Nirvana: The Nevermind song that was recorded with a small error

-There is no doubt that one of the pivotal albums of the 1990s and of rock history was Nirvana 's Nevermind , released at the end of 1991. The acclaimed record reconfigured rock and roll and returned the genre to its basal simplicity in the one that had been founded with powerful chords and memorable compositions.

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On one occasion, Dave Grohl himself mentioned that this simplicity lay in something conscious that they had proposed before recording. " We wanted them to be almost like children's songs. I remember we always made that analogy. I didn't put in a lot of drum fills. They had to be as simple as possible and I remember it was kind of an unspoken rule," the musician said in the documentary Classic Albums : Nirvana - Nevermind (via Far Out ).

A bug that worked

Part of those recording sessions were a direct projection and almost a replica of their chaotic live performances. These shows were characterized by their energy, rage and savagery, and not precisely by meticulousness in terms of execution and sound care . In part, that was also printed in Nevermind .

The clearest example is " Polly ", the song with the most history on the LP. Throughout it, Kurt Cobain assumes the role of the aggressor, while playing the acoustic guitar accompanied by some cymbals. However, when the final version of the song was recorded, Butch Vig - who was the producer of the album - remembered that the phrase "Polly said" (which appears at minute 1:55) was a mistake . "In that part, Kurt came in too early but we decided to leave it at that," Vig explained, and the result can be heard in the original version.

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