The Band w/ the biggest impact (alternative, indie, jazz, punk)

boo boo · 02-02-2006, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Merkaba

Kurt Cobain was a prankster. He and Krist used to go around their home town and tag on local stores and churches things like "God is a homo".

The guy was smarter then the public eye, he would talk utter crap if he could get a kick out of other peoples gullability.

Yeah, i think ED fell for it.

Funny how Cobain can pull pranks on people long after his death. (=

Expletive Deleted · 02-02-2006, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Yeah, i think ED fell for it.

Funny how Cobain can pull pranks on people long after his death. (=

I think you fell for all the hype surrounded this horribly overrated band. Pity, you sound like you actually know a thing or two about music.

boo boo · 02-02-2006, 07:53 PM

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I think you fell for all the hype surrounded this horribly overrated band. Pity, you sound like you actually know a thing or two about music.

Oh yeah, if you like Nirvana, you know nothing about music.

We have a common term for guys like you, elitist douchebag ring a bell?

Expletive Deleted · 02-02-2006, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Dont take everything Cobain says seriously, he would often cut himself down for his own amusement, or the medias amusement...You should know that in REALITY, Cobain acknowledged many influences other than Pixies, and i bet your ****ing ass the idea of Nirvana being a ripoff of Pixies would have never crossed your mind if it wasnt for Cobains quote....Forget the quotes, use your ****ing ears, listen to Nirvanas music and then Pixies music, if you think they sound the same, you are deaf.

Are you fucking kidding me? Do you have ears? I can see thinking that Nirvana aren't total ripoffs, but to say Nirvana and Pixies don't sound at ALL alike just makes it seem like you're in denial about the whole thing.

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Pixies innovated white noise?...Puleeze, several bands have done it before, including the Jesus and Mary Chain, Can, Sonic Youth...Even King Crimson explored the realms of noise rock with Larks Tongue In Aspic and Red...Sure Nirvana didnt innovate anything, neither did Pixies.

No shit bands did it before, but JAMC, Sonic Youth, and Pixies all released their most famous albums around the same time. And I'm not saying Pixies fucking invented white noise, or even played it the best, but they're probably the most well known out of all those bands, and the ones Cobain talks about the most.

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Bands steal all the time, Led Zeppelin did it, all punk bands did it, Pixies sure as hell did it...Its not like Nirvana are the only criminals, though they are the only band who get bashed for it on a regular basis, go figure.

I guess I should tell you now that the only band I find more overrated than Nirvana is Led Zeppelin, then.

As for the whole "Cobain is a prankster, don't take what he says seriously" thing, it doesn't make it a difference whether he joked about ripping off the Pixies, the fact is that he did do it, and the only people who deny that are Nirvana's biggest fans.

jazzfromhell · 02-02-2006, 07:55 PM

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Speaking of Kurt's death, how famous do you guys think Nirvana would've been if he hadn't died? Ask anybody who was around when Nirvana got big how much bigger they got after Cobain committed suicide.

Yes, that easily explains how Nevermind when triple platinum in a matter of months.

Expletive Deleted · 02-02-2006, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I tried to be polite, but you are a motherf*cking idiot if you really believe that.

And no band lacks skill completely, everybody has skill to some degree, Cobain was average at best, his soloing was sloppy sometimes, but his rhythm playing was always clean, simple as hell, but clean...And it was his rhythm playing that was essential to the music, after all...Novoselic wasnt too skilled a bassist, but he was decent enough, and saying Grohl has no skill would simply be incorrect.

Cobain wrote angsty, cliche music for boring teenagers who were still listening to hair metal when Nirvana got big.

Expletive Deleted · 02-02-2006, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Oh yeah, if you like Nirvana, you know nothing about music.

We have a common term for guys like you, elitist douchebag ring a bell?

That's not really an insult, if that's what you were trying to do.

Expletive Deleted · 02-02-2006, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jazzfromhell

Yes, that easily explains how Nevermind when triple platinum in a matter of months.

They were big then, but if he hadn't died do you honestly think teenagers would still be worshipping him now?

boo boo · 02-02-2006, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Expletive Deleted

Are you fucking kidding me? Do you have ears? I can see thinking that Nirvana aren't total ripoffs, but to say Nirvana and Pixies don't sound at ALL alike just makes it seem like you're in denial about the whole thing..

When in the hell did i say they had no similarities at all?...Dont twist my words around now.

Expletive Deleted · 02-02-2006, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Merkaba

Kurt Cobain was a prankster. He and Krist used to go around their home town and tag on local stores and churches things like "God is a homo".

The guy was smarter then the public eye, he would talk utter crap if he could get a kick out of other peoples gullability.

So just because they played pranks on people I'm supposed to what, lay down and pretend like Nirvana don't sound anything like Pixies. Yeah, I think I'll just stop arguining right about now.