Nirvana - "Unplugged" Classic or Dud?

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I was with you up to Neil Young.

Indeed. Explain 'credible,' Addison.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 15 July 2006 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I believe his people and his age do not really give a hoot what MTV thinks., Mtv are not playing videos for him, it's not like he needs the publicity. I mean yeah Dylan did a good job and others, but I think Neil felt like he didn't mind if the performance crash and burned or was his best concert ever. I hope that answers your question.

Addison Braden (Forensic Scene), Saturday, 15 July 2006 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay Geir, the jig's up.

More Tongue Feldman (noodle vague), Saturday, 15 July 2006 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link

ha ha ha ha ha

Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 15 July 2006 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Score. ;-)

Meantime, vaguely more seriously:

I think Neil felt like he didn't mind if the performance crash and burned or was his best concert ever. I hope that answers your question.

You know, around the time that the Nirvana performance came out on disc, David Fricke wrote something in either RS or MM saying about how he really enjoyed the Nirvana performance (which he attended) in part because it was a straight one-take deal -- whereas in comparison the Neil Young performance, which he also attended, involved a slew of multiple retakes of songs, stops and starts and the like.

So, you see, I think he minded. ;-)

Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 15 July 2006 16:11 (seventeen years ago) link

It's kinda laughable to think that Neil Young, who spent so much time in the early 90s riding the Grunge bandwagon, didn't care about MTV.

More Tongue Feldman (noodle vague), Saturday, 15 July 2006 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link

considering i probably listened to this CD, oh, 500 times in 1992 while playing Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past and Earthworm Jim for sega i'm gonna have to say

CLASSIC

my favorite nirvana album, too. "man who sold the world." damn.

poortheatre (poortheatre), Saturday, 15 July 2006 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

In 1992, eh? Very precocious of you.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 15 July 2006 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link

damn.. that was an estimate haha

poortheatre (poortheatre), Saturday, 15 July 2006 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Link to the Past was never on Sega.

Marmot 4-Tay: what those guyz make music 4. (marmotwolof), Saturday, 15 July 2006 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link

yea but earthworm jim was

poortheatre (poortheatre), Saturday, 15 July 2006 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link

I had the SNES version.

Marmot 4-Tay: what those guyz make music 4. (marmotwolof), Saturday, 15 July 2006 19:04 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't think i ever beat it

poortheatre (poortheatre), Saturday, 15 July 2006 19:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Really? I beat it a few times at least. Sega had an extra level though, maybe that made it harder.
I'm sure I played through that Zelda game at least 10 times. Probably listened to a lot of Nirvana and Lemonheads while doing it...think I was on to Pavement and GbV when EJ came out.

Marmot 4-Tay: what those guyz make music 4. (marmotwolof), Saturday, 15 July 2006 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link

NINJA GAIDEN III YOU FOOLS

Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Saturday, 15 July 2006 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I never even beat Ninja Gaiden ONE, but I've beaten Ninja Gaiden Black on XBOX.

Marmot 4-Tay: what those guyz make music 4. (marmotwolof), Saturday, 15 July 2006 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link

listen to nirvana lyrics. actually i'm sorry, READ nirvana lyrics. that will answer it all.

corey c (shock of daylight), Sunday, 16 July 2006 07:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Reading Nirvana lyrics will enable me to beat Ninja Gaiden 1?

Marmot 4-Tay: what those guyz make music 4. (marmotwolof), Sunday, 16 July 2006 07:41 (seventeen years ago) link

classic! my favourite of their's, by a considerable distance. great covers, and pretty good versions of nirvana songs.

Alexei (alexei), Sunday, 16 July 2006 12:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Reading Nirvana lyrics will enable me to beat Ninja Gaiden 1?

I hear if you read Stone Temple Pilots lyrics you get a voice in your ear explaining how Pac-Man's controls work.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 16 July 2006 14:03 (seventeen years ago) link

It's kinda laughable to think that Neil Young, who spent so much time in the early 90s riding the Grunge bandwagon, didn't care about MTV.

-- More Tongue Feldman (noodle_vagu...), Yesterday 10:13 AM. (noodle vague)

Wow, this is a rather revisionist take on Neil Young's career... I recommend revisiting Neil Young's work.circa 1988-1991 (you know, when he toured with Sonic Youth and would end concerts with 30 minutes of feedback/noise). By 1992 (grunge explosion), Neil was back in acoustic-folk phase.

Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 16 July 2006 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link

This note's for you.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 16 July 2006 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link

it contains some of my favourite vocals of all time, i think kurt's singing on it is gorgeous. i'm not a huge nirvana fan, but i do like them quite a bit, and i guess i'd hold this record in similar regard to 'nevermind' and 'in utero'.

weasel diesel (K1l14n), Sunday, 16 July 2006 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Overrated, moribund crap, apart from the plug to the Meat Puppets.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 17 July 2006 01:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I heard that reading Killing Joke lyrics makes you kick ass at Grand Theft Auto games.

Marmot 4-Tay: what those guyz make music 4. (marmotwolof), Monday, 17 July 2006 01:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Overrated, moribund crap, apart from the plug to the Meat Puppets.

Yay!

Edward Bax (EdBax), Monday, 17 July 2006 01:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I heard that reading Killing Joke lyrics makes you kick ass at Grand Theft Auto games.

I heard you exchanged your GTA games for guitars.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 July 2006 01:23 (seventeen years ago) link

I wish! Used games aren't worth shit.

Marmot 4-Tay: what those guyz make music 4. (marmotwolof), Monday, 17 July 2006 02:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I continue to respect Kurt Cobain primarily for the fact that he a) didn't pretend he was something revolutionary or even original, despite how much the hype machine wanted him/the band to be seen that way and that he b) gave a lot of props to music that *was* more original which his fans would do well to hear, a la Meat Puppets, Raincoats, Vaselines, Leadbelly, David Bowie, Pere Ubu, Wipers, et al. He was a sincere lover of music, and I like people who champion better music with their popularity.

Heard this for the first time in years the other day, and found it surprisingly listenable, given how long it's been since I've even thought about enjoying 90s rock'n'roll. I'll have to pull out the proper records and see if they do anything for me. . .

I.M. (I.M.), Monday, 17 July 2006 02:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Of all the albums I bought in 1994, there are only three which I have played regularly ever since: Madonna's Bedtime Stories, Ali Farka Toure/Ry Cooder's Talking Timbuktu, and this one. Favourite tracks: Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam, The Man Who Sold The World.

mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Monday, 17 July 2006 08:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Undeniably classic.
My favorite moment: when Cobain looks up in between the words "the whole" and "night through" at the end of the last chorus. Holy shit. If you don't remember what I'm talking about (or even if you do), I recommend re-watching:

More classic: When I set the video in my absence, that look was where the timer shut the late-running TV prog off!

mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 17 July 2006 08:36 (seventeen years ago) link

eleven years pass...

xp holy shit indeed https://i.imgur.com/EAFRzfR.jpg

startled macropod (MatthewK), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link

i would be the worst divorce court judge because if i saw anyone trying to claim their partner's father's guitar as part of a settlement, let alone kurt cobain's daughter, i would be like "you have brought shame upon your own family - you will receive nothing"

obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 01:21 (five years ago) link

I think that's a perfectly legit principle. When I die, I will fucking HAUNT anyone who tries to deny my daughters my guitar collection.

startled macropod (MatthewK), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 02:21 (five years ago) link

what an asshole that dude is. imagine how shitty you have to be to insist on keeping something that belonged to your partner's dead father in a divorce settlement.

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 02:26 (five years ago) link

XP I'd pay to that Ghost Dad reboot!

Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 03:23 (five years ago) link

clarence thomas, speaking for the third time in 25 years: "and so i do declare that no one, yea i say no one at all under any circumstance, shall receive the guitar of their partner's deceased parent"

obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 03:47 (five years ago) link

seven months pass...

Fun trivia: the whole comedy group The State is standing in the dark area stage left at Nirvana Unplugged.

— Thomas Lennon (@thomaslennon) December 17, 2018

flappy bird, Monday, 17 December 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link

Whoa, nice!

Karl Malone, Monday, 17 December 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link

four years pass...

Good record, probably woudn't have been so memorable had he continued living. To me, hearing his tunes in this setting showed the limitations of his songwriting. Guy wasn't exactly a fountain of melody, I mean, "Dumb"? The covers sound more complete. I still like it though.
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, July 14, 2006 7:29 AM bookmarkflaglink

still the weirdest statement to me, like..."Dumb" sounded essentially the same as it did on disc (other than the original is played on clean electric, but practically sounds unplugged), and Nevermind was full of earwormy hooks, but he didn't want to do things like "In Bloom", or "Smells" live.

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE DIAPER GOT LOOSE (Neanderthal), Saturday, 28 January 2023 17:30 (one year ago) link

nine months pass...

Recorded 30 years ago today.

Kinda wild this got cut out of the televised performance, Cris & Curt tag in while Pat tags out, Kurt singing sans instrument while Krist plays more-than-serviceable rhythm guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5LtSKKr7oY

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 18 November 2023 17:59 (four months ago) link


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