Blogcritics Comments on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Comment by andrew macmillan on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 20:27:53 EST

i think its really great that other people are affected by nirvana as much as i am. such a great band. ive been playing music since i was 14 and kurt is the reason i started singing and playing and writing songs. his passion for music makes me want to try my absolute best to make a change.

Comment by Chris. on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:38:33 EST

I feel the same way. This was well written. I too miss that son of a bitch.

Comment by Sarah on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:20:31 EST

This.. Is Just amazing. The way you described your feelings. It's all very real.. I Can feel the way you were feeling too. It brings a tear to my eye. Even though being sad is a bad thing.. Remembering Kurt is a good thing, right? Thankyou, It's beautiful.

Comment by ClaWeD on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:29:22 EDT

They (layne and kurt) will never come back...and we will always remember them...when we are alone...what else is there to say? Just feel.... That's it. maybe nietzsche was right...those whom the gods love...die early.

Comment by I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:28:45 EDT

IM NOT FROM THE NIRVANA GENERATION IM A BIT YOUNGER BUT THEIR MUSIC SHOWED ME HOW PATHETIC THE MUSIC NOW A DAYS IS IN COMPARISON AND I HOPE THAT MY GENERATION WILL HAVE A PERSON 2 LOOK UP 2 HALF AS GOOD AS KURT THEN ID BE HAPPY, HE REALLY WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS MUSIC. GOOD JOB

Comment by Jesse on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 03:04:55 EDT

Gah! That was supposed to say 1994, not 1194, sorry!

Comment by Jesse on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 03:04:03 EDT

Very nicely written, Jon. I can somewhat see where Matt is comingfrom but have to admit that it totally seems like a propaganda piece and kind of ignore it, in a sense. Vale speaks the truth, simply. I also missed a Nirvana show, and obviously, it was something that would never come to be. My grandmother passed on the 11th of April in 1194 when all of the Kurt stuff was still very much in the news and it was just... I don't even know how to put it. Not many people would tie grandparents and Nirvana together, but I think of my grandma when I hear them. Weird, perhaps, but maybe healing in a way as well. Anyway, let me stop rambling. I really enjoyed this piece and it is quite obviously heartfelt... not that other stuff isn't, but in this, you shine.

Comment by Ben on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 22:51:28 EDT

Yo, Broheim... you know full well that I am never full of shit. Keep that in mind when I say this is one of the BEST things you have ever written. I find myself shrugging off a tear or two. You have managed to capture the feeling of true devotion without delving into blind worship. I can honestly say this is you at your home. Keep working on the general music book, but seriously consider putting out a short collection of essays about Kurt... your passion is just so damn tangable, this is where you come alive. Living in the Seattle area, I can remember the footage of Courtney reading Kurts note at Seattle Center, looking like shit and crying through the whole thing on the local news. Then there were the candle light vigils. It was surreal. Your article is proffesional and honest. You are so very capable of making music journalism a career. I quote The Rough Guide To Rock, third eddition "Like nearly every other musical icon from Elvis to James Brown to John Lennon to Micheal Jackson to Madonna, Kurt Cobain had a psyche that was too big for one body." Your reviews are on the same level.

Comment by loc vu on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:42:35 EDT

hi .... wonderfull memories u have... i was 18 when nirvana exploded big time..and to this day it still hurts when any nirvana songs are played and to hear a god- like voice in kurt cobain is to hear rock immortal. todays generation are so much about dreaming and hoping living a life of excess materials, bling bling and text messaging crap, young girls idolizeg pop tarts rather then the actual genuine artist to me is very dissappointing..kids today all they know about are video games, offensive materials, and car stuff.. its sad how low society has drowned out..plp today dont want to fight and be a bigger cause then themselves...i guess they rather enjoy bling bling and pimp juice then representing a social changes. thus, the next nirvana will not happen ever again...plp are still enjoying so much craps...to ever appreciate kurt cobain artistic genuis and the like of nirvana. rip....kurt

Comment by Vindi on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:11:58 EDT

That was really beautifully written and certainly thoughtful and touching... I too love Nirvana and find their music so full of meaning and depth. Rest in Peace Kurt Cobain.

Comment by Mark Saleski on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 19:55:43 EDT

very nice jonathan. great to see others out there for whom music isn't just entertainment.

Comment by Eric Berlin on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 17:52:56 EDT

Outstanding thoughts, Jonathan. I was a sophomore at Binghamton University, lounging in a friend's dorm room, when I learned of the news in 1994. "You're lying," I said. I didn't want to believe it either. Nirvana had a profound influence on me as well, changed the way I looked at music and was a fantastic conduit for the pain and strangeness and alienation of growing up.

Comment by Buzz on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 17:06:06 EDT

Great ending! "If it were so easy, there would've been a thousand other Nirvana's by now..." Excellent. Matt had a great post too. Not sure I'd ever here about him injecting into his stomach thoguh unless that's a metaphor... Nirvana was the best concert I have ever seen, heard felt. A total transformational experience in that I neve thought RFUS could be pulled off live and it was the first song played and lifted me beyond expectation. After that moment the hypnotic condition just vibrated through my body for the entire show.

Comment by vale on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:12:02 EDT

siempre te recordaremos y te amaremos Kurt! Eres una gran inspiracion en mi vida!! grax x haber existido!!!!!!

Comment by John on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:33:57 EDT

I too have written a blog about Kurt Cobain and his impact on music. Check out The GotuitMusic Blog for it as well as Nirvana's Music Videos!

Comment by Matt on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:09:54 EDT

Kurt was Generation X's John Lennon. I know why Kurt killed himself b/c he told us, sort of. In a extremely abridged nutshell: He was born into a horribly dysfunctional family. He had general contempt for both his mother and father, which is very rare b/c most of us have guilt about even disliking our mother's cooking. After divorce (traumatic enough) he lived mostly with his mother who, although we don't know the exact details, probably abused him emotionally not unlike Courtney did. It's not a coincidence that he would go with her, it's all he knew. When children are abused their natural coping propensities come out. Unfortunately Kurt's was suicide ideation, meaning whenever he had a traumatic event he relieved stress by imagining killing himself. Note that it's just a stress releiver but if you're 27 and on heroin and your wife is Courtney Love and you're probably on anti-depressants (linked to psychosis) and other psychoactive drugs and bipolar - well, given that environment your fantasized stress relief can manifest itself in reality. Kurt was a true artist, he sublimated (in the Fruedian sense) his horrible anguish that was wordless and could only come out in Art. If had hadn't had Art as an outlet he probably would've killed himself a lot younger. Kurt could never understand (based on biographical accounts) that his problems were emotional - meaning emotionally charged events and their associated feelings (like PTSD) kept trying to come out and he kept them at bay through heroin injected unsurprisingly directly into his stomach. He was as blind as a soldier coming back from Iraq who finds himself drinking incessantly or having homicidal thoughts after a period or relative calm. Psychotherapy might not have been able to save him but I think it could have. If he could just realize that the reason he hated himself is the reason why a lot of children hate themselves - because them blame themselves for not being loved adequately. Suicide NEVER happens in a vacuum. It's not about blame - it's about cause and effect.

Comment by russ on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:21:21 EDT

i really identified with this. i hoped it was a joke. i cried. nirvana did so much for me, and youre right, nowadays, its hard to go "yeah nirvana is my favorite band", even though nirvana is solely responsible for at least 72% of who i am today. well done.

Comment by Ray Ellis on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:55:19 EDT

I have to tell you, Jonathan--that was a beautifully moving piece. Anything I might add would be meaningless. Well done!

Comment by DJRadiohead on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:54:59 EDT

And a few years later, Layne followed him in the same yet different way. Nirvana was huge for me - still is. Alice may have actually been a tinge huger. Fuck. This just turned my day upside down, but it's really well written.

Comment by Toni on The Man Who Changed My World - Remembering Kurt Cobain

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:26:59 EDT

Thank you Jonathan. That was very beautifully written. You get it. Kurt Cobain is missed terribly.... Thank you again. Toni