Sometimes people can't say the truth about their spouse, or maybe they can't even acknowledge it to themselves. I guess, in such a case, it helps to be a musician.
Nirvana sucked.
Lana Del Rey’s cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPIJk0MKSWM
Infinitely GRATEFUL that my boys were still in Elementary School when this stuff was popular.
But, I am a fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers, White Stripes and John Mayer, thanks to their teen years. ;)
At the time and ever moreso now, the song sounded like the end of an era. It was obvious that the way kurt was going was unsustainable. Wasn’t shocked to hear later of his suicide attempt and then completion. There was very little noteworthy in music after Nirvana. Gen X was the last wave of creators. Not as good as 60-70s boomer rock,but they did leave their mark.
One of the most overrated songs ever, they play the crap out of this song on every FM and streaming rock station. I can’t change the station fast enough as soon as I hear the first note hit my car speakers.
In Utero is one of the craziest albums you could ever listen to. Kurt Cobain basically told the studio to kiss his ass and proceeded to do exactly the opposite of what the studio wanted out of Nirvana at that time.
That’s why it’s one of the most raw sounding albums of all time, leaning on acoustics and some absolutely nonsensical lyrics, by Kurt’s own admission. If you listen to some of the songs and feel like it doesn’t make any sense, that’s the point, it was jibberish.
Kurt Cobain was anti-social, yes, and even moreso anti-establishment, which is what Grunge Rock was all about. That’s part of why it only lasted about 4 years, you can only buck the system so much before people fall back into comfort zones, so people gradually started engaging with post-grunge preppy bands like Creed.
I kind of lost interest in most popular music about 1986, with a few months of rekindled interest occasionally since then.
Sometimes I know a song when I hear it but not from the title. I figured maybe I knew this one so gave it a listen.
Nop.
It’s “different” being old and not caring. I used to care SO MUCH about popular music but it’s all concentrated in 1955-1985, pretty much.