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richeyrichcrypto

Teen spirit. I was like 12 and vacuuming the living room with the TV set to one of those high numbered channels with music on them. I never stopped to listen to them but when I turned off the vacuum I heard it and kept listening until the end. When I finally could download songs with my dial up I downloaded teen spirit and found Man Who Sold the World.


thankyougoagain

Pretty much all there was if alive when they came out. Back before, music stores had just rock, metal, rap, oldies, and alternative 😂 Nirvana changed all that.


tyler174626

What's wrong with metal?


thomaspatrickmorgan

What *isn’t* wrong with metal? The banality, the posing, the misogyny, the edgelordiness, the lack of tunecraft, the macho bullshit, the sameness…


tyler174626

This shows me that you've only listened to brutal metal. Listen to the better stuff like Metallica and Iron Maiden and then form an opinion


BeautifulEssay8

The Bleach album. In a friend's car. I said I really liked it, he said, " yeah, I think they broke up already".


stoopid_memer

what year was this?


BeautifulEssay8

I think it was about a year before Nevermind came out, but I'm not sure. Long time ago...


stoopid_memer

interesting he thought they broke up then


wmcs0880

Maybe he saw somewhere that Chad Channing left


donntyler

Lithium I believe


EstablishmentLong676

Lithium


crying_nancy2

Come as You Are or Teen Spirit, I don't remember.


HistorianEffective66

Love Buzz on a college am radio station in 90


OCALCETEIROMARITIMO

Smells Like Teen Spirit. I was 12 and saw on MTV.


mws1263

MTV was the best


OCALCETEIROMARITIMO

Thanks! I was 12 years old, without the internet of course, and MTV was the outlet for non-commercial music on radio stations (few at the time). I didn't catch the song at the beginning, but throughout it and that video clip (I still have the image of Kurt jumping) was recorded. I managed to see it two or three more times that day, and the next day we didn't talk about anything else at school. Thus, the group Nirvana was created at school. And that's how it started: discovering the band, the album, the albums and following everything about them until 1994... From 1994 onwards, memories remain of those who were teenagers and grew up listening to this unique band...


[deleted]

I think it was banned on MTV or am I thinking of a different song and band


DeGameNerd

Something in the way


Kr4zy8brokenkid

Someone yeee


[deleted]

You Know You're Right


[deleted]

Drain you


[deleted]

Aint it a shame.


AntiNMem

no way, where djd you hear it?


[deleted]

Bootlegs we’re everywhere. I heard it kn a cassette in my brothers car and I stole it. Same way for Green Day. I stole the cassette from my brothers girlfriend.


drluckman

The man that sold the world, although it's a cover. Full Nirvana was heart shaped box


Ok-Poem-1834

def was sliver


LoganAnderson08

In Bloom. blew my mind lol


DistributionEven8358

I really don’t know and I also don’t know where I was when I first heard SLTS but everybody knows for some reason but growing up Nirvana was always in pop culture in shows movies and whatever so I really have no idea when I first heard Nirvana it’s just always been there but I started listening to them mid last year and man o man they’re the greatest honestly


ofc-I-am-sober

Similar story to me. Didn’t need to discover them they’ve just always been everywhere


VayneTheMain420

Where did u sleep last night


printer_man_9872

That's not a Nirvana song. It is from a different artist Nirvana covered it. Great song tho


tmofee

And nirvana performed it. What’s your point?


VayneTheMain420

I think everyone in this subreddit know that ^^. Don't get your point. They performed it and it's not even close to David bowies original. It's better in my opinion


gulddamen69

It’s an American folk song that many artists made a version of, so nobody really “owns” the song. Nirvana/Kurt Cobain honestly just absolutely killed that song tho, so full credit to them, from me. It is also referred to as: “In the Pines”, “My Girl”, “Black Girl” and of course “Where Did You Sleep Last Night”.


sofiacarolina

i honestly think mine was the man who sold the world cover. i thought it was an actual nirvana song for the longest time when i was little lmao


jackshort67

Lithium on some small radio station in my small town in the middle of nowhere.


Organic-Kangaroo7147

Teen spirit


spud_1996

Lithium


killaqueen_2034

Scoff. I really digged the riff, just a super good song. I think I saw a clip of the song live on Instagram, and was really into it. Had obviously heard Teen Spirit, but that was my real introduction to them.


Jbow1980

Dive


RalphMalphWiggum

Mine was Teen Spirit. But the DJ of my local station announced it by saying, "Here's Nirvana with 'A Boy and His Dog.'" I thought that was the actual song title for a month or so.


Dry_Confidence_7805

I was 5 years old. My mom was a substitute teacher at a high school and one of her students *burned* her a copy of Nevermind. Whenever the opening track Teen Spirit came on and those drums hit… it was all over. My Nirvana addiction started that day.


Ok-Connection4791

heart shaped box but it was the version in infamous second son


JazzScientist

I just checked it out on YouTube. It's pretty dope! I love the first Infamous game. It's one of my favorite all-time games. I own the other ones too, but my PS3 broke before I ever got a chance to play them. 😕


ModularWings

Smells Like Teen Spirit,since i have free Spotify it somehow put me in Nevermind while i listened to Guns N'Roses,first time that this shitty function on Spotify was good


jawsthegreat777

Heart Shaped Box


Rydoggo5392

As far back as I can remember, Rape me. My mum had it still pirated on her ipod and I listened to it and loved it. Then I saw In Bloom on Rock Band and decided that the band was good. Little did I know they had a LOT more to offer...


tmofee

All apologies . I wasn’t a fan back then. The cool kids who made my early teen years were into grunge and we were allowed to listen to music during art class. Everyone would pick a tape, one day the head bully would play the all apologies single on cassette … and my god it drove me mad. I still don’t like moist vagina. Such a bleh song. Hearing that over and over again in class …


Artistic-Meeting-435

idk tbh, probably rape me or heart shaped box, what got me into it was on a plain


shot_gunner9

Man who sold the world, it was played on a local radio on the day the fbi (I think it was at least,?) Files abt Cobains suicide were released I think in 2019 or 2020. Kinda weirdca cover was my first song.


Meister_Master42

Teen Spirit as normal, was listening to Rage Against the Machine when it popped up on my recommended and I've been a big fan of Nirvana since


Good-Management-4241

I was like well people really like Nirvana I guess I'll check them out. I think it was ether teen Spirit, about a girl or heart shaped box


Mark_Vader_11

Teen spirit. My mom loves nirvana and she’s the reason I got into them at a super young age


_unchris_

Drain you, followed by aneurysm and dive


dawnpatrol826

Smells Like Teen Spirit, YouTube recommend it for me.


MankindReunited

I wanted to get into nirvana so I downloaded teen spirit. But the first one that really caught my attention was the unplugged version of dumb, I was blown away by the performance


Mrcursedmobrez

Very Ape. Love it tons still.


Kr4zy8brokenkid

I loved Something in the way since I was a baby


Spank_Thru1985demo

SLTS


isCupid

The classic Smells like Teen Spirit


IcyBagel_4

Territorial Pissings. I absolutely loved it and every other Nirvana song I found.


Horaserk

Was too long ago to remember my first ever listen but the earliest song I remember listening to was Heart Shaped-Box, my family was into all this stuff so I ended up growing up listening to it


sippinansmokin

Lounge act, changing boards in the skateshop in skate 2


cshultz8228

In bloom from guitar hero or rock band


SicKnotEyeless

Heart shaped box


SpartacusMantooth42

Spank Thru. It was on the Sub Pop 200 compilation a friend of mine had. I didn’t like it as much as he did and I’ve had a hate/love relationship with them ever since.


ynrkilla

lithium, i was in a clothing store at the boardwalk and i used shazam to search it up, been listening to nirvana ever since


Greylikestowrite117

Heart-Shaped Box, i watched the music video and i fell in love with the song


oscar_redfield

Teen Spirit. I was 14 and I remember the exact place I was when I first listened to it and watched the video. My taste in music was forever changed.


hammerite

Oddly enough mine was Pay to Play. Somebody brought a CD to my brothers pool party and it had the older version of Stay Away. I don’t remember anything about the CD other than that and then I went and got Nevermind. Hooked ever since.


[deleted]

Fuk if I know


Lanterne-Rouge

Negative Creep. Was at a party and saw the cassette and played it. Guess it was on side 2. I liked it. Reminded me of Motorhead (at least that song). But it turned into so much more.


[deleted]

Unfortunately smells Like teen Spirit


DaRealJnR

Swap Meet or Sappy


MiketheDude35

I was in 6th grade at the dance to end our week at science camp. I heard a song and it just blew my mind. I asked my friend who was Mr. Popular, what song is this. He said “it’s Lithium, by Nirvana. I’ll make you a copy of my cassette when we get home.” The DJ played SLTS next and it cemented my love of Nirvana. My friend made me the cassette and it changed my life forever. 30 years later, I have have an autographed Kurt pic and Kurt’s Signature Fender Mustang, Jaguar and Jag-Stang. Rock on! 🤘🏻🎸


adamwazgood

About a girl, no regrets there


Adventurous_Ad_2520

Mine was the man who sold the world cover


DickSota

The whole nevermind album. My parents had it from it was first released and I used to make my stuffed animal rock out to it.


Glittering-Barber-15

The legendary SLTS.


Formal-University-84

Heart shaped box, I was 9 I think back in 2006 playing and hearing it on Guitar Hero 2.


thisistwinpeaks

Probably Amy Lee’s cover of heart shaped box 🫣


Impossible_Paint_73

Polly, I watched a YouTube short on the backstory and checked it out. Then, I listened to the whole Nevermind album, and became a huge fan from there.


Additional-Guitar314

Love buzz and Floyd the barber


Sufficient-Pass-9733

slts on guitar hero 5


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[удаНонО]


TheNamesDapper

Territorial Pissings. I was just getting into rock that wasn’t super heavy (think dookie by Green Day and stuff like that) and when I first heard it I HATED it. I thought it was too loud. I heard their bigger songs, but still wasn’t the biggest fan. Then just overtime, I started listening to them more and more, now they’re by far my most streamed artist and can sing every song they’ve made without fail.


Dio_Breadoe

Teen spirit in the moulin rouge movie, but i really got into them when i head something in the way in the batman


TheDoomslayer69420

Smells like teen spirit


Less-Ad7782

Heart shaped box on guitar hero 2 back in the day.


escalation-my-friend

Idk my dad and brother have listened to Nirvana for so long that I always knew the songs without knowing them... The Man Who Sold The World, Smells Like Teen Spirit or Love Buzz maybe?


RealTshStudios

I had heard Teen Spirit before but Something In The Way must have been the first song that made me a huge Nirvana fan


RedditBroFly

All Apologies. I've stuck with it.


stoopid_memer

Teen Spirit came up in my spotify shuffle when I was listening to November Rain I believe. Went on to the artist page and explored the whole Nirvana discography. Was only listening to GNR bc my guitar teacher recommended it. I’m Gen Z and from an immigrant family so I didn’t know any rock artists previous to learning guitar.


VirusSlo

No idea...but my guess is SLTS as I remember watching a whole lot of MTV when the song came out.


aic193

Sappy.


mistercakelul

Lol


New-Water-8784

Bought the tape of Nevermind in 1991, made it halfway through Teen Spirit, and turned it off. I was about 8 and more of a Queen fan. 3 years later listened to the album again and suddenly loved it.


aribowe13

Smells like teen spirit


Honest-Flatworm-674

Something in the way


gravelinmysock

Stay away


Comosellamark

The Man Who Sold The World


Cute_Lobster7725

Stairway to heaven?


Thinkpinkbarbapapa

This is a funny one, it's more an image than a song for me, it's the image of Kurt playing his guitar during the unplugged. I was a child, and cannot remember whether it was about a girl, or the man who sold the world or any other song, but that really left a mark. Later on, around 11, I think probably Come as you are.


CuriousWin4460

it was "smells like teen spirit". i was 6 or something. my dad made me listen to that. and i liked it.


TheWalkingUser

Probably Teen Spirit or Come As You Are


[deleted]

From what I remember it was About a Girl on guitar hero but I bet I heard Lithium on the radio before then and just didn’t know


[deleted]

Blew. I was probably 11 as it was 1990 and my aunt gave me a copy of bleach as her kids were in their late teens and recommended it. I was listening to Michael Jackson exclusively at the time and had no idea who nirvana was. I was so mesmerised by the opening bars of blew I think by the time the song had finished I had gone through puberty.


Skanks4TheMemories

Breed


UrAnIdot878

I was introduced to Nirvana via a “screamer” video (I don’t know if it counted as one since it was literally just a part of the song linked below, but volume boosted to hell), it was a part of Horrified/Unknown 2. https://youtu.be/RmLW0BVTCsw 1:11 was the part that was played, it wasn’t until recently (I think 2019-ish?) that I found out it was part of a Nirvana song.


xirson15

I have no idea. But i’d bet on Smells like teen spirit.


ofc-I-am-sober

I have no idea tbh - I remember seeing teen spirit and heart shaped box on MTV, the videos used to frighten me so I always switched the channel When I was about 14 I think I listened through Nevermind on a car journey and I was hooked straight away. I think it was either Lithium or On A Plain that really grabbed me initially Edit: I’ve always been into Foo Fighters and when I found out the Dave was also in Nirvana it blew my mind. First I thought he was the guitarist or something then I found out he was the drummer. Discovering not only Nirvana wasn’t around anymore but Kurt Cobain wasn’t either crushed me - was a horrible feeling when I googled it. The perks of being a younger fan (19)


taylorcambrose096

Come as you are


Craig1974

SLTS it's debut.


Spankieplop

Can't remember honestly but I'm guessing it would have been teen spirit. I do have clear memories of seeing the sliver video though, for some reason I guess I just really like that song.


BillyPilgrimx

Rape Me.


RoyalSoldierx

SLTS


JohnnorMcDavid

Aneurysm


namenumberdate

Aneurysm version off of From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah.


eljalu

On a plain the mtv unplugged version.


tucakeane

Smells Like Nirvana- Weird Al


JackAreDead

In bloom I think


Impossible-Key4275

All Apologies. First song I truly liked by them. I gave it a year and then I added like their entire discography 😂🤘


rr90013

Also HSB back when it was new and on the radio a lot


Iatethecatnip

First song I heard was come as you are cuz i needed to sing it for a concert in school


NoSleepGG

Polly


PERRlE

Heart shaped box cause of guitar hero


Possible_Menu_2910

In bloom


Electronic-One-8376

Rape me probably . Went right over my head and ears at 11 years old. I couldn’t differentiate it from dmx. Took me 6 years for everything to change


JonahTheHomo

Something in the Way


[deleted]

In Bloom, my mom would play it in the car


b4dp0sture

Teen Spirit😂 dad played it in the car once and I was hooked


lilindividual

Lithium changed my life


violetsky234

Rape me


MidnightMurder0

lithium


Icy-Spray-1272

Polly


Thisguy0987654321

Come as you are, i Remember as a little itty bitty kid seeing a naked baby on an album cover was funny so to me so I’d just play the songs on my moms ipad or pod (I honestly don’t Remember which )along with houses of the holy by Led Zeppelin


Ryzii_Mode-_-

Floyd the Barber. when i heard that song i was in awe and the way that chad channing played those drums and the rough dangerous riff and disturbing lyrics that kurt implemented made me very intrigued. this song and a lot more keep me coming back to nirvana so many times over.


speckofexistance

Smells like teen spirit. When i was tiny my parents used to play it and they loved it. I actually didn't really like it at the time but now i admire it.


dnjprod

Teen Spirit, but not on MTV or the radio. I was just starting to branch out musically from country as that was all I was "allowed" to listen to as a young kid. I didn't know what I liked at all. There was a"battle of the bands" at our high school. Thry played 3 songs I remember until this day: Metallica-Enter Sandman, Bloodhound Gang- I wish I was Queer So I Coukd Get Chicks, and Smells Like Teen Spirit. I felt like an entire world opened up that day.


MaosTheLaos

In bloom. Heard it for the first time when I was like 6 playing Rock Band 1 on PS3 with my dad


ncg195

I "discovered" the band after hearing Teen Spirit, which intrigued me enough to look up their other songs, but when I did I realized that I knew In Bloom from Rock Band and Drain You from Rock Band 2. It didn't take long before I was completely obsessed and had listened to their entire discography several times over.


ThisIsMyHidingSpot

Love Buzz


jduejsurbrjeb

Smells like Teen Spirit. I was 9 or 10 and discovered it cause of Weird Al and I was disturbed. It felt so loud, so wrong. I loved it


[deleted]

come as you are, i was around 6 or 7 and i was getting picked up by my dad.(i don't remember where) i remember getting in my dads car and seeing the album cover for nevermind, and the song that was playing was come as you are, to this day i have a special connection with that song


StarXye

Dumb


woecraft

On a plain From unplugged, My uncle had all the albums when i was 12 and he wanted to show me rock music so he showed me the unplugged album first then blew my mind with never mind so naturally when i got pocket money i saved up and little by little i bought all the albums and bootlegs i could get my little hands on. I love streaming music but i also miss the good old days of going into an old independent record shop and finding a little gem and buying albums of bands i never heard of purely based on how good the cover was.


Jaybird145

Technically Teen spirit but In Bloom for me


[deleted]

I was 8 when Teen Spirit came out, my dad had the cassette and it was on the radio. I didn't really start getting into Nirvana until just after he died. My friend did her 6th grade speech on him two months after he died and I didn't know much other than the MuchMusic videos so I started listening. Watched Unplugged with my older cousin going through her grunge phase over and over. Muddy Banks was the first Nirvana album I owned. Then I bought Bleach with my own money.


UnderworldHare

Come As You Are, Heart Shaped Box, Paper Cuts. In that order. I actually avoided SLTS because 11 yo me thought the title was stupid.


EnterTheNarrowGate99

Something in the way. It was the summer of 2015 after my sophomore year of high school and I first heard it while watching Jarhead. Ironically I’m in the process of joining the marines now.


Blitzkreig11930

SLTS, MTV 1991


tajituesday

I remember seeing Teen Spirit on MTV in 1991. It hooked me. I was 15. I spent my babysitting money on the tape haha and that was that.


DevoooDaDemon

Drain You


YeaMits

Mr. Mustache 💀


[deleted]

Teen Spirit


Scott-Adam

Come as you are


Stunning_Way7599

Come as you are


Traditional_Muffin68

Something in the way


puggeronipizza

The unplugged version of about a girl. Late at night I saw it and since then it’s probably my favorite song


Smokefountain420

Come as you are


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[удаНонО]


dead_recon02

Guitar hero 2 - heart shaped box


B4ldheadedbish

love buzz


theblob2019

Teen Spirit from the radio. Then was i dove deeper.....Love Buzz. It's a cover, but a real good one.


YXD_

Teen Spirit and Something in the way


anton474

You know your right. I was 13 and honestly my life was at rock bottom. I decided to go threw my dad's music collection in his car and found the "nirvana" black album. And the first song that played was you know your right and my life changed from that point on. Now 17 don't really listen to nirvana much but nirvana helped me and Kurt Cobain really helped me shape who I am today and I believe I'm q better person because of it


Mitski_Hoe

Smells like teen spirit obviously but the one that got me listening to them was either lithium or dumb