Radiohead did a same type of the song called creep it start slowly and it happen like this song in the grunge music start up look at (rock am ring) rare video on RU-vid too there show
JAY... THE DRUMMER IN THIS VIDEO IS DAVID GROHL ...LATER ON HE WOULD GO ON TO FORM THE BAND THE FOO FIGHTERS ...IF YOU GET THE CHANCE PLEASE REACT TO THE SONG BEST OF YOU ...EXCELLENT SONG JAY!
JoVaughn does know this. The moment he realizes it is caught in one of his reactions to another Nirvana video. It's super cute when he realizes it. :-)
I remember seeing the Smells Like Teen Spirit premiere on 120 Minutes. The next day, I came home from school, and I saw my sister watching it on MTV, and I said, "Oh they're playing _that song_ again." You already knew that this was something different.
I loved Nirvana. Heavy rock music had become a bloated parody if itself and Nirvana took it back to personally relatable levels. Their songs spoke to people who are normally excluded or ignored in most rock music cliches. They achieved huge success entirely on their own terms, without sacrificing their integrity or making concessions to commerciality.
This is really lost on people who didn’t experience the sea-change that Nirvana represented in music and culture. They immediately made almost every popular band at the time seem ridiculous for wearing makeup and acting tough. Not that wearing makeup is wrong, but everyone was basically going on stage wearing a costume and playing a character. Nirvana’s choice of keeping everything “silly” and honest instead of overwrought was such a breath of fresh air in a cloud of hair spray.
@@alicspellman6938 Oh, I agree, but they were definitely the band that finally removed any doubt that “hair” rock was over. There were great alternative and punk bands going back into the 80s, but Nirvana’s commercial success changed what people were hearing in the radio.
PLEASE do Nirvana’s “all apologies” MTV unplugged version. It’s a live version, slowed down, and better than the studio release. PLEASE!! Man, I love nirvana......
Lithium is a well known mood stabilising prescriptive drug for those with Manic Depression or Severe Depression. It’s aim is to keep mood neither too high, or low. So experiencing life highs are limited. Listen to the lyrics again as being someone knowing life can be slightly deadened experience if taking Lithium. It’s really deep with this interpretation.
I take lithium too and it doesn't make me numb. It's the best thing happened to me sense my illness broke out. I tend to have hypomania/mania every autumn (and every June) but now I just take little bit more of lithium for few weeks, take a sleeping pill on couple of nights and I'm normal. Instead of total caos. I can still feel all the normal feeling.
@@SherriLyle80s Anytime. Many people have trouble with Kurt's lyrics. He always said the music comes first and the lyrics are secondary. People don't realize some of his songs as personal, some are just random contradictions, some are lyrics with dual meanings, and others are written from the perspective of someone else.
@@elysehfm8797 AND LIL DID WE ALL KNOW HOW GOOD DAVID GROHL THE DRUMMER TURNED OUT TO BE WITH THE FOO FIGHTERS ...THAT ONE SONG ... BEST OF YOU IS SO DAMN GOOD
You said that you’ve never heard anything like this before. That’s because Nirvana is and still is one of the most influential group of musicians ever. My favorite live performance is “All Apologies” from MTV Unplugged. RIP Kurt ❤️
Kurt is the reason I picked up a guitar and started writing as a kid. It's still insane to me, watching people experience it for the first time is so beautiful❗
Another band that you can react to is: Pixies, especially songs like Monkey gone to heaven or Where is my mind. Kim Deal, Pixies' basist was part of another band called Breeders, check their song Cannonball, a really fun song.
Kurt described the song as a story of a man who copes with a breakup and the following depression and thoughts of suicide through religion. Though he wasn't necessarily seeing eye-to-eye with religion in general, he supported it if it meant preventing people from killing themselves. He himself was a borderline Buddhist, though he didn't follow any form of organised religion. He was a free spirit.
If you're ever interested, I left a comment here about my thoughts on "Lithium" and it's lyrics... I'd love to hear what you think.... I've seen interviews where Kurt said that the lyrics should mean whatever they mean to the listener.... I've heard/read interviews with many different musicians (inc., Robert Plant, Freddie Mercury, Eddie Vedder etc., etc.,) and they've all said the same thing.... Art is an expression of one's thoughts and feelings, and can be interpreted in many different ways and can mean many different things to each listener/viewer.... Peace. :)
@@michaelgilbert197 Of course art is always up to the listener to interpret it for themselves. However, the artist has their interpretation as well. I was simply saying what Kurt said his interpretation for it was.
@@bemused9522 I say Free Spirit in that he wasn't tied down by any religion or organised philosophy. He of course was not free of addiction, fame, mental illness, a sane wife (who might have killed him) and a bunch more shit.
@@TheBlackQueen Agreed... It is open to interpretation... it's art. I was honestly interested in your thoughts and was sharing mine if you were interested.... I'm a firm believer in the "always keep learning" methodology. Knowledge is a beautiful thing! Peace girl.... :)
Lithium is one of the most widely used drugs for bipolar depression. He's talking about all ups & down manias of depression. Which he apparently was dealing with on a personal level. RiP Kurt ❤💔
Now this takes me back to a Pub in Camden, London. hearing this for the first time... and thinking what the?..... so much energy, and bass too... you get it... top tunes... 🤟
Nirvana were the best and this track is the best of the best. With Nirvana it doesnt matter how deep the lyrics might be their songs bypass the brain and connect directly with the soul. Ive been waiting for your reaction to this Jayvee. You werent quite as blown away as i would have hoped but thankyou as always.
IMO, he's talking about himself in this song (his inner turmoil) "I kiiled you, I'm not gonna crack" is Kurt talking about "killing" his "true" self and his disdain for becoming the "star" that he became. Music was his passion, NOT fame and wealth... Sadly, in following his passion he gained all the things he despised. The grunge guys had a unique and brilliant (Imo) way of "saying" what they were thinking/feeling. Grunge is known for it's sludgy/heavy instrumentation, lazy vocals and "messy" lyrics. It was a h@#% of a change from the '80's Hair band's.... And us late teen/early 20-somethings couldn't get enough of it!! "Heart Shaped Box" and "All Apologies" are 2 more of Nirvana's Big Hits you should check out.....
Nirvana is the first band I became totally obsessed with at age 11. I was born in ‘95 so this wasn’t when they were around but I still resonated so deeply with the sound and I think that’s why so many teens and younger folks have always turned to Nirvana, Mudhoney, Minor Threat, Black Flag and all those Seattle 90’s bands. they just let it all out, they scream and thrash around and that’s all you wanna do as a young person.
Driving home at night in the early 90's listening to the radio and this came on and I was totally blown away, I had to find out more about this song and band. it was the first Nirvana song I recall hearing.
I remember when I was young my older brother used to use this song for their alarm clock, it could typically fit in with your dreams at the very start with the intro, but as soon as the hook came in, it was a pretty rude awakening for the whole house lol
Lithium is sometimes used for treating some mental state issues. So you got the emotions right, just imagine all of them jumbling around your head in a big mess half the time. That what this song is to me. The struggle not to crack. And if we're talking Nirvana, my favorite of theirs is actually a cover of "The man who sold the world". Some of my favorite guitar work of all time.
I assume you know, the drummer for Nirvana is Dave Grohl who fronts the Foo Fighters (formed by Dave after Nirvana disbanded after Kirk Cobain's death) which you have already reacted to! ❤️
I just got a pair of Bose noise canceling 700’s and it’s time to give a listen to this song on them, I got to hear that bass. Those look like great headphones too.
just another comment about how refreshingly genuine & empathetic you are, jovaughn. watching you listen to this, we see you feel the pain in this song. you're right, there's a lot of pain there. a lot of pain in a lot of nirvana's songs. yet there's always a sense that what is being expressed is only the tip of the iceberg. we can feel that there's a whole lot more pain happening underneath the lyrics & music.
When I first heard Nirvana in '91 it changed my world, up until then 80-85% of what I listened to was Rap, after Nirvana half the music I listened to was Alternative. Nirvana really had me looking at music in a whole new way.
Of you want to hear some 90s songs with bass you can hear, check out the band Cake. The songs are “the distance”, “Never there”, and “short skirt and long jacket”
Nirvana is one of the greatest rock bands ever and completely without artifice. Kurt wrote lyrics about his personal pain but always with a wry sense of humor. But that sort of whisper-to-a-scream aesthetic was inspired by the Pixies (my personal favorite band). If you've heard any Pixies song it's probably only because you saw Fight Club.
@@_Shadoh_ Sigh, grunge is just a sub-genre of rock! And no one uses "grunge" any more because it's dated and limiting, even though there are plenty of bands that still play in that style
i love this song so much, lithium was used as an antidepressant and the song is kind if about kurt's experience with mental illness which i think is why this song resonates with so many people honestly. you should try man who sold the world by nirvana, it's a david bowie song they covered but honestly its so good !!
If you haven't done it yet you should react to their MTV Unplugged cover of The Man Who Sold the World!! My favorite song of theirs even though it's just a cover haha
The "pronounced bass" you're talking about is all about Sound City, and the way this whole album was recorded with analog systems, onto Ampex tape. A custom made Neve console in that studio, that David Grohl managed to rescue when the place shut down. Look up the documentary Sound City for more. So many famous musicians, most of whom JV has already reacted to, got together and created new songs out of jams from that.
Nirvana change music when this album came out. I remember seeing smells like teen Spirit over and over on MTV and it was just crazy and I was a teenager in Nirvana give me something to just let everything out too. They were the beginning of this hard-core grunge. They completely changed music forever. It’s so hard when we remembered that will never hear something new from Kurt’s voice. Got a listen to more. Have you ever checked out Van Halen Erruption? Just Eddie Van Halen in concert guitar solo that goes off because he makes the guitar do you things that nobody else has ever done. It shows he really was the best ever. RIP Eddie.
I used to love Nirvana when I was a teen, but I haven't listened to them for a long time. So I saw your video and go, jeez, how did Lithium start again? Not even the first bar in, all the song lyrics come rushing back, word for word. At least I remember something I haven't heard in a good 20 years but I'm not be able to remember my bank account number off the top of my head. The human brain is weird.
I've been a Nirvana fan since I was in Jr.High, age 13. I'm now 45...so, a fan for 32 years! Damn, just typing that makes me feel ancient AF!!! Hahahaha XD I don't look 45 (almost 46) though...but I feel 65, lol Great reaction, as always! Btw.....I watched your live stream yesterday. Thx for the shout out. I'm the one that suggested reacting to Fleet Foxes! You definitely should. Have an awesome night, man~
If you wanna go deep on Nirvana's and discover why they are considered the Beatles of the '90s you should react to the following list of masterpieces: - Polly - Breed - Territorial Pissings - School - About a Girl - Love Buzz - Molly's Lips - Negative Creep - where did you sleep last night (MTV unplugged) - Heart-shaped box - Tourette's - Rape me - Aneurysm - The Man Who Sold The World (Bowie's cover, from the MTV unplugged)
Nirvana changed the paradigm of rock music --- this band officially launched 1990s Grunge 'rock' by killing off the previous 1980s big hair and make-up glam-rock style that dominated rock music. They launched the 1990s and beyond. Many 1980s rocks bands that dominated the scene basically disappeared when Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was released in 1991...lol And okay, technically "The Pixies" 1987 song (and album) "Where Is My Mind" can be considered the start of Grunge Rock, and even Kurt Cobain of Nirvana stated that his band was indeed heavily influenced by "The Pixies". That band ("The Pixies") at that time in 1987 hadn't seen the kind of widespread worldwide success that Nirvana saw with their debut album in 1991/1992. But "The Pixies" can indeed be credited with creating Grunge Rock in 1987, although the Grunge style didn't really dominate the charts until Nirvana popularized that genre of rock in the 1990s.
I once read a very scary visceral horror book called Heart Shaped Box which im sure the author named after another great Nirvana song. Nirvana so iconic & the face of grunge, brilliant
This album was on loop for me. So good it's still played on the radio 30 yrs later and my 15 yr old knows all the songs by heart and learned to play them on Rocksmith... timeless and always relevant... RIP Curt Cobain
