Foo Fighters or Nirvana

Nirvana by a huge margin for me. The lyrics and the music of Nirvana meshed well and to me it was a good balance of the quietly poetic with the barely controlled screaming rage from both the music and and the words involved. Nirvana is a band whose music will stick with me for life, whereas to me Foo Fighters are just a decent generic rock band that has a good song or two on any given album.

Nirvana since Foo Fighter is purely a mainstream band even though Nirvana became mainstream they didn't become it willingly.

inuyasha12

What's wrong with mainstream?

I pick Foo Fighters. I don't care if music is mainstream or not. I like music I like. I have all Nirvana and Foo albums, but prefer the Foo.

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="valereth-1"]

Kurt Cobain was a talentless hack

Lockedge

Them Crooked Vultures ;)

[QUOTE="Xeros606"]Foo Fighters. I like Nirvana, but their songs have no meaning behind them at all. It's just random words that rhyme.Ontain

Dont make me go scour the interwebs for the lyrics to "Smells like teen spirit" or some other Nevermind song.

Both are preaty good... But im past the alt rock phase so i dont realy give either too much atention anymore.

Nirvana by a long shot.

Nirvana. Kurt Cobain's lyrics are have more depth and gravity behind them then Grohl's.

I really like Everlong, but I like a lot more Nirvana songs a lot more.

What's really impressive about Nirvana is the fact that a lot of the songs were very minimalist. Technically speaking, they aren't that hard to play or understand, but what they convey goes far beyond the sum of the parts.

Foo Fighters gets kinda grating after a while.

Nirvana is a better band and has a much more impressive catalogue.

Nirvana, I only really like one song by Foo Fighters and I can't stand "Wheels"

I really like Foo Fighters, and I don't see the appeal of Nirvana, so...

nirvana. i dont really listen to foo fighters.

[QUOTE="Ontain"][QUOTE="Xeros606"]Foo Fighters. I like Nirvana, but their songs have no meaning behind them at all. It's just random words that rhyme.chaplainDMK

Dont make me go scour the interwebs for the lyrics to "Smells like teen spirit" or some other Nevermind song.

Both are preaty good... But im past the alt rock phase so i dont realy give either too much atention anymore.

Smells like… was a purposely nonsensical song – it was their attempt at a pixies song, lyrically and vocally (think Debaser as good reference point lyrically).

Both, but if I had to pick one I'd pick Nirvana, I'm obsessed with Nirvana, and Dave Grohl was better in Nirvana then he has been in any other group since

[QUOTE="starfox15"]

Nirvana. Kurt Cobain's lyrics are have more depth and gravity behind them then Grohl's.

I really like Everlong, but I like a lot more Nirvana songs a lot more.

What's really impressive about Nirvana is the fact that a lot of the songs were very minimalist. Technically speaking, they aren't that hard to play or understand, but what they convey goes far beyond the sum of the parts.

Foo Fighters gets kinda grating after a while.

Nirvana is a better band and has a much more impressive catalogue.

Swanogt19

I can't believe I had that error in that first sentence...

Anyway to respond to your statement Dumb and Rape Me are actually two of my favorite songs from Nirvana. They both actually do have a lot of depth behind them. It's called symbolism.

Besides it's my own opinion. I like Nirvana more because I think they were a better band that had a highly influential sound that captivated a lot of people in the 90's. Not the best band I've ever heard, but you could do a lot worse. I just think they are better than the Foo Fighters.

[QUOTE="valereth-1"]

Kurt Cobain was a talentless hack

lightleggy

That is so laughable. No comment at all.

Sorry, TC, but this is such a STOOPID thread. Completely different bands.kdawg88

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="valereth-1"]

Kurt Cobain was a talentless hack

Visible_ninja69

That is so laughable. No comment at all.

[QUOTE="kdawg88"]Sorry, TC, but this is such a STOOPID thread. Completely different bands.fatcat13sep

The roots of Nirvana can be traced back through the sounds of earlier indie and post punk (they were embraced far more by the indie community than rock community when Bleach first burst upon the scene), whereas Foo Fighters use a more traditional rock template.

In the context of traditional rock therefore Foo Fighters would generally fair better. Nirvana astonishingly however managed to catapult itself through all of the late 80's dirge and manufactured rock rubbish, throwing traditional rock conventions out of the window and influence the world. That's something Foo Fighters have not and will never achieve. That is why Nirvana will be remembered in 50 years time, and Foo Fighters will be 'Foo Who?'

I cried a little that day in 1994, when I heard the news of Kurt Cobain's death. It was an emotional day for me. The anniversaryof his death is in 4 days.

I cried a little that day in 1994, when I heard the news of Kurt Cobain's death. It was an emotional day for me. The anniversaryof his death is in 4 days.

Matthew_Kaeser

I was on the way back from a club in a slightly altered state of mind when it came on the radio – I couldn't speak for the next few hours, it was all very strange. At least I managed to catch them live a couple of times, including their last ever (awesome) gig in the UK at Reading 1992 :P

Foo Fighters. Nirvana is ok but i only like a few songs.

[QUOTE="fatcat13sep"]

[QUOTE="kdawg88"]Sorry, TC, but this is such a STOOPID thread. Completely different bands.poptart

The roots of Nirvana can be traced back through the sounds of earlier indie and post punk (they were embraced far more by the indie community than rock community when Bleach first burst upon the scene), whereas Foo Fighters use a more traditional rock template.

In the context of traditional rock therefore Foo Fighters would generally fair better. Nirvana astonishingly however managed to catapult itself through all of the late 80's dirge and manufactured rock rubbish, throwing traditional rock conventions out of the window and influence the world. That's something Foo Fighters have not and will never achieve. That is why Nirvana will be remembered in 50 years time, and Foo Fighters will be 'Foo Who?'

Dumb Swanogt19

[QUOTE="Ontain"][QUOTE="Xeros606"]Foo Fighters. I like Nirvana, but their songs have no meaning behind them at all. It's just random words that rhyme.chaplainDMK

Dont make me go scour the interwebs for the lyrics to "Smells like teen spirit" or some other Nevermind song.

Both are preaty good... But im past the alt rock phase so i dont realy give either too much atention anymore.

Which songs are we talking about? Because the only songs I can think of off Nevermind with non-sensical lyrics are Smells Like Teen Spirit and In Bloom (which were both intentionally done that way).