Cold War Kids Showcase "Behave Yourself," Creedence Cover Live at Rolling Stone

Cold Wars Kids recently stopped by the Rolling Stone offices for an intimate performance of a pair of songs off the band's recent EP Behave Yourself. Above, watch the Long Beach indie rockers showcase the EP's opening track "Audience," then hit the jump for two more songs: Behave Yourself's "Santa Ana Winds" and a moving cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Cosmo's Factory closer "Long As I Can See the Light," which the band has been performing live at recent shows.

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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