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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Apr 29, 2022 ^^
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I'm jealous that you got to experience this album for the first time only now....
I still remember the day I first heard this. I was young...it was 1994, so I was only 10, on a bus headed to Washington DC on a 3 day field trip. The kid in the seat next to me let me borrow his disc-man...and his 3 CDs: Nevermind, Green Day's Dookie, and Michael Jackson's Dangerous. SO early 90s lol. I loved it all...but Nevermind blew my mind wide open. I'd NEVER heard anything remotely close to that. I was only 10....I'd really only heard the music my parents played on the radio or what was on TV commercials.
And to go from that....to hearing Nevermind, on full blast, on headphones? Honestly....it was terrifying. I remember being freaked out actually....it felt overwhelmingly intense. And I didn't understand a good deal of what it was "about" at 10....but I knew it was utterly vital....and I knew it made me feel hyper alive. I had shivers running up and down my spine....and I'd never had music do that to me.
That was a very good day lol....
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The "K" shield tattoo Kurt was for "K" records in Olympia where he was living/ and he got it to remind himself to always be a kid. I had the same one by a friend with Indian ink and a beer and some weed as a tribute to him when I was 16. One poke at a time. He was my inspiration in every way after my parents divorced. Learned how to play by ear and just watching his hands.
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The lyric “It's okay to eat fish/‘Cause they don't have any feelings” from “Something in the Way” is tongue-in-cheek and a reference to Kurt’s Sun sign, Pisces. Pisceans are notoriously sensitive, something Kurt references multiple times in his writing, including in his suicide note (“There's good in all of us and I think I simply love people too much, so much that it makes me feel too fucking sad. The sad, little, sensitive, unappreciative Pisces, Jesus man.”) 💔
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Welcome to the world of grunge music. The early years of the 1990's produced some of the most raw and emotional music ever, and it changed the world of rock music forever. Bands like Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, and of course, Nirvana unleashed the hidden rage and energy that the youth and teenagers back then had with their music and lyrics.
Great reaction by you, Bruna, and I hope that you continue your exploration through this genre.
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Awesome reaction! Endless, Nameless is a bonus hidden track. My version of the album only contains Tracks 1-12 ending on Something in the Way. It’s just a really good album with amazing melody writing from a genius artist.
In Utero is totally different, but I love it just as much. Worth checking out. And also the unplugged show.
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I'm a huge Nirvana fan, they were one of my all time favorite bands. It's interesting seeing you try and analyze the lyrics, hehe. I think Kurt was very much into the "word salad" method of song writing, the lyrics really don't mean anything (for the most part), it was always more about the music than it was about the lyrics for him. But for sure, it is fun to watch you go through them and get your interpretation. Loved it!
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I think Breed is supposed to be a wife talking to her husband, who is having an existential crisis, and reassuring him that they don't have to do everything the way it is usually expected. Also, the connection to guns is sad, since he committed suicide by shotgun in 1994. (Although some believe he was murdered).
You should check out some of the other Seattle bands of this era: Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Temple of the Dog.
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@connoranderson7432
2 years ago
I don’t think anyone has said yet, but “Endless, Nameless” apparently came out of an aborted recording of the track “Lithium”. The band was getting annoyed over repeated failed recordings and Kurt just suddenly burst into an improv that ended up turning into the track. You can actually hear him smashing his guitar at the end. They did the song live a lot, usually at the end of the set and he always destroyed his guitar at the end, in Kurt’s words “so we don’t have to play an encore”. If you wanna see a good version, the Paramount concert is a great one cause it’s the only footage they have that’s in HD. I’d recommend Bleach or In Utero, they both give an interesting dive into the band before/after they got so popular so fast. Kurt literally went from sleeping in his car to outselling Micheal Jackson in a week. They’re both a lot rawer than Nevermind. In Bleach’s case, it’s because they haven’t quite perfected their sound yet, In Utero’s being that they are actively trying to do something different off the back of Nevermind :)
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