Right Powerstars here you go. Be careful what you wish for...
Title: Nevermind
Artiste: Nirvana
Year: 1991
Chronological position: Second album
Previous experience of this artiste?: "Smells like teen spirit". That's it.
Why is this considered a classic? I have often asked myself this question without an answer.
My thoughts
One minute (or thereabouts in) ---- (Given the fact that I, like everyone on the planet, know "SLTS" I'm giving it till second track in before making any comments) Good, great, bad, meh, still waiting or other? Good
One track in --- Good
Halfway through --- Meh
Finished --- Very meh
Comments: Somebody please explain to me the attraction of Nirvana. Yeah, they were an okay band, but just okay as far as I can see. Why did they suddenly become the godfathers of grunge and rise to messianic stature? Just don't get it. Like, I'll be honest and credit where credit is due, it's a decent album. But it's not The Second Coming, as some (many) people would have you believe. I mean, I read that it's been included in the Library of Congress as a "culturally significant or historical recording", for ****'s sake! Was "Number of the Beast", "No sleep till Hammersmith", "Selling England by the pound" or even "Thriller" put in there? What is wrong with the world? This is NOT a religious experience! It's just an album, an okay album, maybe even a good album. But not anything to stick up on your dresser and worship with candles on either side of it.
I can think of a hundred better rock albums, none of which probably get this almost fanatical level of respect. It's like I said with "Loveless": what's the big fuss? It's okay but it's not to me a milestone in music history. Maybe it's because Cobain took his own life and there's a certain rabid fan mentality dedicated to preserving his memory, but do people feel the same about INXS? What about Boston? See? Suicide is not a reason to worship a singer. But I don't see anything hugely innovative or interesting about this album. It's not anything special, not to me. Maybe my perception is coloured by too many years of hearing how great Nirvana were, but I'm not signing up. Just on auto-pilot now, waiting for it to end. Hey, a new "Family guy!"
Favourite track(s): I couldn't use that word for any of the tracks here. Okay, okay:
Something in the way is not terrible; the only one that actually made me listen.
Least favourite track(s): Most of them but
Polly really bugs me, with its amateurish rhymes and depressing vocal.
Territorial pissings is very annoying too.
Final impression --- Honestly? I'd rather listen to Slayer. Or Morbid Angel. Well, maybe not Morbid Angel. But Slayer would be preferable to this.
Do I feel, at the end, A) I wish I had listened to this sooner
B) I'm sorry I bothered
C) I might end up liking this
D) Have to wait and see
E) Bit underwhelmed; was ok but a classic?
F) Definitely enjoyed it, but again would I consider it a classic?
A big B here, though I suppose at least I can now say I've heard it and award it a great big MEH.