On September 25 2011 03:51 Hawk wrote: Jesus shit I am OLD. FUCK.
I still have this CD in my car. In Utero is probably better though, even if nevermind brings back more memories
unplugged in NY was by far my favorite though. Nirvana was arguably better as an acoustic outfit, even if a lot of those songs were covers. Two of my favorite songs come off of there
Yeah unplugged in NY will never get old. I have this vision of myself at 70+ on a rocking chair still listening to it.
Just wanted to say thanks for making this thread! I had forgotten that it was the anniversary of the release, and as soon as I saw this thread I had to listen to Nevermind and Unplugged. Good God, I had almost forgotten how amazing Nirvana's music is.
My sister bought it an unknown time after release but not too long since I remember listening to it in february the year after, previosly I had been into beatles and metal but Nirvana really got me sold. My sister got alot of grunge cd:s so I kinda mooched of her I guess. Oh the memories, favourite album would be Incesticide.
Sirius/XM changed their stations this weekend for an all Nirvana/Nevermind/Unplugged celebration. Hadn't listen to the full album in a few years went back and it still gives me nerd chills. Dave Grohl/Meatpuppets at their best, paired with Kurt Cobain. RIP
I always liked the sentiment that for an album filled with primitive guitar and a guy screaming about his personal problems it's such an achievement the songs are so great. It's a great album, even if I probably would have disliked it had I been 15 in 1991.
I was practicing with my high school band--we were "Vertigo Spin" at the time. We were trying to learn "Give it Away" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They had released "Blood Sugar Sex Magic" around the same time and "Give it Away" was their first single.
We turned the radio on while we were taking a break and our band chatter went silent..."With the lights, it's less dangerous." Needless to say, we immediately gave up trying to cover "Give it Away" in favor of screaming along with Kurt Cobain.
One of my friends had been listening to "Bleach" for awhile and he mocked us for having ignored Nirvana's earlier material.
I rarely listen to Nirvana now, but that was a huge moment in my life at a time when music meant everything to me.
Oh man, i still remember trying to convince my parents to let me buy the cassette tape. My dad also bought me a copy of Neil Young's Mirror Ball, which i foolishly gave to a friend, because he was convinced that if i was going to listen to grunge i needed to understand the roots. But i think ill have to listen to to this album for nostalgic reasons, if any, since its probably been 10+ years since i have heard it.
Let's not forget the groundbreaking mixing work done for the album by Andy Wallace. Listen to other rock albums from 1991, and you'll hear the difference.
There's lots of panning of instruments left and right, as well as 'forward'/'backward' by using wet (reverbed) and dry (original) signal. The kick and snare are dry, while the rest of the drumkit has lots of reverb. The guitars are multi-tracked whenever possible. I think he must have used a multi-band compressor as well.
If it doesn't sound special, it's because everyone uses those same techniques on albums made today. It was a trendsetting album in many ways.
Some of my favorites, they're just so raw and emotional. I was 12 when Nevermind came out, 1st cassette I ever owned. Made me realize I wasn't the only person who felt society was twisting us.
20 years and we haven't had any rock stars that measure up imo.
nirvanna is not a rock band. Megadeath is a rock band,Metallica is a rock band, Rolling Stones, Beatles, etc. born in 89 and have to live with the realization that rock and roll died before I was born. Hip Hop, Lady Gaga, euro techno dubstep electronic is interesting, but not really rock, probably not even music.
On September 25 2011 07:33 Reborn8u wrote: Some of my favorites, they're just so raw and emotional. I was 12 when Nevermind came out, 1st cassette I ever owned. Made me realize I wasn't the only person who felt society was twisting us.
20 years and we haven't had any rock stars that measure up imo.
The more I think about this the truer it seems. I'm not even a big Nirvana fan, was never much into grunge. But you can't really deny that there hasn't been any new proper rock stars come to light during the past 20 years. There's the odd dinosaur that's been around for a millienia and still not managed to die, but as far as newcomers go they are very few and far between.
Kurt Cobain if u guys haven't read his biography and some interviews, you should... there is a part that kurt cobain saids that when he was a little boy, he wanted to get a job by cleaning dog's poop, but they did not give him the job. "well, if you cant be accepted for this kind of job, what can you expect for your life?" u_u sorry, english very bad.
On September 25 2011 07:40 treekiller wrote: nirvanna is not a rock band. Megadeath is a rock band,Metallica is a rock band, Rolling Stones, Beatles, etc. born in 89 and have to live with the realization that rock and roll died before I was born. Hip Hop, Lady Gaga, euro techno dubstep electronic is interesting, but not really rock, probably not even music.
.......... Honestly your post doesn't dignify a response.
Nirvana was a band devoted to producing an epic live show, and they happened to play a type of music called "Rock". Thus the term Rock Band. Your really trying to say Megadeath is a rock band and Nirvana isn't................ Megadeath was formed in 1983 which happens to be only 6 years before Nirvana's first album. Kirk Hammet didn't even join Metallica until 1983. What is your point again? Kurt would be the same age as those guys right now if he were alive.
Your post makes my head want to explode, and not in the Jack Black good way.
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if u guys haven't read his biography and some interviews, you should... there is a part that kurt cobain saids that when he was a little boy, he wanted to get a job by cleaning dog's poop, but they did not give him the job. "well, if you cant be accepted for this kind of job, what can you expect for your life?" u_u sorry, english very bad.
