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Do you like Nirvana? Did you get into the grunge phase? Buy this album, you won't regret it.

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"That Light has bestowed upon me the greatest black magic!"

My dad told me Nirvana was a pretty cool group to listen to.

Did you know that they have an album out that has about 3-4 cd's with a total of like 60-70 tracks! its awesome

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Quote (DrkMagimaster282 @ 20th December 2004 11:20)

Did you know that they have an album out that has about 3-4 cd's with a total of like 60-70 tracks! its awesome

Guess what the title of the album is. I'll give you a hint: topic title.

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"That Light has bestowed upon me the greatest black magic!"

I love nirvava, it is one of my favorite bands!

My three favorite songs they have written that i have are Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, and Rape Me...

Freaking awsome band...too bad the band lead singer is dead

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I will be the mustard of your doom!

Allow me to be the blasphemous one in this thread...

Nirvana? Eh, they're alright. I can't even say that they're in my top 20 favorite bands (probably top 25 though)

I admire Kurt Cobain and Nirvana for pioneering the grunge generation, but I just appreciate grunge's other kings for their actual music more than them... Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, ... Musicallly, I think they're more talented than Cobain and the boys.
Granted, yes, they did release some kickass songs; "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Sliver", "All Apologies", and the Unplugged in New York album is good. But there's just not enough substance in their writing to make me enjoy all of it.
And the fact that Cobain's death has been just an excuse to cash in on unnecessary cds and re-releases, books, and other propoganda is ridiculous. Yes, he was a great guitarist, but that was over 10 years ago now. Kurt is not "resting in peace" because of it, believe you me.

I was thinking about adding this to my list of cds to get, but if I do decide to get it, it's going towards the bottom of the list, I think. I'm also never too keen on box sets that include more than 2 cds, call me silly if you will.

This post has been edited by Sabin on 20th December 2004 18:15

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"When I turn the page
The corner bends into the perfect dog ear
As if the words knew I'd need them again
But at the time, I didn't see it."

~"This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" - Minus the Bear

Quote (Sabin @ 20th December 2004 13:14)

I admire Kurt Cobain and Nirvana for pioneering the grunge generation, but I just appreciate grunge's other kings for their actual music more than them... Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, ... Musicallly, I think they're more talented than Cobain and the boys.

Being a visionary and making better music is a talent in itself. It's just less conventional.

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And the fact that Cobain's death has been just an excuse to cash in on unnecessary cds and re-releases, books, and other propoganda is ridiculous.

This albums a little different than all that. That's why I'm encouraging people to listen.



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"That Light has bestowed upon me the greatest black magic!"

I really like Nirvana, but I'm with Sabin. I think Soundgarden, STP, and AiC are much better. I hardly ever listen to all the Mtv/vh1 hype about them and their albums, for most of that IS just over-commercialization for Cobain's death. But nonetheless, they are still a kickass group and true pioneers

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Granted, yes, they did release some kickass songs; "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Sliver", "All Apologies", and the Unplugged in New York album is good.

You forgot "You Know You're Right," and their cover of "Man Who Sold The World."

This post has been edited by Sherick on 21st December 2004 03:05

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I fear my heart and fear my soul
Life goes on, it surely will,
Without me and I wonder:
Will I ever see light again?

Life goes on...

How many MORE Nirvana items will be sold? How many more greatest hits, box sets, t-shirts and posters must they sell before everyone realizes that it's all just merchandising.

Personally, I've always hated Nirvana, I have absolutely NO respect for Kurt Cobain anymore. I look at them as one of the biggest over-rated bands of the 90's. What exactly did they influence? They didn't invent grunge, they didn't create something different. If anything, Nirvana's mainstream power was a negative influence on modern music. How you might ask? Cobain's views on being "The Rock Star who did not want to be a star" gave rebellion a kickstart in popularity. Nirvana's overly simplistic musical style set the trend of "more is less" and the overall talent found in musicians decreased. Sure, it may not have been their fault, but I blame them for it. They really weren't anything special, I don't think it's right to keep putting out "new" Nirvana stuff. It's become just another way for the Industry to make some cash. David was so much more talented than Kurt anyways, Kurt wouldn't have been immortalized had he remained living, Nirvana would've done exactly what Cobain feared most, they would "fade away".

If you like 'em, no disrespect to you, that's just my opinion. I'd much rather see a Rage Against The Machine box set or something.

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Okay, but there was a goat!

Whoa. I thought I was gonna be alone on this one, but Sabin and DF sure surprised me. o.O

I had a pretty... "abrasive" post written up, but didn't post it/deleted it because I didn't wanna go in that direction. Let's just say that I agree with a lot of what DF and Sabs said, and have a few more points of my own that I'll just keep between myself and my brother (we talked about this same thing just yesterday). I never really liked Nirvana, and I doubt I ever will, although I have some amount of respect for them and what they did as a band, but not as artists or their "legacy" nor Cobain himself. I actually respect Foo Fighters a lot more than I respect Nirvana, though I don't like their music, either.

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~Status Report~

* Completed... Dragon's Head
* Completed... Soldiers of the Empire: Disciples (release pending)
* In Progress/Undecided... Of Love and Betrayal
* Planning/Assembly... Where it all Began

I'm sorry that the topic I made to share info about an album I really liked became an anti-nirvana thread.

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Sorry, chief, but I agree with Zephir - you *did* ask the question. -R51

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 21st December 2004 22:17

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"That Light has bestowed upon me the greatest black magic!"

Well, you did ask us if we liked them and got into the grunge phase... but all the same, sorry.

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~Status Report~

* Completed... Dragon's Head
* Completed... Soldiers of the Empire: Disciples (release pending)
* In Progress/Undecided... Of Love and Betrayal
* Planning/Assembly... Where it all Began

Hahaha

Word of the day: Rhetorical :-p

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"That Light has bestowed upon me the greatest black magic!"

Yeah, that did seem rhetorical to me. =/

I do like Nirvana, but like Sabin, I enjoy the other Seattle bands that came out of that time (Pearl Jam, especially). From what I've heard and listened to, the three albums are "ok", but the recording of the songs isn't that good and the dvd is nothing special either.

Then again, I'm not a Cobain fanboy and I'm definately not that dedicated to the band, so I probably wouldn't want to spend any money on it, as packed as it seems.

Now, if Pearl Jam did a three-disc compilation of that show in Boston where they played all of their performing songs, then that would be money well spent.

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It's gonna be a glorious day
I feel my luck can change

Oh come on guys, every star that ever croaked has had crap sold in their name decades after they died. Tupac, Biggie, John Lennon, Jim Morrison. All of those guys have had TONS of commercial crap made in thier name. In some sick way it keeps thier memories alive on this planet. We probly would've forgotten these musical pioneers much faster if they had not been mentioned throgh use of commercialism. I'm not saying it's right, because after all, music has made some of the best musicians turn to poopy *cough*FredDurst*cough* I'm just saying that we cannot be angry at a men who is a mere memory with a spirit attached to use, for the actions of souless corperate wankers.

I love Nirvana, fuck the nay-sayers.

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At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

I heartily concur with Dragon_Fire.

One point I would like to make, however, is concerning Kurt Cobains' diaries. I recieved it a Christmas or two back, and it's probably the worst £20 anyone has ever spent on me. Kurt Cobain, in my opinion, is a self-indulgent, depressive *expletive*. While I respect to some minimal extent what they did and figured I may as well look into the life of 'the new Elvis' and 'the voice of a generation,' I opened the book to find a picture of a monster, stories of how his stomach hurt and little adverts for 'Pine Fresh' Cleaning Co. The only good thing was that picture of the Iron Maiden mascot Eddie.

Kurt Cobain is definitely the worst part of a sub-par band for me. He was very anti-mainstream, but aspired to become a mainstream musician, and, when he was successful, he killed himself. And quoted Neil Young in his suicide note. Depressive moron.

(Sorry. I just really dislike Kurt Cobain. Well, the Kurt Cobain I've read about anyway.)

*Edit* You Know You're Right ruled.

This post has been edited by Mimic on 28th December 2004 15:22

I like Smells Like Teen Spirit, but that's about it. The groups' lives themselves (unless they have a lot of songs I like) generally don't hold much care from me. in other words, I look at the music rather than the group/person. So in this case, hey, I like Nirvana.

May be a bit of a one-sided view, but that's just how I am.

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

If I were to rate the discs, it'd be like this:

Disc One ~ 4/10
Disc Two ~ 6/10
Disc Three ~ 8/10
Disc 4 DVD ~ 6/10

I enjoyed disc two and disc three a bit, but overall I think it was thirty bucks that could have gone towards something better. The sister who gave it to me told me she'd exchange it if I didn't like it, but I didn't have the heart to.

I'd say the compilation set is more for those hardcore Nirvana-ists, and while I enjoy Unplugged and a few other songs, it didn't go too well over with me.

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It's gonna be a glorious day
I feel my luck can change