[jjm2111]

What passes for literature these days. IMHO, Nirvana wasn't that great.

Cobain was a sad, twisted soul. I think what's worse is the people who hold him up in high regard and try to make a buck off his twisted ravings.

[NYC GOP Chick]

He dissed Pete Townshend. Screw Cobain.

[dfwgator]

Has there ever been a rock act that was more overrated than Nirvana?

[MotleyGirl70]

There are sadistic fantasies about traditional figures, such as "the Virgin Mary Hooked thru her back on a meat hook." And then, of course, there is the brutalization imagined by Cobain against Kurt himself: "I can't speak, I can only feel. Maybe someday I'll turn myself into Hellen Keller by puncturing my ears with a knife."

Sick and twisted.

Nivana was waaaay over rated, IMHO. Then again I hated grunge music.

[MJM59]

He blew his own head off with a shotgun. What a loser. One less whiner on the planet.

[2banana]

Who is Kurt Cobain? He has faded already

[CobaltBlue]

This is why I censor what goes into my own journals.

[KC_Conspirator]

Kurt Cobain was a talented musician in a very talented band. He and Nirvana did represent a good portion of the feelings of the Gen X generations, but by no means are they representational. (With the exception of their cynicism - "Teenage angst has paid off well")

However, he is still and effing loser with a drug habit and he offed himself and left family and friends behind. An act of selfishness.

Pop culture is always looking for something more deep in the actions and songs of rock stars since the Beatles. I have hint for you - don't. They are not role models and rarely have anything thoughtful or profound to contribute to the cultural discussion. Just enjoy their music.

[monkey]

I'll turn myself into Hellen Keller by puncturing my ears with a knife

[Damocles]

"I like to make incisions into the belly of infants then ---- the incisions until the child dies."

WTF?! Kurt, you were one tortured, sick freak! Can't say I miss ya...

[proust]

The sad thing is, people are taking these quotes and running with them, and we'll never know the context of them. It's possible that these quotes were lyrics he was working on. He did a lot of "cut and paste" lyrics like William Burroughs, to create new forms. Maybe he only created one usuable lyric out of every 20 pages of experiments with word salads.

[Notforprophet]

Soundgarden and Mother Love Bone started the grunge scene in Seattle, and Nirvana was just a cheap knock off.

BTW - Chris Cornell's new venue with the former musicians from RATM, called "AudioSlave", is out now and quite good.

[CougarGA7]

Someone once told me that I looked like Kurt Cobain. I asked him "Before or after he pulled the trigger?" Then I went and got a haircut.

[meadsjn]

That creature had no rightful place among the living.

[Slyfox]

"I like to make incisions into the belly of infants then - - - - the incisions until the child dies."

So profound, so insightful.

[gilor]

Too bad he didn't take that junkie whore of a wife with him.


BTW ... Townsend is a whack job.....the whole "I know what its like to be a woman cause I'm also one" (paraphrased)

[SerpentDove]

Floyd the Barber

"Floyd breathes hard I hear a zip/
pee pee pressed against my lips. . .
I sense others in the room
Opey, Aunt Bee I presume
They take turns in cut me up
I died smothered in Andy's butt."

You just can't beat the classics.

[Dead Dog]

Cobain was a sad, twisted soul.

".. expresses sustained admiration for only one--Jimmy Carter"

Yep.

[MinuteGal]

Anyone got a pic of Cobain? I don't know what he looked like. I'm more into Chopin, myself.

Leni

[Revolting cat!]

Rock and roll has gone down and down. However primitive Hank Williams and Elvis Presley were in person, there is richness, depth, and subtlety in their 1950s output (Sun sessions for the latter.) All of that is missing from most rock, as it is now called, since the Sex Pistols. This morning, while driving, I was forced to listen to a cut by a grunge band called Green Day, a ballad in the style of the early Beatles, but lyrically and melodically weaker and dominated by a two note bass line, to cover up all other shortcomings. It pretty much summed up for me the entire grunge punk style. It'll all be forgotten. Soon.

[falfa]

If my Courtney Love were my "soulmate" I might eat a gun too.