Showing posts with label Kurt Cobain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kurt Cobain. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Quotes of the Month: October 2011

Quote of the Month:

“It’s hard to accept being liked.”

-Andy Rooney

Dumb Quotes of the Month:


"Murder will continue to rise. Rape will continue to rise. All crime will continue to rise."

-Joe Biden on what would happen if the Jobs Bill fails

“I believe all the choices we've made have been the right ones.”

-Barack Obama

Twilight Zone Quote of the Month:

"Dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today."

-Former Weezer Bassist Mikey Welsh one week before he suddenly died.

Slam of the Month:

"Kobe, five championships; LeBron, zero.”

-Magic Johnson

And the rest…

"I was thinking about it in the outfield last night. With all of the stress and everything of that game yesterday, you know, thinking about and actually made some amends with trainers and with staff from the other side, from the Rays' side, because I don't think I ever had, as far as what I did and when I was here and my time. And they put a lot of time and effort into me, so just made an apology, a few yesterday."

-Josh Hamilton

“I’d kill Kurt Cobain for killing himself.”

-Courtney Love on what she’d do if he came back from the dead

“We want sweeping unspecified change.”

- A sign in the Occupy Wall Street protests

“I left the Democratic plantation a long time ago.”

-Herman Cain

"10 years ago, Steve Jobs was alive, Bob Hope was alive, Johnny Cash was alive. Now we're outta jobs, outta hope &outta cash"

-Peggy Noonan

“Without trade, Jerome Harrison doesn't get physical. Without physical, doctors don't find brain tumor. Trade might have saved his life.”

-Adam Schefter

“You’re headed for a one-term presidency.”

-Steve Jobs to Barack Obama

"After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over."

-Barack Obama

“Do you know right from wrong?”

-Moammar Khadafy (last words)

“We came. We saw. He died.”

-Hillary Clinton celebrating Khadafy’s death

Monday, July 25, 2011

Top 200 Albums of All Time: "N" artists

Nevermind: Nirvana (1991)
Few albums had the type of impact that Nevermind experienced. Nirvana shocked the music world when the album unseated Michael Jackson atop the music charts. Nevermind brought alternative music to the mainstream and wiped out the music scene of the time. Grunge took over for a few years before burning out. Rolling Stone summed it up best, "No album in recent history had such an overpowering impact on a generation—a nation of teens suddenly turned punk—and such a catastrophic effect on its main creator."

Key Tracks:

Smells Like Teen Spirit
Come As You Are
Lithium
In Bloom

In Utero: Nirvana (1993)

Nirvana tried to move away from their sound in Nevermind. As a result, they created a grittier, dirtier, rawer record. Perhaps nothing demonstrates the difference between the two albums than their covers. Nevermind featured a baby. In Utero featured an angel with its musculature exposed.

Key Tracks:

Heart-Shaped Box
Rape Me
Pennyroyal Tea

MTV Unplugged in New York: Nirvana (1994)

Nirvana released Unplugged in New York nearly seven months following Kurt Cobain’s suicide. The album demonstrated the band’s range as they moved away from so-called Grunge music. Additionally, it appeared as though Cobain was acting as though the record and accompanying video were a farewell.

Key Tracks:

About a Girl
The Man Who Sold the World
Lake of Fire
All Apologies
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

Ready to Die: Notorious B.I.G. (1994)

Biggie’s semi-autobiographical album focuses on his days as a criminal.

Key Tracks:

Juicy
Big Poppa
One More Chance

Straight Outta Compton: NWA (1988)

NWA changed the direction of rap and hip-hop. The lyrics spoke of the gangsta lifestyle and influenced the genre for a number of years afterward. It was a dramatic departure for the musical style, which boasted MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice.

Key Tracks:
Straight Outta Compton
Gangsta Gangsta
Express Yourself
Fuck tha Police