Esteban VS Kurt Cobain who's better?

unfortunatly no.
Although I really dig the Zoro getup.

Aww, have a heart for this infomercial.
I hear chuck norris is going to join him for a duet.
Kurt was a disillusioned junkie who didn't have the guts to wear leather & shades.

Esteban seems to me to be just a face on an infomertial...another salespro.

As for kurt...I'm suprised he didn't miss.

Wow, people are serious about their Esteban and Kurt Cobain in these parts.  I've only heard Esteban play the three songs that he always plays during his sales pitch but to me it doesn't even seem like you can compare the two because they are so different.  Esteban is probably a better player technically speaking but if Kurt were alive he'd probably even conceed that point.  Kurt's strength was to be able to convey emotion with his guitar and lyrics (granted those emotions were usually anger and depression).  Maybe Esteban can do this as well but it's hard to convey emotion when all I've heard you play is "Greensleeves."

Esteban is making a living playing his guitar - not a bad thing to do - wish I could do it myself.  He markets a package that appeals to people who aspire to make music - not a bad thing to do.

Perhaps the instruments are not the greatest in the world, but for some people they might be just the thing they need to help them start learning about music.  Ya' gotta hand it to him though - he has found a niche in the market that allows him to do what he loves . . .

If his infomercials bother you, turn off the stupid television and play your guitar.  In fact, just leave the television off permanently - there is always something better to do.

Cobain's commercial success was largely a result of astute marketing and packaging by savvy record label executives.  They were able to ride the crest of a wave.  There is always a new wave coming along that somebody will ride until it predictably peters out only to be replaced by the next new wave.

Nothing against Nirvana's music, but I just can't get all excited about unintelligable lyrics that mostly convey the same swooning "I'm such a tortured artist and it's so hard to be so cool" idea repeatedly.  Had Cobain had any respect for his creative abilities he would have focused his life on making music instead of self-pity and addiction.

So, does that answer your question . . . .  ?  I feel much better now.

Hi,
Well being a Brit. Esteban meant nothing to me. Never seen any of his infomercials on TV guess they must only be on in the US.
I saw the Utube vids wasn't much impressed seemed tacky. Well that was  probably the point.

Now Kurt Cobain I have heard of  Nirvana's lead man  who shot himself.

Esteban v Kurt Cobain :)Why? Other an to ruffle a few feathers and get some responses.

Well it worked and it is entertaining to read the posts.

I love Chordie!

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Total admiration.

Chrispontes it's... "It's better to burn out, than to fade away", if you're referring to the suicide note.

"Didn't have the guts to wear leather and shades"... thank god, glam rock needed to die.

And as for the unintelligible lyrics, a lot of times Kurt chose words based on melody, not meaning.

So for me, Cobain definitely.... his songs are really deep, but it's a generation thing.

Cobain deep and having changed the world.  Well, I can't go for either one of those.  But I did like Nirvana's music in general.  If there's a musician out there trying to change the world, I'd have to go with John McCutcheon who works tirelessly for South American missions of mercy, or Neil Young, Willie Nelson, and John Mellancamp for their constant pursuit to help farmers.  Maybe they're not glamorous, and maybe they aren't constantly depressed, but these guys are working hard and lending their considerable talents to help other people they consider to be less fortunate.  I admire that.  If you want depressed and changing the world, Willie Nelson tried to commit suicide one time by laying down in the road in front of a truck.  Roger Miller saved him and Mr. Nelson sobored up and got over himself and so lived through the night. 

Esteban.  Well, he's got some talent and he's making some music and he's got so much bluster and so little fashion sense that he's actually making a fashion statement.  Now, that's kitsch!  And I like kitsch, so I guess I like Esteban based on that.  Plus, classical guitar is really, really, really hard and he does it well, so that's impressive.  He has, however, not changed the world either.  Some like his guitars and some do not.  I played one in a pawn shop once.  Not bad, but the quality looked poor. 

So, I guess between Esteban and Kurt Cobain, my vote goes to John McCutcheon, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellancamp, and Roger Miller. 

- Zurf

one's dead; one's unknown; who cares?

Kurt wrote his own music (mostly), Esteban plays other peoples music(mostly). Kurt was the voice of a generation, Esteban has a really good band backing his decent guitar playing. The question here should be this; Who's more significant to music, one who is innovative or one who is imitative?