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It’s been 20 years since the debut of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
20 years ago today “Smells Like Teen Spirit” made it debut on MTV’s 120 Minutes. Music would never again be the same, at least for me.
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“Weird Al” Yankovic performs “Canadian Idiot” live
via punknews.orgIn many ways the people in “America’s Hat” have it better than us, but they are sure fun to make fun of.
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Foo Fighters perform “Dear Rosemary” with Bob Mould on Conan
I was secretly hoping Bob Mould would show up and perform “Dear Rosemary” with the Foo Fighters the other night at the concert. Bob Mould is a former Minnesotan, and Dave Grohl did mention that two members of Hüsker Dü we at the show. Sadly they played the song without Bob Mould. They did play “Dear Rosemary” with Bob Mould on Conan the other night though.
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Hanson covering Weezer’s “Troublemaker”
via youtube.comI hated Hanson back in the day, and if I wasn’t told, I wouldn’t even have known this was Hanson. It’s a pretty decent Weezer cover.
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Foo Fighters Garage Tour video
I probably mentioned the Foo Fighters Garage Tour in the past. This video is a nice little mini documentary about their garage shows. A buddy of mine entered the contest, but sadly didn’t win, so I wasn’t able to see the Foo Fighters in his Garage. We will be seeing them on September 14th though. It should be a great show. I have seen the Foo Fighters four times, and it’s always great. How great would it have been to see them in my buddy’s garage though?
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Motion City Soundtrack: “The Future Freaks Me Out” (live on The Daily Habit)
The other night Motion City Soundtrack performed, in my opinion, their biggest hit on The Daily Habit. It’s hard to believe it’s been eight years since I first heard this song. I think I have seen them in concert eight times since 2003. I’m averaging once a year. That’s not too bad. I saw Motion City Soundtrack last October, and will be seeing them yet again in a couple weeks at the Minnesota State Fair. I can’t wait.
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Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse
via Mashable.comWhat a horrible tragedy. I don’t think I will ever look at an outdoor concert the same.
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Smells Like Teen Spirit Cello Cover
via devour.comCello playing in high school was never this cool.
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Free Tribute to Nirvana’s Nevermind
So it’s been 20 years since my favorite album of all time, Nirvana’s Nevermind was released. Spin has released a “free” tribute album. It’s not really free since you have to like Spin on Facebook to get it, but it won’t cost you any money. I refuse to to like things on Facebook, or retweet thinks when forced to. I usually just ignore whatever it was and assume it doesn’t exist. This album was an exception, and by exception I mean, I used my fake Facebook page to like it.I gave it a quick listen and I love how each band put their spin on on each song. It starts off with the Meat Puppets version on “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. The Meat Puppets probably are best known for playing with Nirvana on their Mtv Unplugged appearance. The Vaselines cover “Lithium”. Kurt Cobain was a big fan of The Vaselines. Nirvana covered a couple of their songs on Incesticide, and played “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam” during their unplugged session. It was only fitting that The Vaselines would cover “Lithium”. The song almost brought me to tears. Amanda Palmer also has a song on the album. She does an eerie stripped down version of “Polly” that’s pretty amazing. You can get the album for free here.
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My take on Spotify
I’ve been playing around with Spotify for the last couple days, and it seems pretty good for what it is. For some people I see how it can be totally cool. You can listen to almost any song you want whenever you want. It’s great for the casual music fan that doesn’t care whether they own their music or not. With the free version you are stuck to listening on a computer, which for people that work it an office, might be all they need. Currently you need an invitation to get the free version, so I’m not sure if it’s temporary, but it is ad supported. For $5 a month you can get rid of the ads, but really, if you are going to pay for it you should pay $10 a month and get the mobile features.I don’t think Spotify is really for me though. I like to own and collect my music. I have well over 1300 cds, and I want to be able to listen to them in the future. I have my entire music library on a 160 GB iPod Classic, so I can already listen to almost anything I want whenever I want. That being said, just because I pay for Spotify doesn’t mean I have to stop buying music. It might be tougher to buy music when I know I can listen to it for free, but I will to keep my music library growing.
I think I am going to pay for it for at least a few months to get the full experience, and see how well the streaming works. Often times what I want to listen to isn’t on my iPhone because of limited space. With Spotify I will have a much greater selection of music on my iPhone. I was surprised with Spotify’s selection. For most people they will probably find everything they want, except for The Beatles. There were quite a few bands I couldn’t find, but then I tend to listen to more obscure stuff. I was mostly shocked that they only had one Punchline album. WTF? I will just have to make sure the bands they don’t have are on my iPhone. I’m sure over time their selection will be better. I remember when I couldn’t find any of my bands on iTunes, and now everybody is there.
