THE BEST "UNPLUGGED" EVER?
In the 10 (or so) years that MTV's "Unplugged" series aired there were some classic, if not legendary, performances. One such episode featured Eric Clapton singing "Tears in Heaven" just months after his son had died. Another featured Paul McCartney doing numerous "stripped-down" versions of his greatest hits. However, for my money, nothing beats Nirvana: Unplugged.
The concert featured the band doing many of their hits, as well as some amazing covers of songs from the Vaselines, the Meat Puppets, and David Bowie. One such cover was Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World":
Sadly, this was one of the last televised performances (Nov. 1993) before Kurt Cobain's death in April of 1994. Also, after seeing Dave Grohl front Foo Fighters for so many years, it's a bit strange to see him quietly playing drums in the background. As an added bonus, here's one of the first television appearances of Grohl (and Nirvana) in early 1992:
The concert featured the band doing many of their hits, as well as some amazing covers of songs from the Vaselines, the Meat Puppets, and David Bowie. One such cover was Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World":
Sadly, this was one of the last televised performances (Nov. 1993) before Kurt Cobain's death in April of 1994. Also, after seeing Dave Grohl front Foo Fighters for so many years, it's a bit strange to see him quietly playing drums in the background. As an added bonus, here's one of the first television appearances of Grohl (and Nirvana) in early 1992:
posted by Russell Arch at
11/17/2006
2 Comments:
What about The Cure with Robert Smith and the gang on kazoo for a tune or two?
Uncanny. For the past two weeks, I've had "Nirvana Unplugged" in my car's CD player because it occurred to me about two and a half weeks ago that the world just hasn't been the same since Cobain blew his head off. This was a paramount performance in rock history.
I will never forget living on "Pill Hill" in Seattle and this shriek shot through the air and I looked out my window and saw some grunge chick in flannel bolting down Boren Street in tears, wailing that Kurt had killed himself. Then Steve Epstein called me and told me to turn on the news. Not soon after, Nic and I moved down to Lake Washington and would drive by the Cobain home each and every day. Bone chilling.
The winter Saturday night a strung-out Courtney Love came into the video store I was managing and, in tears, asked where she "could get some garlic mashed potatoes" is a moment in time I'll never forget...
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