who gives a shit? Geir excluded Incesticide and the two live albums and included the two 60s Nirvana albums: he has a bit of the idiot in him.
― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm aware of geir's general feelings about live recordings. i asked the question because he broadens the exclusion here (and elsewhere) to "new versions of pre-existing material." which raises the question: does performance matter at all? does a great vocal performance matter? does great playing matter? or is the first recording, preferably by the composer, automatically better than all other recordings. period? i'm not looking for a titanic-channeling, ilx-sinking, world-ending thread. just a simple answer. really!
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:19 (thirteen years ago) link
i am i, don quixote
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
does performance matter at all? does a great vocal performance matter? does great playing matter?
I think he just reads the sheet music.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
the box set has some good stuff--my favourite is the cover of "Here She Comes Now"...― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:06 (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:06 (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I had the 7" version, back in the day. A very silly Melvins' cover of "Venus in Furs" on the other side.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I had a chance to buy some sort of weird Nirvana vinyl (7 or 10" ???) once, with the VU cover and the song Opinion and some other song on it, I can't remember which. Didn't have quite enough to do it, and am now haunted by it.
Never found it in any Nirvana discography; does anybody have any idea what the other song was? Was it super-rare or anything? Wd appreciate the feedback!!!1!!
― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/Nirvana-Your-Opinion/release/641788
― Mark G, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a bootleg, around $30 on popsike (record of recent ebay sales)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that's the one. thanks!!!
― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Bleach is kinda becoming my favorite in my old age
it's the only album of theirs I genuinely enjoy listening to. the rest is like listening to Kurt loading shotgun shells
― Bad Vibes Bob (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
bleach = in utero > incesticide > nevermind > unplugged for me
i admit my placement of nevermind might have something to do with being absolutely inundated by it for the entirety of hs. anyway, don't sleep on incesticide imo
― hypnosis is the reason some Jewish people backed him → (will), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
My order:
incesticide > with the lights out > in utero > bleach > nevermind > unplugged
I think Nirvana's non-album tracks are pretty remarkable, unexpectedly ass-kicking and often very strange.
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
it's so stupid that there's like official Nirvana b-sides that still have never seen a proper CD release. This band's catalog is totally fucking bungled
― i love you but i've chosen markers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, but think of the future marketing opportunities.
― I love cinema. My favorite movies are Citizen Kane and the Boondock Saints (KMS), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Is "Talk to Me" a cover? It sounds very familiar (in the same way that all nirvana songs sound familiar, even upon hearing it the first time) but otherwise doesn't sound at all like a nirvana song.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
xp I tend to despise most Courtney Love trash-talk, but I think that this (handling Kurt's recorded output) is the one area where a legitimate claim could be made that she is a scourge on this earth.
― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd condense that to, "I tend to despise Courtney Love; she is a scourge on this earth."
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
is that rarities box set no good? i've never heard it.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
the box set is great! lot of curiosities that are actually worth listening to repeatedly. check out this one, for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFEF-bR1R_8
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
also check this out for being possibly the weirdest song in the Nirvana catalog-- but impossibly catchy too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sHEv0SmJhA
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
the video of them in a rumpus room practicing with some dude simulating a strobe light by flicking the light switch on and off is pretty charming.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
is that Sliver?
― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I think "Dive" is still one of my favorite "non-regular studio album" track, followed closely by "I Hate Myself and Want to Die".
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Great tracks. One of my favorite non-album tracks is the split single they did with the Jesus Lizard, "Oh the Guilt."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD0KyxYQI60
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
you gotta admit, no one can scream like that these days
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
on Bleach Kurt screamed until his voice gave out. I remember my first few listens were painful for the whole "geezus that must hurt like hell" angle.
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Dive, Oh the Guilt, and I Hate Myself are all excellent songs...Been a Son is totally my favorite 'non-regular studio album' track, but there were a lot of great ones...
― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
One of my favorite non-album tracks is the split single they did with the Jesus Lizard, "Oh the Guilt."
I'm on board w/ this track ^^
― more than ever convinced ilxor is a sock (ilxor), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Even in His Youth is pretty good too; not quite as good as Oh the Guilt or I Hate Myself or Verse Chorus Verse, but I still like it lots...
― scaruffi kaleidoscope (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
re: sliver/manual strobe light
i think it's this one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGIUpIVvxtY
it looks straight out of Freaks & Geeks but with more mustaches.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Why did half-past-who-gives-a-shit have to show up right after I posted something? Fuck you.
And 85 new answers followed, so there's your answer.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 00:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I hate every Nirvana thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpj5vlwx6Ws
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 00:29 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Zbmb2Agos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcf19K5QFqQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pEz9kMSczg
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 11:38 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ this other nirvana is weak sauce
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 13:04 (thirteen years ago) link
new 77 keeping it positive meta thread to request dudes stop biting their own joeks
― interk3llar overdrive (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 13:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Why did half-past-who-gives-a-shit have to show up right after I posted something?
Ah bill, tbf I was just posting it to the thread and you happened to be stood there behind me.
― Ain't Too Proud to Neg (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 13:12 (thirteen years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/nirvana-incesticide/
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Saturday, 7 July 2018 00:33 (six years ago) link
seek out "Floyd the Barber"
― melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 14:38 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this guy gets it
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 7 July 2018 01:02 (six years ago) link