NEVERMIND poll

MTV Classic has three Nirvana things in a row scheduled tonight. First up is the "making of / classic albums" doc. Last is Unplugged. In the middle *seems* to be just Nirvana videos celebrating this ann'y (based on the description). Hoping it's more than that, but if not, oh well.

Just FYI.

i remember hearing "Verse Chorus Verse" on a radio when it came out and being obsessed w that song but having no idea what it was called. this was before the internet and i had a BBS i used to download DOOM WADs and one of them was a Nirvana music mod that had that song. so for about a solid decade that's the way I heard that song.

no idea if Nevermind would make an impact nowadays. for one thing there's no MTV so you wouldn't have Teen Spirit on heavy rotation. for another it's an entirely different landscape and Kurt would have maybe said "screw this label business I'm going to be on SoundCloud"

it was a product of it's time. i actually saw Nirvana open up for Sonic Youth three months before Nevermind was released. they absolutely blew my mind that night. it was one of those moments were i knew i has witnessing something very special. best thing about Nirvana was the killing of hair metal. i hated the KNAC culture and it was something i could latch onto.

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August 17, 1990:

Blew
Been a Son
Negative Creep
Drain You
Lithium
Floyd the Barber
Smells Like Teen Spirit
School
About a Girl
Love Buzz (Shocking Blue cover)
Sliver
D-7 (Wipers cover)
Territorial Pissings

I listened to this album this morning for the first time in at least 10 years. It's pretty good!

Incidentally, the other day I heard Hole's "Live Through This" for the first time. It's pretty good, too! I totally forgot I saw them live back in 1994 I think. Never saw Nirvana live, never really wanted to, nor do I regret missing them live. But yeah, "Nevermind" is pretty good!

It's a great record! I know it was trendy for a few years for some to knock Nevermind because of its relatively shiny mix, pop smarts and its status as a gateway album, but all of those things are just a few of the reasons why it's such a great record. I've lost count of the number of people I've spoken to with a deep interest in alternative rock that began with this album.

wow I thought come as you are was a consensus favorite!

these days it's Lithium