Kurt played the simplest chords, writes songs that even children could dance to, never cared about how he looks in public,,such a genius and a fragile soul, so sincere and pure, too bad hes not here anymore.
There was a method to his madness. I must also admit my 7 year old son loves Nirvana. Told me yesterday Come As You Are is his favorite. He also likes School
This is both haunting and extremely beautiful. There are so many people affected by Kurt that we just don't think of or recognize, but the truth is he affected us all.
You can call it how you see it, but whether he was killed or killed himself, it doesn't really matter at the end of the day; Kurt Cobain is still gone. Such a good soul, so real, he was the voice of millions, and his music still impacts people everyday. RIP to the best, whose name will never be forgotten. I hope you have found happiness and peace wherever you are now, I'll see ya on the other side.
***** Nirvana sold 75 million records worldwide. That means at least 75 million people connected with him, whether it be through his words or his music. Grunge was a movement, and Nirvana was the top of it, he inspired people and spoke to them. If you don't see how big of an impact Nirvana has made you are probably blind. Not every connection has to be lyrically, not all the words make sense. That's not what music is about. Music is about emotion and expression, you can hear a song with absolutely no lyrics and it can still make you feel something. It's about what the song means to you, and no one ever has to justify it. I can't explain it to you. You either get it or you don't. Kurt was an outsider and a reject and people saw his pain. Maybe he spoke to them because he was just like how they felt (we all feel that way at one time or another) and the fact that he was so popular, he represented a generation. Even though he has impacted millions i don't really care about all that. I just care about what his songs mean to me. That's all you can ever ask for.
Chris Crepon Kurt said that when you sing to a crowd of people that could even be 250,000 or more, they will sing it back to you for 250,000 different reasons. Every single person who bought the record wanted to, for whatever reason, and that means somehow someway they connected to him.
+Electronic Adventures Lyrically, very few? Are you kidding - practically every musician on the planet, regardless of genre, still marvels at what Cobain wrote for lyrics. My God you're daft.
Kurt just saw the world differently than most of us. He was a TRUE artist in all ways. He made the people whom he encountered think differently. He was almost not made for this world.
cshehwen Kurt made all the music he had waiting inside of him . For that I approve how he lived, he gave us everythin he had. He left us with many tracks . May the God's give him endless roads wherever he went Peace Out
cshehwen He died in his creative prime. It's so sad seeing him in videos and interviews pre nevermind where he was indeed happy, to 1994 when the fame and the drugs got too much.
steelcleats In my opinion i disapprove him killing himself. Not only because of me selfishly wanting more great music but also his beautiful baby girl who had to grow up without a daddy.
@@swisscheeseplease97 Holy crap, I totally forgot about writing this comment. It also felt like it was less than 3 months ago! 24 hrs to go, I wanna be cremated!
Best thing about music and growing up in the 90s was the vast amount of good music coming out there were nonstop great shows... Summers at Alpine Valley. Always great shows going on. Would probably compare the 90s to the 60s in terms of # of bands breaking out and the quality of the music. Now in 2019 there are a ton of 3 note bs bubble gum flavor of the week crap tunes. We need another Beatles, Zepplin, Nirvana to show up and start a music revolution and show the youth of today what they are missing...
kurt. the God of my youth. always kept me together, inspired me, guided me. thru his music I was able to find my way. now I'm 34. and while I listen to them a little less. my love the music and kurt never faded. so when It was time to name my first born. I remembered the most importantperson of my youth. I named my daughter after his. in honor of the men, whose music got me this far. Nirvana thank you for the music. kurt. thank you for everything else.
Suicide is horrible ... My family is still.dealing with my brother's suicide just about 14 years ( January 13th ) ... And it's still extremely difficult to deal with and comprehend ... RIP Kurt and RIP bubby l ...
have you watched that movie about his death.One thing though his death made no sense no fingerprints on the gun did his ghost just rub them off and why did he shoot himself after talking three douses of heroin the drugs would have killed, my point is his murder case was questionable i mean the police in charge must be thick
As a professional music photographer, I was blown away by that. Some of these photos are why I do what I do. And to find out something new like that is insane. The quality is so good blown up.
I listened to Nevermind yesterday for the first time in a few years. It's just so great. As someone who grew up with Nirvana you can't help but wonder what could have been.
Well Nirvana released 3 studio albums and 1 compilation album. 4 albums of music, plus b-sides, concerts, demos, singles. There’s quite a bit of music to be very happy about from only around 5 years of playing. A rather short stint but the mark he left is timeless.
People seem always so sad when they recall their stories of Kurt Cobain. Great interview. We can see in Fricke and Seliger's eyes how much sympathy they've had for Kurt.
It’s because the cameras are around, gotta muster some tears and look empathetic. How many of these people were really friends with him, most of the people probably only saw him a handful of times.
He was my hero. I finally got to see him play in January of 94 and although it was a great show he looked so sad. A few short months later it was all over. I still feel so sad when I think of him.
Courtney has the last one that is unreleased, she said she will release it eventually. She said it was a beautiful and happy song, can't wait to hear it.
In my heart I hope there is another unreleased song to come out by Nirvana but my head says they're all out there now unfortunately. There's some great b-side songs anyway. More than enough for another album.
I feel some connection to Kurt, much in the way, I would assume, people felt when his music first came out. It's so weird how one person can have such an impact on millions and millions of people. Wish he was still around, even if he wasn't making music.
Marvellous conversation. I almost choke when Fricke says that he thought he would be able to ask Kurt again about his future plans.Then he sums it up beautifully "write each story as if it's the last one you'll ever do. That's the way he made records". So well put and so true.
That man meant so much to my generation. When they say, and I know he hated it, but when they say "the voice of a generation" , it's not hyperbole, it's not an exaggeration, he literally gsve us a voice, channeled all our hopes, our dispair , our apathy and empathy, and laid it bare at the top of his lungs pushing back against a world turned against us.
I loved this clip, but isn't it awkward that Fricke says he had a beautiful smile and then Kurt appears with that sarcastic, fake plastic smile he did just for the photo shoot? Anyway, it's great to see the admiration both guys had for Kurt, he was, without doubt, one of the greats.
obvious fake smile though, but he might have been goofing during shoot (probably) a lot of his older interviews show that side of him, kind of like Lennon, smart, sarcastic, fucking with the interviewers a little but not maliciously like say Lou Reed or early Iggy pop interviews....Kurt was pretty funny actually, when he wasn't depressed and probably before he was doing a lot of dope which kind of takes the smile right out a person
Writer David Fricke and photographer Mark Seliger recall working alongside Kurt Cobain on the magazine’s iconic covers: from the “Corporate Magazines Still Suck” photo shoot to Fricke’s final conversation with the Nirvana leader.
This is really interesting, but let's be honest. Do what you do best. Keep selling me iconic covers as posters. I loved the Mad Men and Breaking Bad ones.
A classic cover! kudos to Mark for the great photo and David for the interview. RS was my go to magazine for the latest Nirvana interview as a teenager.
how do you come to that conclusion when S.I.B was a film based on actual evidence from tom grant yet montage of heck was all ok'd by the hidious witch courtney? are you a courtney fan just trying to be a little bit controversial?
Kurt haunts me everyday i hear his music on thr radio, snd just recently im on a grunge kick and all i listen too, and it sux its like a book with a ending.
This sucks... I was in a great mood... still am, just depressed too... I'm a musician the same age as Kurt, and his early death is something I'll never get over... to this day, it seems like just a few yrs ago... idk why,but I've been watching Nirvana live videos, interviews, ect non-stop for the last couple yrs... every other day. +I got 3 Nirvana cd's in the car stereo
I don't remember the exact first time I heard the song, but I do recall seeing the music video on MTV when I was 8 years old and recall being blown away by the energy of the song!
I really liked this vid. It has a very quiet, introspective tone to it, w/o any outlandish “juicy” details. Just a bunch of guys who lived a little piece of music history. Plus, I really appreciate Seliger’s work. Hard to believe that iconic photo of Kurt was a Polaroid
It would be really cool if he was still around these days. To go through what he went through and come out of it would have been an inspiration to so many hurt people.
David Fricke is one of the articulate and insightful music writers. In a world where everyone casts there opinion , some of us can cut through it al and leave us feeling like we knew very little about the give subject. David Fricke is one of them.
I have both copies. The original and the announcement that he was gone. Sad thing, that. Was grateful to have grown up with that band. Got to see them once live, and it is something I'll always have. It's not for everyone, but it's mine and I'll always hold it close to me.
I am 42 the early 90s was such a special time I recently picked up the drums and started taking lessons and I’m going back to the 90s learning them all on drums I used to be a guitar player and knew how to play then but now I feel I am revisiting those times again❤ Reliving them through music
rolling stone gave Bleach a 3+1/2 star review. calling it mediocre and "sounds like everything else coming out of Seattle" then you cant find the original review for the bleach album because rolling stone fronted and removed the review. the only thing you can find on their website is their 4 star bleach remastered which is not the original review.
Why does Mark Seliger say Kurt was "quiet and melancholy"? Why not "quiet and reflective"? Always this "sad guy" media slant that I don't get. Why was Cobain not allowed a full palette of human emotion which included anger and reflection, as well as a lot of creative hilarity and sarcasm. The guy was fun and funny. Kurt's smile wearing the cheerleader outfit, THAT's Kurt Cobain! sheesh
He said he came in that day quiet and melancholy, so that means Mark was there with him taking his pics and more then likely having some sort of conversation with him so i believe he has a better understanding of Kurts mood that day then you. Maybe he was having a shitty day maybe it was gloomy outside, a lot of reasons he could have been melancholy instead of "reflective", I don't get the feeling that you've ever been or been around ppl who addicted to H or oxycontin have you?
First time I’m seeing this, really nicely put together I love the added ambiance :) Kurt was a great musician and really had heart, Krist and Dave too. Forever missed, but I’m glad they got their music to so many people that needed it. So many still do
nirvanas music means so much to me! it has affected my life n still does n im 38! just shows the power of music n ones life.... i really hope kurt is in a happier place!!
I am 18 years old now so i am behind generations from kurt and he is my hero. No matter generations. It can be 50 years later than now and he will always be in some people’s hearts. He will always be some people’s hero. I get so sad everytime i see photos of him in somewhere. He was a real artist, a good person and his music helps me everytime i listen to it.
What isn't noticed, is how they allude to a possible more recordings at the end. I truly believe that the , rumored, Kurt Cobain solo album is still out there in whatever form.
you can't easily talk about Kurt Cobain. he is beyond our memories, at least our times of youth was happy with him and Nirvana's music. sometimes me and others try to act like him because it feels way better than older people. good memories flows through the times always. thank you RS and Nirvana and all you guys who made good video here.
This is one of the greatest videos I've ever seen. So naturally informative. It's so cool to hear just how much David got Kurt, and what he meant, what he meant to himself. What a great video.What the fuk
The truth is that without the corporate media Nirvana couldn't have impacted nearly as much people. Also most of his fans would've probably never have known Nirvana without the corporate media.
Actually Rolling Stone magazine covers live on as treasures framed for a lot of fans. As well as the written words we can go back and read and relive forever.
Those were really great days in rock music....nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, Jane's addiction, nine inche nails, TOOL, and a plethora of other cool songs from the early 1990's.
David Fricke reminds me of Harold Ramis, but Fricke is a very smart and intelligent person. He also seems like a very down to earth guy to hang out with.
The sad thing about Kurt Cobain is he liked to make music but his fame became too much of a mega monster. That he let it steam roll over him like a freight train. He was the Chuck Berry, Evlis, Beatles and Jimmy Hendrix of the 90's. The music Nirvana made was a new genre that killed the X-dressing make up plastered, spandex wearing hairspray/metal bands overnight almost. Nirvana gave people a taste of music that was really needed compared to the over used sound all alike metal rock ballad's from hairbands. I honestly believe if he could of slowed down and disappeared for 5 years or more he would have done ok. He was married to Courtney Love with a baby daughter and then the media and fans made him out to be a music god and then ad in the battle with drugs. The poor guy was made out to be a person who he did not know, and couldn't live up to be what everyone wanted him to be. Sadly he won his battle with drugs and he stopped the circus running his life in the end.
It breaks me heart. I was one of the few who got to witness Nirvana actually hit mtv and become an over night sensation. It changed me forever. That band changed my life. I remember the day Cobain died, it was like hearing John Lennon was killed for the generation before me. it was crushing and heartbreaking. That man was such a beautiful soul and a creative artistic genius. The sky was the limit for his beam of light. what a shame... He was like Vincent Van Gogh of music. truly original and nothing will ever touch his writing.
I used to listen to Nirvana and Pearl jam as a teen in the early 90's and for whatever reason I am only interested in Nirvana's music now. It seems to have aged much better than Pearl jams music.
It was so real for such a short period of time. Most knew he was unstable in 93. When he died it ended the whole thing. His dead became its Swan song. Generation x moved on without him just like Andy Wood.
I remember hearing the news report that he had died, and immediately thinking that an era has just died with him, and feeling absolutely gutted with the stark reality that everything would be different from that moment on. History has proven me right, I think? His death still sucks, even after all of these years.
I really think Kurt was only just getting started. With his ability to write melody and that voice and ability to write creative lyrics, we would have gotten some of the best music ever, maybe better than we can even imagine. Then again if he stayed we might not have Foo Fighters? Ugh life is weird man
I appreciate in your discussion on interviewing Kurt Cobain that you didn't make negative, derogatory statements about him. Also the statement learning that Kurt had "died", and not the more commonly inaccurately reported "committed suicide by a 'shotgun blast to the head '", thus being more dignified a way referring to his manner of death. What a loss for everyone. L. Isgrig in Northern, CA - 11/26/22
Kurt had plenty of raw materials and unfinished songs, which were released years later. So when Kurt said that he was creatively exhausted, which may have been true, that did not mean that they were scraping the bottom of the barrel (and no, I did not mean 'barrel' as in 'gun'). It's just that I don't think Kurt wanted to pursue their line of music anymore. At least that's the impression I get from his last shows and interviews.
Cléo Z If you get a chance, check out Do Re Mi, that was the direction he was going. People have said that he was working on what would be his "White Album," but either way, check it out.
Kurt did not have new songs before his death. He was even saying that he have had to start it all over again... And new songs like You know your're right, Do Re Mi, Jam after Diner, etc weren't something special, some new wave, some new alternative... He was even saying that he have had enough; he wanted to quit Nirvana and create something different. He never switched off the Nirvana style. He could not. Drugs destroyed him.
Yeah! Kurt took heroin for a very painful. untreated stomach illness that they know now was chromes disease for a year before meeting Courtney. there was a drug found 6 years and 20 doctors later that worked just as well as heroin so he was able to withdraw and get off of heroin more than a year before he died. Kurt was on heroin less than 3 years,, Courtney did heron for 30 since she was 13 and didn't stop until she was caught doing heroin in a hotel room while on probation and court ordered to a 90 day rehad and lost custody of Frances a second time. Kurt wanted a divorce and wanted full custody of Frances and knew he would have to be clean to achieve that. He wanted to leave and take Frances and get out of the life that Courtney dragged him into.
I remember seeing his picture in the news paper the day after kurt cobain died. So i grabbed a cassette tape from my brothers room and was instantly hooked. It was in utero and i remember mowing my neighbors lawn to go buy more of his tapes. A life unfinished for sure.
I can imagine the anecdote about the "Corporate Magazines Still Suck" t-shirt is probably one of the reasons Kurt despised his position in the industry despite valuing his success. The "system" swallowed everything and regurgitated it into a commodity to be sold. His stance against corporate media in itself was taken and molded into something that instead furthers corporate media...
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Kurt played the simplest chords, writes songs that even children could dance to, never cared about how he looks in public,,such a genius and a fragile soul, so sincere and pure, too bad hes not here anymore.
There was a method to his madness. I must also admit my 7 year old son loves Nirvana. Told me yesterday Come As You Are is his favorite. He also likes School
He cared, too much. It's easy to look like you don't care though, when you look like that.
Mindswirl21 lol the deeper you get into nirvana songs the harder some songs get
get help!
Mindswirl21 well. these chords aren’t simple 😂😂😂😂 or i’m just bad...
“Rolling Stone? What do they know?”
-Kurt Cobain (Brazil, Jan. 1993)
Lmao
-closes video-
@Bryce Thibodeaux Billy Hicks
he literally mock then in the magazine cover.
AugustMedia nothing. Most things they hate I love. They’ve slammed some of my favorite albums but whatever.
This is both haunting and extremely beautiful. There are so many people affected by Kurt that we just don't think of or recognize, but the truth is he affected us all.
"haunting" is accurate. He left some seriously authentic and thought provoking stuff behind.
Your comment made me reflect of that and it is actually very true
You can call it how you see it, but whether he was killed or killed himself, it doesn't really matter at the end of the day; Kurt Cobain is still gone. Such a good soul, so real, he was the voice of millions, and his music still impacts people everyday. RIP to the best, whose name will never be forgotten. I hope you have found happiness and peace wherever you are now, I'll see ya on the other side.
***** Nirvana sold 75 million records worldwide. That means at least 75 million people connected with him, whether it be through his words or his music. Grunge was a movement, and Nirvana was the top of it, he inspired people and spoke to them. If you don't see how big of an impact Nirvana has made you are probably blind. Not every connection has to be lyrically, not all the words make sense. That's not what music is about. Music is about emotion and expression, you can hear a song with absolutely no lyrics and it can still make you feel something. It's about what the song means to you, and no one ever has to justify it. I can't explain it to you. You either get it or you don't. Kurt was an outsider and a reject and people saw his pain. Maybe he spoke to them because he was just like how they felt (we all feel that way at one time or another) and the fact that he was so popular, he represented a generation. Even though he has impacted millions i don't really care about all that. I just care about what his songs mean to me. That's all you can ever ask for.
+Karissa M I wouldn't say that... every record buyer connected with Kurt? They didn't know him.
+Karissa M I wouldn't say that... every record buyer connected with Kurt? They didn't know him.
Chris Crepon Kurt said that when you sing to a crowd of people that could even be 250,000 or more, they will sing it back to you for 250,000 different reasons. Every single person who bought the record wanted to, for whatever reason, and that means somehow someway they connected to him.
+Electronic Adventures Lyrically, very few? Are you kidding - practically every musician on the planet, regardless of genre, still marvels at what Cobain wrote for lyrics. My God you're daft.
David Fricke seems like a guy who could be anyone's best friend
Kurt just saw the world differently than most of us. He was a TRUE artist in all ways. He made the people whom he encountered think differently. He was almost not made for this world.
21 years ago today. RIP Kurt, I hope your soul found pure happiness.....
When did Stephen King join the Ramones?
Hahaha I thought the same thing.
lmfao, _Pet Cemetery_!
krillton bravo lol
To get to the other side
Cuz he don't wanna be buried in your pet cemetery
"..He was smiling.."
Yes, pure expression of spontaneous happiness.
Gone way too soon. Makes you wonder what could have been.... So much good music never made.
cshehwen Kurt made all the music he had waiting inside of him . For that I approve how he lived, he gave us everythin he had. He left us with many tracks . May the God's give him endless roads wherever he went Peace Out
cshehwen He died in his creative prime. It's so sad seeing him in videos and interviews pre nevermind where he was indeed happy, to 1994 when the fame and the drugs got too much.
steelcleats In my opinion i disapprove him killing himself. Not only because of me selfishly wanting more great music but also his beautiful baby girl who had to grow up without a daddy.
cshehwen it was a great loss to everyone
Yes it was
dude in the jean jacket looks like grunge Stephen King
Or a Ramone.
I was just thinking that he looked like Stephen Kings little brother.
He looks like he's sedated and was beaten by brat with a baseball bat. Oh yeah!
@@jzen1455 I wanna be sedated
@@swisscheeseplease97 Holy crap, I totally forgot about writing this comment. It also felt like it was less than 3 months ago! 24 hrs to go, I wanna be cremated!
still such a special time, the early 90s, it was ours
Fuckin' a bro...I know it sounds pathetic but I think about those years all the time...
Most people will ever know what's it like being 16 and hearing nirvana for the first time
These were the best times I was in high school and couldnt get enough of nirvana
Best thing about music and growing up in the 90s was the vast amount of good music coming out there were nonstop great shows... Summers at Alpine Valley. Always great shows going on. Would probably compare the 90s to the 60s in terms of # of bands breaking out and the quality of the music. Now in 2019 there are a ton of 3 note bs bubble gum flavor of the week crap tunes. We need another Beatles, Zepplin, Nirvana to show up and start a music revolution and show the youth of today what they are missing...
@@brittonhucks5951 same bro,its when we was in bloom :)
kurt. the God of my youth. always kept me together, inspired me, guided me. thru his music I was able to find my way. now I'm 34. and while I listen to them a little less. my love the music and kurt never faded. so when It was time to name my first born. I remembered the most importantperson of my youth. I named my daughter after his. in honor of the men, whose music got me this far. Nirvana thank you for the music. kurt. thank you for everything else.
War Daddy did you name your daughter frances bean or just frances ?
Lissa Milesy Frances-Bean
thats pretty cool bro!
I was born years after but still, his music got me through highschool and helps me going
Same. I was 2 & on the other side of this planet at the time, but yea, Nirvana got me thru some rough shit in H.S.
Suicide is horrible ... My family is still.dealing with my brother's suicide just about 14 years ( January 13th ) ... And it's still extremely difficult to deal with and comprehend ... RIP Kurt and RIP bubby l ...
May they rest in peace 💓😔
Ka Wrss mental illness makes you do unbelievable things
have you watched that movie about his death.One thing though his death made no sense no fingerprints on the gun did his ghost just rub them off and why did he shoot himself after talking three douses of heroin the drugs would have killed, my point is his murder case was questionable i mean the police in charge must be thick
This documentary makes no sense. Every supposed evidence can be debunked.
🙏🏾rest in peace
That’s crazy that one image is a friggin’ Polaroid. Nobody could have guessed that.
Bradley Paul Valentine awesome photo
Bradley Paul Valentine It'll be a professional grade polaroid camera, not the kind you find at a yard sale. But yeah, it's a great image.
As a professional music photographer, I was blown away by that. Some of these photos are why I do what I do. And to find out something new like that is insane. The quality is so good blown up.
I listened to Nevermind yesterday for the first time in a few years. It's just so great. As someone who grew up with Nirvana you can't help but wonder what could have been.
Well Nirvana released 3 studio albums and 1 compilation album. 4 albums of music, plus b-sides, concerts, demos, singles. There’s quite a bit of music to be very happy about from only around 5 years of playing. A rather short stint but the mark he left is timeless.
Hope you listened to 'Bleach' since posting.
People seem always so sad when they recall their stories of Kurt Cobain. Great interview. We can see in Fricke and Seliger's eyes how much sympathy they've had for Kurt.
It’s really sad to think that sucha a great individual is gone too soon
It’s because the cameras are around, gotta muster some tears and look empathetic. How many of these people were really friends with him, most of the people probably only saw him a handful of times.
He was my hero. I finally got to see him play in January of 94 and although it was a great show he looked so sad. A few short months later it was all over. I still feel so sad when I think of him.
There was serious rumor Courtney was cheating and he knew it. That might have been the last straw.
Damn. Imagine listening to the radio and hearing a never released, totally unknown, Nirvana song.
Courtney has the last one that is unreleased, she said she will release it eventually. She said it was a beautiful and happy song, can't wait to hear it.
That kinda did happen around 2002 with "You Know You're Right" when they released the box set. That's actually a great song and it was unreleased
@@fray3dendsofsanity amazing song
In my heart I hope there is another unreleased song to come out by Nirvana but my head says they're all out there now unfortunately. There's some great b-side songs anyway. More than enough for another album.
When "You Know You're Right" came out it was crazy
I feel some connection to Kurt, much in the way, I would assume, people felt when his music first came out. It's so weird how one person can have such an impact on millions and millions of people. Wish he was still around, even if he wasn't making music.
Tanner McKay Same
Tanner McKay you can say that about every innovative musician. Clapton, page, Aretha, bb king and so on
It's the power of art
Marvellous conversation. I almost choke when Fricke says that he thought he would be able to ask Kurt again about his future plans.Then he sums it up beautifully "write each story as if it's the last one you'll ever do. That's the way he made records". So well put and so true.
That man meant so much to my generation. When they say, and I know he hated it, but when they say "the voice of a generation" , it's not hyperbole, it's not an exaggeration, he literally gsve us a voice, channeled all our hopes, our dispair , our apathy and empathy, and laid it bare at the top of his lungs pushing back against a world turned against us.
I love being GenX... The forgotten gen nobody gave af about, we're pretty humble and low maintenance.
RIP Kurt. We miss you.
I loved this clip, but isn't it awkward that Fricke says he had a beautiful smile and then Kurt appears with that sarcastic, fake plastic smile he did just for the photo shoot?
Anyway, it's great to see the admiration both guys had for Kurt, he was, without doubt, one of the greats.
There was a real smile behind it that's why
Ed Ø lol I was reading this as it showed up on the video
obvious fake smile though, but he might have been goofing during shoot (probably) a lot of his older interviews show that side of him, kind of like Lennon, smart, sarcastic, fucking with the interviewers a little but not maliciously like say Lou Reed or early Iggy pop interviews....Kurt was pretty funny actually, when he wasn't depressed and probably before he was doing a lot of dope which kind of takes the smile right out a person
Exactly!
If he weren't comfortable wearing that, he wouldn't have worn it
Writer David Fricke and photographer Mark Seliger recall working alongside Kurt Cobain on the magazine’s iconic covers: from the “Corporate Magazines Still Suck” photo shoot to Fricke’s final conversation with the Nirvana leader.
Great
This is really interesting, but let's be honest. Do what you do best. Keep selling me iconic covers as posters. I loved the Mad Men and Breaking Bad ones.
SUBTITULOOS PLISS
A classic cover! kudos to Mark for the great photo and David for the interview. RS was my go to magazine for the latest Nirvana interview as a teenager.
how do you come to that conclusion when S.I.B was a film based on actual evidence from tom grant yet montage of heck was all ok'd by the hidious witch courtney? are you a courtney fan just trying to be a little bit controversial?
In a parallel universe, Kurt is still alive
yes
In a parallel universe I'm Kurt Cobain
Kurts in the upside down
Anus
Señor Penguin He's that some, in the someday!
Kurt haunts me everyday i hear his music on thr radio, snd just recently im on a grunge kick and all i listen too, and it sux its like a book with a ending.
This sucks... I was in a great mood... still am, just depressed too... I'm a musician the same age as Kurt, and his early death is something I'll never get over... to this day, it seems like just a few yrs ago... idk why,but I've been watching Nirvana live videos, interviews, ect non-stop for the last couple yrs... every other day. +I got 3 Nirvana cd's in the car stereo
I'm on a plain, I can't complain...
Somewhere I have heard this before
XIPHIASCDXX nirvana - on a plain
I always heard he wrote this song through a bout with writers block. Good shit for sure.
Earth Is Flat.
Tony Cobain he didn't mean "about" he meant "bout" - meaning "fight" or "challenge"
hearing Smells for the first time was like getting your drivers licence or getting laid for the first time, nothing is the same after that moment.
& it never is better
I don't remember the exact first time I heard the song, but I do recall seeing the music video on MTV when I was 8 years old and recall being blown away by the energy of the song!
that was same for me KISS God of Thunder I heard 1977, floored me.
You would pick the big hit
This comment from beginning to end is cringe as fuck
In Utero is my my fave album. So grungy and with such a natural sound
I really liked this vid. It has a very quiet, introspective tone to it, w/o any outlandish “juicy” details. Just a bunch of guys who lived a little piece of music history. Plus, I really appreciate Seliger’s work. Hard to believe that iconic photo of Kurt was a Polaroid
You are greatly missed kurt Cobain
In all reality, the MAN SHOULD STILL BE HERE.
He would be if it weren’t for she who must not be named
It would be really cool if he was still around these days. To go through what he went through and come out of it would have been an inspiration to so many hurt people.
David Fricke is one of the articulate and insightful music writers. In a world where everyone casts there opinion , some of us can cut through it al and leave us feeling like we knew very little about the give subject. David Fricke is one of them.
Kurt gets better the more you dig. Love you buddy
Kurt...the most beautiful soul.
david fricke has not changed hes clothing since 1994
The grammar in this comment depresses me.
its not grammar its one small spelling mistake. pseudo intellectuals depress me
He looks like a Ramone
*1984
@@decastleman Shouldn't you be in court right now?
I have both copies. The original and the announcement that he was gone. Sad thing, that. Was grateful to have grown up with that band. Got to see them once live, and it is something I'll always have. It's not for everyone, but it's mine and I'll always hold it close to me.
I am 42 the early 90s was such a special time I recently picked up the drums and started taking lessons and I’m going back to the 90s learning them all on drums I used to be a guitar player and knew how to play then but now I feel I am revisiting those times again❤ Reliving them through music
rolling stone gave Bleach a 3+1/2 star review. calling it mediocre and "sounds like everything else coming out of Seattle" then you cant find the original review for the bleach album because rolling stone fronted and removed the review. the only thing you can find on their website is their 4 star bleach remastered which is not the original review.
yeah good shout, they did back track on that one.
I think Rolling Stone originally gave "Nevermind" a 3 star review, when it came out in 1991! They re-reviewed it in 2004 and gave it 5 stars.
John Smith 91 was when Nevermind dropped. but you are right that they backtracked on their original star score
Indigo Sunset like nme in the uk
HOnestly that's an accurate description of bleach. I love it but.
So sad.... He had such a impact, on people in life & death... I adore him
Why does Mark Seliger say Kurt was "quiet and melancholy"? Why not "quiet and reflective"? Always this "sad guy" media slant that I don't get. Why was Cobain not allowed a full palette of human emotion which included anger and reflection, as well as a lot of creative hilarity and sarcasm. The guy was fun and funny. Kurt's smile wearing the cheerleader outfit, THAT's Kurt Cobain! sheesh
He said he came in that day quiet and melancholy, so that means Mark was there with him taking his pics and more then likely having some sort of conversation with him so i believe he has a better understanding of Kurts mood that day then you. Maybe he was having a shitty day maybe it was gloomy outside, a lot of reasons he could have been melancholy instead of "reflective", I don't get the feeling that you've ever been or been around ppl who addicted to H or oxycontin have you?
maybe because he was there?
I mean, melancholy makes sense, you know, cause he fucking killed himself. He was troubled.
augie -- actually, a lot of people now think he was murdered.
They want you to believe that he really killed himself because he was depressed. Why? I don't know. Most adults know he was murdered by now!
First time I’m seeing this, really nicely put together I love the added ambiance :) Kurt was a great musician and really had heart, Krist and Dave too. Forever missed, but I’m glad they got their music to so many people that needed it. So many still do
nirvanas music means so much to me! it has affected my life n still does n im 38! just shows the power of music n ones life.... i really hope kurt is in a happier place!!
I am 18 years old now so i am behind generations from kurt and he is my hero. No matter generations. It can be 50 years later than now and he will always be in some people’s hearts. He will always be some people’s hero. I get so sad everytime i see photos of him in somewhere. He was a real artist, a good person and his music helps me everytime i listen to it.
What isn't noticed, is how they allude to a possible more recordings at the end. I truly believe that the , rumored, Kurt Cobain solo album is still out there in whatever form.
you can't easily talk about Kurt Cobain. he is beyond our memories, at least our times of youth was happy with him and Nirvana's music. sometimes me and others try to act like him because it feels way better than older people. good memories flows through the times always. thank you RS and Nirvana and all you guys who made good video here.
Bless him. We miss and loved him so much!
Nirvana was the greatest band from the 90s and on my list of favourite bands 👍🏻🙏🏻🎸
I miss him so much.
Man.. I fucking love this man... Kurt I never met you but I really love you. RIP.
April 5th is my bday and I just kept thinking bout layne and kurdt R.I.P legends 🤘🏼
😥 I miss you Kurt
Peace. Love. Empathy.
Canucks suck
This is one of the greatest videos I've ever seen. So naturally informative. It's so cool to hear just how much David got Kurt, and what he meant, what he meant to himself. What a great video.What the fuk
The truth is that without the corporate media Nirvana couldn't have impacted nearly as much people. Also most of his fans would've probably never have known Nirvana without the corporate media.
@Uncle Jericho Wants YOU!!! Except that's not what they did. They did all the covers and all of the media.
This was perfect... Beautiful!
The highlight of my music listening these days is David on Sirius XM. Great show!
Actually Rolling Stone magazine covers live on as treasures framed for a lot of fans. As well as the written words we can go back and read and relive forever.
Kurt Cobain when asked about song lyrics "Its Satirical and serious "
His approach in one sentence.,👌🏼
Those were really great days in rock music....nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, Jane's addiction, nine inche nails, TOOL, and a plethora of other cool songs from the early 1990's.
David Fricke reminds me of Harold Ramis, but Fricke is a very smart and intelligent person.
He also seems like a very down to earth guy to hang out with.
We miss you Kurt... =(
thanks rs.. its means so much..
Wow, this when Rolling Stone was about music not politics. What a time.
The sad thing about Kurt Cobain is he liked to make music but his fame became too much of a mega monster. That he let it steam roll over him like a freight train. He was the Chuck Berry, Evlis, Beatles and Jimmy Hendrix of the 90's.
The music Nirvana made was a new genre that killed the X-dressing make up plastered, spandex wearing hairspray/metal bands overnight almost. Nirvana gave people a taste of music that was really needed compared to the over used sound all alike metal rock ballad's from hairbands.
I honestly believe if he could of slowed down and disappeared for 5 years or more he would have done ok. He was married to Courtney Love with a baby daughter and then the media and fans made him out to be a music god and then ad in the battle with drugs.
The poor guy was made out to be a person who he did not know, and couldn't live up to be what everyone wanted him to be.
Sadly he won his battle with drugs and he stopped the circus running his life in the end.
jimi*
Shades shady
everyone talking about being a teen in the 90s when I was born in 2006 and never met Kurt 😔
Same I was born 2005 and I wish I could have at least seen them live
I remember Nirvana with Chad saw them twice.
That first European tour with TAD was great.
Kurt Cobain is a legend
MTV unplugged, just shows us what a Great, pure voice he had!!!!!
RIP kurt a true big brother for misfits across the globe! nirvana for life
It breaks me heart.
I was one of the few who got to witness Nirvana actually hit mtv and become an over night sensation. It changed me forever. That band changed my life.
I remember the day Cobain died, it was like hearing John Lennon was killed for the generation before me. it was crushing and heartbreaking.
That man was such a beautiful soul and a creative artistic genius. The sky was the limit for his beam of light. what a shame...
He was like Vincent Van Gogh of music. truly original and nothing will ever touch his writing.
Everyone read this in a "Lucky Charms" type of Irish accent.
happy birthday Kurt
Imagine how heart breaking this is for them. Fricke sayinf "I couldnt listen to it... I had to turn it off"
That was cool. Felt like I was sitting at the table with them.
I used to listen to Nirvana and Pearl jam as a teen in the early 90's and for whatever reason I am only interested in Nirvana's music now. It seems to have aged much better than Pearl jams music.
It was so real for such a short period of time. Most knew he was unstable in 93. When he died it ended the whole thing. His dead became its Swan song. Generation x moved on without him just like Andy Wood.
Kurt was a genuine legend for the people.
We love you forever and your music helps us, ye tortured soul
What the Fricke?
Growing up in the nineties, I know Fricke and Seliger's stuff well. Love those guys!
I remember hearing the news report that he had died, and immediately thinking that an era has just died with him, and feeling absolutely gutted with the stark reality that everything would be different from that moment on. History has proven me right, I think?
His death still sucks, even after all of these years.
Watching this for some reason made me cry...
I really think Kurt was only just getting started. With his ability to write melody and that voice and ability to write creative lyrics, we would have gotten some of the best music ever, maybe better than we can even imagine. Then again if he stayed we might not have Foo Fighters? Ugh life is weird man
Kurt is awesome. A true punk rebel.
You guys really like to take advantage of Kurt's death. That's not really cool now, is it. At least I learned the story behind the Kurtshirt.
+Woozle pls tell me the story :)
+Kalozi The story is in the video...
Do you expect us to take you seriously with that Pfp of yours?
Mother fuckers won’t let him rest.
My dude fricke looks like he's still in his post 70s Ramone phase
I like it
I appreciate in your discussion on interviewing Kurt Cobain that you didn't make negative, derogatory statements about him. Also the statement learning that Kurt had "died", and not the more commonly inaccurately reported "committed suicide by a 'shotgun blast to the head '", thus being more dignified a way referring to his manner of death. What a loss for everyone.
L. Isgrig in Northern, CA - 11/26/22
how is it inaccurate to report Kurt took his own life which he very clearly did?
Kurt Cobain ❤️
I remember cleaning my dope and rolling joints on that cover.
peace and love kurt. rip
Rolling Stones hires some of the best people out there. Kudos.
Love you Kurt
Kurt Cobain Still matters !!! Thank you Kurt, You save my life !!!
Kurt had plenty of raw materials and unfinished songs, which were released years later. So when Kurt said that he was creatively exhausted, which may have been true, that did not mean that they were scraping the bottom of the barrel (and no, I did not mean 'barrel' as in 'gun'). It's just that I don't think Kurt wanted to pursue their line of music anymore. At least that's the impression I get from his last shows and interviews.
Cléo Z If you get a chance, check out Do Re Mi, that was the direction he was going. People have said that he was working on what would be his "White Album," but either way, check it out.
Kurt did not have new songs before his death. He was even saying that he have had to start it all over again... And new songs like You know your're right, Do Re Mi, Jam after Diner, etc weren't something special, some new wave, some new alternative... He was even saying that he have had enough; he wanted to quit Nirvana and create something different. He never switched off the Nirvana style. He could not. Drugs destroyed him.
You mean Courtney destroyed him! Do your research!
VendPrekmurec He was drug addicted even before Nirvana was so...
Yeah! Kurt took heroin for a very painful. untreated stomach illness that they know now was chromes disease for a year before meeting Courtney. there was a drug found 6 years and 20 doctors later that worked just as well as heroin so he was able to withdraw and get off of heroin more than a year before he died. Kurt was on heroin less than 3 years,, Courtney did heron for 30 since she was 13 and didn't stop until she was caught doing heroin in a hotel room while on probation and court ordered to a 90 day rehad and lost custody of Frances a second time. Kurt wanted a divorce and wanted full custody of Frances and knew he would have to be clean to achieve that. He wanted to leave and take Frances and get out of the life that Courtney dragged him into.
I remember seeing his picture in the news paper the day after kurt cobain died. So i grabbed a cassette tape from my brothers room and was instantly hooked. It was in utero and i remember mowing my neighbors lawn to go buy more of his tapes. A life unfinished for sure.
what a great artist.
I can imagine the anecdote about the "Corporate Magazines Still Suck" t-shirt is probably one of the reasons Kurt despised his position in the industry despite valuing his success. The "system" swallowed everything and regurgitated it into a commodity to be sold. His stance against corporate media in itself was taken and molded into something that instead furthers corporate media...