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    Where did Kurt Cobain get the title "Smells Like Teen Spirit"?

    Question #74234. Asked by sue59. (Jan 06 07 11:08 AM)


    zbeckabee

    		QUOTE: Cobain got the song name when friend Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of the riot grrrl punk band Bikini Kill at the time, spray painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his wall. Since they had been talking about anarchy, punk rock and similar topics, Cobain took it to be a slogan in that vein. The meaning, however, was that Kurt smelled like "Teen Spirit", the deodorant that Tobi Vail, Hanna's bandmate and Kurt's then-girlfriend, wore. Cobain claimed that he did not know it was a brand of deodorant until months after the single was released.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit

    Jan 06 07, 11:16 AM
    brainiac62

    		Kurt Cobain admitted that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was an attempt to write a song in the style of the Pixies, a band he admired.

    Jan 06 07, 12:20 PM

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