We all have that friend who belts out the wrong lyrics to songs when they play on the car radio or on a night out. If this doesn’t sound familiar to you, then sorry but you probably are that friend.

Kurt Cobain recording in Hilversum studios. How many of us have had a moment like this—a song comes on over the radio, maybe at a party, maybe at an event. It’s a well-known song, and people start to ...