The Nirvana albums poll

xp Can't really listen much to the back half of Incesticide (aside from Aneurysm and Downer)(& Downer wz on Bleach)...surprising to me that you would dismiss Heart Shaped Box and Pennyroyal Tea as "not much fun" but then fuck with the likes of Aero Zeppelin and Big Long Now...

(xp to dog latin, LOL chap, no I think Aero Zeppelin is one of their worst songs...)

Heart Shaped Box was one of my favorites on Utero, I'll say that much

Lounge Act, Drain You, Milk It, and Very Ape are all def. Nirvana POX for me

(well maybe not Milk It, though I love that song something fierce)

Incesticide does have at least one of my favorite Nirvana songs of all time--Been a Son

"Verse Chorus Verse" would make my POX.

Tell you what I've only played one and a half times:

That Nirvana box with the nice metal shiny front. Lovely package, nice DVD, but hey.

Although their version of "Seasons in the Sun" will stay with me forever.

(I got it cheap in the closedown of the MusicBox in Bracknell)

"Verse Chorus Verse" would make my POX.

yeah this too...I'm beginning to doubt my ability to come up with a Nirvana POX

question for geir, who wrote the following to explain the absence of unplugged and from the muddy banks... on the poll:

Albums consisting only of new versions of pre-existing material don't belong here.

geir: does the way a song is performed/recorded matter at all for you? is there any chance whatsoever that the unplugged versions of, say, "about a girl" or "pennyroyal tea" are better than the original studio versions, or do you consider that to be automatically impossible? is the beatles' "revolution 1" automatically better than "revolution" because it was recorded first? or is it possible that they improved it when they re-recorded it? do you allow at all for that possibility? and if you do, do you also allow for that possibility with a live version? i'm genuinely curious as to your reasoning behind this.

LOCK THREAD!! QUICKLY!!!

but i really want to know!!! i'm having a curiosity morning!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8cARQTlQn-M/TF-_iovF19I/AAAAAAAAAFw/pTbEw56bLrc/s1600/sinking_ship.jpg

sigh.

plz keep Geir-trolling confined to the Mozart thread plz

I think it's a valid and interesting question.

should I fly to Los Angeles

Tell you what I've only played one and a half times:

That Nirvana box with the nice metal shiny front. Lovely package, nice DVD, but hey.

Btw, I find that box sets like this one, that I'd otherwise never listen to completely start-to-finish more than once every 10 years, are tailor-made for "shuffle" mode -- I quite enjoy the occasional track!

the box set has some good stuff--my favourite is the cover of "Here She Comes Now"...

Geir has made it pretty clear in the past that live music doesn't matter to him at all, only perfected studio recordings.

"Verse Chorus Verse" would make my POX.

― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:26 (40 minutes ago) Bookmark

One of their best. I really like "Marigold", the Dave Grohl song too.

his criticism doesn't even make sense about Unplugged in that while they were oft re-recorded old Nirvana tunes there was a GAZILLION covers of material that they hadn't covered on wax prior to that night. I mean ffs!

also Unplugged was awesome

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.

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!

i am i, don quixote

does performance matter at all? does a great vocal performance matter? does great playing matter?

I think he just reads the sheet music.

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

I had the 7" version, back in the day. A very silly Melvins' cover of "Venus in Furs" on the other side.

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!!

http://www.discogs.com/Nirvana-Your-Opinion/release/641788

It's a bootleg, around $30 on popsike (record of recent ebay sales)

yeah that's the one. thanks!!!

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

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

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.

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

Yes, but think of the future marketing opportunities.

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.

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.

I'd condense that to, "I tend to despise Courtney Love; she is a scourge on this earth."

is that rarities box set no good? i've never heard it.

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

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

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.

is that Sliver?

I think "Dive" is still one of my favorite "non-regular studio album" track, followed closely by "I Hate Myself and Want to Die".

I think "Dive" is still one of my favorite "non-regular studio album" track, followed closely by "I Hate Myself and Want to Die".

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

you gotta admit, no one can scream like that these days

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.

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...