If we're going to go pumpkins, I feel like we need to go Nirvana.
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From Smashing Pumpkins, my mind goes first to something more like Blind Melon than directly to Nirvana, but it's a solid video, so I guess I'll forgive you . . .
Screaming Trees.
1. Two words.
a. First word:
i. present participle adjective
ii. starting with S
iii. bisyllabic
iv. connotations of violence
b. Second word:
i. plural noun
ii. Type of plant, and a commonly cultivated one.
2. On that "Singles" OST, they were back-to-back at the end of the album.
(However, the Screaming Trees put their best-ever song on it.)
I can see "Blind Melon" though. (Melons and Pumpkins both pepos from the gourd family.)
Anyone else catch Montage of Heck? As a fan of the band, I enjoyed it and I thought it was pretty well done. I don't even know if it matters who's recollections are "more accurate," Courtney Love or Buzz Osborne's.* I was disappointed that Dave Grohl didn't make an appearance ... damaged the fabric of the story a bit, not having the perspective of 1/2 of the still-living band members.
*my gut has always said Love's a tailcoat-riding leech.
I might have mentioned something about it before...
I know we've featured this song a bunch of times, but I just love the more than a feeling open to this cut.
I did enjoy that
I wasn't sure whether I actually wanted to see Montage of Heck. I read an article that made reference to footage of Kurt and Courtney as being on heroin while caring for their baby, and I wasn't sure I could handle watching that.
On a related note, however, I read a couple of really interesting articles recently that you might want to check out.
Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, and the Gendering of Martyrdom
In Praise of Vulgar Feminism: On Kim Gordon and Courtney Love
hj - did you end up seeing it?
Pepper - The heroin use wasn't graphic, but disturbing and sad nonetheless. I read both articles, thanks for sharing. I'm still processing, but the Winehouse piece was very compelling. I had not previously considered the treatment of lost-too-early artists WRT their gender. Beyond that relevant point, I wonder how much the level of "fame" or "success" at the time of their deaths plays into the public discourse? 27 million v. 2.7 million albums sold suggests a larger fan base which could more heavily influence the legacy... But I don't know.
Good to know--maybe I will check it out sometime after all. Preferably alongside someone to discuss it with.
WRT the articles, yeah, they're thought-provoking. I don't feel like I have enough knowledge of any of the artists to fully come to my own conclusions, but I found it interesting to look at some commonly held assumptions about Love, Gordon, Winehouse, Cobain, etc., through the lenses of gender and class.