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Smells Like Teen Spirit

Music History 

Here’s Kurt Cobain’s isolated vocals from “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

What was it about Kurt Cobain’s voice that made Nirvana so special? He had the perfect amount of gravel. There

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Music News 

Nirvana celebrates 1 billion YouTube views of “Teen Spirit” with these billboards in LA and New York

January 8, 2020January 7, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

It was just a few days ago that “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from Nirvana reached the one billion view mark

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Recommended Music 

This very of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is WAY too happy.

December 2, 2019December 1, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Cover Version, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

YouTube’s Melodicka Brothers posted this version of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in the style had it been produced in the

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Geeks&Beats 

Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 251: Smells like clickbait

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

Music producer and longtime friend of the show Brent Bodrug helps deconstruct what makes Nirvana’s Smell’s Like Teen Spirit the

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Music News 

Science declares “Smells Like Teen Spirit” the “most iconic song ever.”

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fiat, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

It’s long been acknowledged that “Smells Like Spirit” is one of the most powerful songs in the history of rock.

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This will haunt your dreams: Robot band plays “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

May 27, 2019May 26, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Compressorhead, Cover Song, Nirvana, Robots, Smells Like Teen Spirit

They’re coming. And there’s nothing you can do to stop them. Via Technabob.

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Recommended Music 

Watch this kid rip through “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on a ukulele

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cover Versions, Feng E, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

His name is Feng E. Nice work, kid. Here’s his Facebook page. (Via Leslie)

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Music History 

This cartoon explains how Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” came to be

January 2, 2019January 1, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Kurt Cobain, Smells Like Teen Spirit

The story of how Kurt Cobain wrote “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is the stuff of grunge legend. If you’re unfamiliar

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Music History 

52 Albums That Changed My Life, Chapter 48: Nevermind

November 26, 2017November 25, 2017 Brent Chittenden 0 Comments 90s, Alternative, neermind, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

If you were a teenage obsessed with pop culture in the 90s, there are certain things you just remember. You

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Music History 

Cool Video: Nirvana Playing “Teen Spirit” in a Small Club in 1991

August 30, 2016August 30, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

Twenty-five years ago, this sort of scene was fairly common. But come September 24, 1991, everything for Nirvana–and music–would change

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Possibly Nerdiest Cover of Nirvana. And It’s Amazing.

July 14, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Cover Song, Nirvana, Pawel Zadrozniak, Smells Like Teen Spirit, The Floppotron

The internet is a wonderful and weird place. Without it, we wouldn’t have such things like Epic Meal Time, Pokémon

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