Is "Smells Like Teen Spirit" the anthem of your generation? How did you feel about the song when it first came out?
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The most importanat song by the most important band of the last 15 years. Genuine angst, stunning passion and great lyrics (if a little incoherent). To be moshed too by our kids and grandchildren!
Nader
Graham Keevill, Didcot Great song - but for a radically different (and equally strong) version, listen to the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain doing this. It is on their current live DVD - an amazing performance. It has tremendous impact in live performance - most definitely not a pastiche as you might expect.
Sina / Surrey This song absolutely rocks even if you don't have the faintest clue what the lyrics are.
Rob, London The first time I ever heard of Tori Amos was when I heard her performing a cover of this song on a late night radio show (around the time 'Little Earthquakes' was released). As covers go, it's one of the best. It's just her and a piano, and she slows it right down.
Leigh, Wrexham This song is fully responsible for turning me in to an angry teenager! Its awesome!
Kamila, Warsaw Now I find this song a little bit... abused. Too often in radio, too often on tv, too many Cobain's faces on T-shirts.
But... when you're 14 and you're 'dazed and confused' - all you need is Nirvana. It's not true that It was the anthem of Generation X only, it is still an anthem for mass of people. And it should be.
Philippe, New York I was 14 when this song was released. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was partly about apathy, but it made you want to do SOMETHING - cheer, fight, laugh, destroy the room, meet girls, throw away your other records, start a band, topple governments, whatever. Mostly, it made you want to be yourself. Absolutely seismic, absolutely timely, absolutely perfect.
Calum McGilp, Kinnerley, Shropshire Teen Spirit is the 'Carmina Burana' of rock music. It's the song I play when I've had a bad day at the office.
It'll most likely feature on Classic FM's playlist in the year 2525!
Kurt Wellington A moment in musical history second only to the beatles in the way it shaped a generation. A true masterpiece of passion and angst.
madscarybird,Bradford,West Yorks if only he'd not met Courtney, who knows. I wonder if he knew how influential his songwriting would be to so many???? R.I.P Kurt. xxx
Rutger, The Netherlands This song IS the nineties.
ellen, aberdeenshire. I'm not old enough to have been around when this was first released, but I think its pretty good.
Lon Reginald, London He just shouts all the time!! Rubbish.
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