The Official Nirvana/Kurt Cobain Thread (indie, albums, beatles, miles davis)

Doc.DGAF · 04-25-2006, 10:09 AM

Lyrically, he had fun with it, not the first or last to do it. But his vocals themselves...that was crap.

Kripes · 04-25-2006, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Doc.DGAF

Lyrically, he had fun with it, not the first or last to do it. But his vocals themselves...that was crap.

Exactly, I agree completely on that part. He came up with some great one liners in his time, but his voice is really bad I believe.

bruise_violet · 04-25-2006, 02:57 PM

Ah yeah he didn't have a great voice. And he wasn't a great guitarist. Come to think of it, Nirvana were quite **** at everything, but they are still amazing.

ShadowSurfer · 04-25-2006, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

Awesome, you quote four words out of one song and then call him a crap lyricist. Cobain wrote alot of really good stuff that had meaning, Rape Me, Polly and In Bloom for instance.

Kurt ranked himself, a crap lyricist and a lazy one who waited until the very last minute to write his lyrics, like in the car on the way over to the studio, or on the mixing console during recording.

He said his lyrics were 'mumbo-jumbo'

sleepy jack · 04-25-2006, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ShadowSurfer

Kurt ranked himself, a crap lyricist and a lazy one who waited until the very last minute to write his lyrics, like in the car on the way over to the studio, or on the mixing console during recording.

He said his lyrics were 'mumbo-jumbo'

Considering i've read a few articles in which cobain talks about what his songs are about. I kind of don't believe what you're saying because you havn't posted any actual proof.

Just to add to the whole major label thing. If Cobain was such a tool to them, why did he write Rape Me? And why did he play the intro to rape me on that awards show (mtv's I believe) just to piss people off? I really don't think he was as big of a corporate tool as you make him out to be.

Piss Me Off · 04-25-2006, 10:24 AM

I think he's pretty good, 'Heart Shaped Box' is probably his best lyrical (and musical in my opinion) work.

ShadowSurfer · 04-25-2006, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

I think he's pretty good, 'Heart Shaped Box' is probably his best lyrical (and musical in my opinion) work.

ya, the song about Courtney.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-25-2006, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ShadowSurfer

ya, the song about Courtney.

No if it was about her it would be called fishy smelling box

bruise_violet · 04-25-2006, 11:50 AM

Wasn't that because she gave him a box with hearts on it or something, with a doll inside? I read something like that in a book about him but it was a while ago.

Anyway, I think he's a good song-writer. I don't take his lyrics too seriously though, as they do just seem to be 'rubbish'. Still love Nirvana.

Stone Magnet · 04-25-2006, 10:38 AM

I like Kurt's lyrics. The fact that they're nonsensical is what makes them so good. It allows you to mold them into something you can relate to.

Kurt's lyrics were ingenious garbage.

04-25-2006, 10:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Doc.DGAF Uhh-I am Octiposter-huhuh Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 229	Lyrically, he had fun with it, not the first or last to do it. But his vocals themselves...that was crap. __________________ Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.-Confucius Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.-Friedrich Nietzsche Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.-Lord Byron Popularity's bad for you. I avoid it like the plague.-Brian Mulrooney

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bruise_violet we became a carcass! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 384	Ah yeah he didn't have a great voice. And he wasn't a great guitarist. Come to think of it, Nirvana were quite **** at everything, but they are still amazing. __________________ in love with the stumps, in love with the bleeding! in love with the pain that you now feel...

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Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,470	I think he's pretty good, 'Heart Shaped Box' is probably his best lyrical (and musical in my opinion) work. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

04-25-2006, 11:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
bruise_violet we became a carcass! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 384	Wasn't that because she gave him a box with hearts on it or something, with a doll inside? I read something like that in a book about him but it was a while ago. Anyway, I think he's a good song-writer. I don't take his lyrics too seriously though, as they do just seem to be 'rubbish'. Still love Nirvana. __________________ in love with the stumps, in love with the bleeding! in love with the pain that you now feel...

04-25-2006, 10:38 AM	#10 (permalink)
Stone Magnet Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Keswick, Ontario Posts: 658	I like Kurt's lyrics. The fact that they're nonsensical is what makes them so good. It allows you to mold them into something you can relate to. Kurt's lyrics were ingenious garbage. __________________ Lock to field screen, row the ocean onto sentient ground. New rites of a Vedic sun to attend the blue horizon. Prevails flight resplendent, sails the shrine effulgent windship. Stillness breathes apex supreme - I walk toward the mountain. Crowns the sovereic rite to freedom. Shored the origin forms to a ground accede. Axiom core of the light shrine flight to shining. Glows serene to attenuate the space and time.

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