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Music Appreciation

ItsjustMe

(11,230 posts) Tue Mar 5, 2024, 04:47 AM Mar 5

When Nirvana Rips You Off

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C1FFOVFh3Qo

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When Nirvana Rips You Off (Original Post) ItsjustMe Mar 5 OP

I saw Cobain say the hook from Smells Like Teen Spirit was nicked from Cream's White Room. Midnight Writer Mar 5 #1

It's Closer To That... ProfessorGAC Mar 5 #3

They're Not The Same Chords ProfessorGAC Mar 5 #2

Midnight Writer

(21,768 posts)

1. I saw Cobain say the hook from Smells Like Teen Spirit was nicked from Cream's White Room.

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 12:37 PM

Mar 5

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)

3. It's Closer To That...

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 06:50 PM

Mar 5

...than it is "More Than A Feeling". And, they're not really White Room chords either. The mood the chord changes set are, however, evocative of White Room.
See my post 2. The changes aren't even close.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)

2. They're Not The Same Chords

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2024, 06:47 PM

Mar 5

Teen Spirit is E/A/G/C. That's I-V-bIII/bVI.
The Boston tune is G/C/Em/D. That's I-IV-VIm-V.
The changes aren't close to the same.
Cobain did not rip off Scholz.
And, Billy (who I've met a couple times) is not the genius he pretends to be.
I'm not even sure I believe the story he tells actually happened.
BTW: In that mash-up you can hear that the note Delp sings on "play" is not in the scale of the Nirvana song chord.

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