One Church - Kurt Carr

Advantages: Perhaps lyrically the greatest nirvana album!
Disadvantages: Can have to keep on listening!! Is that a disadvantage though?

...Nirvana’s 1993 album “In Utero” contains, in my opinion, some of Kurt Cobain’s finest lyrics. Not only on an emotional level but on a poetic and dramatic level too. You couldn’t imagine that 8 years previous to the release of the album Kurt dropped out of high school. Although some of America’s greatest writers never graduated from high school for one reason or another. Namely John Steinbeck author of the award winning Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck wrote at the time of the great depression of the 1930’s in America and of the depressed feelings of the people during this period. Kurt Cobain wrote of his own personal depression. Driven by the destruction of his family life due to the depression of the small logging town of Aberdeen in which he grew up. Kurt’s poetic style of writing and performing is one... Read review

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Advantages: lots of backstage stuff
Disadvantages: in black and white

...This video contains live performances by Nirvana and many of their best songs. It also includes back stage footage and interviews with the band. One of my favourite moments on the video is During ‘Love Buzz’ when Kurt throws himself into the crowd and is trying to get back on the stage when he swipes his guitar at one of the security guards he respond by kicking Kurt to the ground. The band stopped of coarse and Dave Grohl comes over and sorts out the security guard. Other highlights include Kurt’s dress during the later version of ‘Love Buzz’ and when the band were on the ‘Jonathon Ross Show’ (I don’t know why) they play the wrong song then dismantle their amps and their guitars to leave Jonathon Ross speechless (which hasn’t been seen very often). Buy! This! Now!!... Read review

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Advantages: Great tunes
Disadvantages: Not enough great tunes!

...This has my favourite Nirvana song on it! I think that this is one of Kurts better works, and has Rape Me is on it. So that makes it amazing. This was one of the later Nirvana albums, before Kurt died. It includes some of his best work. Track one, Serve The Servants is a loud opening to the record, with some of Grohls signature drumming and Kurts feedback guitar. Heart Shaped Box is a slow, ballad almost, song. It shows Kurts angst, and I interpret several references to disease: "I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black", "Meat eating orchids", "Broken hymen of your highness I'm left black". Yey! And onto track four! Rape Me does not have very many words. But do not judge it for that. You'll have to listen to it to find out why I love it so much. There is a suprise on the last track, but you'll have to work your way through... Read review

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