Nirvana - Old Age [Kurt Solo Acoustic Demo]
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2011
- 'Old Age' Recorded sometime in 1992. A demo of a song Kurt would later 'give' to Courtney, due to his dissatisfaction with it. The song in the beginning seems to be an improvisation, followed by a short covered section of 'Low Rider'. Most of these have been converted from lossless audio .FLAC files.
His voice could be strong and angry but then fragile and weak. He was from outer space.
+12truk
In other words, Kurt was just a little bitch. Ok XD
+12truk your profile picture XD
+TheSmashingTesticles fuck ya self
yeah, and sometimes, he does the crack in his voice and that makes me want to cry...:'(
Not Kurt.
Imagine if the next Nirvana album was full of songs like this...
would be perfekt
I was thinking the exact same thing! That improvisation that leads into it as well :O
DWIGHTTTTT I MISS YOU
it was going to be
nah it was gonna be hard rock and roll
He had an uncanny ability at finding melodies in weird chord groupings.
T_Rossi80
That is so true. Not enough people mention this fact. Very good observation mate.
Think how many days and nights he sat there doing this while Tracy Marander slipped food under the door for him, taking care of him then he unexpectedly gets big globally with Krist and Dave and is never the same with the drugs and being with Courtney. Burned out abruptly but I'm glad we got to hear Kurt's music and voice. Sad we didn't get more, just imagine the albums we would've got with REM and others... 😔
@Brian Last Good call on that.
You can say that, I say opposite, he find weird but cool melodies in normal cord groupings. Sometimes weird cord groupings.
@@fidgetyrock4420 I guess both. Songs like Francis farmer, lounge act, lithium. Those had strange progressions. A lot of his chord progressions were fairly normal though. 👍👍
This is how you write a song. You gather a few chords or a riff, then you mumble over it for FUCKING HOURS. Best way to formulate a melody. Then translate / rhyme your madness into coherence. Record EVERYTHING you do. X
that is the way our bands do :)
Couldn’t agree more. The key is to try and finish a song within a day or two of starting it. Took me a long time to learn that. Instead of 30 half songs you’ll have 15 finished ones.
god bless you
THIS
agree sm
He had probably more guitar skills than what he wanted to show to the world, and even though his songs are technically simple, his sense of melody is almost from outer space.
Miquel yeah. Anyone who thinks he was shit on guitar should check out the jam demo. He wasn’t Hendrix but that’s okay. Indeed his chord progressions were incredible.
Miquel he actually played simpler so that he could sing and play at the same time.
Most of his songs aren't even technically simple, people just have retarded preconceptions about this band.
I think he was a great guitarist...the world is full of people who can play like Jimmy Page, Van Halen/whomever else...not to say those guys aren’t great, they are, but there’s more than one way to play guitar. Kurt was (I think) more into playing what was right for his songs instead of overly technical blues-based soloing...there’s enough of that out there anyway.
I’d also say he was great based on the influence he had. Thousands of kids were inspired to play bc of Cobain (me included). It was really cool to be able to play a passable version of his songs while you were just a beginner. 25 years, give or take, later & I still love playing his music.
Kurt said it himself in an interview...I’m gonna paraphrase bc I can’t remember verbatim, but it was something like “I can’t play like Segovia, but then again, he couldn’t play like me either.”
Most of the criticism I hear or read online is from jackasses who think it makes them look cool, or god knows what, to talk shit about Nirvana. I think it has a lot to do with their popularity...there’s always gonna be ppl who shit on everything popular to make themselves look hip. If Nirvana had recorded the exact same songs/albums as an indie band they’d consider him a genius. Ppl are fuckin’ weird.
it's all in the music man
It's all in the meat
+Kurt Cobain I'd like to hear what they have to say
Grunge Gopher milk it
mrninninnin I lived without listening to music willingly for a while, not sure why. I actually grew depressed at a time and eventually music got me on the first step outta depression. Music is super powerful. (I wasn't depressed enough to commit suicide,but still I was deeply depressed)
you're right. its hard to see how people were suprised when he killed himself.
The best demo Kurt ever did, imo
Agree
This or Do Re MI
I agree!
With the first part of Do Re Mi (Medley) and with "What More Can I Say?", absolutely YES
P.s. I Love your channel
True
this is the place who the real nirvana fans sit , relax and tears
Heis right here in my room and singing this song for me.. And now its my turn to sing to Kurdt
Reached me too 😌
i get what you mean but theres also no need to feel elitist because you know more than most
And shower
@@SciPunk lmfao
I wish kurt sang this on the unplugged concert. Its so amazing.
That would've been epic
Someone once said that they wanted to. Idk if that's true tho
@@ruris189 ask kurt
Old age was going to be played but at the last moment kurt decided against it.
@@markxv2267 sadly...
Strange how a song with mostly incoherent lyrics can still hit pretty hard.
it's cause he got famous and then died in a tragic-seeming way....believing someone is special really changes how people interpret music when they hear it...Ive got some incredible music recorded but no one cares cause when they hear it it is music by the no-one goof who they know as me, even when I can tell theyre digging it I can also sense that something cuts them off from really appreciating it because they havent gotten the go-ahead cue from media and there is no mystery about me.
joe jones or your music is just trash lol 🤷🏻♂️😂😂 nah jokes haha
joe jones nahh look at people like John Frusciante or Noel from Oasis those bastards are still alive n kicking and we STILL hold their demo tapes and b sides in awe of their melodies.
joe jones not with that attitude bud
@@joejones9520 all we know is your name. that's pretty mysterious. :-) you should upload your songs mate! I'm sure we'd all love to give it a listen.
Kurt just chasing a melody... not worried about the album or the crowd reaction. Just Kurt being the artist we all love and respect.
Kurt’s just a kid form Aberdeen Washington that loved music
Kurt singing “Lowrider” at the end was epic! 😂
Da musicaa!!!
@@sharinganchidori100 Italian language, maybe Portuguese languague?
@@Alberich38 Spanish
@@Alberich38 ele fala "música"! É "music" em português do Brasil.
1:10 - 2:17 is a totally different song. It’s unreal how amazing and hauntingly beautiful it is...
best part. And it doesnt appear on the electric version
exactly
What's it called
In fact what Cobain played at the beginning was an improvisation so he didn't play it again
I think it's definitely "credit in the straight world" of hole.
he gave her this,or she steal this.
This man had more technical ability in singing than he ever let on. He *wanted* to look like he screamed unceremoniously, but performances like this tell us that he knew exactly what he was doing.
Yeah basically everything he did was that way. Even his hair and clothes, made to look like he doesn’t give a fuck but everything he ever did was on purpose
@@alexevans5043cool you two must have been very close for you to know all this
@@LowKickMTfr bro
0:00 - improvisation
0:48 - Old Age
5:51 - Low Rider
Thank you. Not sarcastically, genuinely, that's one of the more helpful comments I've seen.
1:10 to about 2:14 is really a melody that went on Hole's 'Credit to the Straight World"
@@jackdawson5490 is bizarre that many hole song's are actuale kurt scratchs that he gave her.
@@GnabhanJr because she couldn’t come up with her own material I guess. 😂
@@GnabhanJr It's literally just two
Yes I'm breathing
Filthy hands, hey, hey
Read to me, hey, hey, hey
Miss me, hey, hey, hey
Prefer me sad, hey, hey
And I wouldn't break
She wouldn't miss me
She wouldn't miss me
And i am afraid
It's a fire - our house is gone
And I refrain
Are you God, Are you good
Get away, no more
And now your fingers meet the floor
And now I can barely be alone
And now I am one to obey me
Preach me fire and lead the way
Be silent bit and I will say
You see in fire me away
And now, and now, hey
Keep it down to one more spacious
One more howl and i feigned my service
Someday I'll find my way to something
It's not hard to relieve my service
Come inside of her inner circles
Someday I won't be high, no way, it's over
She seems to read minds
And I'm dead, dumb and blind
Wait the fame I use
She's the same
Old age (x3)
Some are killed and some are wounded
Some were kind and I feigned my service
Someday I won't find my way, its over
Its not fair he believes my servants
One more hours in the week my servants
Someday I will wound my way to something
She seems to read minds
And I'm dead, dumb and blind
Face the face in the mirror
We survey
Old age (x4)
'Cause you're just afraid to see, you're all weird
Come on higher way I'm begging, see?
One more hour and I face my service
Come on down to relieve my servants
Someday i will have found my way to nothing
Second there, feign my service
One more howl and I won't be serviced
Someday I will have found my way to something
She seems to read minds
And I'm dead, dumb and blind
Wait the fame I use
Jesus saves
Old age, old age
Jesus saves
Old age, old age
Thanks man.
no way lol thanks
Are you God , are you good you little boy*
He says misbehave are you gonna behave. In the beginning of the song.
"Take a little trip, take a little trip for me do do do do do, low rider is a low rider"
It’s a shame he wouldn’t reach old age.
:(
reached the age of eternity. forever encrusted within figments of humanity's soul. breathed in. loved up, loved in.
Harrsh Mishra edge lord
@@goober5795 ohmYG beSt comPliMent. thankkkkk m8
Harrsh Mishra np
I'm not sure how many times I watched this, but it got to be over 100. Still love it to death!
same..
it's my go to demo for sure
I think he did too
Ikr
This feels so vunerable......Like it wasn't meant to be heard by anyone except the one who wrote it. I think its his best!
like his journals smh
Well put.
do you ever just look at the comments and see, you're not alone. Tons of huge music geeks, geeking over Kurt, his talent, making observations. We are talented too guys, we have the eye for it we just got to channel it like Kurt and many others did. Don't give up on your God-given talents.
This was very wholesome, thanks for this 💚
Nice comment
Dear god I hope you're right
That's a really good comment
🤓🤓
One of the best pieces of music I have ever heard. Kurt you fucking genius.
This song is awesome
+Roxanna RZ I second that
I love kurt and nirvana, but you have to be kidding me. This simple melody, and plain lyrics is not genius, it's a lazy but great sounding song. Genius is Beethoven writing and playing full sonatas while partially deaf.
genius is subjective
genius is subjective ;)
I just so badly wish we could’ve heard the next album by him done acousticlly
Same..
someone ina guitar youtube vid section j told me kurt had a terrible voice, i got pist but that’s what you get from some* music theory snobs that can’t appreciate non technical, raw emotion
@@aohallon the fecal matter demos, his voice was fucking awful. but it was probably because he was allegedly sick, but that doesn't matter. his vocals were great on his first studio album
Don't fucking tell me Kurt just performed one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard and then proceeds to sing fucking Lowrider for a couple seconds. What a god.
Yes I'm breathing
Filthy hands, hey, hey
Read to me, hey, hey, hey
Miss me, hey, hey, hey
Prefer me sad, hey, hey
And I wouldn't break
She wouldn't miss me
She wouldn't miss me
And I am afraid
It's a fire - our house is gone
and I refrain
Are you God, Are you god
you little boy?
And now your fingers meet the floor
And now I can play with me
And now I am one to obey me
Preach me fire and lead the way
Be silent bit and I will say
You see in fire me away
And now, and now, hey
Keep it down to one more specialist
One more howl and feigned my service
Someday I'll find my way to something
It's not hard to relieve my service
Come inside of her inner circles
Someday I walk behind a way, it's over
She seems to read minds
And I'm dead, dumb and blind
Wait the fame I use
She's the same
Old age (x3)
Some are gone and some are wanting
Some were kind and I feigned my service
Someday I wont find my way, its over
Its not fair he believes my servants
One more hour and awake my servants
Someday I will allow my way to something
She seems to read minds
And I'm dead, dumb and blind
Face the face in the mirror
We survived
Old age (x4)
It's such a fantasy you're all free
Come on higher way I'm begging, see?
One more hour and I face my service
Come on down to relieve my servants
Someday i will have found my way to nothing
Second there, feign my service
One more howl and I wont be serviced
Someday I will have found my way to something
She seems to read minds
And I'm dead, dumb and blind
Wait the fame I use
Jesus saves
Old age, old age
Jesus saves
Old age, old age
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memopex looks about right! Thank you for taking the time to share this!
Perfect except preach me fire and lead the way. I always heard it as free spin flowers beneath your ray
.
Yay! 😍
👍🏻
He's haunting my brain, my soul. Every time. Brilliant song. One of the most touching melodies that have ever entered my ears. It's when music speaks to you. Peace. Love. Empathy.
AgnessBass couldnt have said it any better, man
I have peace love empathy with their logo and Kurt's initials on my wrist. dude has helped me more than anyone will ever know.
In impro so
And if you want to hear a different imagination of this song a.k.a direct rip (or possibly homage?) just listen to the start of "Credit in the Straight World" by Hole.
they should have done this or sappy in the unplugged for sure.
Amen to that
do re mi would be nice too
@@eliemanau824 yup
@@eliemanau824 that's honesty my favorite Nirvana song right along with Aneurysm.
@@mitchrynn4912 yes, it was.
Favorite version of the song. Whether he had the lyrics written at this point I don’t know, but I like to think of this as a window into his creative process, in the midst of sculpting the melody, before the lyrics have been fully formed. Like an artist’s sketchbook.
yes!
I love his voice so much, it has so much emotion and everything
This version is so much better than the one recorded with the band.
I agree Dan
It's not.
Sadly this one isn't one Spotify.....It would've fit really nice on my playlist....
@@ruris189 you can convert this video to only audio (mp3, etc) if you want
@@Sliver90 yeah, I know, but on Spotify I have a playlist with my fav songs and I usually listen to it on random. So, you know, I would like this one in the playlist too, that's what I was saying
I fucking love how eerie this is
If Kurt wasn't so pressured by his record company to make grunge albums. He would have thrived as a solo singer songwriter
The ending is perfect
such a pure and beautiful voice
Pizza thanks
r u Kurt?? :")
Pizza yes
Vodka? I love vodka!
someone ina guitar youtube vid section j told me kurt had a terrible voice, i got pist but that’s what you get from some* music theory snobs that can’t appreciate non technical, raw emotion
this is without a doubt the best recording of Old Age on youtube, so beautiful
you again hey :)
truly beautiful
Andre Guilherme hey there friend haha, seems like we like seem to find the same little nirvana hangout places lol
this is my best place to go in life right now lol
Aro definitely value the more complexities of this version for sure, or the range of u will
She wouldn’t miss me
Same :(
We’re all in the same boat sadly
Kurt was the coolest teenager that ever lived
Did Nirvana made my depression worse. Or did my depression made me listen to nirvana. Either way I love you Kurt!!
Nirvana more then likely made it worse added more things to the mind to slowly worry about.
It didn't get worse, it is just giving you directions to the end of the tunnel.
that's interesting, my perspective was different, I was suicidal and I wouldn't say depressed so much as hopeless
Nirvana is like an older brother, I felt like my pain was felt by others, and thus, that I was not really alone
Whenever I would see people rep nirvana logos, I kind of had hope that the world was full of people like me
I no longer cling to that naive view, but I've also outgrown the sort of narcissism of depression
Jonny Garcia kurt put an odd color to our depression
funny question, maybe I would say Sunny Jim that the colour was a nice one, and I agree with Que. I just think that the sounds of his voice are beautiful but I don't know if he made me more sad. For me its just real art and life is sad but its like the music is sad but still is really great, but its more than sad its a whole mix of emotions.
Kurt was a songwriter out of the ordinary... Most pop songs, punk rock songs, etc are written using the same old chord progressions, like 1-4-5 for example, but look at Kurt's chord progressions and melodies, it is just on another level !
Take Lithium... That chord progression is really weird, but it works perfectly, and he was able to write some beautiful melodies on top of it all... He was a real genius !!!
I just discovered Nirvana on quarantine. I really regret so much to not knowing them before. I had a very strong connection with them, with their songs and lyrics, with all of the Kurt's screamings
It makes me sad that such a talented man had to leave us so soon, he changed the music and the world, and he was just beginning. How Kurt would imagine that 20 years later we will still love him and listening to his songs.
We miss you Kurt, come as you are
Nice man, I found nirvana freshman year (4years ago) I recommend checking out Alice In Chains and sound garden.
Funny how ya find something so late , my kids heard nirvana playing in car but didn’t know who it was later on they found it and listen to it and other 90s bands
Sort of proves there not much out there these days worthy like it
bruh you're 30 years 2 late
I found Nirvana about 5 months ago or so and I’m hooked. Their music really is just something else
Thats a cool rabbit hole to go down theres a lot of unrealesd songs and other bands that were around atbthe time but never got as much recognition
Genuinely one of his best performances ever. Just incredible.
he really exparaments with his voice in this song, guitar too, it's like he was planning on expanding his variety. a lot of people say Kurt's music is simply and nothing special, but they are numbnuts, they can't think deep enough to see the true genius Kurt was, he really didn't show it much, but he was a very gifted and an amazing man. I Love the hell out of you Kurt RIP buddy, we all miss you! He is an idol of mine and I look at him as superior to human, he was such a great person and so modest. Just and amazing human and a such an unfathomably great loss not just to the music community but the world as a father, a person, an artist, a musician, a story teller and just so much more. I love you Kurt, Never forgotten and rest easy man.
Totally agree
I thought the same. Kurt's music can sound "normal" and "nothing's epic", but it gives me a strange feeling that I've never had before. I think Kurt was a very instinctive musican, he wrote what he truly thinks and feels at that time, you can see that most of his lyrics didn't make sense, (I think he didn't try to edit his lyrics at all), so what's he wrote is the truest feelings!
👍
You can say what you want, but I'm probably always gonna think nirvana was simple. Awesome, but simple. When people write songs, they should just do whatever they think. There's no other process I know of. He seemed to usually have stuck with power chords mostly, but the "melody" (I'm not good with terms, but I think that's the word?) was often great. That's what got them famous, the melody and tone. His voice was kinda unique, which also helped. I don't know what Kurt was like, but I do know what his music was like. He found the rhythm/melody/whatever and did it in the notes he wanted, and used that to go with what's on his mind. Just like every other musician. Some musicians go fast, and have epic solos. like Metallica, or Slayer. And others can stick with power chords, and maybe mix it up with extra notes and maybe a solo. Like Nirvana, or Green Day.
You got a point there!
This might be the most effort I’ve heard Kurt put into having clean vocals. Wow. Really shows you how talented he was.
i wish this was on spotify
I sent this to a friend of his who is a well known singer from the 90's and she was blown away by this. Said she never knew it existed.
I don't even know why but I'm obsessed with this... I've played it a million times❤ R.I.P Kurt
Me too, I've been coming back to it for literally years...
WizzleThump same here
Me too. I think it's because it is one of my favorite recordings of all time. So raw, so real, so perfect.
im generally obsessed,have been since i was16.im 42 now. teeage angst has paid off(kind of) well.now im bored except for when i listen to Him.
That would be me with Do Re Mi.... Aw Kurt....
All the early version are so sad...
Example:
Pennyroyal tea
Sappy
All apologies
yeah cuz all their other recordings are all so happy lol
@Kurt Cobain yeah, the early version, like she said
You know you are right early version too
It's not sad, it's blue
@@cranberrycanvas Nirvana hits differently. Sad, headbanging then sad again. 😂
Why the hell am I crying right now? Jesus what a talent he was
Its Magic i wonder every Day..
bros crying
Same
Of only he had someone. Someone who didn't want him for his money or fame, a real friend who could love him as a brother. If he could have someone he wouldn't have go the heroin and overdoses that day, alone. If only.
This song makes me wanna write more music tbh.
Show some respect and don't impersonate dead people m'kay!
Kurt's spirit runs through all of us, m'kay?
Nice!
never too old to be artistic again
you bring new experiences to the table
Kurt Cobain Same. I'm always to busy though, and school and other activities wear me out
Kurt was inspired by John Lennon and Lennon was inspired by elvis. go for it man
This is a masterpiece.
The GOAT of Music.
No arguing.
hes timeless
found it now, in 2023, and it's incredible
Congrats
Kurt sounds amazing here. Just imagine if that acoustic album he was planning on doing what have come out....Fuggin awesome
by this record, i just feel like it was the pain, dark and broken of Kurt Cobain
this is the real Kurt Cobain
yes love him forever and ever.better than jesus,even,lol
i don't think of Kurtin that way whatsonever, he was so much more, the surface is everything when you're not seeing
With a demo being THIS good imagine if the song was finished. It would have been incredible. Atleast we have this kickass demo
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He gave it to the most terrible person ever, Courtney Love. Supposedly. Who knows Courtney Stole a lot of Kurt’s songs after he died. She does have access to his demos, stuff we’ll probably never hear unless frances does something about it
It was finished, it's called Old age jajajaja
@@DanielJuarez-pb6xpit wasn't really finished. The one they recorded for Nevermind is clearly a demo, and then after that he abandoned it and gave it to Courtney
Incredible style and vibe
I actually like all these acoustic demos than I like their completely finished songs. Maybe because i have over listened to all their albums. I believe that these crude and unfinished songs should be called acoustic grunge. Damn, I really wish he could of finished his last album they were making. It would of been so grunge. :/
+Lukas Morkunas
They weren't making a new album. They were in the middle of their In Utero tour. The only new song they had was You Know Youre Right. One song does not make a new album.
+Arest One I think he was about to do his own solo project.
+Connor B and other great musicians of the nineties and so on.
Eric Erlandson hole ex guitarist ,who was friends with Kurt *****
+Connor B right on. They were just playing punk rock and trying to be intense and energetic. The grunge thing was definetely a stupid label to name all of that punk rock music from Seatlle.
Ultimate sad-happy song
Isn't that sappy?
Sappy indeed
Fr
I put this on repeat when I first heard it. That's 11 years ago.
I recently was recommended this song on youtube and probably listened to it 3 times back to back. This simply blew me away. It is so different than his album recordings. I loved every second of it. I have been looking for other hidden gems such as this and I found “sappy”. Sappy is also a great song
I am 15 years old but i love iz
The sadness in his voice the anger the desperation oh God can I relate to this man a lot you was a genius
20 years ago today the world lost a legend.. miss you kurt, the music lives forever, ♥️
tessie mcdonnell now its 23 years ago :(
Over 24 years ago. In a few years, he will have been death for longer than he had been alive.
que bueno que una chica guapa como tu valore esta musica vendiciones y saludos para ti ;)
Just passed 29 years now…
30 years ago..
He's probably jamming with the greats right now.
I wish i could believe that but then reality kicks in
Reality is what you make it.
***** I see your point from a mathematic or even a scientific view but the reality of something spiritual lies only in the eye of the beholder.
no one knows but if there is a place after life and Kurt is there I hope he is enjoying himself.
no dout im sure wheni get to wherever the gratest dead people are theyll be my friends
It's carzy I come back to this so often and almost can't understand a word but somehow I feel the pain in his lyrics and in his singing and it's making me sooo damn sad. This song hits differently
I am able to communicate with the dead but only soon after their passing, and in dreams...I went so far down the rabbit hole, and I finally found Kurt, sitting alone writing something on a hill in the sun. He wanted to be left alone.
@@house9850 did he look happy ?
Absolutely right,
This is one of the best things I’ve ever heard in my life
This is THE best thing I've ever head in my life
Beautiful... Just beautiful
He was the king of, what he wanted to be king of
At least we know you're the king of bullshit
I wish i could just sit in a room with him and watch his writing process
Kurt not doing that acoustic album like he considered doing is a fucking crime against humanity.
This is the best song he wrote, makes me cry everytime I listen to it
Kurt was still writting "Old Age" for 4th Album of Nirvana
I listen to this version more than the finished version
This is the most valuable recording of Kurt in my opinion. It gives us a glimpse into his brilliant creative process like nothing else. Not to mention the absolutely incredibly haunting beauty of this piece. Masterwork and masterclass all in one. Rest easy Kurt- hope to see you very soon.
1:28 This moment gave me chills
i sat sad listening to this and then at the end when started to sing that low rider song i just smiled and my heart stopped hurting for a couple of seconds
Stumbled upon this demo during a very difficult time in my life, I remember listening to it almost on loop to help me cope. It's amazing what music can do. Thank you, Kurt. For helping me heal.
I think these demo ideas are just fantastic! I love the first little bit he did before tuning. But the song he was working on before old age starts I think would be an epic idea for him to combine that with old age just as is on this demo. Like he does that verse and transitions into old age like he did. I dont know if that was what he was actually doing but if he was that was pure genius
my favorite piece of recording in all of acoustic history. the song after tuning is so beautiful angels descend on pedals of flowers and the winded vocals float words, to which i refrain.
The Yodel song has this same riff, I see how kurt made his music now. He plays random stuff and puts it all together. Pure art.
You being sarcastic?
+jack craig the ending on the yodel song sounds like the his riff kinda
+KOSCade Art is achieved through discarding poor content and recycling the good. You don't pick up a guitar and create a finished product on attempt #1. He didn't release yodel song, if he was alive today you wouldn't have heard it or known it existed. Ridding the rubbish and collecting and assembling the gems is the artistic process, and leads the art to its peak - which, in Cobain's opinion, were the albums he chose to release. He wasn't even happy with the final recording of "old age".
Literally, I am only an amature songwriter.. It is so relieving to know that this is how others do it. I'll write a chorus and will leave it for like a month, then have verse and add them together etc Once had a riff circling in my head for two weeks before adding lyrics.
+Daniel that's what I was getting at in my comment. He takes stuff he's made up, and uses what he's played to make something bigger. Basically recycling parts.
I love how he sings low rider at the end
Listening this song during cold, rainy night while drinking some hot tea was the best feeling ever
😌😎
Yeah, sure, well... morphine could work too, just saying :-)
Still come to visit the classics
this have an unic vibe of agony, melancholy, desappointment and sadness. definitely the best demo
His sense of melody was so beyond anyone else I've ever heard. And then you combine that with a voice that is somehow strong, honest, and vulnerable all at the same time. I don't understand most of the lyrics, but it feels like what's being conveyed here is a brutal yet beautiful truth. It brings me to tears.
This is the single greatest piece of music I’ve ever heard
Then you need to lay off the dope my friend.
@@stevewilson5402 shut up steve
This is my favorite song you wrote, it was mostly unfinished but I can hear the emotion pouring out of this track.. thought it proper ro come on here and say Happy Birthday buddy! We all miss you so much!
In one video interview someone asked Kurt what his lyrics are about, he just smiled and said:
"They don't mean anything", --- what a fucking genius he was! * * * * *
about what lyrics? He had fuck-ton of songs
Sleeping Gerard
He asked about lyrics in general, and not any particular song.
Shut the fuck up
Source
Source?
Honestly one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, I can't stop listening to it.
Kurt: 1:33
Somewhere inside of me: [twitches and starts crying]
i just wanna cry
Synesthesist a beautiful girl like u shouldnt cry.
Leo 159 dude wtf
I detect a whiteknight.
Find a shoulder
i always do,but try and comfort myself by telling me that hes now god,lol.
Hearing this makes you hurt for all the albums we all lost out on when he died way before his time.....xx😩
I feel like he just needed to enter recovery for addiction. But then I did the same, and I feel worse since. It's a very hard existence suffering from addiction, I can understand why he did what he did. Hopefully it will get better.
one of my favorite tracks
any rhythm guitarist knows what it's like
to strum away at your guitar, chasing melody, making songs, channeling music
Kurt Cobain has to be my favorite guitarist and songwriter of all time. Every time I wear shirts with him on it, I feel a sense of comfort, Like he’s there with me. I love him with all my heart
I feel you
Mumblings (lyrics?) of a melomaniac (My personal translation w/ interpretive discretion of lyrics)
Yes, I'm leaving
Filthy hands...
Read to me...
And miss me...
Prefer me sad...
And I wouldn't hate...
That you'd miss me...
Don't leave it and be...
And I am afraid
It's a fire, our house is gone
And I refrain
Are you God? Are you good? Get away no more
And I broken vainness meet the floor
And now I can barely be alone
I could want to obey being
Freeze me in flowers beneath the grave
Be silent bed and I will sleep
Be a seed in the flower and reap away
And I... I know
Hey...
Keep the town to one more spacious
One more hour and I'll feign my service
Someday I wound my way to something
It's not kind to believe my service
Come inside of our inner circles
Someday I won't be high, no way, it's over
She seems to read minds
And I'm dead, dumb, and blind
Way to frame my use
She's the same
Old age (x3)
Some are killed and some are wounded
Some work hard and I feign my service
Someday I won't find my way to sober
Listen, care, he believes my sermons
One more hours in the week my servant
Someday I wound my way to something
She seems to read minds
And I'm dead, dumb, and blind
Face to face in the mirror
We survey
Old age (x4)
'Cause you're just afraid to see you're all weird
Comin' higher way, I'm vacant seed
One more hour and I face my service
Comin' down to relieve my servant
Someday I wound my way to no day
Some kind of terrible thing my service
One more hour and I won't bitch service
Someday I wound my way to someday
She seems to read minds
And I'm dead, dumb, and blind
Way to frame my use
Jesus saves
Old age (x2)
Jesus saves
Old age (x3)
P.S. I had originally wrote this down years ago (Damn, time is slick). Paper and pencil is still neat, except for when you lose that single transcript. Although, deciphering these lyrics again helps get reacquainted, as a positive. This Cobain song (performance/composition/musica), for me, is easily one of his "deeper" and more thought-provoking and haunting. As a fan of Nirvana, it's hard to not think of this song as we all grow older with age.
Tbh it looked like a copy paste but whatever.
I posted this from desktop, formatting to hopefully make it easier to read and/or sing along while playing an instrument. It's just a big wall of text when I look at it from mobile unfortunately. Sorry. I'm guessing that's why it looks like a copy & paste?
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C thanks
good job on this buddy !
I always thought from 1:15 to 2:10 sounded awesome. I wish Kurt had made a full version of this.
thank you for making it a FLAC file so we can hear it in its glory
2:18. That transition gives me chills everytime
Best version of "Old Age". Unique, genius and working it out.
This is beautiful. I'm pretty surprised it wasn't used.
That falsetto at 0:32 is heartbreaking. To imagine him recording songs like that in the studio...
This guy could basically create memorizing melodies at will... Such a gift he was given.
this is so beautifull.. We all mis you kurt :c.