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Sunday Retro
One of the biggest regrets I have was back in undergraduate school I had a ticket to see Nirvana at UB literally in my hand. I turned it down. It wasn't too long after that Kurt Cobain was gone and eliminated any chances I had to see what many including myself to be one of if not the greatest band of all time. I look back on that moment when I turned that down and only with hind sight can I truly appreciate what I turned down and really after that, can I even consider myself a true music fan? That would have been not unlike my dad turning down tickets to see the Beatles in the 60's. Nirvana was that big for my generation.
This week I found an erie version of a song by the blues band Lead Belly that Nirvana covered as the last song from their MTV Unplugged. To this day, every time I watch Unplugged this song gives me the shivers. Cobain was truly amazing and lost way too soon.
The death of Kurt does still hurt so much and his songs is nevertheless contemporary. He could have written so quite a few great music, if he had not been depressive. But here is clear: genius and madness are close together. A single may well say if he had not been so ill, he would not are already so excellent. I miss him even now.
The question is typically asked who it had been that of the Beatle while using the most talent. I would say it was the fantastic mix of all four Beatles, the music has made it so unique. Specifically, certainly, was the romantic relationship concerning the two lyricists and composers, Lennon and McCartney. But John Lennon had made also excellent solo songs, maybe he was the best solo artist on the four Beatles.
John Lennon was a great singer and songwriter. But his talent could be completely utilized only by means of cooperation with all the other three Beatles. With no McCartney, Harrison and also Ringo Starr John Lennon was not great for speaking. Positive, a solo career was also successful, but the genius songs had made the Beatles.