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8 Fragments of Kurt Cobain
Poem Hunter ^
| 10/24/2009
| Jim Carroll
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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TOPICS: Poetry
KEYWORDS: cobain; davegrohl; jimcarroll; kurtcobain; nirvana; poetry
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posted on
10/24/2009 2:31:19 PM PDT
by
fiscon1
To: fiscon1
2
posted on
10/24/2009 2:35:24 PM PDT
by
dr_who
To: dr_who
whiny crap music....from a whiny spoiled, useless little $h!t....
3
posted on
10/24/2009 2:40:07 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: fiscon1
The best part of Cobain landed on the walls and ceiling.
4
posted on
10/24/2009 2:42:14 PM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(3%)
To: fiscon1
5
posted on
10/24/2009 2:47:31 PM PDT
by
TNdandelion
(I'd rather have FedEx run my healthcare than USPS.)
To: TNdandelion
I agree, he changed music in the 90s. We can thank him for single-handedly ending 80s hair metal.
6
posted on
10/24/2009 2:52:36 PM PDT
by
VA_Gentleman
(Everybody says they have a plan, until they get punched in the face. - Mike Tyson)
To: fiscon1
Not a fan or a critic. My apathy runneth over.
7
posted on
10/24/2009 2:57:25 PM PDT
by
aliquando
(A Scout is T, L, H, F, C, K, O, C, T, B, C, and R.)
To: fiscon1
Well....he did make a choice. He was free to do so. At least he wasn’t starving.
8
posted on
10/24/2009 3:03:23 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(No To O -Time is going by really really really really slow.)
To: VA_Gentleman
I agree, he changed music in the 90s. We can thank him for single-handedly ending 80s hair metal. 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.
9
posted on
10/24/2009 3:04:18 PM PDT
by
Huck
("He that lives on hope will die fasting"- Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac)
To: Dallas59
Yeah, he chose to leave a young daughter behind with only Courtney Love to raise her. What a douchebag Cobain was. An overrated douchebag.
10
posted on
10/24/2009 3:05:06 PM PDT
by
Huck
("He that lives on hope will die fasting"- Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac)
To: VA_Gentleman
I agree, he changed music in the 90s. We can thank him for single-handedly ending 80s hair metal.I must respectfully disagree. Guns n' Roses killed hair metal. Nirvana was what rose from the ashes.
11
posted on
10/24/2009 3:06:54 PM PDT
by
Terabitten
(Vets wrote a blank check, payable to the Constitution, for an amount up to and including their life.)
To: TNdandelion
I just discovered their unplugged stuff - fantastic.
12
posted on
10/24/2009 3:06:58 PM PDT
by
Lizavetta
(In Communism, everything is free. But there isn't any of it.)
To: VA_Gentleman
He can thank bands like “The Pixies” for changing the music of the 80’s. He stood on the shoulders of giants.
13
posted on
10/24/2009 3:07:46 PM PDT
by
Explodo
(Pessimism is simply pattern recognition)
To: aliquando
“My apathy runneth over.”
What a great phrase! If you don't mind I plan to steal it for MANY occasions.
14
posted on
10/24/2009 3:10:35 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply. W.C. Fields)
To: Dallas59
you all know that this is a full poem, right.
You are making comments about Cobain and not the poem.
15
posted on
10/24/2009 3:38:39 PM PDT
by
fiscon1
To: Explodo
They did often cites the Pixies as a major influence.
16
posted on
10/24/2009 3:40:37 PM PDT
by
Unassuaged
(I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
To: fiscon1
“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.
17
posted on
10/24/2009 3:44:47 PM PDT
by
CaptRon
To: Unassuaged
Yeah...they did...but the history books way to often give Nirvana way more credit than they should.
18
posted on
10/24/2009 3:44:55 PM PDT
by
Explodo
(Pessimism is simply pattern recognition)
To: fiscon1
To: fiscon1
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