Comments on: Nirvana http://www.povert.com/2005/12/20/nirvana/ It's Pronounced "Pah-vert." You povert. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jason http://www.povert.com/2005/12/20/nirvana/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Jason Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:57:52 +0000 http://www.povert.com/2005/12/20/nirvana/#comment-371 Yeah I get tired of people who say that, for whatever reason, "Cobain was no John Lennon". They seem to be pretty short sighted about his significance. His music was very important and influential to a lot of people and it sort of grew out of the cultural climate of the time (as these sorts of people generally do). It is almost absurd to expect that children of the 90's would identify more with Lennon than with Cobain or to argue that his music was less important. I also ocassionally find myself throwing on a Nirvana album (I gave a listen to Nevermind after reading the post). The interesting thing is that different songs and different albums mean more or less to me depending on when I listen to them. And for the record, I think Lennon would have liked Cobain and Nirvana if he had been alive to see them. I'm just sayin'. Yeah I get tired of people who say that, for whatever reason, “Cobain was no John Lennon”. They seem to be pretty short sighted about his significance. His music was very important and influential to a lot of people and it sort of grew out of the cultural climate of the time (as these sorts of people generally do). It is almost absurd to expect that children of the 90′s would identify more with Lennon than with Cobain or to argue that his music was less important.

I also ocassionally find myself throwing on a Nirvana album (I gave a listen to Nevermind after reading the post). The interesting thing is that different songs and different albums mean more or less to me depending on when I listen to them.

And for the record, I think Lennon would have liked Cobain and Nirvana if he had been alive to see them. I’m just sayin’.

]]> By: Erin http://www.povert.com/2005/12/20/nirvana/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Erin Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:46:05 +0000 http://www.povert.com/2005/12/20/nirvana/#comment-370 I saw Nirvana at The Rockin Teepee here in Santa Fe before they were "somebody". I thought they were great but then, I was like 15 and I was thrilled to be at a club by myself seeing a show. I remember that the general consensus of the crowd was that they sucked. Weird. I understand what you mean about the sudden understanding phenomenon (do doooo d-do do) I love it when that happens. Movies, books and music it’s like discovering buried treasure- or something equally as sappy and sentimental. I saw Nirvana at The Rockin Teepee here in Santa Fe before they were “somebody”. I thought they were great but then, I was like 15 and I was thrilled to be at a club by myself seeing a show. I remember that the general consensus of the crowd was that they sucked. Weird.

I understand what you mean about the sudden understanding phenomenon (do doooo d-do do) I love it when that happens. Movies, books and music it’s like discovering buried treasure- or something equally as sappy and sentimental.

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