Originally posted on November 28, 2018
‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ is the opening track on Nirvana’s groundbreaking 1991 album, Nevermind. It rapidly became an anthem and it has served to define the grunge music movement. In some ways ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ can be characterized as being so bad it’s good. Let me explain.
The inspiration for the song is rooted in punk rock and the desire for music to be a tool toward anarchism. Kurt Cobain is on record as stating that ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ is a direct attempt at writing a song in the same style as The Pixies. Cobain was a huge fan of this American alternative rock band; especially the combination of dynamics contained within their songs. He was drawn to the soft and quiet and then loud and hard writing structure. ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ definitely employs this style. When Kurt Cobain first approached his band mates Krist Novoselic and…
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