Red Mosquito

BigRedLedbetter wrote:

matt reeder wrote:There are so many great Nirvana songs...it kind of boggles the mind.

This. When you look at their catalog you'd think they were around for 10 years.

Oh really?

"Lounge Act" is probably my favorite Nirvana song too -- it has this mournful undercurrent to it that I can't quite describe, like it's one of a small of handful of Kurt's songs where he doesn't sound like he's trying to bury the vulnerability in rage or irony. A beautiful song.

Other songs on my shortlist:

Blew
Swap Meet
Dive
Sliver
Even In His Youth
Serve the Servants
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Sappy
You Know You're Right

Lounge Act and Dive are probably my favorite Nirvana songs.

Leatherhead wrote:

BigRedLedbetter wrote:

matt reeder wrote:There are so many great Nirvana songs...it kind of boggles the mind.

This. When you look at their catalog you'd think they were around for 10 years.

Oh really?

godeatgod wrote:this is an interesting take on cobain by chris ott (former pitchfork writer)

^i actually didn't mean to post this in a trolly way. my apologiesz to pj fans

I think my favorite is Negative Creep on the live album.

Kevin Davis wrote:"Lounge Act" is probably my favorite Nirvana song too -- it has this mournful undercurrent to it that I can't quite describe, like it's one of a small of handful of Kurt's songs where he doesn't sound like he's trying to bury the vulnerability in rage or irony. A beautiful song.

Other songs on my shortlist:

Blew
Swap Meet
Dive
Sliver
Even In His Youth
Serve the Servants
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Sappy
You Know You're Right

I had no idea Lounge Act had a following.

Other bands have been very important to me but I expect nothing will ever be quite like the life-altering, "EURAKA" moment that Nirvana was for me. They've had a profound influence on my life.

This will almost certainly change depending on the day but here's my top 10:

Dive
Lounge Act
Drain You
Aneurysm
Dumb
Come As You Are
Scentless Apprentice
Curmudgeon
Floyd the Barber
Very Ape

Birds in Hell wrote:Other bands have been very important to me but I expect nothing will ever be quite like the life-altering, "EURAKA" moment that Nirvana was for me. They've had a profound influence on my life.

This. Nirvana blew my mind to pieces when I was in high school and I wouldn't be the same person I am today had I never gotten into them. To me they are infallible.

Not technically a Nirvana song, but I've always considered it to be one:

1. Come As You Are
2. Breed
3. Pennyroyal Tea
4. Dumb
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. In Bloom
7. You Know You're Right
8. Sappy
9. All Apologies
10. Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (ok, its a cover, but version on unplugged is mesmerizing)
11. Lounge Act
12. Rape Me
13. Heart Shaped Box
14. About A girl
15. Territorial Pissings
16. School
17. Lithium
18. Polly
19. Sliver
20. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
21. Aneurysm
22. Blew
23. Scentless Apprentice
24. Drain You
25. Something in the Way

Fucking Even in His Youth.

YES

godeatgod wrote:

godeatgod wrote:this is an interesting take on cobain by chris ott (former pitchfork writer)

^i actually didn't mean to post this in a trolly way. my apologiesz to pj fans

I think his description of PJ was fairly accurate though I don't see that description as a negative. I mean you can like Minor Threat and Bad Company. A guy like that couldn't or wouldn't but a music fan who wasn't obsessed with cool could.

In no particular order...

Scentless Apprentice
Dumb
Milk It
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Aneurysm
Beeswax
Spank Thru (re-recorded version from Love Buzz sessions)
Negative Creep
Love Buzz
Territorial Pissings

Put me on team Lounge Act.

I put together this list for a playlist of my Top 10 bands' Top 10s a couple of years ago. It's uncannily similar to Spenno's

About A Girl
Dive
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Come As You Are
Breed
Drain You
Lounge Act
Aneurysm
Scentless Apprentice
Very Ape

(chrono-order)

Do I see a Nirvana tournament in RM's future?

darth_vedder wrote:Do I see a Nirvana tournament in RM's future?

Great idea. If I'm allowed to say that.

darth_vedder wrote:Do I see a Nirvana tournament in RM's future?

I'd be down

bodysnatcher wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:Do I see a Nirvana tournament in RM's future?

I'd be down

Count me in.

ive never tried to do this, here it goes:

drain you
lithium
about a girl
love buzz
all apologies
sliver
territorial pissings
rape me
pennyroyal tea
on a plain

Drain you
Dive
School
Pennyroyal tea
Verse chorus verse
You know your right
Very Ape
Something in the way
lounge Act
Negative Creep.

so many rad songs. my first love.