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The Story of Smells Like Teen Spirit

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Polyphonic

Polyphonic

Күн бұрын

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@heartbak77
@heartbak77 4 ай бұрын
Vsauce was the voice behind this channel all this time! 😮
@samanjj
@samanjj 4 ай бұрын
Hah hah 😅 nah but you’re not the first to see the resemblance
@bitoffabyte
@bitoffabyte 4 ай бұрын
You know what…. Nevermind
@cassandralyris4918
@cassandralyris4918 4 ай бұрын
pfft...it's like, y'know, whatever...
@zeljkokuvara6145
@zeljkokuvara6145 4 ай бұрын
Oh well…
@cactaceous
@cactaceous 4 ай бұрын
Ooh well, whatever, nevermind
@zugnam
@zugnam 4 ай бұрын
@@cactaceoushello! Hello, hello?
@CharlieyT95
@CharlieyT95 4 ай бұрын
I couldn’t think of a pun, as you are
@krisfrederick5001
@krisfrederick5001 4 ай бұрын
"That was great because it got rid of all those guys with the hairspray and leotards. And then Kurt came in like a Phoenix. He cut them down like wheat before the sickle. You know? You are DONE" -Tom Petty
@leemanley5415
@leemanley5415 4 ай бұрын
dave grohl has admitted most of his drumming on nevermind is disco inspired from the gap band , cameo and tony thompson
@CplArvinBethe
@CplArvinBethe 4 ай бұрын
I would love an audiobook of this, your tone when you read is perfect. Thank you for this!
@happyron
@happyron 4 ай бұрын
Man, you have a fun "in-person" presence. Congrats on your new book, I can't wait.
@GABRIEL_CRAFT
@GABRIEL_CRAFT 4 ай бұрын
Speaking to Rolling Stone in early 1994, the Nirvana frontman said, "I know we're gonna put out one more record, at least, and I have a pretty good idea what it's going to sound like: pretty ethereal, acoustic, like Automatic for the People. If I could write just a couple of songs as good as what they've written... I don't know how that band does what they do. God, they're the greatest. They've dealt with their success like saints, and they keep delivering great music." David Fricke for Rolling Stone 1994
@bjornodin
@bjornodin 4 ай бұрын
Enter; The Foo Fighters! Including Dave Grohl!
@natemundt4752
@natemundt4752 4 ай бұрын
Being a big fan of REM, with Automatic for the People as one of my favorite albums of all time, I think it would’ve been just as good
@justin___
@justin___ 4 ай бұрын
Get on that, [AI du jour]!
@alanmonahan1704
@alanmonahan1704 4 ай бұрын
best of luck with the book man! you've given us plenty of great work over the years so i hope you reap the rewards from the book!
@acapedit
@acapedit 4 ай бұрын
If you were a teen when this dropped, your life was altered. Music has the power to capture the zeitgeist and inspire the voice of generations. We may not have that now in the algorhythm based cultural fragmentation, but there is a silver lining. Your book will help young people understand the importance of pop music, and WHY that matters.
@TheOneandOnlyD-R-E
@TheOneandOnlyD-R-E 4 ай бұрын
Nevermind was the first CD I ever bought. I still remember going to the record store in the mall to buy it with my stepdad and running home to blare it on my stereo.
@valarya
@valarya 4 ай бұрын
TEEN SPIRIT was a pretty popular Deodorant in the 80s/90s, which always made this title awesomely hilarious to me. I remember the first time I saw this on MTV in the early 90s I thought he was going to sing about the deodorant 😅💜💜💜
@onbearfeet
@onbearfeet 4 ай бұрын
According to legend, Teen Spirit was Courtney Love's deodorant brand, and someone scribbled "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit" on a studio wall as a dig at him. Kurt liked the phrase and the rest is history.
@OneiLean
@OneiLean 4 ай бұрын
@@onbearfeetnot quite. It was Tobi Vail’s deodorant. She was in a band called bikini kill and dating Kurt whilst he wrote the majority of the songs on Nevermind. Tobi’s band mate Kathleen Hanna drunkenly wrote Kurt smells like teen spirit on his wall as a kinda of teasing remark, like Tobi had ‘marked’ him with her smell.
@mcride_80808
@mcride_80808 3 ай бұрын
@@OneiLeanwhoever’s deodorant it was, unless they were applying it every hour they probably smelled awful, coming from someone who used it in middle school it always wore off oddly quick
@thirdhandlv4231
@thirdhandlv4231 3 ай бұрын
I find it even cooler when cool song names have a silly backstory.
@Bartholomule01
@Bartholomule01 4 ай бұрын
Was born in '91. I think my favorite record from that year is Low End Theory. But fhis song is definitely the most important.
@peanutismint
@peanutismint 4 ай бұрын
I recently got a job in Seattle and every day I drive past the venue where they played smells like teen spirit for the first time. Crazy to imagine.
@LanceEads
@LanceEads 3 ай бұрын
I was there!
@chris47293
@chris47293 4 ай бұрын
this is maybe the most hyped i’ve ever gotten for a book drop
@VincentVuna
@VincentVuna 4 ай бұрын
one of the YT channels i resonate with the most. ive been around for a while, got into it with that UK youtubers boom in like 2013 or something. but music has always been where my heart is and your perspective of music has been beautiful to witness. Stoked for you with the book, i wish more success for you in the future ♥
@CasualSpud
@CasualSpud 4 ай бұрын
It all sounds overblown.. but I was 19 when this album came out.. holy shit it hit us
@GetSmartish
@GetSmartish 4 ай бұрын
For anyone in high school when that song hit the airwaves, there was no mistaking that it changed everything in pop music. I was more or less a rocker and in a sea of bland hair bands, the only thing remotely different I had heard up to that point was GnR. Teen Spirit literally stopped me in my tracks while I listened to the whole thing.
@lukealonso4177
@lukealonso4177 3 ай бұрын
I was a punk in the late 70s / early 80s and felt absolutely crushed that the rebellion against the rise of Big Rock spiraled up into hair metal and stadium anthems. When grunge came along, and finally dismantled that egotistical garbage I was grateful to those kids.
@valarya
@valarya 3 ай бұрын
I used to watch the VH1 top 100 countdown every summer and Thriller was always #1 - for like a decade. And that year, #2 came on and it was Thriller and I KNEW what was about to happen, so I hit record on the VCR to catch Smells Like Teen Spirit being #1. I still have that tape. 💜
@GetSmartish
@GetSmartish 3 ай бұрын
@@valarya ​ With the VeeJay intro and everything? That's rad!
@Dragoodranite
@Dragoodranite 4 ай бұрын
"HEY! POLYPHONIC! Noah here. Kurt Cobain smelled like Teen Spirit. Or did he..? And WHAT.. is Teen Spirit..?" (The joke slapped me in the face, I'm sorry)
@barbecueCAT_
@barbecueCAT_ 3 ай бұрын
Received the book yesterday and slowly compiling a playlist of all your choices. So glad you put the work into this book. Very happy to dive into it each evening.
@tmcb_
@tmcb_ 4 ай бұрын
There are very few songs that make me remember exactly where I was when I first heard them...this is one of them. "Like a Rolling Stone" is another. PS - Like the new format..kudos for breaking new ground.
@cavecreaturenorth4840
@cavecreaturenorth4840 4 ай бұрын
I think one of the aspects of Nirvana (and other PNW acts like Mother Mother) that isn't really talked about is the way that the vibe and the folk spirituality of Pacific Northwest winds it's way through their sound.
@gregoryandrus5322
@gregoryandrus5322 4 ай бұрын
Do you mean "Mother Love Bone"?
@cavecreaturenorth4840
@cavecreaturenorth4840 4 ай бұрын
@@gregoryandrus5322 I meant Mother Mother but both probably have what I'm talking about in their music. With Mother Mother, it's noticable in songs like Bit by Bit, Hayloft or O My Heart.
@UrbanGarden-rf5op
@UrbanGarden-rf5op 4 ай бұрын
Yeah, Nirvana was a breath of fresh air for me. Waiting "patiently"for delivery of the book. Thanks for giving me a small hit. Loved the bloopers at the end. I, of course, watched the video on Nebula. ✌✌
@epichalocat2887
@epichalocat2887 4 ай бұрын
Stoked to read your book, homie. Been a fan since 2016
@johnba291972
@johnba291972 2 ай бұрын
That throat clear at the beginning was the funniest thing I seen all week
@bredan8084
@bredan8084 4 ай бұрын
Would you consider doing a full voice over for an audio book on audible? I have a really hard time sitting down to read and having books there for car trips and me hanging out i can play whenever, in between songs, would be so lovely. I love your content man.
@Polyphonic
@Polyphonic 4 ай бұрын
I would love to do an audiobook, as I'm a big audiobook fan myself, but decision is in the hands of my publisher. I think it depends how the book does upon release.
@Markrspooner
@Markrspooner 4 ай бұрын
@@PolyphonicI notice on that there is am audiobook version on both Amazon and Blackwells. They should have definitely got you to do the voice over
@Polyphonic
@Polyphonic 4 ай бұрын
Oh interesting, I had no idea haha
@UltraComfortable
@UltraComfortable 4 ай бұрын
@@Polyphonicwould you consider doing it as a Spotify podcast style, if audiobook isn’t an option? Kind of like Bandsplain. Probably isn’t a moneymaker but it’s very engaging!
@dougsanteramo3008
@dougsanteramo3008 4 ай бұрын
Excited for your book, pre ordered it immediately. Loved your work for a long time and can’t wait to listen to the audiobook! 🎉🎉🎉
@Grimlor
@Grimlor 4 ай бұрын
Oooh a book version of one of my favourite channels! Take my money
@PaulinaAngel
@PaulinaAngel 4 ай бұрын
It was Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill that coined the term, Smells Like Teen Spirit. She and Kurt were close friends and Kurt would fuck up anyone that tried to hurt Kathleen and her friends. So one day, Kathleen spray painted on a wall “Kurt smells like teen spirit “ and he loved it and laughed, knowing one day he’ll want to utilize it as a song title.
@chevand8
@chevand8 4 ай бұрын
Little did he realize, at the time, that the "Teen Spirit" to which her message referred was a brand of under-arm deodorant for adolescent girls.
@robertocousyn
@robertocousyn 4 ай бұрын
Thank you Daddyphonic
@abishorynbassarov1274
@abishorynbassarov1274 4 ай бұрын
never clicked faster in my life
@daelen.cclark
@daelen.cclark 4 ай бұрын
And as far as I can tell: Cobain really loved Weird Al’s parody.
@chloemchll3774
@chloemchll3774 4 ай бұрын
My favorite story to this end was when Al spoke to Cobain to get his permission to do the parody goes thusly: At first, Kurt is enthused about the idea, but then he asked in a panic “wait- it’s not gonna be about food, is it?” Al responds “no, it’s about how no one can understand what the lyrics are.” Pause, then Kurt “I guess that could be funny.”
@IOSALive
@IOSALive 4 ай бұрын
Polyphonic, i love this video
@mikemcintosh9933
@mikemcintosh9933 4 ай бұрын
So well written. May just plunk down the ol pre-order :)
@tatemcilwain1775
@tatemcilwain1775 4 ай бұрын
You included Prince doing When Doves Cry for 1984 so that means it’s good. This is my logic.
@liamaldrich2476
@liamaldrich2476 4 ай бұрын
The list of songs is absolutely fantastic. I'm really interested to hear you talk about some of the old folk/country songs from Guthrie and Hank Sr. especially.
@TheStarBlack
@TheStarBlack 4 ай бұрын
I always had an image of you in my head listening to your videos bit I never imagined you look so much like me! Good to see you fellow bald beardy bloke!
@adrimcauliffe4539
@adrimcauliffe4539 2 ай бұрын
Loved this video! As a Nirvana nerd from Seattle, they actually came from an even smaller town Nextdoor to Aberdeen called Hoquiam.
@patrickhurley7029
@patrickhurley7029 4 ай бұрын
So I love this channel an recently got heavy into Kurt Cobain - so safe to say you just made my day. Kurt was incredible- such amazing intuition as well
@markearnestfromreno613
@markearnestfromreno613 4 ай бұрын
Very cool, and nice to see your other picks. Bonus points for ‘69 and ‘80.
@jonmartinson6830
@jonmartinson6830 2 ай бұрын
I think Nevermind was one of those albums that hit at exactly the right time in the history of Pop culture. Not to mention song and album are shockingly modern. It very much sounds like something that came out in the last 5 years, not in the early 90s!
@readymade83
@readymade83 4 ай бұрын
Pre-ordered after the last chapter you shared, this looks great.
@mateusbez2669
@mateusbez2669 4 ай бұрын
First of all - really like the idea of the book, seems great. I'm trying to buy it, but it is a 40 USD shipping charge here to Brazil and I don't like kindle. Will see how I can do it. The second part is you may have inadvertently found a perfect "KZbin series" With this book. Works perfectly here, with potential to go viral.
@blachubear
@blachubear 2 ай бұрын
Great video. Nirvana's "Teen Spirit" did kicked the door down for the alternative music but I have to say the song/video "Stop" by Jane's Addiction did that a year before and Perry Ferrell creating the Lollapalooza months before "Nevermind" was released. I think you did a video of the year 1991 when music was heading to the next level in this new decade.
@alfiec777
@alfiec777 4 ай бұрын
I didn't know you had a face hahaha i love you work glad you put it all together for us in a book keep it up (pre-ordered 😁)
@Aleblanco1987
@Aleblanco1987 4 ай бұрын
Face reveal! You totally had to start the video saying "Hello, Noah here" with vsauce music
@PrettyboyAshtun
@PrettyboyAshtun 4 ай бұрын
i love playing the teen spirit solo
@Foxx_33
@Foxx_33 4 ай бұрын
Good video and books sounds great, think Imma order. Happy weekend Noah!
@zjb_art
@zjb_art 4 ай бұрын
Pre ordered!
@FantasticExplorers
@FantasticExplorers 4 ай бұрын
WE LOVE YOU POLY!!!!
@cassandralyris4918
@cassandralyris4918 4 ай бұрын
Awe shit, Polyphonic has finally gotten to grunge! Hell yeah.🤘 😎👍
@adrianapignolo
@adrianapignolo 2 ай бұрын
Ok, I'm sold: I'll buy your book. I'll use it to practice my English.
@AaronLaZox
@AaronLaZox 4 ай бұрын
WALKING IN THE SNOW FOR 2020 🤜👈
@VioletDeVille
@VioletDeVille 4 ай бұрын
I can’t wait for the book to arrive. 💜💜💜
@giventofly76
@giventofly76 4 ай бұрын
What do these albums have in common? Nirvana’s “Nevermind,” The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik,” The Pixies “Trompe Le Monde” and A Tribe Called Quest’s “The Low End Theory.”
@sonammaki
@sonammaki 4 ай бұрын
all released on the same day
@jennifersun2638
@jennifersun2638 4 ай бұрын
Beautifully written
@Raaaaaaaaaaandy
@Raaaaaaaaaaandy 4 ай бұрын
0:10 Noah briefly covers Paul Gabriel's "Big Time"
@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568
@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568 4 ай бұрын
Peter?
@bmac4
@bmac4 4 ай бұрын
lmao
@MarcTamlyn
@MarcTamlyn 4 ай бұрын
I hope at the end of the year Polyphonic will now name the 102nd song for 2024. I reckon it'll be brat.
@richardf.3722
@richardf.3722 4 ай бұрын
cool book idea. however, i am not interested in books whatsoever, but i would love to listen to an audiobook version of it, preferrably with some song snippets thrown into the mix. maybe you could work on it someday
@michellemabelle100
@michellemabelle100 4 ай бұрын
Preordered! Looks great!
@treadhead1945
@treadhead1945 4 ай бұрын
I pre ordered months ago, and cannot wait
@pugilat123456
@pugilat123456 4 ай бұрын
Dude you do an amazing job ! cheers !
@lonestranger
@lonestranger 4 ай бұрын
It's an older meme sir, but it checks out.
@franciscoortega7938
@franciscoortega7938 4 ай бұрын
ok. book has been pre-ordered. congratulations! i really enjoy your video essays. hope i get to meet you at some event to get it signed. cheers!
@coldloner7453
@coldloner7453 4 ай бұрын
No joke was just listening to Smells like teen spirit and then this pop up as I open KZbin.
@bmac4
@bmac4 4 ай бұрын
Looking at the song choices, you got some interesting ones here.
@elihyland4781
@elihyland4781 4 ай бұрын
gonna get this book and enjoy it thoruoughly... i think i already do
@Nayson
@Nayson 4 ай бұрын
Not even the best selling song recorded in 1991 by a Seattle based artist. (‘Baby got Back’ was! 😅)
@gregoryandrus5322
@gregoryandrus5322 4 ай бұрын
Pre-ordered right away! It looks amazing! Any chance you can sign the pre-order copies?
@andreawallenberger2668
@andreawallenberger2668 4 ай бұрын
*"with the slower doomier aspects of the PacNW" lol Seriously best Story Time ever thanks Polyphonic
@ZezacleB
@ZezacleB 4 ай бұрын
I've been listening to Nirvana covers basically all day and I thought this was a recommendation, not the latest thing in my Sub Feed.
@Carpediemdeluxe
@Carpediemdeluxe 4 ай бұрын
Can you do a video about Prince?
@samanjj
@samanjj 4 ай бұрын
I love this format - reading bits of your book with visual aids - could you release your book as a video book? I would buy that
@Cherries_n_Stitches
@Cherries_n_Stitches 4 ай бұрын
Would have loved to buy the Audiobook… but sadly is not available for my country. 😢
@tylerhackner9731
@tylerhackner9731 4 ай бұрын
Iconic song
@Michael-eo8ro
@Michael-eo8ro 4 ай бұрын
preordered on Audible and Amazon both!
@martinwesterstrand
@martinwesterstrand 4 ай бұрын
Beautiful reading from your book!
@Obsessive_cartoon_drawer
@Obsessive_cartoon_drawer 4 ай бұрын
I love this
@thescoobymike
@thescoobymike 4 ай бұрын
Hey Vsauce, Michael here
@Murrlin27
@Murrlin27 4 ай бұрын
:A garage band, from Seattle! Well it sure beats, raising cattle!"
@robintownrobintown
@robintownrobintown 4 ай бұрын
wow crazy timing, nirvana just clicked two nights ago
@haskeymorrison
@haskeymorrison 27 күн бұрын
The book is great.
@BardovBacchus
@BardovBacchus 4 ай бұрын
♫ With the lights out ♪ It's less dangerous ♫ Here we are now ♪ Entertain us ♫
@drewdavis2392
@drewdavis2392 4 ай бұрын
Limes Guy meme: 2009. Just think how many big songs from 2009 aren't remembered, much less referenced (ironically or otherwise) today.
@ministerofdarkness
@ministerofdarkness 4 ай бұрын
You know You're Right.
@anupam121
@anupam121 4 ай бұрын
Hey Noah, lovely video. Is there any way to preorder your book in India? Amazon India has the book listed for Kindle only.
@Gen_X_Rosey
@Gen_X_Rosey 4 ай бұрын
I have trouble reading for a video too. I couldn't imagine doing it on camera.
@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245
@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 4 ай бұрын
This AND a coolea Nirvana video? Hecc yes!
@BryanIrvine
@BryanIrvine 4 ай бұрын
Do Jerry Reed!
@johng65000
@johng65000 4 ай бұрын
Please do a breakdown for Jeff Buckley!
@elanejoreserva
@elanejoreserva 4 ай бұрын
Here we are now, entertain us!
@flapjacktexas1774
@flapjacktexas1774 4 ай бұрын
My Bloody Valentine. Only Shallow? For Honorable Mention.
@justin___
@justin___ 4 ай бұрын
I give up on trying to help people out by giving all the book info here for all to copy/paste. It just keeps auto-deleting it without giving me a reason. Find the info for yourself on The Story Graph (or Goodreads, if you must). Also: Shout-out to a fellow lover of the _Why Can't I Hold All These Limes_ meme. I gotchoo.
@ltlbuddha
@ltlbuddha 4 ай бұрын
Which link makes Noah the most money?
@TopsideCrisis346
@TopsideCrisis346 4 ай бұрын
Hey, silly question - would you consider releasing a textbook edition of A Century of Song? I've been interested in creating a college Music History course for a while, and I have a feeling what you have here is worthy of required reading. This idea is still in its infancy, so I'm not sure if it's even something I can accomplish, but suffice to say, your expertise would be a valued asset to this project.
@Merdle
@Merdle Ай бұрын
I love how Kurt's complex feminist themes are only mentioned by men who think critically about their privilege and have secure masculinity.
@RudolfZ
@RudolfZ 4 ай бұрын
Great video, great list, don't see honorable mentions ( gotta wait for the book :) ) so the next comment is maybe out of pocket... wish it had more than just "Beatles" influence from England. Omitting sex pistols for punk, anyone from Manchester scene for post punk or Madchester for the birth of dance music and another lads from Manchester called oasis for their wonderwall rather than waterfalls.. Also, i would argue I can't get no satisfaction had bigger influence than like a rolling stone since Dylan was the one leaning to rock trends and electric guitar. Also #2, putting both pac and biggie year on year? no love for indie genre? instead of biggie there should be neutral milk hotel, in the aeroplane over the sea that had HUGE impact in the years to come. But as Kurt and you said in this video, oh well, whatever, nevermind. 😄 Anyway, creating the playlist on deezer with your list as i type this, will listen to it more later. :)
@hend0wski
@hend0wski 4 ай бұрын
God bless
@Thegrungegeek
@Thegrungegeek 4 ай бұрын
Hey vsauce, Noah here
@SpookyLuvCookie
@SpookyLuvCookie 4 ай бұрын
I would be so very humble to suggest that at some point you need to make video entitled, "We Need To Talk About Radiohead."
@poindextertunes
@poindextertunes 4 ай бұрын
a video I would never watch. ambient noise that is very boring and pretentious
@SpookyLuvCookie
@SpookyLuvCookie 4 ай бұрын
@@poindextertunes oh sorry, of course, what was I thinking? That band is a bag of wank. I must have been smoking too much weed to have an objective opinion about anything.
@johnrockyryan
@johnrockyryan 4 ай бұрын
Listen if you dont like Kurt as a person fine idgaf but dont you fucking dare downplay that mans artistic ability bro was an absolute genius and his influence is still heard and felt all over the World.
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