I’ll get in the holiday season and give a thought to something Christians all over the world commemorate in the holy month of April: the death of Kurt Cobain and the ever-growing resurrection of Nirvana. It’s difficult to find even a non-single of theirs that is not known by almost everybody, especially off of Nevermind
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On a Plain is the song that always comes to mind when I hear that Kurt Cobain considered The Beatles a major influence. There is a lot of melodicity in Nirvana’s work and by burying it in punk whirpools, they achieved the sound that bears their name. That’s what this song is all about, sonically speaking. Lyrically, I don’t think we should look too much into it, because the subject is pretty clear: “It is now time to make it unclear, To write off lines that don’t make sense”, to which we can add “And one more special message to go, And then I’m done, and I can go home”. The thing we should remember about Nirvana is not how great they are and what legends they’ve become, because we are already reminded of that all the time (being their generation’s time to boast their idols). Because of that, emerges the danger to close our ears to Nirvana, as a reaction to overexposure. Before you do that, listen (again) to the albums, find your own favorites, discover or rediscover.
ON A PLAIN here ON An unplugged PLAIN here
April 13th, 2010 on 9:26 am
The thing we should remember about Nirvana is a great and what legends they’ve become, because we are already reminded of that all the time.