"smells like teen spirit" (Nirvana) fingerstyle
 

Hi folks,

after all my recordings of easy-listening and happy tunes i just recorded a coverversion of an old song from Nirvana today:

"smells like teen spirit"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilvkmc3Hk2M

It was just a first idea to arrange an easy coverversion of this great composition. So please don't kill me for it ... ;-)

Greetz & have a nice sunday,

Jimmy

New mastered version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tLKEbHMZRU

Hey guitarquango, what a nice job, I reallly like it. The recording quality is beyond YT average...... nice tone of that guitar. I would kick a vox with your arrangement ( I like to sing) specially because I am basically a strummer, but appreciate your rendition. :up:

That was awesome. :up:

like the tempo change, nice

Thank you so much for your kind words delaorden9, polarred21 & jessupe.
As i recorded this tune i wasn't sure if it's not to simple. The original is one of the most important compositions ever and i'm so happy that someone likes my version... :-) Thanks!!

Greetz & all the best,

Jimmy

Awesome! i remember hearing it the first time like it was yesterday, and you did a fantastic job mastering it as an acoustic solo piece! My better half was listening across the room and started humming as you played. I suspect this will be added to our learn to play list now!

Thank you so much my friend!! And special greetings to your "better half" ;-)

All the best, J.

It's a very sweet arrangement! I like it.

Great job!
 

Love your relaxed version! It really gives the song a new dimension.

Thank you so much for your wonderful compliment. :-)

Greetz, j.

Hi folks,

here is a new mastered version of my arrangement from last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tLKEbHMZRU

Hope you like it & lot of greetings,

Jimmy :-)

Really dig it!
Great job!

Awesome!!!

nice Job Jimmy! Publish the arrangement!

really fun.

Songs like this and several other Nirvana songs were generally recorded and performed over such a hard rocked out background that I think a lot of people didn't realize how incredible a lot of Cobain's melodies were. A rendition like this shows that perfectly. Even when he performed them acoustically, his vocals had such a hard edge to them that I think the melodies still got lost for a lot of folks, but just doing a finger style arrangement is great for these tunes. He really was a pretty amazing songwriter in his short life - too bad his demons couldn't have let up and let him explore his gift for a lot longer...

-Ray

That was pretty cool.
You made a song I'm not that fond of much better.:)

Very well crafted Jimmy. I really enjoyed it.

Mike

Couldn't have said it any better than this.

guitarquango, nice cover of this iconic song.

Cool job on this Jimmy!

Nirvana came from Aberdeen and environs where I live. Kind of cool to hear your arrangement coming from across the Atlantic Ocean from a group of kids I saw and heard around here, I am thinking, about 30 years ago.

This is well done Jimmy! Very nice listen for me!

- Glenn

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That was awesome!!

MF

I love it!

Thanks a lot man!!

Greetings, Jimmy

Thank you so much! I'll think about it... ;-)

Greetz, Jimmy

Thank you so much for your kind words Ray!!

I LOVE this song and for me Cobain was one of the best songwriters of his generation.

Greetings & all the best from Hamburg,

Jimmy

Thank you so much my friend.

Greetings, Jimmy

Thank you very much Mike!

Greetz & all the best, Jimmy :-)

Thanks man!

Greetz, Jimmy :-)

Thanks my friend! Glad that you like it Glenn.

Greetings, Jimmy