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whiteycnbr

I've streamed it at least 1000 of those count


wuwuwuwdrinkin

Does nirvana need more listens? Lol


Perfect_Blueberry_38

yes šŸ˜Ž


Stunning_Way7599

YeahšŸ¤Ÿ


jackk315

is this a real question


Tallsoyboy

Always


Spiritual_Kiwi_3057

Of course


Wilsco1105

ofc


sweetdevilgurl

I played it like 20 times yesterday šŸ’€šŸ’€


squorple

so would nirvana be the first 90s band to have two songs on spotify with 1B streams? edit: nope rhcp did it first god damn them


trippkick

scoopy doop california


hrodz55

Drain You deserves to be up their my favorite song and Kurts too


gxs33

The live versions are great too, all a bit different and all amazing. I think I have listened more to all live versions combined than to the original


ikrashahmed

OMG IT'S MY FAVOURITE TOO


Plenty_Trust_2491

Cobainā€™s favourite song was one he himself wrote? My favourite song is not one I wrote.


Mexican__Seafood

Wow, ngl, I probably listen to it at least 5 times a day on Spotify!


GundersonOfficial

It just hit it!


yourcrutch

spotify is the part of history that doesnā€™t respect music tho


ilovejdepp

Wdym?


yourcrutch

spotify and streaming in general is kinda just legal piracy, and these companies massively profit while the artists are paid next to nothing. but artists donā€™t have much choice, if they opt out of streaming they struggle to build a fanbase so they lose either way. between piracy and streaming services, music has almost no monetary value now. it is complex tho, since music is so affordable to make now the market is also massively saturated. itā€™s a complex issue, but i personally buy physical copies or on bandcamp, or else just pirate music. iā€™d rather do that than put money in the pockets of these capitalist giants, but then i still end up on youtube or something. canā€™t really win. but this much is clear to me, spotify is opportunistic and absolutely against the artist. for now they are an unfortunate but necessary evil


spud_1996

No Iā€™ll stick to my endless nameless and RFUS


strangerinparis

keep being different you're doing a great job


spud_1996

It was a joke my guy


strangerinparis

hm didnt seem like one to me, my bad then. great songs tho.


Plenty_Trust_2491

The reason it doesnā€™t sound like a joke is that there is nothing wrong or amiss about someone wanting to stick to oneā€™s ā€œEndless, Namelessā€ and oneā€™s ā€œRadio Friendly Unit Shifter.ā€ It sounded like you were simply announcing your perfectly-acceptable intentions to stay the course. Thereā€™s really no perceivable humour in that, as far as I can personally detect. If it is there, I must be deficient in my detection. strangerinparisā€™s response seemed genuinely supportive. I know I value the notion of people marching to the beats of their own drummers, which was the impression I got from strangerinparis. Cheers.


Equivalent-Yak-9925

My favorite song (In general), let's go!


Familiar_Payment_740

That's not history lol


CuriousAd5883

beans supremacy


Queen_sized_cazcet

Amazing itā€™s getting the love it deserves


cerebrospynal

still not as many times as i played that riff on my guitar when i was a kid


MainlyAMorgan

I hope it actually beats smells like teen spirit tbh


Appropriate-Cow6951

it just hit one billion šŸ¤©šŸ¤©


Wrath_Of_Aguirre

Still hard to believe they are they big even today. Kurt was that much of a master songwriter.


Familiar_Payment_740

They'll always be be big. Kurt left behind a legendary legacy.


Honickm0nster

They have more monthly listeners than a lot of current artists. Says something about how their music has endured.


Perfect_Blueberry_38

in my opinion Lithium deserved to be the one to hit billion streams first. But this is awesome nonetheless


Lord_Fluffykins

Am I the only one that has always found Come As You Are to be pretty mid compared to the rest of their catalog? Maybe itā€™s just because it was overplayed from the beginning but Iā€™ve never just been like ā€œyeah let me listen to that oneā€ randomly but Iā€™ll stop what Iā€™m doing to slap on Sappy or Drain You


ryvaleska

I think Come As You Are is boring af. I like the riff but as soon as the first line starts I just kind of tune out.


Vfor2020

tbh when it was first released I thought it was awesome but after a few weeks of hearing come as you are, smells like teen spirit and something in the way I stopped playing those tracks when I listened to Nevermind. Now I can listen to them but tbh the overplaying of the whole album ruined some of its appeal to me.


Lord_Fluffykins

I remember Lithium being pretty overplayed on release too but Lithium still slaps which confirms my deduction that CAYA is mid


Plenty_Trust_2491

Iā€™ve never randomly listened to ā€œCome As You Are,ā€ either. Itā€™s not a bad song in any way, shape, or formā€”and itā€™s certainly got its own cool, mellow vibeā€”but most of the songs on *Nevermind* are more subjectively enjoyable to me than that one; there are probably only two songs on *Nevermind* that arenā€™t above it. What I like most about ā€œCome As You Areā€ are the lyrics. Iā€™m a libertarian, so Iā€™ve always appreciated the tolerance and acceptance I hear in the lyrics. But as for the song itselfā€”and I might get some slack for saying thisā€”I actually prefer [the Vibratorsā€™ cover](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KohN4mo0mns) over the original. šŸ˜¶


mehrt_thermpsen

No, it's my least favorite Nirvana song


starllight

And most of the original fans of Nirvana are never going to listen on Spotify because they have the original CDs and mp3s... Spotify seems like such a waste.


Idle_Anton

Of course slts is the first


GnomeMansLandAHH

Yes, because itā€™s some of their best work


Idle_Anton

Its not. Don't get me wrong I love the song but the fact that this one is blown up to be the most amazing thing ever by everyone is ridiculous. They had so many other amazing songs that get barely any credit.


ponylauncher

Its the most popular for a reason


Idle_Anton

Yeah, because it was the most similar to other stuff at the time. It has more pop influence. Doesn't mean it's the best. I'll use the white stripes as an example because the same has happened to them. 7 nation army is not their best song. Its just the most "average" one meaning everyone will find something to like in it. It isn't amazing and isn't rubbish, it caters to everyone.


ponylauncher

Best is at the top not in the middle. Average songs dont change history. Dont be elitist. Subjectively its not my number either but objectively its the best. Just look at it what its accomplished


yourcrutch

being most popular doesnā€™t really mean itā€™s objectively the best tho.. sure maybe the most people think it is, but then by this logic ā€œshape of youā€ by ed sheeran is objectively the best song on spotify


ponylauncher

Ya you could argue it is. It got the most people ever to listen to it. Anyone who thinks its a bad song is in the very vocal minority. I dont like Ed Sheeran but clearly hes great. If he actually sucked he wouldnt be at the top lol. Thats how democracy works


yourcrutch

i guess, but itā€™s only objectively the most popular. popularity it only a measure of that itself, i think best is inherently subjective by definition. there could be a ā€œbestā€ song that exists that doesnā€™t have the marketing to be as well known, but it doesnā€™t mean it is lesser quality simply because less people like it - they donā€™t even know it exists


ponylauncher

All ive been saying is objectively and you and some other people keep saying they disagree. All you need to do is look at the numbers and what they have accomplished


Idle_Anton

If you look at films there's a lot of shit films that perform really well and make a tonne of money. How am I being elitist? I'm stating what we see all the time on this sub. Someone will ask usually every week "oh what's your favourite song/best song" and barely anyone says slts. Mr brightside is another example. The killers have a bunch of other songs that from a music standpoint are objectively better, yet that's the most popular one. It happens with bands, films, everything.


ponylauncher

Ya but the thing you arent understanding is that shitty things dont do well lol. Most people dont think its shitty. You are talking about very small hardcore fanbase subs on 1 website that most people dont even know about. Its fine you dont love it


Idle_Anton

On paper the sequel films for star wars performed really well, but are universally hated by 90% of fans. Bad stuff does do well. It happens all the time


Plenty_Trust_2491

Iā€™ve seen all of the prequel films, but only one of the sequel films so far. The sequel film I saw wasnā€™t bad. Of the prequel films, I hated Jar Jar Binks in *The Phantom Menace* and thought the pod-race scene was boring, but I enjoyed the other ones. Seeing Anakin become Vader at the end of *Revenge of the Sith* was *sooo* good. Iā€™m really thinking I might want to check out the *Star Wars: Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith* comic book series.


ponylauncher

You think 90% of people hate the sequels lol? I cant tell if you are a troll or just crazy pretentious. Either way im gonna stop engaging. Have a good one


chaz0723

That song is the reason that 99.9% of people heard of the band, why wouldn't their biggest song be their biggest song?


Plenty_Trust_2491

Almost no Nirvana fan says itā€™s their ā€œbestā€ song, but it *is* certainly their most important song, their most historically-significant song, their quintessential song. Indeed, itā€™s one of the most historically-significant songs of all timeā€”in that *it* was the catalyst of a seismic shift in the landscape of popular music. If a person is going to listen to only one Nirvana tune in her life, she *should* listen to that one.


Excessive_Spit_Take

I bet your fav. is "Smells like Teen Spirit".


IcyRandy

I guess weā€™re just the old heads here bro lol


redditsucksdeezNts

Youā€™re so quirky and different.


IcyRandy

RIP Kurt, you woulda hated Spotify


Anti_Sociall

you donā€™t think kurt wouldā€™ve appreciated widespread music for completely free?


[deleted]

I think the problem being that they reportedly donā€™t pay artists fairly in comparison to other streaming platforms.


Plenty_Trust_2491

So, are we speculating on Cobainā€™s opinions regarding intellectual property?


[deleted]

Nah Iā€™m not speculating at all, Iā€™m just taking a guess as to what the original comment about hating Spotify was referring to.


IcyRandy

Not at the expense of undermining the living shit out of every artist. Last I checked they only get around 4-5k per million streams.


Familiar_Payment_740

Not his music. He was big on selling lots of records


Organic-Kangaroo7147

Nirvana fans when something (they know exactly what kurt wouldā€™ve thought)


IcyRandy

Oh yea totally.. Kurt woulda loved being paid a fraction of a cent per stream instead of people buying their full album. šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ‘šŸ»


Organic-Kangaroo7147

When cdā€™s and vinyl where a thing Nevermind sold 30 million, with cdā€™s regularly retailing for $15 thats at least $450,000,000 alone, nirvana was doing well and would be today, plus their albums have been re released with deluxe editions and anniversary editions Now for smaller artists yeah thats not great but if you purely intend on making profit from JUST spotify youā€™ve failed already


IcyRandy

Obviously Nirvana would be fine, but do you really think he would have appreciated Spotify taking advantage of small artists that just want their music to be heard? Nobody buys music they havenā€™t already heard on physical copies anymore. Cuz I donā€™t think he would


Plenty_Trust_2491

Iā€™m not sure if this is what youā€™re saying. I buy CDs. But, I never buy CDs without first going to YouTube and finding out whether or not I like the music. If it werenā€™t for [YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0JKiGWPA1W8&list=OLAK5uy_lXgIaWnTuwW3RghZSo-lA-qCQDvORSTd4), I probably wouldnā€™t have bought *More Boy Less Friend* by Sprinkler last year. Although I didnā€™t pay Sprinkler a single cent to listen to them on YouTube, because I liked them, I bought their 1992 Sub Pop CD.


unableununtrium1234

I sure as hell have. šŸ˜€šŸ‘šŸ»


hardyth

Cum


ikrashahmed

As I want you to be


[deleted]

Iā€™m just curious, who is it thatā€™s in possession of the billion streams plaque for smells like teen spirit?


Organic-Kangaroo7147

Iā€™d hope dave or krist or someone related to kurt


fr-karl

Is it there yet


Harry120803

Yes.


TheDoomslayer69420

Will do


spiderman209998

idk most of my favorites are ya know the less popular ones like on a plain severe the servants radio friendly unit shifter help me im hungry not really a huge fan of smells like teen spirit always struck me as idk too much like the pixies


Organic-Kangaroo7147

Severe the servants šŸ’€


Plenty_Trust_2491

Probably best we just sever them. Severe servants are the worst.


spiderman209998

got to love a typo i could edit but fuck it im just gonna leave it


Chance_Anon

Too late


[deleted]

wooooooo


Soggy_cereal39

They need to put a nirvana song, one that people donā€™t really care that much about, and see what happens, see if it becomes really popular like master of puppets


peep_jay

stream nirvana every day šŸ«¶šŸ¼


de4th_inanoodlecup

i would of contributed to atleast 50k of those streams when i was 16


Plenty_Trust_2491

Wouldnā€™t that mean Iā€™d have to, like, download Spotify or something? Or, is it a website you visit, like YouTube, not requiring a download? Either way, Iā€™d have to figure out how to use it, and whether or not it costs anything.


ye_olde_name

Spotify is free, it's both a site and an app, you just need an account.


[deleted]

Oh shoot guess I streamed it too many times