Comments on: Kurt Cobain About A Son DVD Giveaway

By: PartyBoy

PartyBoy — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:22:45 +0000

Is this over? No winners?

By: jvk

jvk — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:07:50 +0000

I recalled wondering if this was my “John Lennon” moment, or my “Buddy Holly, Richie Valenz & the Big Bopper” moment.

I think that in the world of a young fan of Rock & Roll music, a plane crash in the ’50s, a crazed gunman in 1980 and a suicide in the 90s, all kind of reach the same tragedy level as “youth culture” grows less and less innocent.

Makes me wonder who the next moment will belong to, and what dark corner of life will do them in.

By: bianca

bianca — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:22:04 +0000

By the way, this seems to be way nicer than Gus Van Sant’s Last Days, which I found very depressing.

By: bianca

bianca — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:26:57 +0000

I felt devastated. The “no ground under” feeling you experience when someone you really like passes away.
I remember being a teenager, school full of dumb and alienated people, caring so much about brands, clothes, perfect haircuts, and stuff like that.
Being a Nirvana fan used to make me feel like I was normal.
Kurt was my heroe at the time. I dont believe in this “spokesmand for Generation X” talk. He was just a simple, honest man. With his problems, like anyone else. And his death left a big empty.

By: G.

G. — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:54:42 +0000

I was about 12 at the time and not into rock/grunge back then, but I remember finding it very sad and shocking.

By: mbg

mbg — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:51:55 +0000

It was the same reaction I had when I learned that Princess Diana died. I knew something really important just happened, but there was no way I could wrap my mind about its consequences.

By: rob

rob — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:00:43 +0000

my dad told me. he didn’t even know who nirvana was but he had heard the news on A.M. radio and was going to leave it on my answering machine. when he called it was mid-day, i was hungover beyond repair and had been in my own catatonic state with a girlfriend. where i lived was an old industrial building and in it we had built these high lofts with cat walks that could be a little treacherous. it was sunny out and i should have been at work but instead i braved the heights and answered the phone. i could tell he was surprised to find me there and wasn’t too sure what i was into in those days. it was all very empty feeling but fitting and sad.

By: Hemal

Hemal — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:22:20 +0000

I have to add, the following Sunday I was watching “60 Minutes” with my parents and Andy Rooney addressed Kurt’s suicide during his segment. He said that he’d never heard of Kurt Cobain or Nirvana and was dumbfounded by what all the hubbub was about in regards to his passing. We went on to criticize Kurt’s committing suicide with a remark that people our age don’t have that much to be upset about because we didn’t have to deal with The Great Depression, WWII, and Vietnam. His comments illustrated to me how vast the generation gap had become and his belittling Kurt’s suicide REALLY pissed me off.

By: Hemal

Hemal — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:10:45 +0000

I was in 10th grade when it happened. I had come home from school about 2:45pm and had sat down with a snack when I flipped on the TV and saw Kurt Loder with an MTV News breaking story… “Kurt Cobain found dead.” The words hung in the air and I was in total disbelief. I wasn’t the biggest Nirvana fan (I was more in the Pearl Jam camp), but I was still moved by this loss and knew that it was bigger than just another musician passing away.

After the news sunk in, my thoughts turned to my friend Kevin, who was the biggest Nirvana fanatic in my high school. He was pretty distraught upon hearing the news and didn’t come to school for a few days. Some people thought it was silly that Kevin was that affected, but I saw it as a testament to Kurt and Nirvana’s music that they could tap into somebody’s feelings and really move them. Not many bands in my lifetime have been able to do that; I hope that endures as Nirvana’s legacy.

By: Trevour

Trevour — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:41:25 +0000

I was in 8th grade. My friend and I were over at my cousin’s house tinkering with our RC cars. We had MTV on in the other room and I remember seeing Kurt Loder abruptly cutting in and announcing that Kurt Cobain was dead. As your typical Nirvana fan, I was devastated, sickened and in denial at the same time.

I shelved all of my Nirvana CDs and didn’t pull them out for a LONG time. I simply found it too creepy to hear his voice. The first Nirvana I willfully listened to again was when ‘Unplugged’ was released that fall. By that time I was ready to rediscover and enjoy Nirvana all over again… but it was still weird.