I was in highschool when nirvana launched nevermind. I loved that album and bought every nirvana album because of it. nirvana is awesome, but if you think about it it makes no sense. His lyrics are just gibberish heroin talk for the most part, themusic sound awesome but have little meaning to anyone else but him,and apart fromsounding like an angry or high whitedude he cant sing for shi* so nirvana is the coolest band that actually sucked ever. LEd zeppelin is from a different era altogether but Robert Plant is an aweome vocalist. so Id pick Led zeppelin over nirvana any day.
Robert Plant for sure. I was watching Nirvana Unplugged yesterday and I noticed that when they are covering one of the Meat Puppets' songs Cobain can't sing the low parts, and later on, in a different song (I can't remember which), he struggles to hit some high notes
I was in highschool when nirvana launched nevermind. I loved that album and bought every nirvana album because of it. nirvana is awesome, but if you think about it it makes no sense. His lyrics are just gibberish heroin talk for the most part, themusic sound awesome but have little meaning to anyone else but him,and apart fromsounding like an angry or high whitedude he cant sing for shi* so nirvana is the coolest band that actually sucked ever. LEd zeppelin is from a different era altogether but Robert Plant is an aweome vocalist. so Id pick Led zeppelin over nirvana any day.
Pythos77
Yeah. People make a huge deal over Kurt's lyrics, as if he's one of the best lyricists ever. I know it's all subjective, but as you said, his lyrics were...relatively gibberish. It read out like high-school angst poetry on an acid trip. Was Nirvana cool? Yeah, absolutely. I'll agree with pretty much everything you said(although I was a wee bit young for highschool at the time, I recall when nevermind came out) I think it is a bit silly to compare the two bands. From different eras, different sounds. Even comparing vocalists, they had differing styles.
Unusual comparison. Apples and oranges - Plant/Led Zep would do an appalling rendition of, say, Negative Creep and I imagine if Kurt attempted Stairway to Heaven it would pale equally. May as well compare Miley Cyrus with Nick Cave...
Axl Rose for sure. His vocals are insane(like him) and he has so many different levels of singing. He still sounds pretty good today considering what he's put himself through the past 15 yrs.
Interesting. I still prefer Cobain over plant. I still think Led Zeppelin are one of the most overrated bands of all time. Seriously if you compare the two bands Nirvana by far have made better quality records and plant does sound a bit too pretentious. Cobain is still the most fascinating and convincing vocalist from my perspective.
Lockedge
Whaaaaaaaat. This is like, the pot calling the kettle black. I'm sorry, any time anyone complains about one overrated band and then favors another severely overrated band, it just makes me giggle. I hate when people throw out "pretentious" when discussing musicians. It makes absolutely no sense and is apt to assault any band with a quality album. I mean, would Nirvana not be pretentious for trying to make the best pop song of all time with "Smells Like Teen Spirit"? How dare they have such ambition and self importance, to think themselves able! /sarcasm Cobain is "convincing", sincere and all that. You know who else is? Jeff Mangum, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Justin Vernon, Win Butler, and hundreds of others. He's fascinating because he died young in his prime, so instead of declining naturally like most musicians over time, he died at his peak and his death spurred his popularity to martyrdom levels. Note the common theme: Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Tupac, BIG, etc.
Janis Joplin doesn't get nearly as much recognition as the rest of the Dead Heads or Twenty-Seven Club.
Interesting. I still prefer Cobain over plant. I still think Led Zeppelin are one of the most overrated bands of all time. Seriously if you compare the two bands Nirvana by far have made better quality records and plant does sound a bit too pretentious. Cobain is still the most fascinating and convincing vocalist from my perspective.
mywalletsgone
Whaaaaaaaat. This is like, the pot calling the kettle black. I'm sorry, any time anyone complains about one overrated band and then favors another severely overrated band, it just makes me giggle. I hate when people throw out "pretentious" when discussing musicians. It makes absolutely no sense and is apt to assault any band with a quality album. I mean, would Nirvana not be pretentious for trying to make the best pop song of all time with "Smells Like Teen Spirit"? How dare they have such ambition and self importance, to think themselves able! /sarcasm Cobain is "convincing", sincere and all that. You know who else is? Jeff Mangum, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Justin Vernon, Win Butler, and hundreds of others. He's fascinating because he died young in his prime, so instead of declining naturally like most musicians over time, he died at his peak and his death spurred his popularity to martyrdom levels. Note the common theme: Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Tupac, BIG, etc.
Janis Joplin doesn't get nearly as much recognition as the rest of the Dead Heads or Twenty-Seven Club.
True. She just happened to come to mind, my art teacher in HS was obsessed with her.
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