(05-03-2017 12:23 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  

(04-29-2017 07:23 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Love Buzz is one of my favorite Nirvana tunes...

yeah....nice exotic eastern flavor.

I get a lil sad when I see them perform...wondering what he'd be doing now. I love Foo Fighters but

As a Gen-Xer and a past "amateur" musician, Nirvana was very influential on me. Kurt was a very talented, creative musician who helped kick the popular music scene into a different era. As some have written, once the opening chords of Smells Like Teen Spirit hit the airwaves, hairspray band metal was killed overnight. Of course, there are music purists who felt once Nirvana became "popular" to the masses they lost their rebellious, alternative credibility. I've never been one to say a band has to be one or the other. If your music is good, then popularity should not be a deterrent or criticism as long as the music always stays true to the heart.

But I digress, Kurt was also a person with a drug addiction problem and had some mental issues that became his personal demons. Throw in his relationship with an equally addictive, troubled soul - Courtney Love - his growing loathing of the spotlight and his rock star image and his life became a recipe for disaster. I believe his end result was going to happen no matter the intervention or circumstance and sadly it became his destiny (maybe even a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts). This happens a lot in the history of rock-n-roll when great musicians burn out rather than fade away (as Neil Young has pointedly sang). I've often wondered what would Jimi Hendrix have done to the guitar world, the music scene and his legacy had he lasted longer than the age of 27. Then again, maybe he would have become like Elvis - fat, iconic and a shell of his former self. Part of the legend and impact of an uber-talented, creative young artist is it hits in an instant to full effect and then it is gone just as fast.....

Back to snow's point, I truly feel sorry for Kurt's daughter Frances. She still has her kooky mother to deal with and the legend of her father that will not die. Can you imagine getting bugged all the time about your famous dad that you never knew who also happened to kill himself? I hope and pray she turns out better than her parents from a life normalcy/stability standpoint.