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Unknown Soldier · 05-14-2011, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

what reasons do you have to say otherwise? You have Bowie on your page as well, another wager of how many people now got their exposure to him cause Nirvana covered "The Man Who Sold the World"? (which I think Nirvana's version was greatly superior to Bowies, one of the few covers I like more than the original)

Heyyyyy Bowie was already established loooooooong before Nirvana covered one of his songs!!! In Bowie we are talking about one of the best and most influential artists in the history of music. His 70`s output is the stuff of legend.

BastardofYoung · 05-14-2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jack Pat

That is nice. Explain this with words now and not an emoticon.

What i said is true, they helped give them exposure to a whole generation who may not of known who they were. Daniel more than VU, VU was more known. But for kids who did not know them at that time, they were the ones who opened the door to those bands. A 12 year old who never heard of VU (they were not even played on radio here) like me, that is how I heard of them. I heard Nirvana's cover of VU and went out and bought the album. That is how kids of that time were exposed to them.

Here radio didn't play stuff like that, music video TV didn't... so how else were you to know of these artists unless you happened to know that music geek who could tell you to check them out? Through the bands you listened to.

It may sound funny to you, but to be there at that time and be a youth at that time, especially in small cities that only played top 40, that was the only way.

BastardofYoung · 05-14-2011, 10:22 AM

see above comment^

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Heyyyyy Bowie was already established loooooooong before Nirvana covered one of his songs!!! In Bowie we are talking about one of the best and most influential artists in the history of music. His 70`s output is the stuff of legend.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-14-2011, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

You have Bowie on your page as well, another wager of how many people now got their exposure to him cause Nirvana covered "The Man Who Sold the World"? (which I think Nirvana's version was greatly superior to Bowies, one of the few covers I like more than the original)

Everybody and their mother has covered Bowie.
But it was all down to that one Nirvana cover right?

TockTockTock · 05-14-2011, 10:22 AM

I shouldn't have gotten into a Nirvana debate. The same idiotic outcome and situation always happens.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-14-2011, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

That is nice. Explain this with words now and not an emoticon.

What i said is true, they helped give them exposure to a whole generation who may not of known who they were. Daniel more than VU, VU was more known. But for kids who did not know them at that time, they were the ones who opened the door to those bands. A 12 year old who never heard of VU (they were not even played on radio here) like me, that is how I heard of them. I heard Nirvana's cover of VU and went out and bought the album. That is how kids of that time were exposed to them.

Here radio didn't play stuff like that, music video TV didn't... so how else were you to know of these artists unless you happened to know that music geek who could tell you to check them out? Through the bands you listened to.

It may sound funny to you, but to be there at that time and be a youth at that time, especially in small cities that only played top 40, that was the only way.

You do realise it was mandatory by law for all indie bands to do a Velvet Underground cover in the 80s & 90s.

SGR · 05-14-2011, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Heyyyyy Bowie was already established loooooooong before Nirvana covered one of his songs!!! In Bowie we are talking about one of the best and most influential artists in the history of music. His 70`s output is the stuff of legend.

Definitely! All I have is

for Low.

BastardofYoung · 05-14-2011, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

You do realise it was mandatory by law for all indie bands to do a Velvet Underground cover in the 80s & 90s.

Yes, but those bands, atleast here, were unheard of and nobody knew them at the time.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-14-2011, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

Yes, but those bands, atleast here, were unheard of and nobody knew them.

Like REM perhaps?
Or Jesus & Mary Chain maybe.

Who I seem to recall were rather successful back then

Unknown Soldier · 05-14-2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

Definitely! All I have is

for Low.

What can I say about "Low" the feel, ambience and mood of that album is the stuff of legend. The only other 70`s album that has the same type of feel is King Crimson`s "Red" but that is a different kind of music.

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TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	I shouldn't have gotten into a Nirvana debate. The same idiotic outcome and situation always happens.