Smelt like The Smiths

November 24, 2020 | bphillips

Back in 1991, Nirvana were invited to perform “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on the legendary BBC music show, Top Of The Pops.

Top Of The Pops was a British television institution well known for NOT allowing live singing, but rather the musical acts mimed their performances.

Producers relented somewhat and allowed Cobain’s vocals to be performed live with Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl miming along to a pre-recorded backing track.

Well, things got interesting….

In “Heavier Than Heaven”, a biography about Kurt Cobain written by Charles Cross, “Kurt hatched a plan with Novoselic and Grohl to make a mockery of their performance. As the backing track played, Kurt sang the vocals in a slowed-down, almost Vegas-like lounge version; he was attempting, he later claimed, to sound like Morrissey.”

Bravo!

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