Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in NY [Full Show]

cloudatlas

I preferred grunge and some bands continuing on from the eights to brit pop. I liked one or two songs but Blur, Oasis, Suede etc never really did it for me.

KungPao

Mark Twain wrote: »

Its a bit surprising to see people still are such fans of Nirvana.

I never liked them. Juvenile and shallow music. Really shocking stuff.

I can understand how some teen who is angry at the world, and doesn't really have a defined tasted in music could like them, but to still be a fan in your 30s?? More than a bit odd I'd say.

Although the music isn't the thing I disliked most about them. It was that bloody awful sloppy dress sense it imbued on some of my peers as a youngster. Greasy hair, grungy unkempt appearance, and a general apathy to personal hygiene.

You're surprised that people still like one of the most famous rock bands ever, and who have songs in most "best songs ever" lists?

I can understand why people would think that Nirvana's music is juvenile, but come on, so is Guns and Roses - a song telling somebody to "get in the ring" and Axl will kick his bitchy little a$s! - ridiculous, but it's fun. Much prefer that than bores like Metallica etc.

In Utero had nothing juvenile about it imo. Quite a dark and angry album (or do you think being unhappy and angry is reserved only for juveniles??). If you listen to stuff (rough demos on acoustic guitar) Kurt Cobain was writing right up to his death, you'll find signs of a maturing artist btw. Pity we never got to see where he was going.

As for the clothes. It was the 90s, a different time. You had people dressing like Zach Morris or The Fresh Prince. All 90s fashions were dodgy - and they are back in too oddly enough.

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Anyway, for me Unplugged was great, but I much prefer them plugged in. The recently released Live And Loud video is excellent.

AllGunsBlazing

I could never understand why any big techno bands of the day never got invited to do those unplugged shows.....

Dyr

FearDark wrote: »

Pearl Jam's Unplugged can't be beaten imo.

The seattle band unplugged session that everyone needs is queensryche, lovely conditoned hair, clear vocals. An all round class act

SuperGrover

LOTD wrote: »

Stop making accusations, it's attack the post not the poster. Your going beyond the bounds of music. All I meant was punk can be a straightjacket or people use the word as if they are fighting some good fight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_29yvYpf4w

Dyr

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Speaking of Geffen, they must've been the early 90's version of a celtic tiger 'investor'...have a read of this ..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Funhouse

yeah the irish media fairly hyped them but no one else gave a flying f**k

MadYaker

Kurt was grand, but this is where it was at in the 90s

Chairman Meow

MadYaker wrote: »

Kurt was grand, but this is where it was at in the 90s

Its also where it was in the 70's!

Seriously, its such a blatant rip off its crazy.

Anywho, loved (and still love) Nirvana. They were the defining band of my Teens growing up in the 90s and i still have most of their discography on my phone at the moment

geeky

I remember reading how MTV thought the Unplugged show with Nirvana was an absolute disaster. Like, they were bloody furious.

Apparently in the original broadcast, Kurt Cobain is seen having a furious argument at the end with an exec. The exec was insisting on an encore. Cobain's view was that it was impossible to top the emotional impact of their final song, and just leave well enough alone.

I take it as proof that lots of people in the music 'industry' don't have a f***ing clue.

geeky

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

I could never understand why any big techno bands of the day never got invited to do those unplugged shows.....

Not sure if it counts, but Bjork has always used a lot of electronic instruments and is quite influenced by dance. She did an unplugged set. It was pretty good.

For Forks Sake

Bambi wrote: »

yeah the irish media fairly hyped them but no one else gave a flying f**k

They weren't that bad to be fair, but Geffen must've swallowed the hype hook, line and sinker to throw that sort of cash at them.

If they really wanted to sign a band from Kilkenny, Kerbdog would have been a far, far better option at the time.

nlgbbbblth

For Forks Sake wrote: »

They weren't that bad to be fair, but Geffen must've swallowed the hype hook, line and sinker to throw that sort of cash at them.

If they really wanted to sign a band from Kilkenny, Kerbdog would have been a far, far better option at the time.

Or else Gout

Welsh Megaman

*crowdsurfs into thread*


KERBDOG! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


*crowdsurfs out of thread*

tomdempsey200

horribly morbid music..

would they have done it without the drugs

Welsh Megaman

*crowdsurfs into thread*


SPIN DOCTORS!

WOOOOOOO!


*crowd steps aside*

*Welsh Megaman hits beer/blood/puke/cigarette stained floor face-first*

LOTD

SuperGrover wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_29yvYpf4w

Wow maybe I'am, who knew

pundy

wazky wrote: »

Steven Hawking Unplugged - wild.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep......

Pinturicchio

wazky wrote: »

Steven Hawking Unplugged - wild.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqypF9qkVzY

Toby Take a Bow

Slutmonkey57b wrote: »

We did. One of the things that Nirvana did was drive boy bands, manufactured pop, crappy 80's hair metal and spandex into the ground. That was an amazing time to be alive.

Imagine if today when Justin bieber was releasing an album, instead of sycophantic media darlings asking him how great he was, nobody picked up the phone to his pr people at all? The world would be a better place.

Nirvana didn't drive any of those things into the ground. They may have knocked some of them off the top of the charts for a while, but I remember the 90s as being primarily dominated by boy bands and dance music. What Nirvana created (for me, anyway, and I think for a lot of other people) was an avenue to explore different bands away from the mainstream.

Not sure what the Bieber comment is relating to. Yes, it would be wonderful, but what has that to do with Nirvana? Are you suggesting that were Bieber around in the early 90s nobody would have given a crap? I am pretty sure that Boyz II Men, N Sync, Take That, East 17, etc were all fawned over in their day.