(04-07-2022, 08:45 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(04-06-2022, 06:31 PM)MarleyJag Wrote: I'll probably get some flack for this but Kurt Cobain was way overrated as a musician and a little overrated as a songwriter although he was one of the primary figures in the development of the Seattle grunge sound.

wholeheartedly agree.

I kinda wonder about a lot of artists who passed way too early, would they have continued making music, would their edge have dulled? Like, by album 5, would Hendrix have burned out on studio work? Would he still play as wildly as he approached age 40? If Cobain were still alive, why in the world did he think an Xmas album was going to work?

I think so. Hendrix maybe not, he was hugely talented but Cobain would have been quickly eclipsed by Dave Grohl and I believe Janice Joplin and Jim Morrison would have mostly faded into obscurity if not for their untimely deaths.

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(04-08-2022, 04:35 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(04-06-2022, 06:31 PM)MarleyJag Wrote: I'll probably get some flack for this but Kurt Cobain was way overrated as a musician and a little overrated as a songwriter although he was one of the primary figures in the development of the Seattle grunge sound.

No flack from me. I was probably four to five years old when the Grunge scene hit the mainstream in full force in that early 90's window. My Dad wasn't even really big on them neither. 

I ended up being completely enamored with Chris Cornell though and Soundgarden as a whole throughout most of my life. I will admit. Outside of family death's. Chris Cornell's death was the only one that got to me when I heard the news. 

I remember that morning in my house. I kind of just tucked away for a few minutes, shed a few tears and went on about my business. I still enjoy his music. In all of his projects. 

But, agreed. Didn't care much for Cobain.

I hear ya. Hate to reuse this term from the football forum but Cornell was a "generational talent". By definition, those don't come along very frequently.

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