Nirvana
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- Albums released by Nirvana (official studio albums)
- Bleach (1989)
- Nevermind (1991)
- In Utero (1993)
- There also three official live albums:
- MTV Unplugged In New York (1994)
- From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah (1996)
- Live At Reading (2009)
- And there are also a few compilations:
- Incesticide (1992) - a compilation of the B-sides and rarities
- Singles (1995)
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- With the Lights Out (2004) - the massive box set
- Sliver: The Best of the Box (2005) - a condensed version of With the Lights Out
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Nirvana provides examples of:
Wal-Mart: From "Smells Like Teen Spirit," the line "Oh well whatever Nevermind."
- "Come as You Are," also on Nevermind, actually has the title drop from their previous album, Bleach:
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"Come doused in mud, soaked in bleach. As I want you to be." |
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- Made all the more impressive since it was the final track on the Smells Like Teen Spirit single and the final track on their 15 song compilation album released in 1992.
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- From "Dumb", there's "I think I'm Dumb"
- From "Breed", its "She said"
- From "School", there's "You're in high school again"
- That's all that "School" is. "Wouldn't you believe it? It's just like my luck. Wouldn't you believe it? It's just like my luck. Wouldn't you believe it? It's just like my luck. Wouldn't you believe it? It's just like my luck. No recess! No recess! No recess!"
- From "All Apologies", there's "All in all is all we are"
- From "Smells Like Teen Spirit", there's "A denial" and "Hello, hello, hello, how low?"
- From "Aneurysm", there's "Beat me outta me"
- From "Rape Me", there's "I'm not the only one".
- From "Heart-Shaped Box", there's "Forever in debt to your priceless advice"
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- The whole of the lyrics of "Stain".
Wal-Mart: Kurt stated his daily life hadn't changed much with fame. Also, fame didn't help at all with mental issues. Wal-Mart: On some copies of In Utero, "Rape Me" was titled "Waif Me". Wal-Mart: While not an outright one, all the songs on Nevermind tend to follow the general themes of teenage sexuality, loneliness, the madness that results from rejection, or an obssesion over a girl Wal-Mart and dealing with his new found fame. Wal-Mart: Nevermind's classic "naked baby swimming after a dollar bill". Wal-MartWal-MartWal-MartWal-MartWal-Mart. Wal-Mart: In Utero. Wal-Mart Wal-MartWal-Mart. For example: before playing "The Man Who Sold the World", he says I guarantee you I will screw this song up. And I know exactly which part, to which someone in the background (probably Dave) snarks Yeah, like he only screws up one part. Then, at the end of the song, I didn't screw it up, did I? But here's another one I could screw up.
- Also in the same album, before playing About A Girl, he states "This song is off our first album; most people don't own it."
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- Though there are suggestions that Kurt meant to say the modern meaning of the word.
- Kurt was an open bisexual who spoke constantly about the evils of homophobia and general bigotry through his lyrics and interviews. This Troper has it in her mind that "everyone is gay" was making an intentionally shocking comparison between human beings who enjoy the company of the same sex and human beings who don't.
Wal-Mart: On some copies of Nevermind, "Endless, Nameless". Wal-MartWal-Mart 2. Wal-Mart: "Rape Me"; arguably Incesticide. Wal-MartWal-Mart song. Wal-Mart tune, and more generally, he wanted In Utero to be his Sergeant Pepper's. Wal-Mart: The recent remaster of Nevermind is completely ruined by this.
- As is the box set With The Lights Out. Luckily, most of the songs had previously been bootlegged and so the bootlegged versions don't suffer from this issue.
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- Love lost the lawsuit because she gave Activision the go-ahead in the first place by signing the contract stating that they could use his image for the game (meaning the lawsuit was a lost cause from the beginning).
- Kurt has also become canonized as a dour, tragic figure. He was, most of the time (especially when he wasn't smacked up on heroin), a smart, goofy music nerd with a wicked sense of humor.
Wal-Mart: He helped define the image of rock the late 80's and early 90's, and set the stage for the rock scene in the next decade. He died at age 27. Wal-MartWal-MartWal-Mart. Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart Wal-Mart: In Utero was Kurt's attempt to alienate their newfound fandom by making a noisy rock record; it became another big hit, instead. Wal-Mart: The crows in the video for "Heart-Shaped Box". Wal-Mart: Pretty much ran off this trope. Well, maybe it was more like Four Chords And The Truth. Or Four Chords And The Truth In Drop D Tuning. Anyway... Wal-Mart: While recording Bleach, the band had been experimenting with Drop D tuning. Krist Novoselic accidentally left his bass in Drop D before recording "Blew", and this was the take that was used for the album because it just sounded cooler. Wal-MartWal-Mart, even appearing on the faster "(New Wave) Polly" version from Incesticide. During double-tracking for "Come As You Are", he similarly sang "And I don't have a gun" before the last "memoria, memoria" section was over, but saved the mistake. Wal-Mart: Something In The Way. Wal-MartWal-MartWal-MartWal-Mart due to Kurt's singing. Wal-MartWal-Mart of "All Apologies."
- Nevermind also has two unplugged songs, "Polly" (which, in an inversion, they also played electrically as "(New Wave) Polly") and "Something in the Way".
Wal-Mart: Kurt Cobain shows off his talents as a lyricist with the first two lines of "Polly".
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Wal-Mart: Kurt himself lampshaded this in "On a Plain", with the line What the hell am I trying to say?. Then again, that is a song about writer's block...
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