6:27 that look when he takes his breath haunted me for years. It's his soul we see in his eyes, incredible.

“Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam” (from the same concert) is also brilliant.

@xXaoZz

Жыл бұрын

I agree!

@boddahif6967

Жыл бұрын

Can’t go wrong with any song from this performance honestly

Man when he opened his eyes for a second during the end of the song you can almost feel the pain.

@huntertardiff8115

Жыл бұрын

I think we all feel a relatable pain to some extent, but we’ll never know Kurt’s. Atleast not authentically.

My favorite Nirvana performance. Legendary !

I remember exactly where I was when the news of Kurt's death broke, and remember sitting around with friends watching the coverage. We were all in a little bit of shock, even though we knew about the mental health issues. I mean, those mental health issues were part of the reason we loved him so much. He was one of us.

@mattjohn4731

Жыл бұрын

Yeah what you said. In the 90s I was not yet diagnosed with depression. I thought Nirvana was good but derivitive of Pixies, and others. But my mind has totally changed. Kurt had a really authentic personality. Eternally curious and informative. And feminist too, which was not easy to be!

@struthersboyz4990

Жыл бұрын

I had just come back from a 6 month deployment to the persian gulf.... our ship had a newspaper.... hecwas on the cover.... and the world changed

@davidperle8055

4 ай бұрын

For the last 30 years, I can hardly hear this performance of the song without seeing myself in my bedroom with the closing Unplugged credits as this wrapped up the show on that day, during those hours of coverage. I will never forget that day.

The pain when he opened his eyes is chilling

Many people tried to do the Kurt grungey scream but it’s one of a kind , perfectly imperfect! 👌🏼

@uroboros5532

Жыл бұрын

Punk scream kurt had the best punk scream

This was a cover of Lead Belly who was a blues musician and I think Kurt did him justice.

@PoofayeC

9 ай бұрын

The way he sang this song…..it had a very different meaning to me. I don’t think it was about an unfaithful person at all.

I still to this day think "All Apologies" is Kurt's suicide "note"

Born and raised in the PNW. Been listening to Nirvana my whole life. Check out their song Lounge Act!

Has to be top 3 all time unplugged performance

@Damop17

Жыл бұрын

It’s theeee number one

Chills everytime I watch the ending when he opens his eyes before the last note

One of the best live performances of all time: this song specifically and the show as a whole. Loved your reaction and conversation at the end.

Nirvana didn't play any of their hits in their MTV Performance. They also filmed the entire performance in a single take and left all their mistakes in. Kurt reportedly was going through withdrawals from heroin and was vomiting bile and blood during rehearsals. The sigh of relief that it's almost over and the way he looks at the camera still brings a tear to my eye to matter how many times I have watched this.

@chriswhinery925

Жыл бұрын

They did, they played Come As You Are and About A Girl and All Apologies. But they didn't play hits just for the sake of hits, they played the songs that they wanted to play.

@maxpatrickhaynes2194

Жыл бұрын

Ditto. That is what I was going to say!

@maximilianklein2062

7 ай бұрын

There were also the meat puppet guys with them on stage so they did 3 of their songs. To my mind, the most impressive song in this performance is penny royal tea - Kurt's song about his depression and how he can't get rid of it.

@TVForces

6 ай бұрын

Lies

@mookiestewart3776

5 ай бұрын

The def played some of their hits wtf are you talking about?

I can’t believe he stopped the walk off. Cobain wasn’t cutout for the harshness realities of this world. Still a treasure.

@lavenderllamamusic

Жыл бұрын

always bugs me when reactors end it there

@stevepearson6316

4 ай бұрын

I disagree, Kurt was equipped for the harshness of the world, I know where he came from , and the people he ran with , didn't know him personally but did know people he was around kind of ...unfortunately depression plus drugs and outher health issues takes a terrible toll , especially the depression , Iam actually surprised I didn't run into him , at that time I also stayed at the same motels and areas , but at that time before nirvana became well known .....anyway its my belief it was the depression that got him , it almost took my life as well and the drug use was just a symptom but what do I know

*Leadbelly's* guitar for *$500,000* in *1993* would be *($1,025,000* in *2022) Kurt Cobain's* guitar sold for *$6million* in *2020* would be *(6,870,000* in *2022)*

If you like traditional blues and folk try the original Leadbelly version recorded for the Smithsonian from prison called "Black Girl" Where Did You Sleep Last Night

I saw them play twice. A friend’s band opened for them at a club in Ft Worth after ‘Bleach’, their first album, came out. They were traveling in two vans. Cobain picked up my friend’s guitar stand and he had to follow him out to get it back. They were great though. I saw them in Austin after ‘Nevermind’ came out, at Liberty Lunch, a bigger club. That album blew up fast, so they were booking arenas, but they honored the club dates they’d already booked. They were great again. My sister saw them play a house party in Santa Cruz. At first, Kurt disappeared. They announced that no one could find him. His wife publicly asked him to come home. A few days later an electrician went to do some work at his house and found a body in the greenhouse with its head blown off. We knew it was him, and a lot of people thought his wife Courtney Love had something to do with it. He had a lethal dose of heroin in his system and he was found with a shotgun. At the same time though no one doubted that he could have done it. After all, he’d written a song called “I Hate Myself and Want To Die.”

It seems like the greatest top tier talents in music dont last. They ruin their lived with drugs, die or both. Im sad for his kid and family to lose him, but the selfish part of me wonders how much more this man could have done with Nirvana. Atleast another solid 2-4 albums of amazing material. Just thankful we got what we got. Nirvana are a once in a lifetime band.

Good reaction guys. Astonishing vocal performance from one of, if not the greatest singer of all time. Still gutted he’s gone.

The power of pain is incredible. But never can it prevail against the healing power of love. I pray Kurt is feeling and experiencing this now. I love you brother.

This is his death rattle

You need to show Dee some Alice In Chains unplugged also, maybe Down in a hole, Nutshell, Sludge Factory, or Got me Wrong… :) That Alice unplugged is the best unplugged concert MTV did IMHO..:)

@waltstilwell4933

Жыл бұрын

Down in a hole, unplugged is incredible.

The irony of him joking about leadbellys $500,000 guitar is that the guitar hes playing here sold at auction recently for $6 million….

I was wondering when you were going to do this video one of my favorites from Nirvana

The guitar he’s playing with sold in 2020 at auction for $6 million. The cardigan he’s wearing sold in 2019 for $334,000.

@jackinabox926

9 ай бұрын

He'd be disgusted by that though come on

@johnnywood8082

9 ай бұрын

@@jackinabox926 I don’t disagree

Great review! Y’all touched on all the questions and emotions from this song! Y’all saw it exactly how I saw it. Great review😉

This was a great song in this setting

I’ve watched a few “reactions” to this performance and yours is one of the more thoughtful, intelligent videos I’ve seen, and I thank you for that. Growing up listening to Nirvana and following everything, this song and You Know You’re Right are hard for me to listen to.

13 year old me was the biggest Nirvana fan. I remember exactly where I was when MTV announced his suicide, RIP

If you ever listen to Leadbelly’s version it’s literally nailing it. Just with cobain’s voice

Leadbellys guitar $500,000 Kurt Cobain’s Martin D-18E used here that night, sold for $6 million dollars at auction.

The first yawn from a reactor during that part of the song I will probably ever see... Get some rest girl lol 😂

500K sounds like a bargain, considering the one he's playing recently sold for 6 million.

Just want to point out the white lily flowers the chandelier and tons of candles just like a Like a funeral..months later we lost kurt

the most honest interpretation of Leadbelly's country/blues classic I've ever heard.......

He died a few months after this performance. He was going through MASSIVE withdrawal before this performance and almost didn’t make it out there.

The whole show is great. Fun little fact, not long ago, Francis’(Kurt’s daughter), ex husband took off with that guitar when they split. Thankfully she got it back

@BlackFlightNY

Жыл бұрын

He probably BEEN plotting on taking it😒 Even when things were going well

I believe Kurt chose this song because he believe Courtney Love was cheating on him, which is why the scream at the end was real. Courtney later said she hadn't cheated on him, but admitted she was thinking about it, and she felt guilty because this almost amounted to the same thing

@maxpatrickhaynes2194

Жыл бұрын

I put a similar post , plus more . I agree with you

@thelongestdongrod190

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was confirmed that she was cheating in him with Billy Corgan at the time.

..... this song a long time ago was written and delivered by the great HUDIE LEADBETTER aka LEADBELLY ...

Yep.

Sad to think that he had to live under a bridge as a kid in his own hometown, and I always wonder how he must have hated life whrn i hear this one. So sad.

look up Led Bellys OG version..kids

Anyone that believes Kurt committed suicide should be committed to an asylum.

The world really lost someone special 😢

we keeping you awake love? geeezz

I love music

Speaking of suicidal. The Germs were dark, reckless and tragic. Nirvana/Foo guitarist Pat Smear (with short black hair) was the Germs guitarist. Punk af, from Los Angeles. See their clip from the infamous documentary Decline Of Western Civilization (Part 1). Footage from 1980. You won't be moved by the music but you'll be shocked by how authentic the self-destruction is. Of the singer Darby Crash. He died of OD shortly thereafter. Kurt was a fan so Pat ended up joining kzread.info/dash/bejne/pX1llMF7h5W_ZtY.html

@mattjohn4731

Жыл бұрын

I think it was maybe Buzz Osbourne (Melvins) who got Kurt into punk. But I might have that wrong or even reversed

When Teen Spirit came out it changed the world overnight.

Yep again...

Life hurts but sometimes it can feel good

Wow just fucking wow man just watching him perform like that makes it all the more sadder he's not with us anymore 😢 there is no doubt he was an haunted & tortured genius reat easy kurt 🙌❤️

He hated big shows and liked something like this and interacting with fans. Sometimes he jus went to the park so he could give a kid an autograph if they realized who he was.

indeed these being mentioned are 'covers' - IF anyone wishes to scroll through Nirvana's entire catalog on youtube : *Tomnedreb* (entirely faithful to Cobain ~ guitar parts in their entirety . . . he provides no vocals( or face ) and utilizes the same instrument models & effects cheers.

Here's tip: Don't yawn during a reaction vid

@mireilleblacke6567

Жыл бұрын

They lost my Like and Sub at that point.

Chris Cornell- cleaning my gun from the Walmart soundcheck or his bob Marley's redemption song cover (with his daughter)

He might have been suicidal, but I think he was killed. No fingerprints on the gun. And the chief of police said in a documentary, if he was still working today ( he’s retired ), he would reopen the case. Plus Kurt and Cortney were having marriage problems, AnD some ppl think that song was directed at her ( for possibly staying the night with the lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins band at the recent time. Kurt and I are the same age, and I was and am a HUGE fan. That album “Nevermind”, changed EVERYTHING in the music business, knocking out Michael Jackson for the #1 spot on radio!! The song Smells Like Teen Spirit . 4 hit singles of that album!! It was cool to watch you guys enjoy it !!

You pause the video too early the ending shows consider it or compassionate side of Kurt as he goes into the audience & signs autographs

He has the stage decked out like a funeral home.

He was definitely fighting some demons. And by demons I mean Courtney love of course.

His so called parents had nothing to do with him! Threw him out as a young teen, tossed to relatives or strangers. No respect for either of them. He made his own life happen-alone... RIP KURT✌❤🌟

6 million for the one his hands

This song feels like a direct question to his wife on this cold November night. Who he knew was cheating on him. #Justiceforkurt P.S. The guitar Kurt is playing sold for $6 million dollars...I think he surpassed his favorite performer.

fucking band It sound amazing live!!

Them walking off basically.................

How direspectful and distasteful to yawn during this song...but, l'm glad you liked it.👍

Watch the Documentary Soaked in Bleach Chod. It will blow your mind how bad the cops dropped the ball thruout the entire investigation. I was a cop in Philly for 25 years, and ther's zero way anyone with that much H in their system could have done what happened to Kurt except someone else. All common sense points to Courtney knowing he wanted to leave her & her toxicity. Great reaction once again, thank you for always giving us all such great content.

@smolove4005

Жыл бұрын

100% facts, this once in a lifetime genius was brutally taken from us by that wretched woman

love, but guys, its lead belly, you guys should know this. but i did not read coimments, but if not coooooomeeee on it the man lead belly

At least edit out the yawning. Poor Kurt pouring his heart out and stoned girl is obviously not interested. Also too bad the ending didn’t play out. Kurt lighting his cigarette then signing autographs is 90s iconic.

Could you react to Paolo Nutini no other way please

Her Yawning at literally the most incredible part? Really?? I'm out!

The original singer and performer of this song was a African American folk singer named Lead Belly. The original lyrics say"black girl...black girl..." FYI

I just subbed please do more RATM

I dont think hé killed himself. He was a troubled soul but i dont think he was capable of doing it because of the drugs in his system and the angle in wich he was shot. I still hope they re-open the investigation.

It was only 6 months after this was recorded that he committed suicide.

I know it's hip to hate Nirvana now, but in my humble opinion they were one of the most important bands ever.

@jamesvancam

Жыл бұрын

I don't think it's hip to hate them, but I completely agree with u 100% tho

@RatBonez74

Жыл бұрын

Cobain defined a tremendous part of our Generation.

@donniewynn3277

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesvancam thanks bud

Someone in the music industry saw suicide as the best option??!! Bollocks wee man......

AH, MAN. Ya fu**ed up...should've let it play out so you could see something really beautiful, brother. Well, too bad, I guess. Your loss. Peace.

Wait.. what? you just gusssig

you puase when its get intrestinc Never stopt in a artist jomo well then i quit u

Everyone wants to be a rock star,he became one and didn't like it + heroine.

The thumb nail. Geez.

Making money is an action. Keeping money is behavior. Growing money is knowledge..

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Жыл бұрын

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@EkonRekon

Жыл бұрын

Money is evidence of labor. Money should be a hot potato. Wealth is assets. Hording leaves the dead man holding?

@narsagok

Жыл бұрын

Has zero to do with this video

@The4No

Жыл бұрын

Oh stfu. How is this related to the video.

@lmn6440

Жыл бұрын

Watch out for scams!

Stop believing the headlines and do your research bc the man was murdered and I’m glad to see you get generations finding his music also.. this man was a rock legend and it’s greatly missed but he did not take his own life but his wife was evil and greedy and had him killed bc he was going to leave her and why this song was the last song and why he had that emotion behind it.. my girl my girl where will you go? I’m going where the cold wind blows and will shiver and etc bc she was cheating on him and he was in love with her but she only married him to help her crap career and why she used one guy from a band in the late 80s to help her write music then billy from smashing pumpkins and then Kurt then billy again smh her album live through this was basically written by Kurt I mean the guitar music was and you can hear it

These silly faces you have started making in you cover ads, don't make you posts more appealing! In fact, it's quite annoying!

Great hair

All the people that do reaction their pictures is more bigger than than someone than someone they the want to react to why.