In the past year, the popular Disney singer Miley Cyrus covered the Nirvana classic Smells Like Teen Spirit. Obviously, the cover was controversial amongst Nirvana fans in consideration of the grunge legacy that Nirvana created from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. Of all the musicians with an honor to cover a Nirvana song, it does not seem that Miley Cyrus would come to mind. However, a fan had a chance to ask the former bassist of Nirvana, Krist Novoslic, what he thought of Miley's cover of the song via twitter.

Novoslic was quoted as saying, "Yes I approve of Miley Cyrus covering Smells Like Teen Spirit."

Miley fans have this quote from Novoslic posted everywhere on the internet. The answer seems a bit shocking. Although it is good for Disney fans that he approves of this cover, I'm not sure what some of the Nirvana fans think about it. It is a kind answer to give for such a young singer, but at the same time, everyone knows that the Cyrus version of Smells Like Teen Spirit is not comparable to the original by Nirvana. Of course, one good factor by Miley covering the song is that now maybe younger music fans will hear the song and become curious about what it sounds like as performed by the original band - so it could be a great way to introduce a younger audience to Nirvana and how they were able to transform the music scene.

Have you heard the Miley Cyrus cover of the song? What do you think of it?