Many songs were more influential than Smells Like Teen Spirit

Sep 18, 2014
5:34:51am

BigD Coug

Many songs were more influential than Smells Like Teen Spirit - it definitely

was one of the most influential of its time though. At the time, many would have said that The Pixies or RHCP were more influential. Unfortunately most of the music it directly influenced (ie. grunge) was crap.

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What is the most influential song of all time?

canadiancougar624

9/18/14 12:13am

Agree on Hotel California and Teen Spirit, I'd add Rolling Stones "Satisfaction"

billyrust

9/18/14 12:23am

Agree on Satisfaction.

lightmann

9/18/14 12:56am

the star spangled banner.

Snorky

9/18/14 12:24am

I expect to get flamed for this but I have often whished that

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 2:23am

Consider yourself flamed!

Coug Eastwood

9/18/14 8:01am

I don't like it personally, but Imagine is up there.

ClackamasCoug

9/18/14 12:32am

I don't like it personally, but Stairway to Heaven is up there.

ClackamasCoug

9/18/14 12:33am

Thriller?

garyfan

9/18/14 12:44am

One certainly reshaped junior high school dances.

MarkGrace

9/18/14 12:48am

probably some primordial chant where man discovered the dominant and tonic

franklyvulgar

9/18/14 12:48am

(grin) Awesome.

LeftOfNormal

9/18/14 1:39am

Go ahead and laugh -- not the most, but one of the most -- The Beatles:

lightmann

9/18/14 12:50am

Why would anyone laugh?

MarkGrace

9/18/14 12:51am

it's more the way the song was recieved at the time, than the song itself.

lightmann

9/18/14 12:55am

The older I get the more I think the Beatles were opportunists

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 1:57am

Maybe, but they did things with chord progressions that were simply not done in

LeftOfNormal

9/18/14 2:03am

The magic chords.

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 2:14am

I'd say they were both. To say they weren't trend setters is crazy talk.

lightmann

9/18/14 9:05am

Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. Rapture by Blondie.

HawkCat

9/18/14 12:58am

RE: What is the most influential song of all time?

So it goes...

9/18/14 1:38am

Without Elvis we aren't even having this discussion.

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 1:55am

Happy Birthday to You

AxelDC

9/18/14 1:46am

I think as far as changing/shaping/influencing the music industry

So it goes...

9/18/14 1:47am

Not albums. Songs.

Supercoug

9/18/14 7:12am

Bethovens 9th and it's not even close.

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 2:12am

Not disagreeing with you , but it irks me when someone says, 'and its not close'

fbguru

9/18/14 7:26am

It was picked at the number one song in history.

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 10:56am

Additional

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 10:27pm

Marquee Moon - Television

BigD Coug

9/18/14 5:10am

I don't see how it could be anything but Smells Like Teen Spirit

Supercoug

9/18/14 5:11am

Many songs were more influential than Smells Like Teen Spirit - it definitely

BigD Coug

9/18/14 5:34am

We're only talking about a song. One single song.

Supercoug

9/18/14 7:11am

I was a freshman in college - does that make me too old?

BigD Coug

9/18/14 7:39am

Yes, you are old.

Supercoug

9/18/14 10:08pm

If Kobain had not killed himself

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 10:30pm

It was the trend setter for a single genre of music

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 1:00pm

Something by Velvet Underground or Sgt. Peppers by Beatles

BlackBart

9/18/14 5:57am

CELEBRATE... Really added life to Osama's demise!

coug almighty

9/18/14 6:18am

Straight outtta Compton

WDaddy

9/18/14 6:19am

Very influential

BlackBart

9/18/14 8:11am

Johnny B. Goode

Faceman

9/18/14 7:00am

Happy Birthday

spugeddy24

9/18/14 7:07am

Vanilla Ice- Ice Ice Baby

kalifi

9/18/14 7:47am

Without this song, Eminem may never have burst onto the scene and

Faceman

9/18/14 8:10am

Probably too difficult to truly measure influence. However, I would suggest

Coug Eastwood

9/18/14 8:18am

Rapper's Delight by Sugar Hill Gang

TomPetty

9/18/14 8:30am

Changed my life.

El Fuego

9/18/14 9:14am

Outkast - Hey Ya. Eminem - Real Slim Shady or My Name is

Memmo

9/18/14 10:03am

In terms of reshaping the music industry?

Finngirl

9/18/14 11:13am

"A one-man rescue team for the music business."

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