Kurt Cobain About a Son: Motion Picture SoundtrackBursuk Records
I remember the day they found Kurt Cobian’s body. Four days after my 14th birthday. We had a school dance and instead of Stairway to Heaven, they played Smells Like Teen Spirit as the last song. I think I cried. I really, really loved Nirvana. Of course as I got older, I discovered pop punk, and my obsession faded. But I still remember reading Come as You Are, planning my own autobiography. I really wished I had a shitty childhood and a drug problem so mine life story could be so gripping. I definitely learned to play guitar because of Kurt Cobain. I ended up going to college in Washington. Although I didn’t even listen to Nirvana anymore, I think my early teenage obsession was part of the reason. I’ll admit then I still got a little giddy when I went to the Showbox or anywhere else Nirvana once played. I didn’t really listen to the albums anymore, but I still got stoked when a track from Nevermind came on. I remember being a bit bothered when that documentary Kurt and Courtney came out. I watched it, don’t get me wrong, but it just seemed a little too soon, too harsh. About a Son on the other hand, seems like it’s going to be amazing. I hadn’t heard anything about it (admittedly I’ve fallen out of step with Nirvana and pop culture in general) until the sound soundtrack showed up on my doorstep. But after listening to the soundtrack, I definitely want to see it. The soundtrack has no Nirvana on it. And it shouldn’t. Instead it is the music that inspired Nirvana. And I know they did their homework thanks to my dedication to the band once upon a time. Unlike Kurt and Courtney or any other post-mortem Nirvana release, this really captured the soul of what the band meant to a legion of maladjusted teenagers.- Brooke Geery
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