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Originally Posted by pepper_green
I;ve read that Rolling Stone review too. it's like "this sounds like the Replacements". bleh!!
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Not just Replacements, but Replacements, Pixies and Sonic Youth.
Nevermind has very little in common with any of these artists... though perhaps more in common with each individually than these three have with each other. There are moments that kind of sound like what Sonic Youth might have sounded like if they had ever in their career fully embraced ABAD song structures. But they haven't. Except for Endless, Nameless, there is nothing on Nevermind that sounds anything like anything SY had made at that point.
I suppose some of Kurt's more understated vocals (the verse of "Lithium" for example) bears some resemblance to Thurston's delivery on tracks like "Disappearer." Deadpan, but with a little twinkle of eccentricity. But the SY influence on Nirvana was more cultural than anything else.
The Replacements? Naw man. What Replacements albums was this guy listening to? Even back on Sorry Ma... the Mats had a spirited pop-punk sounds that was balanced out by traditional blue collar confessional rock. Paul Westerberg and Kurt Cobain both had nice screams that managed to convey a kind of too-human vulnerability, but that's where the similarities end.
Bands are lumped together far too much. I've see the Pixies and Sonic Youth compared more times than I could count in a lifetime, but there are very few actual sonic an dynamic similarities between the two bands. Might as well compare the B-52's and Swans.