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Weekend Rock List: Nirvana Songs

4/10/09, 5:05 pm EST

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This week marked the 15th anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain, and Rolling Stone is honoring the late Nirvana leader with a special page, Remembering Kurt Cobain, as well as a rock lost dedicated to Nirvana songs. Whether they appeared on the band’s three studio albums, Incesticide, B sides, imports or the countless bootlegs, tell us your favorite tracks by the grunge trio and on Monday we’ll reveal the readers’ list. Until then, here’s handful of Rock Daily’s most beloved Nirvana songs:

• “Lithium”
• “Drain You”
• “Radio Friendly Unit Shifter”
• “Dive”
• “Sappy”/”Verse Chorus Verse”

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Ryan | 4/10/2009, 5:17 pm EST

Heart-Shaped Box
Dumb (Unplugged)
Scentless Apprentice
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
Rape Me
and the Moby Dick cover on With the Lights Out

Anonymous | 4/10/2009, 6:11 pm EST

About a Girl

mr. wildflowers | 4/10/2009, 6:14 pm EST

The unplugged cover of Where Did You Sleep Last Night. Best studio song is Lithium.

kepp | 4/10/2009, 6:17 pm EST

Paper Cuts
Milk It
Negative Creep

Jeff C. | 4/10/2009, 6:24 pm EST

Sappy
Rape Me
Pennyroyal Tea

StrummerJones | 4/10/2009, 6:27 pm EST

All Apologies

If that doesn’t win, you can all go to Hell.

Anonymous | 4/10/2009, 6:44 pm EST

“Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip”

Eric | 4/10/2009, 6:45 pm EST

Sappy
Endless Nameless
Breed
Heart Shaped Box
Aneurysm

Orgo | 4/10/2009, 6:49 pm EST

Scentless Apprentice
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Serve The Servants
Milk It
Drain You
Lounge Act
On A Plain
School
Breed
Sliver
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
About A Girl
Been A Son
Aneurysm
Territorial Pissings
Stay Away
Heart Shaped Box
Come As You Are
In Bloom
Very Ape

StrummerJones | 4/10/2009, 7:09 pm EST

Are you people insane?

;oaisjer

Jeff | 4/10/2009, 7:09 pm EST

Aneurysm
Pennyroyal Tea
Dive
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Drain You

Hey RS, thanks for ignoring Layne Staley AGAIN this time of year. C’mon now…

Scott | 4/10/2009, 7:17 pm EST

All Apologies
Sappy
Drain You
Floyd the Barber

shotgun sally | 4/10/2009, 7:30 pm EST

since no one said anyone off of bleach….

mollys lips
been a son
sliver
son of a gun
drain you
blew
on a plain
negative creep
even in his youth
something in the way
come as you are
in bloom
stay away
territorial pissings
pennyroyal tea
dumb
very ape

and by the way….
all apologies sucked so you go to hell

yay for layne | 4/10/2009, 7:31 pm EST

no kidding…do some layne stuff….rolling stone = only whats popular

ASB | 4/10/2009, 7:32 pm EST

Frances Farmer
Heart-Shaped Box
On a Plain
Dumb
About a Girl

mikel jikel | 4/10/2009, 8:57 pm EST

Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (cover of Leadbelly on Unplugged)

Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam

Negative Creep
Molly’s Lips
Drain You

and, since apparently no one else will, I will oblige with

Smells Like Teen Spirit

the black gene simmons | 4/10/2009, 9:57 pm EST

Breed
Heart Shaped Box
Aero Zepplin
Milk It
School (live)

Darryl The Hitman | 4/10/2009, 10:33 pm EST

I’ll try to limit this to 5 obscure ones instead of going for the obvious hits but it could be tough.

Even In His Youth
Verse Chorus Verse
Sappy
Old Age
Dough Ray Mi

5 | 4/10/2009, 11:31 pm EST

Darryl, your list is perfect

Andrew | 4/11/2009, 1:11 am EST

Since no one agknowleges Cobain’s awesome cover of David Bowie I must say

The Man Who Sold the World
Teen Spirit
Polly
Lounge Act
Negative Creep
All Apollogies
You Know You’re Right (he was murdered)
Rape Me
Come As You Are
Sappy
Love Buzz
Serve The Servants

Alex | 4/11/2009, 1:50 am EST

All Apologies
Heart-Shaped Box
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
The Man Who Sold the World
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Lithium
In Bloom

thezero | 4/11/2009, 2:56 am EST

in bloom

ChanelNo.9 | 4/11/2009, 3:41 am EST

Heartbreaker
Immigrant Song
My Sharona
Oh Me
Mexican Seafood
Where Did You Sleep Last Night

That almost about covers it.

me | 4/11/2009, 9:49 am EST

smells like teen spirit
you know you’re right
breed
where did you sleep last night?
scentless apprentice
polly

roknrol188 | 4/11/2009, 10:27 am EST

rape me
come as you are
smells like teen spirit
heart shaped box

Kims Deeler | 4/11/2009, 10:28 am EST

You Know You’re Right
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Milk It
Moist Vagina
Do Re Mi

Really Most of their best songs were done towards their end

wray | 4/11/2009, 11:01 am EST

the entire in utero and incesticide albums!

Naldo | 4/11/2009, 11:39 am EST

Dumb
School (Live with Grohl in the band)
Very Ape
Serve The Servants
Something in the Way

thatguy | 4/11/2009, 1:27 pm EST

the only one I really like is All Apologies, so my vote goes solely to All Apologies.

your mom | 4/11/2009, 1:40 pm EST

Electric:

Rape Me
On a Plain
About a Girl
Breed
Sliver
Moist Vagina (also, greatest song title in Rock history)
Territorial Pissings
Heart Shaped Box

Acoustic:
Dumb
The Man Who Sold the World
Jesus Don’t Want Me For a Sunbeam (and I’m religious!)

Mark | 4/11/2009, 1:43 pm EST

School
In Bloom
Aneurysm
Sliver
Lithium
“Oh, Me” (I don’t think this is their song”
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Rape Me
Heart Shaped Box

doobler | 4/11/2009, 2:33 pm EST

Come as you are; Breed

Kyle Brooklyn | 4/11/2009, 3:42 pm EST

About a Girl – always be my favourite
Drain You
Dumb
On a Plain
Stain – always overlooked and I’ll never know why

so many now that I think of it

max_webber | 4/11/2009, 3:45 pm EST

100. Seasons in the Sun (Terry Jacks cover)
99. Puss
98. Talk to Me
97. Don’t Want It All
96. Help Me I’m Hungry
95. M.V.
94. Return of the Rat (Wipers cover)
93. Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin cover)
92. The Other Improv
91. The Money Will Roll Right In (Fangs cover)
90. Return of the Rat (Wipers Cover)
89. Token Eastern Song
88. Grey Goose (Leadbelly cover)
87. Raunchola
86. White Lace and Strange (Thunder & Roses cover)
85. Clean Up Before She Comes
84. Mrs. Butterworth
83. Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin cover)
82. D-7 (Wipers cover)
81. Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin cover)
80. Endless, Nameless
79. Paper cuts
78. Sifting
77. Aero Zeppelin
76. Beeswax
75. Anorexorcist
74. Even in His Youth
73. Help Me I’m Hungry
72. Ain’t It a Shame (Leadbelly cover)
71. Curmudgeon
70. Here She Comes Now (Velvet Underground cover)
69. Mexican Seafood
68. Swap Meet
67. Turnaround (Devo cover)
66. Opinion
65. They Hung Him on a Cross (Leadbelly cover)
64. Blandest
63. Pen Cap Chew
62. If You Must
61. Plateau (Meat Puppets cover)
60. Verse Chorus Verse
59. Very Ape
58. Do Re Mi
57. Old Age
56. Hairspray Queen
55. Downer
54. Oh, Me (Meat Puppets cover)
53. Scoff
52. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam (Vaselines cover)
51. Big Long Now
50. Downer
49. Mr. Moustache
48. Moist Vagina
47. Big Cheese
46. Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip
45. Floyd the Barber
44. Stain
43. Son of a Gun (Vaselines cover)
42. I Hate Myself and Want to Die
41. Lounge Act
40. Marigold
39. Molly’s Lips (Vaselines cover)
38. Oh, the Guilt
37. Tourette’s
36. Breed
35. Milk It
34. Spank Thru
33. Been a Son
32. Blew
31. Lake of Fire (Meat Puppets cover)
30. School
29. Territorial Pissings
28. Negative Creep
27. Stay Away
26. On a Plain
25. Serve the Servants
24. Frances Farmer Will have Her Revenge on Seattle
23. Something in the Way
22. Love Buzz
21. Dive
20. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
19. Sappy (AKA Verse Chorus Verse on No Alternative Album)
18. Drain You
17. Dumb
16. Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Leadbelly cover)
15. Polly
14. Scentless Apprentice
13. Aneurysm
12. Rape Me
11. The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie cover)
10. Pennyroyal Tea
9. Sliver
8. You Know You’re Right
7. In Bloom
6. About a Girl
5. Lithium
4. All Apologies
3. Heart-Shaped Box
2. Come As You Are
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit

Ed | 4/11/2009, 8:06 pm EST

Plateau
Swap Meet
On A Plain
Son of a Gun
Aint it a Shame

Mike L | 4/11/2009, 8:44 pm EST

Smells Like Teen Spirit
Rape Me
Aneurysm
Recess
All Apologies

Mike L | 4/11/2009, 8:45 pm EST

Dur, “Recess” should be “School”.

Flush | 4/11/2009, 10:34 pm EST

Aneurysm
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Plateau
Oh, Me
Negative Creep
Sifting
Heart Shaped Box
Territorial Pissings
Stay Away
Breed
Lounge Act
Come As You Are
Lithium
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Rape Me
Pennyroyal Tea
Dumb
About a Girl
Paper Cuts
In Bloom
Drain You
Love Buzz
All Apologies
Sliver
School
Som ething In the Way
You Know You’re Right
On a Plain
Floyd the Barber
The Man Who Sold the World
Polly
Marijuana
Mr. Moustache
Big Cheese
Downer(love this song)
Swap Meet
Scoff
Lake of Fire
Ain’t It a Shame

Pretty much any Nirvana song lol. Nirvana is my favorite band of all time. I loved every song I heard from them.

jason | 4/11/2009, 11:50 pm EST

All Apologies
Pennyroyal Tea
Dumb
Smells like Teen Spirit

Gwen | 4/12/2009, 7:23 am EST

Lithium
Where did you sleep last night
Rape me
Come as you are
Something in the way
Dumb
Smells like teen spirit
All apologees
Heart-shaped box
The man who sold the world

maddie | 4/12/2009, 2:34 pm EST

I love all of their songs. That’s right. All of them. There isn’t a way to put my love for Nirvana into words. So instead of making a list, I’ll just leave one thought. Nirvana was the last innocent, sincere, original rock band. Nirvana forever. Kurt Cobain; never forgotten.

youKnow | 4/12/2009, 2:58 pm EST

yourRight

Who?Loves The Son | 4/12/2009, 5:18 pm EST

I agree with Maddle on this one.Nirvana-the last true “original”commercial rock band.All their songs rock.My favourites:

1-Smells Like Teen Spirit
2-In Bloom
3-About A Girl
4.Aneurysm
5-On A Plain
6.Drain You
7.Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
8.Polly
9.School
10.Ser ve The Servants
11.Scentless Apprentice
Dammnit the whole IN UTERO album

The Silence | 4/12/2009, 6:21 pm EST

or something

rote7123 | 4/12/2009, 10:35 pm EST

Rolling Stone, how can you be so cruel as to make me choose my five favourite Nirvana tracks…I love the entire catalogue. But if I have to choose five:

1)Negative Creep
2)Smells Like Teen Spirit
3)If You Must
4)Where Did You Sleep Last Night
5)All Apologies

molly's lips | 4/13/2009, 12:38 am EST

Aneurysm
Even in His Youth
Pennyroyal Tea
Serve the Servants
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
Been a Son
Verse Chorus Verse
Stain
Drain You
Turnaround
Love Buzz
anything from Unplugged.

& The Storm | 4/13/2009, 3:11 am EST

Album1Tracks1through3

Album 2Tracks2through9

Album4 ♥³

and On A Plain
{Cause it’s so catchy}

saad | 4/13/2009, 3:45 am EST

scentless apprentice
heart shaped box
drain you
in bloom
all apologies

Sanchez | 4/13/2009, 8:39 am EST

Token Eastern Song

Los | 4/13/2009, 10:57 am EST

Verse Chorus Verse (Not the one that sounds like Sappy – The one on With The Lights Out)

James | 4/13/2009, 11:04 am EST

They are all great in their own right. It is hard to rank them.

Dave Grohl | 4/13/2009, 6:29 pm EST

Impossible to rank them… it would be a different list depending on the day you asked me… today though the top 3 would be

-Sappy
-Where did you sleep last night
-Territorial Pissings!!!

NIRVANA is AWESOME | 8/3/2009, 3:50 pm EST

1. You Know You’re Right
2. Stain
3. Sappy
4. Aneurysm
5. If You Must or Verse Chorus Verse

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