Kurt Cobain on The Beatles

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  • Kurt loved John Lennon and expressed it several times in his journals. John was real and authentic, which is probably why Kurt idolized him so much.
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  • @Whatruacop97
    @Whatruacop97 3 года назад +4179

    I actually discovered the beatles through Kurt Cobain and I'm glad I did

    • @TheGrungeScene
      @TheGrungeScene  3 года назад +160

      that's great

    • @MrMicalo
      @MrMicalo 3 года назад +32

      Well done !

    • @grester5929
      @grester5929 3 года назад +141

      What how

    • @grester5929
      @grester5929 3 года назад +142

      @TheRecordScratch yeah but surely the dudes parents played the beatles growing up? Im only thirteen and grew up with the beatles and discovered nirvana way later

    • @Yurrbo
      @Yurrbo 3 года назад +250

      Yeah how do you not know the Beatles before nirvana

  • @willthompson3811
    @willthompson3811 3 года назад +5800

    Listening to him talk about the evolution of the Beatles and how he can’t wait to see how Nirvana evolves is heartbreaking

    • @Jones-eq4bs
      @Jones-eq4bs 3 года назад +245

      Shoutout Courtney Love’s tweaker ass for killing such a gentle, complicated soul.

    • @oginaz
      @oginaz 3 года назад +99

      Such a shame Courtney had him killed

    • @beezer12washingbeard6
      @beezer12washingbeard6 3 года назад +86

      It truly is. Who knows where music would be as a whole if he had stayed alive until now. A big part of me thinks Kurt was one of the last true pioneers of great music that wouldn’t have stood to let all this crap flood the airwaves that we have today. He was such a gentle soul. Also Always a reminder to check on your friends and family even the ones that are seemingly doing fine. I lost one of my best friends this last fall. He was only 25 💔.

    • @tizianackermann6820
      @tizianackermann6820 3 года назад +75

      @@beezer12washingbeard6 there are still people trying new stuff. You could even say that radiohead came after them.

    • @haroldcheeseburger
      @haroldcheeseburger 3 года назад +4

      Truly.

  • @goodwill4734
    @goodwill4734 3 года назад +2970

    That’s so hilarious that Kurt would resist doubling tracks and the producer would just be like, “John Lennon did it.” and Kurt would just be like “okay...” RIP LEGEND

    • @Mark95876
      @Mark95876 3 года назад +271

      Kurt: I am NOT double-tracking my vocals - it's inauthentic.
      Butch Vigg: John Lennon always double-tracked vocals.
      Kurt: OK, let's do it.

    • @planetian7173
      @planetian7173 3 года назад +41

      He did it a lot on the nevermind album 🤘

    • @joanalmirall8545
      @joanalmirall8545 3 года назад +61

      That’s what makes a great production. You don’t need to know everything, just to be smart enough to change when it’s worth

    • @Reinehr
      @Reinehr 3 года назад +22

      lol that's just so wholesome... he was a true fan

    • @jules8159
      @jules8159 3 года назад +6

      And the 60’s were a flower revival of the 20’s. Wild

  • @teacherlucas9982
    @teacherlucas9982 3 года назад +1953

    Mom: go wash the dishes.
    Me: i dont want to
    Mom: John Lennon did it.
    Me: I'd love to

    • @JOSEPH-vs2gc
      @JOSEPH-vs2gc 3 года назад +18

      But John married Yoko. So i'll never wash your dishes you witch!

    • @timogen1970
      @timogen1970 3 года назад +8

      @@JOSEPH-vs2gc Hmmm...Yoko or Courtney, who had less talent?

    • @JOSEPH-vs2gc
      @JOSEPH-vs2gc 3 года назад +16

      @@timogen1970 Dunno, but i figure they'd manipulate their Simp-y boyfriends to wash the dishes for them.

    • @reneaguilar3471
      @reneaguilar3471 3 года назад +8

      @@timogen1970 they are both the villains 🦹‍♀️ in their stories

    • @someguy2744
      @someguy2744 3 года назад +22

      This reminds of that Conan driving school episode when Ice Cube told Kevin Hart to put on his seat belt because Tupac (the biggest thug Ice Cube knew) did so - Hart put on his seat belt, accordingly.

  • @sstaners1234
    @sstaners1234 3 года назад +4014

    “I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but, have the anonymity of Ringo Star.” - Kurt Cobain
    I felt that.

    • @haniaszczygielska9413
      @haniaszczygielska9413 3 года назад +4

      Yeaaaah

    • @haniaszczygielska9413
      @haniaszczygielska9413 3 года назад +97

      @d Dude, punk, grunge and emo are all music genres, it's a form of art. The point is to express emotions between the musician and the person listening to it and to be as real and authentic as possible.
      I guess what Kurt wanted to say here is that he wanted to be an artist and change the world just like Lennon did but at the same time not lose the artistic freedom because of the fame. He stated multiple times that he didn't deal well with the pressure put on him after Nirvana got famous. He was a musician, not a politic leader. He wanted to stay true to people more than anything else.

    • @severetiredamage6754
      @severetiredamage6754 3 года назад +24

      “I felt that” is that a thing now??

    • @guanoApe
      @guanoApe 3 года назад +7

      Me too. I chose bass

    • @roelandmusic3314
      @roelandmusic3314 3 года назад +5

      @@severetiredamage6754 nah it's underated ;)

  • @nichetone6547
    @nichetone6547 3 года назад +4128

    The 60's were to the 90's what the 90s are to the 2020's. Still can't wrap my head around it

    • @Truth5eeker33
      @Truth5eeker33 3 года назад +166

      30 year difference on both too

    • @dlach3139
      @dlach3139 3 года назад +25

      This is true to me

    • @sookmajoaby
      @sookmajoaby 3 года назад +86

      There wasn't much of a difference culturaly thou, wheres difference in culture in last 30 yrs is massive

    • @traceycaldwell4685
      @traceycaldwell4685 3 года назад +42

      So true! I miss the 90's!

    • @mattmoves5920
      @mattmoves5920 3 года назад +70

      The 2020s are...what are the 2020s? Cardi B era?

  • @stevea2488
    @stevea2488 3 года назад +2321

    His Beatle influence is why he wrote such great melodies.

    • @enxk2426
      @enxk2426 3 года назад +37

      Mexican Seafood😍

    • @stevea2488
      @stevea2488 3 года назад +3

      @@oathsoak ok Webster

    • @stevea2488
      @stevea2488 3 года назад +3

      @@oathsoak thanks but I don't need your correction . I'm not writing a term paper , it's called slang

    • @timburrsmlvs9168
      @timburrsmlvs9168 3 года назад +22

      @@stevea2488 that's not slang either it's just misspelled

    • @stevea2488
      @stevea2488 3 года назад +6

      @@timburrsmlvs9168 congrats on being another a-hole

  • @Ricardodelamuerte
    @Ricardodelamuerte 3 года назад +681

    I love that the Beatles were such a big influence on Kurt’s music.

    • @aplaceforthelonely
      @aplaceforthelonely 2 года назад +2

      I'm just gonna say it. Even though story tellers have always Even thougg Einstein said it was a telephone. Even though Franklin gave us the right. Because I right about outlaws
      You said I was the outlaw.
      Why?
      Because of your absolute belief in the God of Jung

    • @jayde-mariesimpson4555
      @jayde-mariesimpson4555 Год назад +7

      he and dave used to call them the “b’s”
      so that people didn’t know how much they loved them 💕

    • @TheBabakanoosh
      @TheBabakanoosh 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@jayde-mariesimpson4555 When did dave say this? Thats interesting lol

    • @redrick8900
      @redrick8900 2 месяца назад +1

      They are a big influence on everyone's music.

  • @perrip2355
    @perrip2355 3 года назад +1040

    A mosquito...I’m a Beatle!

    • @gvc-music7205
      @gvc-music7205 3 года назад +50

      yeah!

    • @mirasolbalaga5616
      @mirasolbalaga5616 3 года назад +11

      I thought he was saying Beatle (beetle), and I thought how brilliant that lyric was 😩

    • @ZacLJones
      @ZacLJones 3 года назад +8

      Ob-la-di-oh, ob-la-da-oh.

    • @materimac1115
      @materimac1115 3 года назад +11

      It’s “my libido” 🤦🏿‍♂️

    • @superunknown8613
      @superunknown8613 3 года назад +31

      @@materimac1115 r/whoosh

  • @irishbear76
    @irishbear76 3 года назад +532

    Think about this:
    The evolution of The Beatles from “I want to hold your hand” to “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” was literally 3 years.
    I’m a huge Beatles fan and Nirvana fan.

    • @69utub
      @69utub 3 года назад +8

      That’s crazy, right

    • @DustyNothing
      @DustyNothing 3 года назад +18

      LSD

    • @Oledengamle
      @Oledengamle 3 года назад +10

      @@DustyNothing While Grateful Dead was a dope band, the Beatles was not worse than other bands around at the time. Their evolution was result of genuine interest in making something completely new.

    • @johnk7267
      @johnk7267 2 года назад +1

      3 years but how many acid trips? 🤠

    • @johnk7267
      @johnk7267 2 года назад +1

      @Monsieur Tarzan Interesting... always seemed more like 28 to me

  • @MKYeahBuddy
    @MKYeahBuddy 3 года назад +1250

    I miss him. I mean, the music, the interviews. I obviously never met him but I really wish he was still making music. It would have been amazing to see them “progress”... glad we have what we got from him

    • @TheGrungeScene
      @TheGrungeScene  3 года назад +21

      💯

    • @crenshaw22
      @crenshaw22 3 года назад +34

      Kurt was getting more into acoustic writing. What could have been.

    • @ahdddd
      @ahdddd 3 года назад +6

      @@crenshaw22 their next record probably would sound like their unplugged album

    • @serpentsepia6638
      @serpentsepia6638 3 года назад +1

      Nirvana would probably have progressed into industrial music.

    • @ahdddd
      @ahdddd 3 года назад +1

      @@serpentsepia6638 that would be great then

  • @darnelldarden9429
    @darnelldarden9429 3 года назад +850

    To this day I still say Nirvana had the best UnPlugged set ever

    • @theconversation9103
      @theconversation9103 3 года назад +45

      I agree, although Pearl Jam's 'Black' and AIC's '"Down in a Hole" performances are incredible. Oasis' performance is good too

    • @flaviuscountry
      @flaviuscountry 3 года назад +59

      Alice In Chains... it’s an apples/orange argument

    • @davidalexander3320
      @davidalexander3320 3 года назад +24

      I still like the AiC one more but Nirvanas was up there among the best.

    • @dmc627
      @dmc627 3 года назад +30

      Alice and chains is the best unplugged for sure..

    • @lous8619
      @lous8619 3 года назад +10

      STONE TEMPLE PILOTS

  • @thewalruswasjason101
    @thewalruswasjason101 3 года назад +1320

    John Lennon was incredible, but Paul was equally as incredible. Just in different ways, which is why together they were the greatest of all time as a songwriting duo

    • @KlausSgroi
      @KlausSgroi 3 года назад +81

      But in this case it's more a question of personality and attitude than musical talent. Like many, including myself, Cobain was a fan of Lennon's because of the way he spoke and acted. He was genuine, sincere, visceral. Paul was too diplomatic and alwas the "nice guy". That kind of bores you after a while.

    • @arautus
      @arautus 3 года назад +107

      @@KlausSgroi Paul is also the most successful songwriter in history.

    • @KlausSgroi
      @KlausSgroi 3 года назад +32

      ​@@arautus It's hard to argue against that, but it doesn't make any difference when it comes to getting people's affection. A person's admiration for a singer/composer/musician involves much more than fame or wealth.

    • @arautus
      @arautus 3 года назад +17

      @@KlausSgroi Kurt was far from alone with his admiration of John Lennon.

    • @KlausSgroi
      @KlausSgroi 3 года назад +6

      @@arautus Indeed.

  • @customconcern1
    @customconcern1 3 года назад +431

    The way he describes instantly becoming a rock and roll fan when hearing Black Sabbath is exactly how I felt when I first heard Nevermind.

    • @yuhgftp7925
      @yuhgftp7925 3 года назад +5

      Yes!

    • @ogdenwernstom4085
      @ogdenwernstom4085 2 года назад +15

      I still remember hearing Smells like Teen Spirit for the first time at my cousin's house. It was on MTV, which I wasn't allowed to watch at home. Life-changing moment, really.

    • @chizorama
      @chizorama Год назад +4

      I felt that in particular, hearing Sabbath for the first time was like finding a forbidden hidden gem, they were kept far from the mainstream back then, at least that's how it seemed. We didn't have the resources to hear music like today, but yeah, I was blown away too. Just like I was blown away the first time I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit, it was a fresh sound in a stale era, showing that 90's were going to be very different from the 80's.

    • @aurum1235
      @aurum1235 9 месяцев назад

      exactly

  • @sappyfoot
    @sappyfoot 3 года назад +652

    kurt really was such a gentle soul wasn’t he

    • @te9591
      @te9591 3 года назад +66

      Kurt was complicated, brilliant, and misunderstood.

    • @mikegrasty6225
      @mikegrasty6225 3 года назад +31

      N totally stoned in the interview lol

    • @chrisweber6090
      @chrisweber6090 3 года назад +11

      @@mikegrasty6225 ehh I think it was probably H

    • @jeannedarc7533
      @jeannedarc7533 3 года назад +7

      If he was in court, he would morph into Court Cobian.

    • @te9591
      @te9591 3 года назад +23

      @@jeannedarc7533 cringy

  • @maxxxmodelz4061
    @maxxxmodelz4061 2 года назад +186

    People always love to argue when I speculate that The Beatles influenced almost every important band since the 1960s. I feel like without The Beatles, we may not have had some bands that modern audiences don't even link back to the fab four as an influence. They truly were the most important band in Rock history.

    • @theyrekrnations8990
      @theyrekrnations8990 2 года назад +11

      1000% true all started with the Beatles .

    • @7kurisu
      @7kurisu 2 года назад +5

      id agree but dial it back some years and say chuck berry

    • @theyrekrnations8990
      @theyrekrnations8990 2 года назад +18

      @@7kurisu Chuck Berry deserves credit for sure. He just about single handedly invented rock. He influenced the Beatles and Stones, but the Beatles influenced society. Tens of thousands immediately picked up the drums and guitar and created bands

    • @7kurisu
      @7kurisu 2 года назад +4

      @@theyrekrnations8990 agreed. same with the stones, they all started out playing blues and rock created by black people. rich white recording labels were better able to sell the beatles to white kids than chuck berry

    • @brianlam9429
      @brianlam9429 2 года назад +4

      That's not exactly a controversial opinion.

  • @appletaters9890
    @appletaters9890 3 года назад +300

    I just love how he talked about Ringo, usually talking about beatles means talking about John or Paul, people just ignore Ringo and George

    • @beingsshepherd
      @beingsshepherd 3 года назад +9

      Thomas The Tank Engine & My Sweet Lord :-/

    • @kirtichoudhary6438
      @kirtichoudhary6438 3 года назад +6

      No we don't 😝

    • @tonycaniggia
      @tonycaniggia 3 года назад +22

      George was the most Beatle of the Beatles

    • @bderrick4944
      @bderrick4944 3 года назад +19

      Who doesn’t like George Harrison?

    • @abelmontalvo4052
      @abelmontalvo4052 2 года назад +3

      Not really a lot of people talk about Ringo and George

  • @larsswig9339
    @larsswig9339 3 года назад +481

    3:04 “if an alien eats people, that’s too bad.” -Curt Kobain

  • @joshmcbride5806
    @joshmcbride5806 3 года назад +396

    Kurt Cobain and John Lennon: Two musical geniuses who weren't afraid to express what they felt. The genius was that they could express these emotions in simple terms, yet make it melodic and interesting, without having the need to over complicate it.

    • @richardeast3328
      @richardeast3328 3 года назад +16

      They both could turn raw emotions into music that relayed those feelings to us.

    • @scottamichie
      @scottamichie 3 года назад +11

      Yes. Good definition of genius: A mega talent both to see the world in unique meaningful ways AND to express it in ways that bring everyone else along into your unique vision. With Lennon and Cobain-musical (writing and performance) genius to express secular humanistic vision.

    • @flowerchasethesunshine9063
      @flowerchasethesunshine9063 2 года назад +4

      It's interesting that they are both said to be INFPs (one of the MBTI personality types) Individualistic, creative, value authenticity, very in tune with their own feelings and values, interested in understanding the human condition.

    • @sunkintree
      @sunkintree 2 года назад +1

      Lennon really wasn't a genius. Each of the 4 beatles were nothing without the other 3. If there was a genius in that band, it was George Martin

    • @JohnDoe-ol3yz
      @JohnDoe-ol3yz 2 года назад +3

      @@sunkintree George Martin was a genius when it came to writing orchestral scores... and that's about it. Most of the technical innovation was worked out by the engineers. So the Beatles had big ideas, the engineers broke into, and rewired the mixing consoles, and George Martin sat back and said "OK yes... that sounds quite nice".

  • @duanedibbley258
    @duanedibbley258 3 года назад +389

    I know John Lennon would have loved Kurt Cobain, you can see the respect he has for him as an artist

    • @sabbracadabra8367
      @sabbracadabra8367 3 года назад +29

      John Lennon was friends with some really cool bands at the time, he was like pen palls with some bands like B52's! They wrote to each other about how they inspired each other and there is some story about how Yoko inspired "Rock Lobster" which was a big hit for B52s, and the album then in turn inspired John Lennon's album. And they became friends. Sad to think all the friendships he would have had in his older years.

    • @exerciserelax8719
      @exerciserelax8719 2 года назад +20

      It makes me sad to think they could both still be alive today.

    • @mrwaverider5537
      @mrwaverider5537 2 года назад +1

      Probably not.... Kurt didn't like Paul, and even Though John and Paul argued they were brothers, and he wouldn't have liked Kurt talking shit about like that...

    • @bearmask06
      @bearmask06 Год назад +3

      @@exerciserelax8719 it hurt me to read that

  • @DaveSstation
    @DaveSstation 3 года назад +93

    I'm thinking Aunt Mary needs more credit for Kurt's career

    • @HarrisonHollers
      @HarrisonHollers 3 месяца назад +1

      “Mother Mary sings to me. Speaking words of wisdom.”
      Paul’s mum?

  • @DJTomOke
    @DJTomOke 2 года назад +46

    'The Beatles and Punk Rock'...that feels like the definition of Grunge

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 2 года назад +4

      Without Led Zeppelin = no grunge.

    • @silentyell
      @silentyell 3 месяца назад +2

      definition of nirvana* other grunge bands weren’t melody driven

    • @Logan912
      @Logan912 2 месяца назад +1

      @@lyndoncmp5751 I hear far more of a Led Zeppelin influence with Stone Temple Pilots (along with The Doors and The Beatles) than Nirvana. Nirvana is more like mixing The Beatles with The Pixies.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 2 месяца назад

      @@Logan912
      There's more Zeppelin in Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, STP etc than Beatles though.

    • @Logan912
      @Logan912 2 месяца назад

      @@lyndoncmp5751 Oh, there’s definitely a lot of The Beatles influence in Stone Temple Pilots at least. It’s obvious starting with their Purple album.

  • @toadreads
    @toadreads 3 года назад +137

    I love listening to Kurt. Singing or talking, his voice is so calm and smooth :)

    • @haniaszczygielska9413
      @haniaszczygielska9413 3 года назад +9

      I know right, his voice has something special to it that just makes you want to listen to him for hours

  • @penelopepuffman
    @penelopepuffman 2 года назад +17

    It always comes back to the Beatles.

  • @nateu5464
    @nateu5464 2 года назад +49

    Nirvana is the Beatles of my generation. I still love their music and I always will.

    • @joefriedman9843
      @joefriedman9843 2 дня назад

      Nothing can compare to The Beatles but they had a similarities in the sense that they both significantly changed popular music at the time. Nevermind completely shifted the music landscape.

  • @sharktroubles
    @sharktroubles 3 года назад +134

    He had a magic about him. His mom referred to Kurt Cobain as an "angel" during Nirvana's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. She would know. Yes, he could probably be a real asshole at times, after all, he was human. That aside, Kurt was a phenomenal and gorgeous entity.

    • @gemeu1129
      @gemeu1129 3 года назад +11

      I think his asshole tendencies only came out cuz he was so overwhelmed by Nirvanas fame.

    • @muhammadhardick3220
      @muhammadhardick3220 3 года назад +48

      Lol yeah, she kicked that angel out of her house when he was just 15

    • @wantutosigh1117
      @wantutosigh1117 3 года назад +16

      Yeah she didn't want that Angel around when he was a teenager.

    • @andoorss
      @andoorss 3 года назад +3

      @Sam Myers That’s really not true

    • @lizspirit8847
      @lizspirit8847 3 года назад +1

      Any haters watch montage of heck and EDUCATE YOURSELVES

  • @andrewcarroll7641
    @andrewcarroll7641 2 года назад +31

    You see a ton of hope and vision for the future when Kurt talked about the Beatles. The way his eyes light up, you can tell how near & dear they are to him. It’s a shame we all didn’t get to see Kurt’s ultimate vision for Nirvana, his love for music will continue on through all those he influenced.

  • @LanceHall
    @LanceHall 2 года назад +110

    The Beatles "She Said She Said" and "Rain" are basically proto-grunge.

    • @No-lq2vc
      @No-lq2vc 2 года назад +19

      I’ve always thought ‘I’m so tired’ reminded me of grunge too

    • @monikaszymanowska5142
      @monikaszymanowska5142 2 года назад +5

      She Said sounds directly like written for Nirvana:-).

    • @jrd690
      @jrd690 2 года назад +4

      The alternative rock beatles period was during 1965-66 rubber soul and revolver era

    • @Area-5l
      @Area-5l 2 года назад +11

      Can’t believe y’all didn’t mention helter skelter

    • @cs292
      @cs292 2 года назад +2

      Let me roll it….Paul McCartney and Wings….also proto grunge

  • @WillHendrix55
    @WillHendrix55 3 года назад +93

    My guitar teach taught Kurt how to play is name is Warren Mason he lived in Aberdeen Washington in the 70’s. He told me kurts first song he wanted to learn was stairway to heaven Hahahaha and not that much later after he stepped up to Louie Louie. Warren died recently but his legacy lives on :)

    • @sabbracadabra8367
      @sabbracadabra8367 3 года назад +5

      RIP! I read about that in the biography.

    • @bradsully6620
      @bradsully6620 3 года назад

      Cool

    • @sabbracadabra8367
      @sabbracadabra8367 3 года назад +1

      I think I read that he taught Krist guitar as well.

    • @Jack-2day
      @Jack-2day 2 года назад +4

      You will definitely‘get’ Nirvanas music ten fold if you ever find yourself (lost?) in Aberdeen, Washington on a rainy foggy January morning

    • @TrumpWasRightAboutEverything
      @TrumpWasRightAboutEverything 2 года назад

      @@Jack-2daynice!

  • @softassassin8924
    @softassassin8924 2 года назад +25

    Kurt sincerely sounds like a genuinely down to earth person.
    Like you could just walk up to him and casually start a conversation and he’d simply stop and honor your time by talking with you

  • @michaelulbricht9438
    @michaelulbricht9438 3 года назад +67

    First hearing Nirvana I was enthralled by their sense of Melody. I knew that Kurt must have been influenced by The Beatles; the Masters of Melody

  • @breakingmad2645
    @breakingmad2645 3 года назад +62

    “Hey shut up!”
    -Something a Beatle would say

  • @questionblock8949
    @questionblock8949 3 года назад +130

    Excellent thumbnail. I wish John couldve heard Kurt's music. And i wish Kurt was alive and continued his music or art or whatever he wanted to do. I do believe Kurt was the biggest loss in music history

    • @mirasolbalaga5616
      @mirasolbalaga5616 3 года назад +7

      It’s sad that he didn’t live to see his band members collaborate with Paul McCartney (and maybe Ringo, too?)

    • @tdsims1963
      @tdsims1963 3 года назад +7

      I think Lennon would have enjoyed the Seattle scene. He liked a lot of the British and New York punk scene, B-52's, Cheap Trick, etc. And I can see him wanting to collaborate with Kurt.

    • @BeatlesCentricUniverse
      @BeatlesCentricUniverse 3 года назад +17

      Not even close. Biggest loss in music history is John Lennon.

    • @taopaille-paille4992
      @taopaille-paille4992 3 года назад +3

      Marley. his message and music really united people around peace and loving values. he would play in huge stadium 1 year before he died

    • @questionblock8949
      @questionblock8949 3 года назад +13

      @@BeatlesCentricUniverse definitely a big loss but john was 40. I wouldve loved for kurt to have lived til 40, we didnt see his full potential dying at 27. We missed out on a lot of kurt's music

  • @SebGeddy
    @SebGeddy 3 года назад +98

    Such a humble, sensitive and smart guy. He's sorely missed.

    • @aplaceforthelonely
      @aplaceforthelonely 2 года назад +1

      People are intense! They show us what they are - mirrors, scales, clocks: Could you discuss some of this?

  • @KristoferProphet
    @KristoferProphet 3 года назад +36

    “Kurt Cobain has been my idol all of my life” - John Lennon

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth 11 месяцев назад

      😂
      But in reality Tom Petty has said on camera that he thinks Nirvana was the greatest band since the Beatles because in his opinion Cobain single handedly assassinated the glam rock that so many rock musicians despised because it was vapid and shallow capitalistic trash.

    • @silentyell
      @silentyell 3 месяца назад

      all me life* lol

  • @Mambojambo157
    @Mambojambo157 3 года назад +162

    Beatles equals melody. Melody has basically disappeared from pop. It occasionally shows up.

    • @chrisjansen9912
      @chrisjansen9912 3 года назад +10

      how has melody disappeared from pop?

    • @TH.417
      @TH.417 3 года назад +12

      Melody is racist

    • @Mambojambo157
      @Mambojambo157 3 года назад +2

      @@TH.417 that and walking in nature

    • @Mambojambo157
      @Mambojambo157 3 года назад +3

      @@chrisjansen9912 well it’s not there.

    • @chrisjansen9912
      @chrisjansen9912 3 года назад +6

      @@Mambojambo157 melody is still incredibly prevalent within pop music..

  • @viewfromfen9181
    @viewfromfen9181 3 года назад +27

    ' He didn't like to do double track, so, I had to use John Lennon references every time I said "John Lennon did it" he goes "Okay" '

  • @CuriousRose
    @CuriousRose 3 года назад +22

    Gentle John. Loved by so many. Aaww Kurt☮️💟

  • @plasteredbastard
    @plasteredbastard 3 года назад +51

    How better to describe the Nirvana sound to any novice than saying they're a cross of Beatles and punk.

    • @mickthetic
      @mickthetic 2 года назад +1

      There are a lot of bands with those same influences like Eric’s Trip and Ween

    • @WillStephensArt
      @WillStephensArt 7 дней назад

      Oasis even more so to me

  • @terribleTed-ln6cm
    @terribleTed-ln6cm 3 года назад +12

    "The Beatles are the only thing that ever mattered" ~ John Phillips (the Mamas & Papas ) 1970

  • @psndsh
    @psndsh 3 года назад +20

    Discovering The Beatles is my biggest achievement.

  • @ryanlove8242
    @ryanlove8242 3 года назад +25

    "John Lennon did it" Kurt "ok" priceless!

  • @detroyt232323
    @detroyt232323 2 года назад +10

    I stood in this man's driveway in Seattle and the bench next to it in the park he used to write. One of the most spiritual moments of my life. He is so greatly missed.

  • @jackvarcoe7815
    @jackvarcoe7815 3 года назад +283

    He’s very well spoken and smart, as were most of the artists around this time. Can’t be said for most popular artists today

    • @reefk8876
      @reefk8876 3 года назад +8

      Somethings in the water.. and air

    • @TheGrungeScene
      @TheGrungeScene  3 года назад +4

      💯

    • @devinappleton4906
      @devinappleton4906 3 года назад +15

      @@reefk8876 I'm sure people said the same in the 90s it's just a change in the time and we'll maybe something in the water and air lol its social media it's the way younger people interact and what they identity with or enjoy for entertainment it always changes it's creative enough to entertain even if you and myself included don't enjoy it lol it's a different "art" music isn't specific to anything by definition...but it is a shame the idiocracy of it in a big way

    • @reefk8876
      @reefk8876 3 года назад +3

      @@devinappleton4906 that sounds about right. Good insight dude!

    • @devinappleton4906
      @devinappleton4906 3 года назад +2

      @@reefk8876 I try not to criticize as much there are tons of things I find extremely and beautifully artistic and creative that I'm sure others wouldn't, but I definitely understand the point of the art today and the audience lacking some depth lol but not much we can do just do you homie lol

  • @seres-de-luz
    @seres-de-luz 3 года назад +179

    If you as a musician like The Beatles you have a big chance to create great music yourself

    • @1985cactus
      @1985cactus 3 года назад +23

      That's like 90% of musicans then.

    • @mattpassos5689
      @mattpassos5689 3 года назад +3

      @@1985cactus exhibit A

    • @tiyopaeng2425
      @tiyopaeng2425 3 года назад +1

      Had it not been for the Beatles, I would not have learned how to arrange my own musical creations. (vocals and instrumental)

    • @cubanjulia
      @cubanjulia 2 года назад

      yes 🙌 amen 🙏 to ur comment!

    • @musicsavage
      @musicsavage 2 года назад +2

      If it was that simple... :-(

  • @pinstripedynasty6117
    @pinstripedynasty6117 3 года назад +102

    Pure gold

  • @michaelthomas366
    @michaelthomas366 3 года назад +20

    "Beatles and Punk rock. That was about it" yep!

  • @MrJJr-lw9zq
    @MrJJr-lw9zq 3 года назад +42

    I miss these videos and love these videos this made my morning

  • @analeticiagallardo2314
    @analeticiagallardo2314 3 года назад +25

    I love the Beatles they were my first musical loves too. What I love about them is that they have so many good albums. Abby road, Sargent pepper, magical mystery tour, rubber soul, but my favourite is the white album.. you can listen to them from start to finish without having to skip any songs because they are all good. They were such creative geniuses and with so many layers to their sound. I don't think I would describe them as 60's pop though I think they were so much more than that even if the early stuff was a bit boppy

    • @luisspeciale4675
      @luisspeciale4675 3 года назад +1

      You are so right

    • @theyrekrnations8990
      @theyrekrnations8990 2 года назад +1

      The early stuff is fantastic and as Lennon said the lyrics were sort of throw away . But if a person listens to the beat music the melodies and phrasings and the harmonies and so on, the stuff is blow away . Just imagine the lyrics as filler

  • @Nostalgia_editz446
    @Nostalgia_editz446 10 месяцев назад +5

    My grandpa introduced me to the Beatles, I’ve heard of them before but I’d never really listened to them before so my grandpa did send me songs from them and I liked it, later on one day I went scuba diving and listening to there songs on RUclips and I slowly started liking them, now I’m a Beatles fan! And ofc I thank my grandpa for introducing me to them😊❤

  • @jules8159
    @jules8159 3 года назад +1

    I appreciate you for putting the album picture up there bro

  • @thethrowawaythatstayed7055
    @thethrowawaythatstayed7055 2 года назад +10

    I can always hear The Beatles in his music.

  • @theincredibleimpression
    @theincredibleimpression 2 года назад +10

    It's so freaking cool hearing Kurt talk about the Beatles then years down the line Paul McCartney reunites Nirvana together with him during the Concert For Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden!
    Paul definitely kept Kurt's legacy alive!

  • @BushidoPhoto
    @BushidoPhoto 2 года назад +26

    The Beatles were the greatest band of all time. The evolution and experimentation will never be matched in that era or today. Of course Kurt was influenced by them.

  • @mattgelfer
    @mattgelfer 3 года назад +109

    Man, 3:00 makes me really sad that we never got to hear what Nirvana might have done next.

    • @campbellfiles9019
      @campbellfiles9019 3 года назад +3

      Dave is the next level

    • @jkb1O5
      @jkb1O5 3 года назад +6

      I know right. Stuff in the direction of “Do Re Mi”

    • @sabbracadabra8367
      @sabbracadabra8367 3 года назад

      @@campbellfiles9019 Clueless

  • @mikeyd8474
    @mikeyd8474 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for making this

  • @g84all
    @g84all 3 года назад +11

    “If it alienates people, that’s too bad.”

  • @janhommer
    @janhommer 3 года назад +21

    I keep saying I think they could've had a musical development similar to the Beatles, Kurt's songwriting style ironically turning out more like McCartney's, by which I mean him doing all kinds of musical styles just "for fun", since he expressed being fed up with what Nirvana had been doing up to that point in his last interviews, whild Dave would've contributed the, well, frankly not overhelmingly mind-blowing (not compared to Nirvana, anyway), but still really good, solid rock songs he's been doing for Foo Fighters and that contrast would've kept the albums interesting just like it did for the Beatles. Ah, well...

  • @mikemolino1919
    @mikemolino1919 2 года назад

    Great interview, thank you for posting it

  • @lennonslemons4934
    @lennonslemons4934 2 года назад +7

    You can hear The Beatles in their music.

  • @benjones8876
    @benjones8876 3 года назад +5

    “If it alienates people, that’s too bad” Such a great attitude to have. Too many bands pander to their fans

  • @noonetime8478
    @noonetime8478 2 года назад +20

    Rock Geniuses like Kurt Cobain, Chris Cornel, the Gallagher bros. and Eddie Vedder to name a few were all musical sons of the Beatles.

  • @TyDie85
    @TyDie85 3 года назад +2

    Everyone has their influences. And with enough passion, you can turn those influences to help mold your frame to paint the ever-changing portrait of what you want to put out into the world, artistically.

  • @mikeh5431
    @mikeh5431 3 года назад +57

    Kurt was utterly unique and his appreciation of the Beatles shows that he only liked the best of the best

  • @BennyMcGhee
    @BennyMcGhee 2 года назад +7

    Crazy to think that 2021 was the first year, for both John Lennon and Kurt Cobain, that they had been dead longer than they were alive.

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 2 года назад +6

    You can hear john lennon in his vocals and writing.

  • @jamiepitcher2055
    @jamiepitcher2055 3 года назад +15

    What a great guy. I wish he was still with us.. ❤️

  • @mike7279
    @mike7279 2 года назад +11

    Wishe that guy was still
    Making music

  • @alightthatnevergoesout
    @alightthatnevergoesout 2 года назад +20

    This is one of my favourite videos. I love hearing great artists talk about how they were inspired by great artists.
    Imagine where Kurt could’ve taken Nirvana if he’d remained alive. Their revolution would’ve been Beatles-esque.

  • @pinabruni3858
    @pinabruni3858 2 года назад +3

    È sempre molto piacevole ascoltare un'intervista a Kurt, e vederlo così bello e tranquillo, come fosse ancora tra noi. Riposa in pace Kurt, sei sempre nei nostri cuori!💕💕🧚‍♂️

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 2 года назад +1

    Like Kurt the very first band I started getting into when I was a kid were The Beatles and they helped me get into music, not to mention they’re still one of my all-time favourite bands so it was definitely awesome hearing him talk about them

  • @dmlevitt
    @dmlevitt 2 года назад

    lovely post. thanks. I needed this today.

  • @bladerunner3887
    @bladerunner3887 3 года назад +11

    Without The Beatles no Nirvana.

  • @lindenstromberg6859
    @lindenstromberg6859 3 года назад +15

    I'd recommend John Lennon's albums like John Lennon Plastic Ono Band (1970) and Imagine (1971 album), even the Western/Folk stuff is great on those - "Crippled inside" sounds like something along those lines Kurt would have covered. Most people know the song "Imagine," but there are (IMO) WAY better stuff on those two albums. Give songs like "Mother," "Jealous Guy," "I don't Wanna Be a Soldier." If you like punky stuff: "Give Me Some Truth." It kind of shocked me to hear Lennon drop prominent F-bombs in "Working Class Hero." "I Found Out" and "Well Well Well" are choppy/abrasive psychedelic goodness. Speaking of "Mother" - if you ever played the game Earthbound, it's called "Mother" in Japan, named after the song.

    • @FigmentSALabel
      @FigmentSALabel 3 года назад +3

      Yes, yes and yes.I’d add Why by Yoko Ono with the Plastic Ono Band, John, Ringo and Klaus Voormann.

    • @illrobbzilla
      @illrobbzilla 3 месяца назад +3

      These are wonderful songs you mention.

  • @danswamp3672
    @danswamp3672 3 года назад +9

    Come together as you are

  • @ballatore34
    @ballatore34 3 года назад +25

    One of the great tragedies is not getting to see what else Kurt had up his sleeve. He was so in his shell still on guard and hyper aware of appearing the “authentic” rockstar and being above the fray. I like to imagine a timeline where he kicks the hard stuff and finds the joy in music. Where the world could see him living truly authentically in the sense of him letting his guard down. He really was so funny and obviously his talent was pure. Just a damn shame he never got to an age where he could let it all shine. I think his best was still ahead of him.

    • @atomiswave2
      @atomiswave2 3 года назад +1

      Nevermind changed popular music so much and fast it's truly amazing.

    • @sabbracadabra8367
      @sabbracadabra8367 3 года назад

      You think he would have done better albums than Bleach/Nevermind/Incesticide/In-Utero/Unplugged in his 30s?

    • @ballatore34
      @ballatore34 3 года назад +1

      @@sabbracadabra8367 it’s all subjective in the end. I think some of Pearl Jam’s stuff from Yield or No code is some of their best stuff. Will it ever be as important or “game-changing” as Ten or Vs of course not but I think it can be argued that some of the music is deeper or more intricate and fully realized. Nevermind would always be their most remembered and important album but with some maturity Kurt or Nirvana may have produced something even more profound. But as I said it would all be subjective in the end really.

    • @sabbracadabra8367
      @sabbracadabra8367 3 года назад +1

      @@ballatore34 I think most bands start to get boring as they get older but there are exceptions. I think it's rare though. But I think Kurt would have been a big exception if he could have kicked his habit.

    • @pokerworld
      @pokerworld 2 года назад

      Same for Brad Nowell. He would’ve written a ton of stuff

  • @ronblessed7218
    @ronblessed7218 Год назад +7

    Kurt’s voice is so soothing

  • @markukrainetz5058
    @markukrainetz5058 3 года назад +9

    RIP Kurt. Never forgotten.

  • @davidpetersen1
    @davidpetersen1 2 года назад

    Nice one!! Good!! That was really informative on a couple of different levels. Cool!! Thanks :)

  • @clintsherman5797
    @clintsherman5797 3 года назад +2

    First album of nirvana i heard was muddy banks of wiskah and then 4 years later i started on the beatles. My 2 favourite bands

  • @simonmorgan9965
    @simonmorgan9965 3 года назад +57

    Kurt: 'I wanted to play drums..' I wonder what Nirvana would have sounded like if Kurt was the drummer and Dave was on vocals

    • @TheMostBoringGuy
      @TheMostBoringGuy 3 года назад +4

      Listen to Seasons in The Sun

    • @NFrk97
      @NFrk97 3 года назад +8

      Marigold, Kurt played the drums in that small session

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 3 года назад +11

      No. Dave belongs on the drums. And Kurt was a genius imo. Writing, melody. I mean look at Foo fighters. Blah. Dave was born to play drums and Kurt a born artist

    • @roxannemoser
      @roxannemoser 3 года назад +3

      Foo Fighters

    • @leewatson9749
      @leewatson9749 3 года назад +1

      @@NFrk97 dave actually plays the drums on that one, he came up with the drums, guitar, and vocals, but krist plays bass on it. That’s actually the only nirvana song that kurt has no writing credits to.

  • @humanbeing4841
    @humanbeing4841 2 года назад +10

    You can tell that Kurt was a visionary and a boundary pusher. Had he not died when he did, Nirvana would've done what Radiohead did and gone obscure and experimental. There's no way the would've kept writing pop music like what Dave Grohl did with Foo Fighters.

    • @oliviertruchon5648
      @oliviertruchon5648 Год назад

      Strange thing, he's says that he don't want to turn into a progressive rock band altough he was influnced by King Crimson who is a great band as well as a band also influenced by the Beatles.

  • @johnharrison9685
    @johnharrison9685 3 года назад +15

    Yeah, you should hear the Chipmunks’ version of Helter Skelter, it ROCKS!

  • @intheskymusic
    @intheskymusic 2 года назад +3

    I've been writing music since i was a kid and have learned much from the Beatles, Zeppelin, Police, Nirvana, Hendrix, Camilo Sesto, Jaguares, Bach, Stones, the Doors, Floyd, Tupac, Bob Marley, Alan Parsons, Steely Dan, and the list goes on. These guys have influenced everyone and will never be replaced. 12 original songs. Hope you enjoy, Charles Droulet

  • @rocktober1327
    @rocktober1327 3 года назад +8

    I'm 67 years old and have the Chipmunks doing the Beatles hits, it's a great album.

    • @ashuflipsbitches5154
      @ashuflipsbitches5154 3 года назад +2

      You are a living legend Sir I am 25 I have it too and I just love it :)

  • @markodarko1980
    @markodarko1980 2 года назад +3

    Everything about this makes so much sense. Kurt wanting to be Ringo, his passion for drums and Dave filling in for that appreciation. Dave becoming a lead of his own thing. Beatles + Butch Vig wall of distortion/fuzz sound production is essentially Nirvana.

  • @Georgeanne17
    @Georgeanne17 Год назад

    So sweet, I love this, Ty for posting,

  • @bumbum2569
    @bumbum2569 3 года назад +6

    2:50 Kurt turns into Paul McCartney lol

  • @annevries8572
    @annevries8572 2 года назад +4

    He had a lovely smile and beautiful eyes.

  • @vulvasonico6809
    @vulvasonico6809 2 года назад +3

    Mi querido amigo eterno Kurt
    En estos mis ultimos días tan oscuros para mí
    Eres lo único que me da fuerzas,
    Espero encontrarte pronto,
    Gracias Kurt, pero ya no puedo soportarlo más.
    ✌🏼💀

  • @tomstephan5001
    @tomstephan5001 2 года назад

    It was a couple years ago, I was driving along Washington coastline trying to get to the ocean, and I had to go through Aberdeen from Seattle. At the time I knew nothing of the town, but when I went through it I was overcome with a sense of despair and hard living that way as a guy down to the bottom. I drove through it slowly because I wanted to see experience all of what felt like destitution and to fathom how her town could have such an aura. Only later did I learned Kurt Cobain came from that town, and all the dots connected. I do feel if you want to feel the source of grunge, go experience Aberdeen Washington

  • @delanoarts3703
    @delanoarts3703 Год назад +1

    I just remember dressing almost the same except my shirts were black metal shirts long sleeves with a short sleeve rock shirt over top I did that all my teens 88 till around 95 I think that was the typical metal are punk kid in those years what memories

  • @Spacejunk57
    @Spacejunk57 3 года назад +11

    It's too bad he's no longer with us, he changed the music scene.

  • @hip-hopsanderson4761
    @hip-hopsanderson4761 3 года назад +35

    What do you get when you mix The Beatles and Black Sabbath together??? You get Nirvana!!! LOL

    • @alexanderwood3465
      @alexanderwood3465 3 года назад +3

      When Kurt lived with his mate's parents before getting famous, he once asked 'how successful do you reckon a band could be if they mixed Black Sabbath with The Beatles' or something along those lines 😄

    • @sabbracadabra8367
      @sabbracadabra8367 3 года назад

      The 80s was full of bands mixing Sabbath and Beatles! Kurt just studied them all and made his own version.

    • @lukit.4662
      @lukit.4662 2 года назад +1

      Throw in some Pixies and Melvins and you got it!

    • @beatmet2355
      @beatmet2355 2 года назад

      …and King’s X

  • @fairy5779
    @fairy5779 3 года назад +1

    Oh you did do something different kurt you were the 90s you shaped modern rock music and we are still rocking out to nirvana decades later

  • @andrewjohnson204
    @andrewjohnson204 2 года назад +1

    The Beatles got me to start playing guitar at 9 and Nirvana then got me into harder rock as well few years later. The common ground between the two bands - amazing melodies

  • @seansora
    @seansora 3 года назад +21

    Kurt has the same tenacity and charisma as I do for The Beatles. It’s a good feeling.

  • @pinklikefloydthebarber9596
    @pinklikefloydthebarber9596 3 года назад +42

    kgitdtrtyf he has two rings on both hands just like Ringo I'm crying

  • @yikes7607
    @yikes7607 2 года назад +2

    He had so much to give, because he was not a follower, he was not bound by rules, not stuck inside a small box like most people. He could take inspiration but also create something entirely new. I think he also teaches people to just be themselves and explore that instead of getting hung up on trends and expectations.

  • @andyc9979
    @andyc9979 2 года назад +1

    I also love 60s pop. Simple yet quality. But i always say this to describe the 90s. Us kids loved the 60s music and our parents loved 90s music. At least from my observation. For me the 90s were a blend of the 60s-90s itself.