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Genre: Education
Date of upload: Apr 19, 2018 ^^
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What's funny is I knew the song. And one day I was with my girlfriend and she needed deodorant (and other things), so we went to the store. I went down the aisle with her, and I saw that deodorant called 'teen spirit' and said "oh that's funny, the deodorant is named after the nirvana song...clever". She said "no, that deodorant has been around longer, I think". So I thought "no, the song can't possibly be based on a deodorant" lol. I love little epiphanies like that. :) great video!!
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There was something almost magical about āSmells Like Teen Spiritā. As a longtime lover of music, itās one of just a handful of tunes in which I distinctly remember the first two times I heard it. The first two times I heard it was on Tulane Universityās student-run radio station WTUL. It was in either late August or early September 1991. Both times I was in my car driving very close by Tulane U on Broadway. When I heard it I thought it was the musical equivalent of my generation. Honestly, thatās exactly how it struck me. After the 2nd time I went right into a nearby indie record store (The Mushroom) and described the song for Mike. He knew exactly what I had heard. He said āYeah man thatās Nirvana. Theyāre out of Seattle. Album is called Nevermind.ā And he put on āCome As You Areā. That was it for me - I was hooked.
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The thing about "smells like teen spirit" is that it's kind of just like a big joke on the idea of a rock pop song. It's deconstruction of the genre is so effective as to be invisible, in short term at least. Today ppl don't even know what rock music was, or why people loved it. Cobain came from a generation that was able to witness incredible performers in concert at their prime. But now it's all just a blank slate at this point...
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It is funny how people always seem to say "(whatever) is dead." Yes the way Nirvana influenced society will never happen again as it is unique to the concurrent circumstances. However, music will never "die." Rock is alive and well and people twenty years from now will look back and say "man rock is dead, they don't make them like they used to." Our brains love nostalgia and place the past on a pedestal, sometimes deserved and often times not.
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If you like this video and the rest of my content, please consider kicking a buck or two over to me on Patreon. Benefits include specific video-curated Spotify playlists. Nirvana's one includes tracks from underground rock acts that prove the genre isn't dead. That playlist is available now for as little as $1 per month! Link below: www.patreon.com/posts/february-2019-24885892
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