Nevermind.

Yesterday September 24th was the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana's classic album that rocked a generation Nevermind. Im quite sure all week people have been sharing their Nevermind stories about the first time they heard it how it changed their lives etc. So I'm going to tell you MY Nevermind story....I don't have one. Yep that's right. I do not have a nevermind story. I was six years old and have not yet embraced rock music, or music as a whole really. I think I just learned how to tie my shoes (which was difficult for my because I was a lefty). However I do remember seeing the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video tons of times on MTV ( dude remember when they played videos!? 0_0) Although I may have been to young to grasp the cultural significance of Nevermind, I remember falling in love with the song "Heart Shaped Box" from their third and final studio album In Utero. Then of course not too long after that I along with millions of others watched in shock as Kurt Loder has an MTV News flash about the suicide of Kurt Cobain. Even then I still didnt understand what I was watching or listening to or hearing. As the years went by and I not only truly embraced music as a whole but rock music especially that I began to understand just how monumental Nevermind, Nirvana and "grunge" as a whole was. I often wish I was the age I am now back in 1991 (okay maybe a little younger :-/) to fully be a part of the whole "Gen X" thing. Rock music is not at all what it used to be, its all dance based now which isnt bad, but its not ROCK. I'm quite sure there are great bands still making great music somewhere and we can all find them somewhere on the internet, but the energy is not the same, the radio is not the same, MTV is definitely not the same. Although I was too young to really understand it, I'm glad I was old enough to watch it. Now I'm not going to leave you with a song from Nevermind rather I'm going to leave you with a song I've been playing on repeat for like 30 hours now "Sappy" from the With The Lights On-Box Set jank. Cause this is not only a celebration of an album, its the celebration of a movement and a man.