Kurt Cobain Was Apparently Working on a Solo Album When He Died: Would He Have Been a Good Solo Artist?

by The Big Question Posted 2012/04/21 01:14:33

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Lisa 2012/04/21 05:48:44

Yes

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IMO I think he would have been really good. Like a Jack White kinda.
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Micha Vengeance Way 2012/04/25 18:51:30

Yes

For sure.

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shadowgirl 2012/04/25 00:36:53

Yes

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Great for fan girls too.

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Veritas 2012/04/24 22:09:35

Yes

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I think so . . . that kind of talent could have taken him anywhere. Sadly, we'll never know.

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OnyxRaven 2012/04/24 10:43:00

No

He was talented that's for sure, but he would never have been associated with anything other than Nirvana.

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Tigger Too 2012/04/23 23:39:19
Funky Monk to Tigger Too 2012/04/25 18:36:42

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She probably would. I mean, this is the same woman who published her dead husband's diaries.

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Tigger Too to Funky Monk 2012/04/25 19:11:04
Funky Monk to Tigger Too 2012/04/26 18:27:36

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Kurt was actually about to divorce her. Just weeks before his death, she asked one of her attorneys to find the "meanest, most vicious divorce lawyer" they could find. Makes you think, doesn't it?....

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Tigger Too to Funky Monk 2012/04/26 18:36:48

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Kurt must have been higher than the proverbial kite on some extra-pure grade of heroin when he married that bitch. I know that he was plagued by mental issues, along with his drug addiction, but NOBODY could be clinically depressed to the point that they'd propose marriage to a skanky whore like Courtney Love. It HAD to have been the dope. And believe me, I speak from experience...

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Funky Monk to Tigger Too 2012/04/26 19:52:46

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I'd like to believe the same thing. Someone as classless as Courtney Love should never have the privilege of marrying someone as gentle as Kurt.

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Tigger Too to Funky Monk 2012/04/26 21:36:38

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"Classless" is a perfect description of Courtney Love. "Crude" and "crass" also come to mind when I think of her. [Which, thank God, isn't very often!] As a female tigger, I hold the same aversion as the majority of women to using the "C" word [if you get my drift], but in Courtney's case... Well, if the shoe fits, and all that rot! And you're right about Kurt being such a gentle, trusting, misguided, loving soul. Let it suffice to say that, IMO, the wrong spouse definitely died in this instance. Courtney Love is a boil on the ass of Society.

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Funky Monk to Tigger Too 2012/04/26 22:52:41

I've tried to like her; I really have. But every time I've started to think, "Maybe I should cut her some slack", she does something else to make me hate her even more.

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Jan Nel 2012/04/23 20:08:35

Yes

Yes, no, maybe..

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24FilmProStudio 2012/04/23 20:02:23

Yes

Nirvana was pretty much his band

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Jimbo 2012/04/23 19:42:13

Yes

He was a solo artist that was unable to play the guitar,bass guitar and drums all at once so he need 2 other people.

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Erin Innocent 2012/04/23 19:42:10

Yes

o love him <3
rip kurt cobain, your voice lives on

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Jeremy Villa 2012/04/23 19:32:48

Yes

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yes, For artistic devotion is worth being respected

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JERSEYDUDE 2012/04/23 18:53:05

Yes

he was the Beyonce of Destinys Child
the Justin Timberlake of NSYNC
the Gwen Stefani of No Doubt

ok thats all i can think of ...

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brunyon 2012/04/23 18:06:20

No

He wasn't good in a group, why would he be good on his own? Only reason he is remembered now is because he lost a fight with the business end of a shotgun

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afro.ni... to brunyon 2012/04/24 16:18:37

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I'm not one to tell someone that their opinion is wrong, but you're waaaaaay wrong, on sooooo many levels.

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brunyon to afro.ni... 2012/04/24 17:37:44

First off waaaaaay is not a word nor is soooo. Second Cobian is as over rated as the Beatles.[...]

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afro.ni... to brunyon 2012/04/25 16:16:51
IrisLq 2012/04/23 18:01:57

Yes

I don't know................but damn I wish he was here so I could find out!

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American Reformed 2012/04/23 17:41:04

Yes

He was a decent lyricist he may be been a decent solo act.

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JCLadybug 2012/04/23 17:18:39

No

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The fact that I can't stand his voice might have something to do with my vote....

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Stef and the City 2012/04/23 16:50:56

Yes

I think so.

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ads8 2012/04/23 16:13:45

Yes

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It would of been on of the best albums ever made!!!

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FunkyMunky 2012/04/23 16:11:11

Yes

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The man had incredible untapped skills

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Dick Nixon 2012/04/23 14:54:29

Yes

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Kurt was Nirvana. I cant even tell you the other guys names in the group.

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wulfsong to Dick Nixon 2012/04/23 15:16:57

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That's because the other guy's didn't blow their heads off with a shotgun.

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Dick Nixon to wulfsong 2012/04/23 21:02:22

No thats because the other guys were average.

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America... to Dick Nixon 2012/04/23 17:35:52

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Honestly you don't know who Dave Grohl is? Krist Novoselic left music so that isn't surprising but quite honestly Cobain was the least talented musician of the three.

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whisper... to America... 2012/04/23 19:48:23

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Krist needs way more appreciation. He's just as great as Kurt.

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Dick Nixon to America... 2012/04/23 21:02:59

You should be a comedian...

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America... to Dick Nixon 2012/04/23 21:30:25

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Other than Power Chords which any monkey can play Cobain admitted he only knew six or seven other chords. He was good at what he knew, he also had vision and could use what he knew not only effectively but also in novel ways; but so far as ability both Novoselic and Grohl were better musicians and quite honestly more knowledgable musicians.

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Dick Nixon to America... 2012/04/24 11:38:14

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Look they all played out of tune admittedly. None of them knew how to properly tune a guitar. I do know that much. Who was the voice of the band? Kurt was. Its not like Alice And Chains. When Lane died, the cup was still half full. There were 2 voices to the group and Jerry Cantrell is still doing it without Lane. Well its been a couple years and the bass player passed away as well but Cantrell still sounds like Alice And Chains. You put those monkeys from Nirvana together and without Kurt what do you have? A completely different group with no voice and the ZING is missing.

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America... to Dick Nixon 2012/04/24 15:25:24

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Cobain was the voice of Nirvana, no one disputes that. But he was also the poorest musician (and yes Grohl and novoselic both knew how to tune a guitar) of the group. Again I am not attempting to take any accolades away from Cobain I appreciate the contribution he made to the growth of music, it's not an insult to his contribution to acknowledge he wasn't as good a musician as the others in the group.

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Dick Nixon to America... 2012/04/24 21:14:36 (edited)

Then why were they all and always out of tune? and it was not just Kurt. If you listened to 2 different or even 4 different live performances, none of them knew at the time how to tune up or down a half or a whole step. They always sounded different.

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America... to Dick Nixon 2012/04/24 22:22:23

Listen to the actual music my friend and tell me who is out of tune. It isn't Novoselic's Bass, it certainly isn't the drums lol. It's Cobain, and if you look closely you will find, especially when playing live, it's because Cobain is actually playing the wrong chord, or is playing the chord sloppily which has a muting effect.

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Dick Nixon to America... 2012/04/27 21:33:10

see what i mean I dont even know they're names, what they play, or what they are doing now... And most people don't...

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