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  • Опубликовано: 21 май 2021
  • Nirvana - Lithium - live at the Video Music Awards, broadcast from the Pauley Pavilion, UCLA Los Angeles, CA. Recorded by me from analogue satellite receiver scart connected into Sony VHS HiFi VCR, recording at SP onto Scotch EXG+ E240, tape number 669, digital archive 4090. This is from MTV Europe version, presented by Pip Dann
    #nivana #lithium #kurtcobain
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  • @ScottishTeeVee
    @ScottishTeeVee  3 года назад +573

    1 of over 2000 rare music videos on this channel. Click on this link & slowly scroll down to see thousands of them www.youtube.com/@ScottishTeeVee/videos

    • @marcinrnowicki8011
      @marcinrnowicki8011 3 года назад +7

      More stuff from MTV Europe, please!

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  3 года назад +14

      @@marcinrnowicki8011 There's lots more on this channel from MTV Europe and more is ready to upload

    • @joyceh2721
      @joyceh2721 3 года назад +4

      They look so different here. Got a bit mental at the end. Dude nearly knocked himself out with his guitar!! Was that *Foxy*from Wayne's World.? What was he called in that movie?? Garth???.. 👍✌️❤️

    • @piai
      @piai Год назад +3

      This video needs to be restoration to be HD or 4K

    • @Buddhafame
      @Buddhafame Год назад +7

      sir, thank so much for share this gem!

  • @Kangaroo-Flavored-Shoelaces
    @Kangaroo-Flavored-Shoelaces Год назад +2410

    They sent us all home from school the day he died. They could see how tragic and impactful it was on all the students. I’ll always appreciate and remember that.

    • @guityler2
      @guityler2 Год назад +323

      yeah im gonna call cap on that

    • @bigdawg6308
      @bigdawg6308 Год назад +84

      @@guityler2 I second that

    • @milkmansada
      @milkmansada Год назад +84

      @@guityler2 maybe but I don’t think anyone that says cap was there to witness 9/11 and that kind of marked the entire desensitization of the country so when your parents talk about crying when they found out a musician or celebrity died let alone blew their head off so maybe cap but maybe fax

    • @jamesmccomb9525
      @jamesmccomb9525 Год назад +69

      @@milkmansada I'm going to choose to believe our prior generation weren't a bunch of babies that couldn't handle their favourite celebrity dying.

    • @justinkire4658
      @justinkire4658 Год назад +36

      @@milkmansada I'm squarely genX and I don't believe for a second that any school sent anyone home when that manic-depressive offed himself. It was not that big of a deal, honestly. All that happened was a bunch of trendy schoolgirls did crap with candles. It was mega-lame. I just laughed.

  • @marcboutin9555
    @marcboutin9555 Год назад +2215

    Love how he starts with Rape Me when they threatened them with heavy consequences if they did it. He sang it long enough to freak them out but not long enough to be cut off, Genius!!! What great and heavy sound from only three guys! And they sound as good live as on any album… that’s real talent 🤟🤟🤟

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Год назад +173

      Yep, that was Cobain. Tell him NOT to do something and ... he shoots you the middle finger...and then smiles.

    • @ajevans4802
      @ajevans4802 Год назад +62

      He was the king of trolling haha

    • @ivaerz4977
      @ivaerz4977 Год назад +33

      I'm surprised they did that in 90s i mean today with all the woke bs

    • @Robcatist
      @Robcatist Год назад +28

      Kurt just wanted write and play music not be told what to do.

    • @henryknox4511
      @henryknox4511 Год назад +24

      @@ivaerz4977 Didn't the doors fuck over Ed Sullivan in the 60's in front of the whole world?

  • @rbarnett3200
    @rbarnett3200 6 месяцев назад +631

    I don't think people really understand why Kurt and Nirvana was such an important thing. Kurt represented every kid who was bullied, who was different, who was gay, who didn't want to conform. He wasn't a punk icon, he was all of us who didn't fit in. We didn't want to buy the best sport shoes, we didn't want to be heroes, we didn't want to be thanked for our service we just wanted to be. We just wanted to hang out with our friends, listen to records and play video games without being given endless shit. We were cool just being. Kurt Cobain is my hero for accidentally allowing us to just be who we are. Thank you Kurt.

    • @KRAFT344
      @KRAFT344 4 месяца назад +4

      Very true!!

    • @livvyyyyyyyyyyy
      @livvyyyyyyyyyyy 4 месяца назад +19

      Yes. As an autistic lesbian I feel seen in nirvanas music

    • @Ah__ah__ah__ah.
      @Ah__ah__ah__ah. 3 месяца назад +1

      Kurts the love @@livvyyyyyyyyyyy

    • @livvyyyyyyyyyyy
      @livvyyyyyyyyyyy 3 месяца назад

      @@Ah__ah__ah__ah. ❤️❤️❤️

    • @flatearthisahoax4030
      @flatearthisahoax4030 3 месяца назад

      Kurt was an LGBT supporter and a pro-choice advocate. Some of the money he makes goes to organizations that support pro-choice and he was sent death threats by "pro-lifers". Reminds me of what that British comedian said after hearing a man enters an abortion clinic with a gun on his hand "how can you be pro-life and shoot someone?"

  • @knp3335
    @knp3335 7 месяцев назад +207

    I can’t even imagine anything today being that good. So glad I grew up with this.

    • @adamj5832
      @adamj5832 6 месяцев назад +3

      Except the foos

    • @waynepantry7023
      @waynepantry7023 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@adamj5832 Nirvana was before the FOOs ? Nirvana started the great 90's music. Loved it.

    • @woopimagpie
      @woopimagpie 6 месяцев назад +8

      Dude that's just lazy, there's LOADS of great bands playing today. Get off your couch, throw away those rose-tinted glasses you're looking at the past in, and go see some gigs FFS.
      I grew up with this too (I was in my 20s during the 90s) so I'm no youngster. Believe it or not I saw Nirvana play, the one and only time they toured Australia, and rather disappointingly they were TERRIBLE. Kurt was so off his face he spent half the gig lying on his back with inane screeching noises coming from his guitar, and they tried to play too loud and overloaded the PA system TWICE. Dave was a monster on the drums but otherwise it was pretty average.
      There's heaps of great bands just killing it live today, the music industry has changed so much now that playing gigs is pretty much the only way a band can earn an income so they give it EVERYTHING. That and audio tech has improved so much now that pretty much every band you see sounds fantastic. Stop living in the past and go experience NOW.

    • @hgh5762
      @hgh5762 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@woopimagpie that’s a stretch.

    • @woopimagpie
      @woopimagpie 5 месяцев назад

      @@hgh5762 Most metal bands playing today absolutely SLAUGHTER Nirvana live. I'm guessing the last gig you went to was 30 years ago eh.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo Год назад +2798

    Dave Grohl on drums is Animal in real life

    • @gh-vi9tk
      @gh-vi9tk Год назад +36

      After Keith Moon.

    • @nr-dx4zz
      @nr-dx4zz Год назад +29

      Hes having fun lol

    • @MASTERA.A
      @MASTERA.A Год назад +3

      맞습니다

    • @xboys_archive
      @xboys_archive Год назад +7

      Love seeing your comments. Only reason I watched RUclips in like 2008 when I was a wee lil lad. Real impact on my life

    • @tigbeast5257
      @tigbeast5257 Год назад +3

      ​@@gh-vi9tkand Danny Carey

  • @jackjolli
    @jackjolli Год назад +580

    I love the journalistic cut "Well that was Nirvana...." while Kurt takes a bath in the drumset in the background

    • @Rellusionist
      @Rellusionist Год назад +16

      and Dave shouting "HI AXL"

    • @GodLovesComics
      @GodLovesComics 3 месяца назад +11

      "I've got two words for you, Pip...Marky Mark!"

    • @sturose509
      @sturose509 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@GodLovesComics I know this is an older post, but I saw you left your comment only 3 days ago. Wheels are spinning, what am I not getting about your "Marky Mark" mention?

    • @saintsataniko2116
      @saintsataniko2116 3 месяца назад +3

      @@sturose509 Same guy just on my other account. I know my comment would be rather cryptic if you didn't listen to the final seconds of the video. I tend to think the uploader included it just for a laugh at how cheesy the presenters of these things always are 5:09
      Don't worry, definitely not casting aspersions at Nirvana and this incredible performance.

    • @saintsataniko2116
      @saintsataniko2116 3 месяца назад +2

      Btw additional irony as I just noticed the time stamp is the same as the numbers in your username ;)

  • @kyleistheguru
    @kyleistheguru Месяц назад +40

    I remember the day Kurt Cobain died, I was still in the womb, but my mom temporarily birthed me so I could watch the news bulletin and grieve with the rest of the world. She put me back in and I was properly born a couple of months later

    • @dillbingus9959
      @dillbingus9959 28 дней назад +4

      what a saint of woman

    • @MrSavagebeast04
      @MrSavagebeast04 26 дней назад

      I was in an induced coma, and when Kurt died, they brought me out of it so I could watch the news. 📺 After that, I told them to just let me die, and they said OK. They tricked me and comatosed me again, but 3 months later, when I came out of it, I learned all the doctors and staff had un-alived themselves because of Kurt, and there were no more familiar faces there. 😵🥴

    • @lionelnietzsche3917
      @lionelnietzsche3917 7 дней назад

      "Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back."

    • @ccrider8277
      @ccrider8277 9 часов назад

      so you're saying you were... in utero

  • @Egeris95
    @Egeris95 10 месяцев назад +202

    30 years on and they still sound like the future of rock! ❤🔥🙏

    • @user-po5fz8nl4w
      @user-po5fz8nl4w 7 месяцев назад +1

      Of course...
      I am Korean.

    • @nathanotheman
      @nathanotheman 6 месяцев назад +1

      @parkerlibby4068there was no need to mention your dead grandma and you having depression, unnecessary 😭

    • @juanguerrero9819
      @juanguerrero9819 3 месяца назад

      Dam that's well put

  • @tonychapman6334
    @tonychapman6334 Год назад +2060

    Dave Grohl on drums is a beast. Kurt, Kris and Dave were an outstanding band. RIP Kurt

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  Год назад +25

      Thanks for watching and commenting Tony

    • @howlinandyhound985
      @howlinandyhound985 Год назад

      Grohl killed Kurt. hes a beast alright

    • @infamoussleepy6388
      @infamoussleepy6388 Год назад +53

      @@howlinandyhound985 that is the most obvious bait comment I've ever seen lmao

    • @lukeyraptor6738
      @lukeyraptor6738 Год назад +2

      gonna get hounded for this but I reckon Travis Barker was the greatest drummer of the 90s

    • @jonglenister3268
      @jonglenister3268 Год назад

      @@infamoussleepy6388 about as bait as "rape meeeee"

  • @eldiablo3794
    @eldiablo3794 Год назад +1185

    I can't believe Dave's drumsticks didn't explode from him hitting so hard. He was a beast.

    • @Ntrinzc
      @Ntrinzc Год назад +27

      Maybe he’s Using john bonhams sticks

    • @mr.fancypants1524
      @mr.fancypants1524 Год назад +16

      Made me think of Animal from The Muppets

    • @eldiablo3794
      @eldiablo3794 Год назад +2

      @@mr.fancypants1524 Dave druuuuuummm... YEA YEA YEA!

    • @bryanwinchell8065
      @bryanwinchell8065 Год назад +4

      Right, I was thinking I couldn’t believe he didn’t go straight thru the skin.

    • @MiguelHernandez-uk8lo
      @MiguelHernandez-uk8lo Год назад +12

      He used his Sticks upside down, to get a Bigger Sound. Not sure on the Size, possibly 2B.

  • @axelbartmoss8045
    @axelbartmoss8045 10 месяцев назад +150

    Saw them for the In Utero Tour, on February 18th 1994, it was the very first show I ever went to, and a gift for my 14th birthday (born in 1980, the 24th of February).
    Now I'm 43 years old... Damn, I hate to get old. But I am SO glad I could be able to see them live. Less than two months before it became impossible...
    Thank you Dad, that gift was a total blast! And RIP, both Kurt, and Dad, both gone on April 1994/2021. I hate April month since 1994, even more since 2021.

    • @markmnorcal
      @markmnorcal 5 месяцев назад +6

      The show is with you forever.

    • @user-df8vz3kq2i
      @user-df8vz3kq2i 4 месяца назад +1

      Good Gide!

    • @SH-zw2xe
      @SH-zw2xe 4 месяца назад +1

      Bro, we have the exact birth date ^^

    • @ryakosmatt7
      @ryakosmatt7 3 месяца назад +2

      What a fantastic story my friend, I'm Brazilian, much younger than you, but I discovered Nirvana when I was at school, and I've been listening to them for 15 years. A timeless sound, I wish I had lived to see them

    • @axelbartmoss8045
      @axelbartmoss8045 3 месяца назад

      @@markmnorcalIt's on YT too! Audio only, unfortunately, but better than nothing! Use Nirvana+Grenoble+1994 keywords to find it. And you'll hear the best dad/son moment I ever lived; the most beautiful day of my life, the best hour and a half from my entire existence. Engraved (almost) forever on the Net. You'll find my comments too, relating the same story as above, with more details if I remember well.

  • @SeptemberOftheDead
    @SeptemberOftheDead 8 месяцев назад +46

    The random "I'm a turd" He threw in there kills me.

    • @user-lv4hr5wg7i
      @user-lv4hr5wg7i 2 месяца назад

      "Retarded"
      That was "I am so retarded, I can't take the sentences"

  • @darrenleelayton6052
    @darrenleelayton6052 Год назад +1555

    How does Nirvana's music just not age at all? Guess that's genius.

    • @Koragh_
      @Koragh_ Год назад +12

      It did lol basic riffs..

    • @charliericker274
      @charliericker274 Год назад +271

      @@Koragh_ Complexity doesn't equal quality.

    • @MrYossarianuk
      @MrYossarianuk Год назад +17

      Nor do some 60's bands.

    • @TheJimbo1791
      @TheJimbo1791 Год назад +23

      @@Koragh_ Breathe.

    • @panda4247
      @panda4247 Год назад +14

      well, neither did Kurt :(

  • @privateer0561
    @privateer0561 Год назад +888

    Those drums owed Dave fifty bucks and refused to pay...

  • @cgh7337
    @cgh7337 8 месяцев назад +24

    Dana Carvey looked so proud of himself after delivering the "Now, for all your lawn care needs, its Nirvana!" a line, that they undoubtedly told him to say.

    • @Perciprius_91
      @Perciprius_91 Месяц назад +1

      I thought it was “long care needs?”

    • @Riffmaster227
      @Riffmaster227 Месяц назад +4

      I heard long hair needs

  • @shaggy7927
    @shaggy7927 10 месяцев назад +44

    I will never forget this band, I love how Kurt changed the lyrics to a couple of lines... and the song still rocked

  • @nathanielemerson4204
    @nathanielemerson4204 Год назад +761

    I love how the sloppiness of Nirvana was literally part of what made them so good. Kurt messes with the lyrics, the bass cuts out, Krist hits himself on the head with his bass and runs off stage, and Kurt kicks him in the ass... What else? Who cares? It's a great performance anyway.

    • @alexevans5043
      @alexevans5043 6 месяцев назад +23

      That was Nirvana in a nutshell and what made the great

    • @SleepyKart
      @SleepyKart 6 месяцев назад +14

      Well said. If you want to hear how good the band can be, then listen to the album. But if you wanted to see a crazy show with the band's personality at the forefront, live was the way to go

    • @brianjensen7977
      @brianjensen7977 5 месяцев назад +6

      kurt didn't kick him

    • @alexevans5043
      @alexevans5043 5 месяцев назад +14

      id add that it's pretty hilarious to see stage diving at a MTV music awards performance too.... can't even imagine that in today's pathetic music world

    • @alexevans5043
      @alexevans5043 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@brianjensen7977 yeah he did, it's well known. stop arguing and take the L

  • @johnbsouth1
    @johnbsouth1 Год назад +1777

    Watched this live. Krist the bass player actually threw his bass guitar in the air and missed catching it and it hit him in the head and literally knocked him down and almost out. He gets up and falls twice. Btw the reason for their performance (ironically playing and tearing the guitar, amplifier cabinets and drums) was they were told they couldn't play “Ra_pe Me”. Kurt was insulted. So he started playing it anyway!! This was controversial at the time. Us kids loved it.

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  Год назад +50

      Thanks for watching and commenting Johnny

    • @Rockyinlp
      @Rockyinlp Год назад +151

      They were told Rape Me would get them shut down immediately. So just to fuck with the producers they did the opening chords and lyrics. Gotta remember that Rape Me was not released until In Utero over a year later.

    • @charliericker274
      @charliericker274 Год назад +42

      @@Rockyinlp Thanks for the backstory guys, I was wondering what was up with that. I thought he might be fucking with the crowd, but that is even better.

    • @nickelasso
      @nickelasso Год назад +67

      And don't forget, too, that as they were walking off stage, Dave gets on the mic and starts yelling "Axl, hi Axl!" (this is while the woman is talking at the end). This was because Axl Rose and Kurt almost got into a fight backstage earlier.

    • @johnbsouth1
      @johnbsouth1 Год назад +1

      @@rockettcustoms6266 obvious auto incorrect function lol ty

  • @user-zw1eb1xo9j
    @user-zw1eb1xo9j 10 месяцев назад +44

    После нирваны ничего до сих пор не произошло с музыкой , никто так и не взорвал музыкальный мир как они , втроём вообще как такое возможно не пойму , это было круто , я помню как ждал каждый альбом ампладжет вообще доканал , каждую песню просто в ином цвете представили , иногда неверится , что это они сами сочиняли , как будто какие то композиторы для них ночами не спали , nirvana огонь , эту песню услышал на дискотеке первый раз , пошел денег занимать чтоб еще поставили , просто офигел от гитары .

    • @pietjepuk372
      @pietjepuk372 8 месяцев назад +4

      I felt exactly the same.

    • @user-py4ky3ej6t
      @user-py4ky3ej6t 5 месяцев назад

      Это божественное вмешательство.

    • @jessew7565
      @jessew7565 Месяц назад

      every heard of a little someone named Taylor Swift? Cmon now

  • @Joe-kh7nz
    @Joe-kh7nz 6 месяцев назад +5

    The end is amazing people flying, bass guitars flying, bassist getting knocked out. Insane

    • @dalel9775
      @dalel9775 6 месяцев назад

      I cant imagine how much that must have hurt catching a bass with your face like that.

  • @peachman5698
    @peachman5698 Год назад +613

    How 3 guys get such a heavy, thick sound is insane....With his voice they were essentially a 4-piece....Love this...

    • @adambane1719
      @adambane1719 Год назад +9

      Great comment !

    • @frustmetal
      @frustmetal Год назад +40

      for me its a lot how grohl played the drums, its like you know a nirvana song just by hearing the drum-part, even if you arent a drummer or musician. you instantly know what song it is. guess thats also why they´re very present in every mix of their songs. that lithium chorus bass/drumplay is incredible dynamic and awesome :D

    • @crazysilly2914
      @crazysilly2914 Год назад +3

      @@frustmetal wut.. wut… wut about Chad channing…? 🥺😭

    • @richardjones2811
      @richardjones2811 Год назад +6

      Boss DS-1 pedal

    • @BZB33
      @BZB33 Год назад +2

      Grohl's "high" tom is a super deep 14 inches. All equipment is proportioned similarly.

  • @HaroldGodwinson24
    @HaroldGodwinson24 Год назад +791

    Thirty years later and this still gives me chills. Nirvana was and still is one of my favorite rock bands. RIP Kurt 🙏🏻

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  Год назад +8

      Thanks for watching and commenting Harold

    • @scootepic1001
      @scootepic1001 Год назад +5

      same but i’m not thirty but i wish i was just to at least get a glimpse of one of the best rock bands. R.I.P Kurt 😔

    • @UltraZombie
      @UltraZombie Год назад +1

      Haha you got killed by William the conqueror

    • @HaroldGodwinson24
      @HaroldGodwinson24 Год назад

      @@UltraZombie He was always and will forever be a usurper bastard. I lost because I did not heed the wisdom from my mother and members of the Witan to wait to raise a fyrd to encircle and defeat the Norman Orcs.

    • @kristianvitanyi5992
      @kristianvitanyi5992 Год назад +3

      Wow, I did not need to be reminded that this is 30 years old. Time flies man. That said I agree with you totaly, I just love their music.

  • @nachurecooking
    @nachurecooking 6 месяцев назад +17

    Not many artists nowadays have songs that can match the quality of Nirvana's songs. They sound great, energetic, serious, relaxing and funny at the same time

  • @yaboyreege7158
    @yaboyreege7158 9 месяцев назад +17

    Man this will always be my favorite version of Lithium. They sound so raw in this version and I can’t imagine stage diving has ever taken place at a VMA performance before this. Crazy

  • @whatwouldhousedo5136
    @whatwouldhousedo5136 Год назад +756

    My favourite thing about Kurt was his chord progressions- so unique and weird; they almost don't make any sense until his vocal melody lays over top.

    • @FerchoDelgaRams
      @FerchoDelgaRams Год назад +85

      The melody of Lithium is really beautiful and really hard to create whit that progression what a genius Kurt was

    • @Halaberdizzle
      @Halaberdizzle Год назад +87

      "In Bloom" is a perfect example of that. The chord progression in that song is unique. Not to mention that the guitar "solo", while being purposely abstract and probably intended to be noise instead of a solo, works and fits perfectly.
      He might not have been the ideal guitarist in terms of technicality or tightness, but I still feel like he put a lot of careful thought into the music he wrote.

    • @thesecondYouTube
      @thesecondYouTube Год назад +9

      Nothing 'unique' about Nirvana's sound.
      It's all basic Washington State music that all the bands were doing 1985 to 1995.

    • @whatwouldhousedo5136
      @whatwouldhousedo5136 Год назад +21

      @@thesecondRUclips I did not say anything about the overall sound of the band- I was referring to Kurt's chord progressions.

    • @thesecondYouTube
      @thesecondYouTube Год назад +4

      The chords are the same shit 'Green River' and the other bands was doing back in 1985.

  • @mbarilli
    @mbarilli 3 года назад +187

    0:13, Kurt starts playing ‘Rape Me’’. Nirvana had originally planned to play this but MTV forbade it and told them they’d be cut if they did - hence the band’s surprise. Apparently they were seconds away from being cut.

    • @sexopimbada
      @sexopimbada 2 года назад +56

      they did a little trolling

    • @icecoldleone3988
      @icecoldleone3988 2 года назад +38

      @@sexopimbada the whole performance is a troll they weren’t supposed to play lithium either lol

    • @InfernAlien
      @InfernAlien 2 года назад +31

      Kurt Cobain was the '90s version of Jim Morrison. When Jim sang "girl could we get much higher" live on TV it had a very similar reaction.

    • @jg469
      @jg469 Год назад

      Y ahora MTV se ha vuelto una porqueria

    • @billysequins
      @billysequins Год назад

      Chickened out in other words

  • @csilt
    @csilt Год назад +30

    I remember watching this live. Such an amazing moment and they sound great. Whoever mixed this knew what he was doing. Anyone that watches this and doesn't think Nirvana was a great band either has really bad taste is just a hater.

  • @arequipien
    @arequipien 10 месяцев назад +13

    Dave is a BEAST on drums and Kurt was amazing with his special voice ... those were the times when being a teenager were great every day

  • @pat5882
    @pat5882 Год назад +387

    Not one of us out there thought for a second that this incredible era of music would ever end.
    Damn.

    • @westonwheeler2311
      @westonwheeler2311 Год назад +15

      It was like a flash of light too, such a short lived era of music that shone the brightest

    • @zachemorgan
      @zachemorgan Год назад +17

      to bad rap killed it now we are in one of the worst eras of music and have been since about 2008 or so.

    • @CiroqLee
      @CiroqLee Год назад

      @@zachemorgan not true at all. You are completely oblivious to how music has always worked. Do you even realize that this is exactly what people said about the grunge era? “GrUnGe kiLLeD rOcK aNd rOlL, *we’re in the worst era of music* ” . “RoCK aNd rOLl kiLLeD JaZz, *we’re in the worst era of music* ” . Do you realize what people said about Jazz? Etc etc… music is constantly changing and evolving and just because you don’t like a particular genre that’s mainstream doesn’t mean that music in general is worse. Nirvana was mainstream and motherfuckers would say the same shit, *”worst era of music”* Sure it has gotten easier for people to make music but that’s how it’s always been with technological developments. Motherfuckers 30 years ago would have their brains explode if they heard what kind of sounds we create today with technology. It’s how it has ALWAYS worked. Fuckin old head is what you are and if you can’t realize that you’re straight up dumb

    • @pat5882
      @pat5882 Год назад +3

      @@zachemorgan not long after KC was gone, Jewel showed up with her apathy music. Downright boring.

    • @xviphoenix69
      @xviphoenix69 Год назад +8

      It's ashame. I blame us 80's babies for being brainwashed by MTV and my generation eating up whatever was cool or what was no longer cool in a span of one decade. Looking back it's hard to believe Nirvana existed in the same decade with Brittany fucking spears????

  • @edwardmulholland7912
    @edwardmulholland7912 3 года назад +291

    Apparently MTV nearly shit themselves when the band started “Rape Me” lol. Nice to see this again.
    Thank you.

    • @OldAussieAds
      @OldAussieAds Год назад +6

      Channeling the Doors.

    • @hipoggersss
      @hipoggersss Год назад +3

      have to agree man xd

    • @borrowedbody5409
      @borrowedbody5409 Год назад +3

      I like the idea of a TV channel shitting itself

    • @hipoggersss
      @hipoggersss Год назад +1

      @@borrowedbody5409 yep

    • @OldAussieAds
      @OldAussieAds Год назад +3

      @@borrowedbody5409 Me too. And there's something great about how Nirvana only played a few seconds of the wrong song. It showed they were aware they were messing with the station and that it wasn't just a misunderstanding. I miss this level of subtle trolling.

  • @truenorth1355
    @truenorth1355 Год назад +27

    Rest In Peace Kurt! What a performance from one of the best bands ever!

  • @mainmate
    @mainmate 8 месяцев назад +11

    "and now for all your long CARE needs, its Nirvana!" Think you misspoke there Mr MTV haha!
    This version of Lithium is absolutely amazing!
    Love his voice here...., at 1:24 its just perfection.

    • @xxoxia
      @xxoxia 6 месяцев назад +5

      I think he said "lawn care" 😂 And that's Dana Carvey, from Wayne's World 😂😂

  • @watcynx
    @watcynx 3 года назад +615

    What a voice.

    • @YourGrace_06
      @YourGrace_06 2 года назад +36

      Makes me hate Courtney Love for killing him

    • @sadisticseabeast2749
      @sadisticseabeast2749 2 года назад

      @@YourGrace_06 so true, that bitch gonna get away with it forever unfortunately 😡😪

    • @PunkMarioBros
      @PunkMarioBros Год назад +8

      It’s no wonder why Kurt and Nirvana are remembered by so many people when they have this level of talent, it’s such a shame Kurt passed away so soon as he had so much more to give this world but it makes what we have from him so much more precious in a way that only happens after a person has passed away.

    • @ryanjavierortega8513
      @ryanjavierortega8513 Год назад +1

      Dana Carvey?

    • @ashscott6068
      @ashscott6068 Год назад

      @@YourGrace_06 Don't be dense. If you buy the garbage on Tom Grant's site, there's little hope for you. You'll end up a flat Earther, too.

  • @jaw0608
    @jaw0608 Год назад +280

    This is NUCLEAR. What an amazing, amazing voice and overall sound.

  • @Musicman3832
    @Musicman3832 Год назад +14

    Nirvana didn't need MTV, MTV needed Nirvana.

  • @paultreadway4017
    @paultreadway4017 Год назад +6

    Oh the 90's....how I miss you. I was 19 when this was recorded and SO full of life!

  • @Yktvd
    @Yktvd Год назад +153

    This song was released on July 13th of 1992 being 11,190 days old and it being 31 years old, it still is one of the greatest songs Nirvana has ever performed.

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  Год назад +7

      Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment D.S. 🙂

    • @danilaird
      @danilaird Год назад +3

      wow I feel old

    • @ridehead8771
      @ridehead8771 Год назад +5

      Released in 1991 November I think

    • @olldomu5790
      @olldomu5790 Год назад +1

      my sixth birthday. i remember my dad waiting for it to be in stock at the record shop

    • @michaelb5544
      @michaelb5544 Год назад +2

      You may be wrong with the date of release. It was released in 1992 as single, but was already on Nevermind, wich was released in 09/1991.

  • @Dustomatic
    @Dustomatic Год назад +139

    As a 17 year old I’m 1991 when I first ran into Nirvana, the thing that struck me the most about their music was how they would mix these melodic verses with powerful choruses. It was like sweet and salty. It was like hot and cold. It was like smooth and crunchy. The contrast made each song so much better.

    • @canobenitez
      @canobenitez Год назад +5

      Ever heard of Pixies?

    • @paladinjohn266
      @paladinjohn266 9 месяцев назад +1

      A lot of influences in their music and besides that, they were amazing in what they do... love Nirvana🤘🤘❤

    • @Dresdentrumpet
      @Dresdentrumpet 6 месяцев назад

      Ever heard of meat puppets?@@canobenitez

    • @lauren_739
      @lauren_739 5 месяцев назад +1

      I love this analogy the songs are just like that ❤

    • @bodbn
      @bodbn 5 месяцев назад

      the loud soft dynamic.

  • @niamh864
    @niamh864 2 месяца назад +4

    Gosh Kurt sounds so good here! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Especially the "Yeah"s, so powerful! Goosebumps ❤️❤️❤️

  • @johedges5946
    @johedges5946 Год назад +5

    This beautiful man was my Jesus. Now he is a sunbeam. Kids today wear the t-shirt, he was dead before they were born , he will never be forgotten. Love you Kurt x

  • @carlathedestructor2454
    @carlathedestructor2454 2 года назад +203

    I saw this live on TV! Very memorable.

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  2 года назад +9

      It certainly was, the highlight of the evening.

    • @FerchoDelgaRams
      @FerchoDelgaRams Год назад +6

      You're a f*cking legend

    • @danilaird
      @danilaird Год назад +1

      Me too. It was awesome to my teenage mind and still is to my 46 year old mind

    • @prant8998
      @prant8998 Год назад

      “Live,” on TV? You saw it on TV. I just saw it on RUclips. Great rhythm and payoffs in the song. Kurt, had an awful childhood, it’s no surprise he would take drugs. Sad.

    • @donletmedon
      @donletmedon Год назад +1

      Me too... I live in Indonesia, and I watched this live on my campus TV during recess. what a great experience to witness this rock history. I remember after Kurt slammed in to Dave's drum kit, and then Dave yelled "where's Axl!" repeatedly. made my friend whose a G'n R fanboy pissed himself :D

  • @charliericker274
    @charliericker274 Год назад +139

    Dave Grohl looks so so young. He is going HAM on those drums too. Love it.

    • @map3384
      @map3384 Год назад +1

      Dana Carvy was damn young back then but so was I.

    • @millsy5326
      @millsy5326 Год назад +4

      Looks like that drummer could start a band and play every instrument

    • @serpserpserp
      @serpserpserp Год назад

      @@millsy5326 release a bands two best albums pretty much recording it himself.

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ Год назад

      His attack was so aggressive, that it would have been easy to mistake him for angry...but then you'd look at his face, and shoulders...and they'd be completely relaxed while beating the crap out of those drums. lol

  • @sven_ftw
    @sven_ftw 2 месяца назад +5

    Haha, Kurt leading off with Rape Me just to spite corporate, Krist beaning himself with his own bass so bad he falls over, Dave just killing the drumset. You guys were awesome. RIP Kurt - 30 years since we lost you man. Miss you.

  • @darthbagre41
    @darthbagre41 Год назад +9

    I love this version. A guitar like this was my dream since I saw it at the first time. Ok, it never came true.

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  Год назад +3

      A shame you never got the guitar 😔

    • @mainmate
      @mainmate 8 месяцев назад +2

      dont give up on getting your dream guitar!

  • @juliodeasis417
    @juliodeasis417 Год назад +61

    Priceless tape

  • @geoffcoulson5698
    @geoffcoulson5698 Год назад +74

    I'm 65 ,been following music since 1962 ( I was 5) this is my all time #1 track of ALL time .

  • @rantingandraving4193
    @rantingandraving4193 10 месяцев назад +6

    I love how when Nirvana is literally destroying the set, they cut to a reporter and you can still see Kurt on the mega screen messing with the drums

  • @michaeljenkins8593
    @michaeljenkins8593 Год назад +9

    my fav band of all time awesome live as well

  • @i_likebeing_home8733
    @i_likebeing_home8733 Год назад +67

    I really love this version of lithium. It is legit the best version!

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  Год назад +6

      Glad you enjoyed this, thanks for taking the time to comment🙂

    • @i_likebeing_home8733
      @i_likebeing_home8733 Год назад +4

      @@ScottishTeeVee and thank you for uploading! This performance blows me away every time ❤️

  • @neilsouza3994
    @neilsouza3994 Год назад +47

    the best performance of that night on MTV

  • @avzeolla3960
    @avzeolla3960 Год назад +6

    There will never be another band like nirvana. Ever.

  • @Warbeastbeastofwar
    @Warbeastbeastofwar Год назад +6

    Watched this live back in the day! Thanks Kurt for the greT music and long lasting memories

  • @odomodometer
    @odomodometer Год назад +21

    Dave beating those drums like they owed him money. lol...Remember watching this like it was yesterday. Miss the 90's

  • @paulbobaggins554
    @paulbobaggins554 Год назад +41

    “I’ve got two words for you Pip …. Marky Mark !” After watching such a great performance, being ambushed by that gem of a segue just cracked me up. My eyes were watering. I love the 90’s

    • @user-xm5is4dz2z
      @user-xm5is4dz2z Год назад +3

      it was pure comedy

    • @TheJimbo1791
      @TheJimbo1791 Год назад

      It was a cracking moment. Actually, I think Mark would also think so nowadays - Mark Wahlberg became a beast of an actor as we know later on.

    • @user-xm5is4dz2z
      @user-xm5is4dz2z Год назад +1

      @@TheJimbo1791 Well I would love to see him accidentally and call out to him "Hey Marky Mark". What are the odds that he would chase me down the street?

    • @rubbersoul420
      @rubbersoul420 Год назад

      @@TheJimbo1791 haha, uh do we know that? best movie was basketball diaries and he just supporting

  • @eddiepullman2745
    @eddiepullman2745 11 месяцев назад +7

    I was 15 yrs old when this album dropped. Music was almost finished with the hair bands and nirvana pretty much threw the dirt on the coffin. Although I’ve circled back to appreciate all of the genres, this album was and still is a masterpiece. Gotta say though, 80’s was the absolute best decade to grow up as a kid.

  • @LeNoLi.
    @LeNoLi. 11 месяцев назад +5

    30+ years later and i'm still waiting for a successor to his melodic genius

  • @RomaSharf
    @RomaSharf Год назад +48

    MTV used to be much better in 90s. RIP Kurt

  • @StrawberrySunday212
    @StrawberrySunday212 Год назад +37

    Dave always gave drumming his all. Same when he was in QOTSA too. Amazing musician.

  • @ProfessorKenneth
    @ProfessorKenneth 3 месяца назад +3

    Dave is awesome on the drums 👍🏻🎸 Nirvana were something magical. I miss the 90s I wish I could have seen them. I did see..after Kurt passed..I got to see Bush, RHCP Velvet Revolver..they were awesome.

  • @comentando2437
    @comentando2437 Год назад +14

    Great performance Nirvana, rest in peace, Kurt. 🇧🇷

  • @mandy-rosemorgan4102
    @mandy-rosemorgan4102 Год назад +42

    The sheer visceral power of Nirvana, wow! Such a loss, so very sad, Kurt really was something special and a true original. In a sea of subsequent imitators, his voice still stands out, just as raw and beautiful as ever, a real force of nature! X

  • @Samsgarden
    @Samsgarden Год назад +150

    The chorus is lyrically outstanding

  • @thegingerpowerranger
    @thegingerpowerranger 7 месяцев назад +4

    What a fucking sick performance. Sounds exactly like the album.

  • @blazingcow123
    @blazingcow123 2 месяца назад +3

    i cant imagine how coop it must’ve felt to announce Nirvana performances

  • @leerowland9621
    @leerowland9621 Год назад +39

    Dave is an absolute monster on those drums. I love it. Outstanding performance from the band. Them were the days!

  • @CajunA79
    @CajunA79 2 года назад +120

    I was an instant fan of alternative music because of this band!

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  2 года назад +19

      It's like an awakening, when you discover that all the stuff you heard before was mainstream, brainwashing junk. I had my awakening thanks to punk rock in the late 70s.

    • @loboestepario3145
      @loboestepario3145 Год назад +3

      Stay away...

    • @kino266
      @kino266 Год назад

      this is not alternative, fuck off

    • @wanik4
      @wanik4 6 месяцев назад

      Alternative is just a relative term. Everything is alternative

  • @The6Rude6Dude6
    @The6Rude6Dude6 3 месяца назад +2

    I love how he psyched MTV out by starting off playing the one song they asked then not to play. They were literally a ticking time bomb in the music industry. It’s something beautiful you rarely ever see these days

    • @duke4726
      @duke4726 3 месяца назад

      like what happened with RAtM when they were told to not swear on the BBC radio?

  • @rangerwhite5165
    @rangerwhite5165 Год назад +17

    In my opinion, their best song. It makes me want to jump round the room.

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  Год назад

      Thanks for watching and commenting Ranger

    • @michaelverstraet
      @michaelverstraet 5 месяцев назад

      Drain you, aneurysm, aero zeppelin match with Lithium

    • @rangerwhite5165
      @rangerwhite5165 3 месяца назад

      Totally. I remember buying the album in 91. I am now old.

  • @TheAndreux
    @TheAndreux Год назад +11

    Best mtv music awards.. to me...i have it all on video tape.. with adds and all.. its a treasure

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  Год назад +3

      Same here, but it's time to share them, because we are all getting older, good working equipment to play the tapes is getting harder to come by and the tapes do not last forever😔

  • @DJsteelbill
    @DJsteelbill 3 года назад +62

    Love how kurt changes the words. Turd. I'm so retarded. Pure genius!

    • @Fantasmas333
      @Fantasmas333 Год назад +5

      He said turd huhuhu

    • @TheYMCA1980
      @TheYMCA1980 Год назад +12

      In italy, Roma 1991, when they were touring Europe, final words “a denial” in the song “smells like teen spirit” becomes “a gelato”, a sort of tribute to italian way of life!

    • @hankhardigan1104
      @hankhardigan1104 Год назад

      @@TheYMCA1980 Jalapeño!

  • @narfcakes
    @narfcakes Год назад

    fantastic footage especially the end. thanks.

  • @user-oi7xe1bx6h
    @user-oi7xe1bx6h Год назад +2

    This is amazing! I saw them in 94 and they were awesome

  • @diegoinjapan
    @diegoinjapan 2 года назад +26

    The drumming!!!!

  • @M7Reaper
    @M7Reaper Год назад +26

    One of the greatest singers of all time! ❤️

  • @elninoidris3734
    @elninoidris3734 7 месяцев назад +3

    I love daves drumming in this performance. It makes it all the more special.

  • @OsagieGuobadia
    @OsagieGuobadia 3 месяца назад +3

    Thank you, Miss Pip Dann for the backup of what you see on Nirvana. : )

  • @alanmurray5963
    @alanmurray5963 Год назад +10

    Krist collapsed to his knees in perfect rythnm to the song....what a pro!!!

  • @mcdazz2011
    @mcdazz2011 Год назад +54

    A legendary performance. I remember seeing this (probably) on a delayed telecast in Australia and had this recorded. Not sure if I still have the VHS tape, but at the time I replayed it pretty much every day for six plus months.
    It's a shame this video doesn't capture Dave Grohl at the microphone calling out "Hi Axl, hi Axl - where's Axl? Hi Axl!" because it was pure gold (along with Kurt's playing of Rape Me and Novoselic nearly taking his own head off.
    As far as performances go, this had everything.

    • @chosen_remnant
      @chosen_remnant Год назад +1

      Why was he calling out Axl Rose? Was there a beef between the bands back then? I'm not familiar with this.

    • @mikenoface
      @mikenoface 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@chosen_remnant yes. Backstage Kurt made a joke like "Hey Axl will you be Frances's Godfather?" and he didn't respond and just pointed at Kurt & Courtney and mean mugged them. So Dave jokingly yelled "Hi Axl" a bunch of times after Krist stumbled off stage.

    • @chosen_remnant
      @chosen_remnant 11 месяцев назад

      @@mikenoface were you there or something? How do you know such details? Thanks for filling me in.

    • @nathanotheman
      @nathanotheman 6 месяцев назад

      @@chosen_remnantwell, Nirvana refused to tour with Guns N’ Roses because Kurt believed they were sexist or whatever, so axl took it serious and started poking at Kurt and Courtney by saying stuff about their baby, and since they were both here at the vmas, that’s when Kurt tried to spit on axls piano but turns out it wasn’t his, it was Elton John’s and krist got into a fist fight with one of the band members.

  • @Sickman77
    @Sickman77 8 месяцев назад +4

    I watched this live. Had just turned 15. Glad I grew up when I did.

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  8 месяцев назад +2

      They were great musical times. Thanks for watching and commenting

    • @Sickman77
      @Sickman77 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@ScottishTeeVeeThey were definitely great times and the last great time for rock music.

  • @shojijavier2597
    @shojijavier2597 6 месяцев назад +4

    Never fade NIRVANA.i love it.

  • @ManuelMartinez09
    @ManuelMartinez09 Год назад +33

    Saw this live on MTV... it blew my mind

  • @mygoldfishdrown5178
    @mygoldfishdrown5178 Год назад +36

    This performance was what inspired me to pickup a guitar

    • @coolramone
      @coolramone Год назад +6

      Cool. Just don’t pickup drugs like Kurt Cobain did….. to his detriment.

    • @Neimonster
      @Neimonster Год назад +2

      @@coolramone Drugs are good in moderation
      EDIT: don't pick up a crazy B-word

    • @coolramone
      @coolramone Год назад +1

      @@Neimonster Illegal drugs. They are illegal for a reason.

    • @Neimonster
      @Neimonster Год назад +1

      @@coolramone William Randolph Hearst?

    • @urbanwarrior3470
      @urbanwarrior3470 Год назад +2

      @@coolramone So was alcohol in the US once upon a time...

  • @chitown_mexican442
    @chitown_mexican442 2 месяца назад +1

    My favorite version so far. Thanks RUclips and Uploader

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  2 месяца назад +2

      You are most welcome, I am glad you enjoyed this video🙂

  • @morcovel99
    @morcovel99 Год назад

    Thanks for putting this videos dude,seriously.

  • @beautifullywitchyn
    @beautifullywitchyn Год назад +10

    I’ll never get over Dave in the back beating the absolute piss out of his drums lmfao!!!💀💀✋✋

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  Год назад +3

      Yeah, with most bands I'm not watching the drummer, but with Nirvana I always have.

  • @ryancantilado6729
    @ryancantilado6729 Год назад +45

    Still giving me chills.. im in my 40's damn

    • @TheJimbo1791
      @TheJimbo1791 Год назад +2

      The same but I am in my 50´s. Think about that 😀 I was 21 at the time.

    • @map3384
      @map3384 Год назад +1

      Same, 50s and it seems like yesterday.

    • @SFreedberg1
      @SFreedberg1 Год назад +2

      In my early sixties and it gives me chills! :)

    • @map3384
      @map3384 Год назад +1

      @TUbIuyola True. Krist Novoselic is 57.

    • @draug7966
      @draug7966 11 месяцев назад +1

      Same here, still one of my absolute favourite songs.

  • @mk3driftmotion
    @mk3driftmotion 8 месяцев назад +3

    I still remember how I felt listening to these guys back then, it was really something special.

  • @ebenezerservices6363
    @ebenezerservices6363 6 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing 30 years plus we still feel the vibe and it seems so new.....

  • @qwerty42069
    @qwerty42069 Год назад +16

    I Cannot Hear This Song Without Singing Along This Song Gives Me Chills Rest In Peace Kurt

  • @shorthealthfacts3699
    @shorthealthfacts3699 Год назад +23

    Curt voice is Brilliant! and Dave drumming is a power behind them!

  • @cgh7337
    @cgh7337 8 месяцев назад +10

    Where's the part where Dave Grohl starts yelling out for Axl Rose?

  • @ABrousseau
    @ABrousseau 12 дней назад

    Amazing song and performance!

  • @shawndurbs
    @shawndurbs Год назад +5

    Wowza 30 years ago this year. That’s mad.

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  Год назад

      It certainly does not feel like 30 years ago

  • @AngelDarthNet
    @AngelDarthNet Год назад +11

    0:00 Roger Taylor (drum) & Brian May (guitar) of Queen

  • @thecandyman9308
    @thecandyman9308 2 месяца назад +3

    I still remember that day in April,1994, the kid that failed a grade snickered when the teacher asked, "Who was he?" And this low-Xeniall just went, "He was a hero."

  • @17rmc
    @17rmc 8 месяцев назад +4

    He was like a musician super hero :)

  • @matthewpoole8764
    @matthewpoole8764 2 года назад +24

    Rumor has it that drum set filed an assault charge a hate crime and a restraining order on Dave after this performance... long live NIRVANA!!!!!!

  • @erickz6828
    @erickz6828 Год назад +13

    Holy shit, Dave is a beast

  • @Haxenhans
    @Haxenhans Год назад +1

    Coming here by accident finishing complete video. Those were so cool days back then