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0:57 you can see how happy kurt was (in this video) while performing this because you can slightly see him smiling because people were enjoying his music
happy? damn, kurt would be really disappointed in people who comment and say that he was happy in here. if u knew kurt u would know that that smile is the most ironic smile of all the time, its a smile that points out his realization of how his music became mainstream, i mean the lyrics of teen spirit literally talks about in the chorus he mock his fans' attitude. teen spiritt ends up being a bunch of teenage fans that expect to be entertained. kurt feels the pressure of this demand, and he is cynical about the selfish desires that underlie fandom. i bet he hated playing the song once he saw what he became i mean he even skipped the solo lmao
@@oihgrtzjgggjkk6297 Kurt wanted success and yes, he might've hated how famous he got, but this is 1991 and SLTS had just dropped. It's not super outrageous to assume he liked seeing people enjoy his music considering this was Nirvana's breakthrough.
I think that was a fake smile tbh, not saying he wasn't happy at this point in time but he was heavily aware that this was Nirvana's first time performing live on TV and it appears as though the smiling was a part of his 'stage character' he was attempting to sell to the audience.
its far from untouchable lmao. listen to Jerad Letos Kurt Cobain Tribute, Shawn Morgan from Seethers Nirvana Covers, or Ramiro Saavedras Nirvana Covers. they are all 100% identical to kurt plus there are a lot of identical or strikingly similar nirvana tribute bands and i can sound a lot like kurt myself its honestly super easy.
@@Kinseliplier after listening to those to see if ur right, youre wrong, jared leto sounds like jared leto trying to sound like kurt (he doesn a good job but again, no one can get that touch that kurt had) Shawn Morgan had a country accent (at least it sounded like, maybe he was just trying a seatle accent) and had too clean of a voice to sound like kurt, and the ramiro guy was probably the closest, but again it sounds not identical to kurt at all. Ive heard a lot of tribute bands and again, they just sound like guys trying to sound like kurt.
I’ll disagree, everyone’s opinions vary and every one has their own taste especially when it comes to music but to me in terms of vocal ability he’s at the bottom of the late 80’s/ early 90’s Seattle scene. I’d take Layne Staley, Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Scott Weiland, Mark Lanegan AND THAN Kurt Cobain. Now I will say after listening to Mark Lanegan’s memoir “Sing Backwards And Weep” I do have a slightly different and improved opinion on Kurt as a person but musically I still have NEVER understood what all the fuss was about especially when you look at all those other bands who were so much better both in terms of musical talent as far as playing their instruments and in particular in terms of vocalists! Now I do like several Nirvana songs, but I never put them in the top 3-4 of the Seattle scene. Since reading Mark Lanegan’s book I have tried to avoid using the term “grunge” since apparently that was a term they all HATED PASSIONATELY!! I forgot to mention another band whom I prefer over them….Candlebox!!
@@MAGA4EVA1986 1 have never heard of candlebox but I have heard of every other band you mentioned. 2 Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder both sound a lot like Kurt Cobain and really aren't that different and both of their hands have very similar sound to Nirvana and in the 90s a lot of those Seattle bands sounded the same. So that's not really much of a comparison.
@@Kinseliplier If you think Chris Cornell or Eddie Vedder sound ANYTHING like Kurt Cobain than I can’t do anything to help you! They sound ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE HIM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, or FORM! Not to mention you can’t really compare those bands to anyone else because it would be apples to oranges. You say it’s “not much of a comparison…” am I supposed to compare Cobain to James Hetfield or Myles Kennedy? The Seattle bands and that whole era was a different sound and in fact a different genre all together, comparing them to anyone BUT EACH OTHER would be stupid.
Kurt was a genius musician and lyricist, but more importantly was a really good guy. He had a lot to say and I enjoy deciphering what his lyrics mean. Truly an incredible musician and someone I look up to. RIP Kurt
yea and people still think he killed himself. in fact, theres a long list of celebrities who died and they pinned it on suicide, destroying their legacy and hiding the truth. so, i'm so sorry you feel so sad. that's just awful that you feel sad. your sadness is just... well, it's the worst thing on earth.
@@burningjdm yeah tbh the heroine dose he was on was an excessive amount incapacitating his body which would not allow him to pull the trigger and it makes me mad to think Courtney did it Kurt was an interesting human.
I’m not really sure why felt the need to mention autotune at all. Although I guess with certain demographics ragging on autotune makes them feel superior or something.
I feel like the audience was paid to be there and 'have fun' Top of the Pops style, but by the end were legitimately going nuts to a style of music they had never heard before - and fucking loved.
Nirvana was basically a punk band and I never understood why so many people thought it was something new maybe in mainstream America. Circle Jerks and Husker Du are just a couple of American punk bands that came before when it wasn't cool to listen to this kind of music
@@JIMIIXTLAN Nirvana basically just repackaged old ideas, but they did it really well. Kurt wanted to introduce people to obscure musicians and solid songwriting just as much as make music himself. 8-D
@@JIMIIXTLAN kurt mixed punk with classic british pop melodies. He also made sure, that the refrain and chorus parts catchy are . It was also a lot of luck and the right time
Audience having a great time. Kids having fun. Kurt seems to be having a good time too. At the time I thought this music was so dark. And it was to a degree but jeez, at least we were connecting with one another. Got to meet the Bleach era line up about 18 months prior. Chad is one of my favorite drummers now and Bleach is in my top 20 easy.
Dude, I've watched them since 90's....it's only now that I realize Daves a real fu**in cymbal thrasher to the 10th degree. It's almost like the cymbals killed his family and he will take his sweet revenge on those crashes :)
@@panicatthelucy :)...made me laugh and smile!! Im 42 and remember when Everyone was into Rap big time...I saw Nirvana Nevermind on Mtv, I was a fan from there. Ive been playing the drums since than..Got my daughter her 2nd drumkit!! Have a Great f**kin day Babe🙂
As someone who's been training as a vocalist, fairly relentlessly over the past 15 years, I can tell you that Kurt really was one of a kind, or else, part of a very, very exclusive group. Very unique, very difficult to emulate. Hell of a sound. It's hard to appreciate if you haven't been trying for the past decade and I've got serious oral infrastructure. I can do some Nirvana songs, but not this one, this ballad for the disenfranchised youth, is one that's out of reach to most.
Heart Shaped Box is even harder to sing. You think it really shouldn't be hard to sing like him, but it is. Makes one learn humility that it's not just simply screaming.
Oh my gosh at 4:15 when he sings roger Taylor, y’all I lost it. I keep forgetting that people in the 90’s knew about 70’s or 80’s and it’s just strange hearing him say his name.
@@axthrew Kurt loved Queen, so probably he didn't mean nothing bad, he loved their music, this is his words “I used to take a nap in the van and listen to Queen. Over and over again and drain the battery on the van. Then we’d be stuck. That happened a few times. We’d be stuck with a dead battery because I’d listened to Freddie Mercury too much.”
Hats off, once again, to engineers who know how to mix audio at this level, to create a memory like this. Have seen so many live performances that could have been as good as this if it weren't for appalling mixes.
It was’nt common to run around with mobile phones. I was one year older than Kurt and then it was considered so NOT COOL to have one of the at that time big massive mobile phones with long antennas.
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0:56 I...... The way he just.... he just looks over to the side and..... I think Kurt Cobain smiling like that is one of the most heart-warming things ever!........ It's all dreary until Kurt looks like he's happy to be alive. I'm a recent fan, by the way. I feel a little embarrassed to admit that I only really took the time to listen to Nirvana when someone turned Nevermind into the SM64 soundfont, but, after that.... I'm a fan for life. As an adult now, I can look at things more objectively, and Kurt Cobain is such a gentle soul, even when it's not at first glance. I wish I was better at not listening to one song over and over(not S.L.T.S., just others and the whole album), but it makes me feel more connected to think Kurt would've appreciated people like me who try to listen to all of a band's music. I like to imagine he'd "like me more" and so forth, but if I got to know him, I'd want to know the Kurt Cobain that was interviewed in front of the Seattle cityscape(one of his last). I'd also be too surprised that he didn't like me for being too much of a square.
It was late 1991 in a club called "Line Club" in Braunschweig/Germany when i first heard this song. It was unbelievable. Never ever had this feeling before hearing a song for the first time. It directly blew me away. Asking the DJ: who is playing this? I HAVE TO KNOW IT! No one was talking about "Nirvana" at this time. It exploded a few weeks later when "Smells like ...." was spreading like a virus. Shortly after i bought the "Nevermind" Album. This is one of the most heard albums of my collection Still kickin' today when i hear it. Gose bumbs immediately...always thinking back to those days. Great times. So sad Kurt ends his life. So good Dave is still alive and kickin' ! Greetings from germany....
My dad lived in Braunschweig in his youth. He said the night life there was great! I also visit Braunschweig sometimes, but I now live near Frankfurt. I enjoyed visiting big cities less and less over the years... but Braunschweig is still a beautiful city!
I had a similar experience except I was in Louisiana at my university and I can show you the exact traffic light I was stopped at when this song came on and proceeded to blow my mind. After recently commenting to one of my buddies about how horrible rock had gotten (Warrant's Cherrie Pie was the example I used) and saying something has got to give. And less than two weeks later I'm at that traffic light hoping the DJ would say who the band was that was that had me cranking my car stereo to the max and headbanging in the middle of a little intersection by our campus. And he did name them and I immediately went and bought Bleach and Nevermind. My favorite band ever since. Later I got to see them at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans for the In Utero tour in December of '93. Four months later he was dead. I was stunned. P.S. I believe the evidence is clear- Kurt didn't end his life, it was ended for him because of a pre-nup, a pending divorce and $50 million motives.
@@jamesrambo7712 well the songs i talk about are mostly the most famous songs of nevermind, he ended up hating them because of how mainstream they became and that they had to play them everynight almost everyday, there was some other reasons but thats the most relevant tho
Of all the different performances of this song I've heard (and seen), I have to agree with you on it being the best one. It's during the early days of the album being released (I think) and what makes it particularly special to me, is how full of positive energy and happiness Kurt looks to be having. Maybe it's because he's truly living out his dreams of entertaining people with music he wrote.
For sure. Like the higher the note they sing the dirtier their voice gets but it sounds amazing and I think it is just a dna thing, I don’t think it can be taught. And nobody can replicate them.
@@ScottishTeeVee I just re-read the "Come As You Are" book recently, and it said one of Cobain's first bands included CCR covers that he sang. The "About A Son" movie soundtrack also includes a CCR song - I've not yet watched the movie (will do so at some point), but presumably it references CCR since they are included in the soundtrack.
@ John Poffenbarger. That is incredible you say that and I was thinking his singing had a hint of CCR. So he was practicing singing CCR in his youth and transferred to his normal singing.
I used to watch The Word back in tbe 90s and saw lots of good bands on there I'd already heard of, Faith no more, L7, Dinosaur Junior ect then one day a band I'd never heard of were playing their first ever television debut of their new song called Smells like teen sprit. It was from that moment on I became a Nirvana fan. Never had I seen such intensity in a musical performance and they way the singer was screaming seemed to reach right into my soul and its been there ever since. I love you Kurt. If only you knew how much we love and miss you. You're still so loved and I wish with all my heart I could tell you this and that you changed my life for the better and I will always be grateful to you for that and your invaluable contribution to music. You truly were a force to be reckoned with and I wish you were here because the world needs you. If only my dreams would come true that you're not dead you've just been living far away from all human contact and now you're ready to return and soothe our souls and blow our minds once more like only you can
it is indeed the best live version in wich Kurt genuinely seems to have fun and entertain the crowd. I am sorry but way too often we have seen him botch his performance ''because he didn't feel like it''.. This one is one to enjoy.
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God I miss you dropping headlines and new songs Kurt. I just.. I miss you existing in the same world the rest of us exist in 😢. You'll always be missed and mourned by those of us who experienced the phenom that was "Nirvana" . You are even beloved by the new generation of young people who never had the same opportunity to live "Nirvana" and experience your impact on the music industry and social growth. You have made new fans and followers of Nirvana even from the grave and that is something pretty special imo. Rest in peace Mr Kurt Cobain. You are part of my most cherished memories from my youth and my childhood. Perhaps i have such a special place in my heart for you because you passed away one week after my big brother passed away. I have cherished memories of our time together watching MTV after school and at night & on the weekends . Another great that I miss may be less significant but he impacted my childhood all the same... Kurt Loder MTV News.. he's the man that broke the news to us about your passing away. I'll forever remember exactly what that felt like. Rest in peace Kurt. I pray that you found the happiness in your afterlife that you could never find while you were still here on earth with us 😢.
@@leticiaquiroga4683 and drugs, specifically heroin gives you a feeling of happiness and calmness?? which completely contradicts ur point, he was happy either way mate
This is like a different song. The first verses it’s like a surf rock song. The way he uses his favorite guitar mod early on. It’s like a surf rock song but reminds me of Seattle and Olympia- dark and depressing. I love him. I call him grampa Kurt. This was one of the first songs put on my first iPod I heard over and over as a kid too, but this performance hits different.
Hearing the lyrics of the first verse so clearly, and the fact that Kathleen Hannah one of the most intensely misandrist women who has ever been in Olympia herself spray painted the lyrics to the song (have you heard the song White Boy by Bikini Kill?)... I get the feeling this was the later version of the song Seaside Suicide that his aunt ripped up his lyrics for in Burien when he was recording Illiteracy Will Prevail only the experience probably taught him not to ever address suicidal ideation directly again because he thought it would make committing suicide itself more difficult and yet he was completely obsessed with the idea. I’ve heard Courtney Love say the men in his family had a history of suicide, and honestly I can empathize because I lived in WA for almost 10 years and pounding a gram and shooting myself in the face seemed like it would have been a better option at times. RIP KURT & all victims of suicide and hate.
Classic performance! I remember seeing it live after coming back from the pub. I'm glad you left the intro bit about Courtney. Interesting how he changed up the lyrics, too: "load up on guns" instead of "drugs"; "our little tribe" instead of "group"; and, for reasons unknown, a fuck ton of Roger Taylor call-outs at the end! :D
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Amazing quality brother.
@@GothBoi Glad you found it and enjoyed it
kurt is from china 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
I salute you sir. Thank you for such a gift and sharing it!!! Philadelphia USA
This song is a gift from God himself. Philadelphia USA
Around this time was probably the peak of Kurts happiness
@Jewish Yoda I thought he was just stoned probably this thougj
I doubt it
Actually when Frances was born, you could tell he loved her more than anything else he created.
dude, it is just heroin...
@Jewish Yoda he never hated courtney??
He actually looked happy for once while performing. I think that’s the most rare thing about this performance
What’s up zuna
@@immodium4586 ayyyeee sup bro 😎 🤙
Hes on pot
Hi.
@@k0slizard389 sup💙🤘
The fact that he ended the song screaming "Roger Taylor" is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
IVE BEEN WAITUNG TO SEE THIS COMMENT LOL
I heard it, but who is it? 🤔
@@LittleLulubee The drummer for the band queen
@@thetiescos Thanks
@@LittleLulubeethe drummer for Duran Duran is also named Roger Taylor.
Wow, you can really tell this was back when he liked preforming this song.
Leet fingies car pancake
lol you're trolling
Literally the first live performance on TV.
He was high.
The lightest car finger purple arch of a mans pencil blood
Kurt looks really happy😀
@Jackson Ward ur only saying that cause the person above this comment said the same thing lol
@@babyyoda2190 no
@@babyyoda2190 he is definitely on acid look at them dilated pupils
@@Jakestock30 what the fuck so if he was happy then it was cause of heroin? The fuck is wrong with you
@@toniblox6926 morone lmfao
0:57 you can see how happy kurt was (in this video) while performing this because you can slightly see him smiling because people were enjoying his music
happy? damn, kurt would be really disappointed in people who comment and say that he was happy in here. if u knew kurt u would know that that smile is the most ironic smile of all the time, its a smile that points out his realization of how his music became mainstream, i mean the lyrics of teen spirit literally talks about in the chorus he mock his fans' attitude. teen spiritt ends up being a bunch of teenage fans that expect to be entertained. kurt feels the pressure of this demand, and he is cynical about the selfish desires that underlie fandom. i bet he hated playing the song once he saw what he became i mean he even skipped the solo lmao
@@oihgrtzjgggjkk6297 Kurt wanted success and yes, he might've hated how famous he got, but this is 1991 and SLTS had just dropped. It's not super outrageous to assume he liked seeing people enjoy his music considering this was Nirvana's breakthrough.
@@oihgrtzjgggjkk6297 and yk kurt? 💀
@@pendantairplane I mean being that famous at that age can overwhelm you, it probably had some contribution to his suicide.
I think that was a fake smile tbh, not saying he wasn't happy at this point in time but he was heavily aware that this was Nirvana's first time performing live on TV and it appears as though the smiling was a part of his 'stage character' he was attempting to sell to the audience.
people that got to go to a Nirvana concert back in the 90's are so lucky. hope they know how lucky they was back than. R.I.P Kurt
I'm pretty sure we do. Even my dad, who befrudgingly brought, knows how lucky he is.
People back in the 80's were even more lucky to see Nirvana before they got big.
@@Blisteryn for real
And on Halloween night 1993 in Akron, Ohio I was there. It was a FLAWLESS performance.
@@thawrath9306 im sure it was for sure. i was only 14 at that time.
This is their best live performance and it wasn't in front of 200k people but in a small studio with 20 kids in it.
Glad you enjoyed it so much Pete
Kurt once has said that he had rather to play in a little concert than a big croud
@@ScottishTeeVee hermoso
if you care dont
No way, the entire concert at the Paramount is legendary. This is great but... no
This is pure 90's juice. Absolutely fantastic!
Couldn't agree more!
That voice… untouchable! Unforgettable!
its far from untouchable lmao. listen to Jerad Letos Kurt Cobain Tribute, Shawn Morgan from Seethers Nirvana Covers, or Ramiro Saavedras Nirvana Covers. they are all 100% identical to kurt plus there are a lot of identical or strikingly similar nirvana tribute bands and i can sound a lot like kurt myself its honestly super easy.
@@Kinseliplier after listening to those to see if ur right, youre wrong, jared leto sounds like jared leto trying to sound like kurt (he doesn a good job but again, no one can get that touch that kurt had) Shawn Morgan had a country accent (at least it sounded like, maybe he was just trying a seatle accent) and had too clean of a voice to sound like kurt, and the ramiro guy was probably the closest, but again it sounds not identical to kurt at all. Ive heard a lot of tribute bands and again, they just sound like guys trying to sound like kurt.
I’ll disagree, everyone’s opinions vary and every one has their own taste especially when it comes to music but to me in terms of vocal ability he’s at the bottom of the late 80’s/ early 90’s Seattle scene. I’d take Layne Staley, Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Scott Weiland, Mark Lanegan AND THAN Kurt Cobain. Now I will say after listening to Mark Lanegan’s memoir “Sing Backwards And Weep” I do have a slightly different and improved opinion on Kurt as a person but musically I still have NEVER understood what all the fuss was about especially when you look at all those other bands who were so much better both in terms of musical talent as far as playing their instruments and in particular in terms of vocalists! Now I do like several Nirvana songs, but I never put them in the top 3-4 of the Seattle scene. Since reading Mark Lanegan’s book I have tried to avoid using the term “grunge” since apparently that was a term they all HATED PASSIONATELY!! I forgot to mention another band whom I prefer over them….Candlebox!!
@@MAGA4EVA1986 1 have never heard of candlebox but I have heard of every other band you mentioned. 2 Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder both sound a lot like Kurt Cobain and really aren't that different and both of their hands have very similar sound to Nirvana and in the 90s a lot of those Seattle bands sounded the same. So that's not really much of a comparison.
@@Kinseliplier If you think Chris Cornell or Eddie Vedder sound ANYTHING like Kurt Cobain than I can’t do anything to help you! They sound ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE HIM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, or FORM! Not to mention you can’t really compare those bands to anyone else because it would be apples to oranges. You say it’s “not much of a comparison…” am I supposed to compare Cobain to James Hetfield or Myles Kennedy? The Seattle bands and that whole era was a different sound and in fact a different genre all together, comparing them to anyone BUT EACH OTHER would be stupid.
00:37 Dave hits so hard the left cymbal falls 🤣
LMAO
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He has a habit of this. He performed this song recently in NY and the same thing happened…
He's such a powerful drummer I love him
Aggressive "nahi chayi jee" to the drum indeed hahaha
30th anniversary of his death. We miss you so, Kurt. Loved that you were happy. Wish it stayed that way.
I like how Kurt just wanted to have fun everything he performed. He never went up to impress, he was just being himself. Rest In Peace you legend.
its sad to hear he never actually did for the most part
Люблю❤️
Yeah ! The brilliant boy!
that's how he acted because he felt like he had to
Kurt was a genius musician and lyricist, but more importantly was a really good guy. He had a lot to say and I enjoy deciphering what his lyrics mean. Truly an incredible musician and someone I look up to. RIP Kurt
Thanks for watching and commenting
@@ScottishTeeVee cheers
Can You show me at least one vídeo i can see him doing the guitar solo ? There s none...in SNL he puts the back on the audience
WHY IS THIS AN UNDERRATED COMMENT
He was a suicidal smack head.
Still amazes me how they only have 1 guitar, 1 bass, 1 drummer and could compose a song like this.
Not really...
Listen to The Jam... Cream... The Police... Jimi Hendrix Experience...
@@Reelin_In_The_Yearssublime too
it's due to them also having a vocalist
its all you need.
@@Reelin_In_The_Yearsyea but we’re they one of the founding fathers of grunge? No
This makes me sad he’s genuinely enjoying being a musician. He’s performing like he wanted to since he was a kid and people love his music.
I feel the same (I love Sadie Adler)
yea and people still think he killed himself. in fact, theres a long list of celebrities who died and they pinned it on suicide, destroying their legacy and hiding the truth. so, i'm so sorry you feel so sad. that's just awful that you feel sad. your sadness is just... well, it's the worst thing on earth.
@@ededd3175 do you think Courtney did it?
@Insane50CCM with the Amount he was on he shouldn’t even be able to move
@@burningjdm yeah tbh the heroine dose he was on was an excessive amount incapacitating his body which would not allow him to pull the trigger and it makes me mad to think Courtney did it Kurt was an interesting human.
no autotune, just 3 guys havin fun on stage i love it
the real teenager music
Where’s the guitar solo
I’m not really sure why felt the need to mention autotune at all. Although I guess with certain demographics ragging on autotune makes them feel superior or something.
@@megadave1197 they had to cut it out because of time.
@@Leon-Coils19912 Well they should have made time! It ruins the entire performance
this song is mysteriously never gets old, its fresh, lively and dynamic as its in 1991
absolutely
Dave has one cymbal left by the end lol
It falls at 0:38
@@naranja5399 and somewhere between 1:40 and 1:45 the other crash cymbal gets pushed out too far away to reach
Someone has to ask Grohl about this performance now.
I feel like the audience was paid to be there and 'have fun' Top of the Pops style, but by the end were legitimately going nuts to a style of music they had never heard before - and fucking loved.
Nirvana was basically a punk band and I never understood why so many people thought it was something new maybe in mainstream America. Circle Jerks and Husker Du are just a couple of American punk bands that came before when it wasn't cool to listen to this kind of music
@@JIMIIXTLAN Nirvana basically just repackaged old ideas, but they did it really well. Kurt wanted to introduce people to obscure musicians and solid songwriting just as much as make music himself. 8-D
@@JIMIIXTLAN kurt mixed punk with classic british pop melodies. He also made sure, that the refrain and chorus parts catchy are . It was also a lot of luck and the right time
@@JIMIIXTLAN Because not all of their music was punk, they played alot of grunge, which really wasn't a thing before they were popular.
also, they were able to re-enact a video they had seen a milion times on MTV.
Kurt’s voice still amazes me to this day. Insane how he sounded so good so naturally 🤩
the fact that he was born in 1967 dont sit right with me. Way ahead of his time
He’s as old as my mom, that’s wild
As old as my dad
holy- my mom was born 1969.. and she grew up in Russia when it was known as the Soviet Union.. holy shit
it was 1991 he was a product of the times
Why, he was exactly in step with the times, people born in late 60s to mid 70s are Gen X, the grunge generation.
Audience having a great time. Kids having fun. Kurt seems to be having a good time too. At the time I thought this music was so dark. And it was to a degree but jeez, at least we were connecting with one another. Got to meet the Bleach era line up about 18 months prior. Chad is one of my favorite drummers now and Bleach is in my top 20 easy.
You were lucky to have met them.
omg we weren´t kids
This is definitely his best performance of this song, his voice on point, it’s really clear as ever
Dave straight up ripped that cymbal off the stand. Unless someone forgot the wingnut.
Dude, I've watched them since 90's....it's only now that I realize Daves a real fu**in cymbal thrasher to the 10th degree. It's almost like the cymbals killed his family and he will take his sweet revenge on those crashes :)
Someone forgot a wing nut, unless dave can unhinge them with his mind LOL
three cheers for dave’s sweet revenge
@@panicatthelucy :)...made me laugh and smile!!
Im 42 and remember when Everyone was into Rap big time...I saw Nirvana Nevermind on Mtv, I was a fan from there. Ive been playing the drums since than..Got my daughter her 2nd drumkit!! Have a Great f**kin day Babe🙂
@@Stereo3DProductions I think the top of the stand actually broke off - the small part that actually holds the cymbal.
As someone who's been training as a vocalist, fairly relentlessly over the past 15 years, I can tell you that Kurt really was one of a kind, or else, part of a very, very exclusive group. Very unique, very difficult to emulate. Hell of a sound. It's hard to appreciate if you haven't been trying for the past decade and I've got serious oral infrastructure. I can do some Nirvana songs, but not this one, this ballad for the disenfranchised youth, is one that's out of reach to most.
I don’t think anyone in the world can sing this song like Kurt!
@@aishaalrazi3718 i mean everyonr has diffrent voice
Same for Layne Staley.
Heart Shaped Box is even harder to sing. You think it really shouldn't be hard to sing like him, but it is. Makes one learn humility that it's not just simply screaming.
💪🎶🎤👍
0:55 I can't accept the fact that Kurt Cobain could sing with such a smile...
Rest in peace, Kurt Cobain
I have to say that crowd are great! Also how lucky they were!!!
Lucky and oblivious to the fact that they were taking part in something historic
1:21 im pretty sure that dude fell flat on the floor 😂
Lmaoo great eye
jajajaj si lo vi ajja mal
🤣 Wow, didn't noticed it til u mentioned!
Thank you for this I never noticed
1:44 another guy fell on the floor😂
i love how krist was jumping before the song even started
I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy"
-Kurt
“It’s better to be hated for who I am than loved for who I’m not”
- Kurt Cobain
@@randomchannel1997 that's not his quote
@@SPENCERH30 Well 1) that was off the top of my head and 2) anytime I search up Kurt Cobain quotes, that’s in the top 10
I just made you have a full stack of likes
@@Ye-ci2ti Amen
Kurt was sooo handsome 😔
Наверно потому что песня дерьмо, бе)
@@MA-lo4ng v shkole rasskazesh
Absolutely. And brilliant
Along with Jerry Cantrell. Handsome Pisceans.
@@duncan3998 puke and disgust
The way that he just started screaming Rodger Taylor at the end is iconic!!!!
Who’s Rodger Taylor?
@@breakbad9753Drummah of Queen.
Oh my gosh at 4:15 when he sings roger Taylor, y’all I lost it. I keep forgetting that people in the 90’s knew about 70’s or 80’s and it’s just strange hearing him say his name.
But idk if kurt was a fan of him or was mocking him idk the relationship between both people
@@axthrew Kurt loved Queen, so probably he didn't mean nothing bad, he loved their music, this is his words “I used to take a nap in the van and listen to Queen. Over and over again and drain the battery on the van. Then we’d be stuck. That happened a few times. We’d be stuck with a dead battery because I’d listened to Freddie Mercury too much.”
@@axthrew he wrote about freddie mercury on the suicide note . If it really is a suicide note
OMG YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
@@DoganME oh that’s interesting because queen is one of my favorite bands, i listened to them before i started listening to nirvana
I remember watching this live at the time. They were absolute nobodies. Within a couple of months they were the biggest band in the world.
This is the most 90s thing I've ever seen I love it.
The most Gen X
3:28 I love how the audience went from slow dancing to jumping in a matter of seconds
Dave just destroyed and make the cymbal fall tho!
Im speechless that someone could actually fade out this performance
1:02 look at that smile tho
Looks so cynical
@@goldmantis5850 stop
He was smiling because he was high on heroine
*DRUGS*
@@goldmantis5850 the hair in his face kinda makes him look like the joker lol
kurt seems so happy throughout this entire performance, that’s what’s special about this live show
have you ever thought about that we will never be able to see nirvana play live ever again
Imagine how bad the stage would have looked irl with the green screen
The car in your profile photo is a mitsubishi lancer evolution?
@@nyiar9599 oh, yeah! Didn't realize i even had a profile picture. I think I set this one back in 2013. Beautiful looking car.
probably not much worse than the edited version tbh, it's awful to look at
probably cool and edgy at the time, being in a neon green room
@@dannyxkai or blue
Hats off, once again, to engineers who know how to mix audio at this level, to create a memory like this.
Have seen so many live performances that could have been as good as this if it weren't for appalling mixes.
Really good mix i agree. Cobain also made an effort to sing and perform the song too.
@@Mysterywhiteboy78Yes. Really well done.
Love this kind of energy where it’s not all about the music because I mean you can hear when they mess up and everything it’s just amazing
so long ago, scary in a strange way
That’s how I feel anytime I watch a really old video
I was 14 when this aired, seems like yesterday.
Yeah, it’s kinda bumming me out 😭
scary because it means you're gonna die soon
@@soapmonkey6357i was -14
No phones! What a time! What a voice! Bravo!
Mobile phones were made in the 70s...
@@loafabread1446 I mean no high mgpxl camera phones)
@@bakiken9009 ah yes,the high mgpxl camera phones
Dude no offense but did you just have a stroke
@@loafabread1446 No, I just wanted to say nowadays at the concerts we used to shoot at the camera instead just enjoing the show and clap our hands)
It was’nt common to run around with mobile phones. I was one year older than Kurt and then it was considered so NOT COOL to have one of the at that time big massive mobile phones with long antennas.
as a Nirvana and Hole fan, i loved the shoutout to courtney in the beginning ;) kurt seems really happy here
Those people are very lucky to see Nirvana live! Awesome
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I have more rare master recordings of Nirvana and Foo Fighters on my channel, links at the very end of this video.
Why they block it?
Thx..my lucky i just download it b4 they block it
@@sukasuki12 Great, glad you found and enjoyed this
@@arnoldstallonereeves7469 I do not know maybe for copyright
Since its a UK show I think. Its not block in the US.
Nirvana still Rocks! Music is timeless ❤️🤘🎤🎸🪕🥁⚡️
Kurt Cobain was the voice of a generation and his Spirit lives on through his music.
0:56 I...... The way he just.... he just looks over to the side and..... I think Kurt Cobain smiling like that is one of the most heart-warming things ever!........ It's all dreary until Kurt looks like he's happy to be alive.
I'm a recent fan, by the way.
I feel a little embarrassed to admit that I only really took the time to listen to Nirvana when someone turned Nevermind into the SM64 soundfont, but, after that.... I'm a fan for life. As an adult now, I can look at things more objectively, and Kurt Cobain is such a gentle soul, even when it's not at first glance.
I wish I was better at not listening to one song over and over(not S.L.T.S., just others and the whole album), but it makes me feel more connected to think Kurt would've appreciated people like me who try to listen to all of a band's music. I like to imagine he'd "like me more" and so forth, but if I got to know him, I'd want to know the Kurt Cobain that was interviewed in front of the Seattle cityscape(one of his last).
I'd also be too surprised that he didn't like me for being too much of a square.
It was late 1991 in a club called "Line Club" in Braunschweig/Germany when i first heard this song. It was unbelievable. Never ever had this feeling before hearing a song for the first time. It directly blew me away. Asking the DJ: who is playing this? I HAVE TO KNOW IT! No one was talking about "Nirvana" at this time. It exploded a few weeks later when "Smells like ...." was spreading like a virus. Shortly after i bought the "Nevermind" Album. This is one of the most heard albums of my collection Still kickin' today when i hear it. Gose bumbs immediately...always thinking back to those days. Great times. So sad Kurt ends his life. So good Dave is still alive and kickin' ! Greetings from germany....
Thanks for taking the time to share your memories of that era.
My dad lived in Braunschweig in his youth. He said the night life there was great! I also visit Braunschweig sometimes, but I now live near Frankfurt. I enjoyed visiting big cities less and less over the years... but Braunschweig is still a beautiful city!
I had a similar experience except I was in Louisiana at my university and I can show you the exact traffic light I was stopped at when this song came on and proceeded to blow my mind. After recently commenting to one of my buddies about how horrible rock had gotten (Warrant's Cherrie Pie was the example I used) and saying something has got to give. And less than two weeks later I'm at that traffic light hoping the DJ would say who the band was that was that had me cranking my car stereo to the max and headbanging in the middle of a little intersection by our campus. And he did name them and I immediately went and bought Bleach and Nevermind. My favorite band ever since. Later I got to see them at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans for the In Utero tour in December of '93. Four months later he was dead. I was stunned.
P.S. I believe the evidence is clear- Kurt didn't end his life, it was ended for him because of a pre-nup, a pending divorce and $50 million motives.
カートコバーンの顔もファッションセンスもしゃがれた独特の声もやっぱり今でも最高！
I've never appreciated Dave Grohl's drumming as much as I do now. 🤩
tbh in all the performances of all 1991 we're able to see how kurt rlly enjoyed to play many songs that 1 or 2 years later he was gonna hate
Why did he end up hating them?
@@jamesrambo7712 well the songs i talk about are mostly the most famous songs of nevermind, he ended up hating them because of how mainstream they became and that they had to play them everynight almost everyday, there was some other reasons but thats the most relevant tho
the stage design in this show in my opinion was incredible and you really can tell it by the screen on their back
I believe that's a Greenacres, you can see some green bleed on Kurt's hair
Of all the different performances of this song I've heard (and seen), I have to agree with you on it being the best one. It's during the early days of the album being released (I think) and what makes it particularly special to me, is how full of positive energy and happiness Kurt looks to be having. Maybe it's because he's truly living out his dreams of entertaining people with music he wrote.
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment Patrick😎
nah he was just high asf
you can see the relief on his face the feeling of relief as "we finally did it, our dreams we've worked for- for years."
He’s got a hint of credence Clearwater in his voice where it’s dirty but beautiful and nobody else can replicate.
I have never seen any one mention the hint of CCR, but I can hear what you mean.
For sure. Like the higher the note they sing the dirtier their voice gets but it sounds amazing and I think it is just a dna thing, I don’t think it can be taught. And nobody can replicate them.
@@ScottishTeeVee I just re-read the "Come As You Are" book recently, and it said one of Cobain's first bands included CCR covers that he sang. The "About A Son" movie soundtrack also includes a CCR song - I've not yet watched the movie (will do so at some point), but presumably it references CCR since they are included in the soundtrack.
he also has alot of inspiration from robin zander.
@ John Poffenbarger. That is incredible you say that and I was thinking his singing had a hint of CCR. So he was practicing singing CCR in his youth and transferred to his normal singing.
Saw him in 93. There was a time I could sing both albums verbatim. When prompted I think I'd be Close!
Kurt's having fun!!! I love it!
Woah! No solo!!!! Interesting. Must have been at the request of the tv station to shorten it???
I loved Nirvana Forever!
HIS SMILE IS PRECIOUS ❤
I used to watch The Word back in tbe 90s and saw lots of good bands on there I'd already heard of, Faith no more, L7, Dinosaur Junior ect then one day a band I'd never heard of were playing their first ever television debut of their new song called Smells like teen sprit. It was from that moment on I became a Nirvana fan. Never had I seen such intensity in a musical performance and they way the singer was screaming seemed to reach right into my soul and its been there ever since. I love you Kurt. If only you knew how much we love and miss you. You're still so loved and I wish with all my heart I could tell you this and that you changed my life for the better and I will always be grateful to you for that and your invaluable contribution to music. You truly were a force to be reckoned with and I wish you were here because the world needs you. If only my dreams would come true that you're not dead you've just been living far away from all human contact and now you're ready to return and soothe our souls and blow our minds once more like only you can
Wow! The joy all around by everyone was very apparent in this live performance. Especially Kurt. loved watching this performance.
Thats a 3 piece band! Wow!!!!! Talent! 68 yr old rocker here lovin it.
0:38 look at daves right cymbal lol
Hahaha i just realised it😂😂
@@amy_958 and still nailed it.
@@cristiansolares2007 yeah bro!
Literally my shampoo bottle when i enter the shower
@@andreicarlig7290 at 1am when everyone’s sleeping
His voice to me is absolute ✨GOLD✨ I freaking love his style,music & voice!! 🔥🖤
you can see that kurt really did once love this song, and he was really happy at one point. may he forever rest in peace
Woah he sounds awesome live without backtrack recording.
IKR? It’s called true talent
Nice, great upload.
Love how prominent the bass is.
The best version of smells like teen spirit ever!!
he looks so happy whilst performing... it just warms my heart to see that sparkle in his eyes omg
All done really live !!! it's just crazy and beautiful! thanks for sharing it ❤️🙏
My pleasure 😊
Esse sorriso, é MT bom ver o kurt feliz pelo menos uma vez
nossa, sim. Dá até vontade de chorar
Nos concertos de 1991 ele está assim em todos. É lindo de ver!
Kurt tava sendo irônico
Wouah I never seen this live, thank you ! I Can't believe it, he actually loved his song ... for a time.
it is indeed the best live version in wich Kurt genuinely seems to have fun and entertain the crowd. I am sorry but way too often we have seen him botch his performance ''because he didn't feel like it''.. This one is one to enjoy.
this officially buried the 1980’s ..
And yet the background/set looks very 80s
Yeahh .. but i think that’s a farewell to that set/background to welcome the new decade and NIRVANA lead the way :) ✌🏼
Hell no
This takes me back to my childhood for a moment, rocking out. Thanks. 😀👍
This is really good quality for being recorded on VHS. Thanks for uploading!
Our pleasure! Some VHS survives quite well, a good few of my tapes are now 40 Years old and they are still in fantastic condition, better condition than me to be honest😁
he never knew that this song would become one of the best songs in history
God I miss you dropping headlines and new songs Kurt. I just.. I miss you existing in the same world the rest of us exist in 😢. You'll always be missed and mourned by those of us who experienced the phenom that was "Nirvana" . You are even beloved by the new generation of young people who never had the same opportunity to live "Nirvana" and experience your impact on the music industry and social growth. You have made new fans and followers of Nirvana even from the grave and that is something pretty special imo. Rest in peace Mr Kurt Cobain. You are part of my most cherished memories from my youth and my childhood. Perhaps i have such a special place in my heart for you because you passed away one week after my big brother passed away. I have cherished memories of our time together watching MTV after school and at night & on the weekends . Another great that I miss may be less significant but he impacted my childhood all the same... Kurt Loder MTV News.. he's the man that broke the news to us about your passing away. I'll forever remember exactly what that felt like. Rest in peace Kurt. I pray that you found the happiness in your afterlife that you could never find while you were still here on earth with us 😢.
I can't stress enough how amazing he was. Rip. 😢🌸❤️😔
Finally..
a happy kurt cobain
He’s not happy he’s just really high
@@leticiaquiroga4683 and drugs, specifically heroin gives you a feeling of happiness and calmness?? which completely contradicts ur point, he was happy either way mate
AS APRESENTAÇÕES DO NIRVANA SÃO AS MELHORES, QUE BANDA, GENIAL, NIRVANA FOREVER !!!
YESYESYES
Say what?
A true legend. Look at the shite released now and compare it to what this man produced.
All before the age of 27.
Incredible
1:03 im the guy on the top
You were lucky to have been there and so far you are the only one in this video to have commented.
How old are you now
This sounds totally amazing 👍
Between the background and the performance, I bereave this is the official bridge between the 80's and 90's.
there are no three musicians together today that are like kurt, krist & dave
Not a single phone in sight, back when people LIVED IN THE MOMENT!
The lack of cell phones probably helped.
This is like a different song. The first verses it’s like a surf rock song. The way he uses his favorite guitar mod early on. It’s like a surf rock song but reminds me of Seattle and Olympia- dark and depressing. I love him. I call him grampa Kurt. This was one of the first songs put on my first iPod I heard over and over as a kid too, but this performance hits different.
Hearing the lyrics of the first verse so clearly, and the fact that Kathleen Hannah one of the most intensely misandrist women who has ever been in Olympia herself spray painted the lyrics to the song (have you heard the song White Boy by Bikini Kill?)... I get the feeling this was the later version of the song Seaside Suicide that his aunt ripped up his lyrics for in Burien when he was recording Illiteracy Will Prevail only the experience probably taught him not to ever address suicidal ideation directly again because he thought it would make committing suicide itself more difficult and yet he was completely obsessed with the idea. I’ve heard Courtney Love say the men in his family had a history of suicide, and honestly I can empathize because I lived in WA for almost 10 years and pounding a gram and shooting myself in the face seemed like it would have been a better option at times. RIP KURT & all victims of suicide and hate.
Classic performance! I remember seeing it live after coming back from the pub. I'm glad you left the intro bit about Courtney. Interesting how he changed up the lyrics, too: "load up on guns" instead of "drugs"; "our little tribe" instead of "group"; and, for reasons unknown, a fuck ton of Roger Taylor call-outs at the end! :D
no hate or anything but wdym instead of drugs? the lyrics are legit load up on guns (no hate just wondering)
Cool performance, both the band and audience going hard out despite it being a TV studio rather than a big concert. 🙌🏽🔥
lets just imagine kurt stayed this happy never met courtney and lives today in a small house away from the city
yep
Shut up
Next to chomsky and Dave Chappelle
@@SaintJust1214 you good?
@@ashleigh99 he's also basically wishing that his daughter was never born and kurt would definitely smack him for that
This is probably the most 90's video I've ever seen