Professional musicians react to NIRVANA (SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT)

2021 ж. 4 Там.
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NIRVANA, SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT. Need I say more? One of the greatest songs of all time, a gem in rock history and an amazing song to dig into. This week we give Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana the professional musicians' react treatment. What a tune!
I'm Jack Conte the CEO of @Patreon and one-half of the bands @ScaryPockets and @Pomplamoose.
Joining me today are 3 of my best musician friends;
Ryan Lerman, a professional guitarist the other half of @Scarypockets
Lauren O'Connell, a professional singer-songwriter who plays in a band with my wife called @Myterriblefriend
Nick Campbell, a professional bassist who plays in my bands @Scarypockets and @Pomplamoose
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  • One of the greatest songs of all time.

    @DeadWaxShow@DeadWaxShow2 жыл бұрын
    • Guys, DO SOMETHING OF ALICE IN CHAINS or BAD BRAINS!!! Please, i will make my hole family watch the video and give it a like!!! Love your work, keep it going

      @gioIgioj@gioIgioj2 жыл бұрын
    • hey guys I'd love to hear some of your thoughts on the psychedelic sounds in currents by tame impala, mainly on my favorite song of the whole album: let it happen!

      @alex-coelho@alex-coelho2 жыл бұрын
    • Yup! 🥰 thank you so much for this content!

      @erix1971@erix19712 жыл бұрын
    • If you like word play, Pete Steele from Type O Negative deserves a listen

      @worldcomingdown6713@worldcomingdown67132 жыл бұрын
    • Did you see the Dave Grohl Interview with Pharrell Williams were he basically gives away the inspiration for his drum playing. The Gap Band. Disco Drum Beats.

      @vincentplisson8678@vincentplisson86782 жыл бұрын
  • Imagine us, French kids in 1991 trying to decipher the words of this song... Just trying to get the lyrics was hard, we exchanged photocopies of lyrics in the school yards, and took afternoons to figure out what he meant, but we found it COOL, and this song was like a tsunami when it came out, we were jumping all over the place with the sound volume at maximum....

    @garryiglesias4074@garryiglesias40742 жыл бұрын
    • Jumping all over the place was MANDATORY!!! YEAH!

      @brunsomarrr@brunsomarrr2 жыл бұрын
    • True , I remember being so confused while trying to understand those lyrics as a teen

      @TKiBoule@TKiBoule2 жыл бұрын
    • Yep, jumping in Germany too :)

      @xxJOKeR75xx@xxJOKeR75xx2 жыл бұрын
    • Thank you for sharing

      @COYSNY@COYSNY2 жыл бұрын
    • As an English speaker we were also confused.

      @brittneystreeter493@brittneystreeter4932 жыл бұрын
  • I have literally zero musical background or talent but watching people have a conversation about their passion is awesome to watch.

    @Leiflvr@Leiflvr2 жыл бұрын
    • Love watching these reaction videos

      @edwardmunoz7853@edwardmunoz7853 Жыл бұрын
  • Even an old black woman loves this one. That bass takes me into the atmosphere.

    @Honey-vz1qq@Honey-vz1qq2 жыл бұрын
    • Wait till you find out where Dave plagerised the drums from.

      @NipponNostalgicTV@NipponNostalgicTV Жыл бұрын
    • Old ? Are you 90 ?

      @layditms2@layditms2 Жыл бұрын
    • @@NipponNostalgicTV he didn’t plagiarize anything lol it’s not a copy and he’s the one to expose the influence. He did mention inspirations from Gap Band, Cameo and Chic's Tony Thompson. All the Nirvana players were outspoken on the contributions and influence of the Black community on rock music.

      @alexcrowley2635@alexcrowley263511 ай бұрын
    • @@alexcrowley2635influence probably isn’t the right word. CREATION of rock music in general would be the correct phrasing . But you are right, nirvana and a few others were very vocal about this fact .

      @mookiestewart3776@mookiestewart37763 ай бұрын
  • "You should not underestimate the audience's ability to feel what you're feeling." So true ma'am!

    @shaunwhelan17@shaunwhelan172 жыл бұрын
  • Billie, Olivia ... NIRVANA - there's nothing this group can't review and speak intelligently/elegantly about! Love this channel, thank for doing this Jack.

    @ZachHall@ZachHall2 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks Zach! I think it's really fun to jump around genres and mix up old and new songs. Musicians put so much thought and effort into their art so there's always something to explore.

      @DeadWaxShow@DeadWaxShow2 жыл бұрын
    • @@DeadWaxShow In that case, I dare you to review Biber's Rosary Sonatas. That's Biber, not Bieber, mind you! :P

      @fredtdtje@fredtdtje2 жыл бұрын
    • "The melody over the chords is fuck1ng sick as sh1t" - Intelligent and elegant?

      @Svain5@Svain52 жыл бұрын
    • @@DeadWaxShow Do some Weather Report! Jimmy Webb! Massive Attack! My Bloody Valentine!

      @sieteocho@sieteocho2 жыл бұрын
    • @@DeadWaxShow my two favorite songs ever are “Pictures of You” and “Letters to Elise” by the Cure. It’s would be great to see you guys break one of those down.

      @MrAdamloring1985@MrAdamloring19852 жыл бұрын
  • It's so funny watching you talk about Kurt's songwriting as he knew the musical theory. Coming from underground punk rock scene he knew so little of theory, and the lack of knowledge brought out his creativity. In that he was a genius.

    @Pitsomerch@Pitsomerch8 ай бұрын
    • Just because the author didn't know music theory doesn't mean you can't analyze what he wrote with it.

      @austinyun@austinyun4 ай бұрын
    • Well said. Sometimes music theory is just "something in the way" of new or original ideas, technique and artistic components.

      @leannsanders1842@leannsanders18423 ай бұрын
  • My time as a guitar teacher really made me tired of this song for a while (try hearing it played by 100 different 10 year olds for two years straight...) but hearing it again with this commentary re-ignited my appreciation for it. It really is all about the feeling and they nailed it

    @breearbor4275@breearbor42752 жыл бұрын
  • About the multitracking the vocals. There's a video of Butch Vig, the producer of Nevermind album, talking how they recorded Nirvana's In Bloom. And he said Kurt never wanted to overlay vocals, but saying "Lennon did it" always convinced him.

    @jusi9470@jusi94702 жыл бұрын
  • I love how this feels like we are eavesdropping on you guys catching up in a bar - it's a very natural flow of conversation. Also, thank you for the info-clips - some of us need the explanations!

    @mrclucker1969@mrclucker19692 жыл бұрын
  • Another amazing thing about this entire album is how it has changed the spelling of a word. Before the late '60s, "all right" was two words and only two words. Then, Dylan and The Who changed the word to "Alright" in song titles and that's now become the way the word is spelled. Similarly, Nirvana's "Nevermind" is what most people think of as "never mind." "Nevermind" means "concern" (ex: pay that no nevermind) where "never mind" means "scratch that," "forget it," etc. When we're using websites or certain applications, we will have the option of hitting a button for OK or CANCEL and many websites have thought of clever new words to use to make the experience feel more personal like "Hell Yeah" or "Nahh." I was, very recently, on a FedEx website where I had the option to CONTINUE or NEVERMIND. The second option should have been NEVER MIND but, because of Nirvana (and English's nimbleness) the wrong word has become the right one.

    @dard4642@dard46422 жыл бұрын
    • you're talking exclusively about American English which is not real English and not even remotely representative of English more broadly.

      @figgettit@figgettit5 күн бұрын
  • I was surprised you did not talk about the production. The “bouncing” sound of the drum is so unreal and tremendously effective.

    @EnricoMarazzi@EnricoMarazzi2 жыл бұрын
  • When I heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit" for the first time back in the day it just felt so right. I don't know why, but it did. Like the world had been waiting for that song. The 80s were just over, new stuff, fresh stuff was breaking onto the scene from everywhere. I was abandoning the hits of my teen years, which were much more in the Pop genre. And then Nirvana came along and crushed it all. I bought the Nevermind album and listened to it a lot. But that also concluded my journey not only into Nirvana, but also into the whole Grunge style. Somehow, I never connected to any of the other bands from that genre. Instead I got into Heavy Metal. In the 90s. Weird.

    @bernhardkrickl3567@bernhardkrickl35672 жыл бұрын
    • It's such an amazing song!

      @DeadWaxShow@DeadWaxShow2 жыл бұрын
    • @@DeadWaxShow It is! :)

      @bernhardkrickl3567@bernhardkrickl35672 жыл бұрын
    • Give Soundgarden a chance.

      @canyonaro@canyonaro11 ай бұрын
    • @@canyonaro I did already. It's good, it ticks a lot of the right boxes, but somehow it doesn't fully click with me.

      @bernhardkrickl3567@bernhardkrickl356711 ай бұрын
  • To me this song makes perfect sense of that contradictory, complicated, self-deprecating and soaked in loneliness feelings of a teenage period of life. Genius how he could capture that emotions into words

    @peterosipov400@peterosipov400 Жыл бұрын
  • Regrading the “chorus” effect on the bass. I would say it’s a classic Andy Wallace mix trick you’re hearing. Spx90 symphonic on the bass for width and movement. A lot more subtle than a chorus

    @Walkian@Walkian2 жыл бұрын
    • Ahh just saw this comment after I posted mine. Upvoted!

      @thomasdoud4700@thomasdoud4700 Жыл бұрын
  • it was 1991. i went to the record store to buy the new Nevermind album. i asked the middle aged seller to pop the cassette into his stereo system to 'test' the sound. he put it on full volume. and was immediately blown away by the opening riff and epic drumming. he was like, wtf did i just listened to? haha

    @FARID1870@FARID1870 Жыл бұрын
  • I’ve enjoyed every episode so far. I think I especially like the new hits because I enjoy your reactions to hearing something for the first time. I would also love a podcast version of something like this and think it could work pretty seamlessly. Thanks, keep it up!

    @cocoachunky9619@cocoachunky96192 жыл бұрын
    • Hmmm I don’t think they’re truly listening to it for the first time on any of these, but maybe I’m just cynical.

      @TheDGomezzi@TheDGomezzi2 жыл бұрын
    • @@TheDGomezzi I’m usually cynical as well, but it seemed 50/50 with the previous episodes. Like maybe some had heard previously and some had not. Or maybe they’ve heard the song and not really paid close detail before the episode. I think it’s somewhat believable considering some of them aren’t huge modern pop fans. Either way, I personally find it slightly more refreshing to watch them analyze something new rather than a classic that we’ve all heard a thousand times. But again, I like the mix of both

      @cocoachunky9619@cocoachunky96192 жыл бұрын
  • I LOVE your way of talking. And the little explanation-snippets are a great idea! And holy shit, your chemistry is flawless, just friends I guess, love that!

    @florianniebauer3705@florianniebauer37052 жыл бұрын
  • I think Lauren nailed it at 10:12 . Nirvana's lyrics to me always felt like another instrument in the band. Not just his voice sound, but the actual shapes of the words fit into the song in a way that goes beyond literal meaning.

    @brunsomarrr@brunsomarrr2 жыл бұрын
  • I was born in 1950. Nirvana was unable to get my attention in the '90s ....and still doesn't. But I watched and enjoyed every second of this show.

    @thomasmoores8239@thomasmoores82392 жыл бұрын
    • What does it sound like to you, too pop? Too flat?

      @sabbracadabra8367@sabbracadabra83674 ай бұрын
  • Me, a disgruntled 19 year old cooking at Applebees, & this song comes on the radio & just blows me away. I was like wtf is this. I know it was 91, but it felt like the kickoff to the 90's. Much needed with the staleness that was permeating the airwaves at that time.

    @chizorama@chizorama Жыл бұрын
  • I love this project! please keep these videos coming! You guys seem to really have fun, i'ts like i can get to feel a little of what you guys are feeling! And the way you take your time to explain some of the words you're using is very thoughtful! Thanks for the video!

    @gnrdestructo@gnrdestructo2 жыл бұрын
    • I'm so glad you like it. We have so much fun making each episode.

      @DeadWaxShow@DeadWaxShow2 жыл бұрын
  • This has the potential to be one of my favorite channels in all of youtube. Good insight, production and chemistry between the great personalities. Keep it up, guys! and thank you

    @_pulyx@_pulyx2 жыл бұрын
  • Love how you guys talk about scales and music theory for what Cobain just did naturally.

    @CFCMahomet@CFCMahomet2 жыл бұрын
    • It's not necessarily natural...he would have absorbed music theory through listening to other bands and learning their songs. Just because he didn't know the terminology, doesn't mean he didn't know theory.

      @TheStarBlack@TheStarBlack2 жыл бұрын
    • @@TheStarBlack exactly.

      @figgettit@figgettit5 күн бұрын
  • Also: You need a drummer on the panel… Two sentences about Grohl’s drumming here is a travesty.

    @charlestwisted9890@charlestwisted98902 жыл бұрын
    • A little off topic and you may have seen it but there was an interview with Dave Grohl and Pharrell Williams where Pharrell tells Dave he’s a great drummer. Dave replies.. “dude don’t say that, all I did was rip off the Gap Band.” I had the same reaction as Pharrell, so damn good.

      @justraaay@justraaay Жыл бұрын
    • have you seen the rick beato nirvana breakdown vid

      @jakeembers@jakeembers Жыл бұрын
    • First time I heard it, it was when the drums kick in I felt like there was a giant motor is powering on, or a sound of avalanche that's coming over my head. It was both.

      @babaroga73@babaroga73 Жыл бұрын
    • 7:46 gidduh guh

      @loganm15@loganm158 ай бұрын
  • I love the quick explanations of music concepts, it helps us learn/reinforce our own musical vocabulary. Keep up the great work!

    @dynoburger@dynoburger2 жыл бұрын
  • You guys put into words so many feelings I had around songwriting and lyric writing that I hadn't been able to verbalise. 3 episodes in and I love this series.

    @MaybeTara@MaybeTara2 жыл бұрын
  • I can't even express how perfectly this matches what I'm looking for in content. To the point that if you had an alt channel with extended cuts, I'd be lapping up every second. Keep them coming!

    @dankymatters838@dankymatters8382 жыл бұрын
  • I'm SO THANKFUL ago you Jack for taking time to make this show !!! Ive learned more in 3videos than I EVER knew !!!! Such a work of love to your craft and of course your panel GENIUS ! ❤️❤️❤️❤️🌟🌟🌟🌟 I never liked grunge or hard rock THIS WAS AMAZING!

    @maryellenbarratt6515@maryellenbarratt65152 жыл бұрын
  • Are the lyrics sad though? Kurt had a great ironic sense of humor. I think this discussion missed the humor around lines like "I found it hard, was hard to find/Oh well, whatever, never mind." It's like he starts a thought, decides to rephrase it and then gives up. He's making fun of the very idea of meaning.

    @rome8180@rome81802 жыл бұрын
    • Great point!

      @brunsomarrr@brunsomarrr2 жыл бұрын
    • Spot on. There’s a lot of humour in his lyrics.

      @harryscarry6064@harryscarry60642 жыл бұрын
    • Even the tittle is known to be a Koke out of an ad.

      @andresbarriga5305@andresbarriga53052 жыл бұрын
    • Very much on point. They miss things similar to that, often.

      @jlsage4059@jlsage40598 ай бұрын
  • The 'God he's good " i feel that hard every time I listen to anything Kurt did! He was magical!

    @AndreaStote@AndreaStote2 жыл бұрын
  • This is my new favorite channel. So excited to see what songs and artists you'll be tackling in the future!

    @LisbryIsMe@LisbryIsMe2 жыл бұрын
  • I love these videos!!! It's obvious how genuinely excited they all get about music...and I am here for it!!!!

    @daniellefen8478@daniellefen84782 жыл бұрын
  • Ach, this one was sooooo good. Everyone did a great discussion of the music, and then Lauren just nailed it with her take on the power of emotion in lyrics, and the whole panel just seemed to sigh with satisfaction, along with all the rest of us watching: yeah, that's totally it. SO GOOD! Jacob Collier please!

    @shanefiddle@shanefiddle2 жыл бұрын
  • Just gets better each time. Thanks for shedding light on why these songs are so great. It gives a whole new perspective to such a classic song. Loving what you are doing. Please promise you will keep it up 🎸🎸🎶🎶👍👍

    @dcs2402@dcs24022 жыл бұрын
  • Like everything you did Jack, this is amazing! Keep going!

    @tetudinho@tetudinho2 жыл бұрын
  • Loving these. Keep it coming please!

    @JoaoLucas-li8rr@JoaoLucas-li8rr2 жыл бұрын
  • i'm loving this channel so much, this group is awesome

    @zanoti4461@zanoti44612 жыл бұрын
  • I’m enjoying these. I look forward to the next one.

    @MrAyrit@MrAyrit2 жыл бұрын
  • Literally the best react channel that exist. Really high value in production and content value.

    @gjermundnorumbugge7373@gjermundnorumbugge73732 жыл бұрын
  • This song has a massive energy. I remember when I first heard it I was like “who are these guys???”. We should also congratulate Butch Vig, he did an amazing job putting those “bad boys” together…

    @tutubeos@tutubeos2 жыл бұрын
  • DJ Quik and Toni, Tony, Tone did an interpolated production of THIS song on "Let's Get Down". Thereby proving that Kurt and his composition transcended.

    @kimhardwick8187@kimhardwick81872 жыл бұрын
  • You couldn’t walk down the street without hearing this pouring out of every bar and restaurant when this came out back in the day. It was a total phenomenon, the likes of which haven’t been seen before or since. This was pre internet, pre cellphone days c. 1992. People were moving to Seattle in droves to be a part of the scene. There was a vibe in the air you could feel it. Miss those times for sure. Great analysis

    @freebeerecords@freebeerecords2 жыл бұрын
  • Refusing to resolve the melody is what makes it. That and Dave's drum beat. Thanks for the react!

    @natewilliams1062@natewilliams10622 жыл бұрын
  • Kurt, himself, in an interveiw said he wrote lyrics just moment before recording or even playing shows. First one of these series I have seen. Really liked it. Great job.

    @sendforacar9323@sendforacar93232 жыл бұрын
    • Well not really a lot of his songs he wrote years before they were on any albums

      @bubba6675@bubba66752 жыл бұрын
    • they said alot of things in interviews just to fill time or make the interviewer go away.

      @figgettit@figgettit5 күн бұрын
  • I watched this vid several times now and so much about this stands out to me. The song is so powerful. The team's reactions and understanding highlight all of the small moments in the song that echo with us today. And, as a Gen X'er, it feels so good (and right) to see a group of Gen X'ers sit around, turn on Teen Spirit 30 years later, and still be affected by that song. Dave Grohl, take us to the chorus.

    @kingoglow2186@kingoglow21862 жыл бұрын
  • I’m so obsessed with your music and I can’t believe I could only find this channel after 3 uploads

    @DrDothraki@DrDothraki2 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks so much! Many more to come Jedidiah!

      @DeadWaxShow@DeadWaxShow2 жыл бұрын
  • This was amazing! Please do more of Nirvana.

    @gosugosu1280@gosugosu12809 ай бұрын
  • Wow, I’ve never noticed that double time 5-1 in the pre-chorus, EVER!! I’ve only heard it 6000 times.

    @Dazz1806@Dazz1806 Жыл бұрын
  • Kurt mentions "dorian mode" in several interviews, even if he is mostly joking about it. This together with his very intricate melodies makes me think he actually had some more music theory than he would talk about (since it wasn't punk). Even if it might have been just from guitar magazines and figuering stuff out himself.

    @knitkids8848@knitkids88488 ай бұрын
  • OMG yes! Your reaction video to Smells Like Teen Spirit is amazing. Thank you for jumping into the deep end of 90's rock.

    @kingoglow2186@kingoglow21862 жыл бұрын
  • Holy god damn, this is one of the most introspective and profound breakdowns of a song Ive ever heard. Instant sub.

    @PsychoSocialism@PsychoSocialism7 ай бұрын
  • Suuuuper dig this new content. Thank you so much!!! I hope tool will eventually be in the line up.

    @davidrowe4905@davidrowe49052 жыл бұрын
  • I can't believe you guys haven't talked about how the first and three chords of the riff are actually SUS chords! Kurt uses his pinky to barre the 4th on the F and Ab. You can hear it better on the intro when the distortion isn't on yet. That's one the most magical things to me on this composition!

    @guilirio@guilirio2 жыл бұрын
    • Holy shit! I just listened to it and I can't believe I've never noticed it before...

      @immyac6700@immyac67002 жыл бұрын
    • I just made the same comment, I'm always amazed no-one picks this up either, it's part of the secret sauce that makes the riff so killer

      @NeilJ894@NeilJ894 Жыл бұрын
  • This song and album changed my life….4 yrs after he died, I discovered Nirvana.

    @DaNeOMiTe313@DaNeOMiTe3132 жыл бұрын
  • man i am LOVING this series!!!

    @toasty.nihilist@toasty.nihilist2 жыл бұрын
    • Great stuff, I'm so glad you like it!

      @DeadWaxShow@DeadWaxShow2 жыл бұрын
  • Loving this series, keep it up! Would love to hear what you all think of Silk Sonic’s new tune Skate

    @evannichols-roy8934@evannichols-roy89342 жыл бұрын
    • Silk Sonic are so good!

      @DeadWaxShow@DeadWaxShow2 жыл бұрын
  • In my first band, my co writer was a classically trained musician that could play multiple instruments.Being an uneducated novice who literally invented tunings and lacked rudimentary formal skills, I constantly asked him how everything from time signatures to chord structures worked, but he was adamant in not teaching me.He insisted that my ignorance was why he played with me, because I came up with fresh and impossible ideas. When I heard Nirvana, I heard material similar to my own attempts; they weren't the first, but I found it hard to beleive that people seemed to appreciate it,- finally.NFN, my first influences were the Beatles and Johnny Cash; then I discovered the Stooges and the Pixies.

    @markferguson3745@markferguson3745 Жыл бұрын
  • Loving this series.

    @toddclarkson6060@toddclarkson60602 жыл бұрын
  • I really enjoyed this break down of the song. I wanted to clarify that Kurt himself said multiple times that he would write the music first and the lyrics at the last second either in the studio or in the car. Kurt with his self-deprecating sense of humor even joked that the words didn't mean anything. He's discounting himself a bit, that was his style, the man was authentic. I don't know how often he wrote lyrics that way but it's not a legend and definitly wasn't uncommon. In live performances and outtakes he changed a phrase or two sometimes. True creativity.

    @jadedlynx@jadedlynx8 ай бұрын
  • The discussion about lyrics making rational sense vs the melodic and compositional delivery brought the Blues Traveler song Hook to mind. The lyrics make sense, I suppose, but the delivery renders them so insignificant that most people who “love that song” have likely never really heard the words. I fell firmly into that camp until I saw Emma Stone lip syncing it on Jimmy Fallon and was so impressed that I felt compelled to look up the lyrics. I felt SO duped.

    @vincedavis4205@vincedavis42052 жыл бұрын
  • This is such a great conversation.

    @FrankTurk@FrankTurk2 жыл бұрын
  • at 8:10 that stuff is quite clever. If you start that lick other way around, it is almost the same than police and ambulance sirens melody. In here it is there but it is not, such a way that its hard to notice but it definetly brings up some emergency vibes and tension.

    @FinCrow84@FinCrow84 Жыл бұрын
  • I love how they are playing their instruments on this one. So great. They're talking about modes! Lol nice

    @toniwonkanobi@toniwonkanobi2 жыл бұрын
  • Wow awesome channel you guys are definitely on to something with this channel. This channel is going to be big. Awesome video! And great technical breakdown

    @kevenrowe2958@kevenrowe29582 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks so much!!

      @DeadWaxShow@DeadWaxShow2 жыл бұрын
  • I totally enjoyed it. keep doing vintage song reactions please

    @Cardix13@Cardix132 жыл бұрын
    • We have so many great episodes with vintage songs coming your way Ric!

      @DeadWaxShow@DeadWaxShow2 жыл бұрын
  • I thoroughly enjoy watching people lovingly nerd out over something they love (and I mean that as an absolute compliment). Thanks for sharing the discussions That said, I'd be interested to hear your take on Hozier's songs : Nina Cried Power and Movement

    @RebelwheelsNYCShow@RebelwheelsNYCShow2 жыл бұрын
  • Teen spirit connected with the deep inner loser in me . A heroin addict when I first heard them . When I finally got clean I had to avoid Nirvana cuz it triggered me . Still clean and I can listen to them now .

    @showshowthecloneclown8428@showshowthecloneclown8428 Жыл бұрын
  • this was really enjoyable. thanks :) Although i struggled to follow at times (e.g. i am not sure i distinguish exactly... melody, harmony, rhythm) your enthusiasm and emotions came through stongly and i continued to enjoy the conversation more as an emotional experience rather than an intellectual one. (That said, a video, with examples and/or samples, explaining these basic concepts would be cool. Perhaps an example where it is easily distinguishable and then others where it is progressively harder?)

    @thesonutube@thesonutube2 жыл бұрын
  • The Voice leading in the verse is 'perfect' voice leading. It's truly beautiful especially played simply on a piano.

    @MICKEYISLOWD@MICKEYISLOWD2 жыл бұрын
  • Here’s something to consider: if Nirvana can impress a die hard, old school Country fan like my mom, they HAD to have something special!

    @georgeprice4212@georgeprice42129 ай бұрын
  • A masterpiece. A wounded traumatized childhood on display.

    @prant8998@prant899811 ай бұрын
  • ABSOLUTELY!!!!🙌🔥

    @heatherluciano6053@heatherluciano60532 жыл бұрын
  • This song was 1 million percent made for our generation. Not only is the riff iconic but I like how they transition from the chorus to the verse it's so much energy let go of to get back to the main point it's almost it's almost really Gothic but at the same time extremely grunge if that makes sense

    @beatzbyreefah@beatzbyreefah2 жыл бұрын
  • This was a great session; you guys are very fluid here and the teaching around musical structures is EPIC! and very meaningful to my ears and sensibilities as a Poet. You know, Lauren, I totally agree that if a phrase "means something" just by its flow, by its feel you HAVE to trust your audience will feel it, too - that's inherent (IMO) to the writer/reader, songwriter/listener relationship for me, anyway. If there's not a word picture what's my motivation to the tune? Also, Jack, you made some awesome points on count shifts and notes missing; that to me is a huge part of Nataly's Pomplamoose Magic: she speaks that fluently, don'tchathink? Nick yeah, the basslines - really appreciate all you said in this session, man - your own genius showing here. Ryan - Ryan! come on, man; you are so subtle and so on target - you were like the new synthetic oil that just makes that engine sound RIGHT, day and night. Well, this is a long note but straight from the heart. This session changes everything for me, and just only brings me closer to the place where you 4 have probably been for years...so I am now just joining this Parade in Progress...really a great discussion; very enlightening, exciting and now to share it around...Thank you for another huge lesson and options to reflect upon.

    @juliablizin8885@juliablizin88852 жыл бұрын
  • Nice to hear you break down an older track. Appreciated the discussion about different types of lyricism, hadn't really payed much attention to the lyrics when listening to the track before this but it's cool to see how he breaks the rhyming pattern and how words can convey meaning even through the way they sound when you say them. Would love to see you dig into some music from twenty one pilots in the future

    @BeeKnown@BeeKnown2 жыл бұрын
  • Andy Wallace (mixer engineer) added a stereo chorus on the bass, using the Yamaha SPX90 (“Symphonic” chorus preset), to help it cut through the mix.

    @OctaveZangs@OctaveZangs2 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah, Wallace puts chorus on bass on damn near everything he mixes. Same with the reverb snare bombs.

      @RyRyTheBassGuy@RyRyTheBassGuy2 жыл бұрын
  • That rumor about him writing his lyrics right before he went on stage pretty much came from him. He said in several different interviews something similar to doing things like that.

    @aliciasavage6801@aliciasavage68012 жыл бұрын
  • Music theory is sth that always eluded me so these videos are quite the good introduction! Having enthusiastic people teach you why sth is awesome is so infectious. And I'd like to see an episode about Hozier.

    @Molscheira@Molscheira2 жыл бұрын
  • Actually there is a little bit of chorus on the bass in the album mix. That's an Andy Wallace mixing technique, not Krist Novoselic's typical tone. However, the chorus effect on Kurt's guitar is his EH Small Clone, and was a part of his rig in 1991-92. So there is a lot of chorus on the album mix!

    @thomasdoud4700@thomasdoud4700 Жыл бұрын
  • One of the few songs that i clearly remember the first time I heard it, it came on the radio driving back from elementary, blew my mind, got the cassette as a reward for acing a math tests. 👍🏼

    @mckane2@mckane22 жыл бұрын
  • That was Kurt, He was cunningly acting to subvert expectations, while desperately trying to meet them!

    @ffejpsycho@ffejpsycho9 ай бұрын
  • You’re right. The Melody is killer. Played slowly on piano and it’s damn near haunting.

    @GenXicansReact@GenXicansReact2 жыл бұрын
  • He finalized some lyrics on the way to the studio. But most (maybe all) of it was already written in his notebook. He had lyric ideas, poetry, drawings, song ideas, lots of things in that notebook. So it was more like going over his notes and making last minute changes. This got turned into, "He wrote the lyrics at the last minute!" He also got asked in an interview how he wrote the songs, he said music comes first. And people interpreted that to mean that he doesn't care about lyrics. They are secondary or something. But he didn't ever say that or even imply it. You have to start with something when you are creating a song. You can't create lyrics for a melody if the music doesn't exist.

    @sabbracadabra8367@sabbracadabra83674 ай бұрын
  • The sus4 chords in the intro are rarely ever played when people cover it for some reason, but it's so key to the sound of the song.

    @WaitingForTheHook@WaitingForTheHook2 жыл бұрын
  • The insight to the lyrics is pretty telling, as Kurt thought of the voice as an instrument rather than just a medium for lyrics.

    @suburbanindie@suburbanindie Жыл бұрын
  • They would play this song at school dances and the entire gym would become a mosh pit. Everyone I knew grew their hair out and started playing guitar. If you were of a certain age when this song came out it changed you permanently. Great discussion!

    @kennediens@kennediens2 жыл бұрын
  • Loving these convos. Gotta sit down with the DeLeo brothers sometime (from STP).

    @badluckwitcarpet@badluckwitcarpet Жыл бұрын
  • As someone who doesn't know music theory or generally anything about it, and as someone who enjoys eating, the analogy about the beans, rice, cheese and tortilla really worked for me haha

    @ExtraFancy96@ExtraFancy962 жыл бұрын
  • Love this! I love this channel so much already it’s crazy to think I watched your first video not even that long ago when it came out. Could you guys review the Free Nationals album? I know you’ve done Anderson .Paak in the Silk Sonic review, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on either any of his albums, or his bands album ‘Free Nationals’ (self-titled). It’s an R&B/Soul/Funk record with heavy inspiration from guys like Stevie or Funkadelic or even Herbie Hancock and B.B King. It also features Anderson .Paak, Daniel Caesar, Syd, Mac Miller, and so many more. Love the series, and I’d love to see your takes on Andy or any of the older R&B/Soul/Funk stuff, like maybe the sound of Stevie Wonder in the 70s?

    @SergeantSkeleton@SergeantSkeleton2 жыл бұрын
  • Imagine being a kid in Sri Lanka in the 90s. We'd grown up on 80s pop ballads and those early technopop songs played on radio and TV, all state-owned. And when the first private radio stations started playing, the play lists didn't change. And then suddenly, when you least expect it, someone played Smells Like Teen Spirit. The song caught my entire generation unawares, because most of us really had no reference point for guitar-driven, angry-ish vocals except maybe the occasional GnR. In what seemed like an immediate reaction to the song, the first rock bands playing original angry rock music started popping up. Coincidence? I don't think. SLTS literally forced my generation to be like 'fuck it, I am a start a band.' Even now, all 38 years old, and having a hopefully more experienced ear that is exposed to all sorts of music, that song transports me back to that point when my ears weren't really exposed to a lot of music. I can't speak for the rest of y'all but in Sri Lanka, Nirvana was Prometheus, and SLTS was the gift of fire. I love that y'all paid tribute to his obvious musical instincts, even if the skills aren't polished as a properly taught musician who knew their theory. I know a few musicians who dismiss Nirvana as unsophisticated and while there is some truth to that, Cobain was a master songwriter. Nevermind was great but anyone who doubts Cobain's range as a songwriter hasn't heard In Utero. I think Rolling Stone once called 'Heart Shaped Box' as the kind of song that the Stone Temple Pilots wouldn't be able to write with detailed instructions. Harsh? Sure. Hilarious? Also yes. Loved this discussion. I only wish you spent a little longer talking about Grohl's drumming. In an elemental song like this, it needed elemental drumming. And Mr Grohl threw the kitchensink at it. Those drums propel the song into the stratosphere.

    @theena@theena2 жыл бұрын
    • What a story Theena!! Thanks so much for sharing!

      @DeadWaxShow@DeadWaxShow2 жыл бұрын
  • Great in depth reaction

    @BangYourRadio@BangYourRadio2 жыл бұрын
  • This is awesome…actually learning more about music composition and theory instead of hearing people say, ‘it’s a banger’ or ‘it’s really sad’. Would love to hear your thoughts on other past artists--maybe some metal or classic rock. And of course Grunge! Peace!

    @joepaskowski9091@joepaskowski90912 жыл бұрын
  • their music was purposefully emotive. this song captures and projects angst. it was and is so popular because it connects you to something that is visceral, and teens most notably relate to it.

    @13masterg@13masterg4 ай бұрын
  • I think it's the only song I can name where I remember the exact spot I was sitting when I first heard it.

    @titussardonicus338@titussardonicus3382 жыл бұрын
  • I like how you guys break down the structure of the song. What I hear is you guys are like a chef breaking down a great recipe and illustrating why something works when in reality, the guy who first prepared the dish didn't really know theory and just threw some ingredients together and it somehow tasted good. That's what makes rock music.

    @zeke7142003@zeke71420032 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah, sometimes it's too much analysis. Kurt was REAL.

      @earthsign7568@earthsign7568 Жыл бұрын
  • Love this show and love Scary Pockets!! One thing I wish you addressed is how they kinda brush the open strings between chord changes at time, which creates a sort of pickup note, particularly when he goes back to the 1 chord. Sounds like 7 to the 1 in a weird way.

    @raaron4315@raaron43152 жыл бұрын
  • Nirvana paved the way for the Grunge era. RIP Kurt Cobain! Your music transcends the Grunge era!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇😇😇😇😇🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁👍👍

    @JohnRotonto-ql9ds@JohnRotonto-ql9ds8 ай бұрын
  • one of the only channels/videos I watch on 1x speed.

    @MyEconomics101@MyEconomics1012 жыл бұрын
  • “I was expecting Dorito”… lmao, almost spit my coffee out!!!

    @MikeB12800@MikeB128002 жыл бұрын
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