Nirvana: Difference between revisions

** ''Bleach'' (1989)

** ''Nevermind'' (1991)

 

* There also three official live albums:

* [[Censored Title]]: On some copies of ''In Utero'', "Rape Me" was titled "Waif Me".

* [[Concept Album]]: While not an outright one, all the songs on ''Nevermind'' tend to follow the general themes of teenage sexuality, loneliness, the madness that results from rejection, or an obssesion over a girl

* [[Contemptible Cover]]: ''Nevermind'''s classic "[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/NirvanaNevermindalbumcover.jpg/200px-NirvanaNevermindalbumcover.jpg naked baby swimming after a dollar bill]".

* [[Cover Version]]: Besides the ones below, some others were recorded live (or as demos) and have surfaced on compilations, B-sides and EPs (mostly ''With the Lights Out'') -- "Heartbreaker" and "Moby Dick" by [[Led Zeppelin]], "They Hung Him on a Cross", "Grey Goose" and "Ain't It a Shame", also by Leadbelly, "Here She Comes Now" by The [[Velvet Underground]], "D-7" and "Return of the Rat" by The Wipers, "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks, "Do You Love Me?" by [[Kiss]], "The Money Will Roll Right In" by Fang, and "The End" by [[The Doors]].

** Kurt was an open bisexual who spoke constantly about the evils of homophobia and general bigotry through his lyrics and interviews. This Troper has it in her mind that "everyone is gay" was making an intentionally shocking comparison between human beings who enjoy the company of the same sex and human beings who don't.

* [[Hidden Track]]: On some copies of ''Nevermind'', "Endless, Nameless".

* [[Intentionally Awkward Title]]: "Rape Me"; arguably ''Incesticide''.

* [[In the Style Of]]: Cobain once stated that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was deliberate attempt to write a [[The Pixies|Pixies]] song.

* [[Loudness War]]: The recent remaster of ''Nevermind'' is completely ruined by this.

** As is the box set With The Lights Out. Luckily, most of the songs had previously been bootlegged and so the bootlegged versions don't suffer from this issue.

* [[Metal Scream]]: The number of songs in which Cobain doesn't start yelling the lyrics (or [[Careful with That Axe|just screams]], such as "Love Buzz") is really small.

* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: The liner notes of ''Incesticide'' have Kurt complaining that "Polly" was sung by actual rapists.

* [[Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness]]: About a 5 or 6. Their softer stuff is usually a 2 or 3. On the other hand, "Endless, Nameless" is an 8, and might even go up to 9 if not for the quiet parts.

* [[Name's the Same]]: "Nirvana" was also the name of a psychedelic band formed in the UK in [[The Sixties]]. The elder Nirvana sued over the name and settled out of court, to the effect that both groups were allowed to continue using the name. The earlier band even recorded a cover of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SNhYrUnUCg&feature=related Lithium]", and [[What Could Have Been|intended to record an entire album of Cobain's material]] before his death put the kibosh on it.

*** Love lost the lawsuit because she gave Activision the go-ahead in the first place by signing the contract stating that they could use his image for the game (meaning the lawsuit was a lost cause from the beginning).

** Kurt has also become canonized as a dour, tragic figure. He was, most of the time (especially when he wasn't smacked up on heroin), a smart, goofy music nerd with a wicked sense of humor.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The song "Scentless Apprentice" [[Filk Song|is inspired by Patrick Süskind's novel]] ''[[Perfume]]''.

** Even Kurt's suicide note, as quoted above, was a shoutout to the godfather of grunge, [[Neil Young]].

* [[Stylistic Suck]]: The crows in the video for "Heart-Shaped Box".

* [[Three Chords and the Truth]]: Pretty much ran off this trope. Well, maybe it was more like Four Chords And The Truth. Or Four Chords And The Truth In Drop D Tuning. Anyway...

** ''Nevermind'' has two mistakes that were left in: on "Polly", Kurt accidentally starts the "Polly says" verse [[Four More Measures|too early]], pauses, and then re-starts on the right spot. This became a sort of [[Ascended Glitch]], even appearing on the faster "(New Wave) Polly" version from ''Incesticide''. During double-tracking for "Come As You Are", he similarly sang "And I don't have a gun" before the last "memoria, memoria" section was over, but saved the mistake.

* [[Title-Only Chorus]]: Something In The Way.

* [[The Unintelligible]]: [[Kurt Cobain]] allowed [[Weird Al]] to parody "Smells Like Teen Spirit" because it would be about the [[Indecipherable Lyrics]] due to Kurt's singing.

** ''Nevermind'' also has two unplugged songs, "Polly" (which, in an inversion, they also played electrically as "(New Wave) Polly") and "Something in the Way".

* [[Wham! Line]]: Kurt Cobain shows off his talents as a lyricist with the first two lines of "Polly".

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