Paper Cuts
♪ Nirvana Lyrics

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When I'm feeling tired
She pushed food through the door
And I crawl towards the crack of light
Sometimes I can't find my way
Newspapers spread around
Soaking all that they can
A cleaning is due again
A good hosing down

The lady whom I feel maternal love for
Cannot look me in the eyes
But I see hers and they are blue
And they cock and twist and masturbate

I said so
I said so
I said so
Nirvana, nirvana, nirvana, nirvana

Black windows of paint
I scratched with my nails
I see others just like me
Why do they not try to escape?
They bring out the older ones
They point in my way
They come with a flash of light
And take my family away

And very later I have learned to
Accept some friends of ridicule
My whole existence is for your amusement
And that is why I'm here with you!
To take you with me
You're right

Nirvana, nirvana, nirvana, nirvana
Nirvana, nirvana, nirvana, nirvana

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Nirvana's "Paper Cuts" capture the bleak desperation of a person trapped in an oppressive environment, possibly a mental institution or a jail. The first verse describes the singer's exhaustion and hunger, which are alleviated by someone pushing food towards them through a door. However, their attempts at finding a way out are thwarted by the newspapers spread around them, soaking up any hope of escape. The singer longs for a good cleaning, for a chance to start anew, but it never comes.

The second verse introduces the theme of maternal love and sexual desire. The singer longs for the affection of a woman but feels shame and rejection because she cannot bring herself to look him in the eye. Instead, he is left to gaze at her blue, masturbating eyes. The repeated phrases of "I said so" and "Nirvana" could be interpreted as an attempt to distract oneself from the overwhelming feelings of anxiety and helplessness.

The third verse portrays a world where everyone is trapped, scratching at the black windows of paint in desperation but never finding a way out. They are subject to the whims of the older ones and powerless to resist when their families are taken away in a flash of light. The final lines hint at the singer's awareness that his very existence is just for the amusement of others, and yet he still longs to be with them and take them on this journey.

Overall, "Paper Cuts" is a haunting depiction of psychological imprisonment and the suffocating effects of oppressive institutions. The lyrics convey a sense of futility and despair, as well as the desire for freedom and connection even in the darkest of situations.

Line by Line Meaning

When I'm feeling tired
When I'm feeling exhausted or weary

She pushed food through the door
Someone delivers food to me through a small opening in the door

And I crawl towards the crack of light
I move towards the small opening of light to get my food

Sometimes I can't find my way
At times, I can't navigate to the small opening of light

Newspapers spread around
Newspapers are scattered all around

Soaking all that they can
The newspapers are soaking up something, possibly water or another liquid

A cleaning is due again
It's time to clean up the mess made by the newspapers

A good hosing down
The newspapers need to be cleaned by using a hose with water pressure

The lady whom I feel maternal love for
The woman who I regard as my motherly figure

Cannot look me in the eyes
She doesn't have the courage to make direct eye contact with me

But I see hers and they are blue
I can see her blue eyes

And they cock and twist and masturbate
Her eyes make strange movements and gestures as if she's sexually self-gratifying

I said so
I made a statement

Nirvana, nirvana, nirvana, nirvana
Repetition of the band's name

Black windows of paint
Dark, painted windows

I scratched with my nails
I scratched the dark paint with my fingernails

I see others just like me
I observe other people who are in the same situation as myself

Why do they not try to escape?
I wonder why those people don't attempt to escape from their confinement

They bring out the older ones
The guards or workers remove older people from confinement

They point in my way
They instruct me to go a certain direction

They come with a flash of light
The guards or workers enter with a sudden bright light

And take my family away
The guards or workers take away my family members from confinement

And very later I have learned to
Eventually, I came to understand

Accept some friends of ridicule
I became tolerant of some friends who made fun of me

My whole existence is for your amusement
I exist solely to entertain and please others

And that is why I'm here with you!
That's why I'm here to entertain you

To take you with me
I want to bring you along with me

You're right
You have a valid point or argument

Nirvana, nirvana, nirvana, nirvana
Repetition of the band's name

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: KURT COBAIN

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Comments from YouTube:

@MicTheSnare

1y↑1.1K

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health, suicide or substance use crisis or emotional distress, reach out to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. Access is free and runs 24/7.

@MicTheSnare

1y↑143

(Sidenote: captions are still being worked on and should be up in the next day or so)

@BugVlogs

1y↑43

Mic the Snare, you are a wonderful human being and I hope you are doing ok 😊

@maryannappiagyei4277

1y↑7

Amazing band. Nirvana. Rest peace Kurt Cobain. Love you and miss you

@Shrimpy08

1y↑5

@@MicTheSnare thanks mic your the coolest ps guided by voices ddd

@serjtankian5474

1y↑2

🤯

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@brandonmclendon5368

1y↑2.3K

It’s honestly kinda sad how Dave Grohl has been part of 2 bands, and two of his best friends died.

@JPproductions303

1y↑327

And it’s sadly poetic drummer losing his singer and a singer loosing his drummer

@philly_sports1558

1y↑187

Dave must have had flashbacks when he found out about Taylor. It must’ve been worse for him actually because he knew Taylor for about 25 years and only knew Kurt for about 5. I really feel for the guy.

@TheAndradeCS

1y↑144

I can't imagine how Pat Smear must feel, he was in 3 bands where his friends died, 2 of those being the same Dave Grohl was in. It's tragedy all around.

@Jacob004

1y↑67

I’ll never forget Dave Grohl’s moment during the tribute concert in Wembley where he almost broke down and struggled to continue Times Like These. That moment I feel said everything about what he was feeling during all this and witnessing it live was just so emotional. Rip Taylor and Kurt

@teddyfurstman1997

1y↑9

I'm so sorry for Dave tho. He's a great drummer too.

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@EM-ol6rb

1y↑886

Their gig history after Nevermind is nuts - they were toured to the bone. And their live performances were no joke in terms of effort and energy. It’s insane what the band did in such a short amount of time and it needs to be understood they were a working gigging band

@nowhirr8135

1y↑44

Their gig history pre-nevermind is also nuts. They toured extensively from 88-94, they barley had time off & that’s probably a huge reason why Kurt burnt out what seemed so quick, except it wasn’t quick.

@bornfuct

1y↑1

Better than working...no one cares...entertain us

@YouTubeAIbot

1y↑1

Giggity

@MarketingMovies1337

1y↑1

Basically Nirvana and Sex Pistols.

@BrendanJSmith

31w↑1

Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison all died around three years after they became super famous, and John F. Kennedy was president for almost three full years before he was killed. Is three years just the designated amount of time for people gone too soon to make their everlasting impact on pop culture?

@charleshanson9467

1y↑196

When I was a teenager in the later 90s I read the entire catalogue of Calvin and Hobbs while listening to Nirvana as background music, as one does. And now I have this deep connection as Calvin being some sort of younger version of Kurt dealing with the injustices of being a kid before he became a musician. As weird as that is, it's a warm memory and makes me happy.

@Rsgg95

1y↑9

You will not believe me but exists a Italian biographical graphic novel about Kurt which represent Boodah, his immaginary friend who is cited in his suicidal note, Like Hobbs of the comics and the book tells a lot the story of his childhood. The comics is “Nevermind” by the late cult comics author Tuono Pettinato

@KMFDM_Kid2000

33w↑1

I did this, but with Starfox on SNES. I still associate that game with In Utero and envision it every time I hear anything from it. It's just what I did back then, listen to Nirvana while playing video games. It's how I self soothed living a rough childhood.

@127deku

6w↑1

i grew up in the 2000-10s and i have this exact memory!! i loved reading my dads giant c&h catalogue over and over listening to our fav records and i always felt a kinship between calvin, kurt, and myself... lol its weird but it made me feel better as a kid esp when i found out he passed

@orionmich20

1y↑788

It truly is a shame that we never got to see nirvana continue their discography

@philly_sports1558

1y↑85

I honestly have a feeling that they would have broken up before the 90s ended even if Kurt didn’t pass away. That was the case for Soundgarden and Alice In Chains too. They both stopped making music roughly around 1996 before breaking up (and eventually getting back together in the late 2000s). Kurt just seemed over music stardom and he might’ve explored other outlets.

@Quadr44t

1y↑27

Judging from In Utero, it would've really been promising. Other band members also partaking in the songwriting. Would've loved to see what they would've done next. How their sound would've evolved.

@daporter8790

1y↑20

It's very possible that in utero would still have been their final album.

@leonl1559

1y↑10

In a late Interview kurt talked about how he wants to Take His music in new directions and work with more skilled musicians
Maybe Nirvana wouldve broken Up but Kurt would have continued to make music

@tegantalks9612

1y↑19

@@leonl1559 yeah I honestly think they would have probably broken up before the year 2000 and then went on to do their own separate projects. Dave probably would have probably still ended up doing Foo Fighters by the late 90s and I bet him, Kurt and Kirst would have done some sort of reunion or collab for milestones of Nirvana.

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@Betta66

1y↑412

Here's a neat fact: Kurt Cobain wrote something like 80% of the lyrics to Bleach the night before the recording session.

@beavercontrol1743

1y↑6

gangster

@crunchproductions2276

1y↑29

That’s interesting but I guess it explains why I find that album’s lyrics to be pretty lacking

@LarryElectronica

1y↑18

Not sure where you got this fact from. The majority of Bleach was performed live well before the three recording sessions that resulted in the Bleach LP. Apart from About A Girl, Negative Creep, Scoff, and Swap Meet, all songs had been performed with relatively unchanged lyrics from 1987-1988.

@Betta66

1y↑6

@@LarryElectronica Kurt himself reportedly claimed as much

@LarryElectronica

1y↑22

@@Betta66 A master of journalistic trolling, Kurt is the last person I trust when it comes to Nirvana history! (;

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@reganholmes5056

1y↑173

My parents went to go see Nirvana in San Francisco just before Nevermind released and they blew up. Cut to about 30 years later with my parents still married with three kids (one of them being me). My Dad was talking about how he and my mom went to go watch them and bragged about seeing them before they got popular (he did this with a lot of bands that toured when he lived in the us) and my mom turned to him and went "Yeah I didn't really like them." and didn't tell him for 30 years because she didn't want to ruin the date.

@ciao214Z

1y↑1

Gawd, people styled like our cultures and how we grew up talking about their parents

ugh

@thirdlegstalliano

36w↑3

That's commitment. Poor taste in music for your mom, but no one can question her love and commitment to your pops

@lobachevscki

1y↑646

Some points about Cobain's death that I find important:

Is not only that Cobain was depressed and spiraled into an addiction, is also that his efforts to withdraw were cut short because he suffered from some undetermined stomach disease that was very painful to him, so drugs (legal or not) were the only option. It was a very dangerous catch 22 in which the drugs alleviated his pain but made him an addict but leaving the drugs made his life miserable all of that on top of his depression. It was a very complicated situation.

Cobain's suicide was his second attempt, the first one was in Rome and he was saved by... Courtney Love. So was she the one that took care for him in Munich and afterwards. I think is important to clear the air for her every time we have the chance because, as you said, all those theories about her are sickening.

@sameenshakya5188

Courtney Love gets too much shit in general

@Falxifer95

1y↑94

Indeed, even when criticism of Courtney Love is warranted, it PALES in comparison to the flat out disgusting and virulent hostility she still gets.

@au5tinic38

1y↑11

@@Falxifer95 what about her practicing his handwriting and she cheated on him and he was about to divorce her 🤔 and she profits off every move shes ever made

@lobachevscki

1y↑100

@@au5tinic38 Courtney Love never cheated on Cobain nor she was planning any conspiracy against him. Their marriage ended up being toxic in many ways, I didnt say anything on the contrary, what I'm saying is that Courtney Love is not guilty of Cobain dying.

Those narratives were largely driven by media as the video explains.

Hole was a very successful band on their own that became famous parallel to Nirvana and before she married Cobain. There is no comparison between them in terms of success but Hole wasn't this little band that needed help.

We want someone to blame Cobain's death as even today, almost 30 years later, still hurts and having a villain is easier to deal with. Cobain's death is a complicated matter that has always required a nuance conversation people don't want to have.

@au5tinic38

1y↑5

@@lobachevscki billy and Kurt wrote holes songs tho 😂 have u watched the Kurt and Courtney doc on amplified? The guy made it right after Kurt died cause it was getting fishy the closer he got to asking people questions then people started pulling out of funding and threatening him. I can’t say she did it for sure but she’s a psychopath tv personality and has ties to media. And the icing on the cake is she has one of the most successful rock bands of all time catalog under her assets 🤮 that’s pleanty reason for a psychopath to do something

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@philly_sports1558

1y↑402

Nirvana was responsible for the biggest rock music culture shift of all time. No other band in the last 50 years can say that they radically altered the landscape of rock music with one song and album as much as Nirvana did. Alternative rock existed and even found chart success before Nirvana but Nirvana is truly the band that changed the entire zeitgeist of music. You don’t even have to like them (I happen to absolutely love them) but that is without a doubt their legacy.

@gabrielledebourg2487

1y↑32

Fans of Todd in the Shadows are well aware of all the careers of bands (especially hair metal) that Nirvana “killed”.

@coolcatkid7627

1y↑10

Yep, the good ol Nirvana killed my career Rip billy idol’s career post 1991

@diegoleiva2841

1y↑4

The beatles

@iSkully99

1y↑3

@@diegoleiva2841 the Beatles were hugely innovative, but they never caused a seismic shift quite like this.

@stox5186

1y↑39

@@iSkully99 tf are you talking about 😂 Nirvana was huge, but Beatles changed everything overnight. From their moptops to them opening the gates of the British Invasion, to their progressive music later. Cmon man you can’t get more seismic than the Beatles on Ed Sullivan 😂😂

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@senatorseymour9808

1y↑307

What a lovely band, surely they will have an expansive catalog with more than 3 albums!

@BugVlogs

1y↑6

😢

@FormalFilmsProductions

1y↑2

Oof

@arz131

1y↑28

lucky for u, insecticide also exists

@gonpapel7623

@@arz131 yeah but incesticide is a compilation

@alexanderjuarez1713

1y↑1

@@arz131 and enough demos/b-sides/covers for another album or two

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@tescobesco

1y↑92

Can’t believe there wasn’t a single mention of their magnum opus “Beans”. That song is beyond anything else. The combo of guitars and the vocals are just amazing. Reccomended to all

@eliasmg9144

1y↑7

BEEEEAAAANS

@cremetangerine82

1y↑8

It sounds like a Ween song that didn’t make onto an album and/or single.

@KMFDM_Kid2000

33w↑1

Don't forget the wine.

@iamrjdennis

1y↑62

Fun fact: Dave Grohl invited Krist Novoselic to play bass on the Foo Fighters song "I Should Have Known" off their album Wasting Light. It's an epic song!

@Nate-xi4zf

37w↑2

That entire album is so damn good. One of their absolute best

@iamrjdennis

36w↑1

@@Nate-xi4zf I totally agree!

@jedshaffer5956

1y↑82

One of my favorite bits of Nirvana trivia comes from the Come As You Are biography. When DGC label execs were asked about how they marketed Nevermind as the album took off, they responded "get out of the way and duck". I don't know why that amuses me so. I just love the idea that the public seized upon this band with so much passion, the label COULDN'T market it. It just had a life of its own. It's a phenomenon I don't know that we'll ever see again.

@tomg9476

1y↑20

My grandma was the mayor that put the “Come as you are” on the Welcome to Aberdeen sign. She asked me, “What does ‘Come as you are’ mean to you?” And I said, well it’s my favorite Nirvana song, but I think it means ‘just be yourself’ and she smiled and showed me the a design before they put it up. She was happy that those that “know”, knew what the signs real meaning was, a tribute to Kurt.

@ad51603

1y↑315

If I could go back in time and prevent one artist from dying prematurely, it would be Kurt Cobain. An absolute visionary for rock music and I would've paid money to see the other ideas he and the rest of Nirvana would come up with

@cremetangerine82

1y↑11

My first choice would be John Lennon (to be a better father to Julian). Kurt’s a second choice for him to get clean and have sole custody of Frances Bean.

@oo4758

1y↑11

My pick would be Jimi Hendrix. Just if we're talking about musicians.

@ryanwebb9760

1y↑15

Honestly i get the feeling that Kurt would not be as positively viewed were he alive today. A musical visionary for sure but I imagine something akin to the Kanye situation. The man was not stable and not always the best to those around him

@MasterLink255

1y↑40

@@ryanwebb9760 dude was a radical feminist and pro lgbtq i dont think hed be a problem

@ryanwebb9760

1y↑11

@@MasterLink255 Kanye was a really forward thinking guy back in the 90s my dude.

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@Beren0323

1y↑121

Growing up in a very music-loving family where everyone had a favorite genre, I decided when I was 8 that I would look for a band or a genre I could claim as my favorite inspired by my older sister's love of punk and my older brother's love of metal.

I found Smells Like Teen Spirit and Nirvana. This is such a special band to me and thanks for doing this dive.

@sameenshakya5188

1y↑3

Man your family sounds awesome

@BugVlogs

1y↑61

I’m so used to Mic the Snare covering artists with many albums throughout the decades, but this video really hits home just how small Nirvana’s discography really is. This video somehow feels emptier than most of Mike’s other video, which really just makes me miss Kurt Cobain even more 😢

@Jill_Carter333

1y↑81

Incesticide is so slept on , there’s a ton of great catchy songs on there and the rough production gives it a lot of charm like a garage/home recording. I was so hyped to see this vid cuz I love nirvana and have been a fan for 10yrs now!!

@chrilborn4138

1y↑1

HELL. YES. Aero Zeppelin is by far the most underrated Nirvana song

@jasminericenic

dive is my other fav nirvana song next to serve the servants!

@fudgepacker402

1y↑1

And a onorable mention to Mexican Seafood.....sick tone and sicker lirycs: ...."only hurts at night , until i pee...."....oh man, how i ve love this guys....and i ll always will....until the end 😉

@houseofclouse1509

18w

Yes 100% agreed, the last three songs “Aero Zeppelin,” “Big Long Now,” and “Aneurysm” are fantastic. The opener “Dive” is also excellent. I think the stuff in between is really good too. A great record for sure.

@woodlice

36w↑17

Whenever you cover an artist’s mental health, death, controversy, etc, you always do it in a very gracious and good way. Thank you for that.

@rudetuesday

1y↑32

Kurt was my age. I was in uni when Nirvana started, and it was a real pleasure to have a band with members the same age as me and my peers. We rooted for them and worried, going through that last part of growing up. I think we knew Nirvana was on borrowed time, because they were practically burning themselves alive.

It's weird to be middle-aged without Kurt. My favorite song is "In Bloom".

@ikesours6558

1y↑75

I was 14 yrs old and on a school trip to Canada when Kurt was found dead. The shock became an immediate bond to friends. I wasn't even a huge fan at the time but liked them. Still, it became one of those generation-defining events and I think the more positive way to digest it all was to just appreciate the heart and soul that all of them poured into those songs. Truly amazing! BTW, In Utero is my favorite.

@nicolasriveros943

1y↑48

The interview showcased at 20:51 is one of my farotite moments of Kurt ever, and he makes such pretty cool insights about his love for art and the possible future with the band... It always warms my heart watching that interview, although pretty sad considering it was so close to the end...

Also a Deep Discog Dive on Soundgarden would be neat

@MapleMilk

1y↑68

If you've never heard them, I'd suggest looking into Nirvana's Non-Album tracks

B Sides like Oh, the Guilt, Sappy, and uh..."I Hate Myself and I Want to Die" are really great additions to the group's small but powerful discography.

Ivy League is also one of the last songs that they played together in the same session as You Know You're Right and is a noisy jam that the group just did well. I'd recommend it.

@jasminericenic

1y↑7

ones that i’d recommend are dive, old age, and marigold! marigold is actually a song dave wrote and sang while kurt plays drums!

@TheSmalyy

1y↑1

oh i hate myself and i want to die is one of my absolute faves , i love it so much !!! i'd totally forgotten about it

@parkedcar3411

1y↑1

Dive, marigold, and even in his youth are also really good

@KremBotop

1y↑136

Something that always found odd about the studio versions of Nirvana songs is that many of them were recorded in a different key compared to the live performances. Sure, a few had their pitch lowered over time because of Kurt's gradually raspier voice, but there were some that were performed at a higher key! A few examples I can think of (between either a lower or higher key) are Breed, School, Negative Creep, In Bloom, Come as You Are, Lithium, Drain You, etc. Even Teen Spirit got its pitch lowered by '92. And one BBC studio performance of Drain You in its higher live key is the definitive version of that song imo.

@deanyy2734

1y↑21

i think that’s because they generally toured (especially after in utero) with their guitars tuned a half step down when many of thr songs were recorded in standard. i think drain you was recorded a full step down so its the opposite

@nickamars

1y↑3

Yeah I think I’ve heard versions of songs played live that were in a lower key which confused me for a bit, neat fact!

@matturner6890

1y↑1

@@deanyy2734 You posted it so I don't have to

@Ancient_Authority

36w

like deanyy said they usually played live with their guitars tuned down a half step so songs like teen spirit or in bloom would be down a key and songs like come as you are or drain you would be up a key.

@arthurdurham

1y↑15

I think doing a deep dive on The Foo Fighters would be perfect next. As a follow up to this video but also due to Taylor's passing, it sets all the music they created until then in its own era of the band.

@Ducky5856

1y↑22

I really wish I could have seen Nirvana live, I'm a huge fan who sadly wasn't born when they were around. Nirvana will never die as long as music is still a thing. (Lithium and All Apologies are two of their best songs, anyone who hasn't listened to it needs to)

@LageYouTube

Thoughts on their B-sides?

@DaBroski100

1y↑30

First discovered them on Rockband during my angsty high school phase and they’ve remained my number one ever since. Like a lot of millennials, I was into pop punk and emo, but once I heard Nirvana, it shattered my music world and opened the gates to so much other great music. Their overall story is also just so incredible. I find it just as inspiring as it is heart-breaking.

@RealDemimondaine

1y↑13

My favorite Nirvana song is “On a Plain”, it gets me every time. The band’s music has gotten me through high school and college a couple of years ago.

@luffa96

1y↑11

I’d say Nevermind is like the Sgt. Peppers on the 90’s in so much as the impact it made on music in the 90’s. Once it hit big, there was no going and music was changed forever.

@luffa96

1y↑2

Might get hate for the Beatles comparison but in terms of impact, I believe fully that they are equal.

@Veteran622

1y↑25

This is good timing! I've been looking to get into the band a bit, listening to "Nevermind" soon first. It'll be nice to hear a bit more of the band themselves and some info about their albums before giving them a listen!

@KMFDM_Kid2000

33w

I wish I was lucky enough to experience them again for the first time.

@mtvssanctuary9652

1y↑12

Literally at my kitchen sink was thinking, man I wish someone would make a comprehensive look through the discography of my favorite band and here you are, thanks Mr.Snare!

@karina00143

1y↑18

i loved this video, nirvana has been my favorite band since i was like 11 (i'm 25 now) I went through some really bad shit when i was younger and honestly never would have made it this far if it wasn't for this band so i'm forever grateful that these human beings ever existed

@ciao214Z

Not the generation then

@futuristic.handgun

@@ciao214Z??

@soaribb32

1y↑9

I guess my favorite piece of media by the band is Nirvana and Courtney in the backstage of 93 VMA's while Ru Paul holds Frances Bean.

@eliasmg9144

1y↑11

ngl this ddd is a bit odd because of how short their discography is but at the same time nirvana has one of the most interesting trajectories in the entire music history, so this shoud be a banger of a video

@craigm8499

1y↑5

Nevermind is literally a 10. One of the best albums ever conceived.

@TheRareVideosXL

1y↑15

Rest In Peace to the legendary Kurt Cobain.
Nevermind is a fantastic album.
Great content as always.

@Annafyz

1y↑5

I'll be honest, this is the first time I'm hearing this whole rise of the new genre story from the band's perspective. This is so refreshing

@carlzombie6722

1y↑10

YES ! Thanks so much for doing the Nirvana deep dive ! One of my fav bands of all time! I appreciate ya. One Love y'all ❤️🎵💜♾️🖤💯💯💯♠️

@lO_-_Ol

1y↑24

Thank you Mr. The Snare for covering one of my favorite bands of all time. I love your videos and am always pumped when you upload.

@weather1635

1y↑16

there's a manga called shiori experience, that features members of the 27 club (including kurt cobain) as prominent characters, while the whole premise is kind of macabre it honestly is such a whole heartedly celebration as their talent as musicians. there's a specific chapter where jimi hendrix and kurt cobain do a duet of smells like teen spirit and it gets me teary eyed every time.

@manvithharikiran5576

1y↑1

OMG Shiori Experience

@weather1635

@@manvithharikiran5576 life changing literature

@manvithharikiran5576

@@weather1635 an underrated masterpiece.

@MVerlaine

1y↑10

The documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck is definitely worth checking out. I heard the director speak at a live Q&A and he said that the project started after he met Frances and she told him that she wanted to understand who her dad was as a person, since he died before she was old enough to really remember him.

I'd also love to see a deep dive on Hole sometime! I think about Playing Your Song pretty much whenever I see some new corporate bullshit profiting off Nirvana and/or Kurt's image, which is... a lot.

@davequiquegg

1y↑1

Montage of Heck is why I got into Nirvana. I don't like music getting forced on me in the moment so I avoided them (if that is possible being a 90's/00's rock fan) until I was 30 in 2015. On the plane to China I thought I'd try that documentary and it really showed me a lot about him that I took for granted.
Went from that to watching Live at Reading and basically was hooked by Breed. I've been to Reading about 10 times so that show, 3 people, on that stage, giving it beans. Perfection!

@Frahamen

1y↑7

Also they covered Seasons in The Sun (a translation of Jacque Brel's Le Moribond) and it's incredibly heartbreaking considering the context.

@IolZ555

1y↑6

I jumped out of my chair when I saw this. Thank you Mic for covering one of my favorite bands!

@traceydenim

1y↑6

wake up babe! new discog dive just dropped!
can we get one for janet jackson anytime soon? :( been waiting long for that one!

@link2thepresnt

1y↑5

with the incredible output of the foo fighters over the years, seeing a deep discog dive on them would be very interesting.

@cowmark67

1y↑8

God I love this band. My second favorite grunge band behind Soundgarden. For as much fame as Kurt got from Nirvana for his guitar work, vocals, and lyrics, Dave's drumming and Krist's base work are just as good. It's sad how this band ended but at least the 3 albums they put out are all phenomenal masterpieces.

@The1920sChannel

1y↑2

I always like that televised Nirvana performance when they're just trolling and obviously not playing their instruments because they were forced to have a backing track played

@ileutur6863

1y↑5

Although I never actively listened to them, nirvana was a huge part of my musical upbringing. My high school grunge band covered their early songs and it really influenced the 3 songs we ended up writing before we all moved on from that band

@luke5100

31w

How the hell did you not actively listen to Nirvana??

@KableNStuff

1y↑4

Hearing Mic mention Sonic Youth is great. Now all we need is a dive of them. That would lowkey complete me.

@emilyjane7027

1y↑4

Since their whole discography just finally dropped on digital/streaming, we need a DDD on De La Soul!

@3xcepti0n

1y↑2

This one hits closer to home, as Nirvana is one of my favorite bands. I thank you for the brief but respectful way in which you discussed Kurt’s problems, and for the insight on their projects. Even tho I was born a year after Kurt’s death, since I was a teen I always felt a connection to Nirvana’s music, and watching videos or documentaries about their history, and particularly about Kurt, have always made me feel emotional. Thanks as always for putting out great videos which are insightful and entertaining.

@drewb8157

1y↑4

This is the first ddd I’ve seen where I have listened to all the albums and I love it

@donjulio1947

1y↑2

You've grown so much as a music reviewer and I can see that the DDD Series has evolved. Would love to see a re-do of the Tyler DDD, so much stuff in his catalogue I think is under-appreciated and you could definitely do justice. Also, your videos are very well put together and the format from 3 years ago could be updated. Cheers!

@aaronscrewface

39w↑2

I'm old-ish and have been listening to Nirvana since nevermind came out and one thing has always bugged me about them. A lot of their really REALLY good songs never ended up on albums and we had to get those "Outcesticide" bootleg cd's in order to hear them. "Anorexorcist" and "In His Hands" are extremely good and i'm glad they eventually got the box set treatment.

@david.mcmahan

1y↑2

The MTV Unplugged album is actually my favorite. I was in high school at the time, and our drafting teacher let us play music while we worked. Someone brought in that CD, and it got heavy rotation for the rest of the semester.

@kidbonesonline

1y↑5

I've been waiting for this video! Nirvana are one of my all time favorite bands and I love every single one of their albums.

R.I.P. Kurt Cobain. We miss your talent and personality.

@molokovelocet1

1y↑13

I was still a very little kid when Nirvana was at its peak (I was born in '91 when Nevermind came out) and when Kurt died. I became a fan in middle school in the mid 2000s, and in high school I did a book report on the Heavier than Heaven biography and dressed as Kurt to get extra credit when I did a presentation in front of my freshman year English class. And even though I hadn't even gotten to kindergarten when he died, it still makes me extremely emotional to know he's no longer with us. I always wonder what he would think of the impact he's had and how much people loved him.

@EdenHolder

1y↑7

Oh shit! I've been requesting this one for awhile! Thank you! Look forward to watching this one. Gonna update an edit once I have.

Edit: That was great! I look forward to Foo Fighters if you ever do a video on them.

@xiomaraa

1y↑1

you do not understand how bloody pumped i am for this. thank you mike!!! nirvana is my favourite band and i am so excited that you covered them!!!

@carb3124

1y↑1

LETS GOOOO!!! ive been waiting for the nirvana one

@MOTLrBlaze

1y↑3

I love nirvanas sappy, its my favorite song from them, also like verse chorus verse. All the nirvana deep cuts are really good and i love their covers like D-7, plateau, lake of fire, etc.

@Rafa92

1y↑2

Thanks! Nirvana is one of my all time favorite bands.

@briandelgado4985

14w

I remember being 11 yrs old moving from queens to new jersey and my boy in queens gave me a copy of nevermind and a going away gift and it changed my life forever. Long live the king kurt we miss you but your music changed the world and will live forever.

@ertu29

1y↑2

Now we need a DEEP DISCOG DIVE: Foo Fighters

@DJ2109

really well made man. thanks for the ride

@knivesthm

1y↑2

Great video mic the woz.

@liamgray2649

1y↑1

Nirvana was one of the first bands I ever got obsessed with at 16 in 2011. Had all their albums in my iPod, I even went go to see a one night only cinema screening of Live At The Paramount that same year and it was amazing. They are still one of my favourite bands today.

@starmunch6433

39w

I really appreciate how thjis video is super respectfull of the serious topics, while also being humorus and intersting

@TestMeatDollSteak

1y↑1

They had not yet called themselves Nirvana back when Aaron Burckhard was drumming for the band. The band’s first actual gig as Nirvana was in March of 1988 with Dave Foster on drums, at the Community World Theater in Tacoma, Washington. Before that point, they went through all of their other names (Bliss, Pen Cap Chew, Ted Ed Fred, Skid Row, etc.).

@sussvarman

1y↑1

weird trivia: something that happened in the wake of Kurt's passing was the inception of The Soulquarians (Questlove, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, J Dilla, Common, Mos Def)

when Kurt passed, Geffen Records started to drop artists who were less commercially successful as a result of losing their highest selling artist. The Roots were signed to Geffen at the time, and took a meeting with executives. Questlove had created a plan wherein Geffen would sign artists of a similar ilk in order to cross promote between themselves. The philosophy was that The Roots vs every other artist was a harder public war to win than The Roots vs the other Soulquarians.

i'm paraphrasing this from the book 'Creative Quest' so if i got anything wrong let me know.

@lazarpeuraca9618

1y↑3

No way Mic did my favourite band, holy shit.

@joshhardin666

1y↑1

as far as what members are up to today, Dave Grohl is also a member of Jack Black and Kyle Gas's band Tenacious D (as drummer and occasionally other roles), and was also part of Queens of the Stonage which was really cool too.

@javenwilliams9875

1y↑10

I think with the re-release of all of De LA Soul's catalogs, you should do a deep dive on them. I knew about De La before but heard how extensive their catalog was on streaming blew my mind. That would definitely be a good long dive. De La Soul was really the pioneers of backpack rap. Just listening to there old stuff right now is miles better than a lot of artist today

@MegaVidFan1

1y↑1

I'm so beyond excited for this video!
Though, I had to click through a consent form, and you had your trigger warning at the beginning, so I know this wont be monetized well. Thanks so much for making the awesome content you do! I'll definitely support externally, and leave this comment, so that you can keep covering the things you love without worrying about covering hard truths.
Thanks again for doing the deep discog dives, it's the nerdy introduction to music that I never got because all my friends went into gaming, and I grew up on the tail end of the CD era so I didn't even really get into any sort of "scene."
It's like having a friend explain their passion to you on the couch with their record player on, and I love your editing style and humor.

@0nedairy

I'VE BEEN WAITING

@sirekumasutra7022

1y↑2

Dave was inspired by disco for real as he cited Tony "Tiny" Thompson as an influence. Tony was probably best known as the founding drummer of Chic. Chic is a band I'd love to see covered on DDD. Been listening to their debut on repeat lately.

Also I read that one of the moments that led Kurt believing they hit the big time was when Weird Al's (another act I'd love to see on DDD) parody Smells Like Nirvana came out.

@pyrotechnic96

26w

Yeah they even showed the technique and he clearly ripped it from those songs. (Not that it's bad but yeah Mike should go check out the video)

@skelfmusicofficial9409

1y↑2

Another fantastic video. Please please do the Psychedelic Furs deep dive. There is hardly anything online with a decent discussion about them and they are one of the most criminally underrated bands of all time. The absolute definitive bands of the 1980's, they deserve a great review and you are most definitely the fella to do it.

@ZillMob

11w

Whelp this is like video 5 in a row. Congratulations on being my new favorite. Love the jokes and segues are hilarious

@analisaswann1039

Great video, Mic! When I was 13, I always told myself You know you're right was my favorite because it was the dArkEst in terms of context, but... Drain you and Aneurysm will always have a special place in my heart

@v6danny

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG

@culverculver922

1y↑2

Moist Vagina has to be my favorite Nirvana song - the band’s dynamics give me chills whenever I listen to it. It also has a great vocal melody for such a simple and minimal song

@themetalmanlives

YES i’ve been waiting for this video for SOOOO long!!! can’t wait to watch it, i’m at the beginning

@18Sluggy

1y↑1

Your videos are always soooo goooood, honestly you are one of my all time fave YouTubers please never stop. I’m a 90s kid and this video taught me so much, I’ve liked nirvana for a while but this really made me want to go back and dive deeper.
I don’t know if you’re wanting ideas for more DDDs but how about Madonna? I feel like she is really unique and her career could be an interesting one to look into further. Anyway, keep up the amazing work!!!

@flamersshowsandmore3864

1y↑13

I've always been waiting for this discog dive. If there was a band that deserves it, it'd be nirvana because of their legacy on music as a whole.

@cheshirecreeper3743

1y↑3

My favourite Nirvana Related Thing is definitely "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al. I love the fact that the band was super on board (or at least Kurt was) with the parody, which makes it all the more sweeter. Plus, it even kind of ties into the themes of the original song, since the joke is that nobody can understand Nirvana.

@numburger

I was with my friend when I saw this notification and screeched out loud, albeit a very crackly, barely audible screech but a screech no less. Been waiting for this video for so long and now that it's here- oh my god, I'm so excited.

@seagurll

I've been looking forward to this one for so long! Love your videos

@kitchenknfe2713

YES FINALLY IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE EAHHHHH

@roadrunner5260

I have been binching your deep dives lately and a video about Nirvana could not have come at a better time :)!!!

@yomama9114

1y↑1

My favorite band of all time

@MAVJ

1y↑2

Next to King Crimson's 21st Century Schizoid Man and Tomahawk's God Hates a Coward, Where did you Sleep last Night is my favorite live performance by an artist. Incredible how timeless the band is in general.

@shaygraham6925

25w

Great video! Very well made!

@tylerhackner9731

Thank you for this

@qfix

33w

it's impossible to overstate the impact nirvana had when i was a teen. being in a band and going to see unknown bands not only became the coolest thing you could do, it was a badge of honour just how obscure you could get with it all. it was so healthy for the music scene and bled through into britpop in the uk, made careers for many people in music that didn't feel like selling out.

@matturner6890

1y↑1

Hell yeah I just finished work, I am a 10th degree Nirvana fanboy, and I got nothing else to do. Thanks so much for covering Nirvana!

@annaphallactic

How can you talk about Unplugged without mentioning "Where Did You Sleep Last Night," which has his arguably greatest vocal performance? The CHILLS.

@recordingerror

1y↑2

Jason Everman went on to become a solider, he was an army ranger and a green beret.

@oo4758

1y↑2

Didn't he also climb Mt. Everest? Man's gotta hell of a life story

@IngaVideor

1y↑1

What a masterpiece, great work! The real tragic here ist that it's only 25 min, but I guess that's due to the....circumstances

@blurryboy4897

Omg yes!! I’ve been waiting for this!

@subparnaturedocumentary

1y↑1

one of my favorite things about nirvana was that as a leftie kurt played guitar left handed! although i play bass i also really like playing nirvana songs on it.

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