#NIRVANA NEVERMIND COVER ANNIVERSARY UPDATE#
In case you want to compare and contrast the two versions, or realize how few words to the original you actually know, here are Weird Al’s lyrics and Nirvana’s. GETTY Nirvana’s Nevermind has one of the most iconic album covers ever but according to Dave Grohl, it could be getting an update due to the 30th anniversary, as well as a direct result of the controversy caused by a lawsuit launched against the band. I wish it were popular enough for me to do a parody … but that’s never going to happen!” He didn’t have to wait long. 24, 1991, an album would be released that would go on to signify a. 12, Featuring 70 Previously Unreleased Tracks. And hey, looks like he still was The album turned 25 years old yesterday, and to commemorate its silver anniversary. Nirvana ‘Nevermind’: 30th Anniversary Edition Coming Nov. When reminiscing about this song’s success in 2011, Yankovic remembers: “I heard Nevermind and I thought, Oh this is really great. Usually, it turns out that he was baby on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind. The cover for Nevermind, a 1991 Nirvana album that is said to have helped redefine rock music. In this 1992 cover, Weird Al takes Nirvana to task for the band’s indecipherable lyrics, replacing the chorus with “Now I'm mumblin', and I'm screamin' / And I don't know what I'm singin'” and subs in some plain gobbledygook (“It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss”) in the verses. The album's 20th anniversary featured a 20 bill, but the original album had a 1 bill. Music lore states that Cobain officially thought he ’d “made it” when “Smells Like Teen Spirit” got the Yankovic treatment. A judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed against the surviving members of Nirvana over the cover image of their iconic album Nevermind. Before you write off this cover, remember that getting a Weird Al song parody is the oddball musical equivalent of getting your novel in Oprah’s book club - you’ve truly reached the next level.