Nirvana- nevermind album review (rock, single, Kurt Cobain, member, tunes)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-18-2007, 12:33 PM

I think 'hate' maybe a too strong a word as far as i'm concerned.

I think the word I would use would be cynical.

I would say as far as Nevermind goes that it's a good impact album , but once that initial impact as worn off you are left with very little.

Just looking at Nevermind it seems like a checklist for mainstream success.

Good looking blonde singer ... Check
Clean production with hip producer ... Check
Loud anthemic lead single (Smells Like Teen Spirit) ... Check
Follow up mellower single (Come As You Are)
Sensitive ballad (Polly) ... Check
Potential follow up singles (Lithium , In Bloom) ... Check
Loud shouty short song to break up the commercial songs (Territorial Pissings) ... Check
Slightly longer meloncholic 'serious' song (Something in the Way) ... Check

As well as this you talk to any rock DJ from around 1990/91 and you'll find out that Nirvana were practically forced down their throats by the record company long before Nevermind even surfaced. It's no accident Nirvana became so huge no matter how much people protest against it.

Like I said I don't hate Nevermind , I just think it's an OK album. I just see very little in it to keep me listening to it anymore. For an album thats supposedly revolutionary I just think it's so damn safe it hurts.

Moon Pix · 05-18-2007, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

For an album thats supposedly revolutionary I just think it's so damn safe it hurts.

The problem is that what Nevermind was has become such a formula now, and such an omnipresent one at that, that its hard to see how it could have ever been condsidered revolutionary. The dense production style ofIt Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back isnt really something thats been copied that much and so sounds as revolutionary today as it did back in '87 or whenever but everybodys copying Nevermind now so much its almost parodic.

cardboard adolescent · 05-18-2007, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Good looking blonde singer ... Check

Urb... is there something you want to tell us?

boo boo · 06-17-2007, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Sensitive ballad (Polly) ... Check.

It's a song about rape.

05-18-2007, 12:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	I think 'hate' maybe a too strong a word as far as i'm concerned. I think the word I would use would be cynical. I would say as far as Nevermind goes that it's a good impact album , but once that initial impact as worn off you are left with very little. Just looking at Nevermind it seems like a checklist for mainstream success. Good looking blonde singer ... Check Clean production with hip producer ... Check Loud anthemic lead single (Smells Like Teen Spirit) ... Check Follow up mellower single (Come As You Are) Sensitive ballad (Polly) ... Check Potential follow up singles (Lithium , In Bloom) ... Check Loud shouty short song to break up the commercial songs (Territorial Pissings) ... Check Slightly longer meloncholic 'serious' song (Something in the Way) ... Check As well as this you talk to any rock DJ from around 1990/91 and you'll find out that Nirvana were practically forced down their throats by the record company long before Nevermind even surfaced. It's no accident Nirvana became so huge no matter how much people protest against it. Like I said I don't hate Nevermind , I just think it's an OK album. I just see very little in it to keep me listening to it anymore. For an album thats supposedly revolutionary I just think it's so damn safe it hurts. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.