What Are You Listening To?

[TraceNspace]

ok, this review is going to be against what every other review ive read thinks about Nirvana....
sure, i can appreciate the fact that "smells like teen spirit" became a vocal/focal point for disenchanted youth in the 1990's...and at least the kids hooked up with a real band than boy/girl bands and auto-tune crap, but at the same time i dont see what all the hoopla is about these guys and grunge in general, maybe im just too old and somewhat set in my ways? but i have always thought that Nirvana would not have been thought of in such high esteem had Cobain not died tragically at such a young age...in fact i rate their spin-off band Foo Fighters in higher esteem!
....i dunno, maybe our parents thought the same of The Sex Pistols and Punk in general also, back in the day???
that said, there are six good songs on this one IMO and six that i dont like but regardless of that i still rate their "unplugged" album as one of my favourite albums ever, due to the fact that Kurt's vocals are in the foreground and his feeling and emotion can be heard clearly.
and yes, i do like this album, but only just, but that said its hard to knock these guys or Pearl Jam for spawning a generation of musicians and bands!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: territorial pissings
best track: breed

I've been thinking about your review quite a lot because something bothers me in it. Nirvana is my generation. I am an 80's child and a 90's teenager. Kurt Cobain spoke to how angry I was and my personal teen angst lol So, maybe I'm a little biased but still..........I think he would have still been held in high esteem had he not died young and tragically. Other bands like Alice and Chains and Jane's Addiction were the forerunners of the grunge scene but Nirvana was especially charged with emotion. Kurt Cobain touched his audience somehow even before he died. You can really feel it in the unplugged album but it was there all along.

In my opinion-

Best Track: Drain You
Worst Track: Something in the Way