35 Years Ago, Kurt Cobain Released ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit,’ but Later Admitted He Was ‘Embarrassed’ by the Song

Thirty-five years ago, Nirvana changed the rock music scene with the release of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," a song that helped bring grunge into the mainstream. Its roaring guitars, unforgettable ...
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Nirvana’s Nevermind Surpasses AC/DC’s Back in Black in All-Time Sales

Decades after changing the course of rock music, Nirvana's Nevermind has edged past AC/DC's Back in Black in total equivalent album sales. Do streaming-era metrics fairly represent the enduring ...

Kurt Cobain Resented 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Despite Its Success

The main reason the song earned so much of Cobain's contempt is that he had always intended it to be a bit more ironic than ...

[Western Music Commentary x Peace Studies No. 113] Bitter Sweet Symphony / The Verve - 22 years stolen by a 6-second sample, and the 'sweetness' that returned

The VerveAlbum: Urban Hymns (1997)Songwriter: Richard Ashcroft (Mick Jagger & Keith Richards were added as co-writers in a 1997 settlement, and publishing rights went to ABKCO. In 2019, the two were ...
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Twisted Teens Hit the Big Time

Caspian Hollywell’s house in New Orleans doesn’t look like I expected. The wily frontman of Twisted Teens dances onstage like a marionette emulating the moves of a 1950s entertainer in a leather ...
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Playlisten Die Musik im Talk

Stephanie Heinzeller im Gespräch mit Nicole Rinder / 01.07.2016 Anne Sofie von Otter/Elvis Costello: "For no one" Robert Forster: "Demon days" Stu Larsen: "Thirteen sad farewells" Sting: "Dead man's r ...