Smells Like Teen Spirit at Bay to Breakers 2009
Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana, touched a generation and it’s still a powerful backdrop to drunk naked people walking towards the beach from downtown San Francisco dressed as bees or salmon (swimming the wrong way and spawning on Howard Street while the cops are trying to clear the area).
“I feel stupid and contagious” is just about the most apt sentiment to frame the annual Bay to Breakers. Also, “a denial”.
Still a great song, still a great “race”.