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Post by sgtpeppr on May 27, 2015 9:07:39 GMT -5
yeah, thats true. being there as it happened puts an additional spin on it. same with oasis. i almost wish i could listen to both with fresh ears to form a non-bias opinion.
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Post by Let It🩸 on May 27, 2015 15:22:49 GMT -5
One of the most culturally influencial and era defining bands in music. I really am saddened that Nirvana's impact and importance is lost on younger generations.... Bands like Weezer, may've never been signed if it weren't for Nirvana. Literally, the music being made was different once Nevermind was released. Not a huge Pavement fan, they're decent. Again, an annoying ex girlfriend liked them; God, I hope she's dead, actually, I know she's not, saw her a few years ago and told her to go fuck herself. I never claimed to be perfect, eva. God bless. You're definitely right about how Nirvana opened the door to a lot of alternative rock, but the college radio movement of the 80's had to reach a saturation point at some time. Nirvana influence isn't necessarily lost, but they are kinda of a band that you grow out of at least for my generation, Oasis could be put in the category as well mind you. All subjective I suppose. I grew up on classic rock and when I was 11-12 I started listening to Nirvana. They helped me find bands that i really like today such as The Pixies, but I've kinda moved on from them. I can appreciate them and I'll put on their acoustic mtv performance or come as you are every so often, but in general I don't play them that much. Obviously a lot of you guys were there when Nirvana was making it big. I was about the age the baby on Nevermind was released, so y'all will have a perspective that I don't, and can appreciate them in a way that I never can. Still, I'm just listening to the music 20 years later. I have no sentimental attachment to them and I'm just think there's a lot of bands better than them. Nirvana definitely means more than most of those bands in terms of rock n' roll evolution within popular culture so respect to that. Good vibes and blessings your way Let It🩸. I love getting perspective from you guys who are a bit older on how music and the music industry used to be like. Its changed a lot in my lifetime, so I can only imagine how much it has for yall. It's all good. Also, another popular opinion amongst younger generations is: Nirvana's legendary status is because Kurt killed himself. Nirvana were the biggest and most relevant band in the world when Kurt died. Sure, his death adds to the story but not as much as people make it out to be. God bless. |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 16:11:46 GMT -5
as Lennon2217 and Let It🩸 said ,,, nirvana changed the game ....funny thing in seattle at the time the game was already changed , as Rain and frodis can attest that scene was literally waiting to explode worldwide , motherlovebone ( pearl jam basically without vedder ) had a huge cult following , say hello to heaven i believe is written for that group leads singer who died and eddie came on scene . nirvana literally kicked open the flannell wearing skull cap wearing in summer generation into mainstream , and they did it without selling out ... as LIB says they were already huge before kurts suicide , it was amazing time for music the seattle scene opened the door for fresh blood on CLASSIC ROCK RADIO and then came BRITPOP ....GREAT TIMES  |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 16:16:39 GMT -5
OFF TOPIC A SMIDGE ..... it really PISSES ME OFF TO NO END that classic rock giants 102.7 WNEW IN NYC had the balls to tell me they wouldnt play OASIS IN 2005 because to be classic rock the songs had to be pre 1990 or 15 years ......yet they played nirvana, pearl jam,soundgarden ect ect like crazy all there hits post 1990
finally the program director told me his audience dont like OASIS ....i called him a jerk off and said OASIS were born from the beatles and stones ...that is your audience ....... pissed me off to no end sorry for rant but talking about grunge days always brings back that memory even WEBBY TRIED TO NO AVAIL
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Post by Rain on May 27, 2015 21:49:09 GMT -5
Different cultures and time. The Smiths is a totally different style than Nirvana. Plus both bands grew up in a different class. Nirvana grew up as poor kids on skid row. The Smiths weren't like that. Kurt was very personally and at the same time impersonal too, which still intrigues people to this day.
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Post by Let It🩸 on May 29, 2015 16:35:22 GMT -5
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Jun 5, 2015 18:05:35 GMT -5
I was once described as a walking Smiths song. It wasn't a compliment. But it was accurate.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 18:07:14 GMT -5
I was once described as a walking Smiths song. It wasn't a compliment. But it was accurate.  |
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Post by As You Built The Moon on Jun 16, 2015 20:04:22 GMT -5
I enjoy both, but Smiths all the way.
I don't think I started seriously getting into music until after Kurt's death and after that I was busy diving into classic rock, so I about missed the entire grunge scene. In the late 90s I bought Nevermind and the girl at Best Buy smirked like 'you're just now getting this?' I took it home, listened to it, and sat there thinking 'why was this so popular?' It was good, quite good, but I came to the conclusion that without being part of that scene and being there to regurgitate what had come before, I was never going to be into them as much as I could have. I like them but I'll never be a true fan.
I never even got the whole 'grunge makes me feel depressed/feel this or that' thing. I've felt all kinds of things listening to all kinds of music, but grunge as a whole was just ... good rock and roll, for the most part. It never felt all that visceral to me. It was just kind of there.
Then even later I got The Queen is Dead through following Oasis and that album became an instant favorite. I love Morrissey's voice and lyrics and Marr's guitar. I'm sure there's plenty I don't actually 'get' about them but it's less than Nirvana.
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jun 17, 2015 2:06:48 GMT -5
The Smiths
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Post by lamboasis on Jun 19, 2015 2:35:42 GMT -5
I'm not a big fan of both. I've been into Nirvana for about 2 days last year, the same with The Smiths. I own Nevermind, In Utero, Meat is Murder and The Queen is Dead. 2 / 2.
They are so different and I'm not a big fan, I've just 10-15 songs I like from both bands. But I gotta say The Smiths
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Post by Jailbird on Jun 19, 2015 3:34:06 GMT -5
ABBA vs Sex Pistols
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Post by The Crimson Rambler on Jun 19, 2015 13:44:35 GMT -5
Probably the closest The Smith's & Nirvana came to sounding like a comparable pairing was during Nirvana's famous 1991 performance on Top Of The Pops, when the band took this piss out of the shows 'no live music' policy and Kurt busted out his best Morrissey impression.
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