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Originally Posted by Dr. Rez
one night I almost got a zeppelin on my arm and i actually regret not doing it.
I also think people with lots of tattoos who are older all dont like some but wouldnt get rid of them if they could. People forget that while tastes change the memory of where you were in life at the time stays. I for one when I am old ugly and wrinkled would love to play guess the tattoo, and remember this one?
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As valid as that may be in retrospect, you're not some teenager with a favourite band, you're a well rounded human being with way more direction in life and way more experience to boot. Given that nirvana tends to be a "flavour of the <teenage years>" thing as a favourite band, and given that its unlikely the tattoo will fare well in terms of cultural relevance or real meaning, I doubt its a good idea.
Or in other words - Explaining a thing that might reduce some regret, doesn't mean someone shouldn't try to avoid doing something they'll regret in the first place.
Not to mention, unless I'm very much mistaken, this girl probably doesn't even remember when Kurt was alive. There are very few musicians important enough to mean THAT MUCH to someone who never saw them living, to get a tattoo. Les Paul, Frank Zappa maybe, a few others. But Kurt Cobain?
I'm sorry. Regardless of how good, bad, or incredible I might or might not think his music is or isn't, he just isn't that kind of inimitable cultural landmark who will remain relevant forever. I don't think anyone could really argue that he ever could have been. He's no Les Paul, he's no Alan Turing, he's no Mozart. He's not someone whose achievements will ever inform a sense of awe and majesty and utter respect. He is and always will be just another rock musician.