Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Gather round children and let me tell you the story of grunge, when Seattle was the center of the musical universe, college students were rifling through the clothing racks of thrift stores for flannel shirts, and the kings of it all were omnipresent on MTV with this banger. I hadn't watched the video in years, but I know it as if I had seen it just yesterday--the hazy gymnasium, the rough looking cheerleaders, the bizarre janitor, the song with the indecipherable, non-sensical lyrics. I've been sitting with my fingers hovering over the keyboard for the last couple minutes, absorbing the memories of how significant this all was for college kids in the early '90s with the sad and shocking culmination of Kurt Cobain's suicide, delivered through Kurt Loder of MTV News. Of all the songs on this count-up, this is the one that feels most like a time capsule for me.
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