i think theyre just pissed that they didnt become as famous and rich as them...understandable

Its the real thing about not just Kurt but many of other band admit it too. Sorry to disappoint mainstream fans, Pixies are influenced other group because of their sounds.

@@as-zm8pt the Pixies are clearly influenced by Hasker du

I'm amazed by how many idiots there are in the comments misunderstanding the video. Look at the title again. It asks "was teen spirit REALLY a rip-off". What that is saying is, "Even though kurt said it was a rip-off, was it REALLY?"

well... in his typical strange humor he obviously would call "being inspired by" as "ripping them off". Taking that seriously as in claiming that the song was really a "rip off"... a blatant copy of a Pixies song is just dumb from anyone with working ears.

@@aptfx how Nirvana did it is a credit to their talent, but the influence is obvious. The song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) was primarily influenced by The Smashing Pumpkins' cover of "Godzilla (1990)" *(1977) Blue Ouster Cult "Godzilla" (original bridge riffs) *(1988) The Pixies “Caribou” (vocal melody in verse) *(1989) The Pixies "Gouge Away" (rhythm section on verses, drums and bass) *?(1982) Australian Crawl "Daughters Of The Northern Coast" (intro, drums and riffs)

@@ValeryenPivko I think it is unlikely that they actually sat down heard through this songs and did plan to mash that up. As with many things of this the better explanation of similarities is "by accident". The Blue Ouster Cult Godzilla riff for example is so overly simple that I really would ask myself... do you really think they said: "There is this song Godzilla by BOC and it has this cool riff.. lets use that"... even then it is slower, simpler and has a completely different mood. This is like playing quiet and loud because of sounding like the Pixies... who even themselves did explain that they did NOT invent dynamics. I can't hear the similarity in Caribou or Gouge Away. "Daughters of the Northern Coast" is using muted strums... like many many many many other rock songs do. I've heard through any of your examples now and really cannot agree with you here that any of this would likely be a direct inspiration to SLTS. Its to simple to common and therefore much more likely was chosen because - like Cobain said - they wanted the ultimative pop song so they did use a lot of common stuff in it. So you might find thousands of other songs who have similar vague similarities used here and there. ;)

Generally, I think that the way we might still be original, to some degree, is in how we can each assemble those influences in our own personal ways.

Yes, I agree!👍🏽

Devo is, nothing like them when they appeared.

Right and like the Pixies were the first huh, probably the first you heard.

Distortion on, distortion off, distortion on

Or Led Zeppelin. Or just dynamics in music generally going back forever.

You mean the kind of pixies that come out when a bottle of absinthe is opened? That sort? 😉

RnR hall of Fame sucks. It's a political organization.

Because the pixies never ever truely broke through to the mainstream. You wont be in the hall unless youre truely a household name. You have to be on the level of the most well known... Not necessarily the best or most creative. Fame is a popularity contest.... Lol

Because they had zero mainstream success…duh.

@@NateDiggy33So did The Velvet Underground but that first album, their legacy & what Lou Reed did after his career influence lots of bands & they're in The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. So The Pixies deserve to be in their too if they influence icons like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins & Radiohead. Hell even David Bowie took noticed. Now that's nothing to sneeze at if you get Bowie's attention & respect.

@@WALLYDRAG502So did The Velvet Underground but their first album(yes the one with the banana) & what Lou Reed did to his solo career influenced lots of bands and they in The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. So if The Pixies influenced superstar bands like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins & Radiohead and the group still touring and bringing the masses, then they deserve to be in The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

I nearly died of laughter🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

They didn’t even accuse em. This guy is blowing it way up

Exactly, but even more important this same thing transcends all forms of art. I want to see the art created by an artist's that hasn't consumed and or been influence or inspired by any art. Can it be done? I'm sure, but lets see what the results are.

@@sword-and-shieldI guess go to any preschool. The kids will either try to draw a Disney princess or draw their day to day life. I remember in Elementary school I would just make up the most random shapes I could randomly think of

@@sword-and-shield Impossible but the closest might be The Shaggs?

​@@martineldritchThe important question then becomes "How do you know, they had no exposure or influence" bout impossible huh. See even creating your own style of art independent of anything before it lets say, does not mean nothing was influenced, or "stolen" as the whiners would put it, before creating it. The closet thing to REAL stolen art, in music anyway, is cover bands and cover tunes, these hacks are just pure rip off capitalizing on art they didn't create.

They tried it, it didn’t go well

@@mikeherrera5302breeders cannon ball was alright

He really did? Kim opening for Nirvana, what a disrespect from Kurt

Because they didn’t sound as good:).

Frank Black seems to have a massive ego.

but they didn't have a dreamy lead singer, better image, better videos....not that any of that that mattered i'm sure because it's all about the music man.