"I was trying to write the ultimate pop song (Teen Spirit). I was basically trying to rip-off The Pixies. I have to admit it."
Nirvana!!!!
A little bit about plagiarism...
A lot of bands and artists music is clearly influenced by other bands and artists. A lot of bands and artists sound and act like other bands and artists. A lot of bands and artists sample and steal other bands and artists melodies, sounds, ideas, and their way of thinking and being.
A lot of songs do indeed sound the same as compared to other songs. Nirvana were all of these things. The sad and pathetic thing is they obviously
knew they were doing it, and yet they kept on doing it, and it is so
blatantly obvious.
Yes, it is OK to be influenced and sound like other bands and artists. However, it is not OK when a band, any band or artists, steals a song
or a melody practically note for note. This is about as low as low can possibly
get in the music world. If you disagree, it only means that you truly DO NOT respect nor care about music.
All of these things happen all the time. It is just so discusting and sick
when a band or artist is so unorriginal and pathetically uncreative that they have to resort to deliberately
stealing other bands or artists melodies and songs.
How many bands and artists have Nirvana plagerized???
| Killing Joke | Blue Oyster Cult | The Cure |
Try comparing Killing Joke's song "Eighties" as compared to Nirvana's "Come
As You Are". They are very close. Only a few notes seperate the main riff
of each song. Both songs are so close that to be a mere coincidence is quite
impossible. Certainly Kurt Cobain could not have created the riff on his own.
He obviously heard Killing Joke's "Eighties" beforehand.
So close in fact that Nirvana was being sued by Killing Joke for stealing
their song. It is too bad that Kurt Cobain is no more only in the sense that
it would have been wonderful to to see him fall at the hands of a jury.
| Killing Joke | Nirvana |
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Compare Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla" as compared to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Both introductions are too similar to be a mere coincidence. Both songs are so close that to be a mere coincidence is quite impossible. Certainly Kurt Cobain could not have created the riff on his own without having heard "Godzilla" beforehand.
| Blue Oyster Cult | Nirvana |
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Compare The Cure's "M" to Nirvana's unplugged version of "About a Girl". The main riff has only one slight difference between each song. The Cure's version goes a step down on the last notes of the riff, where as Nirvana's version goes up. The riff is, again, to close to be a mere coincidence. And again, both songs are so close that to be a mere coincidence is quite impossible. Certainly Kurt Cobain could not have created the riff on his own without having heard The Cure's "M" beforehand.
| The Cure | Nirvana |
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Conclusion
Am I being to hard on Nirvana? Hardly. It is simple, any band or artist
that plagerizes a riff or melody where it is so similar that being a mere
coincidence is out of the the question, should be shot, disemboweled, and
hung by the liver until death do they depart. And yes, I am being too nice.
Lets be honest here, Kurt Cobain plagerized many different bands artists.
The songs "Come As you Are", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and "About a Girl"
should not be credited to Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. The songs and riffs should
be credited to the rightful owners along with the fame they deserve.
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Generally, to whom
does or did Nirvana appeal to?
Did Nirvana stick to
their principles?
Comparing great "alternative"
bands and artists to Nirvana
Comparing moronic and
bad, and awful, and trashy, and useless, and worthless bands and artists
to that moronic and bad, and awful, and trashy, and useless, and worthless
band Nirvana
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