Classic album face-off 4 - Page 2

jannieC · #16 10-05-2009, 08:29 PM

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Oh wow! What was it like seeing them back then? I saw them after they became successful in the early 90s, but it was so huge. It's one of only two stadium shows I've ever been to.

It was fun. I was heavily into the local metal scene then and they really did explode onto that scene quite quickly. In retrospect, when I see the Ritz video, I see that they were pretty sloppy musicians, but at the time, I thought they were exciting and incredible. Fun times.

daniellaaarisen · #17 10-05-2009, 10:27 PM

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Your kid is awesome.

michelle2677 · #18 10-06-2009, 02:07 PM

i like *some* nirvana songs, but i much prefer guns n roses. sharon, you already found out from some other thread (i think one about which albums do you own) that i'm a closet hair band kinda girl

Erin · #19 10-06-2009, 02:22 PM

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They were always my least favourite grunge band but it's worth giving their Unplugged CD a listen. The songs are surprisingly strong stripped of all the distortion and a lot of people become converts through that. That said their cover of Where Did You Sleep Last Night pales in comparison to Mark Lanegan's version.

Interesting, I love Nirvana's cover of WDYSLN, but I've never heard of Lanegan. I love Nirvana's Unplugged CD. I think it came out about 6 months to a year after he died, right? At the time I thought I would have liked them better if they always played like that. I appreciate them more now than I did at 15 when Kurt died. My high school was in mourning, and I thought everybody was nuts. I still only own the Unplugged album, and for GnR I only own the greatest hits album, so I guess I can't vote!

rubytuesday · #20 10-06-2009, 03:29 PM

god I HATE guns n roses. I loooove nirvana though.

trackaghost · #21 10-06-2009, 04:07 PM

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Interesting, I love Nirvana's cover of WDYSLN, but I've never heard of Lanegan. I love Nirvana's Unplugged CD. I think it came out about 6 months to a year after he died, right? At the time I thought I would have liked them better if they always played like that. I appreciate them more now than I did at 15 when Kurt died. My high school was in mourning, and I thought everybody was nuts. I still only own the Unplugged album, and for GnR I only own the greatest hits album, so I guess I can't vote!

Kurt actually sings back-up on Mark Lanegan's version which was recorded in 1989 and released on Lanegan's 1990 album The Winding Sheet, years before Nirvana's version. I believe that's where he got the idea to cover the song for Unplugged.

carrie721 · #22 10-07-2009, 01:48 AM

i went with GNR, but i hate to say it, it was just a matter of eeny miny moe.

Zombie · #23 10-07-2009, 03:18 AM

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Your kid is awesome.

Yeah, I'm pretty pleased with how he's turning out. He still wears the top hat around at least once a week, but the wig makes him itch, so he only wears it occasionally.

bretonbanquet · #24 10-07-2009, 03:15 PM

Never really liked either band

but my dislike of GnR is far more intense than it is for Nirvana. I never understood how a bunch of overhyped, screeching second-raters got anywhere.. but then it was the 80s

jannieC · #25 10-07-2009, 05:40 PM

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Never really liked either band

but my dislike of GnR is far more intense than it is for Nirvana. I never understood how a bunch of overhyped, screeching second-raters got anywhere.. but then it was the 80s

Yes! It was fun.

vivfox · #26 10-07-2009, 08:59 PM

I love the music of both these bands but I'm gonna go with GnR because as tough as this world is, they chose to survive whereas Kurt was a coward and murdered himself.

Peestie · #27 10-07-2009, 09:18 PM

Ugh... I bought AFD years ago and it is the only CD that I own that has not made it onto my mp3 player because I can't be bothered with it. I found it profoundly boring. I don't like Nevermind much more either. I can't say I like either of these albums much so I'm voting for neither.

Peestie · #28 10-07-2009, 09:23 PM

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I love the music of both these bands but I'm gonna go with GnR because as tough as this world is, they chose to survive whereas Kurt was a coward and murdered himself.

But that doesn't make the music of one band better than that of the other. Some people just can't cope with the world and whether or not the creator of the music is dead or alive or killed themselves or lives to be 150 years old I don't think should change how the music is viewed. For me it's about the music, not the personalities behind it. It's sad that Kurt killed himself but it doesn't make me like or dislike his music any more or less.

fleetwoodtrick · #29 10-07-2009, 09:26 PM

Nirvana. That was easy haha. My Chem teacher has a bad story about Axl. And I think he's a butt. But I do like some of GnR's music. I just like Nirvana a little bit more.

macpai · #30 10-07-2009, 09:26 PM

I loved Nevermind and Kurt Cobain's turn of phrase.
Tori Amos was the one who opened that door for me when she sang "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and I actually learned what the words were.

View Poll Results: Which rocks your world?
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction	22	62.86%
Nirvana - Nevermind	13	37.14%
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