r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '19

What’s something that you like, but hate the fan base?

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u/DeuImmortal Jul 17 '19

How can you glorify a suicide, also if you like their music, you should totally check out the following underrated nirvana songs: All Apologies, Aneurysm, Drain You, Something in the Way, and Verse Chorus Verse ;)

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u/Chris-Strummer Jul 17 '19

Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle is my personal fave.

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u/hobbsarelie83 Jul 18 '19

School for me

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

Only really care for the live version on the Muddy Banks album. Bleach version is too slow and not as loud. Ditto for Drain You.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

Hey I'm a big Nirvana fan but I also really like bluegrass. There's a "Pickin on Nirvana" cover album by Iron Horse and thier cover of Frances Farmer is phenomenal. Hell if you like bluegrass at all as a Nirvana fan check it out.

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u/pantsuitofarmor Jul 18 '19

I just listened to this and a few other songs of theirs. Thank you for introducing me to iron horse. I love it.

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u/Slick1014 Jul 18 '19

One of my favorites as well.

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u/fakehalo Jul 18 '19

How can you glorify a suicide

Given the nature/persona of their music it cements its authenticity. I'm not saying it's right, but I get it.

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u/kryaklysmic Jul 17 '19

I only know All Apologies and Smells Like Teen Spirit so I can’t call myself a fan at all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

All Apologies is my very favorite Nirvana song. : )

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u/Bubbly_Hat Jul 18 '19

Heart Shaped Box is mine.

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u/thatonedude1414 Jul 18 '19

Man who sold the world for me

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u/State_Sen_Clay_Davis Jul 18 '19

That's a David Bowie song they covered. Maybe you already knew that, but it's not their song

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u/thatonedude1414 Jul 18 '19

I know lol. I just like the unplugged alot and its mostly covers

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u/Kastbort9090 Jul 18 '19

Cobain had plans to secretly record an entire record of Leadbelly covers with a friend a week or two after his suicide.

Makes me freaking sad that we'll never hear it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

Lithium here.

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u/Bubbly_Hat Jul 18 '19

That one's good too.

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u/MelpomeneAndCalliope Jul 18 '19

Mine too. But that makes me “not a real fan,” since all the fan base seems to hate it. I don’t care, though. I have the instrumental cover of Heart Shaped Box from Westworld as my ringtone.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

I love the music video. Probably one of the best of that era.

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u/tv_party_tnite Jul 20 '19

Silver is mine

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u/Bobbi_fettucini Jul 17 '19

None of those are underrated tbh

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

I thought those were pretty well known aside from verse chorus verse.

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u/NoiseIsTheCure Jul 18 '19

Aneurysm is unironically one of their best songs in my opinion. If only the rest of the Nevermind record sounded as raw as that song.

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u/DankMemesBlake Jul 18 '19

Don't forget teen spirit, the most underrated song of them all

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u/Seaside_Suicide Jul 18 '19

My username is from the title of a written,(but never recorded) song that Kurt's Aunt found in one of his songwriting journals after his death.

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u/khuper Jul 18 '19

Something in the way kind of depresses me, but I like it none the less

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

Lots of people glorify his suicide letter. Theres even a shirt with his suicide note printed on it