I never realised at the time how much we lost when he passed. Fuck the world. Kurt was a gem. It hurts that he didn't feel like staying. We're shitty hosts at the party of life if that's what the outcome is.
@@CanwegetSubscriberswithn-cu2it Courtney Love had him killed. I know some wild theories and probably that too, because I once was against the idea until I watched this documentary. Was on Amazon or HBO. Its been awhile, but after seeing the documentary and then seeing love and the old gang on the induction to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and how they responded to love confirms to me they feel the same way.
I remember watching this the night it aired. I was 13 or 14. We all went to Goodwill or wherever to get old men sweaters because of Kurt. He helped make poor kids like me cool. Grunge was the shit we could go to the Salvation Army and buy a whole new wardrobe for school, and not be made fun of, we could actually make fun of the rich kids back then. Damn preps.
I remember rushing to get whatever Hagar had a Cobain interview. I swear, every interview he directed his answers to his kid fan base. He would tell us what bands to check out,lol....I started listening to the Pixies and the Baselines because of his I interviews!
What a lovely testimonial to how we all need these humanity infused artists. I’m an old lady, but remember as if yesterday , “Little Stevie Wonder” on American Bandstand, singing/harping Fingertips. He was only 3 years my senior and I was mesmerized and changed forever. Support the arts in any way you can and Fuck the republicans. I apologize for the language, but not sentiment. Peace to all of you.
@Doomcookie I don't know if you are still around but just want to say that your comment touched my heart. I know what it's like to grow up with not a lot of money. Most of the time we didn't know the money just wasn't there but there were times we felt the pinch, and I know what it's like to be made fun of for the clothing you wear, and not having the "best" clothes for the time. It's what we had. I think it makes us more resilient as adults, and hopefully a bit more compassionate than most toward those less fortunate.
he was not though. But that is what makes his music so great and him such a legend. The fact that he can break singing an music theory rules and still sound great because music is a form of art and expression.
This is my single favorite musical performance by anyone, ever. Kurt absolutely vomits his entire soul out for the audience and leaves it on the stage.
From their Unplugged appearance - this, “Lake of Fire”, “Man who Sold the World”, and “All Apologies” are the jaw droppers. Also, that moment of silence was real AF - the fans appreciate it.
Only people who have no understanding of real music downplay his talents. He was an excellent songwriter and a vocalist with such genuine emotion and artistic integrity he's on par with Eddie Vedder. So much of his aura now is entirely false. Courtney Love and the media invented a completely different character, whenever you see interviews or performances, and when the people who knew him talk about him, it's obvious that he wasn't the "tragic junkie artist" he was made out to be.
I just see a lot of people comparing nirvana to other "more talented" bands but what's so special about nirvana is the raw power and emotion Kurt brings to the stage
@Potato Man Kurt's Guitar is wild and you can tell from live shows (not this one) he's not worried about missing a few notes as long as the energy is right. Most of his solos are just wailing and random sounds that kinda go with the rithim but also kinda dont the other half. Its musical genius coming from a very troubled mind dealing with all the random thoughts he would have (represented by lyrics and crazy solos)
He was exhausted at this point. Earlier in the show he nearly got into a fight with an audience member for making fun of one of the performers for playing an instrument not associated with rock. This song shows how fragile he was at this point in his life
@@BoltActionResolve He was extremely nervous during and before this show, there was tensions between the band members, Dave Grohl almost left the band before this show, Kurt didn't know if it was going to be a good show or not. It was recorded in November 93, almost a month before the Live And Loud Show, I don't really think he was exhausted
When I was in university we actually studied this song as an example of how cultural artifacts like songs, and stories, are transmitted, morphed and altered to fit different cultural contexts. So this is a variant on an a song that is a fusion of two older songs from the 19th century from the Appalachians as far as we can tell. One is called "In the Pines" and the other is "The Longest Train". There are aloooot of versions of this song, well over a hundred, although most of them share three things, a decapitation, a train and a miner or other "hard working man". As some people already pointed out in the comments the drivers wheel where the head was found is a reference to a train, they're the wheels that are attached to the engine and produce power, "driving" the train forward. In Lead Belly's version it seems to be referencing a woman killing her husband by putting his body on the tracks and letting a train decapitate him, and his head getting jammed in the driving wheel of the train. She then flees into the pines. In this version we don't get any info on why the killing happened or if it was a murder or an accident. Other versions are more explicit and have verses explaining why the killing took place and if it was an accident and change the context for going into the pines. Also the "Pines" themselves change from version to version, sometimes being a literal pine forest, to being a symbol for death, guilt, loss, etc. For example we have a version of the song where I'm from, Newfoundland, where the head is the woman's. She had an affair with a man who worked in the mines, and got pregnant, he then kills her on the tracks, and she goes "into the pines" between life and death and "shivers the whole night through."
@@sharondianneb I honestly couldn't say what title he originally recorded and performed the song under. I've seen it titled on recordings as both Black Girl, like you said, as well as Black Girl (Where Did You Sleep Last Night). I don't know if it was inserted into later releases in an attempt to trade off of the Nirvana Unplugged version. I do know that I and most of my friends only ever heard of Lead Belly because of that mention by Kurt, so I could see it being added afterwards to help people like me recognize it on releases.
Alice and Chains MTV unplugged is my favorite. The saddest live performance I've seen. You can see the despair, the pain and the sorrow written all over Layne Staley face.
No one is ever ready for that flip at the end. That's why this is so highly requested. Another really good song they did is David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World. I agree with others about checking out all the other great Unplugged performances by the big grunge acts of the day. More Pearl Jam, Nirvana and also Alice in Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots.
This is a combination of two old folk songs, funneled through the blues singer Leadbelly's rendition, and a lot of folk and blues were based on murder and tragedy. The man who died was the girl's husband who lived "about a mile from here"; "his head was found in the driver's wheel" refers to a train - the husband was decapitated in an accident (probably why the body wasn't found). However, the chorus asking where the girl slept last night comes from a different song, and the combination of the two creates the suggestion that she might have something to do with the death, because she doesn't have an alibi for the night in question (she claims she slept in the woods).
@@MsDemonism I always had this type of interpretation too. This song always hit differently than Kurt did. I love it. His stuff is ominous but this is spooky.
Dude I haven't even got to the song yet, but MAD respect for the moment of silence for Kurt. I was 14 when he passed- listened to the album In Utero endlessly that night crying hysterical tears for my favorite rock musician. R.I.P. Kurt Cobain- thank you for all you did for music! 😥❤
Such a great choice! Nirvana was a force in the '90s. Their punk rock / grunge style connected with a lot of people. I was 11 when Nevermind came out, and it impacted me in a big way. 29 years later, it still excites me to listen to. MTV nailed it with these unplugged sessions Nirvana Alice in Chains Pearl Jam Stone Temple Pilots
@@RobTonge80 yesser! I would love to be able to go back and hear some of these song again for the first time. Remember when Use Your Illusion was first played on the radio?
@@HvyMetal4Ever yep, and the ungodly amount (for the time) of money that went into November Rain! Also Shannon Hoon from Blind Mellon singing back up on Don't Cry. Blew my mind as a kid finding out that was him on a GnR record once No Rain came out lol
HvyMetal4Ever I’m not 40 but I love their music too ♥️🔥 It has a certain feeling to it 🎤🎸 Btw I am 60 but I know great music when I hear it 🔥 This is the music my kids grew up listening to so they turned me on to it & I opened the door for them to Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Sabbath, Humble Pie & all the rest from my younger days. I love all of it ♥️🔥♥️
This was a cover. He did a couple that night but it was magical and sad all at the same time. He picked all of the decorations for the stage, it was like he was giving himself a funeral. But it's what he wanted. One of the best performances of all time.
This is an old folk song from the South or maybe Appalachia. Talks about mills and pines and beheaded people. Old as in based in the mid-1800s. Its not really a story, its an impression which is what Kurts songs leave you with -- even if this isn't Kurts song, you can see why he chose it and loved it.
@Memsik that's what I thought. The name of the song "In The Pines". I remember my great grandmother singing and playing this on her guitar and I'm from Alabama so yea the South.
I am from the ArkLaTex area where the three states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas meet and I believe Leadbelly was also from this area. Would definitely explain the pine trees and racism...
Ok. Here's a Nirvana song for you: "You Know You're Right". It's the last song he ever recorded before he died. Listen to it. So much of that man's emotions come out in it, it's just amazing. Might be my favorite Nirvana song. The only place anyone could hear it for a long time, was as a bonus hidden track on the Greatest Hits album, released in 2002. You're gonna lose your mind on it's emotional intensity. The pain really comes through.
"His head was found in a driving wheel", is a reference to the large driving wheels on a steam locomotive. His body was somewhere back on the railroad line, "never found".
Kinda interesting that this song was allegedly picked by Cobain on the day of the shoot and wasn't planned. Also interesting that a few years later El Duce would be found decapitated on a train line after saying on camera that Courtney offered him 50K to murder Kurt but that a guy called Allen Wrench did it instead.
C Thomas Kurt had played rythym guitar on Mark Lanegan’s (lead singer for the Screaming Trees) cover of this song for his solo album, The Winding Sheet, which came out in 1990, almost 5 years before Kurt performed this. This is basically Lanegan’s arrangement, if you listen to Lanegan’s cover from that album. You should listen to the whole thing cause The Winding Sheet is a freaking great album.
And the way he talks about Kurt and how everyone surrounding him essentially just wanted to play like Kurt wanted the song to sound like. He was truly the pulse of Nirvana’s sound. And I think very highly of Dave and Kris, that just cements in my mind Kurt’s impact, these other amazing musicians willfully followed Kurt’s idea of music. That’s telling. So sad he died so young.
Out of all the reaction videos I've watched, this is my favorite! And thank you for the moment of silence for him at the beginning. It pulled at my heartstrings. He was a gift to the world of music to be sure ❤
I usually skip the parts where YT reactors speak about the song, 'cause I just wanna see their reactions when the songs are playing, but when you said, let's take a moment of silence for Kurt, I couldn't skip, in fact, I had my head down and respected that moment with you, cheers, you are one of my favourite reactors! And gave me goosebumps when you stopped to give Kurt a moment of silence!
I remember watching this when it first came out and I honestly thought to myself, I am watching a dead man. I knew. So sad, so talented and his daughter never really got to know him. RIP Kurt.
The loss of Kurt Cobain was HUGE. It took me a very long time to accept his death. 💚💚💚💚💚. The fact that Dave Grohl was able to come out of nirvana and became such legend on his own is unbelievable. Being that young and successful....anything could have happened considering the circumstances. He is legit one of the hardest working musicians I have ever seen.
I was 4 when he left this world 😢 its must be really hard for Dave to come to terms with his friend's loss and muster the courage to move on with his musical journey.Once again he faced another blow-losing Taylor :( I was too young to understand his passing,but overtime i realized the impact his legacy has on so many people worldwide.
Check out Dave Grohl. Drumming again,with Them Crooked Vultures..Josh Homme,John Paul Jones ,and Allain Johannes...they put out just one album, but it's all great..in my opinion 😀
My best friend died this past January from colon cancer. I sent her My Hero to her before she died. She was my hero. Lived every day of her life like it was her last, even before cancer. Fuck cancer!
I watch a lot of reactions to my favorite music. This was the best reaction I have seen. Kurt was so graceful, immensely gifted and so overwhelmed by the adulation he received. I doubt that anyone could have handled it better. Thank God for the treasures he left us.
Brilliant, respectful, and entertaining reaction video. The best I have watched for this particular Nirvana performance. Leo, you are an amazing dude, my friend.
More Nirvana Songs to react to: All Apologies Frances Farmer... Heart Shaped Box Pennyroyal Tea Something in the Way Come as you Are Rape Me In Bloom Lithium "Live" at the MTV awards 1992
Your not watching a man singing a beloved song, your watching a piece of musical history that will long outlive us all, R.I.P. Curt, a good man and a true genius!!!👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😎☠️
the song is about a woman hiding in the pines after killing her husband. It is a leadbelly song. she's telling her lover she was hiding, the lover doesn't beleive her hence don't lie to me.
One of a kind! My all time favorite Band! This concert was voted one of the best live performances of all time! Many say it was Kurt's funeral and final goodbye. Looks so sad and sounds so desperate. His scream was real pain, and real emotion behind it...This song gives me straight chills every single time
Enchanting voice of Kurt. He hurt so bad inside that it radiates thru his voice when he sings. True Seattle legend and a shame he left the world so soon.
Thank you for the moment of silence. I only got to meet him a couple of times when i was young but my dad and him grew up in the same area and our families were fairly close so i hear alot of stories and feel his influence everyday.
See, the thing about Kurt, is that he was as good a friend, husband, father as he was a musician. Everyone he spoke to, everyone he crossed paths with, anyone who has ever seen Nirvana live, has been touched by his overwhelming energy. His music to this day is still influencing fans AND music as a whole to this day. I'll never forget coming home from school and hearing Kurt Loader from MTV news trying to keep it together while having to tell the world Kurt's body was found.
Thank you for the moment of silence for Kurt. I love him more than anything in this world and also I love your reactions so much bro you got me laughing every five seconds no joke man😂
That sigh and quick glimpse up become more meaningful and poignant when you realize a) he was dopesick and in the midst of withdrawals when this was filmed and b) this was one of the last songs that he'd ever perform live
You make me smile. ❤️ One of the most memorable moments of my misspent youth. We watched this in an almost trance like state for the first time. Check out Man Who Sold the World (Bowie cover) from the same session.
From around 10 minute mark - man, this is literary me every time I listen to this song, and I was THERE in the 90's. Kurt was just unbelievable. Big respect for this video.
That' scream is true despair, pain, emotion, and that's why Kurt is seperated from most others..Maybe besides Layne Staley from Alice in Chains. And that's just one reason why Grunge was Soooo great!!! They aren't just singing...
Kurt said it many times. Money never made him happy. He hated spending money, felt like he would be a sell out...And u can just tell how he dressed and everything else
I used to catch a lot of slack from my Metalhead buddies, because I was really into Nirvana. Boy do we miss Kurt or what. He was an amazing song writer and artist
I so appreciate you listening to every word and trying to figure it out. I was more of an r&b girl in the Nineties and of course knew Kurt cobain but didn’t know much about his music so thank you!
Watch the documentary, Leadbelly. You won't regret it! You will instantly find out, why he was the groups favorite artist. This performance always gives me chills! My tattoo of Kurt may be fading, but my love for him will last an eternity!
Much Respect for the moment of silence the world lost a legend the day he passed RIP Kurt
Passed away 😂
@@GlamprinceRockking he passed is acceptable. no need to add "away". not sure what you were trying to explain there.
I never realised at the time how much we lost when he passed.
Fuck the world. Kurt was a gem. It hurts that he didn't feel like staying. We're shitty hosts at the party of life if that's what the outcome is.
I really appreciated that.
@@CanwegetSubscriberswithn-cu2it Courtney Love had him killed. I know some wild theories and probably that too, because I once was against the idea until I watched this documentary. Was on Amazon or HBO. Its been awhile, but after seeing the documentary and then seeing love and the old gang on the induction to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and how they responded to love confirms to me they feel the same way.
I remember watching this the night it aired. I was 13 or 14. We all went to Goodwill or wherever to get old men sweaters because of Kurt. He helped make poor kids like me cool. Grunge was the shit we could go to the Salvation Army and buy a whole new wardrobe for school, and not be made fun of, we could actually make fun of the rich kids back then. Damn preps.
I remember rushing to get whatever Hagar had a Cobain interview. I swear, every interview he directed his answers to his kid fan base. He would tell us what bands to check out,lol....I started listening to the Pixies and the Baselines because of his I interviews!
What a lovely testimonial to how we all need these humanity infused artists. I’m an old lady, but remember as if yesterday , “Little Stevie Wonder” on American Bandstand, singing/harping Fingertips. He was only 3 years my senior and I was mesmerized and changed forever. Support the arts in any way you can and Fuck the republicans. I apologize for the language, but not sentiment. Peace to all of you.
@Doomcookie I don't know if you are still around but just want to say that your comment touched my heart. I know what it's like to grow up with not a lot of money. Most of the time we didn't know the money just wasn't there but there were times we felt the pinch, and I know what it's like to be made fun of for the clothing you wear, and not having the "best" clothes for the time. It's what we had. I think it makes us more resilient as adults, and hopefully a bit more compassionate than most toward those less fortunate.
Same here! I was 14 when this aired. I would go to the thrift store with my friends to find grungy clothes and loved every minute of it.
You got the memory exactly right. I also was 13-14, and I went out to a secondhand store that weekend to buy myself an crusty, old, beat up cardigan.
That scream is so primal, and yet, he's IN TUNE
EXACTLY!
I used to be a singer and this will
a l w a y s blow my mind.
R.I.P. kurt
Sureall
he was not though. But that is what makes his music so great and him such a legend. The fact that he can break singing an music theory rules and still sound great because music is a form of art and expression.
This is my single favorite musical performance by anyone, ever. Kurt absolutely vomits his entire soul out for the audience and leaves it on the stage.
Have you heard the version he did live with Mark Lanagan? If you love this I recommend you check it out!
That sweater sold for $334,000 last year at auction. Not even kidding.
And the guitar he played sold this year for $6 million
Holy shit
that would have pissed him off.
That's funny. My first thought when watching this one was that sweaters gotta be worth stupid money by now :)
@@that44rdv4rk Right
From their Unplugged appearance - this, “Lake of Fire”, “Man who Sold the World”, and “All Apologies” are the jaw droppers. Also, that moment of silence was real AF - the fans appreciate it.
lake of fire is a cover
@@scottlydon5796 so is this and “Man Who Sold the World”. Cover or not, the performances of those songs on that stage are absolute fire.
@@scottlydon5796 so is the song in this video silly haha
@@FrogeFella nope, just awesome tunes
"Something in the way" is a jaw dropper, too.
Kurt is a legend, people downplay his talent but he was something great and very different
Agree, he was a highly underrated melody writer.
Um ... I don't know anyone who has ever downplayed his talent. And I've never heard anyone downplay his talent.
Only people who have no understanding of real music downplay his talents. He was an excellent songwriter and a vocalist with such genuine emotion and artistic integrity he's on par with Eddie Vedder. So much of his aura now is entirely false. Courtney Love and the media invented a completely different character, whenever you see interviews or performances, and when the people who knew him talk about him, it's obvious that he wasn't the "tragic junkie artist" he was made out to be.
I just see a lot of people comparing nirvana to other "more talented" bands but what's so special about nirvana is the raw power and emotion Kurt brings to the stage
@Potato Man Kurt's Guitar is wild and you can tell from live shows (not this one) he's not worried about missing a few notes as long as the energy is right. Most of his solos are just wailing and random sounds that kinda go with the rithim but also kinda dont the other half. Its musical genius coming from a very troubled mind dealing with all the random thoughts he would have (represented by lyrics and crazy solos)
His voice is incredible on this... never get tired of seeing people's reactions to Kurt letting loose at the end. Amazing.
That little sigh of his before his final vocal line... I"m always left speechless by it
Same here, it’s absolutely heart breaking
He was exhausted at this point. Earlier in the show he nearly got into a fight with an audience member for making fun of one of the performers for playing an instrument not associated with rock. This song shows how fragile he was at this point in his life
@@BoltActionResolve He was extremely nervous during and before this show, there was tensions between the band members, Dave Grohl almost left the band before this show, Kurt didn't know if it was going to be a good show or not. It was recorded in November 93, almost a month before the Live And Loud Show, I don't really think he was exhausted
Seriously... fuckin goosebumps every time.
Always thought that was dread
When I was in university we actually studied this song as an example of how cultural artifacts like songs, and stories, are transmitted, morphed and altered to fit different cultural contexts.
So this is a variant on an a song that is a fusion of two older songs from the 19th century from the Appalachians as far as we can tell. One is called "In the Pines" and the other is "The Longest Train".
There are aloooot of versions of this song, well over a hundred, although most of them share three things, a decapitation, a train and a miner or other "hard working man".
As some people already pointed out in the comments the drivers wheel where the head was found is a reference to a train, they're the wheels that are attached to the engine and produce power, "driving" the train forward.
In Lead Belly's version it seems to be referencing a woman killing her husband by putting his body on the tracks and letting a train decapitate him, and his head getting jammed in the driving wheel of the train. She then flees into the pines. In this version we don't get any info on why the killing happened or if it was a murder or an accident.
Other versions are more explicit and have verses explaining why the killing took place and if it was an accident and change the context for going into the pines. Also the "Pines" themselves change from version to version, sometimes being a literal pine forest, to being a symbol for death, guilt, loss, etc.
For example we have a version of the song where I'm from, Newfoundland, where the head is the woman's. She had an affair with a man who worked in the mines, and got pregnant, he then kills her on the tracks, and she goes "into the pines" between life and death and "shivers the whole night through."
Thanks for the meme school!
Thank you.
I thought leadbelly's version was called " black girl "
@@sharondianneb I honestly couldn't say what title he originally recorded and performed the song under. I've seen it titled on recordings as both Black Girl, like you said, as well as Black Girl (Where Did You Sleep Last Night).
I don't know if it was inserted into later releases in an attempt to trade off of the Nirvana Unplugged version. I do know that I and most of my friends only ever heard of Lead Belly because of that mention by Kurt, so I could see it being added afterwards to help people like me recognize it on releases.
This is why I read RUclips comments. I learn something unexpected every time. Thank you, Anthony.
I believe that this was MTV's most viewed unplugged
Black by Pearl Jam was/is.
Aic? Top 3 for sure
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Alice and Chains MTV unplugged is my favorite. The saddest live performance I've seen. You can see the despair, the pain and the sorrow written all over Layne Staley face.
Good 'ole blues. It's the basis for rock music, and is so universally relatable, that everyone can feel it, no matter where it goes.
No one is ever ready for that flip at the end. That's why this is so highly requested. Another really good song they did is David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World. I agree with others about checking out all the other great Unplugged performances by the big grunge acts of the day. More Pearl Jam, Nirvana and also Alice in Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots.
Yup! The Man Who Sold the World is one of my favorite Nirvana performances.
Don't forget the meat puppets. Lake of fire and plateau.
@@danm6120 i love their whole set. Got the album years ago. Those are both great songs.
@@danm6120 and the chill vibes of "oh me"
Lake of fire and man who sold the world are both amazing
One of my favorite performances, the look on his face when he takes that last big breath gives me chills every time...
The fire in his ice blue eyes kills me mein
This is a combination of two old folk songs, funneled through the blues singer Leadbelly's rendition, and a lot of folk and blues were based on murder and tragedy. The man who died was the girl's husband who lived "about a mile from here"; "his head was found in the driver's wheel" refers to a train - the husband was decapitated in an accident (probably why the body wasn't found). However, the chorus asking where the girl slept last night comes from a different song, and the combination of the two creates the suggestion that she might have something to do with the death, because she doesn't have an alibi for the night in question (she claims she slept in the woods).
Yes! Finally, someone else who gets it..... really the genius of leadbelly to put the 2 together
@craig 22 ummmm.... that's not how song writing works.... just ask vanilla ice.
I interpret it as she murdered him and his body spirit if asking where did she sleep? Cause his body was in the pines.
Thanks 😊
@@MsDemonism I always had this type of interpretation too. This song always hit differently than Kurt did. I love it. His stuff is ominous but this is spooky.
Dude I haven't even got to the song yet, but MAD respect for the moment of silence for Kurt. I was 14 when he passed- listened to the album In Utero endlessly that night crying hysterical tears for my favorite rock musician. R.I.P. Kurt Cobain- thank you for all you did for music! 😥❤
Been listening to this song for 26 years and it still gives me goosebumps. We miss you Kurt!!
He is hypnotic.
Seriously, how can 9 people not like this video?!?! It’s freakin amazing
Your ovation was everything, I don’t remember watching you clapping this hard! Kurt deserves every ounce of love and praise.
Love the moment of silence!! Mr Video you ROCK!!
Every song from the unplugged album is amazing
Give the original a listen lead belly is amazing brah!
Yesss
Find some other lead belly also
I know !!!😍😍😍😍
Shot!!!
Leadbellys murderous blues!!!!!!!!
Such a sweet soul! Everyone that met him said what a shy sweet man he was. RIP KURT COBAIN 💖✌
Way too sweet and gentle for that demon he married.
Such a great choice! Nirvana was a force in the '90s. Their punk rock / grunge style connected with a lot of people. I was 11 when Nevermind came out, and it impacted me in a big way. 29 years later, it still excites me to listen to.
MTV nailed it with these unplugged sessions
Nirvana
Alice in Chains
Pearl Jam
Stone Temple Pilots
100% same. Those unplugged session in the 90's are in my DNA. If my math is right, that make both of us 40?
@@RobTonge80 yesser!
I would love to be able to go back and hear some of these song again for the first time.
Remember when Use Your Illusion was first played on the radio?
@@HvyMetal4Ever yep, and the ungodly amount (for the time) of money that went into November Rain! Also Shannon Hoon from Blind Mellon singing back up on Don't Cry. Blew my mind as a kid finding out that was him on a GnR record once No Rain came out lol
HvyMetal4Ever I’m not 40 but I love their music too ♥️🔥 It has a certain feeling to it 🎤🎸 Btw I am 60 but I know great music when I hear it 🔥 This is the music my kids grew up listening to so they turned me on to it & I opened the door for them to Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Sabbath, Humble Pie & all the rest from my younger days. I love all of it ♥️🔥♥️
This was a cover. He did a couple that night but it was magical and sad all at the same time. He picked all of the decorations for the stage, it was like he was giving himself a funeral. But it's what he wanted. One of the best performances of all time.
This is an old folk song from the South or maybe Appalachia. Talks about mills and pines and beheaded people. Old as in based in the mid-1800s. Its not really a story, its an impression which is what Kurts songs leave you with -- even if this isn't Kurts song, you can see why he chose it and loved it.
@Memsik that's what I thought. The name of the song "In The Pines". I remember my great grandmother singing and playing this on her guitar and I'm from Alabama so yea the South.
@craig 22 its not
It's actually 2 different songs mashed together.
@@coolranch2981 it's a song made famous by leadbelly.
I am from the ArkLaTex area where the three states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas meet and I believe Leadbelly was also from this area. Would definitely explain the pine trees and racism...
I love how he lit up the blunt as soon as the climax at the end of the song was taking his soul.
Leadbelly - Black Girl
Bill Monroe - In the Pines
Both are must hears! ✌️
1000 times yes!
Yep😍
Ok. Here's a Nirvana song for you: "You Know You're Right".
It's the last song he ever recorded before he died. Listen to it. So much of that man's emotions come out in it, it's just amazing. Might be my favorite Nirvana song. The only place anyone could hear it for a long time, was as a bonus hidden track on the Greatest Hits album, released in 2002.
You're gonna lose your mind on it's emotional intensity. The pain really comes through.
"His head was found in a driving wheel", is a reference to the large driving wheels on a steam locomotive. His body was somewhere back on the railroad line, "never found".
Kinda interesting that this song was allegedly picked by Cobain on the day of the shoot and wasn't planned.
Also interesting that a few years later El Duce would be found decapitated on a train line after saying on camera that Courtney offered him 50K to murder Kurt but that a guy called Allen Wrench did it instead.
@@ct5625 😲😲😲😲😬😡😠
Ooohhhhh
@@ct5625 Courtney has her reverse coming ups around the corner.
C Thomas Kurt had played rythym guitar on Mark Lanegan’s (lead singer for the Screaming Trees) cover of this song for his solo album, The Winding Sheet, which came out in 1990, almost 5 years before Kurt performed this. This is basically Lanegan’s arrangement, if you listen to Lanegan’s cover from that album. You should listen to the whole thing cause The Winding Sheet is a freaking great album.
You know you are the GUY when the lead singer from Foo Fighters Dave Grohl is your drummer.
Aye look it's Dave Gro-
*(beardless dave grohl)*
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
Dave was originally the drummer for Nirvana. Foo Fighters was only first formed in 1995 after Kurt's passing.
@@crushedflamingo4642 knew that but thanks.
And the way he talks about Kurt and how everyone surrounding him essentially just wanted to play like Kurt wanted the song to sound like. He was truly the pulse of Nirvana’s sound. And I think very highly of Dave and Kris, that just cements in my mind Kurt’s impact, these other amazing musicians willfully followed Kurt’s idea of music. That’s telling. So sad he died so young.
The foo fighters suck ass. They write radio friendly, cookie cutter songs, like monkey wrench. Such a corny, cringy song
Out of all the reaction videos I've watched, this is my favorite! And thank you for the moment of silence for him at the beginning. It pulled at my heartstrings. He was a gift to the world of music to be sure ❤
I usually skip the parts where YT reactors speak about the song, 'cause I just wanna see their reactions when the songs are playing, but when you said, let's take a moment of silence for Kurt, I couldn't skip, in fact, I had my head down and respected that moment with you, cheers, you are one of my favourite reactors! And gave me goosebumps when you stopped to give Kurt a moment of silence!
Kurt was amazing and now his only child his daughter who looks just like him is singing and writing songs. Frances Bean Cobain
It's fkd up that her ex husband got that 🎸 in the divorce 😡
The song is a Leadbelly cover. Blues artist who was known to have murdered a man or 2 in his life time..
This is the last song he performed before he passed on......
She does favor him so much!!!
@@edwardomunoz9299 That guitar just sold at auction for 6mill.
His voice always gets me
Hell yea man, more nirvana is always a good thing. You're pumping out dope videos daily, i love it.
This just made my day the clapping and everything was spot on. I’m so glad you was able to see this rare soul.
I remember watching this when it first came out and I honestly thought to myself, I am watching a dead man. I knew. So sad, so talented and his daughter never really got to know him. RIP Kurt.
That moment of silence meant the world to me. That was amazing. Thank you for that.
The loss of Kurt Cobain was HUGE. It took me a very long time to accept his death. 💚💚💚💚💚.
The fact that Dave Grohl was able to come out of nirvana and became such legend on his own is unbelievable. Being that young and successful....anything could have happened considering the circumstances. He is legit one of the hardest working musicians I have ever seen.
I was 4 when he left this world 😢 its must be really hard for Dave to come to terms with his friend's loss and muster the courage to move on with his musical journey.Once again he faced another blow-losing Taylor :(
I was too young to understand his passing,but overtime i realized the impact his legacy has on so many people worldwide.
@@raisa_cherry35 Kurt was a great song writer, no doubt. But he Wasn’t that good of a guitar player honestly
That look he gets in his eyes at the end after he says, "The whole"...
That shit gives me fucking chills every time.
The drummer, Dave Grohl, from Nirvana formed Foo Fighters. Love their song "My Hero"
Check out Dave Grohl. Drumming again,with Them Crooked Vultures..Josh Homme,John Paul Jones ,and Allain Johannes...they put out just one album, but it's all great..in my opinion 😀
My best friend died this past January from colon cancer. I sent her My Hero to her before she died. She was my hero. Lived every day of her life like it was her last, even before cancer. Fuck cancer!
That stare before the last line...16 years later, and it still gets me every time
Respect for the moment of silence... Kurt knows how to hit you right in the feels
Yeah!!!!!! The claps!!! Respect!! Love your channel men !
Chills... Every. Single. Damn. Time.
I watch a lot of reactions to my favorite music. This was the best reaction I have seen. Kurt was so graceful, immensely gifted and so overwhelmed by the adulation he received. I doubt that anyone could have handled it better. Thank God for the treasures he left us.
Nirvana - You Know You’re Right
Definitely! One of my favs!!
Yes! That song gets slept on I think because it was released posthumously and wasn’t on an album. So good.
The emotion when he's belts hey is unquestionable. Fucking genius gone way too soon, but maybe not at the same time. He's a bonafide legend.
one of the best
Had to hit subscribe for the moment of silence and your charisma. Respect!
I was just waiting for your reaction when he turned it up...lmao
My husband ran into the room and goes "I just gotta see his face at that part..."
I still jam to the unplugged album, this is one of my favorite tracks!
Brilliant, respectful, and entertaining reaction video. The best I have watched for this particular Nirvana performance. Leo, you are an amazing dude, my friend.
More Nirvana Songs to react to:
All Apologies
Frances Farmer...
Heart Shaped Box
Pennyroyal Tea
Something in the Way
Come as you Are
Rape Me
In Bloom
Lithium "Live" at the MTV awards 1992
Yeah, yeah and more time yeah)
Great choices. Aneurysm live at the Paramount has to be on there. One of their best performances.
Money doesn't mean anything; it is love (real love) that makes life have meaning.
Your not watching a man singing a beloved song, your watching a piece of musical history that will long outlive us all, R.I.P. Curt, a good man and a true genius!!!👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😎☠️
the song is about a woman hiding in the pines after killing her husband. It is a leadbelly song. she's telling her lover she was hiding, the lover doesn't beleive her hence don't lie to me.
One of a kind! My all time favorite Band! This concert was voted one of the best live performances of all time! Many say it was Kurt's funeral and final goodbye. Looks so sad and sounds so desperate. His scream was real pain, and real emotion behind it...This song gives me straight chills every single time
Love the moment of silence 😢
OMG YOU DID IT!!! Thank you!
Man your pain at the end. You got it! I remember when he died, I was gutted, heartbroken.
This is my favorite song of all time. Kurts rendition is a classic 🤘
Loved the moment of silence. Got lost in it myself. Said his name out loud a couple times.
Kurt's one of them very few figures that can have control over everyone with just his guitar. Very Charasmatic and Powerful...
Enchanting voice of Kurt. He hurt so bad inside that it radiates thru his voice when he sings. True Seattle legend and a shame he left the world so soon.
This song is an old Blues song by a blues singer named Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter.
Thank you for the moment of silence. I only got to meet him a couple of times when i was young but my dad and him grew up in the same area and our families were fairly close so i hear alot of stories and feel his influence everyday.
Whooooh I was hoping you were gonna do this song! Do drain you next please!
See, the thing about Kurt, is that he was as good a friend, husband, father as he was a musician. Everyone he spoke to, everyone he crossed paths with, anyone who has ever seen Nirvana live, has been touched by his overwhelming energy. His music to this day is still influencing fans AND music as a whole to this day. I'll never forget coming home from school and hearing Kurt Loader from MTV news trying to keep it together while having to tell the world Kurt's body was found.
Maybe… just maybe… the single greatest live performance of a song ever captured on video.
Fucking GOAT.
✊🏻🤟🏻🖤🤷🏻
All those who recognise a rather young drummer and what he has done in this world for music, he deserves a lot of respect.
Nirvana It's amazing , you should react to lake of fire by Nirvana unplugged, it's brillant ❤️
Thank you for the moment of silence for Kurt. I love him more than anything in this world and also I love your reactions so much bro you got me laughing every five seconds no joke man😂
That sigh and quick glimpse up become more meaningful and poignant when you realize a) he was dopesick and in the midst of withdrawals when this was filmed and b) this was one of the last songs that he'd ever perform live
Much respect for the moment of silence for Kurt. Made me think of the time when he passed. He will forever be in many of our hearts. RIP Kurt.
You make me smile. ❤️ One of the most memorable moments of my misspent youth. We watched this in an almost trance like state for the first time. Check out Man Who Sold the World (Bowie cover) from the same session.
From around 10 minute mark - man, this is literary me every time I listen to this song, and I was THERE in the 90's. Kurt was just unbelievable. Big respect for this video.
If everyone is like Kurt Cobain in this world our planet would be great place to live.
This whole album is powerful and will never die.... This song makes me cry everytime 😢
That' scream is true despair, pain, emotion, and that's why Kurt is seperated from most others..Maybe besides Layne Staley from Alice in Chains. And that's just one reason why Grunge was Soooo great!!! They aren't just singing...
You just made my whole day your reactions are basically my emotional roller coaster going through this song EVERY time I hear it ❤️👍
10:46 Me, 13, rewinding my unplugged videotape over and over again just for those few seconds 🤣
offshegoes , I destroyed my VCR doing that 😂
J Holmes 👊 worth it!!! 😅
Thanks for doing the moment of silence. That was really touching. I saw this concert live on tv when l was 12. It blew my mind. He was truly gifted.
Kurt said it many times. Money never made him happy. He hated spending money, felt like he would be a sell out...And u can just tell how he dressed and everything else
“Calm down man I like your sweater”. That’s hilarious
I used to catch a lot of slack from my Metalhead buddies, because I was really into Nirvana. Boy do we miss Kurt or what. He was an amazing song writer and artist
How could anyone not like him his music he was so different from anyone I've ever seen. Rest easy sweet angel 💞🙏🦋✌🤟
Glad you did this song like I suggested... it's not as intense but it shows his true voice and abilities.. great reaction
I so appreciate you listening to every word and trying to figure it out. I was more of an r&b girl in the Nineties and of course knew Kurt cobain but didn’t know much about his music so thank you!
The truth is that this is an old Appalachian folk song but Leadbelly just gives it a magical version due to his outstanding talent..
Lead belly sounds like a dementia patient fell down a flight of stairs with a guitar, and the accident was recorded from a cats asshole.
Dude, I'm jealous of you! I wish I could go back to the first time I heard this song just so I could experience that joyous/shocked feeling again 🤘😁.
Watch the documentary, Leadbelly. You won't regret it! You will instantly find out, why he was the groups favorite artist. This performance always gives me chills! My tattoo of Kurt may be fading, but my love for him will last an eternity!
Another great reaction. From a dude down under thanks, please more of Kurt and his legendary sound. Love watching you here in Australia
this version is pure gold. my eyes get wet..
Kurt loved Led Belly and this cover of Belly's "where did you sleep last night" shows
This song is based off of a real event
well leadbelly did kill or "manslaughter" was it 2?or anyway at least 1 man
That ovation says it all, it sums up the thanks & appreciation of us all of what his whole career meant to us-how poetic & befitting.
Kurt Cobain, and John Lennon, had a lot in common in thier Music, do the Homework, you will see
That’s what I was thinking
Rip Kurt so damn sad been. Listening to them for like 3 years and every song is just amazing