It's funny that Kurt Cobain and Nirvana all used to talk more or less this way, but they were actually lying: Kurt wanted nothing more than to become famous so he could thumb his nose at all the "normal" people that sneered at him when he was a loser growing up. Sadly he got that fame and he didn't know how to handle it. Very few people actually do. These folks seem like they would have stayed the same though.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 the greatest motivator for success is the "ill show them, i will prove myself" mentality, sometimes unsustainable but it gets you up in the morning
They always reminded me of characters out of some Brett Easton Ellis novel- like straight from the pages of Rules of Attraction, lol. Just that preppy, liberal arts educated, upper classness hiding just beneath their chill, laidback, cool demeanor- and they never seemed to deny it or shy away from letting it show here & there, or letting it seep into their whole aesthetic. It all kind of fascinated me and totally gave them an edge at a time when a lot of indie bands were going out of their way to foster images of insanity & hardcore lifestyles. Same with Pussy Galore- when I found out Julie Cafritz was a Martha’s Vineyard “Summerer” I nearly freaked! Lol
Very perceptive. It wasn't cool to crave fame in the 90's. Nirvana used to say how much they hated fame in all their interviews but you know it was all they craved. Look at Grohl. He would stop at nothing to try to become as big an idol as Kurt was, and he almost did. But then again those guys were all lower middle class non-college aspirants.
You are also very perceptive. Nirvana were no different in their cravings than Iggy Pop, who cast aside his dedicated and driven bandmates for fame and attention with David Bowie and Berlin cool and heroin. Wait another 10 or so years before you judge Dave and Kurt (Kris gets a pass). Iggy is fairly circumspect about it all today.@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
