I was asked to listen to Nirvana - Something in The Way (First Reaction!!)
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I've been to this bridge he sings about in Aberdeen. It's haunting, over the years it's become a shrine and many people have migrated to live under it, Kurt's sister even lived under it years after he died. The guitar he used was chosen from a pawn shop for the sound it makes. It was impossible to keep it in tune. The end result speaks for itself, and could never be reproduced again because each string is gradually sliding towards disarray. Absolutely perfect instrument selection.
I've never been anywhere so sad as Aberdeen. Visiting the town, his house, the bridge - it puts it all into perspective. The guy took all that pain and loneliness and crushed it into a diamond. His death still upsets me. I feel like a brother died.
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He shot up under the bridge
Great pic! Loved the way this song was used in "The Batman" too
Hearing this song again reminds me of how much the world lost when we lost kurt 😢 💜
I’ll never forgot that day. My teenage daughter called my in hysterics while I was at work. Couldn’t get home fast enough. It was devastating for both of us. Often music will take us places we need to visit and can be healing. Really lost a lot with Kurt.
I felt the same way when Layne Staley died.....
@@INDRIDCOLD83 Absolutely 💯
@@INDRIDCOLD83 I don't want to piss on Layne Staley but Nirvana were a phenomenon they weren't just another rock band, the hype surrounding them in the early 90's was crazy. They had such a dedicated following that swarmed them and followed them everywhere in the way that only the likes of Taylor Swift has today.
Layne Staley could leave his hotel and go walk about, but if Kurt left his hotel he would be swarmed by fans no matter which country he was in, Nirvana were one of the last true rock bands in that they had hundreds of millions of fans, not just millions.
How many news channels reported the death of Layne Staley? Because when Kurt died it made news everywhere as if a world leader like JFK had been shot. I was in school in the UK in 1994 when the news broke, someone late to class had heard on the radio that Kurt Cobain was dead and it spread like wildfire.
A lot of us just skipped the rest of our classes, we fucked off home to get high and listen to Nirvana.
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Ahem, ah, Layne’s death still reverberates across time and space TO THIS VERY DAY DECADES AFTER HIS DEATH
Kurt recorded this laying on a couch, playing a dollar store out of tune acoustic guitar. Rest in power.
Kurt can fuck right off the weak.
Kurt would play nothing BUT cheap guitars. He enjoyed the "raggedy-ness" of them.
October 31st.The city streets are crowded. Hidden in the chaos is the element, waiting to strike like snakes - but I'm there, too. Watching. Two years of nights have turned me into a nocturnal animal. I must choose my targets carefully. It's a big city... I can't be everywhere - but they don't know where I am. We have a signal now, for when I'm needed. But when that light hits the sky, it's not just a call. It's a warning... To them. Fear is a tool. They think I'm hiding in the shadows - but I am the shadows.
the celo doesnt get the credit it deserves in this song. Fricken love the compilation of it all.
Ahhh the “lead in to the hidden track”. Hidden tracks were one of the great things about the early days of CDs. 💿
alanis's was the best the secret song omg
i remember falling asleep to this song nearly every single night during my high school years. very deep song and soothing to my ears personally. years later and it was featured in the batman movie from 2022. so that was an interesting surprise. dope song in a dope movie.
This song has a way of intoxicating your mind if you just close your eyes and relax into the journey you are about to hear. Forever a Nirvana girl, heart and soul ♥
Saaame ❤️
Truee
Anyone who has ever dealt with life long depression knows exactly what he means when he sings: "somethings in the way......again!" ......in the way of happiness again.
This one always makes me feel grateful. Grateful I’m not living through what he lived through.
I was pretty dark on it back then. This kinda music helped ensure I'd be here, now, to write this very reply.
The 90's was an interesting time. We had amazing music, because all our musicians weren't afraid to just be vulnerable and put it *all* out there to be seen. We also had a lot of depression and drugs, because the generations before didn't really teach us how to deal with feeling feelings.
that was well said and I hadn't looked at it like that before (the last thing), makes a lot of sense
I miss being a teen in the 90s , things were so much simpler then, not because I wasn't an "Adult" but because things in general were just easier, people were calmer and more laid back . And the biggest thing of all the Music was incredible 😁 I can't really listen to any music after early 2000s Three Days Grace and a few other bands I can listen to but other than that nothing has come close to what 90s music did to my soul. Especially NIRVANA , Kurt is permanently etched in my soul till the day I die😢
I read a review of this album in a doctor’s office waiting room. I think it was in Time magazine. The review went on and on about how great it was. I bought it on the way home from the doc without ever hearing a song from it. What a great album. One of those classics where every song was my favorite off the album at one time or another. Hard to believe it’s been over 30 years.
That's awesome! I love hearing this type of stories ❤🤘
When Kurt was homeless in his teens - he lived underneath a bridge / this us when he wrote this beautiful song.
Kurt Cobain wrote "Something In The Way" about his life. He talks about living under a bridge, which he claimed happened when he got kicked out of the house and had to live under a nearby bridge. He expresses his feelings and emotions by saying "something in the way" - he thought everything was in the way every time he tried to feel better
My first time listening.. you caught me by the song...then realized that we have something else in common..
depression 😔..
It truly fux with the
good ones 😔
Even some of us bad ones suffer, but it's probably deserved.
This is one of the songs that captures the "feel" of the early 90s. Definitely one of their best.
People who've never had depression can't understand what it's like. It almost ended me. I appreciate your openness about it. Talking about it helps to take away its power. Wishing you all the best man.
Yup depression will kill you if you don't get help. It's killed stronger men than me for sure. That's one of the reasons this song resonates so well, when you're depressed it feels like something's in the way. You may not even be able to describe that "something" but it's there and you feel like you can't get past it. Wish more people would treat depression like the life threatening disease it is.
Nirvana & Alice in chains; have always had a special place. Yes; they allude to these specific feelings; depression, sadness, childhood ptsd, even anger in some songs..... I've always thought of these types of songs as cathartic...... They bring you back to these places inside & you can reflect & in some cases 'Cry it out.' Yes, I'm a man. ... I may be a fish; but I have feelings. Anyway; As with a lot of Fantastic artists...... Both passed much too soon.
Can't wait to see your reaction to the MTV acoustic sessions.
Beeswax, Frances Farmer, Lounge Act, Been a Son. My faves today.
This song always hits me in the feels
"It's OK to eat fish because they don't have any feelings" has an extra meaning in that Kurt was a pisces (the fish zodiac sign) and he felt that his record label kept forcing him to do shit he didn't want to do. He was just a fish.
Ya gotta do some Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. You won't regret it! Oh, and Joni Mitchell too!
Happy Birthday Joni!!
I listened to the audio recordings Kurt made from the movie Montage of Heck and this song originally had the lyrics “It’s Not In the Way”.
Great reaction to my favorite Nirvana song. You nailed the vibe, tone, emotion.
I grew up in a very abusive home, ran away in high school (graduated in 1999). Nirvana was always there for me. Though I was young when he passed away (I think grade 7) it was one of my favourite bands.
I’ve made something of my life, but trauma never fully leaves and I’m constantly reminded of my most difficult times as I teach middle school.
Btw, I absolutely love Tool as well. Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, and Dave Mathews Band are probably my all time favourites. But every genre of music has good music!
POLO BABY!!!! I 💕 YOUR CHANNEL!!
All I can say is favorite Nirvana song ever! One of my top favorite bands that could never be replaced. Many people have suffered depression. I didn’t know at the time when I fell in love with this music S s young girl that’s what I had. I remembered those hurts and times. I got past them! Gos has blessed me but I struggle still at 43. Thank Gos for how far He’s brought me! Thank God for Kurt! He was amazing! Could never bw another like him
I sort of love watching you listen to these songs that I've known for years. When I saw what you were reacting to it instantly started playing in my mind, but it's been so long since I REALLY listened to it that I had completely forgotten how simply it starts out and how it builds. Thank you for making me re-examine my own connection to so much great music.
Can't beat Nirvana....loved Alice In Chains, too (unplugged was my favorite, even though Layne was so ill in the videos)....so GLAD to see you discovering these bands. They were and still are a definite vibe for certain times.... My husband was always like: Hmmmm....Alice In Chains: too much angst....I'm like: NO - just ENOUGH ANGST! You FEEL IT.... These bands were so creative and the sounds were SO GOOD and the lyrics....OH: the LYRICS.... ENJOY THE RIDE, POLO!! HUGS! ❤❤
“It’s okay to eat fish because they don’t have any feelings”
Kurt was a Pisces (fish sign). I believe there is a double meaning to all his songs.
Nirvana forever ❤
When I was listening to this for the first time, I was also listening to Sweet Bolivian by Screaming Trees. It was such a utopian Seattle sound. Everything that resonates with your observations here. Seriously buddy. Take a listen.
Great track .. and it was perfectly used in the open to the latest BATMAN movie
For a similar experience I recommend listening to Gilbert O'Sullivan "Alone Again". Beautiful song, but...
When batman is on his bike and the camera is over his shoulder while this song is playing while he's driving is so chilling .
Nailed this reaction!
This song should have been on the sound track for the show Mayor of Kingstown if it wasn’t. I can’t remember if it was, but it’s perfect for that show. Great show by the way too. Thanks Polo, great response as always
You should check out “Needle in the Hay” by Elliot Smith. Similar vibes and just as chilling.
thank you for putting elliot smith out there. my favorite is independence day. but yeah, i dont think too many youtube reactors have heard of him and he is top ten artists ever in my humble opinion.
Gotta check out the entire unugged set. It's my favorite from Nirvana.
Kurt was very troubled. You could feel the angst and arguably the depression in nearly everything they did. This song, IMO, comes off like there is literally "something in the way" for him to connect with whom/whatever. And again, his lyrics are either genius or nonsensical--it's a tough call every song LOL. Glad you like them, and their influence over 90s alt rock/metal can't be denied.
I really, really appreciate the music you present. Interestingly every song you chose is one that I love and always have loved this type of sound. I find your comments and taste in music wonderful.
It's funny that this was the song on the album I always skipped through to get to the "Secret" song in my youth. I finally found myself enjoying it for the first time with it's new found popularity on The Batman soundtrack.
Keep up the great content.
Stay Happy and Healthy
Super simple…but that’s what’s awesome about it.
They featured this song in one of the new Batman movies, the one with the dude from twilight.
Hi Polo l really love listening to you and your comentary..your takes on music ..thanks..
Maybe someone already said something here but just in case…
This song wasn’t planned to be on the album. While mixing the record, Kurt started playing this song on the couch.
Butch Vig, the producer, immediately set up recording him right there.. The strings, and back up vocals were added afterward.
This was in the latest Batman, it fit really well.
Thanks for talking about depression.
Wow thia whole vibe youve build is really good and kinda cozy and voidy and the same time love your voice too
An added bonus if listening to this track #12 on Nevermind on CD is about 10 minutes after it goes quiet, with the clock still ticking, @13:51 the hidden song "Endless Nameless" starts.
Which Nirvana closed out most of their concerts with.
The destruction of their instruments.
RUclips has one of these performances from Halloween 1991.
Thanks Polo. Love this song and your knowledge on depression. I wore this tape out a few times back in the day.
Wow, I had nearly forgotten how much I miss this music. Thank you. The cello really creates the haunting.
Recorded while Kurt was lying on a couch according to Dave Grohl, lol. 💚🤙
That story is absolute gold.... i love it lol
Nirvana is one of those bands that embodies the irony of, someone's worst pain can become someone else's favorite song.
I love this song its so good like most of Nirvana and you would really like Layne Stayle he also could really make you feel what he was feeling if fact a lot of the great. Grundrge singers had that ability Layne Kurt Jerry and Cornell they all were so great and 3 of the 4 were taken way to soon
fun story, before you could google lyrics. . . i spent the first twenty years of my life singing along to this . . . "it's ok to eat fish cuz they don't have any feet". . . and that always made sense to me. its ok to eat things that do not have feet. then i went off to college and started thinking about how even snakes and whales do have little stubby useless feet bones. so can i eat them? by the time i realized the word was "feelings" in my mid twenties, i felt like, "well then what the hell? so you are saying that fish do not have feelings. every living thing has feelings. so i just wish i could go back to those days when it wasnt about feelings. it was about eating things that do not have feet. those were much simpler times.
Stop anthropomorphizing you have no idea what type of feelings animals other than humans have. Most probably feel pain but that's about all we can know with any certainty.
i know right? kurt was always, or at least mostly sarcastic. so when he says that fish do not have any feelings. then he probably is really saying that fish do have feelings. or at the very least he does not know what he is saying and is making fun of people like us who spend too much time trying to understand his nonsensical lyrics. @@anthonyv6962
The struggle of albums not printing lyrics and no AZlyrics was tough for a depressed kid
This comment wins the internet for me today. 🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂
lol so wrong. There is all kinds of research being done in this area@@anthonyv6962
The story with recording this song is the producer couldn’t get the right sound for the verse. So, Kurt was laying on the couch by the control board, and the producer heard it. He told Kurt not to move and they brought all the recording equipment next to the control board and recorded it there.
This is the "sound" of the 90's.
Nirvana were something else. Such a good band made up of such cool, talented people.
Loved your reaction because you seemed to have the same reaction to it like i did when i first realy truely heard it. I have a very special connection and memory to this song. I knew it existed for a very long time but never heard it on purpose. It sounds cliche but then came 2022 and the Batman film from that year which that song was the title song came and i watched the movie with my gf of that time. We were together for nearly 7 years at this point. When the song came on during the movie for the first time she leaned herself on my shoulder and said she finds it beautiful and I said i know this song and will show it to her when we drive home. So I decided to drive and put it on. It was night and I still remember the silence in the car as I drove besides the song and I glanced over and saw her leaning on the door of the car smiling and having a teardrop running down her cheack and I pet/stroke her arm very briefly and let her alone in this moment. It became our song for me at this moment. At the end of the year we broke up but we are on good terms. I never questioned why our song for us became such an eerie and haunting song. I still love this song and shed a tear to it and smile. She knew something was in our way forward. I now know it too, but now its not the way forward thats blocked, but the way back. We both accepted it and it will always be our song, as sad as it might seems, it is still hauntingly beautiful for me. I started to play guitar a while ago. I want to play and sing this song once for her so we can share a tear togehter and look forward, because we want to stay important for our lives. This song will always represent this acceptance of the end of our relationship and at the same time our will to stay there for each other. Thank you for your reaction and thank you Kurt Cobain.
As a chronically depressed person, hope is so hard. But, it's my only option day to day. I have friends and family that look to me to be the strong one. We all have demons to bare. I embrace mine for others.
You should watch the video about the making of this song. Very cool how it came together.
It's ok to eat fish because they don't have any feelings wow what a great lyric! POLO STARGAZER BY 🌈 AND RONNIE JAMES DIO YOU WILL LOVE 💕 IT!
Seether does an acoustic cover of this that is absolutely amazing
If you think this is powerful, you should listen to "Where did you sleep last night?" from their unplugged performance. I was only 14 years old when I saw the original broadcast and I felt emotions I didn't even know existed at the time.
Yes amazing ❤
Yeah I love that song too very powerful you can feel the sadness in it
At 48 I grew up with Kurt and all this decades ago. Hopefully, the universal issues that feed depression can be expunged one day.
I watched a documentary about Kurt Cobain, in an interview or some recording he said that writing songs is just poetry and spilling what you feel onto the page. I became inspired, and iv wrote a few songs.
This song places you, emotionally, under a bridge in Aberdeen amidst the rain. Love it.
So happy you checked this one out. Back in the day, it didn't get the attention it deserved. Then again, pretty much any song on the Nevermind album could've been a single... First cassette I bought with my own money when I was 11 years old, going on 12!
Look up Nirvana "marigold" only song from them that the drummer Dave sang, and he came out with the foo fighters.
That's hypnotism
I must say - you have a good understanding of depression. At 62, I'm on the maximum doses of two antidepressants, and see a therapist weekly. I suppose I'm pretty familiar with it, too. Thanks for the little windows of joy.
In my therapy, I learned that depression can be seen as a result of the pain>>anger relation, but the anger cannot be expressed Or resolved. Obviously this is a behavioral view and doesn't address chemical imbalances, but finding what the pain trigger is,and what the original pain was helps. So much pain is stored in our subconscious, because that is how our brain develops. Unfortunately a lot of the interpretation of causes and how to respond to them is from a child's viewpoint,and is fundamentally flawed. I know this is not really on topic for a reaction video, but I felt like I should put it out there.
This is pure, distilled, adolescent depression and loneliness. I moved out on my own when I was 16, having already completed high school, and while the first year/1.5 years were one big party, it seemed, the realities of life swooped in upon me quickly, and from then on it was years of being slowly torn apart, a piece at a time, by their myriad beaks and talons. So many days, I felt this song in my blood.
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The women on cello is the same that did the live performance at mtv unplugged
This is my favorite this kind of song song
Your thoughts on depression … thank you!
My favourite nirvana song
The trailer for 2022's Batman is something I revisit quite frequently, not only for the beatdown that one guy receives but also because of the use of this song.
the live version crushes. it gets loud.
Also the man that sold the world, and heart shaped box, not another teen spirit, and so many more are all great tracks
My favorite nirvana track is MTV unplugged where did you sleep last night. If you react to this song it has to be the MTV unplugged version. AGAIN THE SONG IS CALLED WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT. THIS IS A SONG COVER TO HIS FAVORITE BLUEGRASS/ BLUES LEDBELLY.
Does anyone know who did backing vocals on this?
Was it Cobain or was it someone else?
Butch Vig deserves all the credit for this song. His ideas of how to record it really made it what it is. There's some great interviews around where Butch explains a lot about the whole album.
It’s the bass guitar that sets the mood for me.
Love Nirvana. Glad you see their worth. For some reason or other many folks do not.. Peace and Love
I had a psychic link with my best friend with this song. We connected in a bible study class shortly after Kurt died, & we found out we would start hearing the song in our heads at the same time of day. It happened 3 or 4 times, at least. I would be on the bus, or in acting class, & just start hearing it. Check in with my friend later, & she heard it too.
God ... we were all so depressed in the early 1990s. But I'll take grunge over post-grunge every day of the week.
Best use of cello in a grunge song.
Sometimes all it takes is meaning it. 💯
And Butch Vig behind the console. 💯
From the Coffee Club...a suggestion....
Tina Turner "The Best - Live Wembley (2000)"
The way they used this song in The Batman was genius imo
..I remember taking my son opening weekend… and when this came on in the beginning I knew we had a good one … I also wondered how many people in the theater even knew of this song and who it was performing it..
How do we send request?
I like the cello in the back. My favorite Nirvana song is “The Man Who Sold the World”.
A David Bowie song....?
Bruce Springsteen in his autobiography "Born to Run" talked about the recurring episodes severe depression that he suffered from all his life. Hope people can get help that they need.
Was the finale of Nevermind
I loved this song in The Batman (2022). It fit perfectly.
@Polo It's not quite Honky Tonk, but check out Nirvana's "Sliver" for something that's as near as upbeat as they get.