Original video located here. Accessed 6th July 2020
Song title: All Apologies
Artist: Nirvana
Year: 1993
Why I like this song:
I was never into Nirvana when i was a kid. I would have been 9/10 when they hit it big of the strength of Smells Like Teen Spirit. At the time i was like: "Yeah Whatever" but I could not, for the life of me, understand why people were losing their minds over it. And I would fail to do so in the years to come.
But of course, i turned out on the wrong side of history: Nirvana completely changed the course of popular music, their success gave new credibility to the alternative rock I came to relish and Kurt Cobain would be canonized (even though I doubt he would have appreciated it). A revolution happened and i slept through the whole thing.
But despite being baffled by Nirvana, I do have a soft spot for this song. I can imagine this song inspires different reactions to different people - which I imagine what Kurt may have been going for - but I like this song for a) the sense of resignation b) the distortion-filled climax and the post climax where the drums keep going and the refrain that brings the song to the end.
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