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Nirvana: The Stories Behind Every Song
Unflaggingly faithful to its punk rock roots, Nirvana was the catalyst behind a sea of change, the likes of which the music world had not seen since the Beatles spearheaded the British Invasion more than a quarter of a century before. Spawned in the intensely fertile music scene that blossomed in and around Seattle in the late 1980s, Nirvana instantly distinguished itself ...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
September 29th 2006
by Da Capo Press
(first published November 19th 1996)
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Must read for Nirvana fans. Sometimes enlightening and at other times, tedious.
Yeah, I was obsessed from about age 12-13. I remember learning about Williams S. Burroughs and the book Perfume through this book.
Needleroozer
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Recommends it for:
fans of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain
Recommended to Needleroozer by:
Cassidy
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misc
Cassidy sent me this book when he was done with it. He really likes Nirvana. I like them too, but not as much as he does.
This book was interesting, but I wish the lyrics to every song that the reader gets the story behind were included here. That's right, we get the story of each song, but not the lyrics to each song. In fact, we don't get the lyrics to any songs. What's up with that? You'd think a book about Nirvana's songs would include the song lyrics, but no.
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This book was interesting, but I wish the lyrics to every song that the reader gets the story behind were included here. That's right, we get the story of each song, but not the lyrics to each song. In fact, we don't get the lyrics to any songs. What's up with that? You'd think a book about Nirvana's songs would include the song lyrics, but no.
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This is a really good book to read if you are interested in knowing all about Nirvana's songs.
Quite interesting, Kurt had no idea Teen Spirit was a girl's deodorant.
better than the other one I read
Suzanne
marked it as other-books-tbc
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language-english,
genre-music-biographies-etc
Suzanne
marked it as other-books-tbc
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Shelves:
language-english,
genre-music-biographies-etc
Nicolette
marked it as to-read
Sarah
marked it as to-read
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