Do "kids" these days still listen to Nirvana

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#1 EELZFREAK
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or are they not popular anymore?
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#2 Elephant_Couple
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What's a nirvana?

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#3 Willo_10
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I cant speak for the younger generations, but a lot of gen Y still listen to nirvana. I think its more a question of whether they are into what is popular now, or if they are willing to listen to some older stuff.
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#4 FatPurry
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I'm pretty sure some people listen to it. It's a good band.

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#5 XilePrincess
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I had a 13 year old kid say in a forum that he listens to nirvana so he can get inspiration to kill himself kurt cobain-style. No other 13-year-olds that I know listen to them.
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#6 Dystopian-X
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What's a nirvana?

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#7 Lonelynight
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I don' listen to that band.
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#8 tim22000
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the smart ones dont

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#9 Nifty_Shark
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Does somebody have album sales of Nevermind or In Utero? That would be more telling.
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When I was in high school a ton of kids listened to Nirvana. I honestly didn't get it. I mean, they were good, but some of these kids worshipped the band. Blew my freakin mind.

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#11 Willo_10
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Does somebody have album sales of Nevermind or In Utero? That would be more telling.Nifty_Shark
Do kids still buy albums? My guess is iTunes sales would be the most telling, but I may be wrong.
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#12 hiphopballer
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i do. im 14. am i still a kid???

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#13 Willo_10
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i do. im 14. am i still a kid???

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Well I suppose 'kids' don't buy albums at all. It's more teenagers. I think people who truly love music will always want a physical copy, but do the majority of teenagers still buy CDs? I'm only 19 and I know that after about 2004 I rarely bought physical copies of albums unless it was an artist was a big fan of.
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#14 hiphopballer
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[QUOTE="hiphopballer"]

i do. im 14. am i still a kid???

Willo_10
Well I suppose 'kids' don't buy albums at all. It's more teenagers. I think people who truly love music will always want a physical copy, but do the majority of teenagers still buy CDs? I'm only 19 and I know that after about 2004 I rarely bought physical copies of albums unless it was an artist was a big fan of.

i still buy if i like all the songs on the album
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#15 Nifty_Shark
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[QUOTE="hiphopballer"]

i do. im 14. am i still a kid???

Willo_10

Well I suppose 'kids' don't buy albums at all. It's more teenagers. I think people who truly love music will always want a physical copy, but do the majority of teenagers still buy CDs? I'm only 19 and I know that after about 2004 I rarely bought physical copies of albums unless it was an artist was a big fan of.

20 years old and I love buying physical copies. Also I have all official Nirvana albums :D

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When I was in high school a ton of kids listened to Nirvana. I honestly didn't get it. I mean, they were good, but some of these kids worshipped the band. Blew my freakin mind.

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Some bands develop a rep and following generations regard them highly. See The Beatles as an example.
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[QUOTE="hiphopballer"]

i do. im 14. am i still a kid???

Willo_10

Well I suppose 'kids' don't buy albums at all. It's more teenagers. I think people who truly love music will always want a physical copy, but do the majority of teenagers still buy CDs? I'm only 19 and I know that after about 2004 I rarely bought physical copies of albums unless it was an artist was a big fan of.

i don't buy physical copies because i can never find the albums i like

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#18 Willo_10
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20 years old and I love buying physical copies. Also I have all official Nirvana albums :DNifty_Shark

I've never picked up or listened to Bleach. Is it worth a look? I'm not a massive fan but I still listen to both Nevermind and In Utero on a regular basis.

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#19 _rock_
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Can't say I do.
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[QUOTE="Nifty_Shark"]20 years old and I love buying physical copies. Also I have all official Nirvana albums :DWillo_10

I've never picked up or listened to Bleach. Is it worth a look? I'm not a massive fan but I still listen to both Nevermind and In Utero on a regular basis.

The drumming is meh. Like you I didn't listen to Bleach until years of listening to post Bleach stuff. At first I was like "the hell is this BS" but then I understood it a few years later. Oh and I was never a fan of Blew. Really hate that song and Nirvana made sure to play it live a lot too (Blew is the opening on Bleach). Last year was the first time I listened to the album as a whole and I do enjoy it but it's certainly not as friendly from the start as Nevermind and In Utero.
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#21 Murj
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I did while in my teens. I stopped around 15 or 16. Now I listen to stuff like:

Pendulum

Prodigy

Simon & Garfunkel

The Primrose League

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#22 EELZFREAK
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I'm more of a caual fan to tell the truth and also I'm 17
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#23 Willo_10
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[QUOTE="Willo_10"]

[QUOTE="Nifty_Shark"]20 years old and I love buying physical copies. Also I have all official Nirvana albums :DNifty_Shark

I've never picked up or listened to Bleach. Is it worth a look? I'm not a massive fan but I still listen to both Nevermind and In Utero on a regular basis.

The drumming is meh. Like you I didn't listen to Bleach until years of listening to post Bleach stuff. At first I was like "the hell is this BS" but then I understood it a few years later. Oh and I was never a fan of Blew. Really hate that song and Nirvana made sure to play it live a lot too (Blew is the opening on Bleach). Last year was the first time I listened to the album as a whole and I do enjoy it but it's certainly not as friendly from the start as Nevermind and In Utero.

The idea of Dave Grohl not drumming already reduces my expectations, but I'll be sure to have a listen. As you said, it'll probably take me a few listens to get into it, but hey, its still Nirvana. I can't really call myself a real fan until I've listened to Bleach.
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When I was in high school a ton of kids listened to Nirvana. I honestly didn't get it. I mean, they were good, but some of these kids worshipped the band. Blew my freakin mind.

jubino

Same here. The same could be said of Green Day where I grew up. I was never into those bands but I guess I can sorta "hear" why they were into them.

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Eh. Here and there, I suppose.
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#26 Darthmatt
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I was sick of Nirvana in 1994.

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Unless the song features Lady Gaga or Lil Wayne, it is not hot.

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#28 juden41
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Yes, they are pleasing to my ear.
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#29 xTheExploited
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I think so. I think Nirvana are one of those bands that don't go out when a new generation comes in. Sort of like The Beatles. I remember when I was 12 , nearly every kid I knew and myself liked them and I was 12 back in 2005. 9 years after they had finished. If kids are going to like a band 9 years after they are done then I don't see why kids won't like them 14 years after they had finished.
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#30 JustusCF
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I'm 18 and I still enjoy them every once in awhile.

Never was an issue of whether or not they were "in" but if I liked the music :P

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[QUOTE="hiphopballer"]

i do. im 14. am i still a kid???

Willo_10
Well I suppose 'kids' don't buy albums at all. It's more teenagers. I think people who truly love music will always want a physical copy, but do the majority of teenagers still buy CDs? I'm only 19 and I know that after about 2004 I rarely bought physical copies of albums unless it was an artist was a big fan of.

What is the point of having a physical copy? Having 500 albums seems pointless when you can have one MP3 player.
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I don't get why people seem to have Nirvana on the same type of pedestal that they have Led Zepplin on. Nirvana is by no means a bad band, but they really did nothing that deserved such attention.

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I don't get why people seem to have Nirvana on the same type of pedestal that they have Led Zepplin on. Nirvana is by no means a bad band, but they really did nothing that deserved such attention.

Serraph105

I agree. I couldn't get into them because they were depressing as hell and their music was pretty rudimentary for rock. I can't even remember a Cobain solo. That means they were either really, really bad, or nonexistent.

I think they get worshipped because Cobain died young and was influential (even though he mostly just influenced crap).

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[QUOTE="Serraph105"]

I don't get why people seem to have Nirvana on the same type of pedestal that they have Led Zepplin on. Nirvana is by no means a bad band, but they really did nothing that deserved such attention.

EolGul2

I agree. I couldn't get into them because they were depressing as hell and their music was pretty rudimentary for rock. I can't even remember a Cobain solo. That means they were either really, really bad, or nonexistent.

I think they get worshipped because Cobain died young and was influential (even though he mostly just influenced crap).

lolwut? He's clearly the master of shredding and soloing

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#35 Serraph105
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[QUOTE="EolGul2"]

[QUOTE="Serraph105"]

I don't get why people seem to have Nirvana on the same type of pedestal that they have Led Zepplin on. Nirvana is by no means a bad band, but they really did nothing that deserved such attention.

Nifty_Shark

I agree. I couldn't get into them because they were depressing as hell and their music was pretty rudimentary for rock. I can't even remember a Cobain solo. That means they were either really, really bad, or nonexistent.

I think they get worshipped because Cobain died young and was influential (even though he mostly just influenced crap).

lolwut? He's clearly the master of shredding and soloing

wow I could barely understand a word of that and there is just something about that music that is very unpleasing to my ears. also what's with the random guy doing nothing but jumping around? Don't get me wrong he didn't make it better or worse, but it was just strange.
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#36 Suicide-Panda
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im 15, and i listen to them :)

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Thankfully not as much as they used to a decade or so ago.

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[QUOTE="Nifty_Shark"]

[QUOTE="EolGul2"] I agree. I couldn't get into them because they were depressing as hell and their music was pretty rudimentary for rock. I can't even remember a Cobain solo. That means they were either really, really bad, or nonexistent.

I think they get worshipped because Cobain died young and was influential (even though he mostly just influenced crap).

Serraph105

lolwut? He's clearly the master of shredding and soloing

wow I could barely understand a word of that and there is just something about that music that is very unpleasing to my ears. also what's with the random guy doing nothing but jumping around? Don't get me wrong he didn't make it better or worse, but it was just strange.

It takes a little training to understand Kurt though honestly that performance is really easy to hear regardless (the lyrics in the last verse wouldn't make much sense though so you may be a confused trying to hear them). Anyway to answer the question of the random dude. Kurt wanted to have a second guitarist performing with them (something he would have for the entire In Utero tour by hiring Pat Smear) for reasons I don't know but probably to take some pressure off from playing to the large Reading audience. This fellow though got absolutely smashed and couldn't play jack even if he tried so the band told him to go on stage and just "dance". Nirvana would never play in the UK again.

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Sure I still do from time to time. Regardless of all the asshats that say they are overrated, they made some cool tunes. I tend not to listen to those people anyways.
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#40 RoslindaleOne
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I can't even listen to Nirvana anymore. Not saying I hate his music but it's played out for me.
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#41 jpph
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yep, I'm 17 and I listen to them.

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#42 adv_tr00per
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yep, I'm 17 and I listen to them.

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Same for me. Probably 70% of the kids in my school don't even know who Nirvana is, and out of those that do, probably only 2% know songs other than SLTS
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#43 wildjango64
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I'm 16 and I listen to them alot. Although hardly anybody in my school knows who they are >_>

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#44 Solid_Tango
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[QUOTE="Elephant_Couple"]

What's a nirvana?

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lol you got some more?

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#45 Hopkins_J
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I'm 19, and I still listen to Nirvana on a daily basis.
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#46 LJS9502_basic
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[QUOTE="Willo_10"][QUOTE="hiphopballer"]

i do. im 14. am i still a kid???

EolGul2
Well I suppose 'kids' don't buy albums at all. It's more teenagers. I think people who truly love music will always want a physical copy, but do the majority of teenagers still buy CDs? I'm only 19 and I know that after about 2004 I rarely bought physical copies of albums unless it was an artist was a big fan of.

What is the point of having a physical copy? Having 500 albums seems pointless when you can have one MP3 player.

I'd rather have the physical copies.
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I don't get why people seem to have Nirvana on the same type of pedestal that they have Led Zepplin on. Nirvana is by no means a bad band, but they really did nothing that deserved such attention.

Serraph105
Some people feel the same about LZ.....different strokes and all.
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I was listening to a rock station the other day and heard "smells like teen spirit"; I thought to myself finally this station is playing some decent music........turned out it was the flashback lunch and then I felt old =(
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#49 Xx_Hopeless_xX
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I used to listen to them when i was 14-16...now i'm 18..only listen to them on rare occasions..

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#50 ragek1ll589
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I've grown out of Nirvana.