This is by no means a music snob question but just like an opinion grabbing thread

Has any song in the past 20 years come along that had the same impact as Smells Like Teen Spirit? i mean...

I would argue Smells Like Teen Spirit is the most famous song of the 90's... now before all you crazy stans start coming & crying about Janet, Mariah, Whitney & Madonna's number 1 hits chill your hole rolls boo boo's

I mean IMPACT, that song popularized an entire new genre, it's sound is pure 90's angst.. it's a perfect time capsule of the 90's The rift, the drum.. everything is instantly known on first listen.

it is in many way's the song that captures 90's angst, pain, worry & everything else.

Has a song in the past 20 years come out that has captured a time period perfectly & is instantly recognized because of the sound, the lyrics, the melody etc.

Thought's?

I'm gonna say no.

I was hoping "Seven Nation Army" would do it but no.

CynicKill said:

I'm gonna say no.

I was hoping "Seven Nation Army" would do it but no.

hmm.. that song had a huge impact in the rock world no doubt about it. I would say The White Stripes in general had an amazing impact in Rock. But beyond rock sadly no/:

I wanted to almost say a Kanye song.. but beyond rap i don't think his songs in all honesty impacted crazy.

Smells Like Teen Spirit impacted the entire music scene & not just rock or grunge. Hell you even get people like Kelly Rowland claiming it's her ''favorite song''

Nothin But a G Thang

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Nothin But a G Thang

I think Straight Outta Compton had a huge impact & Nuthin But A G Thang was just one of many big songs that rode off that huge wave that song brought.

Gunsnhalen said:

CynicKill said:

I'm gonna say no.

I was hoping "Seven Nation Army" would do it but no.

hmm.. that song had a huge impact in the rock world no doubt about it. I would say The White Stripes in general had an amazing impact in Rock. But beyond rock sadly no/:

I wanted to almost say a Kanye song.. but beyond rap i don't think his songs in all honesty impacted crazy.

Smells Like Teen Spirit impacted the entire music scene & not just rock or grunge. Hell you even get people like Kelly Rowland claiming it's her ''favorite song''

Hip hop artists seem to love Nirvana.

Though they weren't considered a crossover act, blacks really seem to appreciate them.

Same with Coldplay, which kinda surprises me because U2 never got shown that kind of love despite their gospel influences around the "Joshua Tree" "Rattle and Hum" period. I guess Coldplay have more of a prettier sound.

Oh there's always "Clocks".

I'm gonna get bashed for this but for my money "MMMBop" along with "Spirit" are THE quitessential records of the 90's!

CynicKill said:

Gunsnhalen said:

hmm.. that song had a huge impact in the rock world no doubt about it. I would say The White Stripes in general had an amazing impact in Rock. But beyond rock sadly no/:

I wanted to almost say a Kanye song.. but beyond rap i don't think his songs in all honesty impacted crazy.

Smells Like Teen Spirit impacted the entire music scene & not just rock or grunge. Hell you even get people like Kelly Rowland claiming it's her ''favorite song''

Hip hop artists seem to love Nirvana.

Though they weren't considered a crossover act, blacks really seem to appreciate them.

Same with Coldplay, which kinda surprises me because U2 never got shown that kind of love despite their gospel influences around the "Joshua Tree" "Rattle and Hum" period. I guess Coldplay have more of a prettier sound.

Oh there's always "Clocks".

That reminds me!

In the early 2000's on the news... everytime a montage of bad shit happened or a tragedy struck. They always played Clocks in that montage everytime something bad happened... i hear those piano chords & know a montage is coming up.

D's "Brown Sugar"

It wasn't an instant impact, but the movement it influenced afteward was staggering, in terms of R&B. For a time, R&B was very proper production wise, and then he came in and put some stank on it.

Harlepolis said:

D's "Brown Sugar"

It wasn't an instant impact, but the movement it influenced afteward was staggering, in terms of R&B. For a time, R&B was very proper production wise, and then he came in and put some stank on it.

I love D'Angelo but i find a strange way towards him...

He is underrated outside the org. But on the org i feel he is overrated... he has an impact and is insanly talented. But he only had 2 albums, i feel he is a wasted talent atm. Because he could have donw so much more.

Gunsnhalen said:

Harlepolis said:

D's "Brown Sugar"

It wasn't an instant impact, but the movement it influenced afteward was staggering, in terms of R&B. For a time, R&B was very proper production wise, and then he came in and put some stank on it.

I love D'Angelo but i find a strange way towards him...

He is underrated outside the org. But on the org i feel he is overrated... he has an impact and is insanly talented. But he only had 2 albums, i feel he is a wasted talent atm. Because he could have donw so much more.

Regardless of the quantity of his music, one could look at his contempraries and just take notice of the vast difference that occured before and after he emerged.

I agree though, he's still somewhat stuck in that "cult favorite" statue, and for a good reason. But that doesn't diminish his influence.

Another album(I couldn't come up with a song right now) is Dre's "Chronic". Who else revived George Clinton's legacy and made it cool for younger kids to check those Parliament/Funkadelic records? Granted, I'm not a fan of him, but I gotta give him credit for re-introducing the P-Funk in a new package.

I've never even heard smells like teen spirit.

CynicKill said:

I'm gonna say no.

I was hoping "Seven Nation Army" would do it but no.

I love that song.

Terrib3Towel said:

I've never even heard smells like teen spirit.

Really? i highly dobt you have NEVER heard it.

[Edited 7/27/12 19:10pm]

Gunsnhalen said:

This is by no means a music snob question

What would qualify this. or any other question for that matter, as a "music snob question"?

Music for adventurous listeners


tA

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Mc Hammer u can't touch this. Capsules that dance music (early to mid 90's) era well.

Although SLTS is the essential sign of a change in rock music.

theAudience said:

Gunsnhalen said:

This is by no means a music snob question

What would qualify this. or any other question for that matter, as a "music snob question"?

Music for adventurous listeners


tA

Tribal Records

Cause some might take this as a ''music sucks now & nothing represents such & such'' Sometimes people go overboard with that.

So i was just stating that i'm not saying there hasn't been a song in the past 20 years that has had the impact of SMTS i was asking which song that could be

I'm leaning towards no, certainly not in rock music. There have been plenty of huge hit songs over the last twenty years but I can't think of any that had a similar impact. This kind of underscores the argument that popular music has been stagnant since the mid-late nineties. We're desperate for something new but arguably music has been stuck in the same rut for over fifteen years.

CynicKill said:

Hip hop artists seem to love Nirvana.

Though they weren't considered a crossover act, blacks really seem to appreciate them.

Same with Coldplay, which kinda surprises me because U2 never got shown that kind of love despite their gospel influences around the "Joshua Tree" "Rattle and Hum" period. I guess Coldplay have more of a prettier sound.

Oh there's always "Clocks".

This underscores the "generation gap" and that this generation is culturally clueless on many levels. (hell, they made Soulja Boy a millionaire!) So U2 doesn't register with them (most don't know Pride....In the Name of Love is about MLK), also they totally accept copycats like Coldplay (i've said on here that when I found out Clocks wasn't U2, I knew I couldn't fool with Coldplay)

But to the OP, i'm hard pressed to think of a single song, but G Thing comes closest in my mind, even though it was more of a "contemporary" to SLTS. Straight Outta Compton didn't do it, G thing had a different vibe/sound and as much as i hate "gangsta" rap, GThing brought a smoothness to it that made the genre more sonically complex, Snoop is STILL around & eatin' of that joint!

Wait 20 or so more years, then ask us.

what about Outkast's "Hey Ya!"?

Gunsnhalen said:

This is by no means a music snob question but just like an opinion grabbing thread

Has any song in the past 20 years come along that had the same impact as Smells Like Teen Spirit? i mean...

I would argue Smells Like Teen Spirit is the most famous song of the 90's... now before all you crazy stans start coming & crying about Janet, Mariah, Whitney & Madonna's number 1 hits chill your hole rolls boo boo's

I mean IMPACT, that song popularized an entire new genre, it's sound is pure 90's angst.. it's a perfect time capsule of the 90's The rift, the drum.. everything is instantly known on first listen.

it is in many way's the song that captures 90's angst, pain, worry & everything else.

Has a song in the past 20 years come out that has captured a time period perfectly & is instantly recognized because of the sound, the lyrics, the melody etc.

Thought's?

It'd have to be this...

Adisa said:

Gunsnhalen said:

This is by no means a music snob question but just like an opinion grabbing thread

Has any song in the past 20 years come along that had the same impact as Smells Like Teen Spirit? i mean...

I would argue Smells Like Teen Spirit is the most famous song of the 90's... now before all you crazy stans start coming & crying about Janet, Mariah, Whitney & Madonna's number 1 hits chill your hole rolls boo boo's

I mean IMPACT, that song popularized an entire new genre, it's sound is pure 90's angst.. it's a perfect time capsule of the 90's The rift, the drum.. everything is instantly known on first listen.

it is in many way's the song that captures 90's angst, pain, worry & everything else.

Has a song in the past 20 years come out that has captured a time period perfectly & is instantly recognized because of the sound, the lyrics, the melody etc.

Thought's?

It'd have to be this...

But that's just according to VH1

Gunsnhalen said:

Adisa said:

It'd have to be this...

But that's just according to VH1

It's ALL subjective. Smells Like Teen Spirit means absolutely nothing me to me and my crowd. There are many songs in many genres that had a big impact in the last couple of decades. Songs from Norah Jones, Kirk Franklin, Richard Smallwood, Boyz II Men, Whitney, Dr. Dre (as previously mentioned) Eminem, OUTKast (as mentioned), Dixie Chicks...

Adisa said:

Gunsnhalen said:

But that's just according to VH1

It's ALL subjective. Smells Like Teen Spirit means absolutely nothing me to me and my crowd. There are many songs in many genres that had a big impact in the last couple of decades. Songs from Norah Jones, Kirk Franklin, Richard Smallwood, Boyz II Men, Whitney, Dr. Dre (as previously mentioned) Eminem, OUTKast (as mentioned), Dixie Chicks...

I HATE SLTS/Nirvana/Grunge/90's rock but even I can admit the amount of shit that the song brought is insane

I honestly think the closest that has come to it....

Is Outkast Hey Ya! & Gnarles Barkley ''Crazy''

Both these songs where a huge mix of sounds & both where played on tonf of different types of stations.

Hell EVERYONE seemed to love these 2 songs! even the intense rock crowds got behind these 2 jams, the pop crowd liked the song, the funk crowd, the hip-hop crowd.

I haven't seen a song come out since these 2 that crossed tons of boundaries like that.

But that's just my 2 cents!

Gunsnhalen said:

I honestly think the closest that has come to it....

Is Outkast Hey Ya! & Gnarles Barkley ''Crazy''

Both these songs where a huge mix of sounds & both where played on tonf of different types of stations.

Hell EVERYONE seemed to love these 2 songs! even the intense rock crowds got behind these 2 jams, the pop crowd liked the song, the funk crowd, the hip-hop crowd.

I haven't seen a song come out since these 2 that crossed tons of boundaries like that.

But that's just my 2 cents!

R's Ignition was played like crazy. I heard some rockers jamming to that song.

aardvark15 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

I honestly think the closest that has come to it....

Is Outkast Hey Ya! & Gnarles Barkley ''Crazy''

Both these songs where a huge mix of sounds & both where played on tonf of different types of stations.

Hell EVERYONE seemed to love these 2 songs! even the intense rock crowds got behind these 2 jams, the pop crowd liked the song, the funk crowd, the hip-hop crowd.

I haven't seen a song come out since these 2 that crossed tons of boundaries like that.

But that's just my 2 cents!

R's Ignition was played like crazy. I heard some rockers jamming to that song.

.......

Ignition? i mean i like R. Kelly. But i don't think ignition had much of an impact after it's initial airplay

Gunsnhalen said:

aardvark15 said:

R's Ignition was played like crazy. I heard some rockers jamming to that song.

.......

Ignition? i mean i like R. Kelly. But i don't think ignition had much of an impact after it's initial airplay

Well not now But back when it first came out not a single radio station wouldn't play it.