Like 'Sappy', I easily could have voted for this one, but I didn't really have room for it. I remember Manic Street Preachers doing a version of this... well, actually it was more like a James Dean Bradfield solo track credited under the Manic Street Preachers name, as it just featured him playing this song acoustically using a slide.
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
in my top 5
― flappy bird, Thursday, 12 November 2015 20:57 (eight years ago) link
Of the 22 songs that are left, I can easily guess what 21 of 'em are going to be and I have no clue about the remaining 1... but what order!?
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
Actually scratch that, I think I actually know what the remaining 1 is.
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/BaLuPbz.jpg
22. Very Ape364 points, 19 votes
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
My #13... I've always fucking really loved this track and often feel like this gets overlooked whenever In Utero is discussed, I think even 'tourette's' gets more discussion, so I'm impressed to see it place so highly here.
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
in my top fifteen
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
was my #22! nailed it!
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I only realised how much I liked it when I came to put my ballot together (had it at #14). Some dude said something similar on the voting thread.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:16 (eight years ago) link
The Prodigy, of course, sampled it for 'Voodoo People' too.
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:20 (eight years ago) link
It was my #8. I didn't even expect to vote for it, but, after a few listens, it won me over.
― Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:23 (eight years ago) link
Despite being a huge Prodigy fan in the '90s I never noticed that until it was pointed out to me (xpost).
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:23 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/u5Bcsfo.jpg
21. Dive368 points, 12 votes, 2 #1 votes
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
...aaaaaaand there it is: my #1. Fucking awesome song.
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
'Dive' is so fucking awesome, actually, that it should be up there with all of their most well-known tracks. High five to the other person that made it their #1.
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
My number one too!
Dive fans unite.
― Birds in Hell, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:38 (eight years ago) link
i'm hoping the top 20 tracks will ameliorate my new feelings that i don't get Nirvana.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:40 (eight years ago) link
Dive was my #2.
― Jesus Krist of Novoselic (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:40 (eight years ago) link
#5 for me.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
My #2. Courtney Love OTM: "It's my favorite Nirvana song. It's so sexy."
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
whhaaaaaaa?????
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
Also the first released evidence of what wonders a real producer (Butch Vig) could do for their sound.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
Is it worth me doing another five (and then doing the top 15 tomorrow) or should I stretch it out a bit?
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
Go for it!
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
Right you are.
http://i.imgur.com/y8mgcpc.jpg
20. Scentless Apprentice407 points, 21 votes
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:48 (eight years ago) link
My #5 and one of my big highlights of In Utero. I was secretly hoping that this one would go Top 10 on here... heh heh!
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
"Very Ape" = my #6, should have maybe been higher.
"Scentless Apprentice" = my #20, should definitely have been higher.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link
It's actually worth mentioning at this point that half of In Utero has already placed!
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
Well Nevermind and In Utero are clearly going to place in their entirety. Not really a shock in a 40-track rundown by a band whose studio albums contain a grand total of 37 songs.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:59 (eight years ago) link
my god the Voodoo people sample is so obvious – how did i never notice??!!??!
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:03 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/TRD8Ikf.jpg
19. Pennyroyal Tea434 points, 20 votes (incl. 1 vote for the MTV Unplugged version)
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link
Gutted this didn't make the top 10 - I had it at #2 but for a long time it was my favourite Nirvana song.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link
that'd be 12th for me
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link
Ha, yeah, I voted for 10/12 songs on In Utero and 8/12 songs on Nevermind.
"Pennyroyal Tea" #18 for me.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link
gimmea LeonardCohen afterworld
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
Well, of course, but we've only just hit the Top 20 and more songs from In Utero have placed than songs from Nevermind. I can only think of two songs from Bleach that could possibly be up this high, 'About a Girl' of course being one of 'em, and I can think of two big songs from Incesticide that are yet to place.
In terms of my own ballot, 11 of them have already placed... remaining are: 2 songs from Bleach, 2 from Nevermind, 1 from Incesticide, 3 from In Utero and one which I don't think has a fucking chance of placing at this stage.
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
'Pennyroyal Tea' was one of the songs on In Utero I didn't vote for. I like it, but I think superior tracks from the record have already placed.
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:09 (eight years ago) link
I think it's weird that #24 is the first thing on Gavin's ballot to show up.
― The Once-ler, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:10 (eight years ago) link
for a few years i'd misremembered that line as "Leonard Cohen afterbirth"
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:10 (eight years ago) link
wonder why they bitched about how Albini had gotten the mix 'wrong' on Pennyroyal Tea when even the Litt remix doesn't sound.. hugely different.
― piscesx, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:13 (eight years ago) link
Slightly regretting not going with "Gimme A George M. Cohan Afterworld" as a d/n.
― Jesus Krist of Novoselic (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link
The backing vocal is louder on the Litt remix and there's been a tiny bit of sweetening up, but not a great deal. Litt's version of 'Heart-Shaped Box' had far more done to it.
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link
Haha, that sounds more typically Cobain than the real line
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link
Christ, I hope the Top 5 isn't 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', 'Come As You Are', 'Lithium', 'About a Girl' and 'Heart-Shaped Box' ... god, that would just be so fucking boring.
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link
Calling It:"M.V." #1
― Jesus Krist of Novoselic (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
I have had five songs place now - I skew slightly away from the noisy/Bleach side of Nirvana and there seemed to be a lot of that lower down (xposts).
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
You know when you see a list of song titles ahead of an album, and imagine how they might go?
Well, its just as well ILX pre-covers weren't around, as I had the "Sit and drink penny royal tea" line long before I heard the song.
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/slF1K3E.jpg
18. Where Did You Sleep Last Night449 points, 18 votes
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
FUCK - how did I forget to put Moist Vagina on my ballot? goddammit!
― flappy bird, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
I think "Pennyroyal Tea" is one of the few songs on Unplugged that's markedly inferior to its studio version. A lot of people find it devastating, I know, but having Kurt play it solo just highlights his severe limitations as an acoustic guitarist, and makes him sound petulant. It needs those anthemic surges on the chorus.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link