#Nirvana Unplugged

[fallen-starchild]

30 years ago today, Nirvana played their “MTV unplugged” set at Sony Studios, New York City.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[p1xiemeat]

[plummetingcactus]

I love him sm. This cover is amazing and the og by the Vaselines is also so fun!

[ariscribblcs]

Nirvana's MTV Unplugged 1994

❝ 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝖺𝗇 𝖶𝗁𝗈 𝖲𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖶𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 ❞

[oldmemoria]

I love that the banter inbetween songs on the nirvana unplugged record… I used to not be able to hear them but then I used headphones and it’s so cool

I love Mr Nirvana

[lsprdzns]

nirvana unplugged is so amazing i hadn't listened to it in so long i forgot

[xrns]

~nothing on the top, but a bucket and a mop and an illustrated book about birds

See a lot up there, but don't be scared. Who needs action when you got words?~

[hurricanesfollowyou]

saw this shirt with the perfect sentiment on it in H&M. not my colour unfortunately so paid double for a nirvana tshirt instead.

[stinkingofu]

ⲯ﹍աɦɛʀɛ ɖɨɖ ʏօʊ ֆʟɛɛք ʟǟֆȶ ռɨɢɦȶ ﹍ⲯ__︿﹍☼

★ “Where Did You Sleep Last Night,” also known as “In The Pines'' dates back to the 1800’s. However, it was first recorded in 1926 by banjo player Dock Walsh. Then by Bill Monroe in 1941, and Lead Belly in 1944.

★ The blues tune recounts a story of domestic deceit and perhaps murder. Betrayed by his wife possesses this man, and in a rage he stumbles into the cold night to seek revenge. The man is then killed, accidently or by murder; it’s still up to debate.

★ Kurt Cobain was introduced to this song by colleague and friend Mark Lanegan, the vocalist for the Seattle band The Screaming Trees. They spent a lot of time together due to Kurt staying with Lanegan for days on end. They would bond over blues records they both adored. One day in 1989, while listening to Lead Belly at Kurt’s place, they came up with the idea to do a record of all Lead Belly covers.

★ However, with the mutual respect they shared, it was difficult for either one of them to take control. However, one surviving take of the lost project would make in on Mark Lanegan’s solo album, The Winding Sheet (1990) in Mark’s words,  "[We] ended up using a recording of one of the heavier songs from our aborted Lead Belly record, 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night?,'" Lanegan wrote in his memoir, "an acoustic tune Kurt had electrified, which had compelled me to take my performance into the familiar rock territory of the Trees, doubling my voice to harmonize with myself and singing the last couple verses in the very utmost registers of my limited vocal range."

★ Kurt sings backup and plays guitar as well as Krist Novaselic on bass and the drummer of The Screaming Trees.

★ Dave Grohl has been vocal about the influence Lanegan had on the 1993 Nirvana MTV Unplugged Concert; even referring The Winding Sheet as “one of the best albums of all time” 

★Nirvana performed the song in the 1990s a few times. Their version is based on Lead Belly’s 1944 Musicraft 78 RPM version. Lanegan commented on the Unplugged performance of the song,“His version of that song is the definitive version — it blows mine away…One of the coolest things that ever came from hanging with Kurt was just sitting in his shed and hearing him play acoustic guitar and singing. It was so soulful and real, it gave me the chills."

★A single of Pennyroyal Tea, set to be released in 1994 included, on the b-side of the record, a Lead Belly track, however it was canceled following Kurt's death later that year. 

[serenisastar]

You can tell a lot about a person from which version of the man who sold the world they prefer

[aquarian-sunchild]

❤️❤️❤️

[metalmusicwhore]

WHERE THE SUN DONT EVER SHYIINE 😰I WILL SHIVUUHHH 🥶THE WHOLE NIGHT THROOOOUUGH🙂‍↕️ MY GIRL😖 MAH GIIRLLL 😫WHERE WILL YOU GO 🧐IM GOAYNN WHERE THE COLD WIND BLOWSSS👅 IN THE PIIINES 🤤IN THE PINESS 🤩WHERE THE SUN DONT EVER SHIIINE👹

[an-ode-to-film]

Favorite first watches of May 2024

(and rewatches because I didn’t watch enough new films)

New watches:

The Devils (1971) dir. Ken Russell / Challengers (2024) dir. Luca Guadagnino

Rewatches:

The Fly (1986) dir. David Cronenberg / Nirvana: Unplugged In New York (1993) dir. Beth McCarthy-Miller

[oldmemoria]

Nirvanas version of lake of fire has no right to be this good holy fuck???