Who was Kurt Cobain’s favourite member of The Beatles

Kurt Cobain, and Beatles. Image via: AP Images, and Julie Kramer 

Nirvana's late chief Kurt Cobain was proud in his love for The Beatles. They were a band that meant everything to him, at the same time, there was one guy in the band that he could identify with on an instinctive level and declared his favourite member from The Fab Four.

Following Cobain's terrible demise in 1994, his bandmate Dave Grohl uncovered during an appearance on BBC Radio 2 to stamp the 50th commemoration of The Beatles' classic collection Abbey Road that the 1965 melody 'In My Life' holds a unique spot in his heart after the track was played at Cobain's burial service. This demonstration means exactly how high regard about The Fab Four, and he can presently don't tune in to that tune without being helped to remember his old companion.

"It means a lot to me because it was the song that was played at Kurt Cobain’s memorial," Grohl disclosed to Radio 2. "That day, after everybody had given their opinion, this next tune came over the speakers and everybody had the chance to observe Kurt's affection for The Beatles one final time together."

"Still to this day, when I hear it, it touches a place in me that no other song ever will. It’s called ‘In My Life’ and knowing how much of a fan Kurt was of The Beatles, and how much of an influence they were, to everything we’ve done ever done… I’d like to play this one for him.."

Cobain, who once talked about his affection for The Beatles in a meeting with Rolling Stone in 1993, claimed about how Lennon being "upset" caused him to identify with the bespectacled Beatle. 

In spite of the fact that he didn't keep down his not exactly positive musings on Paul McCartney, expressing: "John Lennon was definitely my favourite Beatle, hands down. I don’t know who wrote what parts of what Beatles songs, but Paul McCartney embarrasses me. Lennon was obviously disturbed [laughs]. So I could relate to that."

The Nirvana front man then proceeded: "From the books I’ve read — and I’m so sceptical of anything I read, especially in rock books. So I just felt really sorry for him. To be locked up in that apartment. Although he was totally in love with Yoko and his child, his life was a prison. He was imprisoned. It’s not fair. That’s the crux of the problem that I’ve had with becoming a celebrity — the way people deal with celebrities. It needs to be changed; it really does."

Cobain at that point discussed the equals between how he and Lennon battled with adapting to the clouded side of popularity: "No matter how hard you try, it only comes out like you’re bitching about it. I can understand how a person can feel that way and almost become obsessed with it. But it’s so hard to convince people to mellow out. Just take it easy, have a little bit of respect. We all sh*t."

John Lennon. Image via: AP Press

There are without a doubt similitude between Kurt Cobain and John Lennon. Despite the fact that their music was gravely unique on a superficial level, their methodology and mentality towards life were brimming with similarity. They were both profanely acclaimed on account of their colossal ability, yet the issues that came because of their individual groups' prosperity soured their lives, and they battled to adapt to the change that distinction had constrained upon them. These two men's accounts are among the incredible misfortunes of music; however, their heritages will keep on living on forever.

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Ranganath Biswas