Weird Al Yankovic: Smells Like Nirvana
Song released April 3, 1992
Music Video
VHS
B-
By this point, I had sort of lost track of Weird Al, and for that matter pop music. I liked my retro bands like Jellyfish and Deee-lite, but grunge wasn't exactly my scene. So considering this is a parody of, obviously, Nirvana, I enjoyed this more than I expected, then and now. But then, everything's better with Dick Van Patten.
The videocassette that these twelve Yankovic videos are on ranges from C- to B+, averaging out to a definite B-. Weird Al has an impressive range of parody styles, although "Smells Like" isn't that far a cry from "Ricky," especially in terms of visuals, with a bunch of people acting silly in a room.
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