There's a lot of music that really needs to be appreciated within its historical context and Smells like Teen Spirit is definitely a song that forever changed our culture with its abrupt injection into the mainstream in the early 90's. The fact that it was so anthemic and served as a voice for a youth culture who's own voice was being stifled by the homogenization of our own culture made it so much more symbolic. It is usually the only thing that non-music fans associate with Nirvana, but it's one hell of a pop culture legacy for the band.
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