Does anyone else think Kurt Cobain was a selfish jackass?

Question

Also, is anyone sick of hearing the same old muddy Nirvana songs on the radio. Come on, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Lithium"? Yawn...

I know I am gonna get a lot of flack for this, but I don't much care about that. I am just so tired of people saying Nevermind was the best album of the 90's when there so many other albums released the YEAR it came out that were better. Oooops

Answer 1

selfish? i think you're spending too much time over analyzing the life of a total stranger (and a dead one)

but i agree, i'm way over Nirvana and grunge in general

bring back shoegaze bands, now that i never get tired of

Answer 2

To a degree, yes, he was selfish. Most addicts are. However, the man's biggest redeeming feature was that he talked about his influences constantly and at length. Even if most of his fans weren't listening, he wanted the world to know and love the people who inspired him as much as they loved Nirvana. That said, Nevermind was a terribly overproduced album that paled in comparison to the dirtier pop sound of Bleach. As for In Utero, the only major complaint I have is that that album almost completely ruined Steve Albini's production career for some time afterward. Albini's sonic blueprint was not well-liked by major studios, and working with a large band like Nirvana intimidated many of the smaller indies who were his regular customers.

I can't remember the last time I really listened to the radio.

Answer 3

First, that's David Geffen's fault. Nevermind was Nirvana's foray into commercial music. If they hadn't forayed into commercial radio, nobody would've known about them. When people talk about the best albums of the 90s, they talk about the best selling albums, because they appear to be more popular. The best Nirvana songs are on their live albums. Bleach (1988 only sold 500,000 original copies, but everyon claims to have one) is pure and unspoiled. Incesticide (1992, Nirvana's 3rd, not 2nd studio album) is good as well. In Utero is also a commercial piece of junk. Even Kurt Cobain thought so.

Answer 4

If one was to spawn a precious little daughter, and I'm not saying that his(Frances Bean Cobain) wasn't but to leave said such daughter without a dad to endure the pains of the world without a caring father is pretty much a wimpy, selfish jackass, any which way you want to cut it up and snort it. You just can't defend that. No matter your #1 hits, #1 albums, conflicting emotions over your fame, inability to handle your addictions, or lack of common sense. Bottom line is your pedigree matters little in the face of your youth if your not there to hold them.

Answer 5

DUDE i sort of agree wid u but u can say that!!! you cant dis kurt cobain!!! i mean come on!!! Nirvana was and always will be all time awesome.

Yeah i know what your saying, i know it does get boring listening to the same old stuff, but give some of their other awesome songs a chance i mean, listen to polly, heart shaped box, come as you are, breed, on a plane, the list goes on and on.

The part where i TOTALLY AGREE with you is where people say that nevermind was the best 90's album...NO WAY, there were plenty of other awesome bands from the 90s!!!

I also tired of listening to smells like teen spirit, but u gotta give yourselves some of the blame people!! Its you guys who wore the song out, you play it too much, to not apreciate that he poured his heart into making that song

Luke.

Answer 6

LOL. Of course he was. There is no other logical conclusion you can come to. He had a wife (even though she was and still is a train wreck) and a child, so that alone was plenty of reason to live. He had more than enough money to seek treatment for whatever addiction or "disease" (if you even subscribe to that theory) plagued him. Instead, he took the selfish and cowardly route.

Nevermind was a good album but its memory has been tarnished by corporate radio playing it into the ground. I know I'm forever sick of hearing it.

Answer 7

Sure he was selfish, but aren''t we all? Cobain was an amazing musician. You hear all of Nirvana's songs on the radio so much because they're classics.

By the way, Nevermind was awesome!

Answer 8

I've never liked "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Most of the lyrics are unintelligible and the song itself sounds a lot like Boston's "More Than A Feeling".

Answer 9

Nevermind was a TREMENDOUS album. My favorite album from the 90's, though, was Red Hot Chili Peppers' "One Hot Minute". Not the best, I know. But it was my favorite. I do believe Nevermind had to be ONE of THE best of the 90's, though. And if you actually listen to the radio, that's your problem. The radio is trash, and that's why you hear those two songs over and over. How was he a selfish jackass? Because he "killed himself"? Well newsflash, lots of people kill themselves. And he actually did it for a REAL reason. He became everything he hated so much, and with all prior success, there was no way of rewinding. So he just hit fast forward and that was it.

Answer 10

First time I looked him, should get his record.
He's dead now.
Everyone knows of always hears about Courney Love.