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ÉÌ  NIRVANA - THE GREAT PRETENDERS	
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ÉËByÈ Axworthy/Estetic

ÈForget  what  you  have  heard about
Nirvana  and their inauguration of a
new  musical genre.  In this article
ÌRAWË reveals the truth about the guys
from Seattle..

ÉNirvana  live.. È  wouldn't that be a
great    experience?    Dave   Grohl
crushing    his    drumset,   Cobain
swinging his guitar - yelling rough,
unveiled  lyrics  in his peculiar "I
don't  bother"  way.  Or perhaps you
are  the  lucky one who have already
been  attending  the  event  of  the
year..

I  am so sorry. É You will never live
to  see Nirvana live..È  But at least
you   will  get  that  breath-taking
scene  show  and  frenzy  atmosphere
going to one of their concerts - and
that  is  not bad, isn't it?  Not at
all.   In  fact,  it is very amusing
watching   Kurt   Cobain  doing  his
solos.     He    seems   so   deeply
concentrated,  treating  the  guitar
like  he  is  doing  it for the very
first time - very impressive indeed.

But  you  wouldn't  care if suddenly
the   lead-guitar   dropped  to  the
floor,  would  you?  Of course not -
the  show  must  go  on!   You would
still  get  that  intense  piece  of
improvisation  while  Cobain  straps
the  guitar  over  his  shoulder and
gets  to  his feet.  (If you are one
of  those  smart  guys wondering how
this could happen on aÉ LIVEÈ concert,
then  you are most likely to get the
job  as  a  music-detective  in Ford
Fairlane II..)

After a similar incident on a 'live'
concert   some   people   began   to
question  if Nirvana really knew the
rules  of the game.  In an interview
with Guitarplayer Cobain admits that
he didn't play live:  "I mix most of
my  solos  in  studio,  and I am too
lazy to learn to play them.  I don't
think  I  will  ever be able to play
'Breed'.."   According   to  Cobain,
"only  the  lead-guitar  would  need
playback  -  the rest of Nirvana are
able to play live on concerts.."

The  album 'Nevermind' contains many
simple songs which are easily played
by  novice  guitarplayers.  But when
it  comes to tracks like 'Breed' and
'Teenage  Spirits' you get some sort
of    unreal,    'impossible'   solo
techniques  which  cannot be copied.
It  is  Éunsporting È to  arrange such
pieces    in   studio   -   Cobain's
synthetic solos places him among the
best guitarists in the world, but he
is É not  able  play  his  own songs!
ÈWow!  He is a genius - he has broken
the  limit  of impossibility!  Well,
at  least he tried - until the truth
surprised him..

ÊMorale:È  play fair, be honest..  (If
you  do  not,  make  people  BELIEVE
you!)
ÿ