Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967, Aberdeen, Washington, U.S.A – April … Read Full Bio ↴Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967, Aberdeen, Washington, U.S.A – April 5 1994, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A ) was the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the Seattle grunge band Nirvana. With the band's success, Cobain became a major national and international celebrity, an uncomfortable position for someone who claimed to be "ill at ease with fame and ill-equipped to handle the responsibility that accompanies success".

Cobain and Nirvana were highly influential, popularizing what came to be known as "grunge music". In 1991, the arrival of Cobain's best known song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", marked the beginning of a dramatic shift of popular music away from the dominant genres of the 1980s: glam metal, arena rock, and dance-pop. The music media eventually awarded "Smells Like Teen Spirit" "anthem-of-a-generation" status, and, with it, Cobain ascended as the reluctant "spokesman" for Generation X. Kurt Cobain changed the course of music forever even though it was never his intention.

Been A Son
Kurt Cobain Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Been A Son' by these artists:

Manic Street Preachers She should have stayed away from friends She should have ha…
Nirvana She should have stayed away from friends She should have had…
Nirvana (From the Muddy Banks of The Wishkah) She should have stayed away from friends She should have ha…
Nirvana - 10.30.92 Buenos Aries (JWB REMASTER) She should have stayed away from friends She should have had…
Nirvana [live bootlegs] She should have stayed away from friends She should have ha…
Softcult She should've stayed away from friends She should've had mor…
Tritone She should have stayed away from friends She should have ha…
WOHNZIMMER - Nirvana She should have stayed away from friends She should have had…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Kurt Cobain:

1988 Capitol Lake Jam Commercial He-hey Jeff! Just because I'm curious, ehm What are you doin…
About a girl I need an easy friend I do... with an ear to…
all apologies ¿Qué más debo ser?, todo excusas ¿Qué más debo decir?, todo…
And I Love Her She gives me everything And tenderly The kiss my lover bring…
Beans Beans, beans, beans Jessie ate some beans She was happy, hap…
Been a Son (Early Demo) She could have known (...) is the same She could have…
Bright Smile Bright, sparkled, teeth and smile Baby, baby, come back I sa…
Burn The Rain Burn the (?) Come down and (?) Fame (?) From (?) of loving…
Clean Up Before She Comes Clean up before she comes Clean up before she comes Clean up…
Clean Up Before She Comes (Early Demo) Chhh-hhh Livin' in a dusty place Livin' in a dusty place Mee…
Come as You Are Come as you are, as you were, As I want you…
Do Re Mi Wish me once Wish me twice She's re-flamed beside you You Yo…
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle I follow the moskva down to gorky park Listening to the…
Heart Shaped Box She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak…
I Hate Myself and Want to Die Runny nose and runny yolk Even if you have a cold…
Lithium I'm so happy 'cause today I've found my friends ... in my…
Montage of Kurt Happy smelly! Like everything tastes like chicken Arghhh, I'…
Pennyroyal Tea I'm on my time with everyone I have very bad posture Sit…
Poison's Gone She says I'm beans And I've been lost And I don't mean The…
Polly Polly wants a cracker I think I should get off her…
rape me Rape me, rape me my friend Rape me, rape me again I'm…
Rehash The electronic Charlie Craig (?) No, I claimed (?) (?) My na…
Sappy And if you say your prayers You will make God happy And…
She Only Lies She only lies Just to save my feelings Okay, despite Just to…
Smells Like Teen Spirit Load up on guns and Bring your friends It's fun to…
Something in the Way Underneath the bridge Tarp has sprung a leak cnd the animals…
The Yodel Song This is like fucking rod, you know? Coooooool... Where is th…
What More Can I Say Hey... It happened suddenly I wonder how I may I know that i…

You Can’t Change Me / Burn My Britches / Something In the Way (Early Demo) You can't change me! Change me! Change me! Change me! You ca…

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Michael

3y↑135

[Verse 1]
She could have known that it's for shame
She could have seen the sun and drain
She could have known and hid the sky
She could have seen the dark before

[Chorus]
She could have
Cheer me
She could have just
Stayed the same
She could have just
Stayed the same
She could have just
Stayed the same
She could have

[Verse 2]
She could have soared with pleasant dreams
She could have saw the way I see
She could have make out her room
She could have known everything they're all the same

[Chorus]
She could have been
So insane
She could have been
So insane
She could have been
So strange
She could have been
So strange

Bass part!

j _velazquez

5y↑37

She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have stood out in the crowd
She should have made her mother proud
She should have fallen on her stance
She should have had another chance

bliss band

5y↑170

She could have known (...) is the same
She could have seen the sun and drain
She could have known and (...) the sky
She could have see the (...) before (?)

She could have
Cheer me
She could have
Stay the same
She could have
Stay the same
She could have
Stay the same
She could have

She could have soared with pleasant dreams
She could have saw the way I see
She could have make out in (...) room (?)
She could have known everything (?)

She could have been
So insane
She could have been
So insane
She could have been
So strange
She could have been
So strange

Bass part!

(this could be wrong)

aket lefleur

3y↑1

She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have stood out in a crowd
She should have made her mother proud
She should have fallen on her stance
She should have had another chance
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
Been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son

All comments from YouTube:

Cainã Silva

8y↑915

"bass part" Hahaha, kurt genious, Kurt Cobain is one of my heroes.

Gromit Pesley

@OOG I’m 27. I know more about music than you do.

MegaMuerte69🤘

@Gromit Pesley it's just funny man

OOG

3y↑1

Kids like Gromit will never know talent

OOG

No one on twitter thinks so... i miss him sm 🖤

Cainã Silva

@Lux Ufo é nois

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Michael

3y↑135

Wubler dubler cubler

2y↑3

@RealLifeBootBaby to me all I hear is him mumbling so he probably was just making a melody

RealLifeBootBaby

2y↑7

I wonder what made him rewrite the whole song?

tupac Shakur

6y↑147

Man he's my inspiration he's the reason why I want to be a singer and guitar player

DrewFive8

He liked public enemy

Floydzeppelin82

@Matchboxlover97 all? But tupac treat bitches like a bitch and treated woman like a non sex slave owner

D A M A S C E N O?

@Matchboxlover97 not a all, i like MF DOOM and nirvana

Mohipe

2y↑3

@Matchboxlover97 he said he didn't like offensive lyrics to the woman, but other than that he loved rap mate

Matchboxlover97

@Mohipe He said he hated icecube. And NWA talks bad about woman.

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Frequência 03

8y↑12

Kurt é foda demais !!!

Rafael Alexander

8y↑38

Kurt Cobain, uma lenda!

Bseck

8y↑41

my God, Kurt. so amazing to hear

Maria Saucedo

4y↑1

Bass part lol

Paulchris

8y↑16

Una de mis letras favoritas!! casi siento como si kurt estuviera presente :)

soulful Diva

8y↑25

I love this song Kurt Cobain it's a genius

Bárbara G

8y↑158

although I really love to listen new songs from him, I feel like we're sort of "listening his personal life". I explain myself, those we're recordings he never showed to someone, I guess due for something, and now a lot of people is listening this... I don't know... Maybe he would be concerned... it makes me cry for some reason

(sorry for my bad English)

metrach

4y↑5

bro signed up for this, the only mistake he made was taking his life, perhaps many years later, if he would have lived it would be considered just fine to look at these things. It's the sad tinge of suicide that makes it all seem bad. Every great artist gets their dirty laundry sifted through after death, that's basically how Van Gogh was discovered. Degas' wax sculptures(that he was not satisfied with) were cast in bronze.

I guess all in all it is a little vulturous, but hey our animal side isn't far from us.

csivaszregal lakatos

4y↑1

Its okay. Do not feel gulty for listening. The people whose idea was to release these are in charge.

andré pereira

@Bárbara Demian Exactly Bárbara!! Is milking the cow even after it is just a corpse,money,money,money. Adding that with the stupid,ignorant and annoying coments in every Nirvana/Kurt video,no wonder he kill himself

frogs

doesn't everyone?

Kevin Gonzalez

where are you from?

jream wilson

2y↑7

0:25 and 1:00 are actually really beautiful parts to the song

PvtoMaje

4y↑6

Damn, that bass part got me laughing so hard, why we don't have more people like Kurt?

SolitoElUno 79

8y↑17

Grande Kurt!

Kurt Kurdt

8y↑3

Great album, Kurt. - Kurt

j _velazquez

5y↑37

She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have stood out in the crowd
She should have made her mother proud
She should have fallen on her stance
She should have had another chance

Psps

@Kieran Hanham no, those are the official lyrics

Kieran Hanham

@Corey Dopp it's the Early lyrics.

Corey Dopp

4y↑4

Around, these are not the lyrics lol

Scooby MiKE

3y↑6

Something about demos make them perfect for listening to when alone

Lucas Kn

8y↑32

Kurt cobain genious

RealLifeBootBaby

2y↑32

I am a lesbian (23) my late mother used to tell me, “you should have been a boy” I’ve found a song that is ME. Thank you Kurt D. Cobain!

SC

@RealLifeBootBaby its called interpreting the song for yourself bot

RealLifeBootBaby

@SC No, it’s about his older sister Kim. Who is a lesbian. An came out to kurt as a child. Where tf do you get “Over sexualized men”? 💀😂 the whole song is about “SHE”,

SC

I think it’s more about pretty men who are oversexualized by society

bellathedog8674

4y↑6

Close your eyes and try and figure out what he’s saying it’s soothing

Viper0451

I love this album because it feels like Kurt's ghost crying for help in a way.

Lorbiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

4y↑3

Love it

Dvoeraatrh

8y↑1

amazing song !!

Nayron NW

2y↑1

Muito Lenda

Gutsy

8y↑3

love this.

douha.

I LOVE IT 🥰😍

Sol Almeida

5y↑3

BRASIL ABRIL/2019. Muito lindo. Saudades.

Will Imrie

8y↑45

pre-ordered, I have to hear this album!!

GrimmCalypso

Did you get your moneys worth of disappointment?

BrandonFleming

awesome man

Matt Shope

8y↑3

+mike oliver look at the details of the investigation rather than the mainstream media coverage and it's not exactly a stretch to question the cause of death

brendenf244j

+mike oliver i agree not saying that it doesn't make it kinda interesting think that hr was murdered but i think it takes away the under lining situation he was probably going through he was a herion addict and wanted to die like MIKE said end of story

Code Blue 89

8y↑4

Lol agreed, kurt and Courtney we're both totally fucked, but also totally awesome! Because Courtney is so fuckin insane, she's an easy target for all the asshole conspiracy theorists and dude they piss me off so much! Kurt killed himself end of story. Courtney is batshit crazy lol but not a killer! People, give that shit a rest!

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Salsaace 0

3y↑2

Officially my favorite version

Salsaace 0

666

Eneas Cáceres

Now you realize why he is a legend

Diego Carvalho

5y↑3

Best version!

Dario Wirtha

5y↑7

This is sorta the way i record my musical ideas. I'd name the chords as I am playing them, name the key of the song, say solo before soloing, say chorus before chorusing, etc and bass part.

bliss band

5y↑170

lizardkingno2

8y↑215

Yes people, buy the album and make Courtney Love even richer!

mic nik

@Lithium4babydolls Nah she raised his baby that he abandoned, she deserves it.

Kitter

And Frances

Thorfinn

Man you are smart as hell

Omnik

Yeah, because it's our fault the money is going to her.

William

get over yourself noob

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Kitsu

4y↑320

Comments:

85% bass part
5% lyrics
5% something about the song

Sorry Mom I'm Floppy

86% now that bass part was badass

sharigan

You’re so stupid on so many levels..

Whats up Büçkœ

Deven Powers thanks for your contribution

MissyVzz

4y↑1

The lyrics and the bass part still being parts of the song, so they are literally comment things about the song.

Reinier van Nek

4y↑8

5%: what is the other 5%?

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Jonier Maldonado

8y↑1

kurt el mejor

Ryn

4y↑3

Why do I like this more than the final son

breetheseer

8y↑391

"bass part" oh kurt you clever bastard XD

chess

hahahah yess it makes me laugh 😅😅

Kurdt Cobain

3y↑1

i didnt clean my home about 27 years

andré pereira

4y↑10

just shut up Tutto

Tutto Salvé

5y↑8

literally nothing it's just two different recordings they're put like this for our benefit what you think he swapped out instruments that quickly no he was just saying for himself later

Archie Mac

5y↑9

What is clever about that?

gustavo sousa

Brasil!!, Lider de uma geração

Nico Männistö

8y↑2

Wow, i'm here early! I must say that I love to hear these early recordings, looking forward to the album

powder

4y↑9

1:12 bass part

Musistics

Mind blown. 🤯🙆🏻‍♀️

MarbleSplash 466

4y↑24

Because everyone here talks about the damn bass part, can't they talk about how good nirvana and kurt cobain are?

someone liked the bass part xD

foreverboymush

6y↑2

"bass part", fukkin legendary

r3ndos

8y↑20

BASS PART!

yooitsxtra

5y↑100

Why is almost every comment about him saying “bass part”

Miquel

8y↑131

Well Kurt... Let the bass thing to Krist...

Valentin Bercaru

8y↑1

The best

creamypasta

4y↑2

ugh! now i found it! i love this tune! good cheap shit

pauline weeke

RIP KURT

Ryuzaki L

Quisiera viajar en el futuro

brendenf244j

literally cant understand one word he is saying but i fucking love it

christine JAUTEE

Perfect

Dario Wirtha

6y↑9

This is how I record music ideas

-

5y↑5

the art is terrifying

Bunni⁴

2y↑1

Beautiful, isn't it?

KurtCobainOfficial

1y↑1

1:12 Bass Part!

DANIEL ARRERA

Someone have the chords of this version?

Sugar Póyon

4y↑1

Son exactamente los mismos al parecer, cambia como armoniza con la voz

freaaaklyrics

8y↑1

does anyone know when the album is coming out ?

Lissimore

8y↑2

+freaaaklyrics 13th of november

MyaeisKeefe

3y↑2

when did kurt wrote this?

Angel MTH

A alguien más le recuerda a la canción Stuck in the middle with You

JJ ON THE BEAT

4y↑5

We all hear the bass part. OKAY?

hola soy kurt cobain

3y↑1

Is pretty the song ☺️

projectnoel

3y↑11

It almost sounds like he's saying "she couldn't see the sun"

Angelina Cobain

8y↑1

😍

Justice

5y↑1

Dear kurdt, you are more brave than me, but soon I will gather the courage to join you. Love you bud. Austin

Pietra Pinto

in love😍😍😍😍😍

Nightcrawler

3y↑22

I need the tabs, I know this is D and 3 2 0 in the A string, but in the chorus he uses a G5, F5 and E5, but before to thar progression there is a chord, I can't figure it out so if anybody know what chord is please tell me

Moistier

It's actually in Eb standard

Josue

@Acid Green you're probably right

Josue

@Acid Green you're probably right

Acid Green

@Josue wow. You win bro. I'm speechless

Josue

@Acid Green I don't idolize him I'm just complementing and now I feel like you're trolling no one brings up facts out of nowhere

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Cook moore

Sounds good

Mwils

Out of all of Kurt's songs with Nirvana, this one hits me the hardest.. she should of stayed away from friends..

azan shaikh

8y↑248

this is porn for my soul.

Chrisdead 27

4y↑4

I like creative albums cover like this.

Ryn

4y↑5

I didn’t like this comment bc it’s at 169 likes but just know that I agree with you, fellow intellectual

AtMeDolphinTheShark

4y↑3

Indeed

自由人

8y↑3

sappy 也很好聽♥

I Miss You kurt ...

Vinicius Roberto

8y↑2

Kurt :'(

[Fumiken]

8y↑2

Bass part !

Marta Lopez

RIP

Lynn Blonk

Woah❤️

Owlfrey***

I feel like I'm violating sacred grounds...

JJE514

Quite a shot in the dark but does anyone know what year this demo is from?

Mikhail

1988-1989

Alejandro Rodríguez

8y↑39

"Bass part" XD

AYOOUB

3y↑6

Can’t believe Kurt chose James Charles as the Album cover

Pennyroyal Polly

Huh?

yooitsxtra

1.25x for more like original

Benedito Prado

Nice

Low_Loco

Pagos

Someone have the tab ?

Mad Dog

8y↑261

"Bass Part"? xD

Mark_Frerider

Yeeees

Scary Garey

2y↑8

@Just Another Small YouTuber you missed the joke because in the animation part of the film kurt says bass part when doing this scene comes up with this song in the film

CrEEpZ

4y↑3

"She should have, so-so"

Jkalle

Lyrics please

BigDannyD

Rip :c

Edith Zetterstrand

where can you buy the album?

IM

Edith Zetterstrand the internet

Andrija Tošić

Bass part :D

Friday Killaz

Bass Part > about that bass

aket lefleur

3y↑1

She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have stood out in a crowd
She should have made her mother proud
She should have fallen on her stance
She should have had another chance
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
Been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son

Lucivéu abscôndito.

Bass part.

Santiago Atuel Costa

1:12 (Bass part)

M

Waddup kurt <3

EDUARD SUSAI

🅱️ass part

decaffeinated african

um he isn't joking about the 'bass part'.

D1GGAN

BASS PART

Kurts.shoulders

8y↑57

"BASS PART

Patrîck gîll

Idk why. But I feel like there gonna put songs on there they've already released on with the lights out or something.

itsimbatime

I'm pretty sure sappy will be the only rerelease as well as the full 10 minute version of do re mi

Femboylordd

"Bass part"

Pong Kaewniyom

คิดถึง เคิร์ท 😢😢

Saam41

YEEEY!!!

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