Nirvana - Old Age [Kurt Solo Acoustic Demo]

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  • Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
  • 'Old Age' Recorded sometime in 1992. A demo of a song Kurt would later 'give' to Courtney, due to his dissatisfaction with it. The song in the beginning seems to be an improvisation, followed by a short covered section of 'Low Rider'. Most of these have been converted from lossless audio .FLAC files.

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  • @Tomnedreb
    @Tomnedreb 5 лет назад +2088

    The best demo Kurt ever did, imo

  • @grungegopher6065
    @grungegopher6065 8 лет назад +2133

    it's all in the music man

    • @GrungeVeins
      @GrungeVeins 8 лет назад +179

      It's all in the meat

    • @bread_602
      @bread_602 8 лет назад +19

      +Kurt Cobain I'd like to hear what they have to say

    • @duantwortestmirsonstkommst5229
      @duantwortestmirsonstkommst5229 8 лет назад +1

      Grunge Gopher milk it

    • @JoshuaKennington1
      @JoshuaKennington1 7 лет назад +27

      mrninninnin I lived without listening to music willingly for a while, not sure why. I actually grew depressed at a time and eventually music got me on the first step outta depression. Music is super powerful. (I wasn't depressed enough to commit suicide,but still I was deeply depressed)

    • @sunepedersen8537
      @sunepedersen8537 7 лет назад +9

      you're right. its hard to see how people were suprised when he killed himself.

  • @MrPotatoMind
    @MrPotatoMind 5 лет назад +1374

    This is how you write a song. You gather a few chords or a riff, then you mumble over it for FUCKING HOURS. Best way to formulate a melody. Then translate / rhyme your madness into coherence. Record EVERYTHING you do. X

    • @PinealJourneys
      @PinealJourneys 3 года назад +18

      that is the way our bands do :)

    • @DrB81
      @DrB81 3 года назад +77

      Couldn’t agree more. The key is to try and finish a song within a day or two of starting it. Took me a long time to learn that. Instead of 30 half songs you’ll have 15 finished ones.

    • @snortworld
      @snortworld 3 года назад +6

      god bless you

    • @gS0yeUE0udz7d
      @gS0yeUE0udz7d 3 года назад +3

      THIS

    • @lihclore
      @lihclore 3 года назад +3

      agree sm

  • @miquel3657
    @miquel3657 7 лет назад +2555

    He had probably more guitar skills than what he wanted to show to the world, and even though his songs are technically simple, his sense of melody is almost from outer space.

    • @coltoncurlee2423
      @coltoncurlee2423 5 лет назад +187

      Miquel yeah. Anyone who thinks he was shit on guitar should check out the jam demo. He wasn’t Hendrix but that’s okay. Indeed his chord progressions were incredible.

    • @colonelmothgod1517
      @colonelmothgod1517 5 лет назад +112

      Miquel he actually played simpler so that he could sing and play at the same time.

    • @MBRollo-gg7vk
      @MBRollo-gg7vk 5 лет назад +144

      I think he was a great guitarist...the world is full of people who can play like Jimmy Page, Van Halen/whomever else...not to say those guys aren’t great, they are, but there’s more than one way to play guitar. Kurt was (I think) more into playing what was right for his songs instead of overly technical blues-based soloing...there’s enough of that out there anyway.
      I’d also say he was great based on the influence he had. Thousands of kids were inspired to play bc of Cobain (me included). It was really cool to be able to play a passable version of his songs while you were just a beginner. 25 years, give or take, later & I still love playing his music.
      Kurt said it himself in an interview...I’m gonna paraphrase bc I can’t remember verbatim, but it was something like “I can’t play like Segovia, but then again, he couldn’t play like me either.”

    • @MBRollo-gg7vk
      @MBRollo-gg7vk 5 лет назад +75

      Most of the criticism I hear or read online is from jackasses who think it makes them look cool, or god knows what, to talk shit about Nirvana. I think it has a lot to do with their popularity...there’s always gonna be ppl who shit on everything popular to make themselves look hip. If Nirvana had recorded the exact same songs/albums as an indie band they’d consider him a genius. Ppl are fuckin’ weird.

    • @joandrumz3176
      @joandrumz3176 4 года назад +22

      I don't think so... I think that he did the greatest thing he could do with the knowledge he had bout guitar. Kurt maybe just had more creative ideas than guitar skill and he made great stuff in those 5 years.

  • @lockandreload
    @lockandreload 8 лет назад +3477

    Imagine if the next Nirvana album was full of songs like this...

  • @floatyjam
    @floatyjam 7 месяцев назад +58

    Kurt was the coolest teenager that ever lived

  • @hazelhumor
    @hazelhumor 9 лет назад +3392

    His voice could be strong and angry but then fragile and weak. He was from outer space.

    • @pandaath
      @pandaath 9 лет назад +19

      +12truk
      In other words, Kurt was just a little bitch. Ok XD

    • @FF-oo8nz
      @FF-oo8nz 8 лет назад +5

      +12truk your profile picture XD

    • @InfinityChristal
      @InfinityChristal 8 лет назад +16

      +TheSmashingTesticles fuck ya self

    • @hailaminzu
      @hailaminzu 8 лет назад +50

      yeah, and sometimes, he does the crack in his voice and that makes me want to cry...:'(

    • @Zngl
      @Zngl 6 лет назад

      Not Kurt.

  • @YariAzQuran
    @YariAzQuran 3 года назад +747

    1:10 - 2:17 is a totally different song. It’s unreal how amazing and hauntingly beautiful it is...

    • @americovaldazo6373
      @americovaldazo6373 3 года назад +81

      best part. And it doesnt appear on the electric version

    • @unknown_bitmaker3325
      @unknown_bitmaker3325 3 года назад +6

      exactly

    • @j0hn764
      @j0hn764 2 года назад +9

      What's it called

    • @2D3087
      @2D3087 2 года назад +31

      In fact what Cobain played at the beginning was an improvisation so he didn't play it again

    • @rintohiramatsu2426
      @rintohiramatsu2426 2 года назад +30

      I think it's definitely "credit in the straight world" of hole.
      he gave her this,or she steal this.

  • @Gunslingerwashere
    @Gunslingerwashere 4 года назад +868

    Strange how a song with mostly incoherent lyrics can still hit pretty hard.

    • @joejones9520
      @joejones9520 4 года назад +53

      it's cause he got famous and then died in a tragic-seeming way....believing someone is special really changes how people interpret music when they hear it...Ive got some incredible music recorded but no one cares cause when they hear it it is music by the no-one goof who they know as me, even when I can tell theyre digging it I can also sense that something cuts them off from really appreciating it because they havent gotten the go-ahead cue from media and there is no mystery about me.

    • @paddymaginty9569
      @paddymaginty9569 4 года назад +13

      joe jones or your music is just trash lol 🤷🏻‍♂️😂😂 nah jokes haha

    • @germangonzales2008
      @germangonzales2008 4 года назад +44

      joe jones nahh look at people like John Frusciante or Noel from Oasis those bastards are still alive n kicking and we STILL hold their demo tapes and b sides in awe of their melodies.

    • @jonahcollazo8773
      @jonahcollazo8773 4 года назад +41

      joe jones not with that attitude bud

    • @denizdemir9255
      @denizdemir9255 3 года назад +25

      @@joejones9520 all we know is your name. that's pretty mysterious. :-) you should upload your songs mate! I'm sure we'd all love to give it a listen.

  • @camh9780
    @camh9780 7 лет назад +786

    I wish kurt sang this on the unplugged concert. Its so amazing.

    • @ruris189
      @ruris189 5 лет назад +20

      That would've been epic

    • @ruris189
      @ruris189 5 лет назад +11

      Someone once said that they wanted to. Idk if that's true tho

    • @mirceacrafter1362
      @mirceacrafter1362 5 лет назад +18

      @@ruris189 ask kurt

    • @markxv2267
      @markxv2267 5 лет назад +39

      Old age was going to be played but at the last moment kurt decided against it.

    • @ruris189
      @ruris189 5 лет назад +11

      @@markxv2267 sadly...

  • @GnabhanJr
    @GnabhanJr 2 года назад +337

    0:00 - improvisation
    0:48 - Old Age
    5:51 - Low Rider

    • @sucka3528
      @sucka3528 2 года назад +16

      Thank you. Not sarcastically, genuinely, that's one of the more helpful comments I've seen.

    • @jackdawson5490
      @jackdawson5490 Год назад +18

      1:10 to about 2:14 is really a melody that went on Hole's 'Credit to the Straight World"

    • @GnabhanJr
      @GnabhanJr Год назад +27

      @@jackdawson5490 is bizarre that many hole song's are actuale kurt scratchs that he gave her.

    • @johnmiller8670
      @johnmiller8670 Год назад +21

      @@GnabhanJr because she couldn’t come up with her own material I guess. 😂

    • @layne05
      @layne05 Год назад +2

      @@GnabhanJr It's literally just two

  • @DK-jg5vk
    @DK-jg5vk 2 года назад +228

    Kurt just chasing a melody... not worried about the album or the crowd reaction. Just Kurt being the artist we all love and respect.

    • @SavitTheGoalie
      @SavitTheGoalie 2 года назад +15

      Kurt’s just a kid form Aberdeen Washington that loved music

  • @raziluiz9270
    @raziluiz9270 4 года назад +2493

    this is the place who the real nirvana fans sit , relax and tears

    • @shreyakmanandhar9232
      @shreyakmanandhar9232 4 года назад +55

      Heis right here in my room and singing this song for me.. And now its my turn to sing to Kurdt

    • @morley9061
      @morley9061 4 года назад +19

      Reached me too 😌

    • @c_m00
      @c_m00 4 года назад +88

      i get what you mean but theres also no need to feel elitist because you know more than most

    • @SciPunk
      @SciPunk 4 года назад +15

      And shower

    • @aabhasbillore7377
      @aabhasbillore7377 4 года назад +8

      @@SciPunk lmfao

  • @verdes25
    @verdes25 5 лет назад +260

    Kurt singing “Lowrider” at the end was epic! 😂

    • @sharinganchidori100
      @sharinganchidori100 3 года назад +17

      Da musicaa!!!

    • @Alberich38
      @Alberich38 2 года назад +5

      @@sharinganchidori100 Italian language, maybe Portuguese languague?

    • @pacomisterio
      @pacomisterio 2 года назад +4

      @@Alberich38 Spanish

    • @carlosrike50
      @carlosrike50 2 года назад +1

      @@Alberich38 ele fala "música"! É "music" em português do Brasil.

  • @D.MINORRRRRR
    @D.MINORRRRRR 3 года назад +294

    do you ever just look at the comments and see, you're not alone. Tons of huge music geeks, geeking over Kurt, his talent, making observations. We are talented too guys, we have the eye for it we just got to channel it like Kurt and many others did. Don't give up on your God-given talents.

  • @roxannaz2683
    @roxannaz2683 8 лет назад +785

    One of the best pieces of music I have ever heard. Kurt you fucking genius.

    • @cntb8511
      @cntb8511 8 лет назад +38

      This song is awesome

    • @wilsonblauheuer6544
      @wilsonblauheuer6544 8 лет назад +4

      +Roxanna RZ I second that

    • @jameskinderberg7589
      @jameskinderberg7589 8 лет назад +36

      I love kurt and nirvana, but you have to be kidding me. This simple melody, and plain lyrics is not genius, it's a lazy but great sounding song. Genius is Beethoven writing and playing full sonatas while partially deaf.

    • @roxannaz2683
      @roxannaz2683 8 лет назад +43

      genius is subjective

    • @roxannaz2683
      @roxannaz2683 7 лет назад +7

      genius is subjective ;)

  • @Daoriginalfunkeymonk3y
    @Daoriginalfunkeymonk3y 6 лет назад +59

    Don't fucking tell me Kurt just performed one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard and then proceeds to sing fucking Lowrider for a couple seconds. What a god.

  • @beakerstreet1090
    @beakerstreet1090 5 лет назад +344

    This feels so vunerable......Like it wasn't meant to be heard by anyone except the one who wrote it. I think its his best!

  • @ashlabelle
    @ashlabelle 2 года назад +113

    This man had more technical ability in singing than he ever let on. He *wanted* to look like he screamed unceremoniously, but performances like this tell us that he knew exactly what he was doing.

    • @alexevans5043
      @alexevans5043 11 месяцев назад +6

      Yeah basically everything he did was that way. Even his hair and clothes, made to look like he doesn’t give a fuck but everything he ever did was on purpose

    • @LowKickMT
      @LowKickMT 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@alexevans5043cool you two must have been very close for you to know all this

    • @mikesantiago14
      @mikesantiago14 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@LowKickMTfr bro

    • @i2ottenBannana
      @i2ottenBannana 24 дня назад +1

      @@LowKickMThaven’t you heard. 98% of nirvana fans are like this

    • @LowKickMT
      @LowKickMT 23 дня назад

      @@i2ottenBannana its annoying af isnt it

  • @danbowmen4180
    @danbowmen4180 10 лет назад +880

    This version is so much better than the one recorded with the band.

    • @dannyurena6513
      @dannyurena6513 9 лет назад +29

      I agree Dan

    • @skywipe1949
      @skywipe1949 5 лет назад +11

      It's not.

    • @ruris189
      @ruris189 5 лет назад +37

      Sadly this one isn't one Spotify.....It would've fit really nice on my playlist....

    • @Sliver90
      @Sliver90 5 лет назад +9

      @@ruris189 you can convert this video to only audio (mp3, etc) if you want

    • @ruris189
      @ruris189 5 лет назад +8

      @@Sliver90 yeah, I know, but on Spotify I have a playlist with my fav songs and I usually listen to it on random. So, you know, I would like this one in the playlist too, that's what I was saying

  • @memopex
    @memopex 5 лет назад +723

    Yes I'm breathing
    Filthy hands, hey, hey
    Read to me, hey, hey, hey
    Miss me, hey, hey, hey
    Prefer me sad, hey, hey
    And I wouldn't break
    She wouldn't miss me
    She wouldn't miss me
    And I am afraid
    It's a fire - our house is gone
    and I refrain
    Are you God, Are you god
    you little boy?
    And now your fingers meet the floor
    And now I can play with me
    And now I am one to obey me
    Preach me fire and lead the way
    Be silent bit and I will say
    You see in fire me away
    And now, and now, hey
    Keep it down to one more specialist
    One more howl and feigned my service
    Someday I'll find my way to something
    It's not hard to relieve my service
    Come inside of her inner circles
    Someday I walk behind a way, it's over
    She seems to read minds
    And I'm dead, dumb and blind
    Wait the fame I use
    She's the same
    Old age (x3)
    Some are gone and some are wanting
    Some were kind and I feigned my service
    Someday I wont find my way, its over
    Its not fair he believes my servants
    One more hour and awake my servants
    Someday I will allow my way to something
    She seems to read minds
    And I'm dead, dumb and blind
    Face the face in the mirror
    We survived
    Old age (x4)
    It's such a fantasy you're all free
    Come on higher way I'm begging, see?
    One more hour and I face my service
    Come on down to relieve my servants
    Someday i will have found my way to nothing
    Second there, feign my service
    One more howl and I wont be serviced
    Someday I will have found my way to something
    She seems to read minds
    And I'm dead, dumb and blind
    Wait the fame I use
    Jesus saves
    Old age, old age
    Jesus saves
    Old age, old age
    lyricstranslate.com

    • @guitargrader9094
      @guitargrader9094 4 года назад +26

      memopex looks about right! Thank you for taking the time to share this!

    • @Jacket223
      @Jacket223 4 года назад +14

      Perfect except preach me fire and lead the way. I always heard it as free spin flowers beneath your ray

    • @pelaodui1324
      @pelaodui1324 4 года назад +3

      .

    • @carolynlandon4993
      @carolynlandon4993 4 года назад +5

      Yay! 😍

    • @kiko-69
      @kiko-69 4 года назад +2

      👍🏻

  • @Tomnedreb
    @Tomnedreb 2 года назад +235

    I'm not sure how many times I watched this, but it got to be over 100. Still love it to death!

  • @benwayne5208
    @benwayne5208 8 лет назад +659

    he really exparaments with his voice in this song, guitar too, it's like he was planning on expanding his variety. a lot of people say Kurt's music is simply and nothing special, but they are numbnuts, they can't think deep enough to see the true genius Kurt was, he really didn't show it much, but he was a very gifted and an amazing man. I Love the hell out of you Kurt RIP buddy, we all miss you! He is an idol of mine and I look at him as superior to human, he was such a great person and so modest. Just and amazing human and a such an unfathomably great loss not just to the music community but the world as a father, a person, an artist, a musician, a story teller and just so much more. I love you Kurt, Never forgotten and rest easy man.

    • @GrungeVeins
      @GrungeVeins 8 лет назад +14

      Totally agree

    • @hailaminzu
      @hailaminzu 8 лет назад +32

      I thought the same. Kurt's music can sound "normal" and "nothing's epic", but it gives me a strange feeling that I've never had before. I think Kurt was a very instinctive musican, he wrote what he truly thinks and feels at that time, you can see that most of his lyrics didn't make sense, (I think he didn't try to edit his lyrics at all), so what's he wrote is the truest feelings!

    • @Patrick96322
      @Patrick96322 8 лет назад +1

      👍

    • @joshuasbandit
      @joshuasbandit 8 лет назад +14

      You can say what you want, but I'm probably always gonna think nirvana was simple. Awesome, but simple. When people write songs, they should just do whatever they think. There's no other process I know of. He seemed to usually have stuck with power chords mostly, but the "melody" (I'm not good with terms, but I think that's the word?) was often great. That's what got them famous, the melody and tone. His voice was kinda unique, which also helped. I don't know what Kurt was like, but I do know what his music was like. He found the rhythm/melody/whatever and did it in the notes he wanted, and used that to go with what's on his mind. Just like every other musician. Some musicians go fast, and have epic solos. like Metallica, or Slayer. And others can stick with power chords, and maybe mix it up with extra notes and maybe a solo. Like Nirvana, or Green Day.

    • @Patrick96322
      @Patrick96322 8 лет назад +2

      You got a point there!

  • @clockworkartist
    @clockworkartist 3 года назад +85

    I just so badly wish we could’ve heard the next album by him done acousticlly

    • @headcreeps2138
      @headcreeps2138 3 года назад +3

      Same..

    • @lihclore
      @lihclore 3 года назад +5

      someone ina guitar youtube vid section j told me kurt had a terrible voice, i got pist but that’s what you get from some* music theory snobs that can’t appreciate non technical, raw emotion

    • @UseTheScience
      @UseTheScience 3 года назад +4

      @@lihcloreon the fecal matter demos, his voice was fucking awful. but it was probably because he was allegedly sick, but that doesn't matter. his vocals were great on his first studio album

  • @AgnessBass
    @AgnessBass 8 лет назад +424

    He's haunting my brain, my soul. Every time. Brilliant song. One of the most touching melodies that have ever entered my ears. It's when music speaks to you. Peace. Love. Empathy.

    • @gamespecies
      @gamespecies 7 лет назад +8

      AgnessBass couldnt have said it any better, man

    • @Smackattackk
      @Smackattackk 3 года назад +1

      I have peace love empathy with their logo and Kurt's initials on my wrist. dude has helped me more than anyone will ever know.

    • @jeremiepicart6863
      @jeremiepicart6863 Год назад

      In impro so

    • @eversharpaudio8757
      @eversharpaudio8757 Год назад

      And if you want to hear a different imagination of this song a.k.a direct rip (or possibly homage?) just listen to the start of "Credit in the Straight World" by Hole.

  • @saztradamus
    @saztradamus 9 лет назад +549

    they should have done this or sappy in the unplugged for sure.

    • @ruris189
      @ruris189 5 лет назад +9

      Amen to that

    • @eliemanau
      @eliemanau 5 лет назад +33

      do re mi would be nice too

    • @ruris189
      @ruris189 5 лет назад +4

      @@eliemanau yup

    • @CJM-rg5rt
      @CJM-rg5rt 5 лет назад +6

      @@eliemanau that's honesty my favorite Nirvana song right along with Aneurysm.

    • @takablepigon9686
      @takablepigon9686 4 года назад +1

      @@mitchrynn4912 yes, it was.

  • @ghioryadi2794
    @ghioryadi2794 3 года назад +219

    Yes I'm breathing
    Filthy hands, hey, hey
    Read to me, hey, hey, hey
    Miss me, hey, hey, hey
    Prefer me sad, hey, hey
    And I wouldn't break
    She wouldn't miss me
    She wouldn't miss me
    And i am afraid
    It's a fire - our house is gone
    And I refrain
    Are you God, Are you good
    Get away, no more
    And now your fingers meet the floor
    And now I can barely be alone
    And now I am one to obey me
    Preach me fire and lead the way
    Be silent bit and I will say
    You see in fire me away
    And now, and now, hey
    Keep it down to one more spacious
    One more howl and i feigned my service
    Someday I'll find my way to something
    It's not hard to relieve my service
    Come inside of her inner circles
    Someday I won't be high, no way, it's over
    She seems to read minds
    And I'm dead, dumb and blind
    Wait the fame I use
    She's the same
    Old age (x3)
    Some are killed and some are wounded
    Some were kind and I feigned my service
    Someday I won't find my way, its over
    Its not fair he believes my servants
    One more hours in the week my servants
    Someday I will wound my way to something
    She seems to read minds
    And I'm dead, dumb and blind
    Face the face in the mirror
    We survey
    Old age (x4)
    'Cause you're just afraid to see, you're all weird
    Come on higher way I'm begging, see?
    One more hour and I face my service
    Come on down to relieve my servants
    Someday i will have found my way to nothing
    Second there, feign my service
    One more howl and I won't be serviced
    Someday I will have found my way to something
    She seems to read minds
    And I'm dead, dumb and blind
    Wait the fame I use
    Jesus saves
    Old age, old age
    Jesus saves
    Old age, old age

  • @bee7481
    @bee7481 7 лет назад +172

    such a pure and beautiful voice

    • @jonnyhundley
      @jonnyhundley 7 лет назад +7

      Pizza thanks

    • @bee7481
      @bee7481 7 лет назад +6

      r u Kurt?? :")

    • @jonnyhundley
      @jonnyhundley 7 лет назад +10

      Pizza yes

    • @piotreqytrewqwe2108
      @piotreqytrewqwe2108 4 года назад +6

      Vodka? I love vodka!

    • @lihclore
      @lihclore 3 года назад

      someone ina guitar youtube vid section j told me kurt had a terrible voice, i got pist but that’s what you get from some* music theory snobs that can’t appreciate non technical, raw emotion

  • @jadebeltran1932
    @jadebeltran1932 8 лет назад +1134

    It’s a shame he wouldn’t reach old age.

    • @TheAponce1
      @TheAponce1 5 лет назад +17

      :(

    • @grocerewe1935
      @grocerewe1935 5 лет назад +97

      reached the age of eternity. forever encrusted within figments of humanity's soul. breathed in. loved up, loved in.

    • @goober5795
      @goober5795 5 лет назад +19

      Harrsh Mishra edge lord

    • @grocerewe1935
      @grocerewe1935 5 лет назад +7

      @@goober5795 ohmYG beSt comPliMent. thankkkkk m8

    • @goober5795
      @goober5795 5 лет назад

      Harrsh Mishra np

  • @johnmichaelpatrick369
    @johnmichaelpatrick369 Год назад +31

    Kurt was a songwriter out of the ordinary... Most pop songs, punk rock songs, etc are written using the same old chord progressions, like 1-4-5 for example, but look at Kurt's chord progressions and melodies, it is just on another level !
    Take Lithium... That chord progression is really weird, but it works perfectly, and he was able to write some beautiful melodies on top of it all... He was a real genius !!!

  • @franricci370
    @franricci370 8 лет назад +186

    Kurt live in out hearts. He is the hero of the music and never die

  • @forrestdeardorff6250
    @forrestdeardorff6250 5 лет назад +116

    Favorite version of the song. Whether he had the lyrics written at this point I don’t know, but I like to think of this as a window into his creative process, in the midst of sculpting the melody, before the lyrics have been fully formed. Like an artist’s sketchbook.

  • @monicaalapenha200
    @monicaalapenha200 5 лет назад +404

    All the early version are so sad...
    Example:
    Pennyroyal tea
    Sappy
    All apologies

    • @cranberrycanvas
      @cranberrycanvas 4 года назад +13

      yeah cuz all their other recordings are all so happy lol

    • @sugarpoyon2077
      @sugarpoyon2077 4 года назад

      @Kurt Cobain yeah, the early version, like she said

    • @sugarpoyon2077
      @sugarpoyon2077 4 года назад +6

      You know you are right early version too

    • @Overlorddz
      @Overlorddz 4 года назад +4

      It's not sad, it's blue

    • @Cairo98_
      @Cairo98_ 4 года назад +3

      @@cranberrycanvas Nirvana hits differently. Sad, headbanging then sad again. 😂

  • @caitlinsloan2873
    @caitlinsloan2873 8 лет назад +589

    this is without a doubt the best recording of Old Age on youtube, so beautiful

  • @lukasmorkunas9356
    @lukasmorkunas9356 9 лет назад +165

    I actually like all these acoustic demos than I like their completely finished songs. Maybe because i have over listened to all their albums. I believe that these crude and unfinished songs should be called acoustic grunge. Damn, I really wish he could of finished his last album they were making. It would of been so grunge. :/

    • @arestone1744
      @arestone1744 9 лет назад +8

      +Lukas Morkunas
      They weren't making a new album. They were in the middle of their In Utero tour. The only new song they had was You Know Youre Right. One song does not make a new album.

    • @skelleytor
      @skelleytor 9 лет назад +2

      +Arest One I think he was about to do his own solo project.

    • @zariyalei4573
      @zariyalei4573 8 лет назад +1

      +Connor B and other great musicians of the nineties and so on.

    • @skelleytor
      @skelleytor 8 лет назад

      Eric Erlandson hole ex guitarist ,who was friends with Kurt *****

    • @hazelhumor
      @hazelhumor 8 лет назад +8

      +Connor B right on. They were just playing punk rock and trying to be intense and energetic. The grunge thing was definetely a stupid label to name all of that punk rock music from Seatlle.

  • @verynice9872
    @verynice9872 5 лет назад +50

    I love his voice so much, it has so much emotion and everything

  • @ElvisGarcia0
    @ElvisGarcia0 8 лет назад +1666

    Did Nirvana made my depression worse. Or did my depression made me listen to nirvana. Either way I love you Kurt!!

    • @cuckerinokripperino4216
      @cuckerinokripperino4216 8 лет назад +70

      Nirvana more then likely made it worse added more things to the mind to slowly worry about.

    • @dukethotness
      @dukethotness 8 лет назад +58

      It didn't get worse, it is just giving you directions to the end of the tunnel.

    • @arsaeterna4285
      @arsaeterna4285 8 лет назад +104

      that's interesting, my perspective was different, I was suicidal and I wouldn't say depressed so much as hopeless
      Nirvana is like an older brother, I felt like my pain was felt by others, and thus, that I was not really alone
      Whenever I would see people rep nirvana logos, I kind of had hope that the world was full of people like me
      I no longer cling to that naive view, but I've also outgrown the sort of narcissism of depression

    • @sanlenispe
      @sanlenispe 8 лет назад +19

      Jonny Garcia kurt put an odd color to our depression

    • @neurochris
      @neurochris 8 лет назад +11

      funny question, maybe I would say Sunny Jim that the colour was a nice one, and I agree with Que. I just think that the sounds of his voice are beautiful but I don't know if he made me more sad. For me its just real art and life is sad but its like the music is sad but still is really great, but its more than sad its a whole mix of emotions.

  • @ender2879
    @ender2879 4 года назад +69

    I just discovered Nirvana on quarantine. I really regret so much to not knowing them before. I had a very strong connection with them, with their songs and lyrics, with all of the Kurt's screamings
    It makes me sad that such a talented man had to leave us so soon, he changed the music and the world, and he was just beginning. How Kurt would imagine that 20 years later we will still love him and listening to his songs.
    We miss you Kurt, come as you are

    • @nonameman7114
      @nonameman7114 3 года назад +2

      Nice man, I found nirvana freshman year (4years ago) I recommend checking out Alice In Chains and sound garden.

    • @jasonarmstrong7377
      @jasonarmstrong7377 3 года назад +2

      Funny how ya find something so late , my kids heard nirvana playing in car but didn’t know who it was later on they found it and listen to it and other 90s bands
      Sort of proves there not much out there these days worthy like it

    • @xhellbumpsx8874
      @xhellbumpsx8874 3 года назад

      bruh you're 30 years 2 late

    • @ryanstaiger1712
      @ryanstaiger1712 3 года назад +1

      I found Nirvana about 5 months ago or so and I’m hooked. Their music really is just something else

    • @jackbnimble7517
      @jackbnimble7517 2 года назад +1

      Thats a cool rabbit hole to go down theres a lot of unrealesd songs and other bands that were around atbthe time but never got as much recognition

  • @Joey007ist
    @Joey007ist 4 года назад +57

    This might be the most effort I’ve heard Kurt put into having clean vocals. Wow. Really shows you how talented he was.

  • @bingung182
    @bingung182 9 лет назад +75

    by this record, i just feel like it was the pain, dark and broken of Kurt Cobain
    this is the real Kurt Cobain

    • @annettespizuoco562
      @annettespizuoco562 5 лет назад +2

      yes love him forever and ever.better than jesus,even,lol

    • @rgoob4045
      @rgoob4045 2 года назад

      i don't think of Kurtin that way whatsonever, he was so much more, the surface is everything when you're not seeing

  • @chloekimzey
    @chloekimzey 9 лет назад +77

    I don't even know why but I'm obsessed with this... I've played it a million times❤ R.I.P Kurt

    • @WizzleThump
      @WizzleThump 9 лет назад +8

      Me too, I've been coming back to it for literally years...

    • @juliancontreras6507
      @juliancontreras6507 9 лет назад +4

      WizzleThump same here

    • @patrickfoster4586
      @patrickfoster4586 9 лет назад +5

      Me too. I think it's because it is one of my favorite recordings of all time. So raw, so real, so perfect.

    • @annettespizuoco562
      @annettespizuoco562 5 лет назад +3

      im generally obsessed,have been since i was16.im 42 now. teeage angst has paid off(kind of) well.now im bored except for when i listen to Him.

    • @CamilleGG451
      @CamilleGG451 4 года назад +2

      That would be me with Do Re Mi.... Aw Kurt....

  • @bmhlogan
    @bmhlogan Год назад +16

    Genuinely one of his best performances ever. Just incredible.

  • @McMuffinV2
    @McMuffinV2 10 лет назад +29

    Kurt sounds amazing here. Just imagine if that acoustic album he was planning on doing what have come out....Fuggin awesome

  • @TheMarkCraig
    @TheMarkCraig 8 лет назад +15

    I sent this to a friend of his who is a well known singer from the 90's and she was blown away by this. Said she never knew it existed.

  • @Fear2Stop
    @Fear2Stop 3 года назад +38

    Why the hell am I crying right now? Jesus what a talent he was

    • @kirstingerson7672
      @kirstingerson7672 2 года назад +2

      Its Magic i wonder every Day..

    • @crushing3614
      @crushing3614 Год назад

      bros crying

    • @samharrison699
      @samharrison699 Год назад

      Same

    • @harrisontownsend910
      @harrisontownsend910 Год назад

      Of only he had someone. Someone who didn't want him for his money or fame, a real friend who could love him as a brother. If he could have someone he wouldn't have go the heroin and overdoses that day, alone. If only.

    • @mickeymyers13
      @mickeymyers13 21 день назад

      ​@@crushing3614😂😂😂

  • @rustydusty8637
    @rustydusty8637 5 лет назад +53

    The ending is perfect

    • @mickeymyers13
      @mickeymyers13 21 день назад

      Yeah when it ends and there's silence. Love it ❤

  • @snprkiller9467
    @snprkiller9467 4 года назад +43

    With a demo being THIS good imagine if the song was finished. It would have been incredible. Atleast we have this kickass demo

    • @Potandthekettle
      @Potandthekettle 4 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/kYsNB4_yt-M/видео.html

    • @SuicideSeason4545
      @SuicideSeason4545 2 года назад +3

      He gave it to the most terrible person ever, Courtney Love. Supposedly. Who knows Courtney Stole a lot of Kurt’s songs after he died. She does have access to his demos, stuff we’ll probably never hear unless frances does something about it

    • @DanielJuarez-pb6xp
      @DanielJuarez-pb6xp Год назад

      It was finished, it's called Old age jajajaja

    • @marcorondinelli7309
      @marcorondinelli7309 Год назад +1

      ​@@DanielJuarez-pb6xpit wasn't really finished. The one they recorded for Nevermind is clearly a demo, and then after that he abandoned it and gave it to Courtney

  • @burningout.1798
    @burningout.1798 4 года назад +81

    She wouldn’t miss me

  • @tessiemcdonnell1796
    @tessiemcdonnell1796 10 лет назад +79

    20 years ago today the world lost a legend.. miss you kurt, the music lives forever, ♥️

    • @luciopadillarojas3319
      @luciopadillarojas3319 6 лет назад +1

      tessie mcdonnell now its 23 years ago :(

    • @fuzz6263
      @fuzz6263 6 лет назад +2

      Over 24 years ago. In a few years, he will have been death for longer than he had been alive.

    • @soymonodetierra
      @soymonodetierra 6 лет назад

      que bueno que una chica guapa como tu valore esta musica vendiciones y saludos para ti ;)

    • @MdStylee-pb4fb
      @MdStylee-pb4fb Год назад +2

      Just passed 29 years now…

    • @rockylps
      @rockylps 5 месяцев назад

      30 years ago..

  • @GrungeVeins
    @GrungeVeins 8 лет назад +428

    This song makes me wanna write more music tbh.

    • @jimson9297
      @jimson9297 8 лет назад +11

      Show some respect and don't impersonate dead people m'kay!

    • @redthreads9147
      @redthreads9147 8 лет назад +42

      Kurt's spirit runs through all of us, m'kay?

    • @arsaeterna4285
      @arsaeterna4285 8 лет назад +14

      Nice!
      never too old to be artistic again
      you bring new experiences to the table

    • @TALKINGtac0
      @TALKINGtac0 7 лет назад +6

      Kurt Cobain Same. I'm always to busy though, and school and other activities wear me out

    • @whatdupdoh
      @whatdupdoh 7 лет назад +31

      Kurt was inspired by John Lennon and Lennon was inspired by elvis. go for it man

  • @JasonSteel-hk2tx
    @JasonSteel-hk2tx 8 месяцев назад +9

    Kurt not doing that acoustic album like he considered doing is a fucking crime against humanity.

  • @fetalmossy117
    @fetalmossy117 9 лет назад +55

    I fucking love how eerie this is

  • @Tete-sa
    @Tete-sa 8 лет назад +51

    This is a masterpiece.

  • @Stunnebas79
    @Stunnebas79 2 года назад +26

    The GOAT of Music.
    No arguing.

  • @passport3763
    @passport3763 9 лет назад +88

    Ultimate sad-happy song

  • @ZeroFortyFive
    @ZeroFortyFive 8 лет назад +125

    In one video interview someone asked Kurt what his lyrics are about, he just smiled and said:
    "They don't mean anything", --- what a fucking genius he was! * * * * *

  • @3dpoollvr
    @3dpoollvr 4 года назад +16

    The sadness in his voice the anger the desperation oh God can I relate to this man a lot you was a genius

  • @jeffreyhankins8721
    @jeffreyhankins8721 Год назад +20

    If Kurt wasn't so pressured by his record company to make grunge albums. He would have thrived as a solo singer songwriter

  • @kommanderskombat3339
    @kommanderskombat3339 10 лет назад +185

    He's probably jamming with the greats right now.

    • @SillyNag
      @SillyNag 10 лет назад +26

      I wish i could believe that but then reality kicks in

    • @kommanderskombat3339
      @kommanderskombat3339 10 лет назад +38

      Reality is what you make it.

    • @kommanderskombat3339
      @kommanderskombat3339 10 лет назад +4

      ***** I see your point from a mathematic or even a scientific view but the reality of something spiritual lies only in the eye of the beholder.

    • @MetallicBrony
      @MetallicBrony 10 лет назад +9

      no one knows but if there is a place after life and Kurt is there I hope he is enjoying himself.

    • @zacharyklassen5705
      @zacharyklassen5705 10 лет назад

      no dout im sure wheni get to wherever the gratest dead people are theyll be my friends

  • @satisfiction
    @satisfiction 5 лет назад +14

    That falsetto at 0:32 is heartbreaking. To imagine him recording songs like that in the studio...

  • @daywar13
    @daywar13 9 лет назад +61

    The Yodel song has this same riff, I see how kurt made his music now. He plays random stuff and puts it all together. Pure art.

    • @jackcraig3759
      @jackcraig3759 8 лет назад +2

      You being sarcastic?

    • @daywar13
      @daywar13 8 лет назад +1

      +jack craig the ending on the yodel song sounds like the his riff kinda

    • @maybejusthappy89
      @maybejusthappy89 8 лет назад +22

      +KOSCade Art is achieved through discarding poor content and recycling the good. You don't pick up a guitar and create a finished product on attempt #1. He didn't release yodel song, if he was alive today you wouldn't have heard it or known it existed. Ridding the rubbish and collecting and assembling the gems is the artistic process, and leads the art to its peak - which, in Cobain's opinion, were the albums he chose to release. He wasn't even happy with the final recording of "old age".

    • @fedoratheexplora4663
      @fedoratheexplora4663 8 лет назад +4

      Literally, I am only an amature songwriter.. It is so relieving to know that this is how others do it. I'll write a chorus and will leave it for like a month, then have verse and add them together etc Once had a riff circling in my head for two weeks before adding lyrics.

    • @daywar13
      @daywar13 8 лет назад +5

      +Daniel that's what I was getting at in my comment. He takes stuff he's made up, and uses what he's played to make something bigger. Basically recycling parts.

  • @handleapriori
    @handleapriori 8 лет назад +251

    Mumblings (lyrics?) of a melomaniac (My personal translation w/ interpretive discretion of lyrics)
    Yes, I'm leaving
    Filthy hands...
    Read to me...
    And miss me...
    Prefer me sad...
    And I wouldn't hate...
    That you'd miss me...
    Don't leave it and be...
    And I am afraid
    It's a fire, our house is gone
    And I refrain
    Are you God? Are you good? Get away no more
    And I broken vainness meet the floor
    And now I can barely be alone
    I could want to obey being
    Freeze me in flowers beneath the grave
    Be silent bed and I will sleep
    Be a seed in the flower and reap away
    And I... I know
    Hey...
    Keep the town to one more spacious
    One more hour and I'll feign my service
    Someday I wound my way to something
    It's not kind to believe my service
    Come inside of our inner circles
    Someday I won't be high, no way, it's over
    She seems to read minds
    And I'm dead, dumb, and blind
    Way to frame my use
    She's the same
    Old age (x3)
    Some are killed and some are wounded
    Some work hard and I feign my service
    Someday I won't find my way to sober
    Listen, care, he believes my sermons
    One more hours in the week my servant
    Someday I wound my way to something
    She seems to read minds
    And I'm dead, dumb, and blind
    Face to face in the mirror
    We survey
    Old age (x4)
    'Cause you're just afraid to see you're all weird
    Comin' higher way, I'm vacant seed
    One more hour and I face my service
    Comin' down to relieve my servant
    Someday I wound my way to no day
    Some kind of terrible thing my service
    One more hour and I won't bitch service
    Someday I wound my way to someday
    She seems to read minds
    And I'm dead, dumb, and blind
    Way to frame my use
    Jesus saves
    Old age (x2)
    Jesus saves
    Old age (x3)
    P.S. I had originally wrote this down years ago (Damn, time is slick). Paper and pencil is still neat, except for when you lose that single transcript. Although, deciphering these lyrics again helps get reacquainted, as a positive. This Cobain song (performance/composition/musica), for me, is easily one of his "deeper" and more thought-provoking and haunting. As a fan of Nirvana, it's hard to not think of this song as we all grow older with age.

    • @flaplaya
      @flaplaya 8 лет назад +2

      Tbh it looked like a copy paste but whatever.

    • @handleapriori
      @handleapriori 7 лет назад +4

      I posted this from desktop, formatting to hopefully make it easier to read and/or sing along while playing an instrument. It's just a big wall of text when I look at it from mobile unfortunately. Sorry. I'm guessing that's why it looks like a copy & paste?

    • @jackbeuselinck6559
      @jackbeuselinck6559 7 лет назад

      .

    • @8bitgamerassassin224
      @8bitgamerassassin224 7 лет назад +2

      C thanks

    • @CHUCKYLOSTIT
      @CHUCKYLOSTIT 7 лет назад +5

      good job on this buddy !

  • @thepat2974
    @thepat2974 4 года назад +29

    It's carzy I come back to this so often and almost can't understand a word but somehow I feel the pain in his lyrics and in his singing and it's making me sooo damn sad. This song hits differently

    • @house9850
      @house9850 4 года назад +5

      I am able to communicate with the dead but only soon after their passing, and in dreams...I went so far down the rabbit hole, and I finally found Kurt, sitting alone writing something on a hill in the sun. He wanted to be left alone.

    • @billtommpson1630
      @billtommpson1630 4 года назад +1

      @@house9850 did he look happy ?

    • @kirstingerson7672
      @kirstingerson7672 2 года назад

      Absolutely right,

  • @daniburger8726
    @daniburger8726 4 года назад +33

    Kurt Cobain,
    Un maldito Genio, único y Humilde,
    La banda *Nirvana*
    El complemento perfecto que llenaba a Kurt y su música de... Crear musica.
    Aunque kurt cobain, por si mismo podría haber hecho trabajos impecables e limpios, únicos y Melancólicos... Debe de admitir que si no fuera por Dave y compañía no hubiera alcanzado su "sueño" que al Final fue si declive. Por opiniones de otras personas.
    Kurt cobain, Hombre único y admirable que marco historia en la rama "menos importante" del Rock.
    Hablo del Grunge.

  • @samthompson4815
    @samthompson4815 8 лет назад +35

    Beautiful... Just beautiful

  • @nylontusk1289
    @nylontusk1289 2 года назад +11

    I think these demo ideas are just fantastic! I love the first little bit he did before tuning. But the song he was working on before old age starts I think would be an epic idea for him to combine that with old age just as is on this demo. Like he does that verse and transitions into old age like he did. I dont know if that was what he was actually doing but if he was that was pure genius

  • @narren3729
    @narren3729 8 лет назад +18

    This is the best song he wrote, makes me cry everytime I listen to it

  • @odiumimbues
    @odiumimbues 9 лет назад +12

    my favorite piece of recording in all of acoustic history. the song after tuning is so beautiful angels descend on pedals of flowers and the winded vocals float words, to which i refrain.

  • @nickmain542
    @nickmain542 4 года назад +16

    This is one of the best things I’ve ever heard in my life

    • @nirvanaadict8397
      @nirvanaadict8397 4 года назад +4

      This is THE best thing I've ever head in my life

  • @angrycha1r
    @angrycha1r 3 года назад +27

    i wish this was on spotify

  • @patrickfoster4586
    @patrickfoster4586 3 года назад +6

    This is the most valuable recording of Kurt in my opinion. It gives us a glimpse into his brilliant creative process like nothing else. Not to mention the absolutely incredibly haunting beauty of this piece. Masterwork and masterclass all in one. Rest easy Kurt- hope to see you very soon.

  • @allamsteff
    @allamsteff Год назад +3

    this have an unic vibe of agony, melancholy, desappointment and sadness. definitely the best demo

  • @Sean-lv6fx
    @Sean-lv6fx 6 лет назад +20

    I always thought from 1:15 to 2:10 sounded awesome. I wish Kurt had made a full version of this.

  • @garysimonson1135
    @garysimonson1135 2 года назад +4

    His sense of melody was so beyond anyone else I've ever heard. And then you combine that with a voice that is somehow strong, honest, and vulnerable all at the same time. I don't understand most of the lyrics, but it feels like what's being conveyed here is a brutal yet beautiful truth. It brings me to tears.

  • @JohnnyMontilla
    @JohnnyMontilla Год назад +2

    This is like getting a look inside Kurt's creative mind. So real.

  • @cosmicseaa1119
    @cosmicseaa1119 10 лет назад +7

    This is my favorite song you wrote, it was mostly unfinished but I can hear the emotion pouring out of this track.. thought it proper ro come on here and say Happy Birthday buddy! We all miss you so much!

  • @jessimerrill6579
    @jessimerrill6579 4 года назад +30

    I put this on repeat when I first heard it. That's 11 years ago.

    • @snprkiller9467
      @snprkiller9467 4 года назад +2

      I recently was recommended this song on youtube and probably listened to it 3 times back to back. This simply blew me away. It is so different than his album recordings. I loved every second of it. I have been looking for other hidden gems such as this and I found “sappy”. Sappy is also a great song

    • @jakob4787
      @jakob4787 4 года назад

      I am 15 years old but i love iz

  • @Overlorddz
    @Overlorddz Год назад +2

    What I love about this demo is you hear him flesh out a pretty much finished song in about 2 minutes. Just starts mumbling and sketching and booom there is an arrangement with a clear melodic structure.

  • @gasmaskboi19371945
    @gasmaskboi19371945 9 лет назад +33

    This is beautiful. I'm pretty surprised it wasn't used.

  • @loquat9661
    @loquat9661 3 года назад +13

    I wish i could just sit in a room with him and watch his writing process

  • @crush3095
    @crush3095 2 года назад +4

    one of my favorite tracks
    any rhythm guitarist knows what it's like
    to strum away at your guitar, chasing melody, making songs, channeling music

  • @plesspray4697
    @plesspray4697 11 месяцев назад +7

    Incredible style and vibe

  • @Kiba309
    @Kiba309 10 лет назад +110

    i just wanna cry

    • @Leo-zz1mq
      @Leo-zz1mq 7 лет назад +2

      Synesthesist a beautiful girl like u shouldnt cry.

    • @squierz_chum3476
      @squierz_chum3476 6 лет назад +20

      Leo 159 dude wtf

    • @foobar2988
      @foobar2988 6 лет назад +3

      I detect a whiteknight.

    • @leoworld6125
      @leoworld6125 5 лет назад

      Find a shoulder

    • @annettespizuoco562
      @annettespizuoco562 5 лет назад +2

      i always do,but try and comfort myself by telling me that hes now god,lol.

  • @cesaraugustoespinosa1873
    @cesaraugustoespinosa1873 5 лет назад +22

    1:28 This moment gave me chills

    • @mickeymyers13
      @mickeymyers13 21 день назад

      And it also sucked at the same time. Absolutely incredible.

  • @fistfulofbenadryls9628
    @fistfulofbenadryls9628 4 года назад +6

    i sat sad listening to this and then at the end when started to sing that low rider song i just smiled and my heart stopped hurting for a couple of seconds

  • @mitchthefirst2659
    @mitchthefirst2659 6 лет назад +22

    2:18. That transition gives me chills everytime

  • @the_Sock-13
    @the_Sock-13 Месяц назад +2

    So soothing and so distressing at the same time

  • @archiebotten4061
    @archiebotten4061 4 года назад +5

    Honestly one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, I can't stop listening to it.

  • @taniamora7711
    @taniamora7711 5 лет назад +4

    This guy could basically create memorizing melodies at will... Such a gift he was given.

  • @twfg5521
    @twfg5521 4 года назад +13

    Kurt was still writting "Old Age" for 4th Album of Nirvana

  • @MedievalRichard
    @MedievalRichard 8 лет назад +5

    Best version of "Old Age". Unique, genius and working it out.

  • @AK-42069
    @AK-42069 4 года назад +25

    Kurt: 1:33
    Somewhere inside of me: [twitches and starts crying]

  • @Punk-Mask
    @Punk-Mask 6 лет назад +13

    I love how he sings low rider at the end

  • @serjeffrey960
    @serjeffrey960 4 года назад +14

    Listening this song during cold, rainy night while drinking some hot tea was the best feeling ever

    • @Cairo98_
      @Cairo98_ 4 года назад +1

      😌😎

    • @humbertojimmy
      @humbertojimmy 4 года назад +1

      Yeah, sure, well... morphine could work too, just saying :-)

  • @kristinamotova3204
    @kristinamotova3204 11 месяцев назад +4

    found it now, in 2023, and it's incredible

  • @griffinsalerno
    @griffinsalerno 3 года назад +2

    It’s because of Kurt that I am who I am today. A generally more creative, les ignorant person. His style of writing and the way his songs sound never fail to help me and please me. His songs mean so much to me and just the general vibe helps my mood every single time. Kurt, you can’t see this but thank you so damn much and you will be a part of me for the rest of my life no matter what.

  • @emilyke5761
    @emilyke5761 8 лет назад +10

    this is so beautifull.. We all mis you kurt :c.

  • @Thierry78
    @Thierry78 2 года назад +10

    I listen to this version more than the finished version

  • @macabre_poloi4140
    @macabre_poloi4140 5 лет назад +5

    that guy was a genius! Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, he put spirits on his music to make people aware about what 's around. Because of Nirvana I started to questionne myself about the school, then i did it all the time everywhere. Just an magik Anarkist!

  • @dontrelax
    @dontrelax 8 лет назад +14

    the best, sadness, kurt, we miss you hey hey