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What Makes This Song Great? "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana
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Rick Beato breaks down the musical composition, guitar riffs, basslines, drum patterns, and vocal melodies of Nirvana's song Smells Like Teen Spirit, analyzing its chord progressions, use of dissonance, and Andy Wallace's mixing techniques.
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Answers: What makes Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit a great song musically?
- Smells Like Teen Spirit musical analysis
- Kurt Cobain's guitar playing style
- Dave Grohl's drum fills
- Nirvana chord progressions
- Andy Wallace mix techniques
What it concludes
- Kurt Cobain had an incredibly intuitive sense of melody that was very sophisticated.
- Dave Grohl's drumming, especially his kick drum placement with slight delays, pushes the band into the stratosphere.
- Andy Wallace's mixes and vocal treatments are what made Smells Like Teen Spirit hit and become a massive success.
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