Comments on: Smells Like A Gross Exaggeration http://www.cracked.com/blog/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/ The CRACKED.com take on the world, in America's oldest weblog, since 1958. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:37:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Nick Hole http://www.cracked.com/blog/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/comment-page-2/#comment-108960 Nick Hole Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:11:11 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2007/12/18/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/#comment-108960 Gladstone I'm a huge Nirvana fan and I 100% agree. Kurt Cobain would not have wanted the #1 spot on VH1's best songs of the 90's! He knew that his type of songwriting had already been done, but not in Nirvana's particular style. Cobain should always be given credit for starting a mainstream musical revolution (that pushed hair metal off the edge of the earth overnight, thank god) but he would not have enjoyed the martyr status he's received since he killed himself. Gladstone I’m a huge Nirvana fan and I 100% agree. Kurt Cobain would not have wanted the #1 spot on VH1’s best songs of the 90’s! He knew that his type of songwriting had already been done, but not in Nirvana’s particular style. Cobain should always be given credit for starting a mainstream musical revolution (that pushed hair metal off the edge of the earth overnight, thank god) but he would not have enjoyed the martyr status he’s received since he killed himself.

]]> By: CRH http://www.cracked.com/blog/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/comment-page-2/#comment-107331 CRH Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:19:22 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2007/12/18/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/#comment-107331 bull shit Gladstone bull shit bull shit Gladstone bull shit

]]> By: ray http://www.cracked.com/blog/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/comment-page-2/#comment-67311 ray Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:00:44 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2007/12/18/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/#comment-67311 Whoever said Grohl helped Kurt Cobain with guitar parts????????? Dude your smokin crack. I think Kurt Cobain was an asshole. He treated the people around him like shit; he was a whiny little bitch who did not give a fuck about his kid. Any man who shoots drugs with young kids is a low life period. but the guy was an amazing talent. I think his songs were genius and no body from that era could touch him. Grohl is a little faggot poser boy who owes EVERYTHING TO KURT COBAIN. Every time he opens his hole I want to put my fist in it. He should change the lyrics of that song from "I don't owe you anything" to "I fuckin owe you everything" He is a decent drummer yes, but nothing special or stand out and he would sill be sucking hind tit if it wasn't for Cobain. Cobain gave him a name and the fuckin guy is too much of a pussy to give him any credit. Whoever said Grohl helped Kurt Cobain with guitar parts????????? Dude your smokin crack. I think Kurt Cobain was an asshole. He treated the people around him like shit; he was a whiny little bitch who did not give a fuck about his kid. Any man who shoots drugs with young kids is a low life period. but the guy was an amazing talent. I think his songs were genius and no body from that era could touch him. Grohl is a little faggot poser boy who owes EVERYTHING TO KURT COBAIN. Every time he opens his hole I want to put my fist in it. He should change the lyrics of that song from “I don’t owe you anything” to “I fuckin owe you everything” He is a decent drummer yes, but nothing special or stand out and he would sill be sucking hind tit if it wasn’t for Cobain. Cobain gave him a name and the fuckin guy is too much of a pussy to give him any credit.

]]> By: Dick http://www.cracked.com/blog/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/comment-page-2/#comment-64927 Dick Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:45:47 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2007/12/18/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/#comment-64927 So basically, you like Nirvana because you find Kurt Cobain sexually attractive. So basically, you like Nirvana because you find Kurt Cobain sexually attractive.

]]> By: Aeolian http://www.cracked.com/blog/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/comment-page-2/#comment-64812 Aeolian Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:58:46 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2007/12/18/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/#comment-64812 Wowzers, that was a long post. Wowzers, that was a long post.

]]> By: Aeolian http://www.cracked.com/blog/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/comment-page-2/#comment-64811 Aeolian Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:58:14 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2007/12/18/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/#comment-64811 Um...I'm thinking you've never heard a Nirvana album. Or if you did, it was Nevermind. First off, there's nothing pop...nothing whatsoever...about anything on Bleach or In Utero. There's a wellspring of orginality that nobody before or since has touched on, there's a degree of pure musicianship that a lot of people like to ignore, but pop? None. Smells Like Teen Spirit was not Nirvana's best work. It was just their most influential, their most important. It turned music in a new direction, killed glam, made real music cool again. Listen to Milk It sometime. Or Heart Shaped Box. Or almost anything. As far as technical skill goes, Kurt Cobain was no shredder--mainly because he made it very clear he hated shred, and was willing to play sloppy for his principles--but know what? He was better than George Harrison, better than Neil Young, better...than a lot of famous guitarists. He played the solo to Heartbreaker as well as Jimmy Page, if more screechily. That counts for a lot. Dave Grohl's the third best drummer I know of. As a guitarist, he's probably the six hundredth best. Or something, I don't feel like counting them all. Anyway, Grohl's of exactly normal skill for a professional guitarist. But not original or distinctive. At all. I've heard every Foo Fighters album. It's technically mediocre pop music. Nothing wrong with that, but it basically means he wouldn't ever have gotten on the radio without Nirvana. And to whoever said Grohl helped Cobain with guitar parts, David Grohl didn't even share a song idea until after their last whole album. He pretty much just drummed until they found out he could sing. Then he did backing vocals. Backing, because even Kurt Cobain, the most miserably self-hating human being in the last thirty years, knew he sang better than ol' Dave. And the definition of pop rock can't be that it's in 4/4 time and uses a few chords. Because every one of Sonic Youth's songs in in 4/4 time, and all of My Bloody Valentine's songs use three or four chords. Neither of them is pop in any way. See what I mean? Anyway...Kurt Cobain wrote some of the most meaningful lyrics in history, certainly better than anything on the radio. His guitarworld wasn't virtuosic, but it was inspired and brilliant. He had more feeling than Joe Satriani in every solo, which means he blows every other shredder out of the water. He changed the course of music, that much isn't really debatable except by people with a serious grudge. He was better than Paul McCartney at everything. He was a better guitarist than John Lennon, and his equal as a songwriter. Much better vocals than Cornell, better than Vedder. Was he a great guitarist? He was as expressive as Hendrix, if not so groundbreaking. Anyway, point is, Nevermind is mediocre (still better than any Beatles album, mind), but almost everything else by Nirvana makes every other band since the 60s look like barking dogs. P.S. Whoever asked why the cut "Verse Chorus Verse" and "Moist Vagina" from In Utero..."Verse Chorus Verse" was from Nevermind. I'm just sayin'. Um…I’m thinking you’ve never heard a Nirvana album. Or if you did, it was Nevermind.
First off, there’s nothing pop…nothing whatsoever…about anything on Bleach or In Utero. There’s a wellspring of orginality that nobody before or since has touched on, there’s a degree of pure musicianship that a lot of people like to ignore, but pop? None.
Smells Like Teen Spirit was not Nirvana’s best work. It was just their most influential, their most important. It turned music in a new direction, killed glam, made real music cool again. Listen to Milk It sometime. Or Heart Shaped Box. Or almost anything.
As far as technical skill goes, Kurt Cobain was no shredder–mainly because he made it very clear he hated shred, and was willing to play sloppy for his principles–but know what? He was better than George Harrison, better than Neil Young, better…than a lot of famous guitarists. He played the solo to Heartbreaker as well as Jimmy Page, if more screechily. That counts for a lot.
Dave Grohl’s the third best drummer I know of. As a guitarist, he’s probably the six hundredth best. Or something, I don’t feel like counting them all. Anyway, Grohl’s of exactly normal skill for a professional guitarist. But not original or distinctive. At all. I’ve heard every Foo Fighters album. It’s technically mediocre pop music. Nothing wrong with that, but it basically means he wouldn’t ever have gotten on the radio without Nirvana. And to whoever said Grohl helped Cobain with guitar parts, David Grohl didn’t even share a song idea until after their last whole album. He pretty much just drummed until they found out he could sing. Then he did backing vocals. Backing, because even Kurt Cobain, the most miserably self-hating human being in the last thirty years, knew he sang better than ol’ Dave.
And the definition of pop rock can’t be that it’s in 4/4 time and uses a few chords. Because every one of Sonic Youth’s songs in in 4/4 time, and all of My Bloody Valentine’s songs use three or four chords. Neither of them is pop in any way. See what I mean?
Anyway…Kurt Cobain wrote some of the most meaningful lyrics in history, certainly better than anything on the radio. His guitarworld wasn’t virtuosic, but it was inspired and brilliant. He had more feeling than Joe Satriani in every solo, which means he blows every other shredder out of the water. He changed the course of music, that much isn’t really debatable except by people with a serious grudge. He was better than Paul McCartney at everything. He was a better guitarist than John Lennon, and his equal as a songwriter. Much better vocals than Cornell, better than Vedder. Was he a great guitarist? He was as expressive as Hendrix, if not so groundbreaking. Anyway, point is, Nevermind is mediocre (still better than any Beatles album, mind), but almost everything else by Nirvana makes every other band since the 60s look like barking dogs.
P.S. Whoever asked why the cut “Verse Chorus Verse” and “Moist Vagina” from In Utero…”Verse Chorus Verse” was from Nevermind. I’m just sayin’.

]]> By: Seddah http://www.cracked.com/blog/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/comment-page-2/#comment-61954 Seddah Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:18:21 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2007/12/18/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/#comment-61954 Forgot to mention, hey Jesi, "rock and roll" and its incarnations embrace poor grammar because they can and for other reasons. If they If they used perfect grammar they'd all sound like huge tools. Yeah, The Doors rocked, but just because Jim is a good writer doesn't mean he's a better or more influential musician than others like Hendrix. Forgot to mention, hey Jesi, “rock and roll” and its incarnations embrace poor grammar because they can and for other reasons. If they If they used perfect grammar they’d all sound like huge tools. Yeah, The Doors rocked, but just because Jim is a good writer doesn’t mean he’s a better or more influential musician than others like Hendrix.

]]> By: Seddah http://www.cracked.com/blog/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/comment-page-2/#comment-61953 Seddah Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:12:19 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2007/12/18/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/#comment-61953 That's a fair assessment. I agree, Gladstone. That’s a fair assessment. I agree, Gladstone.

]]> By: snowdog30 http://www.cracked.com/blog/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/comment-page-2/#comment-60346 snowdog30 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:08:31 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2007/12/18/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/#comment-60346 kingmonkey Says: December 18th, 2007 at 2:08 pm Just a minor point: Kurt Cobain looks more like Ewen MacGregor (in the movie Velvet Goldmine). See: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7472/2410/1600/curt06.jpg ============================================== Actually Kurt looks like a blonde Ray Liotta. kingmonkey Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Just a minor point: Kurt Cobain looks more like Ewen MacGregor (in the movie Velvet Goldmine).

See: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7472/2410/1600/curt06.jpg
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Actually Kurt looks like a blonde Ray Liotta.

]]> By: snowdog30 http://www.cracked.com/blog/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/comment-page-2/#comment-60316 snowdog30 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:03:20 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2007/12/18/smells-like-a-gross-exaggeration/#comment-60316 So Gladstone has more respect for Grohl, Because he had rich parents and lived in Baltimore!?. Grohl is just like Vedder and the Melonheads singer who had the right connections and abilty to con DJs. Kurt is'nt here to defend himself against you but i've got your number funny boy. So Gladstone has more respect for Grohl, Because he had rich parents and lived in Baltimore!?.
Grohl is just like Vedder and the Melonheads singer who had the right connections and abilty to con DJs.
Kurt is’nt here to defend himself against you but i’ve got your number funny boy.

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