[QUOTE] [b]Apocalipsis_Darko wrote:[/b]
Kurt Cobain was genius, and Nirvana a legendary band. [/QUOTE]
He's not the genius - He's a Very Naughty Boy
Seriously, of course the band were legendary - but ONLY because he died and the band STOPPED.
As I said earlier in this thread there were other bands who did this style of music much better - better song-writing and performance
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Only? If you don't like punk, ok, but is obvious he wrote great melodies and songs.
I think your friend Roger Taylor and a lot of musicians are agree.
I think your friend Roger Taylor and a lot of musicians are agree.
where did i say i didn't like punk. i do.
that doesn't detract (for me) from nirvana being grossly overrated. Planet Rock are playing Nevermind in full tonight - 20th anniversary etc etc etc
you know what? I still don;t get it. it's good, but it isn't very good and certainly not great. - chunks of it are headache-inducing white noise
if Cobain had lived this album would not be half as great as it's now claimed to be. The Foos are a much better band than Nirvana could ever have aspired to be.
and in what strange world does Pearl Jam's "Ten" get overlooked for the likes of "Polly wants a cracker" - sheesh!!!!
biggest problem today is people like being told what is good, rather than actually making their own minds up...or challenging what "critics" tell them.
Nevermind = widescale critical acclaim, therefore it must be great...blah blah blah....music crritics can f*ck right off
that doesn't detract (for me) from nirvana being grossly overrated. Planet Rock are playing Nevermind in full tonight - 20th anniversary etc etc etc
you know what? I still don;t get it. it's good, but it isn't very good and certainly not great. - chunks of it are headache-inducing white noise
if Cobain had lived this album would not be half as great as it's now claimed to be. The Foos are a much better band than Nirvana could ever have aspired to be.
and in what strange world does Pearl Jam's "Ten" get overlooked for the likes of "Polly wants a cracker" - sheesh!!!!
biggest problem today is people like being told what is good, rather than actually making their own minds up...or challenging what "critics" tell them.
Nevermind = widescale critical acclaim, therefore it must be great...blah blah blah....music crritics can f*ck right off
Well, to me the best records from Nirvana are Bleach and In Utero, so...
I think if Cobain being alive, he will do records like Mark Lanegan.
I think if Cobain being alive, he will do records like Mark Lanegan.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nirvana-reunite-with-lorde-joan-jett-on-vocals-for-rock-hall-of-fame-20140411
I love Joan Jett. She is also inducted and performs.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nirvana-reunite-with-lorde-joan-jett-on-vocals-for-rock-hall-of-fame-20140411
I love Joan Jett. She is also inducted and performs.
I've been hearing and/or reading this argument in various place for the past few years now....that Nirvana was/is overrated because Kurt died and (insert band name here) is way better.....I have to say I disagree,......
Nevermind is freakin brilliant in my opinion.....(In Utero kinda disappointed me tho.....).....I guess well never really know, but it would have been really interesting to see what they would have done in the mid-late 90s and onward....
Yeah, ok, Smells Like Teen Spirit is pretty basic, nothing really complicated, but hey.......like someone else said, so was about everything the Ramones did.......and how many great classic songs in rock are just pretty much 3 or 4 chords?
Nevermind is freakin brilliant in my opinion.....(In Utero kinda disappointed me tho.....).....I guess well never really know, but it would have been really interesting to see what they would have done in the mid-late 90s and onward....
Yeah, ok, Smells Like Teen Spirit is pretty basic, nothing really complicated, but hey.......like someone else said, so was about everything the Ramones did.......and how many great classic songs in rock are just pretty much 3 or 4 chords?
He died in 1994 = 20 years ago.
[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]
where did i say i didn't like punk. i do.
that doesn't detract (for me) from nirvana being grossly overrated. Planet Rock are playing Nevermind in full tonight - 20th anniversary etc etc etc
you know what? I still don;t get it. it's good, but it isn't very good and certainly not great. - chunks of it are headache-inducing white noise
if Cobain had lived this album would not be half as great as it's now claimed to be. The Foos are a much better band than Nirvana could ever have aspired to be.
and in what strange world does Pearl Jam's "Ten" get overlooked for the likes of "Polly wants a cracker" - sheesh!!!!
biggest problem today is people like being told what is good, rather than actually making their own minds up...or challenging what "critics" tell them.
Nevermind = widescale critical acclaim, therefore it must be great...blah blah blah....music crritics can f*ck right off[/QUOTE]
First time I heard Nevermind was in my mates car, on cassette. I'd not heard anything like it at the time. It really was something different - not just another album, and I liked what I heard. And I'd not read one single review, or knew what any critics thought of it.
Maybe it's one of those albums, where the divide between those who get it and those that don't depends on whether you was in that moment back in '91 that many of my generation were. That said, I wasn't old enough to appreciate the Sex Pistols Never mind the Bollocks when it came out, far from it, being only three - but I still get why it made the impact it did when I listen to it now.
You said that the Foo Fighters are a much better band than Nirvana could ever have aspired to be. Maybe so, maybe not. That depends on your taste I guess.
But The Foos haven't pulled an album out of the bag that compares to Nevermind. They haven't had a defining moment in the same way. Out of the millions of albums out there, there's not that many that were game changers like Nevermind was.
I guess it helps that it hasn't aged badly. Compare that to the sound of Use your Illusion 1 and 2, which came out around the same time (those big echoey 90's power drums, for example). Nevermind doesn't suffer from any of that.
If that album wasn't what it was, it wouldn't have had the affect it did on the youth back then, regardless of the write-ups.
where did i say i didn't like punk. i do.
that doesn't detract (for me) from nirvana being grossly overrated. Planet Rock are playing Nevermind in full tonight - 20th anniversary etc etc etc
you know what? I still don;t get it. it's good, but it isn't very good and certainly not great. - chunks of it are headache-inducing white noise
if Cobain had lived this album would not be half as great as it's now claimed to be. The Foos are a much better band than Nirvana could ever have aspired to be.
and in what strange world does Pearl Jam's "Ten" get overlooked for the likes of "Polly wants a cracker" - sheesh!!!!
biggest problem today is people like being told what is good, rather than actually making their own minds up...or challenging what "critics" tell them.
Nevermind = widescale critical acclaim, therefore it must be great...blah blah blah....music crritics can f*ck right off[/QUOTE]
First time I heard Nevermind was in my mates car, on cassette. I'd not heard anything like it at the time. It really was something different - not just another album, and I liked what I heard. And I'd not read one single review, or knew what any critics thought of it.
Maybe it's one of those albums, where the divide between those who get it and those that don't depends on whether you was in that moment back in '91 that many of my generation were. That said, I wasn't old enough to appreciate the Sex Pistols Never mind the Bollocks when it came out, far from it, being only three - but I still get why it made the impact it did when I listen to it now.
You said that the Foo Fighters are a much better band than Nirvana could ever have aspired to be. Maybe so, maybe not. That depends on your taste I guess.
But The Foos haven't pulled an album out of the bag that compares to Nevermind. They haven't had a defining moment in the same way. Out of the millions of albums out there, there's not that many that were game changers like Nevermind was.
I guess it helps that it hasn't aged badly. Compare that to the sound of Use your Illusion 1 and 2, which came out around the same time (those big echoey 90's power drums, for example). Nevermind doesn't suffer from any of that.
If that album wasn't what it was, it wouldn't have had the affect it did on the youth back then, regardless of the write-ups.