Tuesday 2 October 2012

Nirvana "Smells like team spirit"

This video in more or less words speaks for the generation of the time and represents this anger/rebellion of youth. Kurt Cobain wanted the video to be like the film "Over the Edge" (1979), the director took his ideas and interpretted them (which we see in the video). However Kurt and band were not happy and reluctant to co-operate with the director of the day of the filming. The music video captures the band's anger and the extras (who tear the set apart at the end) and somehow make something magical as 'a moment' has been captured.
Following the release of the song/video, the band became very successful and had more hit songs.

Ranked 10 of the 100 Greatest music videos.

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