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Kurt Cobain, Still Dead.
April 5th, 2005, by Rich.
Kurt Cobain was a musician who (by his own admission) could only just manage to play the guitar and sing at the same time, who was emotionally unequipped to deal with fame and stardom, and who therefore paid the ultimate price by killing himself, alone, using a shotgun.
I wouldn’t normally mention the anniversary of the death of a rock star, but, Mat, who sits next to me in University happens to run a Nirvana website. It’s something he set up when he was a kid and wanted to play on the web, and because he’s not changed it over the last 9 years (bar the odd kick to keep it standards compliant) it’s become a bit of a famous resource for Nirvana fans everywhere.
Nirvana have two apparent faces - their breakthrough album, Nevermind, has enough noise and anger to satisfy the most ardent mosh; whilst their last studio album, In Utero, with it’s more melodic tracks, showed that when Cobain wrote honestly, his vocal phrasing and composition somehow stripped his soul naked and left him vulnerable, something which gets picked up on by post-Nirvana fans. Since Cobain’s death, their music appears to get adopted by those with an angst surplus; those yearning to show their individuality, but still not fully comforable with (or perhaps capable of) the kind of exposing self expression that Cobain managed.
It won’t change your life, but if you have five minutes to kill I recommend perusing the guestbook to witness the over emotional, under poetic and badly phrased ramblings of kids who were too young to listen to Nirvana when Kurt jellified his brain with a single shotgun cartridge. It’s kinda sweet, and if you were young and dug Nirvana first time around you may see something of yourself.
May 14th, 2006 at 3:32 am
Yep, you’re right…he’s still dead! But I was old enough to have gotten into Nirvana when Kurt was alive and grunge was all the rage. And even if these kids weren’t, don’t be a prong by saying that they cannot be genuinely touched by a movement of the past. You’re doing the exact same thing adults did to you when you were these kids’ age.
BTW: Kurt was an egomaniac who intentionally lied to journalists in order to show a favorable opinion of himself–he WANTED fame and recognition. Most, if not ALL the feelings and love I ever HAD for the man were all based on lies. He was a cold-hearted, wicked individual who wanted to die. I’m sure he regrets his choices in life…
May 14th, 2006 at 11:13 am
Read it again. I don’t say they’re not genuinely touched: the semi-punctuated outpourings, the flash feuds and the declarations of eternal solidarity and love for a dead man are more than proof of that. Cobain’s got a small army of juveniles prostrating themselves at his altar years after he was cremated, which is intreguing, hence the above article.
July 26th, 2006 at 5:35 am
kurt cobin was the sex! end of!
hes dead now get over it!
he killed himself!
he was the first emo!
July 26th, 2006 at 7:43 am
QED.
February 14th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
i love kurt and i will he was the best and you are a liar
February 14th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
you are not ashamed at all????he is dead could you please
leave him f@@@@ alone.whatever he was you are so *******
with him.what do you want from him?just let him rest
and pray for him…..KURT WE LOVE YOU AND WE WANT YOU
BACK.with love from greece…I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU,I
CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT THEY DID TO YOU…GOD I WANNA KILL HER…
February 14th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Hello Amy, when commenting, don’t censor your own expletives: it’s quite difficult to work out exactly what you were trying to say (use the expletives if you feel you have to). Could you be a bit less vague? Where’s the lie? Ashamed? About what?
February 19th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Hi Everyone
Tomorrow Tuesday 20th Feb would have been Kurts 40th Birthday! Hes been gone from this world for 13 years now.
Theres not a day goes by without a thought for Kurt.
I hope evryone who loved him and still does, lights a candle and remembers what a kind, beautiful and talented person he was. He is someone i looked up to and was inspired by and am still deeply sadend when i think of how lonely and tormented he felt. I hope he is in a better place now..i’m sure he would have been a great father..Rest in peace Kurt..We love you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
April 4th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Hi Everyone,
The last time i wrote on here was for Kurts Birthday back in febuary. Tomorrow is April 5th..the anniversary of Kurts passing..another year has slipped by..just wanted to say i will be thinking of him and hope Kurt Cobain fans will be too.
Love Peace and Respect
jo
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April 5th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Who is Kurt Cobain?