Entries tagged with topic:grief

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Quote: Losing Kurt was like losing a spouse (1996)

Rolling Stone: Neither you nor your former band mate Dave Grohl has talked publicly about Kurt Cobain since his suicide. Why?

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Krist: It’s not proper to say anything. The emotional stake that Dave and I have in it is a lot more invested than the person who got to know Kurt through his music. There are things that are private and nobody should know. You can’t go through life tragedy-free. Your parents die, and one day you or your spouse is gonna die. Life is heavy, and it still hurts a lot.

-8 February 1996

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Quote: 24 years of dreams about Kurt (2020)

"The whole thing seemed sort of surreal, and it raced by in a heartbeat and it seemed like a dream. It’s not unlike these recurring dreams that I’ve had for the past 24 years, y’know.
I still dream that Nirvana is still a band, and Kurt just appears – like he’s been in hiding (laughs). We look at him and go, ‘What the fuck?! Where have you been?’

And we’ve got a gig in an hour, and I get this feeling, like, ‘Oh my gosh, I get to play these songs again.’ I have that dream at least once or twice a year and have done for the past 24 years. Getting up to play those songs is like living in that dream."

-Dave, on the 2018 Cal Jam Nirvana reunion, Kerrang Magazine 3 Jan 2020

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Quote: Kurt lives in Dave's dreams (2002)

“I have dreams all the time. I have dreams about once a month. [...] Well, they’re usually all the same, but in all of them it’s prior to his [Kurt's] death. He shows up in my dreams, and I’m like holy shit! You’re not dead, and it’s like it was some big secret or some big joke and then you can’t wait to tell everyone. Then you wake up. Within them there’s the same conversations that always happen. In those dreams, he’s never dead; he’s always alive, so I think it’s kind of cool.

I think there’s a whole lot more to the spirit than people can even comprehend. I think there’s more … it’s even too much bravado and egotistical for human beings to think that we’re the end, or that their minds are capable of understanding the universe. It’s not possible. Fuck you for telling me life can’t exist outside planet Earth. How do you know? There’s romance and mystery or the thrill of the chase, whatever. I’m not willing to make up my mind yet.”

-Dave Grohl, Flaunt Magazine, Nov 2002

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Lyrics: Star Machine (2019)

Star Machine
Giants in the Trees

If you see it coming
When you feel divine
Did you see it coming
I hope you recognize

And I know we've been worlds apart
Can you find your way through the dark
And it's crossed my mind that
You'll never wanna see my face again

Here comes the part
Can you hear the heart
Star machine
I feel it coming down

I remember how it felt when I put you down
And I know you'll be back for me someday

And I know we've been worlds apart
Can you find your way through the dark
And it's crossed my mind that
You'll never wanna see my face again

Here comes the part
Can you hear the heart
Star machine
I feel it coming down

Yes, I've been walking down this road
Yes, I've been walking down this road
Yes, I've been walking down this road
For miles and miles and miles

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Lyrics: Feel You Now (2019)

Feel You Now
Giants in the Trees

One more time [Long, long time]
In our [Made of] time and space
Far away, [For always] not inside
Is when my thoughts and my memories
Fly

And baby I can feel you now
And baby I can feel you now
I knew we'd get through somehow
And baby I can feel you now

In the place of the in-between
Futures dance in my tense eyes [archivist: cryingforeverplz.gif]
We said we'd show the world, they'll see
Tonight

And baby I can feel you now
And baby I can feel you now
I knew we'd get through somehow
And baby I can feel you

Ahhhh!

It's all I can say now
And the connection, connection
The only direction
Now

And baby I can feel you now
And baby I can feel you now
I knew we'd get through somehow
And baby I can feel you
And baby I can feel you now

Archivist's Notes: The vocals have heavy effects and are hard to understand in the first verse, so suggested corrections are more than welcome! I loaded this into Audacity and isolated the vocals, used vocalremover.org, and compared with another fan's transcription, so I'm pretty confident about the rest of the song.

To see another song that explores the concept of "the in-between", click here.

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Quote: Dave's most prized possession (199?/200?)

Interviewer: Your house containing everything you own catches fire. After saving loved ones and pets, you have time to save one item. What would it be?

Dave: "Probably this letter I got from Kurt in 1992. That sounds terribly melodramatic, but it's true. I lose everything: passports, wallets, car keys, credit cards, but that letter is absolutely irreplaceable. He wrote it to me when everything was going nuts. We were all living in different places- he was in Los Angeles, I was in Virginia and Krist was in Seattle- and some decisions were being made without me. I got really bummed out and Kurt sent me this letter about my role and stature in the band. It was all, 'I love you like a brother.' It was just before we did 'In Utero' and it said, 'I can't wait to get back in the studio and make a record so we can whittle ourselves back down to a comfortable level,' Which of course never really happened."

Melody Maker (sometime between 1997-2000)

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Quote: Krist's eulogy for Kurt (1994)

On behalf of Dave, Pat, and I, I would like to thank you all for your concern at this time. We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous, and sweet. Let's keep the music with us. We'll always have it... Forever. Kurt had an ethic towards his fans that was rooted in the punk rock way of thinking. No band is special, no player royalty. But if you've got a guitar and a lot of soul just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar. Plugged in the tones and rhythms that are uniquely and universally human: music. Heck... use your guitar as a drum, just catch the groove and let it flow out of your heart. That's the level Kurt spoke to us on: in our hearts, and that's where he, and the music, will always be, forever.

-Krist's eulogy for Kurt, 10 April 1994 Seattle Center Flag Pavilion

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Quote: Krist still dreams about Kurt (2015)

Interviewer: "Do you still have dreams about Kurt?"

Krist: "I do. And it's beautiful! It's just loving. You know when you lose somebody and you see them in a dream and you just feel all this love? It's nice."

(7 Oct 2015 FOX Business Network Interview)

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Quote: Krist on bonding with Kurt (2014)

"We were at our best when we were playing. We liked to rehearse, we liked to make songs, and play together. That's what we did best, that's when we were happy. I have dreams about Kurt. I'm so happy to see him in a dream, like, 'Oh my god, it's so good to see you.' Then we're always like, 'Okay, let's go play.' We're always going to go play music."

-Krist, Young Turks Interview 2014

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Quote: Krist misses Kurt (2014)

"Dear Kurt,
It's been 20 years since you left and I think about you every day.
- Love, Krist"

-5 Apr. 2014, Krist's Twitter