Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (early Sam Bayer edit)

[ENEMENCIO123VISION]

main riff sounds like Godzilla From Blue Oyster Cult...

[ENEMENCIO123VISION]

everybody here seems to know all the useless details of the making of this video LOL we must have read all the same web sites...

[beLIEveraliveMJ]

obviously kurt didn't like the principal

[creeplys]

3:14

[Martinbrufal2]

My god, how many time Kurt had to sing and act the whole song?, i never seen those little clips ever 'till now, he seemed very angry and tired too :/

[Champeta50]

@Martinbrufal2 I bet he was tired. It took about 12 hours to complete the shoot.

[Jucatogoskate]

Chido!

[ply61]

it's good

[merocket]

never trust a guy that looks like stuttering john from the howard stern show to edit your video

[wpc33]

Samuel Bayer is an idiot.

[mistersimonfletcher]

@wpc33  Some of the parts that were edited out, seemed pretty mediocre, I suppose (i.e. the Principal, the camera panning around Kurt during the first verse...)

[wpc33]

@mistersimonfletcher I mean a total idiot, not just for this video. He's a douche on the Bullet w/Butterfly Wings commentary, he remade that video at least twice with Garbage and Metallica, and his Elm St. movie was as lame as a spoof.

[FlechFisher]

its funny but the other version is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better stilll ima click the like button

[masterjiraia89]

this sucks monkey-dog liver!

[lilmrdr]

Thank god it was changed. CHEEEEEEEEZY.

[Serjkid93]

lmao it looks kinda fake

[watsontheman]

geez! kurt was right...those "teachers" freackin ruined this video

[Billkwando]

Wow, he was right too.

[Hansyoyo]

kinda understand were the nerd came from in the regular one

[44eelz]

@Hansyoyo its not a nerd its a teacher..the last thing nirvana would do is make fun of nerds, also those kids were better actors than those teachers lol

[Hansyoyo]

@44eelz so the guy at 1:20 is not a nerd but a teacher like the guy in the begganing

[44eelz]

@Hansyoyo yep

[Hansyoyo]

I wounder how weird al would made fun of this version 

[cpmower]

One of THE GREATEST bands, EVER. Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and Pearl Jam are three bands that totally paved the way for music as it is today.

[CrazedPeeling]

ha this is heeeeliarous!!

no wonder Kurt and Sam didn't get along!

[hqbblj919]

\m/ \m/

[ringodingo]

I could barely watch the whole thing. Thank you for taking out those useless characters.

[15yme]

why do the cheerleaders have a A on their clothes?

[guitargod9000]

@15yme it stands for anarchy

[subby33]

@15yme Anarchy

[InternetFad]

@15yme

Are you serious....?????

It's the Anarchy symbol. Not a big fan of Nirvana, are you? lol

[dreammaker182]

why does it have to burnt in TCs? I see that they sometime stop and start on the beginning of different camera cuts.. I am not familiar with linear editing.

[TERRANCIO]

@iheartnirvana220 -.-

[peperonyandchease]

Kurt Cobane is a talentless clown.

[Flailwielder]

@peperonyandchease And thats why we love him :P

[billyboy434]

@peperonyandchease You're a talentless clown.

[aeroforce9609]

@peperonyandchease You be trollin'

[Tombstone34]

The solo is shorter too in the version

[TheTzar94]

ok, i just watched this, and i REALLY want to hit a teacher! i prefert this version, probably because it makes less sense

[dgarnett1]

@TheTzar94 Why would you want to hit a teacher? Teachers are good people. Most of them are.

[radiolocke]

So based on the changes, Kurt hated all of the adults except for the gnarly janitor. Fair enough. The normal version is definately better, but at least I now have an explanation of why the witches hat dude just shows up randomly at the end.

[mrcove1]

@radiolocke Not a witches hat, he's wearing a dunce cap. It's a pointed hat school children were made to wear as punishment for misbehaving in class. Obviously it's pretty humilating so the practice was stopped.

[TheMarvinGaban]

weird-Al SLTS is better than sam bayer edit...lol

[cfak211]

thankfully he cut all the gay parts out lmao

[VegitoVai90]

This version just doesn't flow as well. It seems really choppy and doesn't fit the song. Not to mention certain parts are incredibly cliche. The released version is far more appropriate for the song.

[josh2511]

Curdt cut out the cheeze for sure..

[shiran865]

thats cooool!!

[toocheaptobuyatripod]

A little more cheerleader boob wouldn't have hurt the video :)

[Grabash666]

what the fuck people! these are only like few fuckin scenes and you all like: "sam cant do vids" or "kurt saved this and that", dotn freak out! it still this great vid, no matter what scenes are gone!

[44eelz]

lol jeez i understand why Kurt edited it, there were a lot of cheesy parts.

[Rapter57]

that guy in the black suit must really hate kurt lol

[0RgaZm7]

cdmacdonald2112 FUCK YOU. this is great!

[MGOTraitor]

lol, like your opinion really matters.

you're talking about one of the most legendary rock videos of all time (not my opinion, but the vast majority's).

how old are? 10?

[cdmacdonald2112]

20. And fuck you, music is art, so should be the video.  All i'm saying is that the video is crap compared to their otheres. Look at heart shaped box, now there's a good video.

[MGOTraitor]

also, its a punk rock video. its not supposed to be 'inspired'. twat.

[merocket]

@MGOTraitor thing is he's so wrong, it's totally inspired.

[Eraslayer]

I finally understand where the tied up guy at the end comes from! personally I think both versions good

[00Resev]

What a terrible edit.

Boring and cliched to the max.

And c'mon, the professor? Realy!?

Damn...............

I had never seen it before so i'm quite surprised to find out that the released video is actualy edited by Kurt.

Very surprised indeed................

[Gekbek]

if kurt dont had changed it it was this one and then you all liked it and the later edit (wich is now the original) would come out you all would have sayed what you now say of this one

[lazrpo1nt3r]

Nope... I must say that this version is one that I can't stand and I'll always say that Kurt's edit is better.

[cdmacdonald2112]

Shut the fuck up and learn how to speak English.

[LiamMalakian]

En la ultima estrofa Kurt da miedo xD parece un zombi.

[XZG]

mmm I like more the video that kurt edited and is the video that all we know... this prove that sam bayer can't always make a good's videos

[Duraan84]

Is that Matt Frewer as the principal?

[jcnaples]

Of course SLTS won. It towers above all the other songs, 90's and Now.

[buzz6794]

alguien se dio cuenta de que no enfocan mucho krist en todo el video?

[jcnaples]

he plays fucking bass dude

[andxMARS]

i dont like the idea of it being shorter, but i do like the idea of all the different characters on this cut.

p.s. this song is #1 in the 90s top 100!!!! Nirvana rulls!

[NirvanaNetwork]

sounds good !!

[davidsommers92]

it still sounds good.

[Stratus1994]

some thing i like about both. most the real one.

[cogfy]

Kurt looks hilarious from 2:56 to 2:57

[JosephOD]

They should have kept the stuff with everyone freaking out. That was great.

[starsweet4]

3:14 to 3:30 is weird and scary.. i'm glad they changed it lol

and the teacher clips made it look like a weird al video

[cogfy]

It is pretty scary as if Kurt were the living dead and he was like give me your soul.

[takeantidote]

thank fucking god kurt edited it, it wouldn't have the same feel to it if this was the video

[rh117]

Thanks for the save Kurt!

[futurecharlie]

there's quite alot of dave and not enough of kurt and krist.

[MrRomer0]

The Original version is better, i'm happy that they edit it, cause that was a very weird and bad version, when kurt is doing the solo he isin't even habing his hands at the guitar..

[SpugonRock]

sams a good DIRECTOR

but somebody should do the editing for him.

[tvfan02]

Even though it looks more like a clowny cartoon, it's still better than all the videos MTV is showing presently. I'm tried of listening too stupid rap and bubble gum pop artists! And it's MTV... music television, not boring-scripted-reality-televi­sion show-television. I miss the old days, where music was actually entertaining and fun.

[Mesknot]

you're so damn right

[panchomanygonzoman]

@tvfan02 another man who knows

[hunterknight4]

@tvfan02 Amen to that bro. RIP MTV

[greendaylvr94]

does anyone know if kurt re-edited the heart shaped box video because i know there is an alternate one?

[starsweet4]

where is the alternate one??

[bakesalee]

Sam's original version looks like an MTV commercial, a joke

[Mushroom984]

This is very good:) But i think Kurt's version is better:D

[diveinme]

this is amazing

[XBasketCase1039X]

erm, i do believe Kurt was right to re-edit...great to see this but the final version is better in my opinion... the alternate version of "Heart-Shaped Box" was on here for awhile but got taken off for terms of use crap. Anyone know where it can be found?

[lazrpo1nt3r]

That's the only one that can be found on Youtube.

[koga10]

like the song but not the vid

[FreitasMen69]

RIP Kurt cobain

[ichbinderausgang]

what;s funny is this director's career (obviously) took off after this video

Which on a certain level is pretty shitty considering that Kurt had to go do his job for him

[KSVJ]

I hate it when they take out the main riff in the intro.

[grunger76]

it's cool to see another version of this legendary video...

[therealmarcus]

RIP Kurt

[NirvanaOwnsyourLife]

I love the shot when he says: Until the end.

[ttto]

thanks for this, i love outtakes

[StoogeWatcher]

Glad someone put

[dangerdash]

wow the director who oversaw the original edit must have been such a cornball. Dancing teachers and principles are funny to like four year olds. Kurt took out all that cute shit. This isn't a game of candy land.

[chd2193]

You know, I don't hate this video but I find the one Kurt re-edited better. This one's a bit more...pointless @ times.

Anyways, I'm glad I finally got 2 see dis.

Oh, b4 i leave, I do lyk da Wierd Al cover but ya, I lyk da re-edited one by Kurt da most. Dis 1 i lyk da least out of da 3.

[RavenMichaels]

I hate all the extra characters, but I like the first shot when its kinda panning around Kurt at the beggining when he says the first line...

...and its weird to see some of the shots without that weird sepia tone or whatever...

The Kurt edited one is alot better...

[GoddessFourWinds]

He obviously cut the stuff that was...more mainstream.

Yeah, that's it.

Love you Kurt...Peace.

[TheProfessor101]

thank god they ditched this.

Well in kurt

[rosecran]

a denial!!!! a denial!!!! a denial!!!! a denial!!!!a denial!!!! a denial!!!!a denial!!!! a denial!!!!a denial!!!! a denial!!!!a denial!!!! a denial!!!!a denial!!!! a denial!!!!a denial!!!! a denial!!!!

[modernhippiedude]

Kurts edited version i agree is way better the extra characters made it 2 commerical and took away the agresssion and kiss ass factr,but i reckon some of te peep rally scenes are better than the edited version!!! in the nirvana box set there is clips of them which re not in this either, which are really kiss ass!!

[scottistrad]

kiss ass?

[kasalisk]

I like the original, although the "Smells like Nirvana" paroy of this video by Weird Al is WAYYYYY better.

[ImaGoofyGooberYEAH]

you suck

[tkill93]

The nerd scared me lmao! Glad kurt fixed it

[Tribesaholic]

um, whats with the nerd?

[HiMyNameIsRoxi]

Reminds me of a freaking Weird Al video or something. I'm glad they scrapped this.

[Rudhanan]

you do realise that weird al copied this clip for the video of his cover of this song. well not exactly this clip... the re-edit which isnt very different to this in essence but is tonnes better.

[EvErLoNg131]

cool, you got anymore rare nirvana vids

[balltongue666]

I can see why Kurt wanted to edit this. The clips didn't blend in well and some seemed very out of place. Well done Kurt!

[steptb]

kurt saved the video, totally agree

[ehobeckracing]

kick ass

[dasrik]

I can't believe I used to like this director.  That dork was just stupid, and made this video generic.

[angelleftwing]

I like Kurt's version heaps better! That guy with the glasses is just lame.

[Zorlio]

damn that version stinks; too over-the-top "look how much we rock" crap in it

[Stringz]

"I'm glad Kurt Cobain edited the video before it was released. this version is not nearly as good. This early version looks to 'comical'."

I completely agree.

[popnrock]

I'm wondering how you came across this jem.. Thanks for uploading!

[SimpleGirl5487]

good job Kurt! You saved the video!

[LocoPirata]

where did u get this video anyway??

[LocoPirata]

this is fucking stupid kurt saved the video

[AllGunsBlazing]

Always wondered why Sam Bayer videos post teen spirit always seemed so lame by comaprison.Now I realise he sucked as a director from day one.Kurt saved this video and more importantly his band's credibility by editing this joke!

[jadegalz]

awesome

[thefools]

do you have the in bloom video all suits version?

[thefools]

thanks for posting. reading about this for years and now get to see it.

[K7383r]

Fez muito bem o Kurt em ter editado o vídeo!!!

[MacKay1812]

I'm glad Kurt Cobain edited the video before it was released. this version is not nearly as good. This early version looks to 'comical'.

[GracyGirl]

Kurt was smart for re-editing this. It comes of as cheesy and a little rock n'roll cliche here. Kind of like a 80s Van Halen-type video. Without the principal and nerd, it comes of as...well, kick-ass!

[tourettes1992]

cmon slippy do it do it. hehe

[Slippyboy]

That came from my tape. hehehe.

Now that it's out I guess I can post the rest of it!

[Krueger22]

Dave, you goddamn bastard.

[zappaf78]

Good think Kurt re-edited the vid! Thanks for sharing this!