What a band....
Soundtrack of my teens.
Been way too long
Soundtrack of my teens.
Been way too long
Nirvana
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Aneurysm is such a mint track, love the intro.
That along with drain you are probably my two favourites. Not to mention the Meat Puppet covers on Unplugged.
That along with drain you are probably my two favourites. Not to mention the Meat Puppet covers on Unplugged.
still my fav track, brilliant:
I like smells like teen spirit, don't know what the feck he's saying but it sounds good
Immense band.
MTV unplugged and Nevermind are two must have albums for any music fan.
MTV unplugged and Nevermind are two must have albums for any music fan.
Not to mention how after acquiring the taste for In Utero it becomes a masterpiece.
Good old Nirvana. Sound track of my teens too. They will always be one of my all time favourites.Personally i don't get Nirvana, i don't dislike them but i wouldn't call anything of theirs a masterpiece.
Nirvana unplugged is a masterpiece.
I wouldn't class any of the studio albums as such though.
I wouldn't class any of the studio albums as such though.
Best impulse buy I've made in years. Cd and Dvd in one set!
Nirvana: Live At Reading '92 - DVDs at Play.com (UK)
Nirvana: Live At Reading '92 - DVDs at Play.com (UK)
I just wish I was a little bit older in 92. Apparently you could hear them perfectly from my house.
Hardly listen to them any more, but my obsession with them was so intense that it became something of a joke during musical discussions on this forum when I was a teenager.
I've listened to a lot of music since then and there's now a load of artists I regard as being more culturally significant and simply better from a musical perspective. But feck me I loved this band when I was a kid. I'd still put Nevermind and In Utero in the top 30 or 40 albums I've ever heard.
Cobain was a wonderful songwriter. Honestly, you could play all the songs they ever recorded back to back, including B sides and random studio cuts, and I doubt you'd find a poor song.
I've listened to a lot of music since then and there's now a load of artists I regard as being more culturally significant and simply better from a musical perspective. But feck me I loved this band when I was a kid. I'd still put Nevermind and In Utero in the top 30 or 40 albums I've ever heard.
Cobain was a wonderful songwriter. Honestly, you could play all the songs they ever recorded back to back, including B sides and random studio cuts, and I doubt you'd find a poor song.
They were just fantastic. I went through a Nirvana phase when I was around 15 or so. Cobain, as brilliant as he was, was a bit of a miserable chap, but his miserable tone was something one can easily connect to rather than the glorification and 'cool' quotient other artists like to attach to it. His lyrics and music were just him putting himself out there in the most natural way he could possibly.
Right in the middle of Milk It there's a moment when Cobain laughs before he starts singing again. I dont know why but I love that.
Also, the 'Ugh' at the start of Mexican Seafood. Brilliant
Also, the 'Ugh' at the start of Mexican Seafood. Brilliant
I'll probably say something different in a few days but today I'd put Incesticide above In Utero and Nevermind.
One thing that always bothered me about Nevermind is that half the songs on that album have the same start. Perhaps it was deliberate. Havent seen it mentioned anywhere.
Top 5 Nirvana songs:
All apologies
Lounge Act
Dive
Aneurysm
Aero Zeppelin
yup, that's 3 from Incesticide. Every song in that album is awesome except Hairspray Queen which is great for about 30 seconds.
I've never gotten into their stuff, although I guess I haven't tried very hard. I do like this song a lot.
Cobain was miserable as a person but I find nothing miserable about Nirvana's music. you want miserable? Listen to Sinatra sing When No One Cares. That'll make you use a gun on yourself. I bet that's what made Cobain shoot himself too.
In fact of all the grunge bands Nirvana's music is probably the least miserable. And third best behind Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. imho of course.
Madness, it's mainly a load of b-sides, covers and songs (rightly) not deemed good enough for inclusion on a proper album. It does have some good original songs on it (Aneurysm for example) that would not sound out of place on Nevermind, but it's not a cohesive album and not really comparble to Nevermind or In Utero in my opinion.
You could certainly hear them from where I was... about 6 rows form the fron of the mosh pit.
Came sooo close to getting away with the neck of Kurt's guitar... had one hand on it, but somebody else managed to prize me off and make off with it. Wonder what that'd be worth today...
I know it's a collection of stuff that never made it to their albums but every song on it (except for Hairspray Queen) is bloody good. I cant say that about In Utero or Bleach. Nevermind comes closest but Incesticide just edges it for me.
It's Very Ape.
Kurt Cobain struggled with a heroin addiction and a crazy relationship with Courtney Love. Some critics say that his songs didn't mean anything, that they were just random sentences strung together.
Whatever the truth may be, his songs were catchy as feck.
Whatever the truth may be, his songs were catchy as feck.
America, eh? We were just talking about that fella Kurt Cobain. He was from America. Imagine blowing your head off with a shot-gun. How'd he manage to survive that?
Hugely overrated band. One hit wonder.
Saw rednev had posted in thread. Guessed tone of reply/words used/opinion proferred. Checked post. What a surprise, I was bang on the money.
Do you remember that fella who was so good at fashion they had to shoot him?
I'm going to come with a formula to come up with the definitive order of Nirvana albums. It's going to be awesome. I'm sure you're all dying to know the results so you can update your opinions accordingly. I might do it tonight.
I think wikipedia already has them listed in order of release.
It's:
In Utero
Nevermind
Unplugged
Incesticide
Bleach
In Utero
Nevermind
Unplugged
Incesticide
Bleach
My formula has completely failed me. Nevermind is miles ahead of Incesticide and In Utero finished last. I've basically taken my iTunes ratings and posted them in to a spreadsheet and then averaged for each album by number of songs. Unplugged, while technically not an album, is on top.
Unplugged - 94.29
Nevermind - 90
Incesticide - 74.67
Bleach - 72.30
In Utero - 68.33
Unplugged - 94.29
Nevermind - 90
Incesticide - 74.67
Bleach - 72.30
In Utero - 68.33
Saw them a couple of times - good gigs at the time but not earth shattering. People elevate them now because of what happened to KC. I still have a refunded ticket to see them in Cardiff when it all ended.
However fleeting it's their unplugged material that seems to be the most memorable.
However fleeting it's their unplugged material that seems to be the most memorable.
Aero Zeppelin and Big Long Now (two songs that sound like a pub band poorly immitating Soundgarden) you've rated 100, but Pennyroyal Tea only 60? Pretty much everything on Bleach is superior to those two songs in my opinion. Scentless apprentice isn't much of a song, but I prefer it to those two aforementioned 100s of yours. It used to drive my dad up the wall so it was worth 80 for that alone.
I think you need ot listen to those 2 songs again
I listened to them again before I wrote that to check that they were indeed two of the worst song they ever recorded (and I listened to pretty much every Nirvana bootleg that was around in the 90s).
I'm listening to Big Long Now and it's bloody awesome. In fact according to iTunes the only Nirvana song I've heard more than that is Dive (in the lat year. thats how long I've had this laptop)