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Says Activision, they got a signed agreement from the former Mrs. Cobain to use the Nirvana frontman's likeness in the game:
Guitar Hero secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate in a written agreement signed by Courtney Love to use Kurt CobainÂ’s likeness as a fully playable character in Guitar Hero 5.
Love, on the other hand, said earlier via Twitter that she did no such thing. Or she did, but she was literally forced at gunpoint. I can't tell which. This Rolling Stone article, however, says that Love even had a hand in the process of digitizing Kurt, going as far as picking out the hairstyle and wardrobe that would be used for the avatar.
Now I'm inclined to think that there are two possibilities here. One, the Twitter account is fake and somebody's just messing around. Two is, well, she probably just forgot. Or something. That Rick James line comes to mind. Oh, and here's the video that started this whole mess:
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I understand if someone used Nirvana's songs with Kurt's image on a game (which is still over the line) but to use him for other songs to make him look like a FOOL?!?
I don't think so!
I guess I just don't get it. I'm sure there will be the Beatles playable in RB:Beatles and they will probably be on stage for non-Beatles songs. People talk about Kurt like he is the second coming of... well... I'll just leave it as "I don't understand it."
was a great artist, but I really don't consider him the second coming of JC. Courtney Love should not have signed the damn contract if she didn't want Activision use him in the game. All in all this is the resaon people shouldn't use drugs.. you could end up like courtney love ..
That girl is a Drug addict,she probly signed that deal when she was high on crack and then woke up playing her crackbox 360 and was like wtf lol.
how does it make him look like a fool now?
and where is this line?
plenty of people use drugs and don't up end like courtney love...
thats like saying "you shouldn't own a ps3, or you could end up like Felis..."
cocaine is a helluava drug.
I'm Rick James B!tch!.
I OWN A PS3!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meh...
It's probably some troll account, but the way I know the story is this:
One possible reason she hates Dave Grohl is the bad three-way sex she had with him and Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumkins. Lolwat you may ask, but I found that out today. Also, Dave G. is a major failure for claiming "[He] was Nirvana" right after Kurt Died and he formed the Foo Failures.
Courtney was known to be very violent in her relationships, often paying other people to do her dirty work. A lot of guys she dated said they woulda ended up like Kurt, even though I still think he was murdered. One theory says *she* paid someone to kill him, but who knows if she really wants this to go through.
She DID give them permission, and she DID help the design. The thing she was ACTUALLY angry about, as well as a legion of RB/GH/Music fans, is how in the game of GH5, you can use Kurt to play other songs from many other artists he'd never have even touched in real life, and he sings parts of other songs as well.
A lot of people viewed this as kinda scaring his legacy as anyone who knew Kurt knew he absolutely HATED the mainstream in general. To include him in a mainstream game like this was the *first* mistake.
PsilocybinStati on 3.
It probably is a fake account cuz Courtney Love spelling things? Highly improbable. And also, what is the big deal with Kurt Cobain? really, nobody gave a ***** about him while he was alive but after he commits suicide it somehow makes the drunken jibberish and nonsensical guitar riffs Godlike. "I'm gonna fork out lots of cash for a box set of b-sides and unreleased stuff." its b-side and unreleased for a reason, cuz it sucks. N' he obviously didn't want it released, just like I'm sure he wanted his personal journal to be published for the world to see. "Nevermind' is about as far as I go. Let the man rest, people. You could put every good song by Nirvana on a game and still have plenty of room for about 80 songs. You people quit being trendy.
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I understand if someone used Nirvana's songs with Kurt's image on a game (which is still over the line) but to use him for other songs to make him look like a FOOL?!"
lol, you are an idiot.
I agree NarooN. Seeing Kurt sing a Bon Jovi song is just ridiculous!
Its not foolish to shoot yourself in the face with a shotgun now is it?
I think Kurt showed the world that he was a fool.
You guys do realize this is a PR stunt right? You all fell for it hook, line and sinker.
Jojojojoj please please tell me this idiot did NOT SAID plenty of people use drugs and don't end up like courtney love and please tell me he did NOT even make a reference for a playstation 3 i mean yeeeees another id.io.t to make some fun of- i mean yeeeah right if i use drugs is similar to have a playstation 3 or not, riiiight lol i'm gonna go tell my 6 and 7 year old kid your -analogy- just to see if they don't spit in my face for being such an imbecile xDDDDDD
seeing kurt sing a Bon Jovi song is ridiculous, yes it is he was high all the time and surely can't remember a bon jovi song completley it has more words than a nirvana song xDDDDDDD
how come nobody gets this anal about Mario playing tennis. He's a platform character! He's playing sports omg, thats not what he does or who he is, therefore it shouldn't be fun! ***** people don't be hella stupid nobody complains when a chick is singing a guy song.