Sooo...I watched Montage of Heck today and I got to say it was all I expected and more. If you have not watched this documentary, I suggest you do so. Kurt Cobain is one of the most, intellectual, interesting, creative, stylish, sexiest, darkest and sick creatures that ever walked the planet. Have you ever just listened to his voice as he sings those dark sad lyrics with that sexy deep voice. It just takes to you to another part of existence, the one which brings out the artistic style to life. He was so original, so raw, so interpersonal, there never was and never will be another like himself. I can feel what he felt when I look at his pictures and listen to his music. Those big sad blue eyes and that boyish cuteness covered in bleach blond hair. Something about him draws me in and wants to go deeper, into his soul, into his mind. The Documentary helped explain his mind and his ability to create and be a unique artist with a new style. It was very personal in that it had many video clips of home videos made by Kurt and Courtney Love. Including personal videos of interactions with their infant daughter, Francis Bean Cobain. I will admit, there were moments I wondered how the two had custody of their daughter, obviously high as the morning sky on Heroin. I could see the love Kurt had for his daughter, how he looked at her you could watch him just melt in the moment, he felt unconditional love something that he probably never felt before and it scared him because it hurt so much to love like that. Kurt was highly sensitive as people with depressive illnesses tend to be. He cared for Francis Bean so deeply and it scared him to imagine living in a world without this love again. He was drove to suicide through his own fears, internal torture, fears to feel alive and suffer the pain, instead he let it take over him and come out in his music and writings. We will forever remember this man as he made the darkness sexy through showing up how it can be an art. He had no boundaries, he made the music he wanted and dressed and played the way he wanted which included his highly publicized addiction to Heroin. To see someone suffer so publicly he let everyone know how it felt to feel internal pain, a pain which could not be cured by money and success. He didn't dine in lavish eateries or wear clothing which cost more than his rent payment. He lived no differently than before his name was even known, he wasn't afraid to be who he was without hiding behind a facade to be the coolest and highly publicized being of the moment but that in return gave him everything he never wanted. He was an original.
R.I.P. Kurt Cobain, you will never be forgotten.
"PUNK IS MUSICAL FREEDOM. IT'S SAYING, DOING AND PLAYING WHAT YOU WANT. IN WEBSTER'S TERMS, 'NIRVANA' MEANS FREEDOM FROM PAIN, SUFFERING AND THE EXTERNAL WORLD, AND THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO THE DEFINITION OF PUNK ROCK." - Kurt Cobain