I think he might have liked Queens Of The Stone Age......maybe Wilco. I always thought if he had lived he would have gone towards a alt country vibe for a record or two.
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I respect the music he made, but since he chose to kill himself, I really just don't care about him anymore. Seeing his name in print, references in popular culture, in other people's lyrics. Meh.
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I respect the music he made, but since he chose to kill himself, I really just don't care about him anymore. Seeing his name in print, references in popular culture, in other people's lyrics. Meh.
I don't hold my musicians and bands up to my moral code. Some of them are great people and some do disgusting, selfish deplorable things. Some are very philantropic, generous, down to Earth. Some are egotistical, abusive, and the like.
I listen to the music and mostly have it decompartmentalized from who the people were/are. I know what he did. I can feel empathy for those truly close to him but the reason I don't listen to Nirvana much anymore is because I've moved on from the music, not the band.
Anyway, I found the list interesting.
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badabing wrote:
I always thought if he had lived he would have gone towards a alt country vibe for a record or two.
A good friend of mine always used to end up theorizing about this same scenario when we'd ever talk about Nirvana's music. I don't completely disagree with that, but I'm wondering what in Cobain's music and public/private statements lend credence to such a claim? The fact that he had tentative plans to record with Michael Stipe?
I don't think suicide is "disgusting" or "deplorable", even if it's selfish.
I didn't say it was...beating your wife, a la John Lennon, is both disgusting and deplorable. I was speaking broadly, to encompass more than just Cobain.
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For all that I don't blame Cobain for killing himself, I do think that he has been deified because of it. He might have had the mystique of the archetypal grunge musician, but I'm not sure he was the best one.
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