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Okay, has anyone noticed a connection with Velvet Kevorkian "all you are is allyou are," and Nirvana's All Apologies, "all in all is all we are"? I always thought All Apologies was sort of a pathetic, heroin driven lyric...

"all you are is allyou are," and Nirvana's All Apologies, "all in all is all we are"

"All you are, is all you are" essentially means that one cannot be anything more than one is. "All in all is all we are" doesn't really make any grammatical sense but I'd imagine it to mean that people are sheep who are nothing without other people, if it means anything. Which it probably doesn't; because as you said, there were a lot of drugs involved in most of Kurt Cobain's lyrics.

Eh, besides the linguistic discrepancies I consider likening Dev to Cobain to be on par with likening Sigmund Freud to Homer Simpson (which has undoubtedly been done in some context).

Zyprexa wrote:"all you are is allyou are," and Nirvana's All Apologies, "all in all is all we are"

"All you are, is all you are" essentially means that one cannot be anything more than one is. "All in all is all we are" doesn't really make any grammatical sense but I'd imagine it to mean that people are sheep who are nothing without other people, if it means anything. Which it probably doesn't; because as you said, there were a lot of drugs involved in most of Kurt Cobain's lyrics.

Eh, besides the linguistic discrepancies I consider likening Dev to Cobain to be on par with likening Sigmund Freud to Homer Simpson (which has undoubtedly been done in some context).

:blink: Woman, sometimes I think you harbor a genius or three under the boot.

Grammar nazis aren't intelligent, they're just obtuse and belligerent.

But thanks, lovey. :.)

Zyprexa wrote:Grammar nazis aren't intelligent, they're just obtuse and belligerent.

But thanks, lovey. :.)

Perhaps you misinterpreted my question if you claim that I'm a grammar nazi. (I could be a nazi nazi though, but no I'm too dark skinned) I was merely trying to find his motivation for writing that line in the song and not at all comparing the two guys.

Zyprexa was probably referring to herself in response to djskrimp's post.