Why Teen Spirit?

It doesn't work that way.

 

Back in 1993-94 the chorus could get a bunch of grad students slammin' like no other song I can think of.

 

OK, I'll bite. The lyrics openly mock the idea of teen rebellion while the music embraces it - the resulting tension at the end of the verses provides the perfect setup for the H-bomb that goes off during the of a chorus. Up there with TV Eye and City Slang as one of the most **** hot performances captured on wax.

 

I believe that you just answered your own question.

 

I also think the title of the song itself was evocative in just the right way for the time.

 

They are both not even close to Metal albums. What is it with people round here and their F***d up view on what they think constitutes metal music?

 

Good riff and production, too.

Smelled nice, too.

 

Nirvana is Metal?

 

Because it was catchy and revolutionary so therefore it had everlasting effect.
I will never forget those days of the fall 1991 when I first heard it.

 

I was 15 and my brother was in his first year of college and he brought Nevermind and Ten home to me for Christmas '91. Changed my view of music overnight.

 

Nirvana sounds like Motley Crue compared to a Beethoven String Quartet or "Nessun Dorma" - don't let the outfit (plaid shirts Vs spandex) and narrow view of "Music" confuse the matter - BOTH are heavy guitar rock and not Jazz, Classical or Soul, or Blues or Electronic Dance Music or Gregorian Chants etc etc - just sayin'

 

I agree that Nirvana sounds like Mötley Crüe compared to classical music, but so does The Who and Jimi Hendrix. Should we remove all distinctions within genres?

 

No, but we should put them in context with the enormous bandwidth that "Music" has to offer and therefore not constantly fall prey to petty discussions in the virtual schoolyard in every other thread started by obvious trolls ..... Yeah, I wish ....... couldn't even heed my own advice.

 

That's fair, I do feel in terms of GNR songs, it's one of their defining epic songs, much like Estranged and Locomotive. Some great lyrics and delivery by Axl but it's true there aren't any definable hooks in it nor were there meant to be really. It's not exactly a "single" type of song. In that sense, it was never going to be a generation-definer. Too much of a downer lyrically anyways to be all that popular. Still would love to hear Coma live some day though.