Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

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Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by CJW » Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:37 am

$6M - seriously?
Dave Gilmour's Black Strat raised $4M and, whilst still a ridiculous amount of money, was better "value" than this self-righteous, talentless hack's Martin...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53128416
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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by NewClaret » Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:38 am

He could’ve bought Joe Hart in 2018 for that.

:lol: :lol:

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:45 am

:D talentless

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by CJW » Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:52 am

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:45 am
:D talentless
I am, of course, referring to his guitar playing, not his songwriting.

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by claretblue » Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:01 am

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:45 am
:D talentless
...he did representative England! :?
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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by TheFamilyCat » Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:20 am

Impossible to put a price tag on items like this. They are "worth" as much as anyone is willing to pay.

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by Billy Balfour » Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:29 am

CJW wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:37 am
was better "value" than this self-righteous, talentless hack's Martin...
Blimey. What a curt post.

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by tim_noone » Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:39 am

CJW wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:52 am
I am, of course, referring to his guitar playing, not his songwriting.
"The Stage is all Yours" :D

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Post by Billy Balfour » Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:48 am

Anyways, he was hardly talentless and I wouldn't have classed him as self-righteous, certainly not by todays standards. He was more self-hating if anything.

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by Swizzlestick » Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:51 am

I was going to say, ‘self-righteous’ is the last think you could accuse Cobain / Nirvana of being.

Pink Floyd on the other hand... ;)

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by Dyched » Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:56 am

It was far from Nirvanas normal performance and probably the most famous live performance of all time.

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by Billy Balfour » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:04 am

Swizzlestick wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:51 am
I was going to say, ‘self-righteous’ is the last think you could accuse Cobain / Nirvana of being.

Pink Floyd on the other hand... ;)
You speak truth. End of thread.

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by claretabroad » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:10 am

It's not a particularly good guitar either. Martin do make some exceptional acoustic guitars but that isn't one of them.

At least the person who bought it is going to use it to raise money for charities.

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by Dinks » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:24 am

Cobain/talentless,mentioned in the same sentence, like never!

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by houseboy » Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:10 am

Billy Balfour wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:04 am
You speak truth. End of thread.
I tend to think that self righteous is people saying ‘end of thread’ because they think there is nothing to add. 😊
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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by Billy Balfour » Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:22 pm

My poor attempt at irony has clearly failed here.

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by Clarets4me » Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:28 pm

Dyched wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:56 am
It was far from Nirvanas normal performance and probably the most famous live performance of all time.
The most famous live performance of all time was by " Nirvana " ? ...... Really ?

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:36 pm

Dyched wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:56 am
It was far from Nirvanas normal performance and probably the most famous live performance of all time.
One of the most recognised but it isn't as famous as Queen/Live Aid

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by Dyched » Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:37 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:36 pm
One of the most recognised but it isn't as famous as Queen/Live Aid
Of course, I meant as an individual one off gig.

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by Dyched » Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:39 pm

Clarets4me wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:28 pm
The most famous live performance of all time was by " Nirvana " ? ...... Really ?
As a one off band performances not associated with a festival/live aid. I’d say so yes. I know loads did MTV Unplugged but they didn’t all do it on the same day etc.

So yeah, I’d say so. I’m not an Nirvana fan btw. That’s just how I see it. I can’t think of another band gig that comes close.
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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by fzr162 » Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:43 pm

If that's worth six million I wonder what Bowie's blue acoustic would go for.

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by Devils_Advocate » Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:57 pm

fzr162 wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:43 pm
If that's worth six million I wonder what Bowie's blue acoustic would go for.
I think that guitar is currently valued at $1.4m

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by timshorts » Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:32 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:36 pm
One of the most recognised but it isn't as famous as Queen/Live Aid
Which wasn't as good as George thorogood and the destroyers who did a bit of a Denmark, coming on as a late replacement and then won live aid.

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by bobinho » Mon Jun 22, 2020 6:01 pm

CJW wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:37 am
$6M - seriously?
Dave Gilmour's Black Strat raised $4M and, whilst still a ridiculous amount of money, was better "value" than this self-righteous, talentless hack's Martin...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53128416
The same one the ‘bum’ notes were played on during “the man who sold the world”.

He never got over that...

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Re: Kurt Cobain's guitar - WTF???

Post by Stalbansclaret » Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:01 pm

Agree with Dyched’s view that the performance was one of the big , iconic performances in rock music history. I always think of the incredible power and emotion he put into the old Leadbelly song In The Pines . A tremendous vocal from someone whose aura is sadly increased by dying young.

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