Better to burn out than fade away
ReluctantMessiah
Cory Johnson <than...@cs.hope.edu> wrote:
>Glenda MacDonald (gmac...@bud.peinet.pe.ca) wrote:
>
>: ********************************************
>: *"It's Better To Burn, Than To Fade Away." *
>: * - Kurt Cobain *
>: ********************************************
>
>Actually, the quote is, "It's better to burn out, than fade away." and it
>was sung by Def Leppard, on the album Pyromania long before Kurt picked
>up his first shotgun. ;) (tasteless, I know, but so was Kurt...)
Ok quote people, who is the original (I was thinking Neil Young) and
who else used it?
-jc
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Leanne M. Fornaca
: In article <41jjds$a...@news.cs.hope.edu>,
: Cory Johnson <than...@cs.hope.edu> wrote:
: >Glenda MacDonald (gmac...@bud.peinet.pe.ca) wrote:
: >
: >: ********************************************
: >: *"It's Better To Burn, Than To Fade Away." *
: >: * - Kurt Cobain *
: >: ********************************************
: >
: >Actually, the quote is, "It's better to burn out, than fade away." and it
: >was sung by Def Leppard, on the album Pyromania long before Kurt picked
: >up his first shotgun. ;) (tasteless, I know, but so was Kurt...)
:
: Ok quote people, who is the original (I was thinking Neil Young) and
: who else used it?
:
: -jc
I dunno who the original one was, but it was used in Queen's _Give Me the
Prize_, from their album _A Kind of Magic_, which is more-or-less the
soundtrack album from the film _Highlander_. The Queen version of this quote
goes as follows: "I have something to say: it's better to burn out, than to
fade away."
--Leanne
Matthew Wood
kja...@molly.wellesley.edu (Leanne M. Fornaca) writes:
>ReluctantMessiah (jcop...@nyx10.cs.du.edu) wrote:
>: In article <41jjds$a...@news.cs.hope.edu>,
>: Cory Johnson <than...@cs.hope.edu> wrote:
>: >Glenda MacDonald (gmac...@bud.peinet.pe.ca) wrote:
>: >
>: >: ********************************************
>: >: *"It's Better To Burn, Than To Fade Away." *
>: >: * - Kurt Cobain *
>: >: ********************************************
>: >
>
>Prize_, from their album _A Kind of Magic_, which is more-or-less the
>soundtrack album from the film _Highlander_. The Queen version of this quote
>goes as follows: "I have something to say: it's better to burn out, than to
>fade away."
the quote in the song since the song was (more or less) about the Kurgan.
Matthew
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Neil Young, from the song "My, My, Hey, Hey" in Highlander, the Kurgan says
it, Kurt Cobain quoted it in his suicide note, and apparently, even Def Leopard
used it.
Cory Johnson
: ReluctantMessiah (jcop...@nyx10.cs.du.edu) wrote:
: : In article <41jjds$a...@news.cs.hope.edu>,
: : Cory Johnson <than...@cs.hope.edu> wrote:
: : >Glenda MacDonald (gmac...@bud.peinet.pe.ca) wrote:
: : >
: : >: ********************************************
: : >: *"It's Better To Burn, Than To Fade Away." *
: : >: * - Kurt Cobain *
: : >: ********************************************
: : >Actually, the quote is, "It's better to burn out, than fade away." and it
: : >was sung by Def Leppard, on the album Pyromania long before Kurt picked
: : >up his first shotgun. ;) (tasteless, I know, but so was Kurt...)
: :
: : Ok quote people, who is the original (I was thinking Neil Young) and
: : who else used it?
: :
: : -jc
: I dunno who the original one was, but it was used in Queen's _Give Me the
: Prize_, from their album _A Kind of Magic_, which is more-or-less the
: soundtrack album from the film _Highlander_. The Queen version of this quote
: goes as follows: "I have something to say: it's better to burn out, than to
: fade away."
: --Leanne
Pyromania came out before _Highlander_ I believe. (good movie, btw...)
However it may have been used b4 that by someone else...
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"It's better to burn out than to fade away" both come from the Neil
Young song "My,my,hey,hey (Out of the Blue)" which was recorded live
in 1978 and in the studio in 1977. He is the original source.
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: Well, the lines "It's better to burn out, than it is to rust" and
: "It's better to burn out than to fade away" both come from the Neil
: Young song "My,my,hey,hey (Out of the Blue)" which was recorded live
: in 1978 and in the studio in 1977. He is the original source.
Two more cents. It was a tribute to Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols.
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:>The quote "It is better to burn out than to fade away." is origionally
Wouldn't it have been cool if old Neil wrote "The Stars Spangled Banner"
instead of Francais Scott Key? In could go something like:
Hey hey, my my!
Bombs and rockets in the sky!
And the flag in the air,
meant our guys were still in there!
Hey hey, my my!
This is the story of a British invasion.
Didn't want the U.S. to be a nation.
Wanted her on its knees.
Back to the 13 colonies!
Its better to burn out, than to fade away!
My my, hey hey!
The remaineder is left for the reader. Stupid yes, but so's life.
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Greg Hunt
> In article <41jjds$a...@news.cs.hope.edu>,
> Cory Johnson <than...@cs.hope.edu> wrote:
> >Glenda MacDonald (gmac...@bud.peinet.pe.ca) wrote:
> >
> >: ********************************************
> >: *"It's Better To Burn, Than To Fade Away." *
> >: * - Kurt Cobain *
> >: ********************************************
> >
> >Actually, the quote is, "It's better to burn out, than fade away." and it
> >was sung by Def Leppard, on the album Pyromania long before Kurt picked
> >up his first shotgun. ;) (tasteless, I know, but so was Kurt...)
>
> Ok quote people, who is the original (I was thinking Neil Young) and
> who else used it?
Don't know about the original, but it was used in the movie _Highlander_.
It was said by Kurgin (sp) to the Highlander in the Catholic church.
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Christopher D Patterson
>>: *"It's Better To Burn, Than To Fade Away." *
>>: * - Kurt Cobain *
>>: ********************************************
>Ok quote people, who is the original (I was thinking Neil Young) and
>who else used it?
It wa said by the bad guy in the first Highlander movie which came out
in the mid-eighties, but I'm reasonably sure that wasn't the first use.
Sean Klein
Rock and roll will never die
It's better to burn out, than to fade away,
When you're out of the blue, and into... (something I can't remember)..
by Neil Young. From his Rust Never Sleeps record. A true desert-island
disk. Somewhere in the song he also sez: "It's better to burn out than
it is to rust."
Kenneth C. Thomas
>In article <41l606$o...@nyx10.cs.du.edu>, jcop...@nyx10.cs.du.edu (ReluctantMessiah) writes:
>> In article <41jjds$a...@news.cs.hope.edu>,
>> Cory Johnson <than...@cs.hope.edu> wrote:
>> >Glenda MacDonald (gmac...@bud.peinet.pe.ca) wrote:
>> >
>> >: *"It's Better To Burn, Than To...BLAM! " *
>> >: * - Kurt Cobain *
>> >: ********************************************
If you're gonna quote somebody, get it right!
-Ken
ReluctantMessiah
>Hey, hey, my, my,
>Rock and roll will never die
>It's better to burn out, than to fade away,
>When you're out of the blue, and into... (something I can't remember)..
...the black.
>by Neil Young. From his Rust Never Sleeps record. A true desert-island
>disk. Somewhere in the song he also sez: "It's better to burn out than
>it is to rust."
Actually, I remember the second saying as:
"It's better to burn out, 'cause rust never sleeps"