Talked to my aunt about why she actually respects Kurt Cobain

I was at a family dinner last Sunday and my aunt, who's 62 and lived through the 90s, said she thinks people overhype Kurt Cobain because they want to feel edgy. She told me straight up, 'He made three real albums and half of them were sloppy.' It hit different because she saw him live and admitted he was good but not this god people make him out to be. Made me wonder how many dead musicians get this huge pass just because they died young. Has anyone else had an older relative change your mind on a celeb like that?

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josephbailey2d agoMost Upvoted

Your aunt's got a point, most of that legend status comes from dying young more than the actual music.

grant1552d ago

Your aunt is spot on about the pass dead musicians get. I had an uncle who saw Jimi Hendrix at a small club in 68 and said he was sloppy as hell, left half his gear on stage and walked off. But because Hendrix died young, people forget he was just a guy who made mistakes on stage like anyone else. Same with Cobain, you look at Nirvana's live stuff and it's decent but not this perfect legend people turn it into. Your aunt lived through it and saw the regular side of him, that's worth a lot more than the hype.

aaron8802d ago

Ngl, am I the only one whose biggest stage screw up was forgetting to plug in my guitar and spending a whole song miming like an idiot? Your uncle's Hendrix story actually makes me feel better about my own trainwreck moments. I guess the difference is nobody's gonna make a documentary about my power chord mime routine.