he does a variation on the kick pattern but that doesn’t make it not a homage
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 July 2021 12:04 (two years ago) link
The most disco-ish beat on “Nevermind,” and it’s not even particularly disco, is “In Bloom,” and Chad Channing wrote that drum part.
On the other hand I can believe Grohl listened to Tony Thompson - one of the things that initially drew me to Chic’s sound, before I was much of a funk or disco fan, was that the drummer grooves with the best of them but also hits the skins like he’s playing for Led Zeppelin (which he eventually did, of course). Grohl rarely essays a great groove, but that combination of muscle and precision is right there in his playing.
― thewufs, Saturday, 3 July 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
It’s also like the beginning of “hopscotch” by Gwen Guthrie
― brimstead, Saturday, 3 July 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
as grohl played the smells like teen spirit beat, it used up his last remaining store of coolness. he's been post-cool ever since
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
the drum intro to teen spirit always vaguely remind me of a syncopated version of motown, a la “ain’t too proud to beg”
maybe that’s what the gap band was doing too, idk
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Saturday, 3 July 2021 19:46 (two years ago) link
Grohl's best drumming is on Songs for the Deaf by QOTSA
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 3 July 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
that was also one of his favorite albums to drum on iirc
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 July 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
lol, Gap Band. He could have just as easily said, like, Not Just Knee Deep or something.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 July 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
Gap Band rule
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 July 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, July 3, 2021 8:48 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
^^^^^^^^
― burnt hombre (stevie), Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
I'm sort of confused, so Grohl said he adapted a little drum fill from a Gap Band song and this is bad or a big deal why??
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
Skimmed this revive, but I think the answer is that it means ... nothing.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
Skimmed this revive, but ― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, July 4, 2021 6:14 AM (eleven minutes ago)
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, July 4, 2021 6:14 AM (eleven minutes ago)
lol, Gap Band.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, July 4, 2021 5:51 AM (thirty-three minutes ago)
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
i just like calling him uncool because of his longtime cool guy standing
xp
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
xpost I skimmed the revive while out and about, saw Grohl cited the Gap Band for "Smells," and made fun of that. But I didn't read any further, per UMS, to see if this was a big deal or bad. You nerd.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link
I’m bloom riff drummage would have been a good follow up to the argument but as wufs points out above , it’s not grohls
― calstars, Saturday, 3 July 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
Bc he is using his white male privilege to perpetrate epistemic violence through cultural appropriation.
Seriously, the Gap Band fill was one example he gave of what he was describing as a broader influence throughout at least that album - this isn't a bad thing in any way but I think it's also fair for listeners to discuss the extent to which we hear this.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 3 July 2021 23:01 (two years ago) link
So where else can we hear it on the album
― calstars, Sunday, 4 July 2021 00:34 (two years ago) link
EVERY ONE OF THOSE SONGS
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 4 July 2021 00:35 (two years ago) link
I’m really sorry for this revive, I didn’t know it was an internet memey thing, I honestly just thought was two guys on the radio riffin on a Friday afternoon
― brimstead, Sunday, 4 July 2021 04:31 (two years ago) link
Nah, it was fun to think about.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 4 July 2021 15:54 (two years ago) link
Honestly, had Cobain lived they should have done a remix album.
― KEEP HONKING -- I'M BOBOING (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 4 July 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
A taste of what could have been...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Deconstructed.jpg
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 4 July 2021 18:31 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98O3osLqZ74
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 15 August 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
Interesting exchange at 37", hard not to read something into Kurt's look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqlocVZrKyw
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:57 (two years ago) link
Christ, that is a somber look.
― peace, man, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
just love the sound of Nirvana, sounding as good as ever 30 years laterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRdc0OxUmYg
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 10 September 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/my-time-with-kurt-cobainAzerrad reflects.
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
Given how important that book was to me at the time, quite a sobering peek behind the curtain of its conception and creation.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
that was a great remembrance, thank you. the band mate on the ledge of the hotel (twice)...grohl or krist?
― typo hell #5: maybe you get an idea of what went into, or (Karl Malone), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Krist, I’d bet
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:10 (two years ago) link
Happy 30th, Nevermind.
― Sam Weller, Friday, 24 September 2021 09:49 (two years ago) link
30 years!?!? Man.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 24 September 2021 10:41 (two years ago) link
Happy 30th loveless and...bandwagonesque
― typo hell #5: maybe you get an idea of what went into, or (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 September 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
Seriously. I actually have a distinct memory of when it turned TEN, and that seemed like yesterday.
(Re: the tenth anniversary, I remember it because Novoselic and Grohl were fighting Love who had blocked a tenth anniversary release of some kind, and Novoselic called her "the 'Osama Bin Laden' of the music industry." That stood out because 9/11 just happened and it was the first time I heard someone making a reference to it that wasn't serious and/or completely sober. I doubted Novoselic even said it until he repeated the same thing over and over again in the ensuing months.)
― birdistheword, Friday, 24 September 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
"the 'Osama Bin Laden' of the music industry."
this is kind of funny, lol
― typo hell #5: maybe you get an idea of what went into, or (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 September 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
This was *really* good, aside from the occasional div talking about ‘rock bands today’ and rolling his eyes. Had no idea about the gig in a pub in Edinburgh
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000zx9h
― piscesx, Friday, 24 September 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
nice home video footage of the row of shops near Brook Green W6 as well, and the old Dome Cafe that i used to walk past. also mention of...
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kebab+Machine/@51.4979246,-0.2225199,3a,75y,242.29h,91.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sD3LEZXQKB0VT0iHPOUYOog!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x48760fc618c8cb97:0x506c69141f3c6063!8m2!3d51.4978686!4d-0.2227072
i was at the Reading festival that first year but remember nothing about it. Babes in Toyland i remember and Chapterhead who played immediately after and i sure i would've remembered them doing Kiss Molly's Lips at the very least but nothing...
― koogs, Friday, 24 September 2021 16:07 (two years ago) link
Chapterhouse, surely.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 September 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
happy birthday to "drain you" the best song on nevermind :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zonurBhuZzE
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 September 2021 17:21 (two years ago) link
on the same note, also happy 25th anniversary to 1991 dave grohl!
― typo hell #5: maybe you get an idea of what went into, or (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 September 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
Listening to lots of live Nirvana today has reaffirmed that “School” absolutely f-ing destroys every time.
― Sam Weller, Friday, 24 September 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
NO RECESS
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 24 September 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
That Azzerad article is the first I've heard of Kurt having any problems with Grohl's drumming, that's kind of fascinating.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 24 September 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
Krist is such a cringey prick in old interviews, such a try hard and not remotely funny
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 September 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
Kurt's dissatisfaction started when he realized all Grohl's fills were stolen from the Gap Band.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 24 September 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
lolChicka chicka chicka
― calstars, Friday, 24 September 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
Kurt more of a Brick man.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 24 September 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
That Azzerad article is really sad. His book on Nirvana is a pretty bad, record-company-approved version of everything, and he pretty much admits that in the New Yorker piece. Sounds like he could write a great book about it all now, though.
― Position Position, Friday, 24 September 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
From Grohl and others, Cobain whiplashed back and forth between praising and shitting all over Grohl's drumming. In the beginning he was thrilled, but eventually Cobain started complaining and I think Grohl himself recalled Cobain asking him directly to play more like Dale Crover or at least bringing Crover up as an example of what he wanted to hear. (I don't think Crover ever got complaints from Cobain because he was with them for a very short time.) But I think Grohl also said that before he died, Cobain told Grohl to his face that he was great.
― birdistheword, Friday, 24 September 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link