From Sean Hackbarth, "Why Nirvana’s Nevermind Is Overrated":
A Twitter chat tonight with @LizMair, @ToddThurman, @CalebHowe, and others involved the supposed greatness of Nirvana. There’s no doubt they altered popular music for the better when Nevermind was unleased in 1991. But they’re also the most overrated band in modern times. Critics and supposed smart people too often speak of Nirvana in the same breath as The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. And it’s all pretty much based on Nevermind–or to be more exact “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”More at the link.
Actually, I was never much into Nirvana personally. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a wicked song, but I was especially turned off by Kurt Cobain's death, which seemed to me a copy-cat suicide seeking the same kind of rock immortality as Jimi Hendrix or Janis Joplin. All a waste, and especially for someone like Cobain, who clearly had a long future in the music world.
Lyrics here. And Theo Spark's "Bedtime Totty ..."
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