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}} "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. It is the opening track and lead single from the band's second album, ''Nevermind'' (1991), released on DGC Records. Written by Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl and produced by Butch Vig, the song uses a verse-chorus form where the main four-chord riff is used during the intro and chorus to create an alternating loud and quiet dynamic. The sound of the song (as Cobain admitted) is modeled after the sound of the Pixies. The unexpected success of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in late 1991 propelled ''Nevermind'' to the top of the charts at the start of 1992, an event often marked as the point where alternative rock entered the mainstream. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was Nirvana's biggest hit, reaching number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and placing high on music industry charts all around the world in 1991 and 1992. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" received many critical plaudits, including topping the ''Village Voice'' Pazz & Jop critics' poll and winning two MTV Video Music Awards for its music video, which was in heavy rotation on music television. The song was dubbed an "anthem for apathetic kids" of Generation X, but the band grew uncomfortable with the success and attention it received as a result. In the years since Cobain's death, listeners and critics have continued to praise "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as one of the greatest songs of all time. ==Origins and recording== In a January 1994 ''Rolling Stone'' interview, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain revealed that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was an attempt to write a song in the style of the Pixies, a band he greatly admired. He explained: Cobain did not begin to write "Smells Like Teen Spirit" until a few weeks before recording started on Nirvana's second album, ''Nevermind'', in 1991.〔Azerrad, p. 175〕 When he first presented the song to his bandmates, it comprised just the main riff and the chorus vocal melody,〔Azerrad, p. 176〕〔"Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit." ''Rolling Stone''. December 7, 2000.〕 which bassist Krist Novoselic dismissed at the time as "ridiculous." In response, Cobain made the band play the riff for "an hour and a half."〔 In a 2001 interview, Novoselic recalled that after playing the riff repeatedly, he thought, Wait a minute. Why don't we just kind of slow this down a bit?' So I started playing the verse part. And Dave () playing a drum beat."〔Cross, Charles. "Requiem for a Dream." ''Guitar World''. October 2001.〕 As a result, it is the only song on ''Nevermind'' to credit all three band members as authors.〔Berkenstadt; Cross, p. 66〕 Cobain came up with the song's title when his friend Kathleen Hanna, at the time the lead singer of the riot grrrl band Bikini Kill, spray painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his wall. Since they had been discussing anarchism, punk rock, and similar topics, Cobain interpreted the slogan as having a revolutionary meaning. What Hanna actually meant, however, was that Cobain smelled like the deodorant Teen Spirit, which his then-girlfriend Tobi Vail wore. Cobain later claimed he was unaware that it was a brand of deodorant until months after the single was released.〔Azerrad, pp. 211–12〕 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was, along with "Come as You Are", one of a few new songs that had been written since Nirvana's first recording sessions with producer Butch Vig in 1990. Prior to the start of the ''Nevermind'' recording sessions, the band sent Vig a rough cassette demo of song rehearsals that included "Teen Spirit". While the sound of the tape was wildly distorted due to the band playing at a loud volume, Vig could pick out some of the melody and felt the song had promise.〔Azerrad, p. 167〕 Nirvana recorded "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at Sound City recording studio in Van Nuys, California with Vig in May1991.〔Cross, Charles. "The Stories Behind the Songs." ''Rolling Stone''. November 14, 2002〕 Vig suggested some arrangement changes to the song, including moving a guitar ad lib into the chorus, and trimming down the chorus length.〔di Perna, Alan. "The Making of ''Nevermind''." ''Guitar World''. Fall 1996.〕 The band recorded the basic track for the song in three takes, and decided to keep the second one.〔 Vig incorporated some sonic corrections into the basic live band performance because Cobain had timing difficulties when switching between his guitar effects pedals. Vig was only able to get three vocal takes from Cobain; the producer commented, "I was lucky to ever get Kurt to do four takes."〔Berkenstadt; Cross, p. 67〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Smells Like Teen Spirit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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