personally i think people r really sad who praise a dead guy (no effence or anything ) its not that i hate nirvana i personally think they r a bit sad , wat about everyone else?
Nirvana (Kurt Cobain) was and is superb. Praise the dead?...I just respect the guy for the good music through my teenage year....Heard they a have a new single coming out too
Kurt Cobain and Nirvana practically single-handedly fixed music as you know it. Sure, there were others, but we'd be on Whitesnake v10 and RATT v11 by now if it wasn't for them. Yes, I know there were others at the same time, but Nirvana were and are a point at which history can be measured. Is this music pre or post Nirvana. The same thing can be said of Elvis Presley, The Beatles and very very few other groups. Whether or not you like the band, they are responsible for a step away from the glam mentality of style over substance. Nirvana are the very definition of substance over style. Smells Like Teen Spirit is absolutely one of the greatest songs of all time. I believe a lot of the attention that is paid Mr. Cobain is because of his shortened life. He'd still be around today, writing great songs, ****ing on the establishment, writing songs that mean something. Can you not imagine him cussing out some Backstreet Boy. This is where the attention comes from, he sadly took his own life, we can only wonder what the world would be like with him in it. Nirvana were a stepping stone to all the good music we enjoy today. RIP Kurt.
Sad in what respect? As in not happy? As in the music is depressing and dark? That's what grunge is! Listen to pearl jam or Alice in Chains, and you'll see that was how it was. It was reaction against the over-produced, electronic/plastic music of the 80s with some of the rebellion of punk-rock thrown in. At least it was real.
Oh, and just to throw this into the mix.... Layne Staley (Lead singer of Alice in Chains, one of the big four seattle grunge bands (AIC, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Sound Garden)) died on April 5th, 2002. Kurt Cobain died on April 5th, 1994. Any bets on whether Eddie Vedder or Chris Cornell will go on april 5th?
Think was too...I had a ticket to go see Nirvana a week before he shot himself or Courtney ... yeah and Kurt Cobain died when he was 27...same a Jimmy Hendrix and who else???? river Phonix????maybe I am wrong
There is a little trend going on here Isaac...Weird Sorry for the spam...truley...just got excited at the 69 though...appoligies
OT :: Very rarely should there be a need for one person to have two posts in a row, if you forgot to say something there's an edit button at your disposal... so I've merged a post and deleted some spam from this thread Now back to the topic. I bought all of Nirvana's albums and I still like/listen to them... but that's just my music taste for you. I think KC lived a messed up life, but I don't really know much about it tbh. He died young and that's a shame Rob.
Well, no direspect but people say your more famous when your dead, and its true But Kurt was a great writer and performer, His music will still live on for a while much like Elvis and the Beatles,
Never got into the grunge, depressing music scene. Could appreciate that some of it was good music - a lot of the guys were talented but hell you couldn’t listen to it unless you were stoned.
hmm well everyone's different but it doesn't depress me, I think it's pretty good stress relief myself Rob.
Common Yoda...I will bring in my Nirvana CD to work tomorrow...listen to it for a week and you will appreciate it. Grunge is the only music type that I have not grown out of during growing up...still love it
Yeh like you say cheese its all a matter of taste , where as I like all that trance/dance music (theres a lot out there who would say it aint even music) but thats what gets moving.
I dont see the point of this thread tbh. The question sounds like you're meaning why do ppl praise kurt just because he shot himself.Everything essjaytee said is spot on. I grew up with Nirvana. Nirvana was the first band i got into and it changed my life .The reason why people praise him is because he is a legand of the highest level. He changed music for the better. Smells like teen spirit a decade old, still sounds fresh today.
<spin zone> what about people that belive and praise in jesus, sad as well?? </spin zone> lol a whole new can of worms....
