Nirvana C/D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPUQRQMDEm0

del griffith otm

The whole point of Nirvana was to ridicule any and all bands that sang songs with lyrics like "whoaaaa yeah mama, set me free, come on now!"

Disagree that this was the whole point of Nirvana.

yeah that's a little absurd

it was definitely part of them tho

The whole point of Nirvana was to ridicule any and all bands that sang songs with lyrics like "whoaaaa yeah mama, set me free, come on now!"

That explains why Kurt was such an unabashed Led Zeppelin fan, and had Meet The Beatles! and Get The Knack in his top 50 albums list.

but the song was shitty old man Casino-circuit bar band dreck

Yeah, lyrically, completely disagree musically.

the song was shitty old man Casino-circuit bar band dreck.
― del griffith, Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:28 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no it was way noisier and messier than that kind of music ever is

I'm mystified at the idea of a band having a "point."

should we poll which is the better lead singer of Nirvana

― too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, December 13, 2012 3:17 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/78313608/The+Point+Harry+Nilsson.png

the new song was fine imo but honestly it would've been more fun if they'd rocked out "Helter Skelter" together instead of doing a "HS" knockoff a few minutes after Paul and his band ran through the original

the song was shitty old man Casino-circuit bar band dreck.
― del griffith, Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:28 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no it was way noisier and messier than that kind of music ever is

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, December 13, 2012 3:47 PM (2 minutes ago)

Exactly, if you swapped out the lyrics for something abstract or darker and swapped out the players for people you may think are "cooler" and changed nothing else about how it sounded I'd be surprised if anyone here still had a problem with it.

That explains why Kurt was such an unabashed Led Zeppelin fan, and had Meet The Beatles! and Get The Knack in his top 50 albums list.

― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:42 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^

i kinda dug the mccartney/nirvana jam

Yeah I was expecting them to help out on Helter Skelter.

I have a feeling people who didn't like it were prepared not to before it started.

there weren't enough Kaoscillators hanging from gold chains, these guys are clearly behind the times

still really impressed by the Helter Skelter/Blackbird/I've Got A Feeling/Let Me Roll It setlist picks, though, Paul secretly has good taste in his own shit

for the Quincy Jones tribute at the HOF I hope Trey Songz joins him for a rousing "The Girl is Mine."

Paul secretly has good taste in his own shit

^^^

was a pretty interesting set

Kanye was so boring

I'm just glad we didn't have to do Hey Jude for the millionth time

that new "Nirvana" song sounds has a Led Zep vibe, which Nircana never had. and it's good.

there really was a part of me that wanted to see old Macca go out there and tear through "Scentless Apprentice"

that new "Nirvana" song sounds has a Led Zep vibe, which Nircana never had. and it's good.

― nostormo, Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:02 PM (9 minutes ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwYzzN1AIqw

Grohl is like Bonham without the jazz

yeah he's pretty great

lol

Man, people have some weird ideas about and conceptions of Nirvana, that's for sure. I don't really think the dude who covered a song whose lyrics were "Up, up, up and down/turn, turn, turn around/round, round, round about and over again" would really be that put out by "whoaaaa yeah mama, set me free, come on now," let alone make it "the whole point" of his band.

if there was any point, it was 'i listen to all these different types of music, how about I combine all the things I like about them into songs'

yknow, like bands do

dudes wanted to rock imo

Man, people have some weird ideas about and conceptions of Nirvana, that's for sure. I don't really think the dude who covered a song whose lyrics were "Up, up, up and down/turn, turn, turn around/round, round, round about and over again" would really be that put out by "whoaaaa yeah mama, set me free, come on now," let alone make it "the whole point" of his band.

it seems to me that his love for the Vaselines had to do with honesty, sincerity, and authenticity, which I suppose the chest-beating machismo inherent in "whoaaaa yeah mama, set me free, come on now" is at least theoretically antithetical to.

what if you sincerely, honestly wanted that mama to set you free?

what if that mama was a children's television show host?

moms can do pretty amazing things when you plead, iirc

there was a rolling stone interview where kurt said he found mccartney embarrassing, so maybe nirvana was the ultimate expression of being embarrassed by mccartney. he also had a recipe for pear soup in a grunge cookbook.

I love Macca but he is def embarassing

mccartney's a total "pear" (i think that's a gay sex thing)

"What people don't realize is that the so-called Seattle Grunge scene grew out of several close-knit gourmet supper clubs--we would only pick up guitars to pass the time while our dishes were simmering, baking, boiling, etc."
http://www.soupsong.com/rsquash1.html

i think that's probably a different kurt cobain

actual Kurt only cooked w spoons iirc

http://i.imgur.com/O1PA5.jpg

it seems to me that his love for the Vaselines had to do with honesty, sincerity, and authenticity

I'm not sure Nirvana were about those things except in the most facile way. I mean, didn't Kurt pretty much admit that most of his lyrics were meaningless and were as much or more about the sounds of the words as their meanings?

"It is now my duty to completely drain you," kurt said to the pasta in the colander.

YEAH-EAH-EAH-EAH
YEAH-EAH-EAH-EAHHHHHHH-EAH
YEAH-EAH-EAH-EAH
YEAH-EAH-EAH-EAHHHHHHH-EAH
YEAHHHHHH

Smells Like Dinner's Ready, amirite

Heart Shaped Petit Fours

"This salad's missing something," said Kurt.
"Try my herb garden in the back," said Krist.
Kurt went out with a bowl and came back with the same bowl, still empty.
"Won't you believe it? It's just my luck!" Kurk pouted. "No sweet cress."

Moist Tagine

I'm not sure Nirvana were about those things except in the most facile way. I mean, didn't Kurt pretty much admit that most of his lyrics were meaningless and were as much or more about the sounds of the words as their meanings?

I think that meaningless lyrics could be an honest expression of something. I think he just railed against a certain kind of 'jock' mentality, like using music to score with chicks or get rich, that sort of thing.