Strider Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Today, April 5, is the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, give or take 24 hours. Since his body wasn't actually found until the Friday morning of April 8, 1994, the coroner couldn't pinpoint his exact time of death, but it's generally accepted as being April 5, 1994, although the world wouldn't learn the news until April 8. In a weird act of symmetry, Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley also died on an April 5...overdosing on heroin on April 5, 2002. Another parallel is that Layne's body wasn't discovered until later...TWO WEEKS LATER! Cobain famously wrote Neil Young's lyrics "It's better to burn out than to fade away" in his suicide note. You could say Kurt chose the former while Layne did the latter. I read an interesting article from a Michigan site that examines this point. Thought I would share it with you and ask your thoughts. http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/bay-city/index.ssf/2014/04/kurt_cobain_and_layne_staleys.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bitnogoodjive Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 “Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.” ― James Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil. Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Today, April 5, is the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, give or take 24 hours. Since his body wasn't actually found until the Friday morning of April 8, 1994, the coroner couldn't pinpoint his exact time of death, but it's generally accepted as being April 5, 1994, although the world wouldn't learn the news until April 8. In a weird act of symmetry, Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley also died on an April 5...overdosing on heroin on April 5, 2002. Another parallel is that Layne's body wasn't discovered until later...TWO WEEKS LATER! Cobain famously wrote Neil Young's lyrics "It's better to burn out than to fade away" in his suicide note. You could say Kurt chose the former while Layne did the latter. I read an interesting article from a Michigan site that examines this point. Thought I would share it with you and ask your thoughts.http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/bay-city/index.ssf/2014/04/kurt_cobain_and_layne_staleys.html Today, April 5, is the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, give or take 24 hours. Since his body wasn't actually found until the Friday morning of April 8, 1994, the coroner couldn't pinpoint his exact time of death, but it's generally accepted as being April 5, 1994, although the world wouldn't learn the news until April 8. In a weird act of symmetry, Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley also died on an April 5...overdosing on heroin on April 5, 2002. Another parallel is that Layne's body wasn't discovered until later...TWO WEEKS LATER! Cobain famously wrote Neil Young's lyrics "It's better to burn out than to fade away" in his suicide note. You could say Kurt chose the former while Layne did the latter. I read an interesting article from a Michigan site that examines this point. Thought I would share it with you and ask your thoughts.http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/bay-city/index.ssf/2014/04/kurt_cobain_and_layne_staleys.html I took it as a Queen l lyric after watching the love of your life, get a bit older, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I like both bands and singers but my opinion is: Don't do drugs and don't take lyrics literally. They've come to snuff the rooster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planted Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 We are Nirvana fans here... Sad day in Rock n Roll history...:-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantpothead Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 We are Nirvana fans here... Sad day in Rock n Roll history...:-( Not all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Not all of us. planted meant all the people in her household are fans...that's what the 'here' was referring to, not the Forum. Cecil., I didn't understand your Queen reference...in what way did you take Kurt's suicide note as a Queen lyric? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 planted meant all the people in her household are fans...that's what the 'here' was referring to, not the Forum. Thank Strider,Joe seems to like causing trouble,again! Fan or not this was so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 I see you've broken into my quote-box, KB. Hehe. I do wonder what would have become of Nirvana had Kurt not shot himself. Would they still be a band? Would Dave Grohl have ever decided to leave on his own? Would the Foo Fighters or Them Crooked Vultures disappear if we magically could see the alternative if Kurt was alive...like in "It's a Wonderful Life"? Maybe instead of killing himself, he would have ended up killing Courtney Love? Or both of them would have OD'd on heroin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Strider there are a lot of what ifs,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Romanticize it all you'd like but the harsh reality is both lives were simply wasted. Shooting stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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