Posted on 04/09/2009 12:33:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
The park bench facing Lake Washington is covered with flowers, poems, a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes and graffiti...
Fifteen years ago Wednesday, at a house adjacent to the park, Kurt Cobain's dead body was discovered by an electrician.
The Nirvana frontman, 27, had committed suicide, police later ruled, killing himself with a shotgun while high on heroin and pills...
Nirvana band mates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl eventually formed other bands. Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, stayed in the limelight with an acting career and legal problems surrounding her own drug problems...
But Nirvana's music endured, and Cobain even found fans in his hometown of Aberdeen, which he had derided as a small-minded town.
"The old-timers who were there when Kurt was around really took offense to some of the things he said about the area, so they had no real reason to honor him," said Burlingame, who co-founded the Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee.
A famous son is a famous son, though. Now, visitors arriving in Aberdeen are greeted with a sign that reads "Come As You Are," after a famous Nirvana song.
Cobain Memorial Committee members, who include Cobain's paternal grandfather, hope to establish a community center in the late rocker's honor that would give area youth a place to play music and pursue artistic interests...
When Cobain died, he left behind a fortune that was estimated in the millions...
According to Holmes, Love recently discovered that "managers, assistants, CPAs, lawyers, people like that who were supposed to be entrusted with carrying for their well-being and finances basically looted the estate."
Forensic accountants are now trying to determine where tens of millions of dollars from Cobain's estate ended up and how it could be recovered, Holmes said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Wherever I was, Nirvana was “kids’ music” when they hit the airwaves. Some kinda cultural disjunction, I guess.
Oh I know you don’t, I’m just kidding with you. I like to troll these threads because some of these folks have their panties in a twist over grunge rock for some reason. :)
I suspect it’s mainly people who grew up in the early 80s or in this decade. They’re jealous. ;)
There are a handful of decent tracks on there, but let's not overstate the case. It ain't exactly Exile on Main Street.
I was a 23 at the time, so I was definitely still a kid. :)
It isn’t. Please don’t compare Vedder to Jagger, because it wouldn’t turn out well for the old peacocking fruitcake. :)
Surfing marxist, Peacocking fruitcake... six of one, half dozen the other.
Q. What was the last thing to go through Kurt Cobain’s brain?
A. Powder burns.
And contrary to what some others say on this thread (everyone's a critic, eh?) Nirvana's music DOES hold up.
I will admit that Barry Manilow is probably the better album to soak your dentures to. ;)
You are NOT. I don’t even know if you’re older than me period! If you are, it’s not by much.
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Fixed it. I like Nirvana, and nothing against Soundgarden, but the Pumpkins rule.
They really screwed up when they went electronic.
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Agreed. Led Zeppelin, however, remains one of the best.
I didn’t like Pearl Jam for a long time because for whatever reason the post-grunge bands tried to follow the PJ template instead of the Nirvana template. And even more than that every singer wanted to be Eddie Vedder. I think their music is very good, but they inspired more crap than any band outside of Zeppelin.
Post #54 LOLOLOLOL
When my full senility kicks in, it’s nice to know that I can switch from Manilow to Pearl Jam and avoid having to hear so many confusing notes and chords. Eddie Vedder was nice enough to limit himself to two chords per song, making his music even easier to understand than the theme to “Barney”.
Oh come on. I have never tried drugs EVER and still liked a song or two.
Jealous? Definitely! :)
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