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“Smells Like Teen Spirit”—Nirvana with Courtney Love

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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Nirvana: The Gold Standard

Cleveland rock radio station WMMS played Nirvana in the early 90s. "I remember to come as you are riff how cool it sounded and how right it sounded" I'm only vaguely aware in this moment of the classic rock song that Nirvana's bass player starts warbling this shit at you. This is the rest of my life for those of us invested in rock and roll with scare quotes or without this band is the next part of our lives comes as you are encourages us to canonize this band as you're listening to them anyway.

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