bingo...
Posted on 10/24/2009 2:31:18 PM PDT by fiscon1
Genius is not a generous thing In return it charges more interest than any amount of royalties can cover And it resents fame With bitter vengeance
Pills and powdres only placate it awhile Then it puts you in a place where the planet's poles reverse Where the currents of electricity shift
Your Body becomes a magnet and pulls to it despair and rotten teeth, Cheese whiz and guns
Whose triggers are shaped tenderly into a false lust In timeless illusion
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B***s***.
The best part of Cobain landed on the walls and ceiling.
I loved his music.
I agree, he changed music in the 90s. We can thank him for single-handedly ending 80s hair metal.
Not a fan or a critic. My apathy runneth over.
Well....he did make a choice. He was free to do so. At least he wasn’t starving.
That's such BS. He changed nothing, except maybe what was trendy for a couple of years. METALLICA killed 80s hair metal, not Nirvana. Nirvana had nothing to do with metal. Grunge petered out in a short few years, and gave us bands like Creed and Nickelback.
And all that is just talking about children's pop music. It has nothing to do with REAL music, music for adults, which was completely unaffected by grunge or metal.
Yeah, he chose to leave a young daughter behind with only Courtney Love to raise her. What a douchebag Cobain was. An overrated douchebag.
I must respectfully disagree. Guns n' Roses killed hair metal. Nirvana was what rose from the ashes.
I just discovered their unplugged stuff - fantastic.
He can thank bands like “The Pixies” for changing the music of the 80’s. He stood on the shoulders of giants.
What a great phrase! If you don't mind I plan to steal it for MANY occasions.
you all know that this is a full poem, right.
You are making comments about Cobain and not the poem.
They did often cites the Pixies as a major influence.
“Genius” is a term thrown around too loosely these days. Usually applied to actors and musicians who really don’t deserve it. They use their talents to their maximum, but are they geniuses? No.
Yeah...they did...but the history books way to often give Nirvana way more credit than they should.
WTF! Good riddence
bingo...
Yep metallic and Gun n’ Roses killed hair bands. Though I did love some of those hair bands I really loved GNR.
I love his work. I’m sorry he died young.
Feel free. I use that with most entertainers.
I have to Metallica was relatively unknown until 1990, when "One" hit MTV and "...and Justice for All" hit the store shelves. Sure, the serious music fans knew about them all the way back to "Kill 'em All" and "Ride the Lightning," but most folks in the mainstream hadn't ever heard of them.
Guns n' Roses, on the other hand, released Appetite for Destruction in 1987 and it broke through big in 1988....two full years before Metallica 'broke' into the mainstream.
Regardless though, I love both bands' music.
He wasn’t just spoiled. He was mental.
to much LSD. Too much Marijuana...
Too many crack whores, you know the drill...
I don’t think either was Kurt’s drug of choice. His problem was a major herion addiction that he shared with his wife.
ahhhhh that ‘HOLE’ broad, Courtney Love...Now there is a high tone skank.
Possible *ping* of interest.
but most folks in the mainstream hadn't ever heard of them.
Which is my point. All this stuff about Cobain "changing" music is pure bs. The only thing that changes is what the mainstream is buying at a particular instant. Nirvana brought nothing new to the table. They were the flavor of the month, ordained by trendoid nerds. And then the mainstream moved onto something else. What did Nirvana do that hadn't already been done? Answer: nothing. Although I do give Cobain credit for blowing his head off. At least that was original for a rock star.
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