RE: Cobain rhymes with "insane"

["Richard Beal" <rjbeal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If Cobain had lived, I doubt he could have sustained his band all this time.
Other than Sting, I can't think of anybody who's had more success as a solo
artist than with a group, and Sting only succeeded because he found the
middle of the road (or least common denominator).  Dave Grohl has succeeded,
but in a new band.  Cobain might have faded from view like Syd Barrett or
released obscure solo stuff, who knows?  He didn't seem to want to stick
around and find out.

Achtung Baby was a fine piece of work, only in Zooropa and Pop did U2 lose
their way.  All That You Can't Leave Behind and the next work are a return
to form.  In fact Bono specifically referenced The Who when describing one
of the tracks.  Bring it on, I say!

Rick in Maine

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here's a question i'd like to ask all of you who are bashing cobain. do you
think music would've been great without nirvana? cause if nirvana, and pearl
jam and all the other bands that came out and became the dredded "grunge"
tag
didn't emerge, rock would still be focused around bands with long blonde
hair
and spandex and women's makeup. the only band that probably would still be
"hip" that dosen't fit into the "hair metal" category would be u2. but they
changed the sound in the 90's anyway with "achtung baby" and "zoo tv" and
all
that.  this is just my opinion. what do you think?

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