This is a great concert and I would have been happy with just a release of the MTV version alone, but the unedited version is a delight to watch and the DVD cannot be recommended highly enough. Watching the unedited footage almost puts you in the position of an audience member as you`re privy to all of the banter between band members, the negotiations of which order to play the songs and even an impromptu decision that lead to Kurt Cobain playing `Pennyroyal Tea` as a solo. I can`t remember the last time I saw the MTV version of Nirvana: Unplugged in New York and I`ve lost count of the number of times that I`ve listened to the CD. The fact that Kurt Cobain was dead only five months later makes the performance almost prophetic in hindsight. With an intimate surrounding, in which fire regulations were stretched to the limit by the amount of people they had in the studio, and with an almost funereal set, dressed with starburst lilies and black candles, the gig was an immediate success and is more widely known than any other MTV Unplugged performance. When Nirvana turned up at Sony Music Studios for their MTV Unplugged session intending to play only one of their hits (`Come as You Are`) and covers of obscure songs by The Vaselines, The Meat Puppets and Leadbelly, eyebrows must have been raised. In the early 1990s, Cobain was described as the `voice of a generation`, with his angst-ridden lyrics reflecting the disillusionment of many with their lives and particularly the state of music. The performance was released on DVD in 2007.Įnjoy ~ and by all means DO NOT compress/convert into something else.Conclusion For a section of my generation, the question `where were you when you heard that Kurt Cobain had died?` is the equivalent of my parents` generation being asked `where were you when you heard John Lennon had been shot?`. MTV Unplugged was hailed by critics as proof the band was able to transcend the grunge sound they were commonly associated with. It also won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 1996. 'Oh Me' 'Lake of Fire' 'All Apologies' 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night' Nirvana, 'The Man Who Sold The World' Check out the pics from the Unplugged set below. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and has become the group's most successful posthumous release, selling five million copies in America by 1997. the new edition features five rehearsal performances that were previously available on only the DVD release. MTV Unplugged in New York was the first Nirvana album released in the wake of the April 1994 suicide of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain. Acoustic Sounds Audiophile Vinyl Records. As opposed to traditional practice on the television series, Nirvana played a setlist composed of mainly lesser-known material and cover versions of songs by The Vaselines, David Bowie, Meat Puppets (during which they were joined by two members of the group onstage) and Lead Belly. The show was directed by Beth McCarthy and first aired on the cable television network MTV on December 14, 1993. It features an acoustic performance taped at Sony Music Studios in New York City on Novemfor the television series MTV Unplugged. MTV Unplugged in New York is a live album by the American grunge band Nirvana. (Obviously it'll look better in motion/on your tv)
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