i dont get it.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Solid results.
― krakow, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
This reminds me of my last visit to NY, I decided what I needed was "In Utero" the Wal-Mart version, which has "Waif me" and no "Gallons of Alcohol" etc.
I just noticed this post, what version *does* have "Gallons of Alcohol" on it?
― display names have been changed to protect the innocent (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
where my very ape peeps at
― goole, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
surprised pennyroyal tea placed so low
― the most naturally gifted poster of his generation (cozwn), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I can def get with these results but ^^ yeah
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey musicians, what is it called at the beginning of "very ape" when the perceived upbeat/downbeat does a flipflop? (and what other songs do that?)
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
i dunno! i didn't think there was a term for it.
― goole, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
"I'm Free" by The Who does it.. I don't think there's a term for it.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 16 April 2009 03:47 (fifteen years ago) link
huge 20th anniversary splurge in MOJO that came out this week. yeah i know, but the main piece is by Jon Savage so that has to be worth a look. just reading this makes me so fucking sad about what happened :(
"What Pat added more than anything was an injection of life and happiness to those last months of Nirvana. We’d talked about getting a second guitar player, we talked about Steve Turner, we talked about Buzz Osborne, but of course we didn’t want to break up Mudhoney or the Melvins. Kurt had been in Los Angeles and walked into the SST Superstore where Pat was working, and they hit it off. One of the first rehearsals, we were trying to figure out ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ and the three of us just couldn’t do it. Pat said, “Actually, it goes like this.” I thought, ‘There’s a musician in the band now!’ Having Pat changed things dramatically. Kurt and Courtney were on that side of town and Krist and I were on this side of town, and Pat definitely bridged us back together for awhile." - Dave Grohl.
― piscesx, Saturday, 3 August 2013 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
cool i'm off to my nearest newstand now maybe
― recordin' mofo (rattled), Saturday, 3 August 2013 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
God I hate All Apologies
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 4 August 2013 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i think i've been sick of that song since the first month it got played on the radio
― some dude, Sunday, 4 August 2013 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
listening to "dumb" a lot lately. what a fucked up song.
― boy_slayer, Sunday, 4 August 2013 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
I'm one of those in here who don't care much about Nirvana. That said, I think In Utero is better than Nevermind which always seemed a too frontloaded to me. I love the results in this poll, serve the servants and frances farmer are the highlights for me too.
― Moka, Sunday, 4 August 2013 06:03 (eleven years ago) link
Was Gallons of Alcohol not available in the US version? It's also one of my favorites in here.
― Moka, Sunday, 4 August 2013 06:21 (eleven years ago) link
I think a problem I have with this album, as good as it is, is that I wish there were more songs with the dynamics of Milk it.
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 4 August 2013 06:29 (eleven years ago) link
it seems to be this halfway house of a Jesus Lizard/Touch and Go thing and more traditional singer songwriter elements, All Apologies or Heart Shaped Box. It's a bit jarring to me, either go the whole way with one or the other IMO
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 4 August 2013 06:33 (eleven years ago) link
Grohl sounds great on this but in terms of arrangements he could be used in much more interesting ways
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 4 August 2013 06:35 (eleven years ago) link
listened to this a lot this weekend and while I always liked it, I've done a complete about face on this album. Used to think it was greatly overrated and a little too plain at times, but my opinion must have been colored by what else I was listening to at the time.
For me it doesn't get any better than "Scentless Apprentice" with Kurt's exerted yells and the noisy riff. "Milk It", I've always liked the live versions better but the main riff is monstrous.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 10 March 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
Some days this is my favourite Nirvana album, others it's Bleach. Always between those two.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 10 March 2014 22:29 (ten years ago) link
The noisiest bits of this album are the best. Hate "All Apologies," always have.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 10 March 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
"Frances Farmer" is A+ though
The noisiest bits of this album are the best.
'Dumb' invalidates this thesis.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 10 March 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
you can't fire me cuz i quit
^ always imagined this is how most firings went down
― j., Thursday, 19 March 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
oh boy, that riff that kicks in briefly on Frances Farmer at 0:38. it's not an overused sound on the album, so when it appears it's all the sweeter.
― charlie h, Friday, 20 March 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
scentless apprentice is the way I enjoyed them sounding
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 20 March 2015 00:25 (nine years ago) link
that was my favourite song when the album came out. i've gone off it a bit over the years.
― charlie h, Friday, 20 March 2015 00:31 (nine years ago) link
oh boy, that riff that kicks in briefly on Frances Farmer at 0:38.
And the instrumental middle eight!
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 20 March 2015 01:04 (nine years ago) link
this record is pretty riffless for such a big rock album hit
― j., Friday, 20 March 2015 01:15 (nine years ago) link
Anyone surprised that Tourette's earned 3 votes is missing out on how misanthropic, evil, and pummeling this band could be. That said, my pick is Frances Farmer for life.
― Portugal minus Pedro Foster Cage (Spectrist), Friday, 20 March 2015 01:21 (nine years ago) link
love this album, especially "frances farmer." "milk it" is still the scariest nirvana performance.
"all apologies" has always sounded like a lennon homage to me, the tune reminds me a lot of "look at me" and "julia."
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 20 March 2015 03:40 (nine years ago) link
yeah these verses esp.
I am my own parasiteI don't need a host to liveWe feed off of each otherWe can share our endorphins
Doll steak!Test meat!
...
I own my own pet virusI get to pet and name herHer milk is my shitMy shit it is her milk
i wonder if this was the earliest song i encountered where there was something uncanny to the lyrics that wasn't sung just as a pose or for the effect of weirdness or artiness, but had some kind of strange conviction to it.
― j., Friday, 20 March 2015 03:47 (nine years ago) link
His lyrics are not often praised. Or is that a misconception on my part?
― Hinklepicker, Friday, 20 March 2015 09:42 (nine years ago) link
the way kurt sings, i rarely know what he's actually saying so seeing the words to milk it written down like that is kind of mindblowing.
― why dont u say something or like just die (dog latin), Friday, 20 March 2015 12:35 (nine years ago) link
the moment that's grown on me most in recent years is just the way serve the servants opens - just this huge, confrontational squall of sound.
― why dont u say something or like just die (dog latin), Friday, 20 March 2015 12:37 (nine years ago) link
is missing out on how misanthropic, evil, and pummeling this band could be.
Yeah, they're often misunderstood as much more one dimensional than they really were. Doesn't help that their most famous album is also their most boring.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 20 March 2015 13:23 (nine years ago) link
this one and unplugged are the only nirvana i ever feel like listening to
nevermind is super boring and the sound of that record is terrible imo
― marcos, Friday, 20 March 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link
milk it would've been my vote
‘There’s a musician in the band now!
― j., Sunday, 19 February 2017 03:41 (seven years ago) link
― j., Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:15 PM
what
― flappy bird, Sunday, 19 February 2017 04:17 (seven years ago) link
like, try to sing the riffs to the songs, from memory
― j., Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:04 (seven years ago) link
DUN-DUN-DUN-NUN DUN-NUN-NUN-NUN-NUN-DUN-DUN
― flappy bird, Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:09 (seven years ago) link
yeah they're pretty much all like that
― j., Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:12 (seven years ago) link
i started typing them all outbut i got boredi can hum them allthe pretty songs are prettythe heavy songs fucking stompi remember them all
― flappy bird, Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:13 (seven years ago) link
you don't know what you're remembering
― j., Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:18 (seven years ago) link
Tons of memorable riffs on this album.
― chap, Sunday, 19 February 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
Ha, I could tell right away that flappy bird was talking about "Scentless Apprentice". That one and "All Apologies" are the ones I really think of as being based on memorable riffs in the classic sense.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Sunday, 19 February 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
Milk it's as memorable as riffs get imo.
― chihuahuau, Sunday, 19 February 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
almost the entire album is memorable riffs wtf
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 19 February 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link