This video is the point at which the band peaked and transcend the genre, effectively killing grunge in the process? why... because they are now a bionafied rock band, that the press and the industry could then use as example to categorize the entire grunge genre with.
This intern pissed off fans and bands alike because no one (arguably then and now) with an "authentic" image/identity despises having relations to the corporate mainstream "per say" (ROCKISUM).
IMAGE - is where they became a separate identity to the rest of the genre. the video shows they band dressed up in 1950's style uniforms (giving oad to Buddy Holly and the crickets) and performing on what is the Ed Sullivan show, which back in its day was the pinnacle of success for a band who happened to make it on to the show.
Its a show cannon, or a rock cannon in Nirvana's case.
AUTHENTICITY - Beside transcending the genre and being the end for grunge, the band show slides/parallels reminding us who we are watching, about halfway through we catch frames of the band behaving in their typical fashion, this is very clever because its merging the two images creating a show boat carrying the band through new dimensions and cultural meanings.
AUDIENCE- lets look at this in two way, the audience copy and pasted into the video, and the audience that is watching the video.
The ironic statement is painfully obvious, If Nirvana were to preform there music in front of an audience who would now be in their 60s/70s you would have a lot of upset old people on your hands. It would be completely out of context and would do the organizers of the event no good but controversy, which arguably would make them more famous.
But back in the 50's people were portrayed as simple, innocent and easily corrupted by new ground breaking ideas.
(The other funny thing is that the two times were entering a stage of musical revolution and by using screaming fans of the past reflects the events of the world that Nirvana were apart of).
The audience of the "now" (todays times) will subconsciously pick up on this because its so unnatural and comical giving them the satisfaction and enjoyment that the makers of the video aimed to achieve, thus making them more popular even further.
AUDIENCE - An argument contradicting what I just said might be that, "hay" there is quite possibly not more than a shred of different to what Buddy holly (plus similar bands that were breaking through at the time) and Nirvana. Their both a three piece "rock band" with Guitar, Bass and Drums. Their both being marketed like they are the future and that what they stand for is authentic and controversial.
the only real difference is the sound and production?
I like the version with chad better... He makes it better somehow... Oh well, this song is just them making fun of their audience, pay attention to the lyrics, u will see
yeah, it would have been quite a strange experience. but actually there was what today we call "garage" bands, some sort of proto-punk, whose sounds were Kinks-like to MC5-like, with sometimes really weird outfits. Concerning "weird" or "provocative" behaviours on stage a good example would be the mothers of invention :) i wonder if F.Zappa have ever had a dress on while singing!
I think the smile is meant to come from the good ol'50's-60's era of neat dressed smiling bands who were always clean and well behaved..bless 'em. I do prefer the sub pop version but the video is funny and reminds me of weezers "buddy holly"..Nirvana will always be amazing to me. 5*'s all the way.
no theres a lot of proof her committed suicide too and that guy whatshisface who presents that proof (Tom, somebody i thnk) has nothing strong enough to go on. nothing that will hold up
Hey He's the one Who likes all our pretty songs And he likes to sing along And he likes to shoot his gun But he knows not what it means Don't know what it means, when I say:
He's the one Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along And he likes to shoot his gun But he knows not what it means
wow really? youre just a dick cuz you have ZERO taste in music. you know what slayer is? NOISE. id rather listen to my grandparents have sex than that. shut your ass./
i have to disagree. sure, drumming in metal sounds good, but it turns out that all it is is more sounds. they have perfectly mastered the minds of people who dont examine music by knowing that more sounds= better sounding. also, if you broke down some of the chords slayer plays, it is just muted strings. they hide that by playing it crazy fast. so in retrospect, they arent THAT good.
well u cant deny they are better than slayer.But one of the MOST technical and skilled bands of ANY genre would be Megadeth....Their stuff is sooo complex they are all trained in baroque/romantic,jazz and blues....And the latter too show up constantly in their compositions
lol why doe everyone think that nature is a whore is so great lol, i love the line sell the kids for food lololol makes perfect sence and you know thats happened a few times in human existance which makes it so much more perfect
fob won't last a decade and a half tho. The reason no one watches this is cause we've all seen it a million times over, where fob are just beginning to get popular, and stupid fans watch their shit for the first or second time. They still ain't shit compared to nirvana tho - Nirvana rulz anytime !!!
amen. i feel bad for those who have never heard about nirvana or anything else that came out from about 90-97. coincidentally that population are who are buying into all that fob, panic at the disco crap. theyve never heard any decent music in their entire lives and all it takes for them to think a song is good is if they see it on some fucken music list.
sorry i didnt mean to mark this as spam i meant to reply. and yeah youre right. its pretty pathetic how teenagers these days dont know the good from the bad bandss.
hm yeah I agree but I think he wants to refer at least a little bit to the ed sullivan performance of the beatles and makes fun of the brainless fans that just showed up to the concert to see their favourite stars and not to listen to some really good music and the things for what it stands
It's making fun of all of the people that listened to Nirvana, but didn't understand what Nirvana really stood for. All of the preppy, dorky people that listened to his music that made him eventually kill himself. Atleast that's what I think.
i love kurt and nirvana , he is up in heaven with the rev and they are playing a rock concert to all the awesome angles , ROCK IN PEACE (:
pootersaltsman 1 year ago
@pootersaltsman yeah well I'm the angle bisector, and you got no compass
SuperKirbyMaster 1 year ago
hahaha i love te part when kurts guitar strap breaks and his guitar goes flying!!! :D
joshisgrunge 2 years ago
I love how in the second verse when the guitar kicks in Kurt just turns a bit and starts smiling xD made me lol first time :P
ollz1 2 years ago
This video is the point at which the band peaked and transcend the genre, effectively killing grunge in the process? why... because they are now a bionafied rock band, that the press and the industry could then use as example to categorize the entire grunge genre with.
This intern pissed off fans and bands alike because no one (arguably then and now) with an "authentic" image/identity despises having relations to the corporate mainstream "per say" (ROCKISUM).
riddlingreaver 2 years ago
IMAGE - is where they became a separate identity to the rest of the genre. the video shows they band dressed up in 1950's style uniforms (giving oad to Buddy Holly and the crickets) and performing on what is the Ed Sullivan show, which back in its day was the pinnacle of success for a band who happened to make it on to the show.
Its a show cannon, or a rock cannon in Nirvana's case.
riddlingreaver 2 years ago
AUTHENTICITY - Beside transcending the genre and being the end for grunge, the band show slides/parallels reminding us who we are watching, about halfway through we catch frames of the band behaving in their typical fashion, this is very clever because its merging the two images creating a show boat carrying the band through new dimensions and cultural meanings.
riddlingreaver 2 years ago 2
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riddlingreaver 2 years ago
AUDIENCE- lets look at this in two way, the audience copy and pasted into the video, and the audience that is watching the video.
The ironic statement is painfully obvious, If Nirvana were to preform there music in front of an audience who would now be in their 60s/70s you would have a lot of upset old people on your hands. It would be completely out of context and would do the organizers of the event no good but controversy, which arguably would make them more famous.
riddlingreaver 2 years ago 2
But back in the 50's people were portrayed as simple, innocent and easily corrupted by new ground breaking ideas.
(The other funny thing is that the two times were entering a stage of musical revolution and by using screaming fans of the past reflects the events of the world that Nirvana were apart of).
riddlingreaver 2 years ago
The audience of the "now" (todays times) will subconsciously pick up on this because its so unnatural and comical giving them the satisfaction and enjoyment that the makers of the video aimed to achieve, thus making them more popular even further.
riddlingreaver 2 years ago
AUDIENCE - An argument contradicting what I just said might be that, "hay" there is quite possibly not more than a shred of different to what Buddy holly (plus similar bands that were breaking through at the time) and Nirvana. Their both a three piece "rock band" with Guitar, Bass and Drums. Their both being marketed like they are the future and that what they stand for is authentic and controversial.
the only real difference is the sound and production?
their both a three piece band
riddlingreaver 2 years ago 2
If there are any other arguments about this video and what impact it had on society please come and join in!!!!
riddlingreaver 2 years ago
Listen to when he sings "Nature is a whole" the crowd cheer like he's being a sweet heart! haha
riddlingreaver 2 years ago
did he punch the thing in his balls at 3:40? xD
Roodsteam 2 years ago
o_O genial nirvana thengo 11 años soii una niña ii se thokar la batheria mm se zakar esa qancion (IN BLOOM) uff la thoqan genial ee bno baaiih
ingridhzita 2 years ago
i wanna party with him!
quaz14b 2 years ago
I can't believe this argument. Nirvana, Slayer, and Manson are ALL great bands. And this video is AMAZING!
joezam44 2 years ago
i couldnt agree with u more, ppl that are only loyal to one genre or band are just as brainwashed as hip hop n rap lovers
wales2k4eva 2 years ago
I LIKE HOW KRIST MOVES WHEN HES ALL NICE
mviolet97 2 years ago
He looks like Kurt Russell in that one scene in BTILC! !LOL!
mgg121288 2 years ago
ha at 2:48 kurts guitar flew off
mviolet97 2 years ago 2
Gosh I like that video. Kurt, Krist, Dave you all rock. Krist went crazy at the end. Ha.
mviolet97 2 years ago
I like the version with chad better... He makes it better somehow... Oh well, this song is just them making fun of their audience, pay attention to the lyrics, u will see
feldevourer 2 years ago
Sell the kids for food Weather changes moods Spring is here again Reproductive glands Hes the one
Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along And he likes to shoot his gun But he don't know what it means don't know what it means
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm We can have some more Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit Tender age in bloom
Hes the one
Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
michaelcalifornia32 2 years ago
this song is cool
Thegame871 2 years ago
odd video but the song rocks
Mario121692 2 years ago
nirvana is okay i kinda like them but there not my favorite band
tehnoobshot5 3 years ago
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im not trying to hate on them but shit i dont see y girls are so in love with him
flores936 3 years ago
this was a spoof on early music and tv... the blk and white ...the 50s and 60s
geobros 3 years ago
shut up shut up shut up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sweeetra3 3 years ago
hahaha funny stuff
Hellagoodedie 3 years ago
You've got no business putting a logo in front of the video. Loser.
klaxor 3 years ago 2
1:20 handjive
TimBobbro 3 years ago
Can you only imagine if this had have occured in the 1960's LMFAO!!!!! The community would have been outraged!
Jbunch2012 3 years ago 2
yeah, it would have been quite a strange experience. but actually there was what today we call "garage" bands, some sort of proto-punk, whose sounds were Kinks-like to MC5-like, with sometimes really weird outfits. Concerning "weird" or "provocative" behaviours on stage a good example would be the mothers of invention :) i wonder if F.Zappa have ever had a dress on while singing!
humanvynil 3 years ago
ahaahahahaa xDDD this is great^^
blackravengirl 3 years ago
ha add an a to the end of Krist and u got my name
cherrylipgloss127 3 years ago
Kurt is a pretty pretty princess. :D
EmmyGurl523 3 years ago 7
does anyone else think that kurt looks more out of place in a suit than he does in a dress?
imalittlecrazy13 3 years ago 13
i think its because of his hair...haha.
meganriz 3 years ago 2
and the creepy, fake smile
imalittlecrazy13 3 years ago 5
that too, haha.
meganriz 3 years ago 2
sell the kids for food
man,no wonder psychoanalysists use his work as an example of destructive influence
i grew up listening to this,gutars died when kurt and dime deid,love him still
but...this is scary stuff
nbgtrickster 3 years ago
i think im playing this wrong
Yantz11 3 years ago
hahaha thier wearing dresses...lol
thefemalephoenix 3 years ago
is this a real music video??
thay dont seem to hav too many of those on Youtube for Kurt
thefemalephoenix 3 years ago
i love this song
cheatengine54 3 years ago
I think the smile is meant to come from the good ol'50's-60's era of neat dressed smiling bands who were always clean and well behaved..bless 'em. I do prefer the sub pop version but the video is funny and reminds me of weezers "buddy holly"..Nirvana will always be amazing to me. 5*'s all the way.
StueyLestrange 3 years ago
The RHCP did the same thing on one of their recent albums.
mgg121288 2 years ago
I like the Sub Pop version better.
TheEssence12 3 years ago
he smiles weird. seriously. watch the vid again and look at his messed smile. but really, that was the only flaw.
coolguyadams123 3 years ago
kurts smile on vid is the highest peak of irony when you consider lyrics
nbgtrickster 3 years ago 3
Kurt looks disturbed and did u see that girls face right b4 he said whore and I thought until today it was spelled hore
KurtCobainLuver11 3 years ago
yeahhhh
youtube es una mierda
dwarf1591 3 years ago
people say that he commited suicide, but there was MORE proof that he was MURDERED.
PippXster 3 years ago
Courney Love killed him!!!111
doomrocker666 3 years ago
IT WAS AXL ROSE YOU IDIOT
Seitzy411 3 years ago 3
Ok..
doomrocker666 3 years ago
no theres a lot of proof her committed suicide too and that guy whatshisface who presents that proof (Tom, somebody i thnk) has nothing strong enough to go on. nothing that will hold up
thefemalephoenix 3 years ago
Best Song Ever Made RIP Kurt Kobain
he878 3 years ago
how did kurt die?
connorman101 3 years ago
Suicide....
barneyscousin 3 years ago
when? why?
connorman101 3 years ago
well, thats the popular version of how he died
mrfizy 3 years ago 4
?!?!
Smigjo 3 years ago
Sell the kids for food weather changes moods
Spring is here again reproductive glands
Hey He's the one Who likes all our pretty songs And he likes to sing along And he likes to shoot his gun But he knows not what it means Don't know what it means, when I say:
He's the one Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along And he likes to shoot his gun But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means when I say aahh
We can have some more nature is a whore
michaelcalifornia32 3 years ago
best nirvana song ever, and i love the vid.
BrolySanders 3 years ago
Nature is a WHORE!!!
jyoesel 4 years ago
oh, fantastic :D
RIP KURT :'|
subucnibb 4 years ago
fuck yes.
XmcrisfuckinginsaneX 4 years ago 3
Lol Dave in a blonde wig, class
MoosicDude 4 years ago 7
Still not as good as MM in HAHA!
mgg121288 2 years ago
I ment to say Marilyan Mansion in a Blond wig.
mgg121288 2 years ago
fuck marylin manson....SLAYER BITCH
vermonofdeceit 2 years ago
slayer is shit
FlamebrainAnimations 2 years ago
go kill urself like ur non-soloing idol,kurt
vermonofdeceit 2 years ago
wow really? youre just a dick cuz you have ZERO taste in music. you know what slayer is? NOISE. id rather listen to my grandparents have sex than that. shut your ass./
FlamebrainAnimations 2 years ago
well to be real,slayer have much more talent than nirvana did...thats just thr truth...im not dissing nirvana in any way
vermonofdeceit 2 years ago
i have to disagree. sure, drumming in metal sounds good, but it turns out that all it is is more sounds. they have perfectly mastered the minds of people who dont examine music by knowing that more sounds= better sounding. also, if you broke down some of the chords slayer plays, it is just muted strings. they hide that by playing it crazy fast. so in retrospect, they arent THAT good.
FlamebrainAnimations 2 years ago
well u cant deny they are better than slayer.But one of the MOST technical and skilled bands of ANY genre would be Megadeth....Their stuff is sooo complex they are all trained in baroque/romantic,jazz and blues....And the latter too show up constantly in their compositions
vermonofdeceit 2 years ago
i like megadeth. im speaking looking at death metal.
FlamebrainAnimations 2 years ago
i agree flamebrain
slayer are nothing but a bunch of nazis
ranzig1 2 years ago
hey man don't say slayer are nazis because that's wrong...i don't like them a lot but it's false to say they are rascism
Andy13deanguitars 2 years ago
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ranzig1 2 years ago
this song will forever remind me of my dear brother!
jeremyanderson1989 4 years ago 2
I love the song, the video is crazy insane, I love the band. ..awesome man
talentshow098 4 years ago 3
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Nirvana 4ever!!!!
bluedrum92 4 years ago 13
They so looked as if they were trying to be the Beatles, or something. I've always loved it (the song).
roxannejane101 4 years ago 4
I always loved this video man its fuckin funny
FrogGodbee 4 years ago 4
rofl KURT IN DRESS = ELITE WIN!
:D LOVE THIS VID
seriously
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skylerd 4 years ago
GOOD song!
Sondra666 4 years ago 2
Kurt was such a great artist. Fuck Elvis Why dont white people claim to have seen him somewhere. He deserves at least that.
yungjunkie 4 years ago
If you like the song in bloom type "in bloom nirvana rehearsal" in the search space.
idristyle 4 years ago
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gay!
mandynvp 4 years ago
why yes , yes you are!
giovannittt 4 years ago
i was talking about the "in bloom nirvana rehearsal" not this video! but thanks, asshole!
loveletters0 4 years ago
hahah, anytime
giovannittt 4 years ago
you are weird! :]
loveletters0 4 years ago
=/ i know
giovannittt 4 years ago
i loove this video!
hahahahahahaha
its so funny <3 they were awesome!
sottyisonfire 4 years ago
Hell yeah !!!
hsdkahkjcbaksc 4 years ago
dont diss emo music...it isnt even worth the time it take to diss it...nirvana for life
TheExill221 4 years ago
lol why doe everyone think that nature is a whore is so great lol, i love the line sell the kids for food lololol makes perfect sence and you know thats happened a few times in human existance which makes it so much more perfect
immortalyinsane77 4 years ago
it makes me sad that this song only has 17000 views and that a fallout boy song has got 8 million
BananaCo12321 4 years ago
yah that is pretty sad
falloutboysucks613 4 years ago
god thats horrible
quagmire1027 4 years ago
fob won't last a decade and a half tho. The reason no one watches this is cause we've all seen it a million times over, where fob are just beginning to get popular, and stupid fans watch their shit for the first or second time. They still ain't shit compared to nirvana tho - Nirvana rulz anytime !!!
hsdkahkjcbaksc 4 years ago
amen. i feel bad for those who have never heard about nirvana or anything else that came out from about 90-97. coincidentally that population are who are buying into all that fob, panic at the disco crap. theyve never heard any decent music in their entire lives and all it takes for them to think a song is good is if they see it on some fucken music list.
michy321 4 years ago
Agree!
mandynvp 4 years ago
sorry i didnt mean to mark this as spam i meant to reply. and yeah youre right. its pretty pathetic how teenagers these days dont know the good from the bad bandss.
waterbottlehp7 4 years ago
yeah that is horrible.
great song and very few views :S
MIGT7 4 years ago
ok morans stop talking shit and concentrate on the song
mitu196 4 years ago
yeah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iodars 4 years ago
naaature iiiis a whore = best line in existance
colin346 4 years ago
hm yeah I agree but I think he wants to refer at least a little bit to the ed sullivan performance of the beatles and makes fun of the brainless fans that just showed up to the concert to see their favourite stars and not to listen to some really good music and the things for what it stands
RickenbackerCapri325 4 years ago
This video isn't a tribute.
It's making fun of all of the people that listened to Nirvana, but didn't understand what Nirvana really stood for. All of the preppy, dorky people that listened to his music that made him eventually kill himself. Atleast that's what I think.
LordMiracleWhip 4 years ago
i agree
quagmire1027 4 years ago
haha, you can tell Kurt was a very sarcastic person.
jacintamorena 4 years ago
I used to love this video when it first came out.Dave's wig is still quite something.
TheresonlyoneGwen 4 years ago
i think it should be the beatles, with the screaming and all and the vintage look... kurt was a beatlemaniac so it could be^^
RickenbackerCapri325 4 years ago
hi this is the bestest song eva!
Billy6650 4 years ago
Ugh, this is so good it's sick. Thanks for posting.
leatherfink 4 years ago
lol krist novoselic looks so dorky
shenanigans101 4 years ago
Ummmm, is it just me or is that more of a Buddy Holly look?
zemoth 4 years ago
i know like they look too much like that
Torboar 4 years ago
This always makes me laugh...nice way to show The Beatles how much you love them! lol!
Damn, Kurt was sexy in a dress! And that part where he straddles Krist? Woohoo! lol!
Peace out.
GoddessFourWinds 5 years ago
This is a great video, but for what the band stood for, I like the original version better. Sounds better too.
melren613 5 years ago
i love this so much. especially about 2 minutes in when kurt smiles.
mynameisholden 5 years ago
ha, kurt looks like my grandfather when his hair is all combed to the side and shit.
nickconfidental 5 years ago
uber cool
dovedaddy 5 years ago
im from montesano! yea! i used to live in his hometown of hoquiam and then moved to Aberdeen and then to monte
Antsk8rboi112 5 years ago
i think this is the only time i have ever seen Kurt Cobain, with CLEAN hair!!
metnir00 5 years ago
its all about nirvana
Michelledevil 5 years ago
yea
rockstar2138 5 years ago
sweet
trebor101239 5 years ago
cool
nirvanabassguitar 5 years ago