Listening Report ? Nirvana: In Utero

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This is probably one of my favourite CD’s of all time.

It has so many of Nirvana’s greatest hits. I think (and

I’m probably the only one) that Nirvana is a lot like

Marilyn Manson in many ways. They completely

created a new genre, and have the largest modern

cult followings. Nirvana totally brought grunge to the

world, and Manson brought us Alternative Music.

Real ALTERNATIVE, as in the other choice.

Anyways. On with the listening report. This was the

second last CD that Nirvana released before Kurt

Cobain (the lead singer, and one of my idols)

O.D.’d on a LOT of crack and shot himself. The

songs on this CD are really about how much Cobain

hates the world, but some of the lyrics tell me that he

really wants everything to stop. I think the true

meaning of the Song, Heart Shaped Box, is that he

just wants to stop performing, and go home and

forget about all his fame, his money, his somewhat

disturbing lyrics, and all of his touring. Heart Shaped

Box is the second most popular Nirvana Song ever

released. Although Kurt only really used 3 simple

chords in all of his songs, that would make him that

much more of a creative guy. He managed to come

up with 5 or 6 CD’s full of original stuff with only 3

chords. He was an amazing guitarist, he just never

felt like going nutz and putting on a real show for the

world. He just wanted to sing his songs to get the

pain out of him, and then people would leave him

alone. Instead of leaving him alone, millions flocked

to see him perform live at one of his 200 shows a

year. This made him think that people thrived on

others pain, and he felt like a guinea pig, this

eventually threw him over the edge and he killed

himself. With all the guy went through (I’m taking a

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