I just had something of a revelation; for the first time in my life I listened to 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' not through the TV with its mono flat sound, or through some bass heavy nightclub's speakers, or on the cut in / cut out of FM radio, but on a decent pair of headphones playing at high quality. It's still over-rated. Mind you, the whole Nirvana thing passed me by1. I'm not sure why they were such a big thing with kids my age anyway, seeing as Kurt redecorated his swimming pool when most of us were only just getting over the Spice Girls2. I blame older siblings and the Johnny Cash effect ("Wow, Johnny Cash is dead!" "Who?" "Johnny Cash, you know, he's really influential" "Oh, Johnny Cash! I mean yeah, I've always liked him."3). The point is, I never got into them and so consequentially have a confession to make; I don't own any Nirvana albums and really rather prefer the Foo Fighters4 (and about a thousand other bands).
1 Top Five Nirvana Songs in no particular order; - Heart Shaped Box (x 3), - Come As You Are, - You Know You're Right
2 Top Five Spice Girls Songs in no particular order; - Wannabe, - Spice Up Your Life, - Stop, - That one they're in a desert in a video and throwing ninja moves (x2).
3 Top Five Johnny Cash Songs in no particular order; - The Ring Of Fire, - When The Man Comes around, - Hurt (x3).
4 Top Five Foo Fighters Songs in no particular order; - Everlong, - February Stars, - Best Of You, - M.I.A., - Razor.
I didn't miss learn to fly. Learn to fly is average.
"Say You Will Be There" is the song with the kung-fu action.
Folsom Prison Blues can replace "Hurt" on your Johnny Cash list at least once, but I won't disagree that his re-imagination of it works better than Trent Reznor's. "Personal Jesus" was a mistake though, through and through.
Also, there are no top five Nirvana songs. They're all just kind of...subpar to anything else.
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Good choice with Nirvana. You missed 'Learn to Fly' off the Foo Fighters songs. That's my favourite!
'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was used in my second year aural skills exam for my degree. We had to answer questions about the meaning of the lyrics, the riffs and stuff. Fun times.