BCB 100 - Nirvana
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BCB 100 - Nirvana
I need to pick up Bleach some time. But of the other two regular studio albums, In Utero is definitely my favorite. I don't only find the sound of the album more interesting, I just think in general it has better songs on it. I find "Pennyroyal Tea" and "All Apologies" a bit overrated (though the latter does have a nice melody), but some of my favorite songs of theirs are infrequently remarked on; "Frances Farmer...", "Very Ape", even "Heart-Shaped Box" seems kind of ignored for a single.
Favorite Album - In Utero
Favorite Song - "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle"
Favorite Album - In Utero
Favorite Song - "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle"
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A band which meant a lot to me at one point and In Utero is probably one of those 5 or 6 albums which I could sing you from start to finish. I've not got a need for them any more but I'm glad they're there.
Album: In Utero
Song: I'll go with Geoff and say 'Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle'. It takes the quiet/loud thing to ridiculous extremes. Nirvana in excelsis.
Album: In Utero
Song: I'll go with Geoff and say 'Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle'. It takes the quiet/loud thing to ridiculous extremes. Nirvana in excelsis.
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I figure I've said enough about them. Hype, heroin addiction, Pixies influence and Courtney Love aside, the truth's in the grooves. They were for real.
Song - So many I don't know where to begin. But let's say "About a Girl," because that's the one more than any other that said they couldn't fit so comfortably in a box, in much the way the acoustic stuff on Zeppelin I did.
Album - Unplugged in New York. Could the Pixies have pulled this off? I think not.
Song - So many I don't know where to begin. But let's say "About a Girl," because that's the one more than any other that said they couldn't fit so comfortably in a box, in much the way the acoustic stuff on Zeppelin I did.
Album - Unplugged in New York. Could the Pixies have pulled this off? I think not.
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album-In Utero
song=About a Girl/Sliver. Some of the more famous ones are probably just as good or better but I haven't heard these two to death!
song=About a Girl/Sliver. Some of the more famous ones are probably just as good or better but I haven't heard these two to death!
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Sir John Coan wrote:They were fucking shite.
Why won't anybody stand up and say it?
It happens all the time around here (especially when it comes to this band), so don't go whining that we suffer from some kind of groupthink and no one has the stones to take on a sacred cow when necessary. It's not like it takes a special amount of courage to "go against the grain" and come out against something popular.
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Baron 'O' Boogie wrote:Sir John Coan wrote:They were fucking shite.
Why won't anybody stand up and say it?
It happens all the time around here (especially when it comes to this band), so don't go whining that we suffer from some kind of groupthink and no one has the stones to take on a sacred cow when necessary. It's not like it takes a special amount of courage to "go against the grain" and come out against something popular.
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Album- Nevermind
Song- Sliver
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Nothing wrong with Nirvana, I suppose. A perfectly good band by most standards. But I'll never understand the effort to raise them up to elite status. I suppose the winner gets the spoils, and the fact that they were the group that made "indy" records into a commodity buys them a key to rock and roll's executive washroom. But it's went beyond that, and I just don't get it.
I think a big part of it was the reaction that the rock press had to them. It was good copy making them "important." Critics at that time were in the habit of describing acts in terms of their social importance - and sales always seemed to be the barometer of that importance. They so wanted the alternative scene to provide them with a successor to the Chuck Berry, Elvis, Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin lineage, that they tried to shoehorn Nirvana [and soon after - Pearl Jam] into that role. Then when Cobain died, they went into overdrive trying to paint him as a next generation Lennon or Jim Morrison. It all just seemed so desperate. But it did move a lot of t-shirts.
I hated the hype, but didn't mind the band. Like many bands of that era their chord progressions could be a bit nebulous and their lyrics a bit too concious of the clever vs. angst ratio, but just as often as not they cut through to something that felt somewhat undeniable.
Of course they get major credit for wiping away the cultural influence of Susnset Strip hair bands with the release of Smell's Like Teen Spirit, but the joyless, lifeless "grunge" movement that followed soon made Warrant's Cherry Pie seem like a lot of fun in comparison.
I'm not sure how they deserve a spot on this list, or on any list of 100 great rock acts. I'll assume I'm missing something. As I said, a perfectly good band. But so was Thin Lizzy.
Favorite Album: Nevermind
Favorite Song: Come As You Are
I think a big part of it was the reaction that the rock press had to them. It was good copy making them "important." Critics at that time were in the habit of describing acts in terms of their social importance - and sales always seemed to be the barometer of that importance. They so wanted the alternative scene to provide them with a successor to the Chuck Berry, Elvis, Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin lineage, that they tried to shoehorn Nirvana [and soon after - Pearl Jam] into that role. Then when Cobain died, they went into overdrive trying to paint him as a next generation Lennon or Jim Morrison. It all just seemed so desperate. But it did move a lot of t-shirts.
I hated the hype, but didn't mind the band. Like many bands of that era their chord progressions could be a bit nebulous and their lyrics a bit too concious of the clever vs. angst ratio, but just as often as not they cut through to something that felt somewhat undeniable.
Of course they get major credit for wiping away the cultural influence of Susnset Strip hair bands with the release of Smell's Like Teen Spirit, but the joyless, lifeless "grunge" movement that followed soon made Warrant's Cherry Pie seem like a lot of fun in comparison.
I'm not sure how they deserve a spot on this list, or on any list of 100 great rock acts. I'll assume I'm missing something. As I said, a perfectly good band. But so was Thin Lizzy.
Favorite Album: Nevermind
Favorite Song: Come As You Are
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Sir John Coan wrote:They were fucking shite.
Why won't anybody stand up and say it?
Because time will prove you wrong. How irrational of you.
Album - Nevermind
Song - Sliver
One of the greatest bands of all time, pure and simple.
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Aye, obviously a band that divides opinion, but they are in the 'elite' group of my favourite bands of all time, top 4-5. god, picking and chosing? how does one do it...Lithium just snarled at me at the perfect time of my life, absolutely adored it...In Bloom is what separated them from virtually everyone in the 1990s, dumb metal rock (obviously bearing the Bleach hallmarks) that was actually cool...Breed is the poppiest speed punk i've come across...but I'll stick to my guns I think and say Lounge Act as I've said before- gorgeous love song, compelling story behind it and just a fantastic tempo...
Album: Bleach
Song: Lounge Act
Album: Bleach
Song: Lounge Act
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Fantastic. The last band I truly loved (as opposed to merely liking their music or admiring something about them).
The funny thing is I simply liked them at the time. I had Nevermind, In Utero and the Unplugged CDs and that was it. Liked them well enough--which is to say played them some, thought about them less and cranked the songs up when they came on the radio.
Years later I read Come as You Are and Heavier Than Heaven and simply understood.
After that I set about accumulating everything they ever officially released and came to the conclusion that about 70% of it is great.
Now I've come full circle, which is to say I play them some, think about them less and crank up the songs when they come on the radio.
The funny thing is I simply liked them at the time. I had Nevermind, In Utero and the Unplugged CDs and that was it. Liked them well enough--which is to say played them some, thought about them less and cranked the songs up when they came on the radio.
Years later I read Come as You Are and Heavier Than Heaven and simply understood.
After that I set about accumulating everything they ever officially released and came to the conclusion that about 70% of it is great.
Now I've come full circle, which is to say I play them some, think about them less and crank up the songs when they come on the radio.
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Bollocks to all the ephemeral stuff, no one here gives a toss about the lyrics or the iconography when it comes to Nirvana. All that matters is that Cobain had the talent when it came to writing and singing.
People who say In Utero or Bleach are the best albums are trying to look cool and missing what was really the good thing about Nirvana, because Nevermind and the Unplugged one showcase one of the finest songwriters of his generation at the top of his game.
I don't listen to them very often any more but whenever I do I'm surprised by how well they stand up. There's still nothing adolescent or silly about them, it's just exciting, tuneful, dynamic songs played with passion. And people have a tendency to forget that that's why everyone likes them so much.
Lounge Act, meanwhile is my favourite song.
People who say In Utero or Bleach are the best albums are trying to look cool and missing what was really the good thing about Nirvana, because Nevermind and the Unplugged one showcase one of the finest songwriters of his generation at the top of his game.
I don't listen to them very often any more but whenever I do I'm surprised by how well they stand up. There's still nothing adolescent or silly about them, it's just exciting, tuneful, dynamic songs played with passion. And people have a tendency to forget that that's why everyone likes them so much.
Lounge Act, meanwhile is my favourite song.
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