"bunch of crazy white people... "
Every Billboard Modern Rock Chart #1 through 2005, listed in order of preference.42. Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
November 23-29, 1991
They looked like the scary high school kids smoking across the street from the parking lot as my elementary school bus drove past, folk too awkward for Skid Row to represent. This tether to reality made the song and video seem like a far scarier breed of metal than that created by leather-clad showmen, who were already evolving into acoustic cowboy-balladeers. Catchy enough to make the network, but unpredictable and uncommon (I was pre-pubescent and hadn't heard You're Living All Over Me, ok?). When Rolling Stone revealed that the band wasn't metal at all, I was happy to accept them as fellow bitter nerds. Even those of you who thought it was glossy Bossanova had to find the moment startling.
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
They looked like the scary high school kids smoking across the street from the parking lot as my elementary school bus drove past, folk too awkward for Skid Row to represent. This tether to reality made the song and video seem like a far scarier breed of metal than that created by leather-clad showmen, who were already evolving into acoustic cowboy-balladeers. Catchy enough to make the network, but unpredictable and uncommon (I was pre-pubescent and hadn't heard You're Living All Over Me, ok?). When Rolling Stone revealed that the band wasn't metal at all, I was happy to accept them as fellow bitter nerds. Even those of you who thought it was glossy Bossanova had to find the moment startling.
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
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