Nirvana vs. Portishead

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   I have a great love for the mass of music that came out of Seattle in the late ‘80s and early ‘90#, and have a considerable chunk of it in my cd collection, but Nirvana never did it for me, I hones,T have never really been sure why, but I just never really liked them, apart from maybe the odd song or two from their Unplugged album (and, yes, their Bowie cover was one of those one or two).
Portishead, on the other hand we’re magnificent, so for me this is an incredibly easy pol. There is simply no contest between the two bands.

Poll Question: Which of these two bands do you prefer?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Nirvana	4	[23.53%]
Portishead	9	[52.94%]
I shan't choose between them (please state reasons in post)	4	[23.53%]
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nick_h_nz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Prog Metal / Heavy Prog Team Joined: March 01 2013 Location: Suffolk, UK Status: Offline Points: 6737	Post Options Post Reply Quote nick_h_nz Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: May 27 2022 at 00:48
	I have a great love for the mass of music that came out of Seattle in the late ‘80s and early ‘90#, and have a considerable chunk of it in my cd collection, but Nirvana never did it for me, I hones,T have never really been sure why, but I just never really liked them, apart from maybe the odd song or two from their Unplugged album (and, yes, their Bowie cover was one of those one or two). Portishead, on the other hand we’re magnificent, so for me this is an incredibly easy pol. There is simply no contest between the two bands.
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Gordy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Folk/Eclectic/PSIKE/Metal/Post/Math Team Joined: January 25 2007 Location: US Status: Offline Points: 4368	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gordy Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: May 26 2022 at 23:26
	Portishead by a wide margin.

Saperlipopette! Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 20 2010 Location: Tomorrowland Status: Offline Points: 12532	Post Options Post Reply Quote Saperlipopette! Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: May 26 2022 at 23:16
	I like Nirvana. Kurt Cobain was a gifted songwriter and their songs aren't as simple or straigt forward as some seem to think. Third probably made me revist those two first Portishead-albums and listen to them differently than before, I think. Of course the latter band were always more interesting than it seems they were given credit for back in the 1990's. I haven't heard their live album, but saw them live the same year it was released. Beth Gibbons was the coolest, most amazing singer I had ever seen: hanging on to the microphone stand as if she couldn't stand up properly, constantly chain smoking while singing her heart out in a way no recording can capture... and backed by the tightest band I had ever heard (well I hadn't really heard all that much yet, but still). Both bands have left us an amazing catalogue of song and all those "rockers" can do far worse than Nirvana. But Portishead is more relevant to my field of interests.

projeKct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team Joined: November 03 2013 Location: Canada Status: Online Points: 2972	Post Options Post Reply Quote projeKct Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: May 26 2022 at 19:44
	Portishead sounds better to me.

Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 37577	Post Options Post Reply Quote Logan Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: May 26 2022 at 16:16
	These are two bands that were very big in the 90s that each only released three studio albums and various live albums. Nirvana (studio albums): Bleach (1989) Nevermind (1991) In Utero (1993) And a notable live album is MTV Unplugged in New York (1994) Portishead (studio albums): Dummy (1994) Portishead (1997) Third (2008) And a notable live album is Roseland NYC Live (1998) I like Nirvana, but I love Portishead. Dummy was the first album I got into, and then I heard the self-titled which I liked, and Third was instant love (my fave for quite a while), and then last night I listened to the self-titled and really loved it. I haven't heard all three Nirvana albums in full. On a side-note, Les Revenants (The Returned) was one of my favourite TV shows of the past decade, and Mogwai did the soundtrack. Mogwai's The Hut (which is a theme that comes up various times in the series) sounds so similar to the earlier Portishead track, Over. Maybe not surprising that I love the Portishead albums and Mogwai's soundtrack. Edited by Logan - May 26 2022 at 16:24