Rihanna on Her Love of Mariah, Whitney, Celine and Shania

Thanksgiving evening, Rolling Stone contributor Touré's interview with Rihanna airs on Fuse (November 26th at 6 p.m. ET, to be exact). Here's a taste of their conversation: Rihanna on the singers she admired as a young girl. "I used to listen to all the divas," she says, shouting out Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and Shania Twain. " 'Vision of Love' is my favorite Mariah Carey song, but they just all seemed so powerful. I remember just watching the videos, and that's what really sold me."

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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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