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Uncomfortable Video Content Courtesy YouTube

Granted every clown ever has a tape of him and his buddies bumping chests to "Smells Like Teen Spirit," but who of us has videos rocking out to the b-sides? So this is pretty exciting: Four friends have gone down to the lead friend's finished basement. You'll notice the bassist has no shoes on, probably because the lead friend's mom is one of those "no shoes in the house" types. Interestingly though, the lead friend's mom is not the "don't take my pots and pasta bowls and make a fake drumset out of them" type, so these friends totally lucked out. The drummer was even able to finnegle a tall bar stool, which acts as a cymbal stand--which means there's a bar in the house, and after the shoot these dudes are totally getting their drink on.

One more thing: Keep in mind that Nirvana was a three-piece, and these four friends are totally a four-piece. I'm wondering about the conversation beforehand:

-OK, I'm the lead friend, so I'll be Kurt.
-And I'm the guy with the hat on, so I'll go upstairs and grab your mom's pots and pasta bowls. She's cool with that, right?
-Yes, my mom's a cool mom. In high school she used to let me have parties with beer.
-Parties with beer?! She is cool.
-Anyway, I'm the shitty dude, so I'll be Novaselic.
-Casting is complete. Now we can film ourselves rocking out to "Aneurysm" in my finished basement.
-Hey guys, what about me? I got all dressed up in black today because you said I was gonna be in our Nirvana video. Are you telling me I bought all these clothes at H&M for nothing?
-Oh shit! Right. Oh shit. OK. Lemme think. I'm the lead friend, that's what I do.
-Can we pretend there's a guest appearance by U2's The Edge?
-...
-I love U2.
-Well it's just that, I dunno, this is a Nirvana video, not a live...
-It's fine. Don't even worry about it--I'll be the Edge.
-Wait just a second though, let's decide whether...
-This is the greatest day of my life.

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