RE: smells like...

["J" <jlregister>]

Half right.


>From Wikipedia:  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit)

Cobain came up with the song's title when his friend Kathleen Hanna, at the
time the lead singer of the riot grrrl punk band Bikini Kill, spray painted
"Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his wall. Since they had been discussing
anarchism, punk rock, and similar topics, Cobain interpreted the slogan as
having a revolutionary meaning. 

What Hanna actually meant, however, was that Cobain smelled like the
deodorant Teen Spirit, which his then-girlfriend Tobi Vail wore. Cobain
later claimed that he was unaware that it was a brand of deodorant until
months after the single was released.



 
 
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J





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Subject: smells like...


Kathleen Hannah of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre said that it smells like Kurt
Cobain. She is the one who came up with the phrase, and wrote it on his
wall: "Kurt smells like teen spirit", and then he wrote a song around the
grafitti's text. Monk