What if this was a serious response? It opens up for so many meanings (and so many questions), though leaving us with a bitter aftertaste.
shite on the sidewalk
Yeah. People suck.
shitty LA buildings
Gym closed over the weekend bc sudden thunderstorm yesterday overwhelmed the shitty roof
Earthquake proof but canāt handle a little waterā¦.
I forgot to take a picture, but it looked like someone sprayed a firehose in there.
I think one of the glass panels on the roof went kaput
To be fair, I donāt think Cobain realized he was essentially creating a genre and its sound.
You can hear an almost classically trained quality in Cornellās voice, and while certainly grungy some Soundgarden songs follow a very regimented feel. Before 90ās grunge, even rock bands were very technical with punk as a fringe thing, so perspectives were different in ā93.
Cobain and Staley & bands really had the āgarageā feel, but like legitimately talented musicians playing out of a garage, and while Cobain may have felt on the outskirts at the time, this became the defining sound for a genre that really wasnāt solidified until after his death, so he never got to see it.
I agree Staley had a better range within the vibe, but Kurt was just right for the frenetic sound Nirvana was putting out. Staley would sound out of place on Smells Like Teen Spirit. I feel like Cornell could do it though.
I heard āIn Bloomā for the first time in probably 25 years the other day and it was amazing, lol.
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He didnāt create a genre; he was following in the footsteps of bands who had already created the sound and genre. Those bands would include Soul Asylum, Husker Du, The Replacements, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minutemen, basically the entire SST catalog, and you could go further back to The Ramones, Modern Lovers, Patti Smith, and further back to the Velvet Underground. Nirvana was hardly the best of the bunch. Nothing Nirvana put out was as groundbreaking as Husker Duās Zen Arcade. Hereās a quote from Nirvanaās bassist, āWhat Nirvana did was nothing new, HĆ¼sker DĆ¼ did it before us.ā
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The 90s!
Trying hard and being successful made you really sad. What a time.
This is why the 80s were better. You tried hard and werenāt successful. And if success happened, as it did for some bands like Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Husker Du, which got deals with major labels, it led to failure soon after. The worst things to happen to Cobain were fame and success. Punk musicians were never supposed to be the cool kids.
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āFeeling Minnesotaāā¦
I get it now!
Thanks for the history lesson, sincerly.
You know who else was from Minnesota? Prince. Seattle had nothing on Minneapolis.
Itās funny how they have their own whole thing going on up there, and nobody knows about it.
I saw some Minnesota rapper a couple years ago, and it was the first time I realized they made music up there.
Since then Iāve been surprised many times by how big/influential their music culture is.
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These were all influences of the band but Seattle Grunge was certainly its own genre, and separate from the punk bands you mention, with a much more pronounced sound than Sonic Youth and Soul Asylum. The Pixies were maybe the closest match when comparing a few sounds, but while Nirvana was hard to initially categorize they certainly were the harbinger of the Seattle sound as time went on. Iām definitely not going to run through an 800 response argument over this, however. You may comment with the last word.
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Plus Seattle had the movie āSingles.ā
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It was a marketing ploy.
I believe Steve Albini of Big Black, from Chicago, which also had its own scene in the 80s, produced Nirvanaās albums.
For sure. The amount of talent all coming from one place at one time was crazy.
Kurt was the perfect front man for Nirvana, which was the most successful of the grunge bands. I like Nirvana. Most of their songs are fun. Playing drums to their songs is really fun. AiC is my favorite of the grunge bands, but I like stuff from all of them. My point was just as far as technical ability, Kurt lacked it. Technical ability is over hyped IMO. Kurtās strength was making great songs. Iād take that over technical ability. A good comparison is Anthony Kiedis (although Kurt was a better singer). Kiedis lacks a lot when it comes to singing. Everyone else in the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a lot more technically talented than he is. I donāt think they would ever have had the success theyāve had without Kiedis though.
I am from Minneapolis, but I think the grunge scene in the 90s in Seattle trumps the music scene here in Minneapolis. We also have Bob Dylan, and a few of the other bands you mentioned like Husker Du, Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Semi Sonic (the new album is actually pretty good BTW). And also a @zecarlo favorite Lizzo. Minneapolisā music scene is likely more consistent, compared to Seattle burning bright for about 5 years then dying out.
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I hate morning radio personalities. Who decideded this needed to be done? And on every statuon? Just shut the fuck up and play music instead of having the most annoying people on the planet have a microphone.
I know, I can bluetooth my phone and ignore it. But it still pisses me off.
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