Top five musical crimes perpetrated by Stevie Wonder in the ’80s and ’90s

1994 brought an interesting twist to the song’s legacy, when Kurt Cobain quoted the refrain in his suicide note.

As the story goes, he became so afraid Nirvana would embody everything he hated – money and hype, mostly – that he caved under the pressure and took his own life.

I’m no Nirvana expert, but I think it’s safe to say that prolific heroin use and Cobain’s wife Courtney Love played major roles, too.

Neil never intended to push other artists toward suicide; in fact, he felt so broken up about Cobain’s death that he dedicated his next album, “Sleeps with Angels,” to Cobain.
The point?

There must be some middle ground between taking one’s own life and going the way of Stevie Wonder.

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