i'll take 'all apologies'.
+ u?
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)
OK, then, umm...
Been a son.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:10 (twenty-one years ago)
I'd pick "Stay Away".
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― Piers (piers), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:29 (twenty-one years ago)
b/ "rainbow chaser"
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)
...i am. i will never forget the thrill of hearing this for the first time.very seldom do songs hit me with the sense of being something very special,this was one.
― william (william), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― steve hise, Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― Trip Maker (Sean Witzman), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)
Maybe "Even In His Youth."
"Molly's Lips" is also an awesome choice.. but it's been said, so we'll leave it be.
― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― Wooden (Wooden), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)
"Teen Spirit" = prob'ly my 2nd-favourite Nevermind track. Tho I still prefer Bleach on the whole. (1st one I bought!)
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael B, Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― 6335, Tuesday, 16 November 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― anode (anode), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― Every country has their stupid (AaronHz), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 02:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 02:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 02:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― Masked Gazza, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 03:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 03:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 03:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 03:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― Masked Gazza, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 03:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Masked Gazza, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 05:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― DOPESMOKER (smile), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 06:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― M Carty (mj_c), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 10:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 11:28 (twenty-one years ago)
Lately I've been enjoying Oh The Guilt. But that's two.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 12:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― darin (darin), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:03 (twenty years ago)
― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:07 (twenty years ago)
Paper Cuts
― jodeci & oracle (kkvgz), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 13:04 (fifteen years ago)
Aneurysm
― A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 15:37 (fifteen years ago)
Nirvana is critically ignored by indie tweens because of how popular they are with newbs and indie kids
― 486.52 (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 17:18 (fifteen years ago)
drain you
― once more Jagger faps the hivemind (symsymsym), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 18:19 (fifteen years ago)
Changing my answer to Lithium
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 19:08 (fifteen years ago)
d-7 possibly. or very ape.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 21:28 (fifteen years ago)
On a Plain
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 00:53 (fifteen years ago)
surprised by all the mentions of cover songs as nirvana's all-time best. love that they spent so much time honoring their inspirations, but it seems unfair, somehow, to reduce them to a jukebox. for instance, they neither reinvented D-7 nor beat the wipers at their own game (nothing personal, charlie, i'm just picking on the latest example). given the choice, i'll take the original. among their interpretations of others' material, i tend to prefer the songs that they not only paid fair tribute to, but in some way made their own: "in the pines", "love buzz", like that.
OPO: "negative creep"
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:00 (fifteen years ago)
Been a Son
― Ned Rag & the Evil Olive Gardens (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:57 (fifteen years ago)
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, December 29, 2010 12:53 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
cuz it's a great example of simple and effective songwriting.
― carles II of spain (max arrrrrgh), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 05:00 (fifteen years ago)
oh, and "the finest day that i ever had/ was when i learned to cry on command" is one of my fave lyrics, awes dry humour.
― carles II of spain (max arrrrrgh), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 05:03 (fifteen years ago)
yeah on a plain is def. top five....
― Ned Rag & the Evil Olive Gardens (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 05:26 (fifteen years ago)
Been a SonAll Apologiestourette'sDrain YouOn a Plain
― Ned Rag & the Evil Olive Gardens (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 05:27 (fifteen years ago)
(VI = Lounge Act)
Love Buzz / Big Cheese was their first single (1988) and probably my favorite one (I don't own a physical copy of course, only 1000 copies were released). Love Buzz is a Shocking Blue cover so I guess it gets disqualified and there are better songs in Bleach than 'Big Cheese'...
'About a Girl' is the one I play the most nowadays I think... I'll go with that one.
― Moka, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 07:08 (fifteen years ago)
Scentless Apprentice
― nog it out with (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 07:09 (fifteen years ago)
^ hard to deny
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 07:23 (fifteen years ago)
Drain You
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:10 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark
― real Gs move in sleds, like toboggan (Pillbox), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 07:26 (fifteen years ago)
― nog it out with (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, December 29, 2010 2:09 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― contenderizer, Wednesday, December 29, 2010 2:23 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark
^troof! (this is insanely hard!)
― Ned Rag & the Evil Olive Gardens (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 21:17 (fifteen years ago)
"Milk It", but with "Lithium", "On a Plain", and "tourette's" close behind.
― cwkiii, Thursday, 30 December 2010 01:41 (fifteen years ago)
"you know you're right"
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Thursday, 30 December 2010 02:07 (fifteen years ago)
hah j/k whiney is otm
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Thursday, 30 December 2010 02:08 (fifteen years ago)
actually, sappy/verse chorus verse (the song on no alternative)
― once more Jagger faps the hivemind (symsymsym), Thursday, 30 December 2010 02:40 (fifteen years ago)
'radio friendly unit shifter'
― toni mitchell (u s steel), Thursday, 30 December 2010 02:46 (fifteen years ago)
dive or heart shaped box
― boner graphs (electricsound), Thursday, 30 December 2010 02:47 (fifteen years ago)
"Lounge Act"
― yelawolfenstein (San Te), Thursday, 30 December 2010 03:28 (fifteen years ago)
ditto
― gravity explodes (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 30 December 2010 03:30 (fifteen years ago)
so KC died 17 years ago today. this always reminds me what sort of stuff might have been coming next. dead sad innit?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4dwjmHduS4
― piscesx, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 06:29 (fifteen years ago)
That's one unequivocal strum. I might have a cup of herbal tea for KC tonight. Peppermint.
― Hinklepicker, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 07:35 (fifteen years ago)
I always liked this vid off the When The Lights Out box...today always bums me out more than I expect it to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4BF67pvsc&sns=em
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 02:25 (fifteen years ago)
Ugh WITH the lights out box jeesus
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 02:26 (fifteen years ago)
Yeah, I've been listening to tons of Nirvana today, seemed like as good time as any for my semi-annual binge. Right now I'm hopping around the box, forgot how much I love "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip".
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 02:28 (fifteen years ago)
Cranking through Bleach atm while I cook dinner, fuck...lotta memories here, lotta good ones...I was hanging out with the box this afternoon though, Rubbing Alcohol fine fine stuff :)
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 03:03 (fifteen years ago)
I burned through Bleach, In Utero, and Wishkah earlier today.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 03:20 (fifteen years ago)
I was on an exercise bike at the rec center on campus, listening to R.E.M. on my ipod, when Heart Shaped Box was played over the uh student entertainment network. I don't think I've ever heard Nirvana on it before. 17 fucking years?
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 03:30 (fifteen years ago)
Dumb
― flappy bird (spazzmatazz), Sunday, 8 March 2015 07:31 (eleven years ago)
partly cause I love it, partly cause it's unmentioned so far: "Swap Meet"
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 8 March 2015 17:04 (eleven years ago)
"They make their living off of arts & crafts"-
Cobain ahead of his time with the Etsy critique....
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 8 March 2015 17:05 (eleven years ago)
Swap Meet is excellent.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Sunday, 8 March 2015 17:07 (eleven years ago)
Swap Meet is my favorite song on Bleach. I love the way Cobain adjusts the riff going from the intro into the verse. Don't know how to describe it but it's the kind of thing that you really notice trying to play the song on guitar.
― flappy bird (spazzmatazz), Monday, 9 March 2015 00:03 (eleven years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/qWCnvtP.png
― calstars, Sunday, 13 March 2022 19:18 (four years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/nV75dQX_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― u swear (morrisp), Sunday, 13 March 2022 19:57 (four years ago)
(I) Blew (chunks when I saw that Funko POP!)
― peace, man, Sunday, 13 March 2022 20:20 (four years ago)
I think Kurt would have loved that Funko POP! Gen-X was all about irony and such
― Josefa, Sunday, 13 March 2022 20:24 (four years ago)
.@Nirvana's "Something In The Way" debuts at #46 on this week's Hot 100 over 30 years after release, following its use in the #TheBatman.— chart data (@chartdata) March 21, 2022
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 21 March 2022 23:09 (four years ago)
Great feeling of enjoyment listening to that song in the movie. Not because of its particular relevance, just because it's a great song. That said, can never help but feel awkward at Nirvana appropriation in pop-culture. Something about Cobain's suicide makes me feel like I am engaging in something connected to a great suffering when I see Nirvana material used in a commercialised environment. It is a silly thought, more of a gut reaction than an cognitive one.
Then again, I commercialise Nirvana every week by teaching their songs to my guitar students. Don't feel as icky about that as it is fundamentally about the music in that instance.
― hrep (H.P), Monday, 21 March 2022 23:16 (four years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIr_IXXLZ8Q
This pre-Nevermind (?) concert shot on film looks (and sounds) so good
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 21 March 2022 23:17 (four years ago)
i was apprehensive going into the movie, but the way the song was deployed showed that Reeves put a lot of care & thought into its use imo, and that put me at ease. tonally its def connoting that dark mid 90’s timeframe & he references films from that time like The Crow & Seven, so it for sure fits the mood & doesnt taje you out of the movie. or it didnt me. also that it was *just* that needle drop, with some lovely codas woven jnto the score, gave it a lot of weight. presented as a centerpiece like an orchid under glass. and i loved the way it subtly transitioned from overlaying the whole scene into the tinnier sound of it playing on his music player in the lair & then being switched off. I thought was cool & helped to inform the character mood as well as the movie. its kinda silly this many decades on to be so sensitive about it, but i do still feel protective of nirvana’s music.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 March 2022 23:34 (four years ago)