It’s not a call me Caroline video without a grammar/spelling error. It’s Blew NOT blue. What should I react to next? Also I did a little sing of something in the way 😊⬇️ th-cam.com/users/shortstzxEbOtJAi0?feature=share
Simon & Garfunkel; very eclectic, marvelous arrangements and brilliant performances highlight their catalog. Consider reacting to any of their later albums to get the full effect of their genius collaboration!
I noticed that when you reviewed the "Let It Be" album you had a very positive reaction to Phil Spector's work on that record. Consider delving into his catalog; in spite of his many and varied peccadilloes and more serious transgressions he was quite the producer/songwriter and considered a 1960s wunderkind. He produced a Christmas record that is considered and absolute classic and his hand is all over George Harrison's masterpiece "All Things Must Pass".
There aren't many Nirvana albums so I think you should stick with them and do Nevermind next. Nevermind was a slick production for a major record label, it produced multiple hits and it was an era defining release. It is a lot more accessible than Bleach and you can see from the front cover image how the band had concerns that they may have been 'selling out' with it but they instead emerged with their integrity intact.
Kurt was the BEST screamer! he actually worked on it. he would go out to the middle of nowhere and scream until his voice broke. Nirvana was great at capturing how so many of us teens in the time felt.
When Bleach came out it was huge for us young punks. Anybody who had the album went nuts for it. I saw them live in a little club in Edmonton in March of '91. There was less than a hundred people there and it was smokin'!
Was wondering where you’d go after the Beatles, and I’m very pleasantly surprised. Would love to see you hear the rest - they only had 3 studio albums!
They had only 3 formal studio albums, but they had and additional two complete albums in singles and b-sides (Incesticide being a compilation of about half of them). Of all the everyone-has-heard-of-them bands out their Nirvana probably has the smallest percentage of their recoding actual on their albums.
@@edward8597 I cannot comment on The Smiths, but while The Beatles had roughly the same number of non-album songs as Nirvana at about 30, they had 13 studio albums to Nirvana’s 3. So about 10% of The Beatles output was non-album while Nirvana sits at about 40%.
@@Mr-gg8ek Just looked it up for the Smiths. In their career, they recorded 39 album tracks and 35 non-album songs (excluding alternate versions and live recordings). But, like the Beatles and unlike Nirvana, that non-album list includes many/most of their biggest hits and best-remembered songs.
Nevermind was sold out the day after I first saw Teen Spirit on TV, so I bought a cassette of Bleach, and a Spreading the Disease by Anthrax. Bleach was always my favorite album of theirs. I never really got around to that Anthrax album...
Queen did a similar thing from the straightforward Hard Rock-Heavy Metal stuff on Queen I and the Progressive Rock-Glam Rock-Heavy Metal-Art Rock-Baroque Pop multi-layered Experiment stuff on Queen II.
"About a Girl" is as good as anything on "Nevermind", though - and a lot of the songs for "Nevermind" were being written at the time, but just not used as Cobain thought they were too poppy. In other words, he was already writing that stuff when "Bleach" was being made, really. "In Utero" is the perfect Nirvana album to me, as they finally matched both styles masterfully.
@@terryfeeds I would heavily disagree with that one. While the Black Album certainly got more popular, ...AJFA was certainly more musically realised and matured. Then again, OP might have been referring to popularity but still, AJFA was still very popular, being the first Metal album nominated for a Metal category at the Grammy's (then losing to Jethro Fucking Tull) and it carried their first music video for One which got insane attention when released.
Bleach is Nirvana's "grunge/metal" album; their heaviest, imo. Grunge was originally supposed to mean an amalgamation of punk rock and hard rock/heavy metal. It became a blanket term for any rock music that came out of Seattle, or anything that resembled it but maybe wasn't necessarily Seattle-based. Good record and a very strong debut. I think it's aged well.
Nirvana's punk influences are most apparent in Bleach and Incesticide, but you can hear both evolution and common themes on all of their tracks. On the drums - Chad Channing was and is an excellent drummer, but Dave Grohl was a huge part in evolving Nirvana into one of the most iconic bands ever. His impact can't be underestimated.
True, but as phenomenal as he was, Chad wasn't the only drummer on Bleach (although he wrote a good load of the drum parts that Grohl ended up playing during the Nevermind sessions, namely on In Bloom, Lithium and Polly among others). Dale Crover of The Melvins, who was their first choice drummer at the time, played drums on "Floyd the Barber", "Paper Cuts" and "Downer"
same here... I too discovered this channel when she was doing the Beatles (my all-time favorite band), and I've been listening to Nirvana since Nevermind came out... :)
Bleach is Nirvana’s debut album. Definitely put it on your list to react to the rest of their albums. Nevermind is what changed the landscape of the musical world and is their second studio album. You’ll really see how they progressed, adding Dave Grohl on drums was huge, and how much tighter and evolved Kurt Cobain’s songwriting became. That album’s use of dynamics is really good, owing to their influence from the Pixies. Cobain was also heavily influenced by The Beatles and punk rock. In Utero was their last studio album and done sort of as the anti-Nevermind in that they wanted a particular sound (cue Steve Albini to produce it) that wasn’t so commercially slick.
I really, REALLY hope you listen to the rest of their material like you did with The Beatles. Nirvana had a very epic music maturity. As someone who understands music you will be able hear it.
Start listening Nirvana for the first time with Bleach Album, it’s like stripping a band-aid off a serious wound or cut in one act, brutal! Congratulations! lol
Bleach was Nirvana's first album and it is mostly interesting for showing the creative experimentation that led to Nevermind and beyond. Incesticide (a deep-cut album the studio pushed out) goes even more experimental with some truly crazy vocals.
Nirvana were so refreshing when they came out. They really breathed new life into rock music. Such a short-lived yet influential band. Some of their music because of the catchiness reminds me of The Beatles in their early pop days with a harder more edge. The drummer, Dave Grohl went on to front the Foo Fighters after Kurt's death.
So now I can respond, as a Seattle native who was there and playing in bands you’ve never heard of (deservedly so)😅: This is a perfect sample of what was going on in Seattle in ‘89-91 - tons of bands recording their own demos and albums on under-$1000 budgets in cheap studios and doing whatever it took to be heard, not for a minute expecting the world to notice. Back then their label Sub Pop was a homegrown hype machine putting out as much music as they could on zero money. Nirvana themselves were sort of the junior division while bands like Mudhoney and Soundgarden were the best-known outside of the city. When this came out, it didn’t blow everybody away right off, but it did turn some heads as there were hints that Kurt had a lot going on in the songwriting dep’t. It sold well for an indie release. When DGC signed them, I remember folks thinking “Cool…” but not really expecting too much. Even when “Teen Spirit” hit the radio, I remember thinking, that one SHOULD be a hit, probably not tho… little did we know!😂 Also, it’s true that the record cost just over $600 borrowed from guitarist Jason Everman, who joined right after the sessions on 2nd guitar. Apparently they never paid him back. Jason did one tour before they fired him, he then joined Soundgarden on bass, who also fired him after one tour.😭
Jason is seen on the cover, so he got SOMETHING out of his time in the band. In a very strange twist of fate, he then went on to become an Army Ranger and served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Cool story man. I can just imagine how fun it must've been to live your whole youth in those times, but now that you have a few more decades in your history, i gotta ask: Was that time the peak of your life or did you go to something better after that tremendous youth? Would you trade anything to go back to those years? Just curious 🤘🏼
@@yes_head Jason Everyman recorded the kiss cover, Do you love me? With Nirvana , his only official captured appearance. Live material is of course out there.
@7:50 "Music always comes first, lyrics are secondary" - Kurt Cobain Edit: Every Nirvana album, despite the song writing not changing in terms of genre or feel, have utterly different production style and give each one a completely new feel from album to album. The latter two definitely have more variety to them.
Kurt is one of the best lyricists of all time it’s weird but great now there’s many other legends before him but for the time he had and the way he’s able to out it all together with krist and Dave behind and other drummers who kinda paved it at the start too is what makes nirvana great and Kurt played different all around he’s a legend
Good reactions, good insights, you always point out something I didn't see before, and I've been around since the beginning (for Nirvana at least). And you always teach me something. I hope you continue with Nivana, as limited as their catalogue is. I think it's worth it.
9:30. the crazy part is, Kurt screamed without proper technique, he often screamed with his throat and reported throwing up literal blood as a result :(( still the best screamer and thats why no one else sings like him
I discovered Nirvana about 2 years ago, and have been listening to them since. Watching you listen to Bleach for the first time was very enjoyable, and reminded me of my first time. Great video. Cheers!
I can still remember the Friday night (think it was September) in 1989 I was getting ready to go out and I was listening to WMBR Cambridge "Sick Packages" with Lisa and she played "Negative Creep" and I was blown away. i had to wait until she announced who the band was before I left my apartment. The next day I bought the cassette.
I love it. I know you’ve done your homework, but two bands that Kurt has mentioned as influences are The Beatles (you’re on solid ground there) and The Pixies. This will be obvious on their second album where the volume changes are more obvious.
I had your Beatles vids recommended to me a couple years ago. Out of nowhere i decided to look you up. And here you are. First you were listening to my parents' records (which i absolutely internalized and know intimately) and here you are listening to the music of my generation. Enjoy!
This has to be one of most profitable albums of all time maybe the record? From a margin perspective 600 bucks and this album had next no promotion and how many millions has it made. Talking like a 99%+ profit margin. INSANE!
This made my morning. You went from reacting to my favorite band (The Beatles) to my favorite band as a teenager (Nirvana). Glad you liked it. Bleach can be kind of a rough listen for first-timers. It's got more of The Melvins' influence (kinda harsh and angular sounding) on it than their later studio albums. You were spot on in singling out the rhythm section, as that's probably Nirvana's secret weapon. Keeping the bass and drums tight while Kurt goes off screaming, wailing feedback on his guitar, is what hooks the listener and gives the sound its broad appeal. Embracing that catchiness and fusing it with their avante-garde punk/metal roots is what set this band above most of their peers. Kurt had a great ear for melody. Would love to see you analyze the rest of their tragically short discography. I'd also love to see you branch off and sample some of their peers and influences. The Melvins might be a bit of a hard sell, but you might dig Sonic Youth (Kurt's favorite band) if the idea of unfamiliar tunings and sheets of glorious impenetrable feedback don't put you off. Maybe try "Daydream Nation" or "Sister" first.
@@billbohnert8166 100% - I can't believe I didn't think of them. Pixies are also a bit more accessible than Melvins or SY. I defy anybody to listen to Surfer Rosa and not enjoy that album.
I didn’t expect you to react to nirvana but I’m SO happy, I’ve been a fan of theirs since highschool (2014), I’m planning on even getting the in utero angels tattoo. I’m genuinely excited to see you listen to their discography
Wow, this is great! As you've found, Bleach is quite a rough entry point into the band and for most fans this was a release they only came to later as they were digging into the band's history. Nevermind (which contains their superhit Smells Like Teen Spirit) is probably what most people heard first and it's a much more polished album than Bleach is.
As a whole album i listened to bleach before nevermind or in utero. I didnt like how nevermind was hyper polished and in utero to me felt like them trying to get to the bleach era kind of energy and production but it felt forced in my mind, but obviously the songwriting in in utero is miles ahead. Also i been listening to early R.E.M and i can actually hear kurts inspiration from michael stipes vocal style specifically during murmur and reckoning which i thought was super interesting
The first Nirvana album I heard was 'From the muddy banks...' then went Bleach - >in utero->nevermind. Suffice to say I was surprised when I finally heard Nevermind as the production is so different I preferred the live versions :)
I'm so glad I didn't jump ship after you finished the Beatles... Please do the rest of Nirvana's catalog in the same fashion. You won't be disappointed. Thank you Miss Caroline!
Actually this album sounds so raw and beautiful at the same time because it was their first official LP, recorded only for 600$ (yes, i repeat 600)) It wasn't a major label release - Nirvana had a very limited time in studio, so they basically recorded everything with one take. You'll be surprised how much will change in their second LP Nevermind which will become one of the greatest records of all times
That was fun. This album was more one-dimensional, chugga-chugga, riffy, etc than what was about to happen next. What happened next was like, if you're familiar with the scene in the Wizard of Oz when everything changes from black and white to colour. It was that much of a development, that much of a transition, and it really stamped a massive change on music at the time, that absolutely nobody saw coming. Put it this way - I was in a pub for lunch today and they were playing Pixies on the stereo. Before Nirvana that would have never happened. Nirvana made that happen, they kicked down the doors. Love Buzz is a bonus track not on the original vinyl album, which is why it sounds a bit out of place. About a Girl was on the original, and was the first hint that Nirvana had a little more going on than just being grungy rockers. The next one is going to be even more fun, and I guarantee that you do know a good few of the songs; they're burned into cultural consciousness. There will be more screaming as well.
A lot of people don't even know about this album. Kurt commented on that in a live performance, right before he performed About A Girl. "This is off of our first record. Most people don't own it." Their entire catalog is amazing. I can't wait for you to listen to the albums Incesticide, and In Utero. Bleach and Incesticide are my favorite Nirvana albums. Also noteworthy is their Unplugged album, recorded live.
It's so interesting to see someone to react to music that you were there for and at this point take for granted. I live in Seattle and was at many of their first shows before this record came out. I think the best way to look at this record is as a demo for Kurts pop sensibilities while trying to maintain the heavier elements of the bands he was hanging around with and listening to-especially the Melvins.
I had heard the nirvana throughout my teens, the hits mostly, but bleach was my first vinyl that I bought and it’s by far my favorite nirvana album! All the rock music full of angst, rage and chaos, how can you not love this album!!!
If you are looking for the song "Something in the way" It's the last song of there 2nd (And Most Popular) Album "Nevermind" (I also recommend there 3rd album "In Utero" Its Sorta Like The One Your Listening Here.
I used to think in utero was tho nevermind prob had the best songs, for a long while now Bleach is it for me too. That’s the band at its essence right there. Songs. Attitude. Recoding lo fi, vocal range (as stated here by the host in tone). Balls out record really.
Bleach is definitely their best album. Nothing but raw heavy punk, which was definitely a main definition for Nirvana. It had more raw passion, that passion for raw punk music. Which is why it's great, and also all the songs kicked ass in it.
I also missed Nirvana when they were originally popular, but I recently asked some friends for grunge suggestions, and of course, Nirvana was near the top of the list. You'd probably like the Nevermind album better. I do.
Bleach is Nirvana's first album and sounds quite raw production wise. Like most people, I only heard this when I went back after being grabbed by Nevermind, their second album and massive commercial breakthrough. Bleach is the only Nirvana album to featue Chad Channing on drums and Jason Everman. The rumuor was that Everman isn't actually playing on any of it, he just got a credit for putting up the money to have it recorded. From the next ablum it's the classic line up of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. I still like this album a lot although it could do with a little more variety. Like you point out, most of the variation comes in the vocals. If you carry on down the Nirvana route, I think you'll enjoy it. Sadly, it isn't a long journey.
Fun note about Negative Creep that you picked up on. They didn't like songs to fade out, but you noticed it's the only song to do so. The tape they were recording onto ran out and didn't get the whole/end. To cover the problem, they faded the song out.
'About a girl' is easily the best song on this album. It sounds very Beatlesque, too (just like 'School', good observation!), which is no coincidence - Kurt Cobain was a huge Beatles fan
I ll never forget the Day a friend put me listening to this a year before the nevermind explosion. As a young teen... On that Day i turned my back to Michael Jackson and pop and turned to Black side of the force...
Look up Verdychannel, she just uploaded the full reaction to Led Zeppelin I. She's a young French-Canadian girl. She's also done Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals. She started as a KPop reaction channel, but was blown away by Led Zep.
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It’s not a call me Caroline video without a grammar/spelling error.
It’s Blew NOT blue.
What should I react to next? Also I did a little sing of something in the way 😊⬇️
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I think you should listen to Chuck Berry, such a great artist of his time or maybe Depeche Mode
The Monkees' "Headquarters" or "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd." 🎶🎶🎶
Simon & Garfunkel; very eclectic, marvelous arrangements and brilliant performances highlight their catalog. Consider reacting to any of their later albums to get the full effect of their genius collaboration!
I noticed that when you reviewed the "Let It Be" album you had a very positive reaction to Phil Spector's work on that record. Consider delving into his catalog; in spite of his many and varied peccadilloes and more serious transgressions he was quite the producer/songwriter and considered a 1960s wunderkind. He produced a Christmas record that is considered and absolute classic and his hand is all over George Harrison's masterpiece "All Things Must Pass".
There aren't many Nirvana albums so I think you should stick with them and do Nevermind next. Nevermind was a slick production for a major record label, it produced multiple hits and it was an era defining release. It is a lot more accessible than Bleach and you can see from the front cover image how the band had concerns that they may have been 'selling out' with it but they instead emerged with their integrity intact.
Kurt was the BEST screamer! he actually worked on it. he would go out to the middle of nowhere and scream until his voice broke.
Nirvana was great at capturing how so many of us teens in the time felt.
His scream in School is one of the most amazing ever.
@@Corn_Pone_FlicksYOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL AGAINNNNNNNNN
His scream is more amazing when he isnt playing guitar and just focus on vocal :)
Great example is "DRAINNNNNNN"
His scream was great! But Mark Arm's (Mudhoney) was better! He was wearing a Mudhoney shirt the night I saw them play!
dickie allen?
"Love Buzz" is a cover from the '69 song by a band called Shocking Blue
When Bleach came out it was huge for us young punks. Anybody who had the album went nuts for it. I saw them live in a little club in Edmonton in March of '91. There was less than a hundred people there and it was smokin'!
Amazing. I didn't like this album when i first heard it in 1998 but i persevered and discovered a classic.
I think I saw them at around the same time. It was right after nevermind came out; I hadn't even heard the album yet.
Mosh pit in Detroit though!!
Out of curiosity, how did you find about albums like Bleach pre-internet?
@@Lindenrd25 Brave New Waves, on CBC radio. Maximum Rock'n'Roll and Flipside. Independent record stores. Word of mouth.
@@Lindenrd25there were these things called television, newspapers, and radio 🙀
0:32 - Blew
2:04 - Floyd The Barber
3:49 - About A Girl
6:03 - School
7:53 - Love Buzz
10:20 - Paper Cuts
13:00 - Negative Creep
14:18 - Scoff
16:26 - Swap Meet
18:01 - Mr Moustache
19:34 - Sifting
21:29 - Big Cheese
22:31 - Downer
thx
you misspelt blue
@@peddr.o crazy 😭😭😭
@@peddr.o It's Blew, zoomer
@@whocares_bear idk what ur talking abt, it clearly says blue in the video, maybe u can't read
Was wondering where you’d go after the Beatles, and I’m very pleasantly surprised. Would love to see you hear the rest - they only had 3 studio albums!
They had only 3 formal studio albums, but they had and additional two complete albums in singles and b-sides (Incesticide being a compilation of about half of them). Of all the everyone-has-heard-of-them bands out their Nirvana probably has the smallest percentage of their recoding actual on their albums.
@@Mr-gg8ek The Smiths or Joy Division/New Order might give them a run for their money. And, of course, the Beatles.
@@edward8597 I cannot comment on The Smiths, but while The Beatles had roughly the same number of non-album songs as Nirvana at about 30, they had 13 studio albums to Nirvana’s 3. So about 10% of The Beatles output was non-album while Nirvana sits at about 40%.
Might as well do Incesticide and Unplugged, they're good albums and it won't take too long.
@@Mr-gg8ek Just looked it up for the Smiths. In their career, they recorded 39 album tracks and 35 non-album songs (excluding alternate versions and live recordings). But, like the Beatles and unlike Nirvana, that non-album list includes many/most of their biggest hits and best-remembered songs.
This is a pleasant surprise...loved this record the first time I heard it. Can't wait for the rest of this Nirvana journey
Sad thing is it's going to be over too quick.
It doesn’t have to be..I could probably name 60 good Nirvana songs!
@@mondegreen9709 not really, they've got EPs
Nevermind was sold out the day after I first saw Teen Spirit on TV, so I bought a cassette of Bleach, and a Spreading the Disease by Anthrax. Bleach was always my favorite album of theirs. I never really got around to that Anthrax album...
It’s just so goddamn rock n roll
The jump from Bleach to Nevermind is almost unbelievable. I don't think i've ever seen a band grow so much in so little time
Queen did a similar thing from the straightforward Hard Rock-Heavy Metal stuff on Queen I and the Progressive Rock-Glam Rock-Heavy Metal-Art Rock-Baroque Pop multi-layered Experiment stuff on Queen II.
And justice for all to black album. Although I love Metallica previous albums, I think it has similar artistic growth as, bleach - nevermind.
"About a Girl" is as good as anything on "Nevermind", though - and a lot of the songs for "Nevermind" were being written at the time, but just not used as Cobain thought they were too poppy. In other words, he was already writing that stuff when "Bleach" was being made, really. "In Utero" is the perfect Nirvana album to me, as they finally matched both styles masterfully.
@@terryfeeds I would heavily disagree with that one. While the Black Album certainly got more popular, ...AJFA was certainly more musically realised and matured. Then again, OP might have been referring to popularity but still, AJFA was still very popular, being the first Metal album nominated for a Metal category at the Grammy's (then losing to Jethro Fucking Tull) and it carried their first music video for One which got insane attention when released.
Bleach was recorded for $600 and Subpop wanted a grunge sound. Nevermind cost $65,000 to record and was more of a pop album.
Bleach is Nirvana's "grunge/metal" album; their heaviest, imo. Grunge was originally supposed to mean an amalgamation of punk rock and hard rock/heavy metal. It became a blanket term for any rock music that came out of Seattle, or anything that resembled it but maybe wasn't necessarily Seattle-based. Good record and a very strong debut. I think it's aged well.
Undoubtedly their heaviest record
I agree it was their most grunge album. After this everything out of Seattle was labeled grunge, but it started and ended with Melvins and Mudhoney.
Love Buzz is a cover song by a 1960s group called Shocking Blue who also did the famous song Venus covered by the 80s band Bananarama.
Early Nirvana was really raw, but you could already hear some of the sense of melody.
Nirvana's punk influences are most apparent in Bleach and Incesticide, but you can hear both evolution and common themes on all of their tracks. On the drums - Chad Channing was and is an excellent drummer, but Dave Grohl was a huge part in evolving Nirvana into one of the most iconic bands ever. His impact can't be underestimated.
True, but as phenomenal as he was, Chad wasn't the only drummer on Bleach (although he wrote a good load of the drum parts that Grohl ended up playing during the Nevermind sessions, namely on In Bloom, Lithium and Polly among others). Dale Crover of The Melvins, who was their first choice drummer at the time, played drums on "Floyd the Barber", "Paper Cuts" and "Downer"
Man, Kurt just had some of the best screams ever.
Oh nice, I didn't expect this! I started watching you because of the Beatles, but I love Nirvana too!
same here... I too discovered this channel when she was doing the Beatles (my all-time favorite band), and I've been listening to Nirvana since Nevermind came out... :)
Bleach is Nirvana’s debut album. Definitely put it on your list to react to the rest of their albums. Nevermind is what changed the landscape of the musical world and is their second studio album. You’ll really see how they progressed, adding Dave Grohl on drums was huge, and how much tighter and evolved Kurt Cobain’s songwriting became.
That album’s use of dynamics is really good, owing to their influence from the Pixies. Cobain was also heavily influenced by The Beatles and punk rock.
In Utero was their last studio album and done sort of as the anti-Nevermind in that they wanted a particular sound (cue Steve Albini to produce it) that wasn’t so commercially slick.
I really, REALLY hope you listen to the rest of their material like you did with The Beatles. Nirvana had a very epic music maturity. As someone who understands music you will be able hear it.
Start listening Nirvana for the first time with Bleach Album, it’s like stripping a band-aid off a serious wound or cut in one act, brutal! Congratulations! lol
Bleach was Nirvana's first album and it is mostly interesting for showing the creative experimentation that led to Nevermind and beyond. Incesticide (a deep-cut album the studio pushed out) goes even more experimental with some truly crazy vocals.
It's a very aggressive album. I loved it when I was 18. Kurt's songwriting matured dramatically between this and Nevermind, so don't stop now!
Nirvana were so refreshing when they came out. They really breathed new life into rock music. Such a short-lived yet influential band. Some of their music because of the catchiness reminds me of The Beatles in their early pop days with a harder more edge. The drummer, Dave Grohl went on to front the Foo Fighters after Kurt's death.
So now I can respond, as a Seattle native who was there and playing in bands you’ve never heard of (deservedly so)😅:
This is a perfect sample of what was going on in Seattle in ‘89-91 - tons of bands recording their own demos and albums on under-$1000 budgets in cheap studios and doing whatever it took to be heard, not for a minute expecting the world to notice. Back then their label Sub Pop was a homegrown hype machine putting out as much music as they could on zero money. Nirvana themselves were sort of the junior division while bands like Mudhoney and Soundgarden were the best-known outside of the city.
When this came out, it didn’t blow everybody away right off, but it did turn some heads as there were hints that Kurt had a lot going on in the songwriting dep’t. It sold well for an indie release.
When DGC signed them, I remember folks thinking “Cool…” but not really expecting too much. Even when “Teen Spirit” hit the radio, I remember thinking, that one SHOULD be a hit, probably not tho… little did we know!😂
Also, it’s true that the record cost just over $600 borrowed from guitarist Jason Everman, who joined right after the sessions on 2nd guitar. Apparently they never paid him back. Jason did one tour before they fired him, he then joined Soundgarden on bass, who also fired him after one tour.😭
Jason is seen on the cover, so he got SOMETHING out of his time in the band. In a very strange twist of fate, he then went on to become an Army Ranger and served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Cool story man. I can just imagine how fun it must've been to live your whole youth in those times, but now that you have a few more decades in your history, i gotta ask: Was that time the peak of your life or did you go to something better after that tremendous youth? Would you trade anything to go back to those years? Just curious 🤘🏼
@@yes_head Jason Everyman recorded the kiss cover, Do you love me? With Nirvana , his only official captured appearance. Live material is of course out there.
Having grown up with Nirvana, watching this fresh take on them is so refreshing and nostalgic.
I think you nailed it; I think even Kurt said in interviews that for him the music came first and he would often write the lyrics last minute.
Kinda like tool
About a Girl always felt like Kurt’s attempt at a Lennon McCartney.
I think he said somewhere that it basically was inspired by early Beatles
@@MooTV he listened to the meet the beatles album and made that song after that listening session
@@MooTV Oh, I knew I found it somewhat familiar
One of few Nirvana songs with open chords and the "I do" very Beatlesy. All that's missing is a "wooo!"
Sounds like something off Meet The Beatles if the Beatles had been grunge.
@7:50
"Music always comes first, lyrics are secondary" - Kurt Cobain
Edit: Every Nirvana album, despite the song writing not changing in terms of genre or feel, have utterly different production style and give each one a completely new feel from album to album. The latter two definitely have more variety to them.
"About A Girl" = the proof that no matter how much they put out a punk rock vibe, Kurt just wanted too be a pop artist. And this isn't an insult.
Kurt is one of the best lyricists of all time it’s weird but great now there’s many other legends before him but for the time he had and the way he’s able to out it all together with krist and Dave behind and other drummers who kinda paved it at the start too is what makes nirvana great and Kurt played different all around he’s a legend
Floyd the Barber is definitely my favorite song on Bleach, huge loud drums, crazy solo melody, just an awesome song.
A tragically short discography. Enjoy it.
Love this LP so much,got it on SUB POP in'89…🏴
Kurt's vocals are genious. And the guitar player is also very good.
They are one in the same my friend
genius guitar/lead vocal man. and bass. we live we love we lie nirvana
I loved how much you enjoyed this. this is my favorite album, watching you're reaction made me remember how I felt the time I listened to it.
After all these years this is the album I keep coming back too
Seeing you makes me jealous. How I miss that time when it was the first time ever of my life to hear Bleach.
The difference between this album and Nevermind is extraordinary. You can hear why that album changed the world.
Good reactions, good insights, you always point out something I didn't see before, and I've been around since the beginning (for Nirvana at least). And you always teach me something. I hope you continue with Nivana, as limited as their catalogue is. I think it's worth it.
Loved this reaction video. Huge Nirvana fan since the 90's.
9:30. the crazy part is, Kurt screamed without proper technique, he often screamed with his throat and reported throwing up literal blood as a result :(( still the best screamer and thats why no one else sings like him
I discovered Nirvana about 2 years ago, and have been listening to them since. Watching you listen to Bleach for the first time was very enjoyable, and reminded me of my first time. Great video. Cheers!
Thank you for a good review! More than reaction. More Nirvana please.
Love from Sweden
Brilliant band - brilliant album 💯🔥
I can still remember the Friday night (think it was September) in 1989 I was getting ready to go out and I was listening to WMBR Cambridge "Sick Packages" with Lisa and she played "Negative Creep" and I was blown away. i had to wait until she announced who the band was before I left my apartment. The next day I bought the cassette.
“Something In The Way” is on Nevermind. And it’s my favourite Nirvana song
I love it. I know you’ve done your homework, but two bands that Kurt has mentioned as influences are The Beatles (you’re on solid ground there) and The Pixies. This will be obvious on their second album where the volume changes are more obvious.
Famously, this entire album was recorded for $606.17 and most of it was one take. It sounds incredibly raw, but that is on purpose.
This is great! My favorite Nirvana album. I was not expecting you to do Nirvana next, great choice!
Loved watching somebody's reaction who is younger than the music but still able to appreciate what was my anthem for life
Early Nirvana is still so raw and cutthroat. Really nice choice.
I was 28 when this came out and I was attracted to it like a teenager.
I got a few old Shocking Blue albums and was surprised to hear Love Buzz! Thought it was a Nirvana original.
I discovered shocking blue because of love buzz and ended up loving them too!
I had your Beatles vids recommended to me a couple years ago. Out of nowhere i decided to look you up. And here you are. First you were listening to my parents' records (which i absolutely internalized and know intimately) and here you are listening to the music of my generation. Enjoy!
The legend is that this album cost $606.17 to produce.
That was $606 too much ! 😄
@@martinwragg8246 Nah - at the time albums would cost thousands on the low end.
@@martinwragg8246 no
This has to be one of most profitable albums of all time maybe the record? From a margin perspective 600 bucks and this album had next no promotion and how many millions has it made. Talking like a 99%+ profit margin. INSANE!
Probably my favorite Nirvana album
Glad to see this album got you to feel as cool as you actually are. :)
Nevermind is a genius album! Songwriting and production impeccable.
Ok this was surprisingly unexpected And I appreciate it too much as a nirvana fan :D thank u
excited for you to hear nirvana - very unorthodox musically but also catchy and beautiful
This made my morning. You went from reacting to my favorite band (The Beatles) to my favorite band as a teenager (Nirvana). Glad you liked it. Bleach can be kind of a rough listen for first-timers. It's got more of The Melvins' influence (kinda harsh and angular sounding) on it than their later studio albums. You were spot on in singling out the rhythm section, as that's probably Nirvana's secret weapon. Keeping the bass and drums tight while Kurt goes off screaming, wailing feedback on his guitar, is what hooks the listener and gives the sound its broad appeal. Embracing that catchiness and fusing it with their avante-garde punk/metal roots is what set this band above most of their peers. Kurt had a great ear for melody.
Would love to see you analyze the rest of their tragically short discography. I'd also love to see you branch off and sample some of their peers and influences. The Melvins might be a bit of a hard sell, but you might dig Sonic Youth (Kurt's favorite band) if the idea of unfamiliar tunings and sheets of glorious impenetrable feedback don't put you off. Maybe try "Daydream Nation" or "Sister" first.
Back in High School The Beatles and Nirvana were two bands that were consistently in my car's tape deck.
Pixies also as far as influences go.
@@billbohnert8166 100% - I can't believe I didn't think of them. Pixies are also a bit more accessible than Melvins or SY. I defy anybody to listen to Surfer Rosa and not enjoy that album.
@@spookyhokum I'd love to watch her do a Pixies deep dive.
Melvins. Definitely.
Sonic Youth - perhaps their 'Washing Machine' album?
The Pixies.
All big influences.
React to some of these.
I didn’t expect you to react to nirvana but I’m SO happy, I’ve been a fan of theirs since highschool (2014), I’m planning on even getting the in utero angels tattoo. I’m genuinely excited to see you listen to their discography
Dirt By Alice in Chains is a great choice to listen to next, really a differnt side to grunge than the melodic tone of Nirvana
Wow, this is great! As you've found, Bleach is quite a rough entry point into the band and for most fans this was a release they only came to later as they were digging into the band's history. Nevermind (which contains their superhit Smells Like Teen Spirit) is probably what most people heard first and it's a much more polished album than Bleach is.
Kurt didn't like the polished sound of Nevermind, he wanted a "punk rock" sound... that's why In Utero sounds a lot grittier than Nevermind... :)
As a whole album i listened to bleach before nevermind or in utero. I didnt like how nevermind was hyper polished and in utero to me felt like them trying to get to the bleach era kind of energy and production but it felt forced in my mind, but obviously the songwriting in in utero is miles ahead.
Also i been listening to early R.E.M and i can actually hear kurts inspiration from michael stipes vocal style specifically during murmur and reckoning which i thought was super interesting
The first Nirvana album I heard was 'From the muddy banks...' then went Bleach - >in utero->nevermind. Suffice to say I was surprised when I finally heard Nevermind as the production is so different I preferred the live versions :)
this album is how i got into nirvana tho lmao. i loved love buzz and school
NIrvana has a lot of songs that are off albums, it's really enjoyful to dive deep into them
I'm so glad I didn't jump ship after you finished the Beatles...
Please do the rest of Nirvana's catalog in the same fashion. You won't be disappointed.
Thank you Miss Caroline!
Not hard to do when it's only 2 more studio albums, both masterpieces
@@Crushenator500 incesticide, nevermind, in utero, unplugged.... All are great albums
@@danlayne9436 I agree, but only Nevermind and In Utero were full studio releases. Insecticide was a compilation and Unplugged was a live special
@@Crushenator500 true. But if she's going to do one, she needs them all. 🙂
...and the oft forgotten hormoaning. killer songs there
I get a love buzz just by watching this girl😍
Actually this album sounds so raw and beautiful at the same time because it was their first official LP, recorded only for 600$ (yes, i repeat 600)) It wasn't a major label release - Nirvana had a very limited time in studio, so they basically recorded everything with one take. You'll be surprised how much will change in their second LP Nevermind which will become one of the greatest records of all times
That was fun.
This album was more one-dimensional, chugga-chugga, riffy, etc than what was about to happen next. What happened next was like, if you're familiar with the scene in the Wizard of Oz when everything changes from black and white to colour. It was that much of a development, that much of a transition, and it really stamped a massive change on music at the time, that absolutely nobody saw coming. Put it this way - I was in a pub for lunch today and they were playing Pixies on the stereo. Before Nirvana that would have never happened. Nirvana made that happen, they kicked down the doors.
Love Buzz is a bonus track not on the original vinyl album, which is why it sounds a bit out of place. About a Girl was on the original, and was the first hint that Nirvana had a little more going on than just being grungy rockers.
The next one is going to be even more fun, and I guarantee that you do know a good few of the songs; they're burned into cultural consciousness. There will be more screaming as well.
There's a reason this album is called "BLEACH"
I don’t think I’ve ever clicked on a reaction video so fast
You're going down a good path, lol. Beatles now Nirvana. This is so exciting!!!! I loved it.
Best screamer in rock with great riffs. I think Negative Creep is the only fade out in their albums. You brought back why I love this band.
Got this CD back in the day. Oh...30+ years ago! Still love the rawness of it. I was early 20's then now 55. Time flies.
I love how I was literally banging my head as she said “oh it’s very head banging” it startled me lol
A lot of people don't even know about this album. Kurt commented on that in a live performance, right before he performed About A Girl. "This is off of our first record. Most people don't own it." Their entire catalog is amazing. I can't wait for you to listen to the albums Incesticide, and In Utero. Bleach and Incesticide are my favorite Nirvana albums. Also noteworthy is their Unplugged album, recorded live.
It's so interesting to see someone to react to music that you were there for and at this point take for granted. I live in Seattle and was at many of their first shows before this record came out. I think the best way to look at this record is as a demo for Kurts pop sensibilities while trying to maintain the heavier elements of the bands he was hanging around with and listening to-especially the Melvins.
kurts screaming is like actually incredible
yeees
The first few Black Sabbath albums are well worth a listen if you’re looking to get into heavier stuff, great tunes too
The first eight and their 13th album, specifically
I had heard the nirvana throughout my teens, the hits mostly, but bleach was my first vinyl that I bought and it’s by far my favorite nirvana album! All the rock music full of angst, rage and chaos, how can you not love this album!!!
YOOO!!! From The Beatles to this?!! You're in for a wild ride.
Love these analyses...and it doesn't hurt that the presenter is absolutely adorable.
If you are looking for the song "Something in the way" It's the last song of there 2nd (And Most Popular) Album "Nevermind" (I also recommend there 3rd album "In Utero" Its Sorta Like The One Your Listening Here.
My favourite nirvana song Is on this album its about a girl
Just got watched your video. Really good enjoyed it. Hope you do the rest of the albums!
I’ve never heard someone hype up Chad Channings drumming this much lol
Such an amazing album!! It’s not over produced so you get the raw talent and pure emotion
Great video! Please continue with their discography!
Bleach is Nirvana’s best album , without question 💯 also, Love Buzz is a cover by Shocking Blue
I used to think in utero was tho nevermind prob had the best songs, for a long while now Bleach is it for me too. That’s the band at its essence right there. Songs. Attitude. Recoding lo fi, vocal range (as stated here by the host in tone). Balls out record really.
Bleach is definitely their best album.
Nothing but raw heavy punk, which was definitely a main definition for Nirvana.
It had more raw passion, that passion for raw punk music. Which is why it's great, and also all the songs kicked ass in it.
Shocking Blue being most famous for Venus
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The drums on Floyd the barber, Paper cuts, and downer are played by Dale Crover. The rest of the songs on the album are Chad Channing drumming
This is gonna be a cool series! Can’t wait to see more!
I also missed Nirvana when they were originally popular, but I recently asked some friends for grunge suggestions, and of course, Nirvana was near the top of the list. You'd probably like the Nevermind album better. I do.
I love your open-mindedness here. My first time watching your channel.
I started watching you because of the Beatles reactions. Now I just found out you reacted to my favorite album of all time Bleach
The song "Love Buzz" is a cover of a Shocking Blue song from 1969.
Bleach is Nirvana's first album and sounds quite raw production wise. Like most people, I only heard this when I went back after being grabbed by Nevermind, their second album and massive commercial breakthrough. Bleach is the only Nirvana album to featue Chad Channing on drums and Jason Everman. The rumuor was that Everman isn't actually playing on any of it, he just got a credit for putting up the money to have it recorded. From the next ablum it's the classic line up of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl.
I still like this album a lot although it could do with a little more variety. Like you point out, most of the variation comes in the vocals. If you carry on down the Nirvana route, I think you'll enjoy it. Sadly, it isn't a long journey.
Fun note about Negative Creep that you picked up on. They didn't like songs to fade out, but you noticed it's the only song to do so. The tape they were recording onto ran out and didn't get the whole/end. To cover the problem, they faded the song out.
'About a girl' is easily the best song on this album. It sounds very Beatlesque, too (just like 'School', good observation!), which is no coincidence - Kurt Cobain was a huge Beatles fan
I ll never forget the Day a friend put me listening to this a year before the nevermind explosion. As a young teen... On that Day i turned my back to Michael Jackson and pop and turned to Black side of the force...
really wish i could listen to this album for the first time again
That drummer is going places 🤣
He's pretty good
Not Dave Ghrol in this album
First The Beatles and now nirvana! You're doing great and i hope you'll also react to Led Zeppelin in future
Look up Verdychannel, she just uploaded the full reaction to Led Zeppelin I. She's a young French-Canadian girl. She's also done Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals. She started as a KPop reaction channel, but was blown away by Led Zep.
This is gonna be a very worthwhile musical trip!
Negative Creep is the only Nirvana song I know of that fades out at the end