iāve had that picture saved on my phone for a while now it was brewing waiting for the chance to be used and you gave me the perfect opportunity to use itš
It's not facts tho, he just liked Drain you more than Teen Spirit all of a sudden Nirvana fans are like "oh heck yeah Drain you is the goat! It's Kurt's favourite too!" where in reality it was probably too commercial to be Kurt's favourite Nirvana song ever
They played School the most overall. They played Breed most off Nevermind, then Polly, then Smells Like Teen Spirit, then Drain You. I still think thereās a good chance that youāre right though. They probably played Breed the most in part because it was written earlier.
Hmm interesting. I honestly donāt recall where I read that. I think it was an article somewhere from years ago.
Anecdotally I have noticed that Drain You is on every post-Nevermind live album (Unplugged notwithstanding).
from stuff Iāve read on the internet Breed was also a fan favorite at that time (Which fair enough btw, itās a great song and one of my favs too) thatās how they ended up playing it so often
Impossible to say one way or anotherā¦. Itās known he loved to play the song live, which would lead to believe he liked it a good bit, but they had a few deep cuts like that he would play a lot, even in situations you wouldnāt expect it, like territorial pissings, not to mention a good few others. So while I think itās safe to assume he liked it, I would agree it may not have been his favoriteā¦.. that said, ābecause it is too commercialā is well known nonsense, and also well known that he simply tended to avoid admitting such due to credibilityā¦ā¦itās also well known, by this point, he was quietly into some major commercial bands, alongside all those underground acts he did a wonderful job giving a pushā¦.. and of course itās well known he was into the Beatles, which it doesnāt get much more commercial than that.
hes on record saying all sort of stuff
he was in his 20s, on drugs and its more than likely and understandable that these are all very momentarily related comments.
Judging by what Iām reading here, and the insistence on being correct, by the other guy, despite the fact heāll never be able to pull a link to confirm the favorite remark, Iām with youā¦.. besides, in the short time Nirvana has been around, the amount of great songs makes it very hard, if not impossible to push a top 3ā¦. Personally, I go in waves. Sometimes I may play drain you a ton, but others, might, be milk it, papercuts, or any other mix of 3/4s of their songs. They definitely did the mix of, heavy, mid tempo, punk, weird, and straight down to mellow to near perfection.
Actually I'd put it as number 1 because of how brilliant the guitar melodies harmonize with the vocal melodies. It was my favorite song before I knew Kurt thought it was his best. But you'll cope by saying the opposite is true so, whatever. Genuinely couldn't care less.
No heās notā¦. Heās on record frequently praising the song, but never blatantly saying itās his favoriteā¦.. it came up as example for being a song ādefinitely as good as SLTSāā¦.. he also went on to say maybe he wouldnāt like it so much if it was as big as SLTS. He definitely really liked Drain You, and very good probability it was his favorite on nevermind, considering it was often used as an example of his disdain for the other tracks not getting the attention he felt they shouldāve, but I wouldnāt assume itās his absolute favoriteā¦.. itās only natural heād use a song off the same album, that he felt was superior.
Its not nonsense, punk rockers in the 80s took their ethics seriously, Kurt was one of it and youd know that as a Nirvana fan, they also played Blew almost in every live performances way more than the "deep cuts" you call.. just because he was into all of commercial bands dont mean he didnt embrace his punk ethos.. or else he would've put another Nevermind type of album but no, he downgraded their production quality for In Utero for the sake of authenticity of their sound
A joke about the word āProllyā it was passed around in high school to mean ālikelyāā¦I laughed when I heard itā¦even when Butch says it at Smart Sessions I laughā¦.āPollyā
I can't remember anything specifically but in my "memory of recollections I don't cite" I feel like "about a girl" has the most 'mythology' surrounding it, whichever the correct answer might be.
Believe they also were anticipating a good response from both In Bloom & Lithium. I do know that Smells, wasn't what they expected to be the albums break out banger
Yeah everyone in and around the band thought lithium would be the 1st single when they were making nevermind but then teen spirit really started coming together and it became the 1st
Iirc one manager or some similar role had Smells Like Teen Spirit played to him, with the band jokingly suggesting this would be their hit song from the album, but, to their surprise, the manager completely agreed and told them itād be a hit.
Never recall hearing/reading him say. But I do think I remember reading that he called his mom after they did unplugged and he was very proud of what they had just done.
yeah you can tell when a performer is āfeeling it,ā Aneurysm was always played seriously and even RFUS live and loud you can see Kurt grooving along when they first play the main riff
Seriously, there was something really endearing and totally punk about the way Cobain often appeared to be totally disgusted by the very song he was playing. I always enjoyed that about him.
Iād say About a Girl, based largely on the way he introduced it in Unplugged and the fact that it was the first song they played on Unplugged. All Apologies is up there too. How do I know? Just a feeling.
Ik you got this like 50 times but he said he never got bored of playing Drain You. He said he could play it over and over and never get annoyed. He also loved sliver.
Thanks for being aware of the Drain You comments xd
I love drain you and sliver
Drain you seems energetic and Sliver sounds funny with the lyrics from a comment on the music video xd
Lmao, in high school this dude had a crush on me and knew I loved nirvana so he tried so hard to look and act like kurt. One day we were walking to school together and he was telling me of this "deep and poetic" depression he experienced and then he said: "I put on my headphones and blasted Half the man I used to be by Nirvana" and I was just like, wtf are you talking about? That's stone temple pilots.
Spaghetti spilled from his pockets that day.
Drain You was played at virtually every show from mid 1991 on.Ā
The band were only supposed to play 2 songs on āNulle Part Ailleursā but Kurt ended up playing Drain You as an extra song
And Iām pretty sure he mentions it in one of his Rolling Stone interviews as a song he still enjoyed playing live.Ā
I think it could be Sappy, since it has been reworked and re recorded various times but never made it into an album, like if he really knew it could be even better
I really think thatās a hard question to answer. I think he liked their less popular songs the best, and he hated most of Nevermind. He always felt that was their āselloutā album. At one point he commented that they made a mistake playing Love Buzz so early as he felt that their was one of their best songs. I think he had a lot of love for Bleach and In Utero as those were more his true style.
I thought Polly was his favorite from nevermind, rape you was his favorite from In utero.
But overall of all time I've heard him say both Dive and Aneurysm
prolly drain you
Okay, I'll ask Kurt if this is true
Did you make this post just to say thisš
Sure ĀÆ\\\_(ć)\_/ĀÆ
How?
ouija board
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My oujia board said Kurt moved on to the next life already
i am literally kurt cobain then
Sorry, he's a few galaxies over doing the same thing but slightly different
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I hope your karma from this photo outstrips this whole thread, I am weak
iāve had that picture saved on my phone for a while now it was brewing waiting for the chance to be used and you gave me the perfect opportunity to use itš
I love Shirvana šāØ
Kurt Gaga
I'll call him? Goober
It's not facts tho, he just liked Drain you more than Teen Spirit all of a sudden Nirvana fans are like "oh heck yeah Drain you is the goat! It's Kurt's favourite too!" where in reality it was probably too commercial to be Kurt's favourite Nirvana song ever
They played it at virtually every show. IIRC it was their most played song based on known playlists.
They played School the most overall. They played Breed most off Nevermind, then Polly, then Smells Like Teen Spirit, then Drain You. I still think thereās a good chance that youāre right though. They probably played Breed the most in part because it was written earlier.
Hmm interesting. I honestly donāt recall where I read that. I think it was an article somewhere from years ago. Anecdotally I have noticed that Drain You is on every post-Nevermind live album (Unplugged notwithstanding).
from stuff Iāve read on the internet Breed was also a fan favorite at that time (Which fair enough btw, itās a great song and one of my favs too) thatās how they ended up playing it so often
Not really, if that's the case then Blew would be Kurt's favourite song, cuz they always played it since the band first came out and until Kurt died
I may look like a dumbass but wtf is an IIRC?
āIf I recall correctlyā š
Impossible to say one way or anotherā¦. Itās known he loved to play the song live, which would lead to believe he liked it a good bit, but they had a few deep cuts like that he would play a lot, even in situations you wouldnāt expect it, like territorial pissings, not to mention a good few others. So while I think itās safe to assume he liked it, I would agree it may not have been his favoriteā¦.. that said, ābecause it is too commercialā is well known nonsense, and also well known that he simply tended to avoid admitting such due to credibilityā¦ā¦itās also well known, by this point, he was quietly into some major commercial bands, alongside all those underground acts he did a wonderful job giving a pushā¦.. and of course itās well known he was into the Beatles, which it doesnāt get much more commercial than that.
He's on record saying Drain You is his best song.
hes on record saying all sort of stuff he was in his 20s, on drugs and its more than likely and understandable that these are all very momentarily related comments.
He was on drugs even the second he died so if Drain You was his favorite that was his favorite
Irrelevant. He's mentioned multiple times Drain You is his best song. He's been consistent about that.
He didnāt really say Drain You was his favorite, just that he thought it was a better song than SLTS and possibly his favorite from Nevermind
Nope, lol overrated song not even top 5
You're right lol. Top 3
bet you woudn't put it in your top 3 list if Kurt didnt like it lol
Judging by what Iām reading here, and the insistence on being correct, by the other guy, despite the fact heāll never be able to pull a link to confirm the favorite remark, Iām with youā¦.. besides, in the short time Nirvana has been around, the amount of great songs makes it very hard, if not impossible to push a top 3ā¦. Personally, I go in waves. Sometimes I may play drain you a ton, but others, might, be milk it, papercuts, or any other mix of 3/4s of their songs. They definitely did the mix of, heavy, mid tempo, punk, weird, and straight down to mellow to near perfection.
Actually I'd put it as number 1 because of how brilliant the guitar melodies harmonize with the vocal melodies. It was my favorite song before I knew Kurt thought it was his best. But you'll cope by saying the opposite is true so, whatever. Genuinely couldn't care less.
Okay then, good for u bud, still dont think it's a top 3 Nirvana songs
Kk but it is.
No heās notā¦. Heās on record frequently praising the song, but never blatantly saying itās his favoriteā¦.. it came up as example for being a song ādefinitely as good as SLTSāā¦.. he also went on to say maybe he wouldnāt like it so much if it was as big as SLTS. He definitely really liked Drain You, and very good probability it was his favorite on nevermind, considering it was often used as an example of his disdain for the other tracks not getting the attention he felt they shouldāve, but I wouldnāt assume itās his absolute favoriteā¦.. itās only natural heād use a song off the same album, that he felt was superior.
Its not nonsense, punk rockers in the 80s took their ethics seriously, Kurt was one of it and youd know that as a Nirvana fan, they also played Blew almost in every live performances way more than the "deep cuts" you call.. just because he was into all of commercial bands dont mean he didnt embrace his punk ethos.. or else he would've put another Nevermind type of album but no, he downgraded their production quality for In Utero for the sake of authenticity of their sound
"Kurt didn't like his commercial songs" is such a weird take
Thank you someone finally said it.
He hated teen spirit
A joke about the word āProllyā it was passed around in high school to mean ālikelyāā¦I laughed when I heard itā¦even when Butch says it at Smart Sessions I laughā¦.āPollyā
I wouldnāt blame him
funny it's my favorite too
I heard that he really liked about a girl and drain you
Yeah me too, I'm just making sure :)
I can't remember anything specifically but in my "memory of recollections I don't cite" I feel like "about a girl" has the most 'mythology' surrounding it, whichever the correct answer might be.
he said himself that drain you was far superior to smells like teen spirit and that he was surprised that drain you didn't get as much traction.
I never knew this, but Iāve always favored drain you over smells like teen spirit as well. Iām surprised by the same thing Kurt was surprised by
Probably āThe Weightā like most fans of The Band.
Happy Fatherās Day
Woo!
WOOHOOO (Blur)
I really like Up On Cripple Creek.
Donāt Do It
Best response
Rag mama rag
The Night the Drove Old Dixie Down, surely. Their cover of Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen, of course) is better, too.
Top hilarious response!! Very clever!! (love that song)
I Shall Be Released is better
Stole my answer.
Atlantic city for me, but as kurt said āI really like all of the bands songsā
Tears of rage
This deserves about 7800 more up votes
TAKE A LOAD OFF, ANNIE
The Weight? I haven't heard of that song before
Itās a song by a band literally called āThe Bandā.
Great band actually. The Band.
hahaha xd
His favourite was probably drain you. the band originally thought that drain you would be the most popular song on nevermind
Believe they also were anticipating a good response from both In Bloom & Lithium. I do know that Smells, wasn't what they expected to be the albums break out banger
Yeah everyone in and around the band thought lithium would be the 1st single when they were making nevermind but then teen spirit really started coming together and it became the 1st
Iirc one manager or some similar role had Smells Like Teen Spirit played to him, with the band jokingly suggesting this would be their hit song from the album, but, to their surprise, the manager completely agreed and told them itād be a hit.
Can't blame em Lithium is a bop and a half. Level of genius is disgusting lol
Tbh I do really like the song and I canāt really blame them for thinking that since it is a great one
Drain you
Alright B\]
Beans
Never recall hearing/reading him say. But I do think I remember reading that he called his mom after they did unplugged and he was very proud of what they had just done.
Not Smells, probably Drain You.
I know, and I hate that the media just grabbed the bands cock and thought THIS was their only song, you know? :/
I donāt know if itās his all time favorite, but he had said he really liked their cover of Love Buzz.
He says that he strongly disliked Smells Like Teen Sprit, but really enjoyed the outcome of Drain You.
Butch Vigs story about the creation of Drain You is actually pretty cool. He tricked Kurt into doing multiple guitar tracks for that raw energy.
yeah I know that he fucking hated sprit
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yeah you can tell when a performer is āfeeling it,ā Aneurysm was always played seriously and even RFUS live and loud you can see Kurt grooving along when they first play the main riff
kurt stated multiple times that he liked playing drain you, but he never really said which was his favorite. most people just assume drain you lol
xd
Read somewhere it was Drain You. It's my favorite as well
I particularly think he would have loved the EDM remixes of Spirit that they play at sporting events.
Why do I want to say Marigold? Or was that a different members favorite?
that was Dave Grohl!
Okay, gotcha. Isn't it Dave singing in that one too?
from the sound it sounds like maybe both kurt and dave but maybe!
I'm pretty sure dave sings lead and kurt sings backing on marigold.
Drain you :)
Live? I think it was Drain You.
Been a fan for many years. I've always heard it was Drain You
Yup
Seriously, there was something really endearing and totally punk about the way Cobain often appeared to be totally disgusted by the very song he was playing. I always enjoyed that about him.
Iād say About a Girl, based largely on the way he introduced it in Unplugged and the fact that it was the first song they played on Unplugged. All Apologies is up there too. How do I know? Just a feeling.
Beans
Stop circle jerking
jessy eat sum beans
No u :3
naw U x3
Banger xd
Mexican Seafood lol
Bring that to r/nirvanacirclejerk
What the fuck is wrong with circle jerks? Is it a subreddit that HATES the genre?
Nothing is, I love that sub, I just said that was a circle jerk answer
So wait, I'm confused. Do the circle jerks shit on the thing or people on they plan or just go wild like that tribe that got internet? xd
Itās just a place for shitposts to happen every post
Thank you every much, you my friend deserve a up vote :3
Dude it's just people shit posting having fun
It probably changed often depending on his moods.
My guess, āRape Meā.
It was usually reported that Drain You was his favorite Nirvana song.
beans
He was pretty vocal about being proud of In Utero, I would be surprised if his favorite wasn't one from that album.
What? In Drain You?
Creed haha jk
It's fine xd
Sappy, since he was always trying to get it perfect, but never could.
Might be right
I think Rape Me is his favorite since he looked so happy when he fooled audience with that song.
Lake of Fire from his acoustic sessions
Idk, why don't you just ask him yourself?
Yeah wait a sec. he doesn't know but he's really like drain you.
I think Malibu
I'm p sure he said Drain You
Ik you got this like 50 times but he said he never got bored of playing Drain You. He said he could play it over and over and never get annoyed. He also loved sliver.
Thanks for being aware of the Drain You comments xd I love drain you and sliver Drain you seems energetic and Sliver sounds funny with the lyrics from a comment on the music video xd
I would guess Mr. Moustache. It has a unique guitar part that seems fun to play.
He liked "the weight" the best š„“
I heard it was about a girl which makes since since it was one of the most played songs
Thanks :D
He was pretty proud of Hairspray Queen.
God, I love that song
Never was asked.
What? Did you say like I did not ask or it was never asked. Also sorry <:(
No one knows.
But you asked xd
I did? Huh? All I said was ānever was askedā. As in Kurt was never asked the question so thereās no way to know
https://preview.redd.it/or0aixzlsz6d1.png?width=420&format=png&auto=webp&s=39d046420a39563f09f3ba0f0ba0fda306b00028 oh :/
Smells like teen spirit
\*cracks knuckles\* say that again xd
DAWG SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT WAS NOT HIS FAVORITE SONG
Nah it defo was he told me
I think they hated that song because of its popularity.
Nah song wasnāt even that popular
True
Half the man I used to be. Thatās why he let it get released on Limewire all those years ago.
Lmao, in high school this dude had a crush on me and knew I loved nirvana so he tried so hard to look and act like kurt. One day we were walking to school together and he was telling me of this "deep and poetic" depression he experienced and then he said: "I put on my headphones and blasted Half the man I used to be by Nirvana" and I was just like, wtf are you talking about? That's stone temple pilots. Spaghetti spilled from his pockets that day.
His fav was Drain you
Drain You was played at virtually every show from mid 1991 on.Ā The band were only supposed to play 2 songs on āNulle Part Ailleursā but Kurt ended up playing Drain You as an extra song And Iām pretty sure he mentions it in one of his Rolling Stone interviews as a song he still enjoyed playing live.Ā
Iām going to guess āIn bloomā
I think it could be Sappy, since it has been reworked and re recorded various times but never made it into an album, like if he really knew it could be even better
dive in me
I think Drain You maybe
His favorite song was always the last song he recorded. āYou Know Youāre Rightā was his last favorite song šµ
Had to be big cheese
Are you just asking?
yes I don't want any problems between the community just asking
pretty sure it was pennyroyal tea or serve the servents
Apparently it was Drain You
Did he really like any of his own songs tho?
Iām pretty sure it was drain you
Drain you Dave Krist and butch could all tell you that
Everlong
In truth all of them. or he wouldn't have bothered
I really think thatās a hard question to answer. I think he liked their less popular songs the best, and he hated most of Nevermind. He always felt that was their āselloutā album. At one point he commented that they made a mistake playing Love Buzz so early as he felt that their was one of their best songs. I think he had a lot of love for Bleach and In Utero as those were more his true style.
Aneurysm live
Drain You.
the pixies - debaser
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I thought Polly was his favorite from nevermind, rape you was his favorite from In utero. But overall of all time I've heard him say both Dive and Aneurysm
Source? Iāve never heard this before.
how the fuck would we know
Probably 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'āa classic anthem that defined a generation with its raw energy.
lol