Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Live 1991 on "The Word" 720p HD, taken from the 1999 rebroadcast, Best Of The Word. Recorded by me using a Sony Nicam HiFi VHS VCR at SP onto a new TDK EHG video tape.
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0:57 you can see how happy kurt was (in this video) while performing this because you can slightly see him smiling because people were enjoying his music
happy? damn, kurt would be really disappointed in people who comment and say that he was happy in here. if u knew kurt u would know that that smile is the most ironic smile of all the time, its a smile that points out his realization of how his music became mainstream, i mean the lyrics of teen spirit literally talks about in the chorus he mock his fans' attitude. teen spiritt ends up being a bunch of teenage fans that expect to be entertained. kurt feels the pressure of this demand, and he is cynical about the selfish desires that underlie fandom. i bet he hated playing the song once he saw what he became i mean he even skipped the solo lmao
@@oihgrtzjgggjkk6297 Kurt wanted success and yes, he might've hated how famous he got, but this is 1991 and SLTS had just dropped. It's not super outrageous to assume he liked seeing people enjoy his music considering this was Nirvana's breakthrough.
I think that was a fake smile tbh, not saying he wasn't happy at this point in time but he was heavily aware that this was Nirvana's first time performing live on TV and it appears as though the smiling was a part of his 'stage character' he was attempting to sell to the audience.
I’m not really sure why felt the need to mention autotune at all. Although I guess with certain demographics ragging on autotune makes them feel superior or something.
its far from untouchable lmao. listen to Jerad Letos Kurt Cobain Tribute, Shawn Morgan from Seethers Nirvana Covers, or Ramiro Saavedras Nirvana Covers. they are all 100% identical to kurt plus there are a lot of identical or strikingly similar nirvana tribute bands and i can sound a lot like kurt myself its honestly super easy.
@@Kinseliplier after listening to those to see if ur right, youre wrong, jared leto sounds like jared leto trying to sound like kurt (he doesn a good job but again, no one can get that touch that kurt had) Shawn Morgan had a country accent (at least it sounded like, maybe he was just trying a seatle accent) and had too clean of a voice to sound like kurt, and the ramiro guy was probably the closest, but again it sounds not identical to kurt at all. Ive heard a lot of tribute bands and again, they just sound like guys trying to sound like kurt.
I’ll disagree, everyone’s opinions vary and every one has their own taste especially when it comes to music but to me in terms of vocal ability he’s at the bottom of the late 80’s/ early 90’s Seattle scene. I’d take Layne Staley, Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Scott Weiland, Mark Lanegan AND THAN Kurt Cobain. Now I will say after listening to Mark Lanegan’s memoir “Sing Backwards And Weep” I do have a slightly different and improved opinion on Kurt as a person but musically I still have NEVER understood what all the fuss was about especially when you look at all those other bands who were so much better both in terms of musical talent as far as playing their instruments and in particular in terms of vocalists! Now I do like several Nirvana songs, but I never put them in the top 3-4 of the Seattle scene. Since reading Mark Lanegan’s book I have tried to avoid using the term “grunge” since apparently that was a term they all HATED PASSIONATELY!! I forgot to mention another band whom I prefer over them….Candlebox!!
@@ProudBostonian 1 have never heard of candlebox but I have heard of every other band you mentioned. 2 Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder both sound a lot like Kurt Cobain and really aren't that different and both of their hands have very similar sound to Nirvana and in the 90s a lot of those Seattle bands sounded the same. So that's not really much of a comparison.
@@Kinseliplier If you think Chris Cornell or Eddie Vedder sound ANYTHING like Kurt Cobain than I can’t do anything to help you! They sound ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE HIM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, or FORM! Not to mention you can’t really compare those bands to anyone else because it would be apples to oranges. You say it’s “not much of a comparison…” am I supposed to compare Cobain to James Hetfield or Myles Kennedy? The Seattle bands and that whole era was a different sound and in fact a different genre all together, comparing them to anyone BUT EACH OTHER would be stupid.
yea and people still think he killed himself. in fact, theres a long list of celebrities who died and they pinned it on suicide, destroying their legacy and hiding the truth. so, i'm so sorry you feel so sad. that's just awful that you feel sad. your sadness is just... well, it's the worst thing on earth.
@@burningjdm yeah tbh the heroine dose he was on was an excessive amount incapacitating his body which would not allow him to pull the trigger and it makes me mad to think Courtney did it Kurt was an interesting human.
Kurt was a genius musician and lyricist, but more importantly was a really good guy. He had a lot to say and I enjoy deciphering what his lyrics mean. Truly an incredible musician and someone I look up to. RIP Kurt
I feel like the audience was paid to be there and 'have fun' Top of the Pops style, but by the end were legitimately going nuts to a style of music they had never heard before - and fucking loved.
Nirvana was basically a punk band and I never understood why so many people thought it was something new maybe in mainstream America. Circle Jerks and Husker Du are just a couple of American punk bands that came before when it wasn't cool to listen to this kind of music
@@JIMIIXTLAN Nirvana basically just repackaged old ideas, but they did it really well. Kurt wanted to introduce people to obscure musicians and solid songwriting just as much as make music himself. 8-D
@@JIMIIXTLAN kurt mixed punk with classic british pop melodies. He also made sure, that the refrain and chorus parts catchy are . It was also a lot of luck and the right time
Dude, I've watched them since 90's....it's only now that I realize Daves a real fu**in cymbal thrasher to the 10th degree. It's almost like the cymbals killed his family and he will take his sweet revenge on those crashes :)
@@panicatthelucy :)...made me laugh and smile!! Im 42 and remember when Everyone was into Rap big time...I saw Nirvana Nevermind on Mtv, I was a fan from there. Ive been playing the drums since than..Got my daughter her 2nd drumkit!! Have a Great f**kin day Babe🙂
Audience having a great time. Kids having fun. Kurt seems to be having a good time too. At the time I thought this music was so dark. And it was to a degree but jeez, at least we were connecting with one another. Got to meet the Bleach era line up about 18 months prior. Chad is one of my favorite drummers now and Bleach is in my top 20 easy.
It was’nt common to run around with mobile phones. I was one year older than Kurt and then it was considered so NOT COOL to have one of the at that time big massive mobile phones with long antennas.
0:56 I...... The way he just.... he just looks over to the side and..... I think Kurt Cobain smiling like that is one of the most heart-warming things ever!........ It's all dreary until Kurt looks like he's happy to be alive. I'm a recent fan, by the way. I feel a little embarrassed to admit that I only really took the time to listen to Nirvana when someone turned Nevermind into the SM64 soundfont, but, after that.... I'm a fan for life. As an adult now, I can look at things more objectively, and Kurt Cobain is such a gentle soul, even when it's not at first glance. I wish I was better at not listening to one song over and over(not S.L.T.S., just others and the whole album), but it makes me feel more connected to think Kurt would've appreciated people like me who try to listen to all of a band's music. I like to imagine he'd "like me more" and so forth, but if I got to know him, I'd want to know the Kurt Cobain that was interviewed in front of the Seattle cityscape(one of his last). I'd also be too surprised that he didn't like me for being too much of a square.
Oh my gosh at 4:15 when he sings roger Taylor, y’all I lost it. I keep forgetting that people in the 90’s knew about 70’s or 80’s and it’s just strange hearing him say his name.
@@axthrew Kurt loved Queen, so probably he didn't mean nothing bad, he loved their music, this is his words “I used to take a nap in the van and listen to Queen. Over and over again and drain the battery on the van. Then we’d be stuck. That happened a few times. We’d be stuck with a dead battery because I’d listened to Freddie Mercury too much.”
God I miss you dropping headlines and new songs Kurt. I just.. I miss you existing in the same world the rest of us exist in 😢. You'll always be missed and mourned by those of us who experienced the phenom that was "Nirvana" . You are even beloved by the new generation of young people who never had the same opportunity to live "Nirvana" and experience your impact on the music industry and social growth. You have made new fans and followers of Nirvana even from the grave and that is something pretty special imo. Rest in peace Mr Kurt Cobain. You are part of my most cherished memories from my youth and my childhood. Perhaps i have such a special place in my heart for you because you passed away one week after my big brother passed away. I have cherished memories of our time together watching MTV after school and at night & on the weekends . Another great that I miss may be less significant but he impacted my childhood all the same... Kurt Loder MTV News.. he's the man that broke the news to us about your passing away. I'll forever remember exactly what that felt like. Rest in peace Kurt. I pray that you found the happiness in your afterlife that you could never find while you were still here on earth with us 😢.
As someone who's been training as a vocalist, fairly relentlessly over the past 15 years, I can tell you that Kurt really was one of a kind, or else, part of a very, very exclusive group. Very unique, very difficult to emulate. Hell of a sound. It's hard to appreciate if you haven't been trying for the past decade and I've got serious oral infrastructure. I can do some Nirvana songs, but not this one, this ballad for the disenfranchised youth, is one that's out of reach to most.
Heart Shaped Box is even harder to sing. You think it really shouldn't be hard to sing like him, but it is. Makes one learn humility that it's not just simply screaming.
@@jamesrambo7712 well the songs i talk about are mostly the most famous songs of nevermind, he ended up hating them because of how mainstream they became and that they had to play them everynight almost everyday, there was some other reasons but thats the most relevant tho
Hats off, once again, to engineers who know how to mix audio at this level, to create a memory like this. Have seen so many live performances that could have been as good as this if it weren't for appalling mixes.
It was late 1991 in a club called "Line Club" in Braunschweig/Germany when i first heard this song. It was unbelievable. Never ever had this feeling before hearing a song for the first time. It directly blew me away. Asking the DJ: who is playing this? I HAVE TO KNOW IT! No one was talking about "Nirvana" at this time. It exploded a few weeks later when "Smells like ...." was spreading like a virus. Shortly after i bought the "Nevermind" Album. This is one of the most heard albums of my collection Still kickin' today when i hear it. Gose bumbs immediately...always thinking back to those days. Great times. So sad Kurt ends his life. So good Dave is still alive and kickin' ! Greetings from germany....
My dad lived in Braunschweig in his youth. He said the night life there was great! I also visit Braunschweig sometimes, but I now live near Frankfurt. I enjoyed visiting big cities less and less over the years... but Braunschweig is still a beautiful city!
I had a similar experience except I was in Louisiana at my university and I can show you the exact traffic light I was stopped at when this song came on and proceeded to blow my mind. After recently commenting to one of my buddies about how horrible rock had gotten (Warrant's Cherrie Pie was the example I used) and saying something has got to give. And less than two weeks later I'm at that traffic light hoping the DJ would say who the band was that was that had me cranking my car stereo to the max and headbanging in the middle of a little intersection by our campus. And he did name them and I immediately went and bought Bleach and Nevermind. My favorite band ever since. Later I got to see them at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans for the In Utero tour in December of '93. Four months later he was dead. I was stunned. P.S. I believe the evidence is clear- Kurt didn't end his life, it was ended for him because of a pre-nup, a pending divorce and $50 million motives.
For sure. Like the higher the note they sing the dirtier their voice gets but it sounds amazing and I think it is just a dna thing, I don’t think it can be taught. And nobody can replicate them.
@@ScottishTeeVee I just re-read the "Come As You Are" book recently, and it said one of Cobain's first bands included CCR covers that he sang. The "About A Son" movie soundtrack also includes a CCR song - I've not yet watched the movie (will do so at some point), but presumably it references CCR since they are included in the soundtrack.
@ John Poffenbarger. That is incredible you say that and I was thinking his singing had a hint of CCR. So he was practicing singing CCR in his youth and transferred to his normal singing.
Even in this song and others like it, Kurt's voice is like a drug to me❤❤❤❤❤ I just float away somewhere in my mind....used to fall asleep to Nirvana's MTV Unplugged🎶🎵🎙
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My jaw was hanging open the entire time I watched this video. Wow.....wow. I've listened to the song roughly 573,174 times and this is insane. Kurt sounded very happy, too, from the Courtney line through the performance. Dang.
