Craptacular.

I'll upvote if the terrible tag is on it.

*terrible

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I don't think there's a person on this planet who can say, with certainty, that these aren't the lyrics Cobain is singing.

I was surprised at how well that went together structurally....

Scary how catchy it is...

*meme, bitch!

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A vast improvement over both the originals

The internet just peaked, ladies and gents. It's all downhill from here.

Not a fan of Nirvana, so this is a vast improvement. The tonality is a little off in places, but then Nirvana was never known for harmony. It is interesting to see how well they fit together, though.

Actually, this is a fan-remade version. If you listen carefully and are familiar with the band, then you'll notice the difference.

The guitarist is a little rusty during the main riff, but the intro sounds like Cobain did it. You can totally tell though from the fact that the drumming is crap.

1:17 to 1:40 actually sounds good!

The vocals from Astley aren't on the same root note as the guitar line, so it sounds like shit to me. I don't like it.

^ Perhaps that is the verbage I was looking for.

caca

Holy shit my head a-sploded.

>> ^Payback:
I don't think there's a person on this planet who can say, with certainty, that these aren't the lyrics Cobain is singing.


Actually, I've never had much of a problem understanding the lyrics to Smells Like Teen Spirit. A few bits here and there were tough to make out, but the single for Lithium helpfully came with a sheet listing the fully lyrics to the whole Nevermind album - should have been included with the album originally I suppose, but I don't think they expected anyone to care (ie, they had no idea it would blow up like it did).

"Tourette's" on the other hand is completely unintelligible. That could very well be a cover of Mr Astley's masterpiece.

Thanks for all the votes btw - I never expected this to hit the top 15. People's tastes here continuously surprise me.

Awesome. This is actually the second mash up I've seen on the sift that is surprisingly awesome.

The other is Closer (NIN) and Come together (Beatles) and is located here:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Beatles-vs-Nine-Inch-Nails-Come-Closer-Together

>> ^LordOderus:
Awesome. This is actually the second mash up I've seen on the sift that is surprisingly awesome.
The other is Closer (NIN) and Come together (Beatles) and is located here:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Beatles-vs-Nine-Inch-Nails-Come-C
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Dude EVERY SONG EVER MADE can be mashed together with Closer, it's like bacon.

http://www.videosift.com/video/NiN-vs-50-cent-Closer-in-tha-Club

>> ^JAPR:
The vocals from Astley aren't on the same root note as the guitar line, so it sounds like shit to me. I don't like it.


Amen, sir.

This rocks and sucks at the same time.

It...rucks.

Shite.. I like when mash-ups make both the original songs sound BETTER together.. now I hate both of these songs even more.

Teen Spirit is in F minor and Rick Roll is in Db Major, which are related keys, so they actually do share the same set of scale notes. There are a few spots with the harmony and melody clash quite a bit. Fun stuff. Here is another Teen Spirit mashup: http://www.videosift.com/video/Best-Mashup-Ever-Smells-Like-Bootylicious

Asphyxium913, I'm guessing this is a Karaoke recording of Teen Spirit, and a pretty decent recreation at that.

LOL OMFG

Mixing Major and minor keys is a big no-no.

By the way, the relative major of f minor is Ab Major, not Db Major... so that's one accidental that's going to throw a wrench in the works.

i was resisting listening to this for some time, I'm glad i was wrong about it being horrible.

There is nothing good about this. It sounds horrible...eeeeew!

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
Teen Spirit is in F minor and Rick Roll is in Db Major, which are related keys, so they actually do share the same set of scale notes. There are a few spots with the harmony and melody clash quite a bit. Fun stuff. Here is another Teen Spirit mashup: http://www.videosift.com/video/Best-Mashup-Ever-Smells-Like-Bootylicio
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Asphyxium913, I'm guessing this is a Karaoke recording of Teen Spirit, and a pretty decent recreation at that.


You generally can't just throw a major melody onto a chord progression in the relative minor, as shown by how this video's sound turned out. It isn't just that the root isn't the same as the chord progressions, but you also get a lot of clashing notes since the vocal melody was written assuming an entirely different chord progression.

...I just don't like it, lol.

Here, an example of DOING IT RIGHT:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Nirvana-vs-Daft-Punk-Smells-Stronger

Notice how the songs actually sound pleasing together. What a unique concept!

True, but it isn't as bad as it seems. Listen...

This version of SMTS is a fan re-made version that has its tuning adjusted for Rick Astley's song. The default Nirvana tuning is to tune a half step down I believe, and this one is tuned higher.

Listen to 1:14 - 1:40. During the "I...... just wanna tell you how I'm feeling" the "I" part is off key to the riff, but the rest of it fits pretty well. Imagine that "I" being lower pitched and to the riff and you'll see what I mean.

This tuning is likely the closest thing to lining up with this song possible.

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