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SoKD
- FB Fan -
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 Posted - 08/12/2005 : 08:16:03
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[After ages lurking, here's my first post]
I have to agree with FB; the very first time I watched the video of "smells like teen spirit" I thought: "yeah, it's good, maybe I'll buy their album, or maybe not... whatever..." It did not say something special to me, really.
And if you can find something similar between Pixies' and Nirvana's music (the "quiet-quiet-loud" thing, for instance, and... I cannot find anything else, actually), there's no resemblance at all if one confronts the lyrics, because the two bands had a whole different attitude towards the music, the music business and (if I dare) the world.
IMHO Nirvana are the quintessence of the rock group. And that's not necessarily a good thing, because rock music has A LOT to do with music business: they were the right people in the right place, they were what the teenagers and the college boys wanted to hear (and to be) in the '90s, they, willing or not, reflected "l'esprit du temps", and "a group that reflects anything other than their own isiosyncratic vision is not worth a pinch" (Nick Cave).
So, Nirvana sounded like the Pixies(?); the Pixies sounded like no-one else. That's a major difference...
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Edited by - SoKD on 08/12/2005 08:31:14 |
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1718 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2005 : 08:18:32
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Surely you mean the Pixies didn't sound like anyone else?
I jumped on the Frank Black Bandwagon/'Cause Pixies are so 2004 |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2005 : 04:38:06
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| Frank hated Kurt, and was hugely jealous of Nirvana's success, especially the bags of cash they made ripping off The Pixies. And that's that. :) |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2005 : 06:37:58
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Yes, and he also hates Kim, the Catholics, and his shitty shirt.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2005 : 15:57:20
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This is Frank on Kurt.
Boom-boom!! |
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2005 : 16:09:35
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You couldn't resist, could you?
You just had to go and do it.
Is no thread safe? |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2005 : 16:12:25
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| ...Not since Imageshack is working again! ;D |
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2005 : 17:17:30
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| I know at the beginning they didn't want to be perceived as rednecks, but this photo doesn't help them out much. dave and krist look too pleased to see us. like they haven't eaten in weeks. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2005 : 17:36:40
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| And they are oblivious to the little man on Kurt's head. |
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2005 : 17:58:48
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| he's just a snack. it's you they want, Carl. dave can see you. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2005 : 09:06:22
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| "Them's good eats!!" |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2005 : 13:06:43
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To paraphrase rockandrollconfidential.com "The last thing you (or your butthole) want to see on a hike"
Kurt looked rad as a nerd, he shoulda stuck with it.
Join the cult of / We rip off the logo of Moog
www.myspace.com/doog - www.doog.tk |
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Frank on Kurt
