First Time Hearing Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Reaction!)

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[@paulb808]

This is a life changing song. A moment in music that changed everything from hair metal to grunge!

[@robertreichle1]

I went from listening to Poison and Slaughter... to Nirvana, The Pixies, Primus, and Nine Inch Nails. Thank God for this song.

[@mac227booms]

@@robertreichle1me too but also opened up to sound garden and stp and aic.

[@G.L.O.S.S.]

@@robertreichle1 slaughter wasn't even popular before nirvana. they became popular at the same time

[@comawhite39]

And that's not a good thing.

[@stwbryfld1]

Same kind of story here. II was a tween with a rocker boomer father and siblings 4-5 years older than I who were total their era rock. I went up the alternative/rock rungs but loved the 50-90s just as much!

[@mvlpix4419]

this song will never extinct. this will always be a hit. when i have kids one day, i’ll make sure they will hear and love this

[@selfrealeyes]

The album "Nevermind" is 🔥 & iconic in it's entirety.

[@robbob5302]

In the early 90s, four bands emerged from the obscure Seattle underground, and took the world by storm. They were: Nirvana Soundgarden Alice in Chains Pearl Jam Collectively, they were known as “Grunge.” Please check out all four of these amazing groups. (And there were many others. But this is the starting point.)

[@Tehui1974]

Thanks for the music history lesson my bro. I've heard of Pearl Jam, Nirvana and 'Seattle underground', but I didn't know all of that. 👍

[@JoeyProffitt1978]

This song literally changed my life. I was 13 when it was released. I had always enjoyed listening to music. But when I heard this song I wanted to become a musician. I taught myself to play drums watching videos of Nirvana. Got a tattoo of their smiley face logo on my arm because they were such an influence in my life.

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

After the lead singer Kurt Cobain died, Nirvana's drummer (Dave Grohl) is the lead singer of the Foo Fighters. He's an incredible drummer and singer. HIGHLY recommend Foo Fighters "THE BEST OF YOU" original video 🙌

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

🔥🔥🔥

[@brendakimsey]

I love Foo Fighters! My Hero, is my favorite song by them.

[@MrJHarley17]

I can appreciate Dave as a musician and overall good dude, but I never got the Foo Fighter feel

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Yes, to The Best of You!! Foo Fighters & Dave Grohl are amazing.

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

I LOVE Foo Fighters!

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

Nirvana "COME AS YOU ARE" (studio version). The opening riff is 🙌

[@0nly1truth]

The chorus helps me with my shopping list in the supermarket.. 🎵 “Avocado! A Potato! Jalapeño! A Tomato! A Burrito! Oregano! A Gelato! Cappuccino! 🎶

[@Bekka_Noyb]

one of the all time greatest songs in rock history! ♥

[@Neotron2001]

I remember the first time i heard this song. I was 14 and it blew my mind. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots. Pillars of my young teenage years.

[@LunarisArts]

Same. Though I had just gotten in to the music when I heard he killed himself. If ever given a chance to go back in time I would have gone to see them live. As tempting as it would have been to get to know him and tell him everything woulf bd alright, I wouldn't because he was kinda meant to die at that time. Would also go see George Carlin live.

[@tiacalhoun3841]

Yes, u left out AIC though 😉

[@Neotron2001]

@@tiacalhoun3841 , I knew some songs, but really didn't get in to them much.

[@sandmaniac3]

This is the song that launched the rock genre called “grunge” into the mainstream. This also made Seattle the center of the rock world for the next decade.

[@AysKuz]

I was at high school when this album came out. I bought the cassette and heard it on repeat in full volume in my first car. Good times. RIP Kurt.

[@user-fe5qx3bo5n]

I saw them in seattle once before they were anyone. Dave Grohl (drummer) Blew my mind . He was hitting the drums harder than anyone I have ever heard. We could feel the beat in our bodies, small clubs... He is an exceptional drummer. then Nevermind came out and the rest is history!

[@allieren]

There’s no way it can be explained how this song hit us when it came out; you just had to be there. It was just SO different from the glam and and flashiness and hair metal bands we were used to in the 80s (bands like Guns N’ Roses, Skid Row, Poison, Warrant). This song came out when I was 13 and subsequently threw me headlong into the grunge scene throughout my time in high school-so glad I got to be a teen in the 90s 😊 The lyric “Here we are now, entertain us” is such a 90s teen vibe Edit: Teen Spirit was a very popular brand of deodorant-fairly new at the time-that all of us girls carried in our gym bags. It definitely smelled like Teen Spirit all the time in the girl’s locker room. (I think Teen Spirit still exists but I’m not sure.) And “load up on guns, bring your friends” didn’t hit the same as it does today because this was a few years before Columbine. Like, I don’t remember it ever crossing our minds that someone might come shoot up the school. Another grunge band called Pearl Jam released a song a few years later called “Jeremy,” and I remember the video absolutely shocking people my age.

[@bradgordon3760]

Singer Kurt Cobain shot himself. The drummer Dave Grohl then became the iconic in his own right front man singer songwriter of another one of the great American rock bands of all time the Foo Fighters. Start with The Pretender video.

[@tomfoster3421]

This is a song that you can say, definitely, belonged to the 90s since it captured the mood of the listeners at that time.

[@williamredpath861]

That's just the thing, it only belongs in the 90s, it's not good enough to be timeless, just like grunge in general. It pales by comparison to music from the 70s.

[@tomfoster3421]

@@williamredpath861 yeah...cool story bro...wrong as it is...

[@No1fan15]

My favorite detail for this video? Tony Hawk is in it XD The band got his skate company to help with the video. This was before he got famous for his skateboarding, but it's still a fun little detail

[@kristinweems9894]

This was college for me. I went from a town whose radio stations played BOTH kinds of music (country and western) to a town where we were dancing to Nirvana in the hallways of the dorms. It was amazing and gorgeous.

[@yolandabrooksqueenofsevens]

I was in love immediately with Kurt Cobain ❤🔥. Nirvana was everything in my 20’s😊

[@ellejay1326]

This song was so popular when I was in college. I see other people in the comments have said that the drummer went on the form the Foo Fighters. They are definitely worth a listen. The Pretender is a great song by them.

[@hisholinessanatolitodorov7303]

LETS GO! Glad you enjoyed and thanks for sharing your reaction to this! I *love* Nirvana's sound - there's no one like them. They lead the charge in the early 90s "Grunge" rock. Who knows where they would have ended up if Kurt Cobain hadn't died. Hope you're well Shon!

[@MagnoliaMS70]

This was a very important point in time. We went from rock, hair metal bands to grunge. Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam etc. This was really important. Music shifted and changed instantly. Btw- The drummer for this band is now the singer for the Foo Fighters.

[@jrose75]

I turned 16 in 1991 and nirvana was everything to me. ❤

[@richardh8811]

I turned 11 in '91. Nirvana was my introduction to music. Us little guys were totally into them, Alice in chains, soundgarden, stp, etc

[@BabyBoyBuchanan]

I just turned 17 yesterday and I love Nirvana

[@lindasalaki9404]

The singer is Kurt Cobain , RIP , the band is and was 🔥

[@natishawilson897]

I was a teenager back then. This song was so huge when it came out. They started grunge really. Nirvana is the chief in grunge

[@angelaarsenault]

So much could be said about this song. Where to start? This song defined my generation (Gen X). It was the first time we heard a song that expressed our collective apathy, depression and rage. This changed music and clothing styles from that point forward. That line "Oh, well, whatever. Nevermind." is so iconic. Gen Xers always said "whatever" and "never mind" because we had Boomer parents who never listened to us no matter what we said. When Kurt Cobain died, it was so very traumatic. I remember I was in 12th grade and when I showed up at school I didn't know what had happened (no internet in 1994) and everyone was crying and wailing. When I found out I was in shock. It was like "Of course he's dead, anyone who understood our generation is gonna die young." - that was the level of depression we had. There were also a lot of copycat suicides all over the country. I can't even begin to tell you this man's impact.

[@moisespalacios396]

This song changed the atmosphere at a time of rock music.

[@dolphenwulf2431]

I saw the first time this premiered on MTV headbangers ball. Music changed overnight.

[@katmandu13179]

Nirvana basically spoke for an entire generation. Gen X essentially snarling at the world “here we are now, entertain us”

[@amyhuggins9920]

Check out the actual lyrics. “Hello…Hello…Hello…How low?” This brings back my high school years.

[@marlainalindsey3279]

Rip Kurt ❤

[@keithaguilar9790]

A female friend wrote on his bedroom wall that his room "Smelled like Teen Spirit" which was a popular deodorant at the time. I was able to see Nirvana live New Years Eve 93/94 in high school

[@sugarcloud47]

That is freaking awesome man! Wow! What a memory… I never got to see them being a little young (around 11-12) during their reign but I was definitely old enough to use that deodorant!

[@CBGB_1977]

It was Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill who wrote “Kurt smells like Teen Spirit” on his wall. * Teen Spirit was a popular deodorant at the time.

[@MusicLover-wo7ig]

You killed the feeling of the buildup into the refrain by pausing it. Try and get into the habit of going back a bit after randomly pausing a song you have never heard before. Just some friendly advice. Peace.

[@evanirvana500]

Cannot be understated the impact that Nirvana had on music. Many critics said that they where are the modern-day Beatles and how they changed up everything. Even though this was the birth of grunge actually Kurt Cobain hated the term grunge and he never thought of themselves as grunge. He classified Nirvana as being a punk hard rock band but in actuality he hated labels of any kind. He came along at a time when there was just a lot of superficial music that didn't mean anything except drugs and partying and just no real substance to it except for a few songs here and there. Kurt wrote all of his songs himself he's considered one of the best songwriters of his generation. But he was also plagued by depression and coming from a broken home, like so many they think that Fame and Fortune will fix it when in fact it just magnifies that and he got into heroin and ended up committing suicide. He has a daughter that's an adult now, though she was just a baby when he died. Who knows what he would have accomplished had he lived. He was a member as we call it of the 27 club. Those that died at 27 such as Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and of modern-day Amy winehouse. All i believe drug related. He changed the world of music before he died, so that will always be his legacy.

[@WendyDarling1974]

On multiple occasions, I have listened to this song on repeat for an hour or more. And I don’t mean back in the 90s, I’m talking recently. I’m about 50 and stuck in the 90s lol.

[@dubirdrs]

One of those songs that changed the direction of music itself. And 1.6 billion views is awesome, but doesn't really tell you how popular it was since this was long before KZbin!

[@joelunsford1095]

This song forever changed music.

[@peterbondmusic]

This one song changed the entire music business at the time

[@emilysheldon3284]

There's nothing cooler than when your bf and a group of his friends form a band and go crazy with this song and you can just sit and listen to how amazing they are!!!

[@MrJHarley17]

The drummer is Dave Grohl form the foo fighters

[@sandmaniac3]

Check out the whole album, Nevermind. It was their most commercially successful album. Once you can feel that, check out the album In Utero. That stuff is RAW.

[@professorstewart6379]

Cobain was the voice of my generation. He spoke for all of us.

[@meagantubbs1604]

Your reactions are soo real. Thank you

[@jonathanlocke6404]

I really like the point made about how you know a song is good if you want to sing along on the instrumental versions of the chorus...Especially if you feel like doing that the first time you hear the song. Astute observation...

[@johndillon1299]

Greatness

[@CorinneWoods]

Nirvana - breed live at the paramount is amazing!

[@3DJapan]

Teen Spirit was a popular brand of girl's deodorant in the 90s. Legend has it Kurt's girlfriend wrote on his wall "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit".

[@newgrl]

The lead singer of this group, Kurt Cobain, died at age 27 (part of the 27 club), on April 5, 1994, three years after this song came out. Depending upon who you ask, he either penned a suicide note and shot himself or Courtney Love killed him, or one of the other 100 or so conspiracy theories. After Kurt's death the drummer (at that time... there were a few) for Nirvana, Dave Grohl, formed The Foo Fighters. The bassist, Krist Novoselic, is a member of Giants in the Trees and supergroup (made up of members of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Nivana) 3rd Secret.

[@lisastevens682]

I was a young adult when the "grunge age" came about. Nirvana was BIG! I liked the music, but I couldn't understand the words! LOL (Leaving the fun, feel-good 80's music was tough.)

[@chrisnoah7868]

The FIRE of my rock generation… Period

[@marvinbone1379]

Wow ! What a SUPER Reaction ! You obviously have a passion for music. Weird to think this song was a hit, long before you were born. But, when you were listening, your energy transcended the years, and made it seem as if it was something popular on the radio, right now. Israel loves you !

[@42Mrgreenman]

Yeah, the singer Kurt struggled with addiction as did his wife, Courtney Love. (It's rumored that she killed him or drove him to suicide by shotgun). The drummer is Dave Grohl, front man for The Foo Fighters...he also played with Queens of the Stone Age for a bit...supremely talented musician and super down-to-earth nice guy. He released a budget indie horror comedy flick recently about a haunted recording studio...Studio 666...that was basically him, the band, and his friends just messin' around, making a kind of Shawn of the Dead style comedy horror movie...

[@scottknode898]

Kurt Cobain also suffered from depression, stomach ulcers which he started doing cocaine to help pain and addicted.

[@stevedaniels623]

RIP Kurt. ❤.

[@pdestefano]

It's actually "How Long, How Long, How Long"... and the lyric at the end is "A Denial."

[@SuperGrendle]

after a long day filming everybody was ready to get home...so they said go nuts and boy did they go nuts

[@angie33336]

I lived in Seattle for a short time in my late teens when the grunge scene was in its beginning and thriving it was amazing. From the styles of clothing to hair and the music was the best part. Pike street market downtown Seattle had the official Spoon man that Soundgarden had in their video and wrote the song about. He was a genuine guy and was amazing on the spoons 🥄. Seattle is a vine for sure. Soundgarden is an incredible band as well. Chris and Kurt both went through depression and from my understanding we’re good friends. 🙏😇✨

[@gixxerclay7349]

Song Suggestions: The Spinners - Working My Way Back To You Babe Earth, Wind & Fire - September, Let's Groove Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel, My prerogative, Rock Wit'cha, Roni, Every Little Step Prince - Little Red Corvette, Raspberry Beret, Let's Go Crazy, When Doves Cry, I would Die 4 U, Kiss Bell Biv Devoe - Poison New Edition - Cool It Now, Mr Telephone Man Goo Goo Dolls - Black Balloon, Iris, Better Days The Bangles - Walking Down Your Street, Walk Like An Egyptian, Hazy Shade Of Winter, Eternal Flame, Manic Monday, If She Knew What She Wants

[@LLC4269]

Ah. This is rhe anthem of my youth!

[@davidgallistel2083]

For GenX, our lives are marked by 3 events we'll always remember where we were when they happened....The Challenger space shuttle explosion, The 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the first time you heard Smells Like Teen Spirit. (My kindergarten classroom, my college apartment, and the bowling alley in my small hometown for me).

[@ktrsBklyn]

So interesting - I’m at the oldest end of GenX. I think at our end a defining moment was murder of John Lennon, when I was a sophomore in high school. Not to say that Smells Like Teen Spirit didn’t bust up everything! :-)

[@davidgallistel2083]

@ktrsBklyn Yes, I'm at the youngest end of GenX, so I suppose it could be quite different. I'm young GenX with very old Boomer parents.

[@candywilliams3533]

Check out the Weird Al parody of this song, called "Smells Like Nirvana". It's spot on, and even Kurt Cobain liked it! Love your thoughtful appreciation of different music!

[@reverbscherzo7850]

“Here we are now, entertain us”. Such biting commentary from the other viewpoint, and we deserve it.

[@susanlindner8626]

Nirvana is a great leader into listening to the Foo Fighters. As someone else said the drummer for Nirvana became the lead singer for the FF. Enjoy!!

[@darkpitcher5242]

This song brings a lump to my throat

[@user-hd4ig8ff6y]

Припев- взрыв мозга!

[@stevend2537]

Kurt RIP, 20 February 1967 - 5 April 1994 famously or infamously took a shotgun and shot himself in the head. So many talented musicians of this era gone too soon. Hard to believe it will be 30 years next year.

[@enderwiggin5572]

Nirvana Lounge Act!

[@effer3]

Song 2 by BLUR was done in reaction to this legendary tune. Would be fun to react to.

[@falicatena]

Based on a few reaction videos I've seen of yours, a song/performance I think you'd really enjoy is coheed and cambrias live guitar center performance of welcome home. It has some of the best quitar riffs & solos I've ever heard, and it's an extremely underrated song. I hope you end up listening to it and enjoying it, whether or not you react to it. It's worth the listen

[@parkertoolman9759]

The first riff of the song and you know its good 🤘🍻👍

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

That's my favorite part of the song

[@djm2459]

I recommend The Captain of Her Heart - Double

[@mlledarcel]

I am addicted to your reactions, RIP yr notis, but this song always makes me want to smasssssh shit

[@2682shark]

This is the song that made Alternative music main Stream..it’s hard to grasp now just how influential and big this song was.. it changed the face of music

[@jesselord9504]

Kurt Cobain was a lightning bolt of talent.

[@xbeaker]

The title of the song was taken from a misunderstanding. After being out all night with friends Kurt woke up to "Kurt smells like teen spirit" written on the wall by one of his friends. He thought it was some deep thing so he used it for the name of the song he was working on. He found out after the song was released that "Teen Spirt" is a brand of woman's deodorant (marketed primarily to teen girls.) His friend wrote it on the wall because it is what his girlfriend at the time wore and they were teasing him because he smelled like his girlfriend's very feminine deodorant!

[@Pilutta100]

Kinda interesting you pausing right before the corus saying oh yeah so good I can see why it's so popular....without even listening tinsy bit more....you must be psychic. Besides that This song is iconic. I was turning 21 when it hit, it hit my little rocker heart good. Hugs from Sweden.

[@TheLeafblowers]

You should give the Pixies a listen! "Hey" would definitely be the funniest reaction song

[@gregscottfordemocracy]

They were like the Beatles of Generation X

[@punshhh911]

new young generation first time hearing classic rock music haha 😄

[@Mama_Michelle]

This came out when I was a junior or senior in high school. Nirvana BLEW UP after this came out. I remember where I was when Kurt Cobains suicide was announced in the radio. 😢 hearts broke all over the world. Kurt Cobain and Billy Corigan from the smashing pumpkins were at odds over trashy ass Courtney Love from the band Hole, who was Kurts wife at the time. This MAJORLY contributed to his depression, ultimately contributing to his death. 😢

[@richardh8811]

I was in 8th grade. We had to do book reports on biographies the weekend before. My buddy did one on the nirvana biography b/c he knew abt the band and didn't need to read a book. He ended w/ "ppl say he's gonna die b/c of the drugs, but it'll never happen." It did that weekend. Totally messed up.

[@bencracknellCA]

I can tell you the exact stretch of road I was on in the car with my mom when it came on the radio that Kurt had died.

[@robertreichle1]

1.6 billion views and counting.

[@CherryFlavoredAntacid]

More Nirvana please 🤗

[@robertreichle1]

Sometimes I feel stupid and contagious.

[@blacknwhitecookie8967]

New to your channel, love your attitude towards music. Would love to see your reaction to Broken Bells Holding on for Life. No reaction channel has hit these guys so you'd be the first. Great song, wild video.

[@jaknazryth2488]

I was a college student from the late 80's to the early 90's. By 1989 the whole Glam Rock of the 80's was starting to wear off on me. From my point of view, the entire music scene was starting to sound the same with a lot of corporate sounding influences. Hip Hop was in its early stages and NWA was making a name for themselves... a shock to the system. NWA exploded onto the scene in 1988 and 89. I kept looking for a rock version of NWA. In 1989 I was invited to spend a summer in Seattle Washington with a young married couple (who were class mates of mine at the University of Arkansas) They had a small family run business in the city and said that I would love the young vibe on the area. I could work in their business during the day and take in the live music scene at night, while making money for the next semester. There was a new music revolution brewing in Seattle area at that time. It was only known as "The Seattle Sound". Later it would be known as "Grunge". Nirvana was one of those Seattle bands. I did not take them up on their offer as I had to keep working my way through college and I was taking some summer courses. Had I known then what was about to happen... nothing would have kept me from a summer in Seattle. Imagine all the bands I could have seen in the summer of 1989 just before the grunge explosion! Two years after declining the invitation to spend a summer in Seattle, I heard "Smells like Teen Spirit" EXPLODING out of the radio in the fall of 1991, I knew my wish had been granted. Nirvana was to rock like NWA was to Hip Hop. Nirvana (and other grunge bands) shown a harsh light on real life and serious issues from the perspective of the grunge subculture, all while introducing us to fantastic rock sounds and riffs. Gone was the glitzy, glam, big hair, and bright colors of the 1980's over the top party rock. Nirvana and other Grunge bands changed rock music like NWA and other "gangsta rap" groups changed Hip Hop. As others have said, Kurt killed himself in 1994. As a way to deal with the pain and loss, Nirvana's drummer, Dave Grohl, went on to create his own songs and place them on a demo tape to show his friends. The tape was so good his friends wanted him to create his own band. The Foo Fighters were born. Dave Grohl and The Foo Fighters is one of the greatest rock bands of the last 25 years. They are still cranking out albums and still on tour. Even with the loss of Dave's own drummer and friend just a couple years ago, the Foo Fighters press on. Also, Dave Grohl is one of the nicest people on the planet. He is truly a genuinely nice guy. He's even nice to the paparazzi. Both Nirvana and The Foo Fighters have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Long live Nirvana. Rest in Peace Kurt Cobain.

[@trevortamboline279]

GREAT reaction! This is the radio cut... the album version is better and a little longer.

[@uncharted-desert-isle]

This vid annihilated all hair bands and glamour rock from the Eighties, turned the music world upside down! Thank God

[@natishawilson897]

The singer dies and the drummer sings in Foo Fighters now

[@matthawkins8880]

Kurt Cobaine was a next level talent. Along with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel and others. It is very sad that he suffered from deression and killed himself. He would have entertained us for years.

[@robbob5302]

If you were married to Courtney, you’d be singing “bring your guns” too!!

[@3DJapan]

Sadly after the lead singer, Kurt Cobain, took his own life the band was no more. Something good came from it though, the drummer, Dave Grohl, formed the band Foo Fighters.

[@dominiquehuot-fp3dd]

Le vrai rock ça venait du cœur, avec la rage. Que lui est-il arrivé...

[@SoniaAlese]

Weird Al does a different version of this song that is hilarious you should check out 😂

[@fidel2xl]

At your intro I think you meant to say '1.6 BILLION views'. (Not '1.6 Million views). It's 1.6 BILLION views.

[@MrSammotube]

When I hear this, I always want to listen to another song from the same album, called "In Bloom".

[@MrJHarley17]

Kurt didnt like the spotlight. He just wanted to play.

[@burningbothbinaries9889]

Bodycount Ice-T, just youtube it. Nirvava is now the 90's, and I was there and I'm fine with it, call it "grunge" it isn't. Rage against the machine, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, you have a mammoth rabbit hole to go done. but Bodycount was banned, so less heard, go for it

[@bebedenham362]

Kurt Cobain was the singer/guitarist

[@kenmcl80]

This catapulted grunge into the music scene.

[@michaelj3414]

I think the word you're looking for to describe the tone of his voice is "melancholy"

[@blindsurvival8570]

Don't know if you've done it yet, but Creep, by Radiohead.