A neat little side note to add to that Nirvana/Poo Fighters/Queens of the Stone Age post from a few days ago- Cobain is also mentioned in Innocent by Our Lady Peace, which also happens to be in the Top Ten at the Bear. Weird, eh? Not that songs that mention Kurt Cobain are unusual- the Chilis mention him in Californication, Neil Young wrote a tribute to him soon after his passing (Sleeps With Angels), and probably a bunch more too. But my favorite, for its pooeticness, is the Tragically Hip’s Don’t Wake Daddy-
“Sled Dogs after dinner close their eyes on their howlin' ways
Kurt cobain, reincarnated, sighs and licks his face
Then they drift past strips of Seregeneti and the gates of sleepy hollow too
You can pause and wonder they pause and wonder yeah I pause and wonder too”