Do you know where you were the first time you saw this?
I do. It was a buzz clip on MTV the morning before I went to school. Back then, in hallowed 1991, MTV actually played videos more often than not, and every morning I would simply turn my cable to channel 16 (yes, I remember that), and soak in the music as I got ready. This morning, a relatively brand new clip (I think it actually premiered the night before) smacked me in the face. I remember vividly seeing my friend Bosch before school and saying "did you see that Smells Like Teen Spirit video? Bosch would probably deny liking it today, but he did back then, as did I. We were both blown away for exactly the reason Nirvana caught on like a dry brushfire...it was new and a welcomed breath of fresh air.
I know it's hard now as we wind down 2008 to think about how it was in 1991, but try, because if you do, watching that video becomes that much more sweeter. I also use the same reasoning when watching Halloween.
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ReplyDeleteIt's funny you should mention that, because I hear that a remake of the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video is next on the slate for Rob Zombie. This time he's going to explore what it was, exactly, that caused the members of Nirvana to become social outcasts in high school.
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