To what extent is the reader convinced by Charles R Cross’s analysis of Kurt Cobain’s Lyrics?
“I’m worst at what I do best, and for this gift, I feel blessed”
Every teenager you have ever met since 1991 will have heard the immortal Nirvana Song “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Off the “Nevermind” album, which was released earlier that year, it spoke of teen angst and rebellion, it was ever teenagers mind spoken. Although, starting this essay with the release of “Nevermind” is bringing you in at the end of the show so to speak, for in three years time Kurt Cobain would be dead, through suicide with a fire arm. In this essay I am going to shed a little light into Kurt Cobains mind and how Char
les R Cross is able to convey Kurt Cobain as many different people through his own interpretation of Nirvana’s lyrics.
“I’ve been drawn to your magnet tar pit trap, I wish I cold eat your cancer when you turn black.” No doubt after reading that you’ll be thinking something like: “Eh!?” Which I would grant you, is understandable, however this extract from “Heart Shaped Box” one of Nirvana’s most surreal songs conveys something very important about Kurt Cobain’ personality. It conveys that (although he appeared as an illiterate stoner from suburbia no-where) he actually took a lot of time to write things with a bold point, not just the first drivel that wound up in his head. This is the appearance of another shade of Kurt Coabin: Kurt Cobain the artist. It is obvious that Charl
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