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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a lead single and opening track from the RIAA certified diamond album Nevermind by the American grunge/alternative rock band Nirvana. This song was Nirvana’s first and biggest hit that reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and was called as the "anthem for the apathetic kids of Generation X." After years since the group was disbanded, many critics and fans continue to honour "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as one of the greatest rock songs of all time. The song’s title was based on a spray painted writings on the wall by Kathleen Luna, which was the lead singer of punk the band Bikini Kill during those times and a friend of Nirvana’s guitarist/front man Kurt Cobain. The writings, which read "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit", happened when they had been talking about anarchism, punk rock, and similar topics. The catchphrase on the wall was interpreted by Cobain as containing a revolutionary meaning. However, Hanna ex...

“We Didn’t Start the Fire” is a song by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel that mentions 120 renowned people, places, things and events from the time of his birth in 1949 up to the release of the song in 1989. This number-one hit song in the United States is included in his Storm Front album in 1989. The song have considered as a refutation to disapproval of the Baby Boomer generation, which Joel belongs. Critics argue that Baby Boomers are the ones responsible for crisis or problems the world faces. The title of the song already suggest that the world was already been in trouble before the birth of Joel’s generation. According to Joel, he wrote this song because of his interest to history and he further explained that if he didn’t become a singer, he would be a history teacher. Even though this song was a huge success in the US and UK charts, it was ranked in Blender magazine as the 44th worst song ever. It also appeared in VH1’s 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever, a partnership with...