Kurt Cobain at 50

Then Cobain would have killed himself anyway.

 

Interesting article on their legacy:

 

I find the social teaser to this annoying, as if Hootie and the Blowfish was some sort of embarrassment for music.

Hootie was great for what they were. A bar band that played bluesy rock. Rucker has a great voice. I always appreciated the lack of pretension in Rucker's rock choices. He wrote about love and disappointment, but also race and alienation but he never did the U2 thing where he was like THIS IS A SONG ABOUT RACE, EVERYONE. It's also kind of cool that when they understood their cultural moment had passed, they were like 'Ok, cool. We're good. We'll play state fairs occasionally, and get together one time for Letterman as he's nearing the end of his run.' And Rucker was like "I kinda want to be Charlie Pride or Guy Clark, so I'm going to try that."

People get all upset that Rucker covered Wagon Wheel and are like "Ugh, that version sucks compared to Old Crow Medicine Show." Well of course it's not as good as OCMS. Buy you know who is a big, big fan? OCMS, who was thrilled he covered it, because they made a shit ton of money from people who never would know that song otherwise.

I feel the same way about Dave Mathews Band, a group I liked but never loved. People got more pissed off about the kind of fans the band had than they did the actual music or what it represented. It's douchey critical autofellatio.

 

Totally agree on Hootie and the Blowfish.

I haven't listened to them in a while, but there debut album was great, and fit the time and place in my life perfectly. It was great pop, Rucker does have a great voice.

 

I listen to them occasionally still because I have a ‘90s power pop playlist. Hootie, Matthew Sweet, Gin Blossoms, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and the Lemonheads mostly. It all holds up really well, to me. Probably better at 40 than at 20.

 

LOL, you like Weezer.

 

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I’m just hoping your unique pop culture opinions can be the thing that brings Dick and typefitter back together.

 

Good grief, I'd forgotten about this. Brad Garrett.

Jesus H.

That's hilarious.

 

Unless Dick is Romanian and has a vagina, he has no chance. But it would make a wonderful story if it did.

 

What's your favorite Nirvana song? Serve the Servant

Anyone here see them in concert? No

What do you think Kurt -- or Nirvana -- would be like in 2017? Its hard to say because music now is so opposite of what it once was