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Nirvana — All Apologies
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Biscobret
(Vashon, WA)
Posted: Jun 18, 2013 - 23:54
 
 stunix wrote:
liked teen spirit but it was hardly revolutionary.  the rest was .... well.   up the wall.

 
Right...  it was EVOLUTIONARY.  A synthesis of just about every aspect & kind of rock'n'roll up to that point - played brilliantly by a three piece band.  Wow.

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jun 03, 2013 - 20:24
 
 dwhayslett wrote:

Why?
 

I guess that person has something against bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...

love this song...  we be dancing...
 

dwhayslett
(Pawleys Island, SC)
Posted: May 08, 2013 - 09:27
 
 ewisor wrote:

RP, please cancel Lazarus' account!

 
Why?

Thin_Air
Posted: May 03, 2013 - 01:51
 
With the utmost respect - absolute rhubarb!

rdo wrote:

The Sex Pistols were highly influential, I’ll agree, but only for an attitude.  Other than perhaps a few Clash songs, “punk” music is nothing but a tiny, insignificant blip in the history of music which will soon be forgotten, if it hasn’t already.  I know many people thought there was something important about punk music.  I never did.  I am talking about quality art here. 


Nirvana’s fame was also based largely on attitude, no doubt about it.  The quality of their music does not live up to their fame - I’ll agree (whose does?).  But their music is of a lasting quality that will assure their reputation for a long time – hence, immortality.



 



ewisor
(Corvallis, OR USA)
Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 21:36
 
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
 
RP, please cancel Lazarus' account!

ewisor
(Corvallis, OR USA)
Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 21:34
 
RP gets some 90's street cred for mixing in tracks like this.

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 21:34
 

This song is soooo marvelous...  love it...


snitramc
(earth)
Posted: Feb 03, 2013 - 10:17
 
"It isn't writing. It's typing."
————-Truman Capote on Jack Kerouac.

rdo wrote:
"Grunge isn't a music style.  It's complaining set to a drop D tuning."
-Jeff Gilbert, Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge  
 



xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 11:07
 
 eve_silver wrote:
Way too much Nirvana on this otherwise fantastic radio station. Instant mute {#Sick} {#Stop}
What a pity I can't go below Sucko-barfo...
 
Commenting about any group being overplayed on RP is a great way to lose credibility.   

eve_silver
(Southwest Germany)
Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 11:04
 
Way too much Nirvana on this otherwise fantastic radio station. Instant mute {#Sick} {#Stop}
What a pity I can't go below Sucko-barfo...

britinva
(Deepest Darkest Virginia)
Posted: Jan 18, 2013 - 13:47
 
 rdo wrote:

“punk” music is nothing but a tiny, insignificant blip in the history of music which will soon be forgotten, if it hasn’t already. 

 
Seriously?

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 13:47
 
 britinva wrote:

The Sex Pistols did it with one.
 

The Sex Pistols were highly influential, I’ll agree, but only for an attitude.  Other than perhaps a few Clash songs, “punk” music is nothing but a tiny, insignificant blip in the history of music which will soon be forgotten, if it hasn’t already.  I know many people thought there was something important about punk music.  I never did.  I am talking about quality art here. 


Nirvana’s fame was also based largely on attitude, no doubt about it.  The quality of their music does not live up to their fame - I’ll agree (whose does?).  But their music is of a lasting quality that will assure their reputation for a long time – hence, immortality.



Mar-tay
(Tucson, AZ)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 11:11
 
Never been a huge fan but this song..... IT ROCKS!!!! My favorite by Nirvana.

britinva
(Deepest Darkest Virginia)
Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 11:06
 
 rdo wrote:

When you think about it, Nirvana achieved immortality from 2 albums basically.  No other band has done this.

 
The Sex Pistols did it with one.

Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree)
Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 09:45
 
I always warn my wife, "this is about to get loud."

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Nov 17, 2012 - 17:59
 
"Grunge isn't a music style.  It's complaining set to a drop D tuning."
-Jeff Gilbert, Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge  

mrgus
(Salt Lake City)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 09:13
 
 rdo wrote:

When you think about it, Nirvana achieved immortality from 2 albums basically.  No other band has done this.

 

C'mon, what about The Cuff Links?

Lazy8
(The Gallatin Valley of Montana)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 09:07
 
TJS wrote:
Kurt Cobain was a coward.

How many times have you climbed up on stage in front of thousands of people to pour your heart out?

Maybe it's harder than it looks.

DrLex
(Belgium)
Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 08:52
 
 lemmoth wrote:
lkovathana wrote:
Wish I was like you ... easily amused.  

I proceed from shame.

I'll take all the blame
Aqua seafoam shame
Opposite from shame.
Something frees a bird
Choking on the ashes of her enemy

Marry ... Bury.    Married Burried

Mary!
Perry!
 

Artists and articulation, eternal enemies.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 13:32
 
 lkovathana wrote:
Wish I was like you ... easily amused.  

I proceed from shame.

I'll take all the blame
Aqua seafoam shame
Marry ... Bury.    Married Burried
 



citybiker
(Chicago)
Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 13:29
 
Sinead O'Oconnor did an interesting (in a good way) cover of this tune.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 19:06
 

When you think about it, Nirvana achieved immortality from 2 albums basically.  No other band has done this.



lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Aug 15, 2012 - 08:27
 
The genius of Nirvana/Kurt is that they/he wrote wonderful melodies, ones that could be stripped out and arranged/played in any style of music, while pouring massive voice of a generation emotional power into their recordings and live performances.  Like the best rock bands they synthesized all of their influences - they picked some of the best, from the Beatles, Bowie, Zeppelin to the Pixies and the best 80s hardcore and indy rock bands - into their own unique sound.

Sweet_Virginia
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 09:45
 
 Stingray wrote:
TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRIBLY PRIMITIVE!!!
 
Yeh, great isn't it

Euskadita
(MX)
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 07:57
 
Can't remember oine single song from "Incesticide", which one do you recommend?

RKeaton
(South of Paradise)
Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 17:22
 
One of Kurt's finer compositions. The band were overrated in the end, but they did leave their musical mark.

Stingray
Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 15:20
 
TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRIBLY PRIMITIVE!!!

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 15:19
 
Radio Paradise is SO on a roll baby!!   {#Clap}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 21:26
 


What an incredible masterpiece...  love it...

 

lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Jun 04, 2012 - 01:17
 
Wish I was like you ... easily amused.  

I proceed from shame.

Marry ... Bury.   

stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: May 27, 2012 - 16:07
 
liked teen spirit but it was hardly revolutionary.  the rest was .... well.   up the wall.

dsd
(PDX)
Posted: May 22, 2012 - 09:07
 
 TJS wrote:
Kurt Cobain was a coward.
 
If you are referring to his life, I have no comment.

If you are referring to his suicide, I want to say that after reading William Styron and David Foster Wallace, it is way more difficult for me to equate suicide with cowardice.  I now tend to give suicides the benefit of the doubt on that one.

Peace.  

Teoripa
Posted: May 05, 2012 - 09:14
 
 TJS wrote:
Kurt Cobain was a coward.
 
May be, but he wrote great songs

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: May 03, 2012 - 07:33
 
Kurt Cobain was a coward.

max_p
Posted: May 03, 2012 - 07:32
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
I have always like Nirvana because of their melodic sensibilities. Lost in all the hype and drama is they had some really good melodies.{#Yes}
 
yes and the rockin distorted hook always satisfies

K_Love
(Central Florida)
Posted: May 03, 2012 - 07:31
 
 vanmas wrote:
Please the next song... Can't stand this noise.
 
Agreed, never liked Nirvana. But now you have the PSD (Play Something Different) button for times like this.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 18:46
 


Volume is so loud it is rattling the walls here...  everybody in my hotel room is singing along...  love it...

 

vanmas
(Leiden, Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 05:12
 
Please the next song... Can't stand this noise.

cdnabroad
Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 17:33
 
 lemmoth wrote:


Well said young'un.  And as a Boomer who "has my music" these guys and their cohort coming on in the early 90's to beat the living crap out of the garbage Hair Bands that dominated mainstream radio made it safer to drive. 

How?  Because in the eighties, I always had to fiddle with the extreme left side of the dial to hear any decent new music.
 
Thanks gramps Wink the ironic thing is that before some of the so called grunge bands came along I was listening to Bob Dylan, Hendrix Pink Floyd and other artists from the 60s and 70s because the radio was overloaded with tripe. Nirvana was one of the first times I distinctly remember hearing something spawned from my generation and thinking, wow what's that?  Whatever it is I want to hear more.

thatslongformud
(don't call it Frisco)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 12:44
 
Refreshing to hear the studio version again after getting so used to the (equally great) live acoustic version

siandbeth
(Santa Cruz California)
Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 09:56
 
I can still remember hearing Nirvana's CD (tape?) for the first time - we were in the drive through McDonald's in Half Moon Bay on my way from San Francisco to Santa Cruz in a friend's compact car filled with people and skateboards and greasy french fries. Great time. 


Stingray
(4 A FREE INTERNET)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 07:48
 
School-band level

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 07:46
 


This song is marvelous...  love it...
 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 19:46
 




For Kurt Donald Cobain—

His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.
—James Joyce, "The Dead" in Dubliners (1914)

 


lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 15:04
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
I have always like Nirvana because of their melodic sensibilities. Lost in all the hype and drama is they had some really good melodies.{#Yes}
 

I couldn't agree more (with someone I often disagree with).  I could imagine their melodies even as (good) elevator music.  The man just wrote fantasic songs. 

kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 19:44
 
 johnjconn wrote:
So much promise, but they haven't done much lately.
Whatever happpened to these guys?
Do ya think they lost their head once they hit fame?
 

Q  Do you know what was the last thing to go through KC's mind ?

A  His teeth.

Must be a Kurt thing ...

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 04:37
 
I have always like Nirvana because of their melodic sensibilities. Lost in all the hype and drama is they had some really good melodies.{#Yes}

Danny_G
(Lima)
Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 14:56
 
 audiophelia wrote:
I hear the unplugged version of this song so much that I've forgotten how the studio original is! Cool!
 
Ditto, both are great versions


Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 13:27
 
 Businessgypsy wrote:
 nate917 wrote:
 Your sound must be messed up.  The list ahead of Cobain probably begins with Andre Young (Dr. Dre), unless by "generation" you meant seedy white guys on the West Coast.
Excellent trolling, nate917! Comparing a sound guy best known for shilling commercial products to the easily led with the tortured soul of a generation is sure to get some impassioned response.

 

You have been trolled by the best sir!

I like Nirvana personally, but I think KCs sad death vaulted them into an arena that they really didn't merit based on their works alone. I don't think they were SO much better than Soundgarten or Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains or Stone Temple Pilots that they should get this Holier Than Thou treatment.

Adding tragedy to pop keeps it in the Tabloids but it doesn't make the music any better or the message any truer.

He was a good songwriter.



Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 13:11
 
 johnjconn wrote:
So much promise, but they haven't done much lately.
Whatever happpened to these guys?
Do ya think they lost their head once they hit fame?
 

is this a thinly veiled pun about KC shooting himself in the head or are you really

OK, I'm not biting.

Obvious Troll is obvious.