NIRVANA "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT" REACTION | RECKLESS BEHAVIOR x10!! 😱 Asia and BJ

[@mikewright293]

The fact the song is over 30 years old and still current today

[@unknownx7252]

It's like it was released yesterday.

[@mztweety1374]

Well now I feel ancient

[@mikewright293]

@@mztweety1374 released in 1991

[@Jiff321]

I mean most songs from the 90s are more relevant than today’s songs and will last much longer cuz they’re actually good

[@mikewright293]

@@Jiff321 80s music is much stronger today than during the 80s Probably nostalgia

[@stephenneal9218]

The beginning of "Grunge." When Nirvana performed this song on Saturday Night Live, that was the death of the 80's hair bands. They were buried.

[@rknighton2005]

If I remember correctly Nevermind dethroned Michael Jackson from the number one spot

[@allisterfiend_2112]

80's hair bands had a 10 year reign on the charts, it was time for something new. At this point rock was on it's way out anyway, with rap starting to take over the charts. I do not even think grunge lasted as long as disco. People can only take so much of self loathing and being depressed and miserable all the time.

[@randychampion184]

@@rknighton2005 That's correct!!

[@j.kevvideoproductions.6463]

I still get chills when I hear " With the lights out". Such a powerful song. I was a teenager in the 70's and had given up on Rock music by the mid 80's (hair-metal was not my thing). This woke me right up. I love how the solo is just the melody of the song. Went out and got the album as soon as I found out who it was. I was in my early/mid 30's. My wife couldn't stand them! The marriage didn't last, but my love for Nirvana has...

[@clairash2004]

I was 13 when this song came out and the Grunge era hit, I love that I got to experience that era in my teens. I still love the music.

[@thissailorja]

I was 18 & it changed my life. Hair rock died & this spoke. It was more real then parties & girls.

[@matthewcall3961]

One of the most iconic and impactful songs in history. Changed music overnight forever.🤘🏼

[@matthewcall3961]

@-Steve - Roll your eyes all you want, still true.

[@nitro_001newman2]

Well, it started grunge into the mainstream, and put the final nail on glam rock.

[@robstyles8535]

@-Steve - he’s right, after all this song did rejuvenate Weird Al’s career lol.

[@Hexon66]

@@nitro_001newman2 I think you've got your genres confused, glam with hair. But in any case, how long did grunge last anyway?

[@nitro_001newman2]

@@Hexon66 It was never called hair rock or hair bands at the time. That was a name given around a decade later. I know, because I’m from that time. That’s why I purposely avoided calling it that. If you want to know how it was to live in that time, I give you more details. I was there at the Sunset Strip and in the San Fernando Valley. I lived it!

[@epicmage82]

One thing I loved about Kurt was his use of sarcasm. 90s was definitely the decade of sarcasm lol.

[@kJ922-h3j]

America has barely had a minute of sarcasm lol

[@Hexon66]

@@kJ922-h3j Or maybe the penny hasn't dropped for you yet.

[@kJ922-h3j]

@@Hexon66 lol trust me, the stereotype that Americans don’t get dry humour and dry sarcasm doesn’t come from nowhere. Obviously you guys think you are really dry and sarcastic, for some reason

[@epicmage82]

@@kJ922-h3j We like British dry humor too. Kind of a snobby fuck huh?

[@Galworld761]

I am GenX sarcastic nihilism.

[@nathankrush3289]

This song changed the music industry and popular culture.

[@kristinewhitfield4110]

Kurt often mocked the industry. He proved his point with this song.

[@davebcf1231]

This song isn't really about the industry. "Often asked to explain the meaning of the song that made him a household name, Cobain generally acknowledged that it was meant to be a call to arms. "It has revolutionary themes, but I don't really mean it in a militant [light]," he said in a fall 1991 interview. "The generation's apathy is getting out of hand. [I'm] pleading to the kids, 'Wake up!'"

[@kristinewhitfield4110]

@@davebcf1231 Yeah I read that. I seen an article say something like Waynes World " Mocking slackers while taking their money. " I took it as mocking the industry be he always did like when he wore the dress over his clothes to the award show and bc I read this To his eternal credit, Cobain saw the influence his music was having on mainstream culture and tried to stem the spread. He began refusing to play "Smells Like Teen Spirit" live, or "purposefully performing it sloppily, just to mess with the audiences he cynically saw as flocking to Nirvana shows just to hear that song while it was flavour of the month," Al Horner wrote for NME

[@unknownx7252]

@@kristinewhitfield4110 well, he created a masterpiece with that one, as a hip hop head it caught my ears and I can understand his desire to take it back after he saw the affect that it had on his audience but hey, too late, the genie is out of the bottle.

[@Chris_T_S]

I always perceived the line "With the lights out, its less dangerous" - as being about anonymity, the self-permission to act without fear of repercussion

[@fazzfoodjoint5380]

I actually seen the first time they played this on MTV on accident late one night after coming home from the club next day I was telling everyone you got to hear this band Nirvana

[@themusicbehindthegirl2335]

The phrase "smells like teen spirit" had been scrawled on the wall of his apartment by Katherine Hanna, the lead singer of the band Bikini Kill. Hanna wrote this as a joke because her bandmate Tobi Vail, who happened to be Cobain's girlfriend at the time, was a fan of the Teen Spirit deodorant.

[@arashi75m]

Yeah she wrote "Kurt smells like teen spirit"

[@chuck2486]

True

[@laineholly3874]

It's Kathleen Hanna not Katherine

[@laciadams6882]

Exactly! I would also add, in regards to symbolism, on the cheerleaders shirts you'll see the symbol for anarchy; which, sums up teen spirits, the 90s and the Grunge Movement...

[@VictorFlores-yv6zc]

This song came out in 1992 and it changed my generation. Generation X got their voice heard and it gave us hope.

[@edwardcrews2952]

David Grohl. Drummer in Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, and lead in Foo Fighters. Amazing talent.

[@theNOVEMBERman1116]

I've always liked this song since the first time i heard it. The former drummer for nirvana went on to form and be the front man for the foo fighters check them outif you haven't and jay z quoted some of the lyrics from smells like teen spirit in one of his songs. he said that when he heard it he knew it was big and would change the course of music for awhile and that it stopped the rise of hip hop for awhile. R.I.P kurt cobain🙏

[@thissailorja]

The song that killed "Hair Rock" of the 80s & I couldn't have been ducking happier about it.

[@TheDivayenta]

It feels like this song is about young angst and pain. Teens feeling awkward and misunderstood- like untouchables. It’s how I felt in my family.

[@jzekas21]

More Nirvana!! My fav band when I was in high school

[@blackphoenix107]

I miss the 90's,Good Times and Great Music!!

[@deenormus1975]

Hypnotic is the perfect word to describe Kurt Cobain & Nirvana. I was in HS when this came out & we were all OBSESSED. Lotta flannel, clogs, those yellowy workboots (Timbs), cut-offs or ripped grungy/just slept in them looking jeans. And Kurt’s hypnotic voice over all of it. RIP

[@artsilva]

Look how young Dave Groll looks in these photos. They were just kids, amazing!

[@rubbersole79]

I was 30 when this album came out. Very powerful. I think it shot me right back into puberty.

[@rogerharris825]

They changed rock. Their sound was so groundbreaking.

[@ewrekzz7360]

It was the ultimate feel reckless, feel sexy/feel ugly, feel invincible, feel invisible, opposite - opposite - opposite confusion of teenager-hood.

[@cndart]

Gotta love the energy and lyrics of this song. RIP KC

[@wvhollargirl7549]

This song is absolutely forever! I'm 22 and a mother! Raised my boys on this! Poetry and angst!!

[@joesmith8725]

Was in HS when this came out! Man ...feel old. lol Rap, grunge, punk, alt rock was blowing up in the early '90s. Kinda killed off the corny '80s hair bands. Most of us (GenX) were coming of age.

[@GnashBistro]

The Nevermind album is a classic. Drain You is a great cut too

[@gregcowen930]

They were incredible live, especially when playing this live!! Kurt’s whole body went rigid with tension/power........he put his all into the music

[@ryandunne4736]

Nirvana come as you are and heart shaped box

[@xXaoZz]

Please react to Nirvana live...its a whole new experience. One of the greatest live proformers of all time

[@heidithatswho.2481]

"Oh well,whatever, never mind* NEVERMIND is the name of the album.

[@redsologlass8768]

Howdy Heidi ! My other favorite human on the planet , right there with Nova. Have a great day . 🇺🇸🤘😎👍🇺🇸

[@ThatOraLady]

I always felt like that quote perfectly summed up Gen X.

[@heidithatswho.2481]

@@redsologlass8768 🥰🤘🔥

[@enterthebruce91]

@@heidithatswho.2481 R.I.P Kurt Cobain 🙏🏽. My favourite lyrics are: "A Mulatto, an Albino, a mosquito, my libido; yay!" When you are Biracial and you ask your mum what a Mulatto is (an old fashioned term to describe Biracial people) means I can relate to this song on a more personal level. This song will live forever, no doubt! 🔥

[@SIXX2772]

OH HELL YES....He kicked the door open for grunge and brought Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and SoundGarden with him......this is the ones who CHANGED IT ALL into the grunge scene...I remember it like yesterday....this song and NIRVANA took over ...overnight!!!! He spoke for generation X better than anyone did.

[@bayareathrasher666]

Nirvana hated the term “grunge” they considered themselves a garage punk band.

[@SIXX2772]

@@bayareathrasher666 Yeah I know

[@GangGreen80]

Soundgarden was around before nirvana buddy but yeah i get your point

[@SIXX2772]

@@GangGreen80 Yeah my point is accurate ......Nirvana broke the lime light the rest followed, it took nirvana to open the door, nobody else could.

[@GangGreen80]

@@SIXX2772 even though at the time ten sold way more than Nevermind lol

[@jbsskid]

My husband was in a metal band at the time, just got done laying tracks, soon as they heard nirvana, metal was dead , grunge just took over .

[@tammyhastings5761]

Rest in peace Kurt, never forgotten

[@blackheartrevolution9964]

Billy Corgan from the smashing pumpkins said it best. Kurt Cobain was an assassin with his music. He wrote songs that are timeless. They spoke to a generation and beyond.

[@santoviola9361]

Nirvana changed my life!🤘

[@roundglobesetter]

Listening to this song always brings a smile on my face ……. Tks Nirvana

[@anthonymanuge6237]

Lots of songs on the Nevermind album you need to check out, Drain you, In Bloom, Lithium, Polly, On a Plain, Something in the Way, there really isn't a bad song on the album!

[@jaemyrick5277]

The Smell of Teen Spirit spoke to every teenager in the 90’s! Thank you Kurt for creating an awesome free spirited song. R.I.P Kurt Cobain. Freakin genius!!

[@angelabordack]

I like the fact that you guys don’t stick to one genre of music. You are equal opportunity listeners. I appreciate and love that about you ❤️

[@blainegurrie7525]

Dave G on the drums is awesome.

[@robertasirgutz8800]

It's an ironic title. Dark band. Cobain died at age 27. Beginning of Grunge rock. Seattle

[@nathanwolfshohl8377]

understanding the lyrics is more entertaining and yall are awesome

[@jeremyraymer]

Now you've got to do Weird Al's parody of this .... c'mon, make it happen!

[@michaelernst3731]

Yes Al's vid has ALL the people from Nirvana's OG vid in it.

[@elisaabolafia9542]

Yes❗ That is hilarious by Al. When he starts gurgling on water I was screaming laughing. Funny stuff.

[@robertkaplan1007]

Something in the way is a great song its about Heroin, very haunting song!

[@tonyh6640]

The drummer is Dave Grohl and he's the lead singer of Foo Fighters who were just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...check out their songs Everlong and The Pretender

[@KH-mx9vw]

The drummer for nirvana is dave grohl and he is and has been the lead singer for the band foo fighters, who are also a great band!

[@gillescoin6701]

The best tribute to the Pixies ever written. ;)

[@vuvuzelaasesina7690]

Please do Drain You. "Cobain cited "Drain You" as one of his favorite compositions, telling David Fricke in a 1993 Rolling Stone interview that he thought it was as good, if not better, than the band's biggest hit, "Smells Like Teen Spirit. I love the lyrics, and I never get tired of playing it," he said. "Maybe if it was as big as 'Teen Spirit', I wouldn’t like it as much." I suggest the Nevermind version first. Then watch it live at the mtv studio (kurt has red hair), and then in Paradiso, Amsterdam (the drummer breaks his stick during the song and swaps it mid song)

[@chago4202000]

This came out my freshman year... the 90's were so much fun!

[@greenwidow]

I'll say it, there's a reason there's a saying young and stupid. We all were young and stupid once. Just meaning that teens haven't had alot of life experience yet, not that they're not intelligent. And that is some of the most tumultuous, emotional, fun, expressive times of our lives, especially w music. Another great song!

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

Nirvana-Nevermind and Vanilla Ice-To The Extreme were the first CDs I bought myself in 1st grade in the early 90’s

[@jamesjohnston1935]

I was in foster care as a teenager, so there are tooooo many "Bad Kid" stories. lol

[@williamkleinline4182]

Kurt's nickname was mosquito, and the albino, etc. are friends in a group from childhood.

[@jasonq111]

Kurt Cobain was an amazing songwriter. That bass line is killer too. I think BJ loves the power in this song and I think he loves the guitar solos. Maybe he should pick up a guitar??

[@RoverWaters]

This song was always number one in MTV top 100 all time every year thru the 90's

[@jamespage6628]

Greatest song ever,

[@darkmatter6714]

At 15 we used to live in an apartment. When my parents went to bed, I used to jump out the balcony, go to the club until it closed at 3 am, then climb back up and into my room, back to bed and be up for breakfast with the family like nothing happened.

[@jasnycal]

You guys are great, watching and listening to all types and forms of music, FOR music. God bless you both.

[@theimpeccable1069]

Underrated bar.. "I'm worst at what I do best..And for this gift, I feel blessed" 🔥🔥 I do so many other things but thank you!! 💯

[@davewhitehead5116]

This song is rated like in the top ten rock songs of all time in many polls.

[@kellyhouse4263]

This came out when I was in high school & we definitely turned the lights out and let loose 🤟🤣

[@AmyC-j4p]

Nirvana paved the way for grunge music❤ Miss Kurt❤😢

[@the.shotgun.approach]

this song will forever give me goosebumps

[@happymethehappyone8300]

INCREDIBLY POWERFUL SONGS & MESSAGES,, P.O.D. "YOUTH OF THE NATION" & EVERLAST "WHAT IT'S LIKE" (BOTH OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEOS)

[@igormeltser4446]

Foo Fighters, Dave Grolls( who was a drummer for Nirvana) continued tradition, check them out.

[@elisaabolafia9542]

It gets Better the louder you play it. 🎵🎵🎵 Great song. Epic.

[@davidcohen4536]

You need to see the video. We never had cheer leaders like that at my high school.

[@jannaromine5908]

Hypnotic is correct..love these kids!

[@DeElSendero]

Another great reaction video to an all time great tune and video. BJ really got it!! Loved Asia's interpretation too. Excellent job with this tune!!

[@stephenbrown199]

This song ended what was hair metal ushered in grunge even though Neil young is the god father of grunge

[@ryandunne4736]

Pearl jam Jeremy , last kiss , better man, nothing man , yellow ledbetter

[@ginganinja9374]

You need to react to Nirana Unplugged " Where did u sleep last night"

[@josephkitchen9158]

Now do "Smells like Nirvana", Weird Al! HILARIOUS!

[@emiliannadejde5465]

Nirvana, "You know you right" "Heart shaped box"

[@eddyyoung7101]

RIP Kurt, and thank you sir

[@jono8884]

You need to do the Wierd Al Yankovich spoof version of this song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJzPhnSlj5t-rrs

[@toomanykats1]

it explains the true meaning of this song

[@timbush7630]

Hi you two, Kurt loved the Musical way of Soft - Loud - Soft style and the song, most likely, came from a wall where a girl wrote "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit", you should do the video in a school gym, and RIP Kurt

[@patches6309]

You guys are great because you actually read & listen to the advice in the comments! Just hit the sub button mainly because of that & hope you continue to do lyric versions as they really do help you catch what most miss the first few times they hear a great song like this!

[@richardrichards9180]

One thing that all timeless classic songs often seem to have in common is that they sound like a one-off,like nothing else.

[@anthonyfisher1670]

The Warning did a cover of this song , the audio wasn't great but it was a really great performance , well worth a watch .

[@ZacJenkins-fg3ex]

Grung Rock for me was all about a rebel state of mind FTW Thrashing moshpitts uprising of defiance and fighting the demons within from a life of being broken and broke. Glad yall did this again with the lyrics to get that understanding. Great react!!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@lellyt2372]

Being a teen, going to nightclubs and this comes on 🤘 my youth was F-ing FANTASTIC! My husband (who I didn't know at the time) and a best friend had tickets for their show in Dublin Ireland the year he died. My hubby still has the ticket 😔😢

[@sonnybarry]

The last verse is a heroin reference. I forget just why I taste, oh yeah I guess it makes me smile. Taste is slang for use.

[@SIXX2772]

Pleeez do Lithium...lyric version of teen spirit was a great call.....guys when this song broke.....was nothing good but GnR and Metallica...the rest was 80s hair bands....this song alone put em all out of work except for the two I just mentioned ...FACTS, and you can see how it and their style just came from left field out of nowhere compared to what was hot at the time

[@benshafer65]

Put em all out of work. Tru dat

[@danielprudhoe647]

Minus Bon Jovi......they somehow managed to stick it out and were still releasing fairly mainstream music throughout the 90s and 00s. The rest though....even Motley Crue completely fell off the radar for the most part.

[@SIXX2772]

@@danielprudhoe647 Yeah there are a few more bands it did touch and your right Bon Jovi is one of them too

[@danielprudhoe647]

@@SIXX2772 Yeah only the huge rock bands like Queen, GNR, Metallica and U2 survived the whole Grunge/Alternative breakthrough really, along with legacy bands like the Stones and the Who etc. All the other big artists of the 80s faded away and just relied on their previous popularity to sustain them through gigs etc.

[@seacrezt]

This music makes me so pumped in the gym man love it

[@JoeSmith-ey2xp]

The song that instantly killed the hair bands.

[@Pilutta100]

I'm not saying teenagers are stupid, absolutely not, but these lyrics could easily just be random thoughts from one of those 🤣 And I think that is exactly what Kurt went for.

[@tbd407]

the hell hello hello bridge makes it, so suspenseful

[@nathankrush3289]

Axl Rose asked Nirvana to play at his 30th birthday party and to tour with Guns and Roses.

[@827dusty]

This is the genre called "Grunge". It started in the Seattle music scene in the early 90s. Kurt Cobain committed suicide in his Seattle mansion. Some say he was murdered. The story and facts are very murky indeed.

[@mztweety1374]

Everytime I see Kurt I just want to go back in time and give him a hug and feed him some mac and cheese but that would have messed with the stomach🤷🏾‍♀💊

[@ArtimusClyde]

I don't think the song is about anything, Kurt often just picked lyrics that just fit with the melody line

[@Qliphirot]

I highly doubt it

[@peterreist2882]

Just because some lyrics do not make sense to you does not mean they aren’t meaningful to the song writer @artimus

[@ArtimusClyde]

@@peterreist2882 I never said they weren't meaningful, I just said I don't think the song was deliberately written with a topic in mind.

[@Volunteerfan8082]

Exactly, Grunge BS that didn't have any meaning

[@Volunteerfan8082]

@@peterreist2882 Grunge blows

[@happymethehappyone8300]

NIRVANA "COME AS YOU ARE"

[@harry19690]

They said he was one of the greatest song writers of the 20th century.

[@jeromefriend2409]

2 songs from nirvana lake of fire, man who sold the world

[@Beastking1107]

this song is gooood in a whole but the lyrics man lyrics are masterpiece

[@rickd7373]

Kurt hated performing this song live because he says he basically ripped off The Pixies "Gouge Away". Perhaps a Pixies reaction is due.

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

Nirvana probably listened to "American Prayer," words by Morrison.

[@mztweety1374]

Just found out Dave Grohl got the opening drumbeat from The Gap Band🤯