17 Years today

computerbitz · Apr 5, 2011

Kurt Cobain took a shotgun and said goodbye to the world i remember it like it was yesterday how time flies to make you feel old.

My favourite tune of all time from them though was the cover of Bowies Man Who Sold the World

mikeekim89 · Apr 5, 2011

A real loss to the musical world. Hope he's happier up in the sky.

Drencrom · Apr 5, 2011

computerbitz":19n7xczr said:
Kurt Cobain took a shotgun and said goodbye to the world i remember it like it was yesterday how time flies to make you feel old.

My favourite tune of all time from them though was the cover of Bowies Man Who Sold the World

How time flies, eh? Funnily enough I was thinking about this yesterday when I saw the Mark & Lard thread, his death was first announced on the show they had back then lovingly called the Graveyard Shift, back when Radcliffe was called 'Scrawn'. Straight onto Ceefax to check it was true in the morning.

Bowie was pretty stroppy about that cover for a while:

"In the wake of this cover, Bowie bemoaned the fact that when he performed the number himself he would encounter "kids that come up afterwards and say, 'It's cool you're doing a Nirvana song.' And I think, 'F**k you, you little tosser!'""

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World_(song)

john · Apr 5, 2011

17 years, quite literally half a lifetime ago.

Wonder how his legacy would've been remembered had his demons not got the better hand.

Drencrom · Apr 5, 2011

John":5lfb41f7 said:
17 years, quite literally half a lifetime ago.

Wonder how his legacy would've been remembered had his demons not got the better hand.

Indeed.

He was hell-bent on splitting Nirvana up, and the REM/Stipe collaboration would have been interesting - the Unplugged session was supposed to act as a taster for what lay ahead.

It is weird how Dave Grohl is arguably more famous to the young 'uns.

john · Apr 5, 2011

Drencrom":2p4u3rmv said:
John":2p4u3rmv said:

17 years, quite literally half a lifetime ago.

Wonder how his legacy would've been remembered had his demons not got the better hand.

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Indeed.

He was hell-bent on splitting Nirvana up, and the REM/Stipe collaboration would have been interesting - the Unplugged session was supposed to act as a taster for what lay ahead.

It is weird how Dave Grohl is arguably more famous to the young 'uns.

That would've been an intruiging collaboration. REM have certainly not got the same profile they enjoyed early 90s.

It is indeed easy to just think of Grohl as the drummer from Nirvana. Clearly a hugely successful artist in his own right.

Drencrom · Apr 5, 2011

It hit Stipe pretty hard, Kurt and River Phoenix dying within months of each other. New Adventures was the last time REM sounded anything like a cohesive band to my ears, and it was a fraught album which nearly split them.

Dave Grohl certainly deserves the respect he's got. Foo Fighters aren't really my cup of tea, but the first album was/is a belter.

cyfa2809 · Apr 5, 2011

John":2parxtjj said:
Wonder how his legacy would've been remembered had his demons not got the better hand.

i was thinking that just a few weeks ago. not just about kurt cobain either, mtb legends too

krist was/is in a band yet you dont hear one damn thing about them

it is odd how grohl is rather famous now

and courtney love is rather famous off the back of his death too

lewis1641 · Apr 5, 2011

cyfa2809":1ywyfnll said:
John":1ywyfnll said:

Wonder how his legacy would've been remembered had his demons not got the better hand.

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i was thinking that just a few weeks ago. not just about kurt cobain either, mtb legends too

krist was/is in a band yet you dont hear one damn thing about them

it is odd how grohl is rather famous now

and courtney love is rather famous off the back of his death too

courtenay was very famous before his death too.

i dont think it is odd that grohl is famous really, he is a very talented musician and song writer and an ex member from one of the biggest bands on the planet at the time - i am pretty sure he had plenty of offers

it really doesnt feel like 17 years since his death. drugs, eh.

cyfa2809 · Apr 5, 2011

yeah your right, he is very good
and again your right. she was very famous before him, with hole.
but i think its what she has now become known for. how many of the younger generation know her for anything other than that

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