User:Toby Decker

The cover of Nirvana's "Nevermind" is important to the band's success because it visually epitomizes the messages intrinsic of the album's content.  The memorable depiction is of a naked, swimming infant, grasping for a single dollar bill in an underwater expanse; of course, the dollar bill appears to be a lure that is attached to a fishhook.  Though odd, this representation accounts for the themes that are riddled throughout the album: isolation, beauty, innocence, deception, and disillusionment.  For instance, though the album's song, "Territorial Pissings" includes the lines, "Everybody get together / try to love one another right now," the song "Breed" professes repeatedly the lines "I don't care," "I don't mind," and "I'm afraid."  Thus, Nirvana explores a range of emotions that are not altogether misanthropic nor naive; the tone succinctly corresponds with the album cover to produce an integral piece of art.

The cover of Nirvana's "Nevermind" is important to the band's success because it visually epitomizes the messages intrinsic of the album's content.  The memorable depiction is of a naked, swimming infant, grasping for a single dollar bill in an underwater expanse; of course, the dollar bill appears to be a lure that is attached to a fishhook.  Though odd, this representation accounts for the themes that are riddled throughout the album: isolation, beauty, innocence, deception, and disillusionment.  For instance, though the album's song, "Territorial Pissings" includes the lines, "Everybody get together / try to love one another right now," the song "Breed" professes repeatedly the lines "I don't care," "I don't mind," and "I'm afraid."  Thus, Nirvana explores a range of emotions that are not altogether misanthropic nor naive; the tone succinctly corresponds with the album cover to produce an integral piece of art.

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