subarctictundra@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 13 days agoWhy was Rock 'n' Roll seen as the grooviest shit in the 50s when it's just averagely groovy (ie. unremarkable) today?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down114
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareWhy was Rock 'n' Roll seen as the grooviest shit in the 50s when it's just averagely groovy (ie. unremarkable) today?subarctictundra@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·13 days agoWhen Smells Like Teen Spirit came out there was already far harder shit. Nirvana was never heavy at all.
minus-squareFriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 days agoI’m sure there was harder rock in existence. My point wasn’t they were objectively the hardest. It was that our perception of music changes over time.
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down9·13 days agoI remember listening to Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit when out came out thinking this was the roughest rock could ever go. ☝️ Those were your exact words…
minus-squareFriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·12 days agoYes, they are. Me thinking something in the early 90s and it being objectively so at the time are not the same thing. I’ve already let 90s me know that you think my opinion was wrong.
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoI’m just gonna chime in here and say that around that time I thought Offspring’s Smash was the hardest shit ever
When Smells Like Teen Spirit came out there was already far harder shit. Nirvana was never heavy at all.
I’m sure there was harder rock in existence. My point wasn’t they were objectively the hardest. It was that our perception of music changes over time.
I remember listening to Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit when out came out thinking this was the roughest rock could ever go.
☝️
Those were your exact words…
Yes, they are. Me thinking something in the early 90s and it being objectively so at the time are not the same thing. I’ve already let 90s me know that you think my opinion was wrong.
I’m just gonna chime in here and say that around that time I thought Offspring’s Smash was the hardest shit ever