Why should I like Nirvana?

You don’t have to love them or even like them, you just need to acknowledge their importance and impact on music as a whole. I used to try to like the ‘essential’ artists across a bunch of genres but you just can’t force it on yourself. There’s a bunch for me but the one I can think of right now is David Bowie. Life’s too short, like what you like. Have polarizing opinions on music.

Nirvanas for 14 year olds

their Unplugged session alone was better than the entire foo fighters catalog...and it's not close.

can't you come up with a more original troll? this one has been beat to death

I had "bleach" which came out before anyone really knew about them. I used to play that non-stop

It's a matter of personal preference, after all, you like what you like and you don't what you don't. No one in their right mind would disconsider someone else because they don't like Nirvana yet they do appreciate other rock bands. However, what you are obliged is to recognize the band's merits when it comes to the impact it left on the world of music and its history.

Is that the band where every song is really quiet for a while, then at some point they start shouting the lyrics?

MVP wrote:

their Unplugged session alone was better than the entire foo fighters catalog...and it's not close.

can't you come up with a more original troll? this one has been beat to death

This.

MVP wrote:

their Unplugged session alone was better than the entire foo fighters catalog...and it's not close.

can't you come up with a more original troll? this one has been beat to death

No troll here. Just an open minded music fan who may be looking for something that's not there. Unplugged? Will check it (probably already have), but that's all you got?

0/10

Foo Fighters are paint-by-numbers Dad rock. That you consider Dave Grohl a genius tells me all I need to know.

I haven't been keeping track wrote:

Is that the band where every song is really quiet for a while, then at some point they start shouting the lyrics?

No, that doesn't describe a single Nirvana song that I can recall.

Alice in Chains > Nirvana

Dave's Grohling wrote:

No troll here. Just an open minded music fan who may be looking for something that's not there. Unplugged? Will check it (probably already have), but that's all you got?

A brief overview of 'With the Lights Out' shows lots of live and demo recordings. That's a pretty unfair way to assess a band given the typical horrid sound quality. I agree on listening to their Unplugged album which may change your mind about them. While live, it's far more polished than any demo recording I've heard of theirs.

Anyone else watch that Unplugged session live on MTV?

Joe Jackson wrote:

Dave's Grohling wrote:

No troll here. Just an open minded music fan who may be looking for something that's not there. Unplugged? Will check it (probably already have), but that's all you got?

A brief overview of 'With the Lights Out' shows lots of live and demo recordings. That's a pretty unfair way to assess a band given the typical horrid sound quality. I agree on listening to their Unplugged album which may change your mind about them. While live, it's far more polished than any demo recording I've heard of theirs.

Anyone else watch that Unplugged session live on MTV?

I remember watching it live, and being startled by the look on Kurt Cobain's face near the end of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?", thinking, Wow ... that guy is really feeling something here. Gave me chills. Then in a few weeks he was gone.

Dave's Grohling wrote:

So I really dig Foo Fighters and will acknowledge that D. Grohl is a genius, but I just don't get Nirvana. Yeah, they've got some hits that helped define a very lame and uninspired generation (mine) FWIW, which is very little. But what is it about Nirvana that cements them as one of the greatest rock bands of all time - for their short time at least?

Hits aside, cite specific songs or albums please. I've got a disc collection entitled "With the Lights Out" that die-hards refer to as the gospel, but just don't feel it. I'd like to, but maybe this band was as bland as my generation? I'm open minded with music and feel I may be missing something here. Help me out.

I was about Kurt Cobain's age, and was hugely into "grunge" (for lack of a better word) at the time. At the time, they were the one of the greatest things I had heard in years, and I was a huge fan.

In retrospect, although I still really like them, I don't find myself listening to them as much as some other bands from the era, like Screaming Trees, as I think Nirvana has been overplayed over the years and has almost become classic rock. I think part of their appeal was their undeniable influence, and how they shifted the course of popular music. Hair bands (who I now have much more of an appreciation for, ironically) disappeared literally overnight. But they also had some really good songs too. Aside from the "hits" check out most of Bleach, plus things like Breed, Drain You, and Lounge Act off of Nevermind. And some of the B-sides on Incesticide like Turnaround, Son Of A Gun, and Aneurysm.

I haven't been keeping track wrote:

Is that the band where every song is really quiet for a while, then at some point they start shouting the lyrics?

You’re thinking of Pixies

I like Nirvana but still don't consider them great

the mtv unplugged thing was pretty special anyone would have to agree

are they one of the all-time greats? Probably not

Did they have an outsize influence on that decade? Absolutely

Does it matter what I think? Nope

It's kind if like Joe Namath in the Football Hall of Fame. He was the best QB in the league for two years at most if at all )and he's not among the top 50 of all-time but he was highly influential and crucial to the development of the sport. Kinda like Nirvana with music,

You shouldn't like Nirvana, they were MTV garage-pop trash and had already faded away when Cobain's suicide turned them into legends.

If you watch "Unplugged," keep in mind Cobain was sick the whole time. Some people seem to find a twisted sort of authenticity in withdrawal, especially if it ends in a rock martyrdom.