Jeremy

Jeremy by Pearl Jam

This isn't the place, but I honestly can't tell you what was a more important song in 1991/1992 - Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" or Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". I was 10 or 11 when these events acutally took place, but looking back on this historically, Nirvana has been glorified (pretty much because Cobain blew his brains out) while Pearl Jam has continued on giving us a few quality ablums and a handful of songs since the late 90s. To hear it today, Nirvana is more important in the history of music, but I'm not sold on this. This is pretty much because Cobain died and we 'glorfied' his music, which was good don't get me wrong... but how good was it? What impact did Cobain's sucide have on our understanding of Nirvana, grunge, Seattle, and the early 90s? If Vedder had pulled the trigger, instead of Cobain, would we look at Peral Jam and Nirvana and the 90s differently? Of course. Anyway, if you want to debate this and more, check out Chuck Klosterman's Killing Yourself to Live.

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