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“Drain You” is a song by American rock band Nirvana, and the eighth track from the band’s 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind.
According to Nevermind producer Butch Vig on the Classic Albums: Nevermind DVD, “Drain You” had more guitar overdubs than any other song on the album: one clean track and five distorted tracks. Cobain tended to dislike heavily overdubbed songs, and so Vig had to tell Cobain lies, such as that tracks did not record right or were out of tune, in order to get him to do so many takes. Some of the strange noises during the middle section of the song are caused by children’s toys Cobain brought into the studio. In his biography of Kurt Cobain Heavier than Heaven, biographer Charles Cross wrote, “When Kurt was questioned about the song he said he had made a lot of it up on the spot but that the first line…was particularly important to the interpretation of the song…”
On the Nevermind version, Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic tuned their instruments a whole step down. In concert, however, “Drain You” was generally played in whatever tuning the band was using throughout the rest of the concert — generally standard tuning in earlier concerts (prior to the 1992 Pacific Rim tour in support of Nevermind) and half-step-down in later concerts. The song’s verse is based around a conventional chord progression of four power chords B, D#, G#, C#, the riff (F#)- E -C# for the choruses, and a chorus ending of B, A, G#.
According to Nevermind producer Butch Vig on the Classic Albums: Nevermind DVD, “Drain You” had more guitar overdubs than any other song on the album: one clean track and five distorted tracks. Cobain tended to dislike heavily overdubbed songs, and so Vig had to tell Cobain lies, such as that tracks did not record right or were out of tune, in order to get him to do so many takes. Some of the strange noises during the middle section of the song are caused by children’s toys Cobain brought into the studio. In his biography of Kurt Cobain Heavier than Heaven, biographer Charles Cross wrote, “When Kurt was questioned about the song he said he had made a lot of it up on the spot but that the first line…was particularly important to the interpretation of the song…”
On the Nevermind version, Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic tuned their instruments a whole step down. In concert, however, “Drain You” was generally played in whatever tuning the band was using throughout the rest of the concert — generally standard tuning in earlier concerts (prior to the 1992 Pacific Rim tour in support of Nevermind) and half-step-down in later concerts. The song’s verse is based around a conventional chord progression of four power chords B, D#, G#, C#, the riff (F#)- E -C# for the choruses, and a chorus ending of B, A, G#.
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deftonico wrote:
I fucking love it.
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Veishan wrote:
My favorite "easy as all hell" song on Rock Band 2. :D
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freepcgame wrote:
mee too
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HALOGBW17 wrote:
i am a big fan of nirvana !!! and also look for my band THE BLACK SKIES !!!
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hannahmcxo wrote:
me too v v
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NirvanaLVR4life wrote:
Oh how I wish I would have been a teenager in late 80's early 90's
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HALOGBW17 wrote:
one of my favorite nirvana songs and i can also play the songs on bass guiter and go to try and figer out how to paly them on guiter!!
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LucaBrasiXL wrote:
great song.
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hamtaro_xD wrote:
one of my favorite nirvana songs <3
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FjordSweetFjord wrote:
the best of memories :)
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MidnightMachete wrote:
So simple, but so powerful. Hands down the best Nirvana song.
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likelylad11 wrote:
goddamnit kurt
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Lucexide wrote:
fucking awesome song! One of my favorite Nirvana songs
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tmanrocker wrote:
the perfect pop song
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tarfray wrote:
This really is one of their best songs ever. I'm a massive Nirvana fan and can play all of their songs and this will always be one of the greatest in my opinion. If you can play- learn it! It's only a few chords and fun as hell.
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takane2 wrote:
I like how it claims Nirvana is on tour.
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johnnyvolume wrote:
my absolute favourite Nirvana song. it's going to be played at my wedding
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Gerilynn wrote:
best fucking song! <3
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CureVaNiNawl wrote:
thebest nirvana song omg one of the best songs of all ever
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traubster wrote:
One of my favorite Nirvana tunes.
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