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The Argument Ten years ago Monday, a little trio from Seattle released a rock and roll album. Then a whole lotta history happened. The Funhouse will now attempt to make sense of it all by means of an album review, in which DGF performs a track-by-track analysis of Nirvana's Nevermind whilst keeping one eye on historical import and another on contemporary relevance. Roll out the midgets and bring on the clowns. Let the show begin. Smells Like Teen Spirit Ah, the shot heard round the world— the Alpha and Omega of all things Pop. Even after all the years of radio overkill, this song is still amazing-provided you drop your cool long enough to admit it to yourself. With this one song Nirvana managed to completely deconstruct the central tenet of American adolescence: Here we are now/Entertain us. Cobain takes what is essentially a "Wild Thing" knock-off and uses it as a platform to explore themes of sex, isolation, apathy, violence, righteous indignation, self-loathing, media glut, and buzzsaw guitars. In Bloom This track is a prom ditty gone feral. Basic pop chord changes are put through the loud/soft ringer and pummeled inside out by Grohl's drums. While all this would be pretty nifty by itself, Cobain's lyrics make the song, managing to foretell the band's own co-optation by the mainstream without pulling a punch: He's the one who likes all the pretty songs And he likes to sing along And he likes to shoot his gun But he don't know what it means This is what the early Beatles would've sounded like if they'd started out on acid.
Approximate Word count = 1005
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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