Chapter 789 789 Nirvana Band
The powerful guitar sweeps sounded over the entire playground through the amplification of the sound, and then the drum beats cut in. The familiar melody was like a storm falling on the beach, leaving deep marks in the hearts of every audience member. Just a prelude easily made the audience on the scene boil.
It is "Youthful Spirit (smells.like.teen.spi)", which is the most well-known song of Nirvana Band. It can also be said to be the song with the best commercial performance of Nirvana Band. Whether you like Nirvana Band or not, you should have heard this song more or less. It is the emergence of this song that created the peak grunge dynasty of Nirvana Band. It can be said that this song embodies the spirit of Nirvana Band and is also permeated with the soul of Kot Coben.
Therefore, just a prelude, and only one prelude is needed, it is enough to make the audience excited. The scene is mainly composed of high school students. This song "Youthful Spirit" can be said to express their spirits vividly. It is not surprising that the crazy attitude on the scene is.
Hugo was a little surprised. He did not expect Nirvana to perform "Youthful Spirit" on the spot, because as far as he knew, due to the great commercial achievements of this song, Nirvana would be asked to sing this song on almost any occasion. But Kurt, who had a teenage rebellious and unruly temperament, did the opposite. He had refused to sing this song in public for more than half a year.
Cote stood in the center of the stage. Hugo stood at this angle and could not see his expression. He could only see one side. Cote carried an electric guitar and played it seriously, lowered his head, and his shoulder-length hair completely covered his expression. He was like a young eagle immersed in his own world, spreading his wings and flying freely, but he didn't care about the storm outside, and just released his inner emotions.
Such a Cote overlapped vaguely with the man who was unconscious and disdainful of Hugo just now. He never wanted to apologize himself or hide himself. He was like an alien in this world, willful, unrestrained, proud and unruly. Just like his talent, it was so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at.
Although he seemed to be unable to stand firm when he saw Cott just now, when he was standing on the stage, a hoarse voice came from the microphone. At that moment, his soul seemed to be shining with light, and the melodies were like raging fire, burning his soul, releasing infinite vitality.
This is the real stage!
Hugo originally thought he had enough understanding of the stage, but when he looked at the Kurt who was wielding freely on the stage, the shock that came to his face still made his heart tremble slightly, and the deep soul couldn't help but shout out loud. He also wanted to jump on the spot like all the audience on the scene, and use the movements of his whole body to release the enthusiasm in his body.
The real stage is not staged in sight, but is shocking in the space of the soul and the soul.
When everyone mentions Nirvana, they always use the album "Don't mind" as the coordinates to measure it. The name of the album "Don't mind" comes from a lyric in "Youthful Spirit", "Oh, okay, don't mind, don't mind (oh.well, whatever, never. nd)."
"Young Spirit" song was written just weeks before the album "Don't Mind" was recorded, and Cote said, "I'm trying to write an absolutely popular song, and I'm basically trying to get out of the.pixies."
During an impromptu performance, Cote played Quess and Dave and the others listened to it. At that time, there were only the main riffs and melody of the chorus, because Ques thought it was too nonsense and did not want the song. But the stubborn and proud Cote insisted that they play the main riffs for an hour and a half, which is the previous paragraph of the chorus "Hello, Haro, how.low" is like the origin of the melody of the magic sound in the brain. Then, a miracle happened.
When Ques played that clip countless times, he suddenly said, "Hey, wait a moment, why don't we slow down?" Then Ques began playing the main song part, and Dave started cutting into the drum beats, and then, it made this great song.
It is precisely because of this that the author of this song is written as Cote, Quis and Dave.
The melody of the song "Youthful Heart" is certainly outstanding, but what really lifts the song to the classic ranks is the lyrics, which is the reflection of the soul of Cote.
After the composition of the music, Cotter began to think about the lyrics. At that time, Cotter remembered his ex-girlfriend Toby Vail. She was the only girl who could get Cotter away. They were all members of the bikini killing band. Cotter remembered that Katherine once wrote a sentence on the wall of his house that made Cotter very proud and narcissistic, "Kotter has a teenage spirit (pants.smmmells.like.teen.spi)".
This is allusion.
The incident happened six months before the song was born. At that time, Cote and Toby were still together, so they often went out with Catherine. Cote liked to graffiti some slogans and slogans on the walls of the streets and alleys. One day, when Cote sprayed "God is gay" on the exterior wall of a religious center, Catherine looked at Cote.
This matter is very important to Cote, because once Cote was caught for graffiti on the wall. At that time, he showed his graffiti talent in the detention center, drawing a woman's body for his inmates so that the other party could masturbate, and then change to a few cigarettes to smoke.
Always, Cott and Catherine were both crazy that night. When they finally returned to the apartment where Cott rented, Catherine was still unsatisfied. She used a marker to scribble the walls of Cott's bedroom, and then fell asleep because she was drunk and tired. The next day, when she woke up from a hangover, she found that the first case was still holding the marker.
Although Katherine wrote a lot on the wall that day, this sentence "Kotter has a teenage spirit" made Cotter remember the most, because Cotter thought Katherine was praising him and said that he had a rebellious spirit of a teenager, which was extremely satisfying for the narcissistic Cotter.
So, when Cote finished creating the melody and was thinking about the lyrics, he thought of this sentence that made him proud. Then he called Catherine and sought her consent, and finally the title of the song "Youthful Heart" appeared. In fact, the lyrics of the whole song vividly interpret the sentence "Youthful Heart".
If the truth is true, it would be even better, but reality is always cruel and ironic. Because the original meaning of Catherine's sentence "Kote has a teenage spirit" written on the wall of Cotter's bedroom is not to praise Cote's teenage spirit, but to Cote's girlfriend Toby often used the deodorant brand of "teen.spi" brand at that time, which was specially used for young girls, and later sales rose rapidly because of the famous song.
At that time, Cote and Toby were dating, so Cote had the fragrance of this deodorant on them.
However, Cote didn't know when he wrote this song. It was not until a few months after the song "Youthful Spirit" was released, which made Cote a little depressed.
In fact, no matter what Catherine's original intention is, the birth of the song "Youthful Spirit" is inevitable, because Cott is a narcissistic but extremely confident person. When he sees being praised, he will not ask the reason at all. He will only believe that he is living in his own world. This kind of narcissistic, confident and proud spirit is actually an indispensable characteristic in "Youthful Spirit".
But it is undeniable that this beautiful misunderstanding between Catherine and Cotter did create a classic.
The song "Youthful Spirit" is actually Kurt's rejection and contempt for the mainstream, and it expresses the rebellion and revolution of the new generation of young people in society towards the mainstream society. This is the spirit of the Nirvana Band's emergence, and it is also the real reason for the quarrel between Kurt and Hugo just now.
Cote believes that Hugo is the mainstream representative, and the rock advocated by Glory to Death is a servitude to the mainstream, which is deeply despised by Cote.
In Kurt's view, mainstream means sticking to the rules, lack of enterprising and innovation, and also means that the rules and means used by social controllers to limit social change.
Therefore, "Young Spirit" means telling people not to blindly follow the mainstream, to bravely challenge the mainstream, question the mainstream, criticize the mainstream, and even initiate revolution. Cote once said that he wrote this song because he felt "disgusted by the numbness and indifference of our generation, and also disgusted by my own numbness and indifference and lack of backbone". His surrender and cater to the mainstream have created people's indifference.
In fact, in the later stage, Nirvana's refusal to sing "Youthful Spirit" in public is also a manifestation of Kot's dissatisfaction with himself. With the grunge trend created by "Don't mind", in Kot's eyes, Nirvana has also become a part of catering to the mainstream. His positioning of the band and his positioning of himself have been shaken.
Kot sometimes even hates this kind of self, "We still feel that we are still teenagers who don't have to follow the so-called adult code of conduct." But when Nirvana Band really became synonymous with grunge, Kot discovered the cruelty and irony of the sentence "involuntary".
Hugo suddenly understood why Nirvana Band was willing to sing the song "Youthful Spirit" today. It not only called on the teenagers in front of him to resist the mainstream of society, but also Cote hoped to awaken himself and awaken the rebellion and resistance in the bones of the band members.
At this moment, Kot was like a beast trapped in a cage. On the one hand, he wanted to break free from the shackles, but on the other hand, he had infinite fear of the outside world. This contradictory mentality made Kot at a loss.
Hugo looked at Cote on the stage and felt sad. Although he and Cote had just had an unhappiness, at this moment, Hugo felt Cote's roar more deeply than ever before. The lyrics hid the cry deep in his soul, so helpless, so lonely, so confused.
This is the real rock. Singing with your soul makes people cry.
Chapter completed!