Talk:Smells Like Nirvana

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It may just be me but doesn't the picture look like the cover art for a nirvana song,I can't remember which one though

Its a parody of the cover art for Nirvana's Nevermind album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.116.17.13 (talk) 20:20, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

The video part at the bottom

I understand that there wouldn't be much in this article without that, but what purpose does it serve? It's not a small list of relevant facts, it details every single thing that happens in the video. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.27.245 (talk) 17:09, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

• The section details the joke-heavy style of Yankovic's. I think it is relevant, due to the fact that Yankovic fans probably will find it interesting and helpful.--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:50, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
• Some things are duplicated! Take a look at the description of the drummer's shirt and the bass drum, that's mentioned near the top of the list and again at the bottom. And I also think that list is unnecessarily long. Could be shortened a bit... 190.19.18.200 (talk) 03:28, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

It's not a trombone

Um yeah the brass instrument is a Tuba, not a trombone. I thought the huge size and absence of a slide would indicate it's not a trombone but whatever.

-Theowne

The joke in the video is that the tuba is played but the SOUND is a trombone. 172.188.231.87 09:39, 20 May 2007 (UTC)pongley

Actually, it IS a tuba, in the video and the audio. It was performed by Tommy Johnson, a session Tuba player most notable for playing the Tuba solo in the theme from Jaws.--Gen. Quon (talk) 18:44, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Isn't dave grohl the drummer in this video? As in, he's in the Yankovic parody?

Nope, that's Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, Weird Al's drummer. 129.180.1.224 14:10, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Lyrics link

I've removed someone's personal website as a violation of WP:EL (self-promotion and advertising) and am considering instead a link to http://www.alsongs.com. Thoughts? RadioKirk (u|t|c) 18:26, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Can someone clarify this?

"When Yankovic parodied the song in 1992, most radio stations only played the shortened version. However, most radio stations began playing the full version."

That sentence either contradicts itself or is leaving something important out. Second sentence be either fixed or deleted. 70.171.39.82 (talk) 00:58, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Smells Like Nirvana/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Curly Turkey (talk · contribs) 04:53, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

• ""Smells Like Nirvana" was met with critical praise and helped to re-energize Yankovic's career, and Cobain considered the parody as a sign that they had "made it" as a band."

  Split this in two: "...career. Cobain considered..."

• "The song's video was later nominated"

  "later" is superfluous. Ditch it.

• "another parody of a Michael Jackson song which had proven successful twice before"
  1. "another" with "before" is redundant
  2. without a comma after "which", it would seem to imply that Yankovic would re-parody a song he'd already done

  better: "a parody of a Michael Jackson song, which had proven successful twice before"

  or: "a parody of a Michael Jackson song, an appraoch [strategy, whatever] which had proven successful twice before"

• "("Eat It" and "Fat")"

  I'd kick these out of the parentheses: "with "Eat It" and "Fat""

• "Cobain agreed, though initially, he inquired if"

  Ditch the second comma

• "drums as Dave Grohl, and all three wear clothing"

  Run-on sentence. Split after "Grohl".

• "The charted on several Billboard charts"

  The what? Single? Album?

• "most successful single since his 1984 single "Eat It""

  Reduncy. Try something like "most successful single since "Eat It" in 1984".

• "Yankovic's largest comeback in his career"

  better: "the largest comeback in Yankovic's career"

• "The song was well-received by the media at the time."

  "at the time" is redundant.

• "Nirvana itself was also very pleased"

  "very" is unnecessary.

• "Nirvana was initially asked to perform, but they decline."

  Do they habitually decline? ==> "declined"

• "a similar looking shirt"

  ==> "similar-looking", or better, just "similar"

• "Yankovic worried how the crowds in Seattle, where Nirvana emerged from, would react to the parody."
• better: Yankovic worried how the crowds would react (to the parody in Seattle), where Nirvana emerged from [came from, originated].

• You use an awful lot of semicolons that don't really serve any purpose. I'd at least cut down, but to be honest, I don't think a single one of them is necessary (most of them are outright incorrect).

1. B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   I was surprised that its charting success was given for the UK and Australia, but not Canada. I seem to remember that Yankovic was particularly popular in Canada, even more than in the States. His only double-platinum record was earned in Canada. You might want to check that out.

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   It would be a good idea to put the Fair Use Rationale of File:Smells Like Nirvana (Sample).ogg into a

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

I believe I've addressed all the issues. Thank you for the review.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 04:50, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

I believe you have as well, and am passing the article. CüRlyTüRkey^Talk_Contribs 08:09, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Kurt Cobain was not the first time that an artist parodied by weird al died

Freddie mercury died first — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krazykman (talk • contribs) 03:31, 23 June 2016 (UTC)