Nirvana Is Overrated
A wise man once described “Smells Like Teen Spirit” as “an embarrassment” that was “trying to rip off the Pixies.” He said Nirvana stole the Pixies’ “sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard.” That man was Kurt Cobain. Cobain was always a better music critic than an artist. He had great taste, so he knew who to copy. But he didn’t have talent or any original ideas. Even Nirvana’s most worthy songs are at best clumsy versions of records by better bands. — Heather Gorham.