Nirvana

August 23, 2010 in Music with 3 Comments

There are a ton of great things about music.  Bob Marley said,

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Another good thing about music is the memory it sparks.  It’s not just memorizing lyrics.  It’s memorizing a feeling, a point in your life, a friend or even a foe.  It’s memorizing an emotion, and with the strum of a chord, it all comes flooding back like it was happening all over again.

I got some great memory comments over on my “Cash” post last week.  I mean.. some really good ones.

Through most of high school, my favorite band was Nirvana. (Still is in my top 2 or 3).  When I hear a song, it brings a lot back.

I remember picking my outfits so carefully, so I could like like them.

I remember laying awake at night, listening to Nirvana and wishing my folks would stop fighting.

I remember my first guitar.

I remember having to play Nirvana loud enough to not hear the parties my mom was throwing.

I remember crying. I remember laughing.  I remember friendships, come and gone, I remember the day Kurt died.

I remember going to Kroger, and asking them for “Penny Royal Tea” not knowing that it is actually a toxic tea leaf, and was often used as a suicide agent.

What memories come back when you think of Nirvana?

  • http://www.whatsthislifefor.posterous.com PastorT

    I'm old….never really been a fan of Nirvana and unfortunately the only thing that comes to mind when I think about them is Courtney Love. So, I'd rather not think about them :D .

  • http://adamblack.wordpress.com/ adam

    saw them at the omni when i was in high school. amazing show. kurt wasn't around too long after that.

    some other interesting things i remember when I think of kurt and the gang..

    -band camp, 1994 (i think). we always had a silly talent show. my buddy jamie couldn't sing worth a flip, so we decided it'd be funny for me to play the guitar and have him sing Rape Me. it was a hit with the rest of the band but not so much with the teachers.. we got reamed out over that one!

    -girl i dated was related (barely) to chris novoselic. never could get any connection though :) who knows if she was telling me the truth? but it was BAD ARSE at the time!

  • http://twitter.com/thedewde Junior Casares

    I remember hanging out with my best friend, pretty much non-stop.

    I remember memorizing the lyrics, singing them, and looking in the dictionary trying to figure some of it out and then trying to make sense of it all.

    I remember trying to get our hair like his and/or Layne Staley's

    I remember seeing the Smells Like Teen Spirit video for the first time, telling my friend about the band and then recording it on VHS so I could watch it over and over.