Kurt Cobain remembered 15 years after his death

CNN ^ | Wed April 8, 2009 | Patrick Oppmann

[earlJam]

I liked some of his stuff. He was good when he screamed.

But he sang like a rusty hinge.

[CholeraJoe]

You took the words right out of my mouth. /Meatloaf

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

But Nirvana's music endured

Actually, it hasn't at all. It's incredibly dull and dated stuff. All sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Truth is, Dave Grohl was a much more talented singer and musician than Cobain ever was (and I think Cobain knew it).

Of all the frivolous, self-absorbed 90's alt-rockers, I think Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden have held up the best.

[The Toll]

Most over rated band EVER!!!

[GOPJ]

According to Holmes, Love recently discovered that "managers, assistants, CPAs, lawyers, people like that who were supposed to be entrusted with carrying for their well-being and finances basically looted the estate."

It's an ugly world when the people you're required to turn to for legal help are the ones who take you... ugly world.

[surroundedinCT]

Ahhhh 90’s grunge. Kurt rocked.

[Minn]

True, but his music was outstanding.

Great music to slit your wrists by, or compel you to do so if you'd never considered it before.

[MplsSteve]

Back in the first half of the 20th Century, Sinclair Lewis (a Minnesota author) wrote the book “Main Street”, a scathing look at life in small towns.

Although he denied it (with not much conviction), people in the town of Sauk Centre (where Lewis hailed from) thought the book was written about them. Lewis was shunned by many in the city and never went back - as far as I know.

Sauk Centre later refurbished Lewis’s birthplace and opened a small visitors center and casts themsleves as the birthplace of Sinclair Lewis.

I see that Aberdeen has now started a “Curt Cobain Memorial Committee” to honor a former resident who dissed them too. Curt Coabin may have had some musical genius in the early years but many of his years were clouded by questionable (and drug-influenced) decisions.

Although there are some distinct differences between what Sinclair Lewis wrote and lived and what Curt Cobain said and lived, I just fail to see how some of these towns can have the gall to honor someone who never honored them.

[a fool in paradise]

Lawyers should never be trusted. Ever.

[DogBarkTree]

I remember where I was too and recall that I didnt care anymore then than I do now.

[doorgunner69]

Grunge rock......yecchhhh

[Constitution Day]

Yet, you cared enough to take the time to post on this thread about how much you don’t care!

Bless your heart.

[thefactor]

ping

[randomhero97]

I never caught on to the grunge craze. Those were the Emo’s of the 90’s IMO. Give me Zepplin, The Stones, Anthrax, Megadeth, etc. any day over that crap.

[DogBarkTree]

Ironic, eh?

[a fool in paradise]

Well Mudhoney (and Monkeywrench) are still around putting out new albums.

And getting as little media attention as ever...

http://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Ones-Mudhoney/dp/B0016MJ2Q4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239307235&sr=1-2

[a fool in paradise]

It’s debatable whether U2, REM, Pearl Jam, or Led Zepplin are even more overrated.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Replace Zeppelin with Radiohead and add Nirvana and that’s a pretty good list.

[fr_freak]

It’s debatable whether U2, REM, Pearl Jam, or Led Zepplin are even more overrated.

Well, I can end part of that debate: Pearl Jam has always sucked and U2 is severely overrated, with Bono being quite possibly the most annoying pop singer ever.

[a fool in paradise]

I mean which of the list is MOST overrated. :)