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Summary: All Apologies, Kurt...
Review: I did rent this from my local library, luckily. I would have felt guilty buying it, as I really think that Courtney Love is the Yoko Ono of my generation, and I did not want to give her any more cash. I was a senior in high school when I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', and I won't forget that first time I heard it. Yeah, it sounds corny, but I really felt that music...it was so different from the typical 80's ...rock, and so different from the stuff I was into (The Cure, The Smiths, the new-wave stuff)...it kind-of opened my eyes and made me really sit up and listen...it was raw, real and a serious wake-up call to the stagnation that music had become.
In reading Kurt's journals (and we all know that these were censored by Yoko, um, I mean Courtney), it still gave me a sense of who Kurt was, his pro-feminist stance, his hatred of the corporate structure, his vulnerability, his great way with words.
I think the one thing that struck me the most was his adoration of the Beatles' 'Meet The Beatles' album. I see many parallels between Kurt and John Lennon, in their play with absurd words, their rebellious stance against 'the system', and their self-destructive insecurities, but it seems so divine to me that Kurt would idolize the Fab Four album that gave us 'I Want to Hold Your Hand', and so many other, very serene and loving Beatle tunes...I would have pegged Kurt to like 'The White Album' or the more aggressive Beatle tunes.
These diaries are only a glimpse...a short one, but it helps that it's written in Kurt's own hand.
Who knows what happened? The only thing I know is that Kurt is gone, and I wish he wasn't. Whether he wished us to view this or not, to me it doesn't make a difference. His music endures, his voice endures, and let's just hope that justice will be served, if not in this world, then in the next or in some better place.
I cherish what Kurt left behind, and that is in the music.
This is only a glimpse of the mind behind that effort...
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Summary: Very disturbing
Review: I like it although I think it needed to specify the relationships Kurt had with the people he wrote letters to. You figure them out, but it would be easier if we knew at that moment who we were reading about, instead of finding out at the notes in the back of the book. He talks about killing himself all the time. No one saw this coming. His symtoms: the Manic depression. I was taken aback by the complete lack of attention his family gave him. But, it was fated for him to die.
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Summary: too short
Review: First of all, if you are looking at a peek into the life of Kurt Cobain, you're better off getting the excellent Heavier Than heaven. Journals offers an assortment of rants about rock journalists, a few drawings, and some letters that were already printed in HTH. For hardcore Nirvana fans it is an interesting read, but for anybody else it ain't much. And, it's way too short. I read it front to back in 2 hours.
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Summary: Cobain's Journal
Review: This book is a must have for true true Nirvana fans.
In the begining Kurt asks you to read on and try to
understand him. By the end of it hopefully you will.
Whether or not you hate Courtney Love for putting out
Kurt's journal it is a good move for Kurt and Nirvana
fans. This book reveals the real Kurt Cobain and his
real inner thoughts. He talks about his band, his "adventures"
and his drug use. This book is 100% Cobain. No false
media cover up, no lying from Kurt. As you read you'll
witness Kurt's transformation from a happy punk rocker to
"a miserable, death rocker" he becomes later.
He discusses about the fame he recives and how media has
forced him to become something esle. Yet what this doesn't
show is the suicide note he left on April 5, 1994.
Overall this is a great book. No lies.
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Summary: why?
Review: if you were a true nirvana fan you would not read this book or invade the life of kurt cobain and his bandmembers krist novoselic and dave grohl. real fans wouldnt.
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Summary: Not right
Review: I believe reading Kurt Cobains journal is not right and an invasion of privacy. He may have been famous, but his personal life should not be. I have not read this journal, and I'm not planning on ever doing so. Please do not waste your money on something as sick as this personal journal. I hear its not worth it anyway.
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Summary: Theres Good and Theres Bad
Review: First of all in response to people who feel this shouldnt be read: You may have a point. This could be an invasion of privacy, and maybe Kurt wouldnt want people to read these. However, after reading it I dont really feel bad. For one thing, I think they might have left all the really private stuff out, because I wasnt very shocked. For another, I think sometimes people secretly want their journals read so people can know what they really think, but theyre afraid of how people will respond. So dont feel guilty reading this. Now, the book...a lot of it is pointless. It gives you lyrics you already knew, drawings of album covers that already exist, and ideas for videos that have already come out. Sometimes they repeat the exact same thing on more than one page, just one might be typed or something. This is meant to be read like a journal, not a book. A lot of people might say its not meant to be read at all. I found it hard to become really absorbed in it just because it jumped around a lot between feelings, ideas, and lyrics. Also, it wont answer all your Kurt Cobain questions, namely, why he killed himself. Much of it seems pretty weird. However, if you just want a glimpse of Kurts mind, you should still get this. It does tell you how he felt about the music industry, himself, and society in general. It explains his songs more, and gives you lyrics so some that never existed. It has a lot of letters to other bands that, on top of giving his opinions on music, will tell you a lot about the history of rock. It will tell you about the history of Nirvana and their record deals and everything as well. It talks a lot about how he hates the rich white America, and reveals his music tastes. Its hard to describe the ideas it gets across, so you can read it and find out. It doesnt tell you very much about people. I was hoping to hear more about his band, his family, and Courtney. But Nirvana fans should probably own this anyway. Closing Comments:He was obviously depressed sometimes, but he talked about the future and everything as well. He didnt seem suicidal.
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Summary: Pure Drivel
Review: Mostly multiple copies of song lyrics. After reading several of his journal entries in newspaper reviews, I thought this would be a good read. Unfortunately, the entries I read were the extent of his true journal entries. Prior to reading the book, I was under the impression that Cobain was relatively intelligent, however Journals made it seem as if he's the type to use big words without knowing their meaning. Don't waste your time or money unless you want lyrics or Cobain written comic strips that aren't funny.
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Summary: great to read
Review: i thought this book was fantastic its nice to know what kurt was thinking in his early years aswell as leading up to his death, although it doesnt really answer many questions about his death and why he committed suicide another good read is : who killed kurt cobain
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Summary: Courtney appaling to The Cobain Legacy
Review: Well to put out a man's personall thoughts and his private notes i think is appling. I got his journals from a friend for christmas and to tell ya the truth i felt guilty have it its full of pictures (Scale Drawings) of Kurt how he think he looks on the inside. Also its full of letter he never ever sent to any of his fame or family. I think Courtney Love Should burn in hell for what she done to Kurt She doesnt deserve to have his child. Also why did Kurt Mysteriously die well i think its because Courtney found out he was gonna devorce her and she knew she wouldnt get anything when he died.
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