Kurt Cobain's Steps in Aberdeen

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14 жыл бұрын

Follow the footsteps of Kurt Cobain before the days of Nirvana. I filmed this piece in close order to the Walking Tour provided by the Aberdeen Museum of History. As a fan of music history and Cobain, I understand the importance of capturing these sights on film and making them available to fans around the world who may never make it to the Pacific Northwest. Please excuse any ads that pop up. These are not mine, but KZfaq's for my using copyright music. The song is "Oh Me" recorded by Nirvana though as many fans will note, the song is not written by Cobain, but great nevertheless.
Here's the timeline for the five-minute documentary:
:00 - :30 Entering Aberdeen
:30 - :55 Kurt's childhood home
:55 - 1:28 Rosevear's music store
1:28 - 2:15 Dave Crover's (Melvins) House
2:15 - 2:38 Site of Kurt's 1st arrest (vandalism)
2:38 - 2:56 Lamont Shellinger residence
2:56- 3:19 Site of Kurt's 2nd arrest (trespassing)
3:19 - 3:44 Krist Novoselic's mom's hair shop
3:44 - end Young Street Bridge
To learn the history behind these places, go to: www.aberdeen-museum.org/kurt.htm.

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@bonvivant55 8 жыл бұрын

Down the alley from Kurt's childhood home lies a brown house. That's where my Father lived. Dad would feed their dog, Cricket. He was a nice dog. After Kurt passed, I told my Dad that I wanted to walk over and give my condolences to his family. I'll never forget what my Dad asked me after I told him. "Would you be going over there for them, or for you?" I thought about that for hours, and never ended up going. Kurt's music was there for us. If his family does ever read this, I hope they know how much his music meant to us.

@WayneDevin 8 жыл бұрын

+bon vivant Thanks for sharing this part of your history. I appreciate it.

@randyjohnson7734 6 жыл бұрын

I can understand your fathers point.I was fairly young when the guy died myself 17 or 18.Easy to be a little starstruck.I think it would have played out the same if it were me and my dad. I live and went to school in Elma and down in Raymond before that.My uncle drank wine and showed some chords to Kurt I guess and I was in pacific county jail with his childhood buddy the one in the documentary they interviewed his dad where Kurt stayed on their couch when one of the times he left home.I wasn't really a fan of the music more rock and metal not punk or alternative but it all brought some notoriety to the area. Its not a flashy place around here.People are real around here. Kurt I think would tell people to stay home its just a real place like any other don't waste your time.That's how he was didn't go in for fame & pop culture shit.I met a kid like a year after came from Japan to see his grave.Couldn't believe it.Especially since apparently he was cremated and there's no grave.Shit what a waste coming from Japan stupid ya ask me.

@noelbgood8845 Жыл бұрын

I’m from california i visited Aberdeen last week and smoked weed out my bong in that exact alley.. it was surreal definitely a different type of vibe to that place. Really depressing……

@GuildWarsGirl 9 жыл бұрын

I moved up here to Aberdeen recently, and I've spent the night under the Young Street Bridge. It was really hot outside that night, and I'm just glad it didn't rain!

@cristianjimenez2259 11 жыл бұрын

It's better to burn out than fade away -Kurt Cobain Saddest quote I've ever read

@dathorndike4908 2 жыл бұрын

I love this song. I haven't heard it in forever, but it is one of my favorites of all time, even though Kurt didn't write it.

@cejason 11 жыл бұрын

They should Give Kurt a street and name it something like 'Cobain Avenue' or something ._.

@kurdtcobain2896 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t want that

@oliver9089 Ай бұрын

I lived in Thunder Bay for a while, and there was a street named for Paul Shaffer (David Letterman's piano guy) 😂 It made me laugh at the time that the crappy town would have named that little street for him as some desperate attempt to say, "See? Not everyone that comes out of this town is a total loser"

@AdamSmithNES 8 жыл бұрын

Just a reminder that Kurt copped a Neil Young lyric in "Its better to burn out than to fade away".

@WayneDevin 8 жыл бұрын

+Adam Smith Thanks for posting this reminder as credit should be given to Neil Young and his song, Hey Hey, My My. For other viewers and readers on this post, here's the reference to the song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Hey,_My_My_(Into_the_Black)

@jeffbone8475 4 жыл бұрын

Great job on this! Went to Aberdeen and did this exact tour this summer. I have wanted to go for past 20 years and finally was able to make it happen. It was surreal being there and seeing all of these places. Your video brought it all back. Thanks so much for posting it.

@sarahblack6765 11 жыл бұрын

I really liked this video. It's nice to see where Kurt lived and see all the places he was at.

@daveismee 10 жыл бұрын

they do have a statue for him at the bridge now,

@seperatesoul 12 жыл бұрын

i'm glad i had found this,i have to say it well done,and put together so nicely and professionally,great job! this is probably the only way i'd ever get to journey through the foot steps of kurts life,..this is definetly going into my favorites! thanks for sharing this!

@Tomnedreb 10 жыл бұрын

Very nice video!

@kurdtcobain2896 3 жыл бұрын

@windcrysmary951 11 жыл бұрын

im european, to me is amazing that in the hometown of one of greatest songwriters and bands of america the city didnt even bother to put up a statue, take care of his home in any city in europe any writer or singer or poet in any age has his house sometimes street name after him usually a statue or museum in Aberdeen theres nothing they completely shit \ll over his favorite son its easy to see why kurt wanted to leave so much, my teenage hero

@djosephj 6 жыл бұрын

They hated the fact that he was a known heroin addict. I was at his Community World shows in Tacoma before he became world famous.

@jgnpercy207 5 жыл бұрын

He was a drug addict and a bully. Aberdeen was glad to get ridof him

@enriquepastor3626 5 жыл бұрын

Sad that the town wanted to deny his history... Drug use was just a little bit of cobain, he was just a one of person and a musical genius... They should be proud of have raised one of the most important people in music ever

@dianastvarnik697 4 жыл бұрын

@@jgnpercy207 shut up!

@sethconnell7037 2 жыл бұрын

@@jgnpercy207Your grammar is "pretty shit" you dull minded person.

@jos7743 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. I have to go to Aberdeen and Seattle one day...Greetings from Argentina!!

@WayneDevin 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment, Jos 77. Seattle is a great place to visit and hope you make it some day. Regarding the video, part of the inspiration in taking it was to share with those who don't live near the area to travel easily to it. Glad you could check it out.

@Jana-om4bb 2 жыл бұрын

@@WayneDevin Agreed, much appreciated, Big Fan here from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, so interesting and nostalgic, beautifully put together with the music, Big Thank You X

@monicacollini6018 Ай бұрын

Toccante questo video è anche emozionante e commovente, indimenticabile, immensa la sua anima🙏❤️

@OfficialJane 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this

@WayneDevin 8 жыл бұрын

+suna giesen Thanks so much, Suna. This video has always meant a lot to me, so I appreciate it. As I was telling another person who posted this week, I'm hoping to cover more musical sites in the Northwest in the near future. Thanks again.

@amyb4381 5 жыл бұрын

Wayne Devin - I appreciate u posting this video, as well. Thank u, Wayne!

@001GenLee 11 жыл бұрын

I saw on the end of that one sign..."our beloved hero". There's an interviewer talking to Kurt & he said, " people come up to you like you're a fucking God. " Not sure how well Kurt would take that word "hero". He just wanted to be normal & play music.

@ReidGarwin 6 жыл бұрын

001GenLee Absolutely agree here.

@Texasscout96 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, this was great!! Awesome amount of detail with the addresses and camera work! Thanks so much!

@WayneDevin 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment--I truly appreciate it. It was my hope that fans of Kurt and the band would like the details as I know a lot of people (especially out of the US) may never make it out the Pacific NW and then down Aberdeen. Thanks again.

@davidharper1338 12 жыл бұрын

thanks for this well done piece. loved seeing rosevears in it.

@SaoirseK 12 жыл бұрын

Great video, I meself hope to visit Aberdeen in the future and leave my own message to Kurt underneath the Young Street Bridge.

@Kennethrandallross 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@christophersawyer253 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing work. Great job

@MethodWive 12 жыл бұрын

this video deserves to be in my favourites. thank you

@StudioGuyMN 13 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you for sharing

@Gitarp 11 жыл бұрын

great job man!

@dimeacyd 14 жыл бұрын

"Look on the brightside is suicide." Milk It. Kurt Cobain.

@Newwordsforsimone7 11 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done! Thank you so much for creating and posting this. My husband and I are going to Seattle, Olympia, Aberdeen, and to the EMP's Taking Punk to the Masses Exhibit this coming April 2013. While I have been to both his home in Seattle and Olympia in the past, I have yet to go to Aberdeen. This should be very helpful in helping me plan our rout e around the town. Thank you!!

@mikenoface 11 жыл бұрын

Yes, He actually quotes this Neil Young lyric in Kurt Cobain Journals and in his supposed suicide note.

@hailaminzu 8 жыл бұрын

This make me cry....

@noelbgood8845 Жыл бұрын

@chthrway 😂

@psychosara1727 14 жыл бұрын

Thanks for filming and putting all of this footage together! It was great to have a tour, all the other youtube videos are usually one building at a time, or there is a bunch of unrelated junk in between 'cause ppl don't know how to edit there videos

@jay75music 13 жыл бұрын

wow what a great video. we're moving to dupont washington in a few months and i cant wait to visit these places.

@flanksteak2 11 жыл бұрын

Aberdeen is an old, run-down logging town. It was much more "bustling" when Kurt was growing up there. The houses you are showing have all been remodeled and would have looked much different when he lived in them.

@noelbgood8845 Жыл бұрын

The place is really depressing

@Koubiak 9 жыл бұрын

The young street bridge is faaar less than a mile away from his childhood home, it took me about 2 minutes to get there by foot.

@WayneDevin 9 жыл бұрын

Koubiak Thanks for the note, Koubiak. You are correct.

@bolanmarc7405 3 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful

@petersiegfriedkrug Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I like the song " Come as you are." Greetings from Austria

@DoppSkates 10 жыл бұрын

wow kurt really wrote that under the bridge? better to burn out than fade awaaY? thats really like cool like your standing where he once was

@aliciakatsouris 3 жыл бұрын

Can you please add the address of the bank location which Kurt vandalized and the area of Lamont Shillinger? I'm visiting and I'd really like to visit these places!!!

@tarajk82 13 жыл бұрын

Well coming from someone that has lived here her whole life its a very depressing place to live. A lot of drug addicts and abandoned buildings...The video was cool but funny to see that of this town.

@scottwood5640 7 жыл бұрын

im in Virginia but would love to go there on a tour or something.

@WayneDevin 7 жыл бұрын

Scott -- Thanks for commenting on the video. The Pacific Northwest has so much to see, so a trip is worth it for sure. Plus, Aberdeen is only an hour or so from Seattle, so not bad for day trip.

@DeafGothic28 13 жыл бұрын

Wow..my god. I was there in July 2005 and there was no memorial sign and other sign under the bridge..I wrote my note and my signature somewhere under the bridge.

@jesrubian30 11 жыл бұрын

hermoso

@auburn7697 2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@morehombual5873 5 жыл бұрын

Aberdeen Kurt cobain home town

@timnolan3655 5 жыл бұрын

Still the same color. God I hate Aberdeen. But glad I went there and to his park a few blocks away.

@thunder7382 3 жыл бұрын

hey big fan,it s Dale Crover...so..

@Thorwk1 12 жыл бұрын

They obviously did the honors due to his career.

@marvy1118 11 жыл бұрын

His childhood home is repainted the same color and looks much better now.

@cynthiahoard183 Жыл бұрын

My FIL lived right across the street from Cobain.

@mjlowder 11 жыл бұрын

yes he did in his suicide note

@elenaavdiu5989 7 жыл бұрын

which song is that?

@WayneDevin 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching the video, Elena. The song is titled: "Oh, Me." You can view a performance here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b9xmm9mXsJvclo0.html

@elenaavdiu5989 7 жыл бұрын

+Wayne Devin (studiomcgraw) thanks!😄

@Texasscout96 7 жыл бұрын

That is "Oh me".

@alphabravo431 11 жыл бұрын

he didnt say that

@alphabravo431 11 жыл бұрын

Kurt never said 'its better to burn out than fade away' nor did he write it....

@Hollman36 6 жыл бұрын

SanctumStudios he, in fact, did write it in his suicide note

@DiehardtNG10 5 жыл бұрын

@@Hollman36 The writing is not his.

@arcticlark705 3 жыл бұрын

@@DiehardtNG10 yes it is though...

@defu5er 5 жыл бұрын

Stube sitzen

@randyjohnson7734 6 жыл бұрын

Don't go out of your way to come here. Its just a place just like where you're at now. And if you understand Kurt Vinson how he was at all you can understand that.Don't waste your time there's better things to be doing.