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Please be aware that "Talent" implies a natural aptitude, not being "good" nor even the extent of any ability.
From a very early age, Cobain had sophisticated ear for music and was strongly inspired artistically. This does suggest he possessed some talent. He was, however, not a great musician, but I (and others apparently) would consider his songwriting to be his fort€.
Arguably his status was already well in place from frequent media attention on his and Courtney's heroin habits and domestic violence. His death simply underlined what was well established.
"He's the one
Who like all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
Don't know what it means"
Nirvana - In Bloom
Satisfied by the superficial. Such as the basic love from a dog when you throw it a bone and it thinks the world of you from it. Only issue was Kurt didn't understand that love was actually real and genuine, none the less.
This however then got to a point where they where told and even forced to fake it for the fans, in which he strongly disagreed towards. So he mocked that idea. Auto-tuning and backing tracks on live concepts was something he would never be able to accept.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzRAZ1uS-Ao
To figure out if a band has music talent or not, their live concert should be as good as their recorded songs, without faking.
Funny enough though is he hated grunge music and didn't wanna do it anymore, but signed a contract to do more so he had to. Probably contributed to his suicidal thoughts (just do what Niel young and frank Zappa did when they were under contract they didn't want to be under,purposefully release ♥♥♥♥♥♥ albums til it was done)
You don't need a toe on a trigger of a shotgun to blow your face off. His arms are adequately long enough to accomplish such a job.
I guess I did that with XXX, but that's because I assumed he faked it and predicted it, claiming he hopes to get fame from it. Still messed up now I think about it, if I'm wrong.
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One might be able to reproduce Cobain's songs note for note but find it difficult to produce the same effect as Kurt did, because Kurt was extremely honest with his songwriting and expression.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhcttcXcRYY
This is 'live', not pre-recorded, auto-tuned, or a played backing track over. That's how I justify music talent.
Another example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GF8AIcFkgM
Starting to see the picture? It's pretty simple to figure out the ones with actual talent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=624mRYF7LRg
Was he talented? I guess, but so are a lot of janitors. When they get hooked on dope we just call them drug addicts, though. Musicians, nope, it's tragic and the inevitable consequence of being so talented and misunderstood. My poor heart just bleeds!
Gimme a break. Kurt Cobain was just your average trash in the right place at the right time and as replaceable as the stopper in your bathroom sink. The only thing "special" about him was the special treatment he got from the media and entertainment industry that made millions if not billions of dollars either from his music or by turning his pathetic life and death into entertainment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6hYe6FbA60
However, seriously, yeah lots of musicians / bands are under so much pressure and have enough money, they will probably get offered or involved in that.
Guns N Roses was the same deal, except Slash became a family man, gave up the drugs and even split away from the band for a point of time to avoid the drug abuse involved. He figured out it's a numb, rather than actual requirement. I strongly respect him for that.
Long answer: Not at all.
Same goes for "The Crow". Just because Brandon Lee was shot on set doesn't make this move "awesome and one of the best".
Being dead doesn't make you famous or mystic. If it wasn't for the shotgun, it would have been the drugs.
I beg to disagree, but this is a touchy subject.
I believe in the music artist's staged deaths around drama for retirement/peace/more fame conspiracy theories.
Nirvana, Michael Jackson and XXX are all examples of this. XXX was even one to predict it would happen in his last live stream and mentioned it 5 times before his so-called death.
Media has a field day and eats it up, positive or negative doesn't matter, it drives traffic and attention. Then they somehow keep selling and profiting from it after death, finding new music never released, etc. It becomes very questionable with XXX, in my eyes anyways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2783u08q6Xk
so i guess if aptitude is how you define talent he was pretty good i suppose, and he got popular from it to boot
Was....