIgh School and every click, every different color of people were huge nirvana fans when this came out. They was huge..Kurt a legend
The ultimate Gen-X anthem. I was seventeen two days before this single came out. Part of my life's soundtrack back then.
Whenever I feel sad I must listen to this song to take me back to the actual moment I saw this on MTV for the very first time and I’m awestruck again and I’m transformed back into that very moment in time.
"Hunger Strike" is a grunge all star collab.
One of the best grunge songs ever.
That whole temple of the dog album rocks... Of course it would have never happened without Andrew Wood and Mother Love Bone...
arashi75m It wouldn’t have happened without Andrew Wood dying.
I was thinking spoonman by soundgarden. But def hunger strike
you get it. one of the best songs ever recorded !!
You guys are just so adorable and positive, I love it :)
low key Nirvana can be put in the goat category no cap
😳ARE THEY NOT?? Serious question..
Chris&RheasiaTv They are
@@ChrisandRheasiaTv yes!But he died at 27 with only 2 albums but they were so good it's like biggie only had 2 albums ya get what i'm saying.judge for yourself listen to 1993 live mtv.start with the man who sold the world.its about a man that lost himself .
@zombieWolf they had 4 studio albums bro (bleach, nevermind, incesticide, in utero) and live album unplugged in New York 😊👍
@@danielnewstead7527 well incesocide was a com compilation album and there 1989 album doesn't count as one of there greats so really it's just 2 imo
Best years of my life when this came out !!!
RIP KURT
RIP CK
This guys voice, it’s so deep
Watching a younger generation that grew up to a different genre of music and exploring and opening their minds to other genres makes me so happy! This is music I grew up listening to and to see the younger generation enjoy it warms my heart! Yall keep doing you and thanks for the smiles ❤
“Just a girl-no doubt” or anymore of no doubts songs like “don’t speak” are really good u guys should react to them.
My mix tape was this and then I’m just a girl, then bop. Then dead by squirrel nut zippers.
My fav was "Sunday Morning". And I was a bit of a metalhead and Grunge-y Gen-Xer. Still enjoyed some No Doubt.
I was in my early twenties when this song exploded and singlehandedly killed hair metal. One of the most iconic songs of the decade, anyone who likes music can see why this song in particular had such an effect on all of us. Kurt will always be missed and revered for his talent and his impact on popular music
You guys are hilarious! Much love from Canada!
If you want a good laugh, listen to Weird Al Yankovich's version of this.
Yes! And Weird Al's Amish Paradise😹 My Fave
🤣
Great to see you all having such a good time doing your review!!! Great intro you all have as well for your channel!!
This album basically brought about the death of the 80’s hair bands. Iconic song
There was a small bit of this in Jay-Z's Holy Grail. Like so they can see.
Herion
That's what I thought too when they were trying to figure it out
Yes...exactly..that is what I thought as well.
😍
Jay Z always been the next level!
You guys are great. My new favorite reaction duo
This song changed rock music. It killed the hair bands of the 80s and ushered in a great new age.
lol no it did not Thrash metal killed hair metal, and that was done more specifically by the bands, Exodus, Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth and Overkill.
Thank you Nirvana!
After this most rock stations dropped the hair bands and started playing Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam , Soundgarden, Alice in Chains ect...
@@Vakaria-plays dude fr
lordifandk thrash and hair metal co-existed.
Grunge killed hair metal.
Thrash evolved in response to grunge.
You two are so in sync with your dancing. It's pretty cool
You two are my new favorite find! I love how excited you get off the music that's been awesome for a long time.
I think pearl jam should be up next. Alive, Black, Even Flow, Jeremy, Last Kiss.
Also the We are We are you keep saying is from Youth of the Nation by P.O.D.
Pearl Jam is very talented and the lead singer has a great voice.
Play Red, Hit Chili Peppers's: "Give it away"
OMG YES!! They would love them!!!
Rhcp - "hey" not snow. "Hey"
And Californiacation by RHCP
Nirvana transformed music for me...couldnt believe what I was hearing...no more new wave. And I lived just up the street from RKCNDY and the Offramp, but didn't know this was happening but I learned quick. Still the music I identify with
i’m half black and half white and on my “white side” this is One of the greatest alternative/grunge classic 90’s songs of all times!! HANDS DOWN KURT WAS BORN TO MAKE THIS SONG!!! I’m so happy seeing this and seeing that you guys actually loved it ! next you need to try some Red Hot chili peppers- give it away and Sublime- Santeria !!!
Alice In Chains “Man InTheBox”. Got to her that!
Yes man in the box or down in a hole!
This is easily the biggest song of the 90s and has been played millions of times.... everywhere. People living on remote islands in a cave in the middle of a forest have probably heard it at least once 😄Cute reaction!
You're a human being and you grew up in America. Of course you've heard this!
Not just America the entire world!
teen spirit goes hard r.i.p kurt cobain
busted out laughing when he did that "we ahhh, we ahh ahhhhh"...so funny
Beyonce once said when she and her destiny child girls would play this song over and over super loud singing in thier hairbrushes and jumping on her bed till her dad would come and tell them to turn it down, then they would do it over and over.thats pretty cool..lol
Plot Twist: His leader singer doesn't exist anymore, but their music keeps him alive
I'm amazed that so many people didnt even know the same music existed !!!I bought this cd 20 yrs ago!!!
"We don't know what they're saying" - don't worry, lol, no one does. 😂
😂😂Much Love🤟🏽💯
There's a weird al parody of this song all about how you can't understand the words
@@earlgendron4893 That's "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al. "It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss with all these marbles in my mouth." LOL!
Try listening to the first beck album...
Keegan R. The crazy thing is you can have the all lyrics in the palm of your hand in under 5 seconds. Back in the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s my friends & I would have killed (figuratively speaking, of course) to have immediate access to the lyrics of almost every song ever written.
This was an insanely huge hit. You could have heard it in a hundred different places, from a movie to the mall to a local bar
I remember us younglings going off our heads to this song, also big were The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, SOAD to name but a few.
Great to see a whole new generation enjoying the music I grew up with.
Well guys, you’ve now really stepping into my era. Since you’ve opened the box to one of the great culture shifts - grunge/alternative rock - some suggestions/requests for the other “most influential” bands & songs. I’m sure there’ll be others I’ve missed , but these are the ones that really define the era for me...
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (The MTV Unplugged performance). In Bloom.
Pearl Jam - Jeremy. Alive. Even Flow.
Soundgarden - Spoonman. Black Hole Sun. Outshine.
Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike (this is a bonus...it’s a combo of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden band members)
Alice In Chains - Man in the Box. Would. Rooster.
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush. Big Empty. Interstate Love Song.
Smashing Pumpkins - Today. Cherub Rock. Tonight, Tonight.
Rage Against the Machine - (you got them 😉)
Feel free to pick and choose. 🎸🥁🎤🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I whole heartedly 100% percent agree with every band and song on this list. I absolutely second everything @Crimson Wring said, I could not come up with a better list myself. just spot on really. Maybe I would add Vasoline to the STP list and Rear View Mirror to the Pearl Jam list, but that is me being nit picky and adding two other songs I really like personally.
Miss you so much Kurt! You died too soon... 😢 the world was robbed of your genius.
This shyt was the #1 video on MTV for like two years straight no lie ... if you didnt know it - u wasnt shyt 💯
You would love nirvana - the man who sold the world
Yessssss unplugged of course
Any off of unplugged they would love.
@wayouttatune2 yes and david was blown away with their version.
Have you guys done Soundgarden yet. "Outshined", "Slaves and Bulldozers".
I’m upsessed with nirvana and I think I need help because of it, it makes me happy when people react to it and they like it tbh lmao
Hello hello hello how low?
Kurt threw a party and conked out on Golden Girl, when he woke up the place was trashed and it was written on the wall "Kurt smells like teen spirit" teen spirit was a women's deodorant, but Kurt thought it meant something else