robocord t1_jeadut1 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:06 PM

That girl thinks she’s the Queen of the neighborhood

eagle999 t1_jeahcz3 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:28 PM

She's got the hottest trike in town

2nd2last t1_jeahvpz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:32 PM

That girl, she holds her head up so high

the-magnificunt t1_jeayz11 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:20 PM

I think I wanna be her best friend

Styx92 t1_jebgz5o wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:15 PM

I got news for you. She is.

DaveOJ12 t1_jeca6ml wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:32 PM

The writing is just... Wow.

E.g.

>When Cobain found out what Teen Spirit was, he was highly upset and very possibly humiliated, but as he didn't live very long, and was always in a bad mood anyway, naming a song after a well-liked deodorant probably didn't hurt his career.

malelder t1_jecddik wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:55 PM

Holy cow, lol.... The one time I'm glad I didn't read the article

benefit_of_mrkite t1_jeapfgj wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:20 PM

I’m really surprised he didn’t know what teen spirit was - the commercials for it were played all the time back then. They were played a lot on MTV. It was hard to escape.

warpus t1_jeba0dl wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:31 PM

It wouldn't surprise me if he was the type to not watch a lot of tv

ssshield t1_jebb1l2 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:37 PM

I was a young teen back then. I had never heard of it. My sister's both had.

I suspect it was advertised during female centric programming, even on MTV.

giskardwasright t1_jecm6ot wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:00 AM

I remember it being heavily advertised in magazines that appealed to teen girls. One magazine even ran a contest (can't remember the specifics of the contest) and the prize was Nirvana playing at your school.

Where_my_pogs_at t1_jefd4sl wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:35 PM

The song came out before I had a concept of deodorant and was the rebellious song that older kids would blast driving around town.

MyVoiceIsElevating t1_jed35d7 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:15 AM

Well in the end it didn’t matter since he eradicated the brand from existence.

[deleted] t1_jeat04n wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:43 PM

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onioning t1_jeay21k wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:15 PM

You're allowed to talk about products. Would be pretty impossible to make art otherwise.

ColonelKasteen t1_jeb6x65 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:11 PM

You can reference brand names in songs silly.

[deleted] t1_jebavzp wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:37 PM

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sprocketous t1_jebbjyy wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:41 PM

Smells like axe body spray

foofly t1_jeazrvq wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:25 PM

Kurt was a legit riot grrl

Acceptable-Cod7214 t1_jebr9rg wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:20 PM

A definite feminist.

[deleted] t1_jecgk0d wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:18 AM

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himmmmmmmmmmmmmm t1_jee7mxm wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:29 AM

Take some Lithium

byronsucks t1_jeci6h7 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:30 AM

Kurt was def a right-winger at heart since he did not believe in safely handling guns

RezzKeepsItReal t1_jed9hmm wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:13 AM

I'm sorry nobody appreciates your joke.

I do.

byronsucks t1_jedagmw wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:23 AM

it's ok I think Kurt would have laughed

[deleted] t1_jeckmmd wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:48 AM

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Electrical-Poetry-87 t1_jecnlsb wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:11 AM

It was definitely a shotgun joke

[deleted] t1_jecnv66 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:13 AM

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Electrical-Poetry-87 t1_jecoayj wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:16 AM

I mean I could be wrong

He might’ve been a Right winger at heart, considering he had nothing Left in his head

[deleted] t1_jecm3xo wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:00 AM

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PhilReotardos t1_jecv3cs wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:09 AM

All these noobs downvoting a quality joke

theRealGermanikkus t1_jecw6nk wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:17 AM

Nah it was just poor taste

RezzKeepsItReal t1_jed9nj9 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:15 AM

It's been 29 years. I think it's ok.

PhilReotardos t1_jecx9u5 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:26 AM

Noob detected

Downtown_Tadpole_817 t1_jeag3fz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:20 PM

Also Bikini kill is a badass band

Brilliant-Towel4044 t1_jea9mfs wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:38 PM

I love Bikini Kill, and I love this story 💘

FiftyTigers t1_jecfxuf wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:14 AM

Janey Briggs is that you?

substantial-freud t1_jeatxeg wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:48 PM

Teen Spirit, as the name suggests, was aimed at very young women.

The point of the jibe was that Cobain was sleeping with someone inappropriately young for him.

DylanToback8 t1_jebhvyd wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:21 PM

That’s not true. He was “secretly” dating some girl, can’t remember who, that everyone knew to wear that deodorant. The message was to let him know everyone knew the big “secret”. Source: I’ve read four different biographies about him.

trudenter t1_jecpj8n wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:26 AM

I read they just broke up at that point, when the teen spirit thing was written on the wall.

CombImpressive3416 t1_jed0w7h wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:56 AM

Wasn't it Tobi Vail?

I don't think it was a secret, just than Hanna and Vail had recently bought some teen spirit deoderant while shopping together and Hanna was making a joke about that.

starmartyr t1_jebz8w4 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:14 PM

Was she underage?

DylanToback8 t1_jec1hdd wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:29 PM

No.

zipcodelove t1_jebe9gz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:58 PM

Wasn’t he dating Tobi Vail? She was only 2 years younger than him

herpitusderpitus t1_jecxk43 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:28 AM

Yes, Dylantoback above is right it's mentioned a lot in various books about him and in couple time in his journals too

Capable_Pianist_9218 t1_jeeekdl wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:35 PM

and then she ended up with Josh Homme from QOTSA. Crazy. ETA: I’m and idiot and mixed up Tobi Vail with Brody Dalle. 🤣 Carry on.

DaveOJ12 t1_jeca42x wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:31 PM

You didn't read the article.

Latyon t1_jeah5ic wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:27 PM

Which is funny that that is the case, because all through my childhood whenever I would see that title, I would think, "Is this a song about deodorant or something?" despite not knowing that Teen Spirit was a deodorant.

Gabi_Social t1_jebpbqf wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:08 PM

If the song was written in the UK it would have been called “Smells Like Charlie Red” which doesn’t have the same ring to it.

StandElement t1_jec1f8y wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:29 PM

Smells like So……?

Electrical-Poetry-87 t1_jecnqqp wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:12 AM

I didn’t know cocaine nosebleed had a smell 😄

CombImpressive3416 t1_jed0g7d wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:52 AM

>I didn’t know cocaine nosebleed had a smell

Smells like iron.

EarthBoundMisfitEye t1_jeblzey wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:46 PM

I knew when the song came out that a deodorant had that name. I figured they also knew and didn't care. That song was destined to go on forever unlike the defunct product.

Duwt t1_jeczggw wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:44 AM

Teen Spirit’s still around, you can buy a stick right now and smell just like Kurt Cobain if you wanna.

EarthBoundMisfitEye t1_jee8syt wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:41 AM

Ha did not know. Fun fact for today

VitaSackvilleBaggins t1_jeds8zr wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:04 AM

"When Cobain found out what Teen Spirit was, he was highly upset and very possibly humiliated, but as he didn't live very long, and was always in a bad mood anyway, naming a song after a well-liked deodorant probably didn't hurt his career."

WTF

botglm t1_jebqqar wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:17 PM

Didn’t this smell like watermelon?

rayinreverse t1_jedf61l wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:13 AM

It’s not like Smells Like Teen Spirit was actually in a single lyric. Pretty sure this story is BS. Kathleen Hanna probably did say that, but naming the song that was very intentional.

Beau_Buffett t1_jedtonb wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:25 AM

I heard she wrote it on a door.

MongolianCluster t1_jeetljc wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:28 PM

A song that changed the world.

theyipper t1_jeaq6nx wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:25 PM

So, who was Kurt with that was wearing the deodorant?

--frymaster-- t1_jebfcvz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:05 PM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobi_Vail

ThisIsWhyINeedAGun t1_jedgmva wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:30 AM

So he was making a song and a meme at the same time. Now it’s starting to make sense. Could never understand the popularity with it until now

LifeEnjoyerrr t1_jeal4v3 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:52 PM

Shame it didn't work out

RetroMetroShow t1_jeaosnl wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:16 PM

It’s better to burn out than to fade away, rock and roll is here to stay

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