he may not have understood the theory, but it is interesting to analyse his work from a theory perspective to see how deceptively simple his music was.
Kurt balanced the Yin and Yang of punk vs pop, Sex Pistols vs Beatles so well that he defined music for a generation and changed music in the most significant way since The Beatles.
With age, comes wisdom and with wisdom comes understanding that the most punk rock thing you can do is sit in a chair on stage. Cash was the OG Punk Rocker
It funny because the stuff they did was so commercial. It's a whole bunch of very structured pop songs in terms of verse, verse, chorus, bridge, lead, chorus etc. He was so relentless telling people he didn't want that into which he was investing everything. I think it's called reactance theory, sort of branch of cognitive dissonance. The person wants success, but they are afraid it will control them, so they don't want it. Like Good Will Hunting. Very catchy choruses too.
But it was highly clever, with puns, subversive themes, and wordplays buried under that standard basic formula...i agree tho, that kurt was walking a tightrope, something dave seems to have fell off...yeah, he fell off
I am 27 now and turning 28 next May. It feels odd outliving your idol age and I used to ask myself back when I was 14 and playing my guitar why would he be so sad and I get it now minus the bad thoughts. If Kurt only learned to love himself
I don´t even like nirvana like that, i have one CD of them i listen to sometimes but that WAS pretty much it. i´m a very lyric focused type person so their songs just never really appealed to me because, i think, it wasn´t as easy as with other stuff i listen to, to discover my personal meaning. This video motivated me to get more into the band though. Kurts talk about the generation gap really spoke to me as a musician. We only really have one or two rock bands that are new and a lot of young people listen to. I think those are maybe Artic Monkeys and Maneskin? And even those two do´t have the type of mainstream sucess that bands like Nirvana or idk the beatles or radiohead had (only talking about mainstream popularity i know they aren´t really comparable bands). I think every generation deserves a rockband. Maybe I can add to that list one day. 9/10 a beautiful well made piece of art that still has a clear structure even though it does´t show the watcher much besides old clips and kurts journal entries. I would put the ad at the end though it really negativly affected the experience for me and took me out of the video so that´s why i gave 9/10.
Facts rap wasnt as a creative as it it was in the 2010 era with souncloud rap tho thats when u started to see people inspired by kurt start playing with new sounds in hip hop
whoever edited this video. the interview mark 10:44 the reporter talking about the angel representing kurt and his split personality and then him smashing the head off of the real prop with a guitar is eerie af to me
Well Kurt acted like an autistic asshole during interviews. He talks about empathy and kindness, "materialism bad ", but his actions and way of speaking shows more arrogance and indifference than what he claims. I am a huge fan of his music, but he was a hypocrite asshole, making millions, being super rude and playing like he was illuminated.
I think this is a very good video particularly because you've edited so many interviews together. I think Kurt did care about the lyrics more than he makes out. On the other hand, he is very consistent and clear that he is only interested in the whole feel of the song, and is deliberately committed to letting the listener decide the meaning of his lyrics, the meaning of the band name, etc.. Their interviews are usually awful because they deliberately have no intention of explaining themselves, answering questions or playing by others rules. It's part of their anarchist punk ethos. But when they are in their performance on stage they were mind blowingly fantastic and when they weren't, they were chaotically awful. When Krist talks about Cobain now often says he was very "intense", and you can feel that a little bit here
We can't see it on the vid but just above "to find a way" it says "gotta find a way, a better way to find a way", so Terrirotial Pissings. Not sure about "What I need someday"
Yeah agreed, I included it on the notes in the vid as well, but not sure why the chorus lyrics also appear in the list, maybe he listed the song twice (a second draft title before reaching the final one? or perhaps just some lyrics doodling
I love Kurt as an artist and songs can sound similar at times but instead of blue oyster cult which sounded nothing like smells like teen spirit to me I thought you were gonna say (More than a feeling) by Boston and the funny part is that Nirvana actually played the beginning of that song live at a concert which sounded pretty dam good lol
His problem was that he never knew or accepted what he was. It wasn’t “real” to him. He never identified with it. His fundamental sense of identity was ruined as a kid being passed around relatives.
Just stumbled onto your channel and i really like what you're putting out here :) Well informed Essays, incredibly put together from different sources and not chaotic but very informative hearing the continuity from the artists. Definitely on the lookout for what else you got coming ✌️
When David Bowie actually likes your cover you're doing pretty well I'd say. Unplugged and In Utero my fav Nirvana albums, the others are good but these stand out to me 👍
A lot of my subscribers are interested in improving their music skills, hence the ad... Also, it's about practice for your ear, and as Kurt says in the clip at the end of this video, for aspiring musicians, he suggests to keep practicing as much as you can
I didn't watch this video but i will say this. Kurt was a real artist. He passes the test. Today everybody is a 'content provider', musicians with integrity and cleverness like Kurt are rare.
Its crazy how much Dave Grohl started acting like Kurt even though he's nothing like him. I guess he wanted to fit in? As soon as. Nirvana was over Dave cut his hair, cleaned up, and was totally different.
yes. I fully noticed this also, way back then. DG is sinister and up to something. its like a totally different person and it was overnight change. He seemed to change because kurt was not here to judge him, as opposed to changing due to kurts death affecting him. I think the truth has not been unravelled yet about why this is the case. one of the DG's is definately unnatural, an act.
@@3minuteswithMarc Makes sense, more so it's just the interviewers are being pretty pressing with their questions and the crew lowkey doesnt wanna answer haha. Great compilation!
Looks like the music industry since about 2003 completely missed Kurt's advice at the end. I call it the American Idol effect. Good music stopped mattering a long time ago. What really matters now is what you like, how many Facebook, TH-cam, and Twitter followers you have, making the big vocal runs, the massive stage production, etc. Music is really just background noise. It's all the same load of crap coming out of the pop and hip-hop factory, completely devoid of creativity or artistic freedom. Kurt would be appalled.
Well a lot of my subscribers are interested in improving their music skills, hence the ad! Also, it's about practice for your ear, and as Kurt says in the clip at the end of this video, for aspiring musicians, he suggests to keep practicing
He was mentally disturbed, writing from his subconscious,and acid head like krist,...far from a poser, through he embraced his teen icon status ironically
I wasn't aware of that vid till someone metioned it in my comments! It's a great vid but honestly aside from the title and thumbnail, the rest is quite different... even the format is different (10 mins vs 1 hour)
@ I feel like it’s all the exact same points same vids same clips ect you just made it shorter lmao I mean if ur gonna copy it’s better to own it than deny it fr
@MrMcNuggettt Things are out of control when signing a deal. Kurt I think was a nice guy but got overwhelmed with fame. Don't get me wrong, I love Nirvana.
A lot of my subscribers are interested in music theory, hence the ad! Also, it's about practicing music notions, and as Kurt says in the clip at the end of this video, for aspiring musicians, he suggests to keep practicing
Dude, a commercial for practicing music theory in a Kurt Cobain video is just so wrong xD
he may not have understood the theory, but it is interesting to analyse his work from a theory perspective to see how deceptively simple his music was.
😜
Rock Beato has loads of videos about music theory known or unknown by the writers/bands of songs.
My exact thoughts.
You think one of the greatest musicians of all time doesn't know music theory..music theory isn't walking on water.
Crazy how this dude would've been a Grandpa now.
He'd be 58, not that old
@@chilldude30 His daughter Frances had a baby with her husband Riley Hawk - son of Tony Hawk lmao.
@@MyNameIsNotActuallyRoscomeaning that kid is never gonna have to work in his/her life.
@@jayfermin7449 we'll see lol
id bet anything hes still alive
Kurt balanced the Yin and Yang of punk vs pop, Sex Pistols vs Beatles so well that he defined music for a generation and changed music in the most significant way since The Beatles.
Very nicely put!! 👍
Lol
The only thing that relates to The Beatles and Nirvana is they were both overrated.
@PWEIcom Contrarian behaviour doesn't make you cool kiddo
As does Pearl Jam. As did Alice In Chains and Soundgarden.
Every person that is a musician wants to have success and fame, Cobain just wanted to not compromise his art, but also be rich and famous.
...and then he got what he wanted, which was such a long shot, but then suicided. The world (and or mind) can be a f'ed up place.
I dont think he wanted to be rich an famous...it just happened that all the seattle bands became hugely popular at the time he was playing
@LSD-33166he definitely wanted to be famous. Krist has said as much in several posthumous interviews. Kurt was clearly very ambitious
I the the more common one is the ladder
With age, comes wisdom and with wisdom comes understanding that the most punk rock thing you can do is sit in a chair on stage. Cash was the OG Punk Rocker
Elliott Smith did it nearly every show. Of course he played acoustic mainly but grew up on punk as well.
It funny because the stuff they did was so commercial. It's a whole bunch of very structured pop songs in terms of verse, verse, chorus, bridge, lead, chorus etc. He was so relentless telling people he didn't want that into which he was investing everything. I think it's called reactance theory, sort of branch of cognitive dissonance. The person wants success, but they are afraid it will control them, so they don't want it. Like Good Will Hunting. Very catchy choruses too.
But it was highly clever, with puns, subversive themes, and wordplays buried under that standard basic formula...i agree tho, that kurt was walking a tightrope, something dave seems to have fell off...yeah, he fell off
That duality is what made him great to me
Kurt was a genuine guy. I would be actually comfortable hanging out with him despite him being a mega star
I am 27 now and turning 28 next May. It feels odd outliving your idol age and I used to ask myself back when I was 14 and playing my guitar why would he be so sad and I get it now minus the bad thoughts. If Kurt only learned to love himself
very well made video, i enjoyed the whole thing
Thank you!!
I don´t even like nirvana like that, i have one CD of them i listen to sometimes but that WAS pretty much it.
i´m a very lyric focused type person so their songs just never really appealed to me because, i think, it wasn´t as easy as with other stuff i listen to, to discover my personal meaning.
This video motivated me to get more into the band though.
Kurts talk about the generation gap really spoke to me as a musician. We only really have one or two rock bands that are new and a lot of young people listen to.
I think those are maybe Artic Monkeys and Maneskin?
And even those two do´t have the type of mainstream sucess that bands like Nirvana or idk the beatles or radiohead had (only talking about mainstream popularity i know they aren´t really comparable bands).
I think every generation deserves a rockband.
Maybe I can add to that list one day.
9/10 a beautiful well made piece of art that still has a clear structure even though it does´t show the watcher much besides old clips and kurts journal entries.
I would put the ad at the end though it really negativly affected the experience for me and took me out of the video so that´s why i gave 9/10.
Thank you!
2:15 makes me sad knowing he seemed to genuinely wanna grow older... r.i.p kurt...
Beautiful compilation!
Thank you!
awesome video
Thank you!!
1:08 after he said that he followed up with "it'll be a household word in no time"
“Kurt Cobain: The Paradox of a Generational Icon” this video has been done before
That video is one of my favorite ones on kurt, followed by MarcButEvil's videos on the band as a whole
Wasn't aware of that, just checked it out, great vid! Although the title is similar, the format is different
So. These cords have been used before.
Who cares? This video is better.
The last real big thing and movement in Music history. Back when music was really music. 90s were the peak of creativity.
I mean, the 60s and 70s too! And arguably the 50s and 90s!
I meant to say 80s, not 90s...
Everything was peak in the 90s
Facts rap wasnt as a creative as it it was in the 2010 era with souncloud rap tho thats when u started to see people inspired by kurt start playing with new sounds in hip hop
@@MoneyMoonPlueproduction got more creative in hip hop, if you’re a musician this is the best time in history to be one
One of the best songwriters of all time, RIP
wow, such an amazing and beautiful video
Thank you!
whoever edited this video. the interview mark 10:44 the reporter talking about the angel representing kurt and his split personality and then him smashing the head off of the real prop with a guitar is eerie af to me
I rate a song on ho many meaning can be derived, meaning how clever it is constructed, and how good it sounds when hiiii..kurt was top notch
great video!
Thanks!!
fun fact: kurt cobain and tony hawk have the same grandkid
I remember seeing this video of a kid skating with 2 boards while playing the guitar😂 The perfect kurt and tony love child
Kurt cobain would hate simply guitar
2:52 he doesn't say decide he says decipher
2:14 made me cry
😔
10:25 made me crying knowing how he grew into old age
Its all in the music maaan
Title of the video got change from story of smell like teen spirit to the contradictions of kurt cobain
Yeah click rate is kind of low so I'm trying out different titles, also someone mentioned that another vid already had that same title
10:24 They were prophets
Wild
w0w!
great video dude :D
Thanks!!
Thank you for this beautiful story of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain!❤
Thank you!
i like this video it shows a more human side to the band. i feel like a lot of videos dont potray them in a human way.
Thank you!
Well Kurt acted like an autistic asshole during interviews. He talks about empathy and kindness, "materialism bad ", but his actions and way of speaking shows more arrogance and indifference than what he claims. I am a huge fan of his music, but he was a hypocrite asshole, making millions, being super rude and playing like he was illuminated.
I think this is a very good video particularly because you've edited so many interviews together. I think Kurt did care about the lyrics more than he makes out. On the other hand, he is very consistent and clear that he is only interested in the whole feel of the song, and is deliberately committed to letting the listener decide the meaning of his lyrics, the meaning of the band name, etc.. Their interviews are usually awful because they deliberately have no intention of explaining themselves, answering questions or playing by others rules. It's part of their anarchist punk ethos. But when they are in their performance on stage they were mind blowingly fantastic and when they weren't, they were chaotically awful. When Krist talks about Cobain now often says he was very "intense", and you can feel that a little bit here
@4:29 "what i need someday" and "to find a way" is also written does anyone know what songs those were? Or renamed as?
We can't see it on the vid but just above "to find a way" it says "gotta find a way, a better way to find a way", so Terrirotial Pissings. Not sure about "What I need someday"
@@3minuteswithMarcp rock was territorial, guessing based on the fact that they called it that in early set lists in 1990 and early 1991
Yeah agreed, I included it on the notes in the vid as well, but not sure why the chorus lyrics also appear in the list, maybe he listed the song twice (a second draft title before reaching the final one? or perhaps just some lyrics doodling
I love Kurt as an artist and songs can sound similar at times but instead of blue oyster cult which sounded nothing like smells like teen spirit to me I thought you were gonna say (More than a feeling) by Boston and the funny part is that Nirvana actually played the beginning of that song live at a concert which sounded pretty dam good lol
His problem was that he never knew or accepted what he was. It wasn’t “real” to him. He never identified with it.
His fundamental sense of identity was ruined as a kid being passed around relatives.
9:55 I wish more people took Kurt's advice in 2020/21 when it comes to not believing in what you see on the television or read in the newspaper's.
Shut it
his writing was poetic and tragic
Just stumbled onto your channel and i really like what you're putting out here :)
Well informed Essays, incredibly put together from different sources and not chaotic but very informative hearing the continuity from the artists. Definitely on the lookout for what else you got coming ✌️
Thank you!!
Good video 👍
Thanks for the vid!
2:04 this part is sad. He’s thinking about his future. Yikes.
Are you ever gonna go back to piano tutorials? I’m loving the new vids, just curious :3
Thank you!! I'm not sure, perhaps when Arctic Monkeys release a new album
wait could someone explain why he was saying "roger taylor" at the end of the video? im so curious bc it seems so random
It was during a live TV show in England, so probably just a nod to Queen (Roger Taylor is Queen's drummer). Also perhaps to show it wasn't playback?
When David Bowie actually likes your cover you're doing pretty well I'd say.
Unplugged and In Utero my fav Nirvana albums, the others are good but these stand out to me 👍
not just duality...Transcending duality
True
2:14 umm
advertising a music learning program in a kurt cobain video is crazy
A lot of my subscribers are interested in improving their music skills, hence the ad... Also, it's about practice for your ear, and as Kurt says in the clip at the end of this video, for aspiring musicians, he suggests to keep practicing as much as you can
My favorite band, my favorite singer, ❤
marc, this video isnt 3 minutes man
It's also biting the Pixies
Good ass video my guy 🔥
Thank you 🙏
Odd no mention of the influence of William S. Burroughs on Kurt Cobain.
Perhaps in a future vid about Heart Shaped Box
I didn't watch this video but i will say this. Kurt was a real artist. He passes the test. Today everybody is a 'content provider', musicians with integrity and cleverness like Kurt are rare.
I recently have it a shot with a tribute song called "Ah, Well, Whatever", if anyone's interested...
Justice For Kurt
R.I.P. Kurt Cobain
Thumbnail is backward
You mean 'cause he's writing with his right hand? Actually he played guitar left-handed but wrote with his right hand
@@3minuteswithMarc Interesting, the guitar player in my band plays right-handed but writes left-handed
Its crazy how much Dave Grohl started acting like Kurt even though he's nothing like him. I guess he wanted to fit in? As soon as. Nirvana was over Dave cut his hair, cleaned up, and was totally different.
yes. I fully noticed this also, way back then. DG is sinister and up to something. its like a totally different person and it was overnight change. He seemed to change because kurt was not here to judge him, as opposed to changing due to kurts death affecting him. I think the truth has not been unravelled yet about why this is the case. one of the DG's is definately unnatural, an act.
First heard its a revelation
kurt wouldve hated this video
Why?
I hate things just as strongly as kurt... its why i hate foo fighters
this is not 3 minutes, marc.
Epic
🙏
Man these interviews uncomfortable as fuck, dave and chris just sitting there like :l
Well they do talk in these interviews (especially Krist) but I wanted to focus on Kurt for this video
@@3minuteswithMarc Makes sense, more so it's just the interviewers are being pretty pressing with their questions and the crew lowkey doesnt wanna answer haha. Great compilation!
Kirk would take 2 riffs from 2 songs and unite them
10:20 And then he was president 😮😮😮
Mr. Moustache 💀💀💀💀💀💀
I would to have heard his music if he had lived and matured 💖
You should check out his demos if you haven't already, you can also listen to the band mockup versions to see what future albums could've sounded like
I wish he'd just lived..got out of the biz 4 awhile...then...??? ❤
Many thanks 💓
im literally kurt cobain
I'm literally patrick bateman
Norvana
Cobain's approach = feeble minded grasping
This guy was too much for the music industry to handle.
1 Steal Boston's More Than a Feeling, call it Smells Like Teen Spirit, and profit!
Yea musical theory is cool but it'll turn you into a mad scientist. Pythagoras was right his theory of celestial bodies as sounds.
Era el más cool
They were making fun of trump before it was cool
Good video. It at least scratches the surface of how Cobain ticked.
Looks like the music industry since about 2003 completely missed Kurt's advice at the end. I call it the American Idol effect. Good music stopped mattering a long time ago. What really matters now is what you like, how many Facebook, TH-cam, and Twitter followers you have, making the big vocal runs, the massive stage production, etc. Music is really just background noise. It's all the same load of crap coming out of the pop and hip-hop factory, completely devoid of creativity or artistic freedom. Kurt would be appalled.
Flash forward 2024 its worse
what most people don't seem to know is that donald trump wrote every lyric on nevermind. he is an uncredited ghost writer.
His approach? Scribble shit on a pizza box 30 min from the studio
lol wth is this channel and the script and editing quality?
🤷♂
damn
Tone gym is bad ad placement for this video.
Well a lot of my subscribers are interested in improving their music skills, hence the ad! Also, it's about practice for your ear, and as Kurt says in the clip at the end of this video, for aspiring musicians, he suggests to keep practicing
Kurt was such a poser actually, but a talented one
He knew he was gorgeous really 💗
He wasnt poser
He was mentally disturbed, writing from his subconscious,and acid head like krist,...far from a poser, through he embraced his teen icon status ironically
It's either in you begging to get out
or you're just not a song writer
Feel like you took all ur ideas from this video from soulr lil scummy tbh lol
I wasn't aware of that vid till someone metioned it in my comments! It's a great vid but honestly aside from the title and thumbnail, the rest is quite different... even the format is different (10 mins vs 1 hour)
@ I feel like it’s all the exact same points same vids same clips ect you just made it shorter lmao I mean if ur gonna copy it’s better to own it than deny it fr
Looks like my vids are reaching trolls now 🤷♂️
Bro LEAVE Kurt alone 😭😭😭
What do you mean, this vid isn't saying anything bad about Kurt
girl you dont know him😭😭
@@3minuteswithMarc nah Ik and nothing against your video, it’s just there’s so maaaannny video essays about him. Just let him rest I guess
@@fudgepudge2067 I AM him
He is fckn dead, lying on the bottom of his grave. I think he is really rest right now
If you do not strive for fame then do not publish your music.
He wanted to be a known band but not to the point where he had the biggest band in the world
@MrMcNuggettt Things are out of control when signing a deal. Kurt I think was a nice guy but got overwhelmed with fame. Don't get me wrong, I love Nirvana.
the more i watch Cobain the more i realize how full of sht he was lol
Not full time of shit full of heroin
💯 he was a troubled drug addict
I disliked because of the ad.
The ad is the complete opposite of the video content.
A lot of my subscribers are interested in music theory, hence the ad! Also, it's about practicing music notions, and as Kurt says in the clip at the end of this video, for aspiring musicians, he suggests to keep practicing
this is clikbait😢cos yor accaount name is 3 minits wit marc but the vido is 11 minits😡
yes i agre with ju becos his nam is 3 minits wit marc but the vido is 11 minits
why did u change the thumbnail with donald trump in it 💀💀
I'm trying out various thumbnails, to make it stand out, it's a tricky one 🤷♂️
I think the Courtney love theory might be true
these illustration animations suck
What's wrong with them?
Wow, Kurt's mom looked young (and attractive!) enough to be his girlfriend!
😍😍😍
Bro what??
overrated
Teen spirit was about some guys selling their guns for money to get a hooker to lose their virginity..just read the lyrics come on now lol
the most pointless video
Thanks, the most useful comment
Overrated.
Ooh youre so edgy. Lol