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Casey Abrams Introduces Nirvana To 'American Idol' Video Details
Casey Abrams Introduces Nirvana To 'American Idol' Video
Click on hotznews.com - FREE to watch Casey Abrams Introduces Nirvana To 'American Idol' Video Casey Abrams Introduces Nirvana To 'American Idol' Video American Idol" has taken some bold musical risks already this season, with contestants performing songs by Judas Priest and Ryan Adams for the first time in the show’s history. But on Wednesday's (March 16) episode, "Idol" truly went somewhere it had never gone before, when 20-year-old Casey Abrams took a trip back to Seattle, circa 1991, and tried Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on for size. "Smells Like Teen Spirit," of course, was not conceived with "American Idol" in mind. The generation-defining anthem marked a sea change for the music industry in the fall of '91, ushering in a new era of rock music that was worlds away from the plasticity of the hair bands that dominated rock music in the late '80s. The song and accompanying video marked the birth of the Alternative Nation and turned Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain into the reluctant leader of a new musical movement. He was gone just three years later — before a handful of this season's contestants were even born — but it's doubtful, given his stance on the music-industry machine, that he would be a vocal supporter of an enterprise like "Idol." That didn't stop Abrams from taking on "Teen Spirit." He knew it was a risk, explaining in a pre-taped segment that he understood the weight of the song he was performing. "I don't care," he said. "I'm just, I'm gonna try it
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