Who is the old man in the Heart-Shaped Box video?
Along with his family and his child, Cobain counted meeting William Burroughs as one of the high points of his life. Below, Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box” video. Imagine how extra amazing this video would have been with WSB hanging from that cross!
Is Heart-Shaped Box about Courtney?
According to the book Come As You Are by Michael Azerrad, the idea of the song came from Courtney Love when she presented Kurt with a heart-shaped box full of precious possessions. The song switches meanings between Kurt’s feelings over Courtney and his feelings on how women are treated.
Who wrote the song Heart-Shaped Box?
Kurt Cobain
Heart-Shaped Box/Lyricists
When did Nirvana Heart-Shaped Box come out?
1993
Heart-Shaped Box/Released
Heart-Shaped Box was released on 30 August 1993 but was a glint in Kurt Cobain’s eye at least a year before when he wrote the track in early 1992.
Was Courtney taller than Kurt?
Even though she was three inches taller than him, he won the fight.
When did Nirvana release the song Heart Shaped Box?
Heart-Shaped Box. The song’s music video, directed by Anton Corbijn, garnered critical plaudits, and won two awards, including Best Alternative Video at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1994. “Heart-Shaped Box” was the last song Kurt Cobain performed live in public with Nirvana, on March 1, 1994 in Munich, Germany.
Who was the director of the Heart Shaped Box video?
Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box” music video was visually created by singer Kurt Corbain and directed by Anton Corbijn (director of videos for Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence” (1990) and U2’s “One – version 1” 1991). Kurt drew out images for the video and would fax them to Anton Corbijn.
When did Kurt Cobain write Heart Shaped Box?
Kurt Cobain wrote “Heart-Shaped Box” in early 1992. Cobain forgot about the song for a while, but began working on it again when he and his wife, Courtney Love, moved to a house in the Hollywood Hills. In a 1994 Rolling Stone interview, Love said she overheard him working on the song’s riff in a closet.
Who was the little girl in Heart Shaped Box?
In February 2016, Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl reunited with the actress, Kelsey Rohr, who played the girl in the “Heart-Shaped Box” music video twenty-three years earlier and who was then just six years old.