@Gashabomb if you didn't grow up in that decade you definitely wouldn't get it. Music has changed so much. They were a great band. I still listen to them today.
The fact that Kurt was a pisces and Courtney a cancer and this song was originally called heart shaped coffin speaks volumes of how toxic their relationship was.
I'm only 70 and I really appreciate Nirvana.... All my grandkids are like... Whoa! We can't believe how down grandpa is... To which I reply... Hey! Wait! I got a new gold brain 💝
Moon Man..im 63..me old fellas 68...we falling to bits and creaky but we're the same as you...appreciate great music.takes u back to a time and a place.beats our grandsons drill and grime...grunge all the way plus its so easy at our age to wear grunge clobber..lol.x
I always felt this song was about how Courtney Love was acting one way in public, but backstage was acting completely different. She would constantly try to offer advice, say what to do, and manipulate Kurt into being something he didn't want to be. He wanted out, but always backed down, because he could never go through with that. That's shown, and explained by the line "Hey wait! I got a new complaint", which shows he tried, but because she was so manipulative, he kept backing down, and that's shown with the line that followed, which is "forever in debt to your priceless advice". she changed that even more, because she got pregnant, and because even though Kurt had a dark side, he loved his daughter, and tried to change for her. So when she told him she was pregnant, probably during a fight where Kurt was going to leave, she threw down her "Umbilical noose", which refers to Courtney being pregnant, and used that to drag him back in to their toxic hell of a relationship... With that news, which would rattle most, he would "climbe right back".
It literally is about her cooch. She was another addiction for him. Idk guys. Anyone else have a hard time imagining HER cooch being a place you felt comfy hangin out in. Seems like it would be a scary and confusing place. Probably violent too, ya know.
I was a skater punk in the early 90s and we listened to nirvana. Got two kids now, married for many years, and work a solid software dev job. My fellow dudes would agree that life goes on but the punk never dies.
I've never heard orchids to be sure, but before "orchids" i hear 4 syllables instead of the 3 (Meat ea-ting) Where's the 4th syllable at? I can't tell. :/ Maybe the word is not "meat" :|
Nirvana nevermimd album saved my life. Wish I had succeeded in suicide attempts. I loved nirvan music and the weed I smoked saved me from over dosing on pills. I am in christ Jesus but NIRVANA WELL NEVER MIND. 90S WERE SO DEPRESSING I FOUND MUSIC COMFORTING AND NOW I'M OLD GUY AND I STILL LOVE IT PLAY IT LOAD AND SMOKE SOME WEED WITH FRIENDS MOSH AND JUMP UP AMD DOWN WE ALL USED TO GET DOWN TO THIS AND WE'LL NEVERMIND
This song reminds me of my childhood, how my family and our closest friends sat by the fire until 3 AM, played the guitar, sang this and had deep conversations about life. After all this time, I still miss this, kind of.
Laah you don’t necessarily have to be old to be mature. In fact, getting old means nothing if you don’t confront things as they are, if you keep distracting yourself instead of thinking
Same with me... I was into metal and rock and used to fight with the grunge kids in my first year of high school. Then about 10 years ago I realised how amazing and important Nirvana and the other grunge acts were... I think this mostly has to do with the rawness of the music, but it’s also sad that the way music’s going in 2020 we will probably never get to hear such amazing original music again. The 70’s, 80’s and 90’s is where heavy music ruled... Damn I miss it...
Goddamn true, I'm 29, back in the 2000s I used to start listening to rock bands but was metal the genre that catch my attention, but now I truly regret not discovering bands and specially different songs from Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Tool and Pearl Jam way early.
this is allegedly about courtney love, his ex wife the heart shaped box is her punani btw the whole song is about their toxic relationship. priceless advice is speculated to be about her incentivating drug use in short: no nirvana song is nonsense, this one is about a terribly toxic relationship its also courtney love's favorite nirvana song, cause narcisism.
Pretty sure it was Confirmed to be about kids with cancer? Not sure where you get the whole Courtney thing from, pretty sure "you know your right" is about Courtney though
The lyrics "Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint!" are apparently about his feelings on how the media saw him. If you go on this, the next lines "forever in debt to your priceless advice" could maybe be about all the "advice" that was given (forced) on the band to make a more radio-friendly sort of record, which was a very common problem for them. Or it could all just mean nothing.
"for ever in debt to your priceless advice" was something he said repeatedly to his sister growing up, it used to piss her off royally apparently. This song is about his sister and Courtney.
ManlyTeddybear, Read "heaver than heaven", exactly what I posted is in there. If it doesn't make sense, that's because most of the songs kurt wrote were compiled from random writings in his journals.
Kurt reportedly told a magazine that this song was inspired by children suffering from cancer that he saw on TV or a documentary and that really shook him but Courtney Love claimed that this song was about her which is probably the actual inspiration too. Kurt was a Pisces and Courtney a Cancer and the line "Forever in debt to your priceless advice!" Was apparently a line Kurt used to say to Courtney during arguments. This song is probably about how toxic their relationship was, a fact all the Nirvana band members acknowledge.
who and the hell cares what generation you are or what age you it's good music stop bitching damn Kurt Didn't want us arguing over some stuff he died but that changed grunge rock history he is a legend and legends never Die Keep rocking don't worry about age don't brag about a damn generation good music is still out there even in this generation we still got good Grunge, Emo, Alternative,Punk, Goth, Rock, Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Metalcore, Emocore we still have it don't worry
I would have loved to have met Kurt Cobain not only was he beautiful looking he seemed to have such a frailty, innocence and shattered soul and those things in themselves whilst they cost him his life they were beautiful.
SUM 41, The Offspring, Green Day, Rise Against, Three Days Grace, Jack White, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jimmy Eat World, MCR, and Nirvana. What else could you need?
Everybody here's talking about coming here because of different youtubers and stuff while i'm just here like My mom would play this song while cleaning the house...
Ok, so I'm a freshman in high school. And in world civ we were talking about religion. And my teacher was like, "Define Nirvana, and not the band" and legit all the kids in my class were like, "Who's Nirvana". And in my head I was like... Another reason to hate you all.
Alright, don't fuckin judge me, but this is my first time listening to Nirvana, I've heard of them and know about them, i mean who doesn't, but being raised in a Black, religious conservative household, this kind of music was never allowed. My grandparents would fuckin FLIP if they heard me listening to this! (ask me if i care so i can tell you NO.) So this is my first song by Nivana that i've ever heard and OH MY GAWD I HATE MY LIFE HOW COULD THEY HAVE HELD THIS BACK FROM ME!!????? I HAVE NOT BEEN LIVING I HAVE ONLY BEEN EXISTING!!!! WHY HAS LIFE HATED ME SO!!!!!??????
Septragon I am a believer, though. I mean, i'm christian, but i'm a...i guess...you could call me a new Christian??? I'm not the bible thumping "GOD HATES GAYS AND THEY SHOULD ALL BE KILLED AND ANYONE WHO DOESNT BELIEVE IN JESUS IS WRONG AND SHOULD BURN IN HELL FOR THE REST OF ALL TIME AND BEYOND!!!! AND I ALSO JUDGE PEOPLE DESPITE THE BIBLE CLEARLY STATING I SHOULD NOT AND I TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO WITH THEIR LIVES EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT MY JOB OR MY PLACE!"-kind of christian. I am the exact opposite...To each his own as i always say. God doesn't jusdge me by the lives of other or the music i listen to or the clothes i wear, he judges me based on my heart and how i treat others (not trying to preach, just get a little riled up when thinking of "Christians" like my grandparents...
Music like this ain't gonna damn you to hell. and people who listen to such amazing music ain't anymore of a sinner than all the people listening to hymns in church. Pisses me off that when people think of Christians THAT'S what they think of. But I'm not like that. I love rock music, and i wear black, and some of my FAVORITE styles are grunge (in all forms) and emo/goth. I just stay away from pentagrams and inverted crosses. I love everyone until they give me reason not to, and i loathe the fact they tried to beat their upside down version of Christianity into my head! for all those reading this, you may be Gay/lesbian, goth, atheist, Muslim, scientific, or simply don't believe in anything, I say to you: I don't care. I don't care about who you fuck/love, what/who you believe in, or don't. if you're good to me, I'm good to you. NOT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE GAY HATING TERRIBLE HUMAN BEINGS I PROMISE!!! There are good and understanding ones like me! Look for us! give us a chance...
Septragon It is Gods job and place to judge us based off of our hearts and how we lived our lives, he tells us not to judge others, Matthew 7:1-3King James Version (KJV) 7 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Why are we concerned that our neighbors are not living right when we ourselves have so much crap in our own lives? tbh, i have so much f***ed up crap goin on in my life i don't have time to be worried about how others live their lives. I am going to treat everyone with the love and care i want to receive from others, and when i do that, i end up blessed without even needing to ask for it. I fall short of being a good christian, i won't say i'm perfect and i won't say i practice what i preach 24/7, lesbians make me uncomfortable, but i put my discomfort aside because i don't want to hurt people,s feelings. I don't have to live according to the world and what people think is right, all i have to live by is in a beautifully bound book sitting on my bookshelf. Our God left it as a guide for us, to help us become more christ like and so that we would know he is always with us. That's all I or anyone else in the world needs. No if's, and's, or buts.
For those not understanding the feeling you get from this song……fall in love with the wrong one. You will understand this song fully. Hopefully you will never understand.
This song came out when I was in high school and I swear this entire time I thought the lyric was "stop wait, I've got a river of pain" which made sense in context compatability with the rest of the lyrics.....all these years and not one person has corrected me as I sing along.....not one single person.....you epic bastards. Now I am going to keep singing it wrong and include some of the misheard lyrics y'all have posted on this thread, just to see if anyone will correct me or if they follow along. Because apparently, the lyrics to most nirvana songs seem to be subjective. I wonder if that was part of the draw to them? You could listen to the songs almost abstractivly and the words moulded into what you needed them to be as it applied to your world at the time....or maybe we were just all really, really, high.
I feel like this is almost on purpose, when you project your own version of lyrics into a song. Not only with Nirvana but indeed, Kurt especially seemed to have sung lyrics in an ambiguous manner that are somewhat left open to listener interpretation; that is until you read the 'actual' lyrics on the inside of a record sleeve. But sometimes, the words you sing in your head hold a much more personal meaning to you.... and sometimes, just sometimes, they're just plain better than what's actually been written... I for one feel no shame in discarding/rejecting these lyrics for the ones that I've formed in my own mind....for myself, perhaps in a special place in time...
This song feels like a tunnel that never ends and as you finally see the light at the end of the tunnel you walk toward it and only seems to slip further and further away from you the more you follow it
Full declaration of death. Courtney didn’t killing by putting the shotgun in his mouth. But I’m positive she encouraged his suicidal thoughts, nurturing them, enabling them.
I been here since 1993 when In Utero came out. I was 16-17 yrs old. I never heard Nirvana before Nevermind was released and I wasnt that impresssed at first but I admired their onstage performances especially 1993 MTV VMA show. Now when In Utero came out that hit me. It was raw and hard and I could really relate to the lyrics and anger especially Scentless Apprentice but as a whole it is a great album. Almost thirty years later Nirvana has a timeless sound. Rock and Roll will never die. As long ad kids jam in their garages it is still alive whether or not it is on Billboard charts.
Born in 1993. Dad and mom listened to this while I was growing up, now it's 2016, I can play this on guitar. I idolize nirvana and listening to this band with beer feels so fucking great. Nirvana forever. RIP Kurt. You fucking genius.
Nova Sky I don’t care what anyone says this is about country, she is a narcissistic bitch and now I understand fully what Kurt was going through because I’m living it
Agreed. I hear, broken hymen...so when I saw ‘broken hearted’, I was like...ummm. I never knew Kurt personally, but he doesn’t seem like he’d ever have broken hearted in his lyrics. The man was a genius at using beautifully strange analogies and euphemisms. He passed when I was a senior in high school, so although I’m grateful to have been around in the height of his popularity. It’s pretty crazy that my 12yr old daughter wears Nirvana t-shirts and appreciates his music just as much as I do.
manuteboler ...it’s about Courtney’s lady parts. She tweeted @ Lana Del Rey quoting, “...ummm...you do know KURT wrote this about my vagina ‘throw down your umbilical noose so I could climb right back’. when Lana did a cover of Heart shaped Box. Check out ‘songs inspired by Courtney Love’ on RU-vid.
Michele Lee it sounds like it’s about her having him trapped in a relationship with her because of their child, hence the umbilical noose, he felt trapped with Courtney because of her having his child.
OMG. So many people here due to Infamous. Their cover was okay.. Obviously, it would of been 1000x better if they actually played the actual song sung by Nirvana but it's the next best thing. RIP Kurdt.
I’ve recently started getting into bands my dad absolutely adored like Nirvana and MCR and I’m compiling a playlist for us 🥰 I can’t wait for his reaction when he realizes...he did a damn good job raising his daughter and that he has impeccable music taste
Every time I look this song up it claims the meaning of this song is a heart shaped box that courtney had given Kurt as a "gift". But clearly this song is about heroin and the cursing addiction it gives you. Music today will never be the same. RIP kurt!
You know growing up, I was more into Hard Rock, Metal, and as rock music transitioned into Grundge, I listened but didn’t give it too much attention in the 90s. As an adult, really reading the words in his lyrics and understanding the meanings obvious and hidden, I really and truly get touched on the inside. The man is literally pouring pain from pen to pad, and it really showcases the dark side of human emotion for everyone to hear. No wonder this man touched so many ppl, cuz they related. This is SO visceral, and is true art. It’s sad he did not find the healing he needed in life only to find relief in death. RIP Kurt Cobain
Every time I go out to sing a cover, let it be at a talent show, Karaoke, on RU-vid, all of that sort, this is the song I sing. This is my absolute favorite song to sing to, and it's also one of my favorites from Nirvana. 💜
I always loved this band when i was young and still i've always appreciated their songs and kurt's voice as well 💔everytime i hear his voice it gets me this sadness bcs of how toxic his life was ,i really missed him
I always thought he said "I got a real Cobain" and interpreted it as he can be real this time, unlike every time in the past, and underneath the facade he's put up until now, he actually feels grateful for the advice he received, even if he was unable to follow it.
Unless you're saying you look forward to his then yours, if not then you use THAN to show that you're trying to say that you prefer something over something else
