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Old 10-04-2014, 03:33 PM   #220 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Janszoon View Post
I definitely agree that's a terrible song (with some of the cringe-worthiest lyrics of the 90s) but it doesn't sound like Nirvana at all to me.

Is that really their biggest hit? I always thought "Disarm" or "1979" was.
Just listen to these two songs back to back and tell me nobody ripped anybody off. I suppose Corgan is a good enough songwriter that it isn't Bush obvious, but it's close enough.



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