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From Wikipedia: Cobain is claimed to have considered that Nirvana had "made it" with the success of Yankovic's parody. I always thought that was kind of nice -
by davidw 7y ago
From Wikipedia: Cobain is claimed to have considered that Nirvana had "made it" with the success of Yankovic's parody.
I always thought that was kind of nice - that they liked being parodied because it meant they were legit.
- dehrmann 7y agoDidn't he also add the condition that it not be about food?
- robotnixon 7y agoSounds like he just asked if it was going to be about food: "I told [Kurt] I want to do a parody of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' and his first thing was: 'Is it going to be about food?' and I said, 'no, it's going to be about how no one can understand your lyrics.'" Cobain thought the concept was funny and signed off on it." https://www.howardstern.com/show/2016/5/17/weird-al-mandatory-fun-calling-kurt-cobain-and-not-making-eye-contact-prince/ https://www.howardstern.com/show/2016/5/17/weird-al-mandator...
- dgritsko 7y agoAnother fun bit of trivia about "Smells Like Nirvana" - when shooting the music video, they used many of the same props, actors, camera angles, and even the same sound stage as the original "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Nirvana#Music_video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Nirvana#Music_vide...
- chris_wot 7y agoSmells like teen spirit was unintentionally ironic anyway.