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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Half the songs on that album are covers. Vaselines, Meat Puppets, David Bowie, Lead Belly. Kurt was famous for saying this about the Pixies:
Kurt was basically in a Pixies cover band. I think his song writing is decent, but is vastly overrated, and he borrowed heavily from better, yet more obscure, artists.
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Kurt wrote the most iconic, enduring and memorable music of the grunge era. Kids today don't care about pearl jam, soundgarden, STP or any other big grunge band, only Kurts music is enduring. There were a ton of bands that did unplugged sets and Nirvana's was the best and most popular.
So what if Nirvana emulated the Pixies? True originality is a myth and everything is derivative. Just because we aren't as familiar with the Pixies influences doesn't make them more original.
Rick Beato has done some really great analysis on what a melodic genius Kurt was: "He probably didn't know what a lydian #4 is, but he knew it sounded great"