The original draft of Teen Spirit included a line later picked up on by KurtвЂ™s future wife Courtney Love: вЂ Who will be the king and queen of the outcast teens?вЂ™ Clearly, it was intended for Vail. Smells Like Teen Spirit was supposed to be called Anthem, but Bikini Kill had a song called Anthem, and we got in a big argument, and I won so he had to change it.' вЂњWho really knows what they are about? They sound great and some of the imagery is strong, but as far as them being about any one person or thing or situation, itвЂ™s not clear, is it? They seem to be written in code. вЂњThe songs were confusing,вЂќ comments Vail. What was there to do in life, now that the adults had grabbed all the fun adolescent stuff for themselves? вЂњBoredom: the desire for desires,вЂќ as Russian philosopher Leo Tolstoy wrote. The famous вЂ Over-bored and self-assuredвЂ™ line in Teen Spirit is a reference to both Vail and CobainвЂ™s personalities. That idea doesnвЂ™t come from anything that really happened.вЂќ I am sick of being the girl who is blamed for his suffering. вЂњThe idea that I broke his heart, and that he was helpless and fatally wounded by that, is just stupid romantic tripe. вЂњContrary to popular belief, he broke up with me,вЂќ Vail states firmly. Self-hating and dissatisfied with life in Olympia but not wanting to admit it, and frustrated that his relationship with Vail wasnвЂ™t progressing as he wanted, Kurt split up with her. And as much as he felt energised by her creativity, Kurt was a solo creator. It was during one of these nights that Hanna spray-painted вЂKurt smells like Teen SpiritвЂ™ on a wall, referring to the brand of deodorant his girlfriend, Bikini Kill drummer Tobi Vail, wore.Д¬obain and Vail split up shortly afterwards, him feeling excluded by her self-assurance and youth (she was 21, he was 23 but she made him feel older). Grohl dated Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna for a couple of weeks, and the Nirvana/Bikini Kill couples briefly socialised together, skateboarding and indulging in the occasional spot of vandalism.

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