Nirvana is overrated

Why is everyone so obsessed with this group? sure they had some good songs, but do you think they are a bit overrated?Music is old, and Its not all it's cracked out to be.

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I enjoy the music and don't really care how other people rate it.

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No, they defined an entire generation of music while making three incredibly solid albums that are still listened to and talked about almost thirty years later.

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What a daring and unique opinion you have there.

Sure they're overrated, but they still rock

Yeah, I think they're pretty overrated too

Makes me feel an elated high every time I hear it. The amount of pure raw emotion put into this record astounds me, and is very attractive.

Not trying to be edgy. I sincerely want to know why this group is such a big deal to everyone. I don't get it.

Also "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a stupid name for a song

This album sounds too polished for me to enjoy it as garage rock desu. I don't see why people think that it sounds pretty raw

they're popular because kurt put out 2 albums (nevermind and in utero) that connected with the gereration at large. then he died. but you can't take away his impact on those people whether or not you get it

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People were getting sick of new wave and Boys II Men, and wanted something new, yet also familiar (grunge).
Nirvana brought that to the masses, and Kurt lived the life of a troubled artist and that only added further appeal.

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Never had a number 1 hit.

Got most of their publicity and fans from cobain's suicide.

That's why they are considered so great.

Never had a number one song.

Got publicity from cobain dying.

cobains death is why

Must I post this every time you propose this question? What will it take for you to learn?

I'm not really a fan of Nirvana personally but you have to acknowledge this Nirvana changed everything with Nevermind

People remember because kurt killed himself when they were popular.

One of your favourite singers killing themselves when you are a teenager is hard to forget.

If one of the singers from korn killed himself instead we'd be having this convo about korn.

well that's not a good enough reason.

good band.
it's just people obsess over kurt cobain too much.
he was an ego fucking maniac. complete twat.

OP BTFO.

Well it's the reason whether it's good enough or not.

Some guy who was a punk teenager in the 90's and loves music remembers nirvana more than other bands because he was upset when Cobain died.

Band gets permanently ingrained into his childhood memories because of that.

That guy and a bunch of people like him later gets a job in a record store and tells the hipsters born in post 1995 that nirvana was one of the best rock bends ever. when working behind the counter.

Hipsters parrot that opinion to seem in the know.


It's just shit like that really.

upon seeing this thread I realised I hadn't listened to Nevermind in years.
Fuck it's a good album thanks for the reminder OP

I've always found that nirvana resembled the ramones in ethos and in the way they wrote music

but they did have one of the best selling albums of 91'

>and wanted something new, yet also familiar (grunge).
sonic youth and the pixies were pretty popular before nirvana, as were a lot of 80's punk/indie/post-hardcore

in ethos nirvana is clearly pixies + wipers. the influence is so distinct and present in all of their songs

Is Smells Like Teen Spirit un-listenable to anyone else? I enjoy the rest of the album, but I reached peak saturation on Teen Spirit like, fifteen years ago and I don't think I can ever enjoy it on any level ever again.

Nirvanas was the ultimate culmination and fusion of the beatles with punk and metal. resulting in alt rock.
Kurt was the first guy to capture the mood of the post cold war era. A teen angst that isnt really sure what they are angry about.
Smells like teen spirt isnt played out. Its so simple but its perfect. The lines are perfect. Holy shit people dont write music lyrics that just fucking capture it like that anymore

here we are now, entertain us.

I feel stupid, and contagious.


> Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that prior to Nirvana, "alternative music was consigned to specialty sections of record stores, and major labels considered it to be, at the very most, a tax write-off". Following the release of Nevermind, "nothing was ever quite the same, for better and for worse".[112] The success of Nevermind not only popularized grunge, but also established "the cultural and commercial viability of alternative rock in general".[113] While other alternative bands had hits before, Nirvana "broke down the doors forever", according to Erlewine. Erlewine further stated that Nirvana's breakthrough "didn't eliminate the underground", but rather "just gave it more exposure".[114] In 1992, Jon Pareles of The New York Times reported that Nirvana's breakthrough had made others in the alternative scene impatient for achieving similar success, noting, "Suddenly, all bets are off. No one has the inside track on which of dozens, perhaps hundreds, of ornery, obstreperous, unkempt bands might next appeal to the mall-walking millions". Record company executives offered large advances and record deals to bands, and previous strategies of building audiences for alternative rock groups had been replaced by the opportunity to achieve mainstream popularity quickly.[115]

alt rock has been around far longer than kurt cobain was making music damn idiot. Nothing nirvana has done musically hasn't already been done, listen to more punk or indie music or even his influences because then you wouldn't be saying shit like this

no one claimed that. In fact if you read my post
> Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that prior to Nirvana, "alternative music was consigned to specialty sections of record stores, and major labels considered it to be, at the very most, a tax write-off". Following the release of Nevermind, "nothing was ever quite the same, for better and for worse".[112] The success of Nevermind not only popularized grunge, but also established "the cultural and commercial viability of alternative rock in general"

listen to this song.

it might as well be the Beatles if they were a 90's alt rock band


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>no one claimed that.
>resulting in alt rock.
i did read your post i also think that nirvana isn't the beatles' equivalent of alt rock, if anything that'd be either sonic youth or melvins or pixies or REM. They're definitely the most popular altrock band, i'll give you that

sonic youth, melvins, pixies, and rem are all good bands, but they never had the mainstream impact nirvana did.
They changed everything.

For one moment mainstream music wasnt pop garbage. It was the alternative, it was underground. That's fucking crazy.

That is like seeing car seat headrest and MGTM in the top 40 near beyonce and drake

I think you are just being obtuse here nigga

Very power pop-esque punk, though Nirvana also had Cobain's skills in terms of complex pop songwriting as his works are decievingly intricate.

This is true. Fun Fact: It wasn't much of an unpopular opinion to consider Foo Fighters a much better band with better songs up until Colour and the Shape. Its only as Foo Fighters have become older and thus less idealistic and heroic that nostalgia began to sway in Nirvanas favour. Think about if Green Day pulled a hero after Dookie, or if John Lennon was never shot. Its only as one becomes less grounded in memories and mature in their musical taste that they can clearly see Paul Mc Cartney was miles and miles beyond John Lennon. You need to take risks in art and its walking a tight rope. A gamblers streak comes to an end. Not ever song album or decade can be a hit. Every true artist has "periods" and redefines themselves. This is the difference between a Miles Davis (whos career was essentially over at one point) Less artistic figures such as Elvis, or Hulk Hogan. Compared to idol memes like Cobain, Marilyn Monroe and Rebel without a clue Jame Dean.

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kurt btfo

Some people just like the raw emotion and dirty trashy sound they produced without being a shitty punk band. Cobain wrote catchy hooks even if they didn't mean anything or he wrote them fifteen minutes before a show. Kurt seemed like a genuine human based on his crowd interactions and interviews, who had his interests lying in many different genres and ages. At least for me the music seems genuine, it's angry and loud and seems to hit the nail right on the head when I'm feel angsty or angry. I'm a smuck for a steady baseline and repeating lyrics over and over a jam.

nirvana is being promoted