I picked it over The Godfather for a film night with my buddy in Louisville, mostly because I was tired of people calling me basic for never seeing it. Honestly, the rosebud payoff felt flat, but the camera work and how fast the story moves surprised me a lot. The Godfather is still better in my book, but Kane earned its spot on the list, just not number one. Has anyone else finally watched a classic and felt like the hype was 70% right and 30% exaggerated?
Found a folded-up recipe card in her Bible that she claimed fed the whole family through the Depression, so I spent $47 on ingredients and 4 hours baking it last Tuesday. Turns out it was just a basic Betty Crocker copy with 'add extra cinnamon' scrawled in pencil and a note saying 'tell them it's heirloom'. Anyone else uncover a dead relative's fake flex that made you question every holiday meal they ever brought?
I hit 502 records last weekend after finding a stack of 1970s jazz at a garage sale for $10. It surprised me because I never planned to collect this many, but now I see why people pretend to love dead musicians like Miles Davis even if they only own Kind of Blue. Has anyone else accidentally crossed a milestone like this with a hobby they didn't think would grow?
I was at a party last weekend near Portland and someone had a Nirvana shirt on. I asked them what their favorite deep cut was and they just stared at me and said "Smells Like Teen Spirit." It got me thinking how half the people who act devastated about his death probably couldn't pick his voice out of a lineup. Has anyone else noticed this with other dead celebs like Jim Morrison or Amy Winehouse?
I sat through a 3-hour Beatles lecture at a bar in Austin where this guy cried during "Hey Jude" and I'm like, dude, they broke up in 1970, get a grip. Has anyone else had to fake being impressed by a dead celebrity just to fit in at a party?
Made her apple pie for a family dinner last Sunday. My aunt took one bite and said the bottom crust was raw. I was so mad at first. But she was right. That 'family recipe' everyone raves about? It's the same one my grandma always rushed. Turned out she never blind baked the bottom shell. Now I do a 10 minute pre-bake at 400 degrees before adding the filling. That one piece of feedback fixed everything. Anyone else have a family recipe that was actually a little broken?
I was at a bar in Austin last month and they played 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' three times in one hour. Nobody sang along or even nodded their heads. My friend admitted he only listens to Nirvana because of the suicide story, not the actual riffs.
I was at a barbeque last weekend in Des Moines and this guy in his 20s starts going on about how Nirvana changed music forever and Kurt was some genius who we lost too soon. Look, I was alive in 1994 and I remember when he died. People weren't exactly lining up to buy Nevermind at the time. It took like three years after he passed for him to become this icon. Now everyone acts like they were there from day one. Has anyone else noticed this pattern with dead artists where people forget how they were actually treated when they were alive?
I brought up that Nirvana's Nevermind is way too polished and overproduced compared to their early stuff, and my friend Lisa nearly threw her wine at me. She went on a rant about how Cobain was a genius and I was just being contrarian. But honestly, how many people actually listen to Bleach or Incesticide instead of just the hits? Has anyone else here had a dead celebrity debate get way too heated with people who think you're attacking their childhood?
I spent 3 months last year listening to Thelonious Monk every day because everyone in music forums swore he was a genius, but last week at a dive bar in Chicago someone played his stuff and I just felt bored. Has anyone else pretended to love a dead artist just to fit in with a crowd?
I was flipping through some old reggae albums last weekend and this guy working there starts talking about how Bob Marley gets all the credit while artists like Peter Tosh and Lee Perry did way more interesting stuff. He said 'Marley is the McDonald's of reggae - consistent but not the best.' It hit different because I've been singing Buffalo Soldier for years without ever digging deeper. Has anyone else had a moment where a 'classic' artist suddenly felt overhyped after talking to someone who knew the full picture?
Back in 2011, I was at a house party in Portland and this guy spent 45 minutes going on about how Nirvana changed music forever. I nodded along but honestly, I never got the hype. I tried listening to Nevermind three times that week and it just felt like loud noise to me. What tipped me off was when I realized I was forcing myself to like something just so people wouldn't judge my taste. Has anyone else faked liking a dead celebrity just because everyone else does?
I finally listened to the Alive, She Cried bootleg after a buddy in Tempe mailed me a CD, and Morrison sounds like he's reading a shopping list between his drunken yells. Has anyone else here actually sat through a full Doors concert tape without romanticizing the '60s?
I grew up watching Bob Hope specials with my granddad in Ohio, he thought the guy was a genius. But I tried watching one of his old movies last year and I could not get through 20 minutes of it, the jokes were so slow. The timing just doesn't work now, I think people back then were starved for anything after the war. Has anyone else gone back and watched an old legend and realized they just aren't that funny anymore?
I was at a record store in Portland last weekend and heard some guy call Nirvana's Nevermind a 'masterpiece of guitar work.' I've played guitar for 15 years and those power chords are the first thing you learn. Why do people treat him like he's Hendrix just because he died at 27?
I bought that new streaming exclusive on Kurt Cobain last night and it was literally just clips from interviews already on YouTube with some cheesy narration over it. The only new thing was some guy's opinion about what Nirvana would sound like today. Anyone else get tricked by these cash grab celeb docs?
I found out Bob Marley's net worth when he died was only like $11 million, way less than you'd think for a global icon. Turns out his label and manager took almost everything, and he died broke in a Miami hospital in 1981. Why do we act like he was some saint when the guy left his wife and had like 11 kids with different women?
I used to think Nirvana was the greatest band ever when I was 16, but after actually listening to their full catalog as an adult, half the songs are just noise with mumbled words. Then I read that book about the Seattle scene and found out how much of his myth was manufactured by record labels after he died. Why do people act like he was some musical genius instead of just a guy who got lucky with a couple hits?
I used to roll my eyes any time someone called Elvis the King. Then I took a class at community college two years ago where the professor said most people only know his hits from the 70s. He said go listen to his 1956 Sun Records stuff where he sounded raw and hungry. I finally did last month and I get it now. So is Elvis actually overrated or did he get watered down by the jumpsuit years?
He said Nirvana was just loud noise for sad teenagers, but I've also heard people call them the voice of a generation. Is Cobain actually overrated or do we just pretend he changed music because he died young? What's your take?
Guy next to me swore Nirvana changed music forever. I said they were just loud and sloppy. Took me way too long to realize I was arguing with someone who hadn't listened past Smells Like Teen Spirit. Has anyone else had a dead celebrity debate that went nowhere fast?
My buddy made me go to this bar in Portland last Friday for a Kurt Cobain cover show. The place was packed with people wearing flannel they bought at Target that same day. I asked this one girl what her favorite song was and she said "Smells Like Teen Spirit" which is fine but when I pressed her on "Drain You" she just stared at me. Has anyone else noticed how many people pretend to be huge fans of dead musicians just to fit in at these events?