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Nirvana - Genius or Overrated?
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:56 pm
by Manders
No poll, let's just discuss it!
Personally, I like Nirvana, but I do not think they are as great as some people do.
I much prefer Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden to them.
So...thoughts?
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:10 pm
by Shalako
Their Best song is a David Bowie Cover.
That really sums it up for me.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:19 pm
by Yannaria
I like Nirvanna
I don't think they're a genius band but I like them
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:36 pm
by Captain Murphy
What Kurt did to the music world is in one of the top 3 biggest impacts regardless, I have 300 Nirvana songs in my library and they are amazing.
Seen pumpkins and soundgarden live, while I agree SP can play their instruments better, lyrically Nirvana was amazing.
The MTV live acoustic show they did is their best stuff ever though.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:46 pm
by Shalako
Not even close to the Top 3 Impact on Music.
Where is Grunge Today?
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:48 pm
by Shalako
Dead just like him.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:22 pm
by Pendulum
Not even close to the Top 3 Impact on Music.
Where is Grunge Today?
I mean you know that's not how progress works, right?
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:29 pm
by Pendulum
Too morbid to talk about the 27 Club?
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:33 pm
by Shalako
Too Soon.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:42 am
by Captain Murphy
That's exactly my point shalako. He made grunge big and then it died off with him, because he was the best. Nobody has gotten close to a genre creation/destruction like Kurt did.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:43 am
by Captain Murphy
Too morbid to talk about the 27 Club?
Hendrix and Janis Joplin were also amazing
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:59 am
by Mcdonalds
I like them, even if all he/Nirvana did was take what the Pixies/Dinosaur Jr. were doing and present it in a mainstream, digestible fashion.
not genius, but definitely grunge's defining band.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:24 pm
by Tom Servo
I don't think of grunge as a genre as much as I think of it as a label based on how the bands looked. It was really just a mostly regional explosion of good alternative rock bands. And I wouldn't really say that Nirvana is over rated as much as I would say that it's not surprising the grunge band most influenced by pop music became the most popular.
I don't think they've one of the top 3 biggest impacts on music. On the 90s? Of course. 2000s? Yeah. But overall? Off the top of my head I think of the first polyphonic compositions, churches starting to accept the use of tritones, and the invention of the six string guitar.
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:31 am
by Tom Servo
The MTV live acoustic show they did is their best stuff ever though.
That show/album is awesome. For me it's a tossup between unplugged and in utero
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:20 am
by Manders
The MTV live acoustic show they did is their best stuff ever though.
I couldn't agree with you more. It is, by far, my favorite Nirvana album.
Dead just like him.
Oh, so it was killed by Courtney Love, too?
That's exactly my point shalako. He made grunge big and then it died off with him, because he was the best. Nobody has gotten close to a genre creation/destruction like
Kurt did.
This is true, but I don't think anyone's ever really tried. I think most of the bands that formed since then sought to be seen separately from Nirvana.
Too morbid to talk about the 27 Club?
Hendrix and Janis Joplin were also amazing
Jim Morrison.
'Nuff said.
I don't think of grunge as a genre as much as I think of it as a label based on how the bands looked. It was really just a mostly regional explosion of good alternative
rock bands. And I wouldn't really say that Nirvana is over rated as much as I would say that it's not surprising the grunge band most influenced by pop music became the most popular.
I don't think they've one of the top 3 biggest impacts on music. On the 90s? Of course. 2000s? Yeah. But overall? Off the top of my head I think of the first polyphonic compositions, churches starting to accept the use of tritones, and the invention of the six string guitar.
Yeah, I wouldn't even say The Beatles were one of the top 3 biggest impacts on music, and they made a much bigger impact than Nirvana.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:03 am
by Captain Murphy
lol hendrix and Joplin are better than the doors, but I do love them
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:19 pm
by Manders
lol hendrix and Joplin are better than the doors, but I do love them
Gonna have to agree to disagree, but good thing we both love them all.
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:04 am
by Kaitscralt
Just a good band for their time, nothing special. If he had lived they'd have been quickly obsoleted.
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:39 am
by Manasjap
Dave
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:13 pm
by whitelies
great band that brought together a generation. I wouldn't call it musical genius. not even close. charismatic maybe
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:31 pm
by Mcdonalds
Heresy, smite the heretic
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 6:06 am
by Mcdonalds
Led Zeppelin is okay at best
Nirvana - Genius or Overrated?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 1:58 am
by ( G_R )
This thread has quality posters. RIP.
Nirvana - Genius or Overrated?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 3:27 pm
by Blackhound
Dont go full King Spam.
Nirvana - Genius or Overrated?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:58 pm
by ( G_R )
Never go full Harkius The Second.
Nirvana - Genius or Overrated?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:20 pm
by Manders
I miss the Captain. Found the Aussie post of FB where I can't understand a FUCKING thing this guy's saying. No Aussie to translate.
Nirvana - Genius or Overrated?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:54 pm
by Brianbotte
I like Nirvana
But I prefer Led zeppelin or The Beatles.
Nirvana - Genius or Overrated?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 1:02 pm
by admin
OK thanks
Nirvana - Genius or Overrated?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:49 pm
by Stardust
Answer: Overrated.
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