Line Out - Comments on Nirvana vs. Everyone Since: Is It Even A Contest? (Or: Why Does it Matter?) http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c This post on la2day.com has been making the rounds (at least enough rounds to get back to me). It's about whether or not, in the past 10 years, there's been a band as important as Nirvana. The writer, Matthew Sidney... Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:15:24 -0800 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:29:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Eric Grandy The Big Bang vs Everything Since: I am Pulling My Fucking Hair Out! (Or: Why?!?!?!!!)

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889743 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889743 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:23:14 -0800 Comment by bp there hasn't been a band so overrated since nirvana.

]]> bp http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889784 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889784 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:42:10 -0800 Comment by jz @1--that comment reads like the title of a flaming lips song.

agreed that this is a pretty stupid challenge from a writer looking to provoke. its ultimately a pointless exercise bc he begins w the premise "im right and youre wrong so there." makes me wanna bitchslap the guy with a public enemy record.

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889797 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889797 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:48:49 -0800 Comment by cosby what the fuck is going on with the authors picks? lil wayne? SERIOUSLY? how can prince be on a list of people in their prime after nirvana? how can you respond to a challenge made by a person who wouldn't know if someone gave them the right answer?

also:
m.i.a. (2007) = fischerspooner (2002)
electro-punk-rock 4 evur!

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889804 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889804 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:53:33 -0800 Comment by rk Soooo boring. Any comment that begins with 'There will never be another band like..." is boring. These people really should listen to Thou Shalt Always Kill on repeat until that silly hero worship thing is driven right out of their heads.

]]> rk http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889812 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889812 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:00:17 -0800 Comment by T What I don't understand is how completely this "article" has made the rounds on the internet. I've read about it from no less than 4 completely unrelated websites at this point.

]]> T http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889815 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889815 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:01:00 -0800 Comment by Jeff Obviously this writer has not yet heard of the Coconut Coolouts.

What a pitty.

]]> Jeff http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889831 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889831 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:09:05 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy This dude's premise and his shortlist are both fucking embarrassing.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889854 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889854 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:21:39 -0800 Comment by haha "How you like them apples"

I love you Megan S.

]]> haha http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889866 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889866 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:28:43 -0800 Comment by s The Strokes!

]]> s http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889874 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889874 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:36:07 -0800 Comment by jewritto Some girl on the metro tried to tell me that Nirvana was bigger than the Beatles and John Lennon was far less influential on the world than Kurt Cobain. I was tempted to correct her, but then I noticed her Red Hot Chilli Peppers t-shirt and decided there is no accounting for taste.

]]> jewritto http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889887 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889887 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:43:42 -0800 Comment by ..... Radiohead is the only band that matters. How many bands out there ape their sound? Tons. Are there any other bands that could possibly change the course of how music is commodified, all the while making record companies and journalists take a shit in their respective pants at the possibilty of *cough* "free" music? No.

]]> ..... http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889907 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c889907 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:53:27 -0800 Comment by tallchris Impacted be damned, I prefer Nirvana to everyone on that list, except maybe Prince.

I even like "In Utero" more than any Beatles album save "Revolver". "Platic Ono Band" trumps them both though.

]]> tallchris http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890090 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890090 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:09:34 -0800 Comment by ahah this coming from someone who hawks the lashes?

]]> ahah http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890097 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890097 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:10:13 -0800 Comment by Sam M. I'm happy to refer to my Cobain moratorium on this one: http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/11/poor_kurts_shit

]]> Sam M. http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890476 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890476 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:52:10 -0800 Comment by *gong* The Spice Girls had more of an influential world-wide impact than Nirvana. This question is dumb.

]]> *gong* http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890679 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890679 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:21:58 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Spice World FTW!

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890686 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890686 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:22:46 -0800 Comment by cosby spice world ftw = this is a spice world and fuck it?

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890831 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890831 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:50:36 -0800 Comment by anna Somewhere in China, some band (that we'll never hear about) is the most important band since Nirvana.

]]> anna http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890912 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c890912 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:09:06 -0800 Comment by laterite Alicia Keys? Ah ha ha ha seriously?

]]> laterite http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c891075 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c891075 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:57:23 -0800 Comment by OR Matt My band is the only band that matters. I'll start it soon ... and like we will make a huge impact on the world ... better than MOOP.

]]> OR Matt http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c891429 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c891429 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:10:15 -0800 Comment by OR Matt Yeah ... damn I totally ruined it. But I Faith +1 is the band that really changed the universe.

]]> OR Matt http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c891432 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/nirvana_vs_everyone_since_is_it_even_a_c#c891432 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:11:14 -0800 Comment by godsactionfigure Nirvana will always remain one of my favorite bands of all time.

As far as impact on my own personal life, I think Nirvana came close to the Beatles, but not close enough. Nirvana motivated me to rebel, The Beatles motivated me to see what drugs were all about.

With that being said, I agree with Everett True's assessment in his book that musically, Nirvana has yet to influence anything but crap. Bush, Oasis, Seven Mary Three, etc, etc, etc.

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