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 Post subject: Re: I Feel Stupid And Contagious / A Nirvana Thread
PostPosted: Sun February 14, 2021 6:20 am 
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Still love "Lounge Act". I can play it on bass now!

Are you focusing on pick at the moment or a bit of both?

Bit of both, but I've played guitar all my life so pick is what I tend to default to. Fingerstyle is brand new to me

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 Post subject: Re: I Feel Stupid And Contagious / A Nirvana Thread
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I sing All Apologies to my son often when I'm trying to get him to sleep. The outro lyrics can go on forever if you let them. Makes for a good lullaby.

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 Post subject: Re: I Feel Stupid And Contagious / A Nirvana Thread
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Pennyroyal Tea is the worst song to come out of the grunge era


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 Post subject: Re: I Feel Stupid And Contagious / A Nirvana Thread
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Pennyroyal Tea is the worst song to come out of the grunge era


This seems like a bold statement (there are a few AIC songs on Facelift that I bet would trounce it), but "Pennyroyal Tea" is definitely one of my least favorite Nirvana songs.

I give it a few bonus points for namedropping Leonard Cohen, though, so that I was primed to be curious about him when I heard him referenced later. For some reason, when I first heard his name in that song (at age 12), I automatically assumed 'Leonard Cohen' was the name of a hoity-toity alcoholic beverage.


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 Post subject: Re: I Feel Stupid And Contagious / A Nirvana Thread
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Pennyroyal Tea is the worst song to come out of the grunge era


Not even the worst song on that album (rape me)


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 Post subject: Re: I Feel Stupid And Contagious / A Nirvana Thread
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Pennyroyal Tea gets too much hate. Might not be among the better songs on In Utero but one of the easiest to digest in a hard to digest album. It’s a great album but that doesn’t make it easy to listen to.


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Pennyroyal Tea gets too much hate. Might not be among the better songs on In Utero but one of the easiest to digest in a hard to digest album. It’s a great album but that doesn’t make it easy to listen to.


It's just such a dull composition. Too much of the song lingers on that drawn-out B-flat chord ("Pennyroyal TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEA," "inside of MEEEEEEEEEEEEE") -- I don't usually care for the criticism that a song "goes nowhere" but this is one of those for me, it just feels like it constantly steers itself back into this same completely unsatisfying musical brick wall.


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It’s so whiny


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 Post subject: Re: I Feel Stupid And Contagious / A Nirvana Thread
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The "steal the life that's inside of me" line is too on the nose. I like my abortion songs more ambiguous.

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 Post subject: Re: I Feel Stupid And Contagious / A Nirvana Thread
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verb_to_trust wrote:
The "steal the life that's inside of me" line is too on the nose. I like my abortion songs more ambiguous.

I always thought the line was “distill the life that’s inside of me..:”


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 Post subject: Re: I Feel Stupid And Contagious / A Nirvana Thread
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liebzz wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
The "steal the life that's inside of me" line is too on the nose. I like my abortion songs more ambiguous.

I always thought the line was “distill the life that’s inside of me..:”


I'm sure you're probably right. Either way my point stands.

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 Post subject: Re: I Feel Stupid And Contagious / A Nirvana Thread
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Kevin Davis wrote:
liebzz wrote:
Pennyroyal Tea gets too much hate. Might not be among the better songs on In Utero but one of the easiest to digest in a hard to digest album. It’s a great album but that doesn’t make it easy to listen to.


It's just such a dull composition. Too much of the song lingers on that drawn-out B-flat chord ("Pennyroyal TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEA," "inside of MEEEEEEEEEEEEE") -- I don't usually care for the criticism that a song "goes nowhere" but this is one of those for me, it just feels like it constantly steers itself back into this same completely unsatisfying musical brick wall.

To absolutely no one's surprise, I love Pennyroyal Tea. I can't necessarily argue with what you're saying. But I guess I like those qualities in this song. *shrugs*


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tragabigzanda wrote:
Pennyroyal Tea is the worst song to come out of the grunge era


Not even the worst song on that album (rape me)

I also really love Rape Me.


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 Post subject: Re: I Feel Stupid And Contagious / A Nirvana Thread
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Yeah, I don’t remember hating any songs on In Utero. Really I loved all their albums and treated Incesticide as one as well. I always thought the weakest link for them were recordings of live shows, mostly because they went from phenomenal to unlistenable, and there’s no rhyme, reason or natural progression to where you could guess that might happen. Not that I am looking for predictable in a live show, and the danger of everything crashing and burning is I am sure really exciting when you are there and watching living on that line, but in recordings it eventually becomes frustrating. No one’s fault per se but reality. When they were on though, they were great.


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Don't love Drain You, but all these others ones are top shelf.


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When I start to get too nitpicky about a Kurt Cobain song not “going somewhere” I just remind myself that he was a suicidal heroin addict

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In Bloom is my favorite Nirvana song from all their catalogue.


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When I start to get too nitpicky about a Kurt Cobain song not “going somewhere” I just remind myself that he was a suicidal heroin addict


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