This is the very last nirvana song recorded 30 years ago. January 29-31st. The last time they ever recorded. This song was not allowed to come out until 8 years after his death.
I remember it coming out also. I also love how it still sounds like it belongs today. Some music doesn't age well, but this one does. Tremendous sound and energy!
I was in my car when I first heard this. I remember that I had to pull over because Kurt had been dead for 8 years, and yet here he was singing something new. It was the most powerful thing I had ever heard. Like he was still with us.
Dave Grohl (former drummer of Nirvana) said that this is the most heartbreaking and hardest song for him to listen to because you can hear the pain in his voice.
I'll always remember a letter published in Rolling Stone just after he passed away... "Kurt Cobain was just a digital voice on a small, shiny, plastic compact disc. So why do I feel so sick and out of breath?"
As a 90's grunge kid, it's surprisingly meaningful to me that folks a generation younger than me get this song and the music. If we only could have convinced Kurt his life was worth continuing.
I've been a musician and lead guitarist/singer for a bunch of rock bands since the late 80's, and I've been a HUGE fan of Nirvana and Kurt's song writing and lyrics and voice since the very first time I heard 'Smells like Teen Spirit' in my car driving home from work one night, having never heard of them before that moment. I was blown away, I was shaken, I literally pulled over and sat there until it was over, and then for another 20 minutes or so, contemplating how much the ground had just shifted under my feet, as a fan of music, as a guitarist & songwriter, and as a human being living this life... When the singer from my band came to practice the next night, we took one look at each other, and recognized the stunned look on each other's faces, that obvious emotional residue, that staring into a corner last night thing in the eyes... I said "dude, I don't know man, I don't really like any of our songs anymore", and he said "you heard it too, huh?"... Some years later when their last studio album 'In Utero', came out, I bought it as soon as I could, and went home and listened to the whole thing front to back. Then I picked up the phone and called the singer and said "dude, I think Kurt is gonna kill himself in the near future", and he said "you heard it too, huh?".... His death messed me up, just like Layne Staley, Elliott Smith, Shannon Hoon, and so many others around that time. Bad couple of years for music, I tell ya...
One of my fave Nirvana songs...he was near the end point there and you can feel it. I wish he could have found the help that might have given him a point to stop, and change his mind. And yeah, the song wasn't released till years after his death.
Mtv Unplugged with Nirvana is an iconic live special that is a must. All their songs stripped and acoustic, as any artists featured on Mtv Unplugged were. Nirvana’s, no doubt, being the most famous.
@@robbob5302 back when Mtv was at least primarily music-oriented, with just a few shows, that fit their youth and pop culture brand. Like, The Real World, Beavis and Butthead, Daria, Singled Out, etc. Mtv Unplugged was hands down a gem. They need a revamp back to their roots, in my opinion. Back to the music. Only this time, showcasing all genres, existing on one channel- rock, pop, indie, alternative, hip-hop, country, jazz, electronic, etc. At the least, get it back to being a full out, all around, music channel with VJ’s. But I think doing something like that would be a game changer, including genres, that weren’t previously.
I would say listen to every Nirvana song...but we don't have time for that do we? A few musts, I would request, are any of these...to start with: Aneurysm __ Breed __ Something In The Way __ Negative Creep __ Dive __ All Apologies __ Polly __ Lake of Fire __ In Bloom __ Sliver __ Dumb __ Rape Me __ Scentless Apprentice __ Lithium. Maybe look for any of them: Live at the Paramount.
There are only a handful of songs that can make me cry, but this is one of them. It's not even about the foreshadowing in the song - to me it was just incredible that a song released ten years after Cobain's death was basically the culmination of Nirvana's entire body work. YKYR has everything: the melody, the aggression, the lyrics, the unusual chord changes, the distortion, the power. It's the quintessential Nirvana song, a real tour de force. I love this song to death and I'm grateful they released it.
Years after the end. Who would've thought to get a song at all. But THAT song. Not just a left over, b-side, some garbage not good enough for release song. But such a banger. Such a heavy song. It was a gift.
When this song was first premiered in LA by KROQ in 2002, I was driving down the 101 freeway. The song's lyrics hit me immediately with the line "always knew it'd come to this", as well as the "pain" chorus that is repeatedly used. My reaction was so intense, I pulled over off the freeway. Looking back at Kurt's life, this reveals a great deal about him--like his empathy, and the emotional and physical pain he was dealing with towards the end. Just a heartbreaking song when you take into account where he was psychologically in late 1993. I mean, the last thing he ever recorded was the word "pain".
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I’ve heard this song one-hundred times, and every time I find myself more emotional than the next. Like a knife is being shoved into my tear ducts, please, if you struggle with depression… tell someone.
"You Know You're Right" is a song that Kurt was working on before he died and, iirc, was the last song that they started recording (or one of the last two?). This is one of those situations where, many years after the person died, the band went back and finished the song that they were working on before they passed. The Beatles also famously did this with two John Lennon songs that were never finished while he was alive, "Free As A Bird" and "Now And Then." In all of these cases, there were (of course) fans who thought it was sacrilegious, that you shouldn't "finish" somebody's song after they're gone, etc. For the most part, though, when it's done well, I don't think there's anything wrong with it (unless the person expressly asked them not to before they passed or something). You asked how, as fans at the time, we reacted to this track. In the case of Nirvana's "You Know You're Right," I was stoked to get another Nirvana song after so many years and I thought the song was really great. It's not some lame B-side they "finished" in order to make some quick cash, it's a legit good song and very much in that Nirvana feel. Same with the Beatles tracks. They're both great songs and, while idk what John would think about them going back and finishing these unfinished songs of his (dude def had some opinions), I loved both of the songs and was glad they did. Especially "Now And Then," which I thought was such a perfect goodbye to the fans and a perfect capper on the Beatles. Btw, I know you guys reacted to "Now And Then," but have you reacted to "Free As A Bird" yet? If not, please do. And, if you do, for sure do the music video. It's a collage of moments, images, and references from throughout the Beatles' history and mythology and is stuffed full of easter eggs for Beatles fans. The song is good by itself, but the video takes it to another level if you're a Beatles fan.
"You Know You're Right" is very last song that Nirvana recorded and, as far as I'm concerned, it's second only to their iconic and world-changing "Smells Like Teen Spirit." It's such a quintessential Nirvana song; alternating between clear/soft and heavy/raw/grating and it's great throughout. This is better than most other bands' best songs and for Nirvana - at least as far as I'm concerned - it's 'only' their second best. This song is an absolute classic and rough diamond to behold.
Nirvana changed my life musically in 1997 when I discovered them. I didn't live through any of their album releases while Kurt was alive. When this song came out, I was a Junior in high school, and it was a day I'll never forget.
In the 80s, we kept a tamp down on our negative emotions & all of the things that we were going through - actually we grabbed hold of them, tied them up tight, shoved them into a small, very solid metal box & shoved that box BACK into the back corner of our being - so we could get on with life & with working towards a (hopefully MUCH) better future for ourselves. In the 90s, things started to change. I don't know why exactly but I have theories. In any case, in the 90s, emotions were not as repressed. In the 90s you did end up with grunge, alternative rock & gangster rap. Upset, sadness, anger, destruction & even death threats in music (in the rap) came out. This is just such an example of 90s music for sure.
*Yes, BABY!!* From the pits of his soul indeed. "things have never been so swell; I have never failed to fail" DANG. This was pretty near the last track Kurt ever recorded. Heck of a way to leave the stage. Did I hear Jay ask for new artists? Quicksilver Messenger Service:: "What About Me?" or "The Truth" Violent Femmes "Blister in the Sun" or "Kiss Off" X "Burning House of Love" There. Start there.
You know your right is such a simple but powerful song, Kurt's vocals still blow me away everytime I hear it!! I recommend you check out some Nirvana demos from the Wtih Lights Out Box Set!! Some underrated tracks on there
the funny thing is, all that footage of the band destroying the stage wasn't like candid footage of some kind of mental breakdown or anything, that was just something they _did,_ like, as a part of their regular stage routine. they did it because it was a fun expression of their anarchic spirit, the audience loved it, it meant they never had to do encores, and sometimes it forced their producers to replace their broken equipment.
Nirvana was a dangerous rock n' roll in their career... Kurt Cobain was as unpredictable on stage as Jim Morrison of The Doors. Dave Grohl remarked that Nirvana would trash their gear every night when then decided they wanted to get off the stage 😂 He said they were never a band that felt jubilation after playing a show... it was like coming offstage, drenched in sweat, dry off, put a t-shirt on and then, "Hey, anybody got a beer?" I recall a live clip where Kurt jumped into the audience w/ his guitar while playing a song... and just as he made it back onstage, a guy in the audience got irate and started hitting him hard and both Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic stopped playing and rushed to stop the guy as security intervened. The Who was the band that would see Pete Townshend (guitar) and Keith Moon (drums) just got berserk at the end of their set and trash their instruments every night in concert... Sadly, Kurt Cobain was later quoted in his journal, "I hope I die before I become Pete Townshend..." When the video makers went through the Nirvana archives for footage for this music video in 2002, they claimed that they had trouble finding footage of Kurt Cobain smiling... Those rare moments where he beamed w/ joy were kept in this clip. Kurt was struggling w/ he+++n addiction to manage his chronic pain... He hoped that when he made it w/ Nirvana, things would get better... But as Dave Grohl remarked, no one in the band was prepared for the changes that were thrust on the band once they became famous... and Kurt took the brunt of the spotlight put upon him. He had money in the bank, a big house, millions of adoring fans, a wife and a daughter... but nothing changed - he was still struggling w/ chronic pain... he was still from a broken family... he was still depressed... and things seemed to be getting worse. Music was his salvation and gave him a place to belong... but it got to point where music and performing were no longer a source of joy... He remarked in his last note that he couldn't be Freddie Mercury and act like he was having 100% fun onstage when he wasn't. Kurt was not alone in his sentiments... Layne Staley of Alice in Chains wrote similarly cryptic lyrics for his last songs - 'Get born again'... and 'Died'... before he passed away in 2002 from an OD... Chris Cornell of Soundgarden/ Audioslave had written so many songs that dealt w/ depression and thoughts of ending his life... Chester Bennington of Linkin Park wrote similar lyrics about his personal struggles and pain... Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots had also written cryptic lyrics like the songs - 'Still remains' ... 'Dead & bloated' ... 'Creep'... 'No way out'... He died from an OD in 2015. And some of the other we never saw coming... Brad Delp, the original lead singer of Boston... Michael Hutchence, lead singer of INXS ... Mike Howe, lead singer of Metal Church... Drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg of Helloween ... No one predicted that they would take their own lives.
Pain in Kurt's voice came from his throat he was puking blood after every performance..his voice wasnt gonna last much longer. He wasn't trained to protect it
I know you have done a fair bit of Nirvana, but if you are looking for suggestions, why don't you try something off their first album, entitled "Bleach"? They didn't get recognition until their second album, so most people never heard the first one until years later. The only song off it to ever get any radio play was "About a Girl" which they played at MTV Unplugged years later. The MTV version was played on the radio usually rather than the studio version. It is a very good song, although my favorite from the first record is the album-opening and heavier "Blew."
It surprises me how they say so many things about how this song makes them feel... but no one says that this song was a cry for help from Kurt, in this song you hear completely without hope towards this life, this song only makes me play his shoulder and tell him that everything will be okay.
If you listen to a song and there's a version of it on the MTV Unplugged Live show, go listen to that version as well. That performance is one of those pivotal permanently imprinted moments for most kids in the 90's.
Makes me so sad....damn he was so good..that era of alt everything really represented everything.....and it still influences bands and artists today ...RIP Kurt
This was a sign that no one picked up on, just the way so many songs but especially "Given Up" were cries for help from Chester Bennington from Linkin' Park. And Chris Cornell was a complete shock. They are all missed very much.
I think -- true to Kurt's songwriting -- "you know you're right" is not literally him saying to someone else "you know you're right." I think it's passive-aggressive and snarky and sarcastic. I think it's a "fuck you" way of saying: "you THINK you know you're right."
I was born in 1990 so I only discovered all this music around 2002. I didn't think much about music before then, but this stuff blew me away. The whole reason I picked up a guitar.
A fantastic song. Used to play it for hours. But you should really check out their Mtv Unplugged Where did you sleep last night. Its epic and its a must!
Since you mentioned reacting to live vs. studio versions of songs, I'll go ahead and take the opportunity to suggest y'all react to Rammstein performing "Du Hast" live in Paris. Rammstein is a German industrial metal band and "Du Hast" is their biggest song. The studio version is great, but the live version in Paris is CRAZY. Makes for a great reaction too. There's a reason this live version has 68 million views on RUclips. And, since I know Amber sometimes worries about the pronunciation of band or artist names, I'll save you a google and say that Rammstein is pronounced "ROM-shtine" (I'm sure a German speaker could get you even closer to the correct pronunciation but this is basically it).
I remember when they released this in99 or was it 2000? Well it was like having him back again! 😢 He died when I was 17 so he was the voice of my generation X .. His music kept me going ❤
🖤This song is hard to listen to but it is fascinating at the same time. It is the last song they recorded as a band. This is about the ending of his and Courtney's relationship among other things. This song was only performed live once in October 1993. This song was released long long after Kurt's death. Polly is another of their darkest songs.
This songs me sad to think about all of the great Nirvana music that was never created. They definitely hadn't reached their peak when Kurt took his life.
For the song In Bloom there is a 2nd version that's called The Sub Pop Version that they did before they got super famous back in 1989 with a different drummer Chad Channing. The song is a bit slower than the one you played but it still rocks.
One of Kurt Cobain's biggest influences is John Lennon. However, you would not get this, unless you listen to some cuts from Plastic Ono Band album... such as Mother, Cold Turkey (single from that time period), Working class Hero, I Found Out...
As a fan, back in the day, I loved and hated this song when it came out. I felt the record label gave an FU to the fans by not releasing this music soon after Kurt's death. By this time (8 years) the fans saw all the Courtney Love bull crap along with some of the legal crap that went down with the former band members and Courtney. But the song is so epically good, you can't fault the artists; they were always spectacular. 30 years later I appreciate the voice Nirvana gave to many of us. Rest in peace Kurt; you were a voice in the wilderness for a generation of lost children.
Last song he ever recorded. Drive by that studio all the time actually recorded there it’s not far from my house in Richmond beach just outside of seattle. Our feat song was tracked their and mixed by Terry Date
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This is the very last nirvana song recorded 30 years ago. January 29-31st. The last time they ever recorded. This song was not allowed to come out until 8 years after his death.
I still remember the day the song was released and it was amazing.
Yep, this is Kurt sounding totally defeated and basically checking out mentally.
Crazy to think it's been 30 years since he died.
I remember it coming out also. I also love how it still sounds like it belongs today. Some music doesn't age well, but this one does. Tremendous sound and energy!
@@dionshare7103 Longer than he was even alive. 😢
I was in my car when I first heard this. I remember that I had to pull over because Kurt had been dead for 8 years, and yet here he was singing something new. It was the most powerful thing I had ever heard. Like he was still with us.
Dave Grohl (former drummer of Nirvana) said that this is the most heartbreaking and hardest song for him to listen to because you can hear the pain in his voice.
I'll always remember a letter published in Rolling Stone just after he passed away...
"Kurt Cobain was just a digital voice on a small, shiny, plastic compact disc. So why do I feel so sick and out of breath?"
You definitively needs to react to Nirvana : Where did you sleep last night, the live, unplug and unedited version. You will be surprised!
Yes! Very good song
ALL crap songs
Yes! They are overdue for "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"...
@@FunSongsUSA Totally agree, Nirvana never had a good song.
@@FunSongsUSAthan why are you here?
Amber is a grunge fan. She even moves like we did in the 90s. It's not really dancing, just vibing with the music.
One of the best use of emotion in this song is the pure insanity of the sound during the "You know you're tight" part.
There s somebody at the level of cobain in 2024? Absolutely no. Is Finish
Kurt had what few singers have an ability to let go with his voice, a release that was so pure you can't help but feel it.
As a 90's grunge kid, it's surprisingly meaningful to me that folks a generation younger than me get this song and the music. If we only could have convinced Kurt his life was worth continuing.
he was murdered
I hear that! Cutting edge artistry often comes with tragedy. So sad we lost him so young. Genius.
Courtney killed him. Her own Dad even said she did it.
I've been a musician and lead guitarist/singer for a bunch of rock bands since the late 80's, and I've been a HUGE fan of Nirvana and Kurt's song writing and lyrics and voice since the very first time I heard 'Smells like Teen Spirit' in my car driving home from work one night, having never heard of them before that moment. I was blown away, I was shaken, I literally pulled over and sat there until it was over, and then for another 20 minutes or so, contemplating how much the ground had just shifted under my feet, as a fan of music, as a guitarist & songwriter, and as a human being living this life... When the singer from my band came to practice the next night, we took one look at each other, and recognized the stunned look on each other's faces, that obvious emotional residue, that staring into a corner last night thing in the eyes... I said "dude, I don't know man, I don't really like any of our songs anymore", and he said "you heard it too, huh?"... Some years later when their last studio album 'In Utero', came out, I bought it as soon as I could, and went home and listened to the whole thing front to back. Then I picked up the phone and called the singer and said "dude, I think Kurt is gonna kill himself in the near future", and he said "you heard it too, huh?".... His death messed me up, just like Layne Staley, Elliott Smith, Shannon Hoon, and so many others around that time. Bad couple of years for music, I tell ya...
The pure soul force in Kurt's music was never surpassed before him or after him.
I was 22 when the song came out. Nirvana stopped being a band when I was 14. This song killed me for months because I missed Kurdt so much.
Same .. I was 17 when he died and 22 -23 when this came out .. Cried everytime I heard it 😢
1967-April 6 1994
SHE FEELS IT !
Nirvana’s best song.
Hands down!
Crazy to think that this almost never got released.
@@Shichiaikan i wish the whole Nirvana catalog was never released it could have saved rock n roll
The best? You know you're WRONG. 🤪 It's one of the better Nirvana songs, though.
@@FunSongsUSA You're baiting is too obvious, Mr Dingelfinger. Do better.
In my opinion this is a very close second to "Smells Like Teen Spirit." This would be almost any other band's best song by far.
This was a stellar reaction. You guys GET IT. 🙏 RIP Kurt
Love Amber's expressions -- she's feeling it!
One of my fave Nirvana songs...he was near the end point there and you can feel it. I wish he could have found the help that might have given him a point to stop, and change his mind. And yeah, the song wasn't released till years after his death.
Mtv Unplugged with Nirvana is an iconic live special that is a must. All their songs stripped and acoustic, as any artists featured on Mtv Unplugged were. Nirvana’s, no doubt, being the most famous.
Unplugged was the best idea MTV ever had.
@@robbob5302 back when Mtv was at least primarily music-oriented, with just a few shows, that fit their youth and pop culture brand. Like, The Real World, Beavis and Butthead, Daria, Singled Out, etc.
Mtv Unplugged was hands down a gem. They need a revamp back to their roots, in my opinion. Back to the music. Only this time, showcasing all genres, existing on one channel- rock, pop, indie, alternative, hip-hop, country, jazz, electronic, etc. At the least, get it back to being a full out, all around, music channel with VJ’s. But I think doing something like that would be a game changer, including genres, that weren’t previously.
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This would have been the next Nirvana album but we never got to hear it. This song was released many years later on their best of album.
I would say listen to every Nirvana song...but we don't have time for that do we? A few musts, I would request, are any of these...to start with: Aneurysm __ Breed __ Something In The Way __ Negative Creep __ Dive __ All Apologies __ Polly __ Lake of Fire __ In Bloom __ Sliver __ Dumb __ Rape Me __ Scentless Apprentice __ Lithium. Maybe look for any of them: Live at the Paramount.
There are only a handful of songs that can make me cry, but this is one of them. It's not even about the foreshadowing in the song - to me it was just incredible that a song released ten years after Cobain's death was basically the culmination of Nirvana's entire body work. YKYR has everything: the melody, the aggression, the lyrics, the unusual chord changes, the distortion, the power. It's the quintessential Nirvana song, a real tour de force. I love this song to death and I'm grateful they released it.
Must-see live Nirvana?
"All Apologies" on MTV Unplugged. That whole show is worth watching but that one is really nice.
Yesssss
Double yess
This is the last song Kurt ever recorded. It wasn't released until about 8 years after his death. It was definitely full of pain.
My favourite Nirvana song. One of my favourite bands. Rest easy Kurt. 🙏
Drain You - live on Nulle Part Ailleurs in 1994. Best Cobain raw scream. His guitar quit working and he was pissed!
Years after the end. Who would've thought to get a song at all. But THAT song. Not just a left over, b-side, some garbage not good enough for release song. But such a banger. Such a heavy song. It was a gift.
When this song was first premiered in LA by KROQ in 2002, I was driving down the 101 freeway. The song's lyrics hit me immediately with the line "always knew it'd come to this", as well as the "pain" chorus that is repeatedly used. My reaction was so intense, I pulled over off the freeway. Looking back at Kurt's life, this reveals a great deal about him--like his empathy, and the emotional and physical pain he was dealing with towards the end. Just a heartbreaking song when you take into account where he was psychologically in late 1993. I mean, the last thing he ever recorded was the word "pain".
Best reaction ever! You both felt this song and Kurt's voice for what it was meant to be felt.
Yall definitely needa check out nirvanas unplugged session
3:50 Cries for help.. Miss your Kurt!!
also Amber that shirt is
Nirvana Lounge Act!
they were even worse than a lounge act
@@FunSongsUSA They were the worst thing to ever happen to rock music.
@@stephenhanft1226 you pushing 70
@@brenetssss You committing obnoxious troll behavior.
@@stephenhanft1226is this guy your daddy? Seems like you follow him to every comment
It has taken me over 40 years too understand my ptsd and this song makes me cry everytime
Yes! This is my favorite Nirvana song. It's one of my favorite songs, period.
It's my favorite Nirvana song also... it's so intense!
My favourite Nirvana song as well.
Incredible song! Really hits hard so many years later.
You are exactly right Amber. 😢
New sub. I STILL wear my Nirvana concert T no matter how tattered it is. Love your channel and am binging as we speak. Have you heard of Neneh Cherry "Buffalo Stance" ? .... omg. So so so effing good. Where did this girl go? Hope you discover her. Looking forward to watching more. Thanks
I’ve heard this song one-hundred times, and every time I find myself more emotional than the next. Like a knife is being shoved into my tear ducts, please, if you struggle with depression… tell someone.
Good work... I completely forgot how good this song is🤘
"You Know You're Right" is a song that Kurt was working on before he died and, iirc, was the last song that they started recording (or one of the last two?). This is one of those situations where, many years after the person died, the band went back and finished the song that they were working on before they passed. The Beatles also famously did this with two John Lennon songs that were never finished while he was alive, "Free As A Bird" and "Now And Then." In all of these cases, there were (of course) fans who thought it was sacrilegious, that you shouldn't "finish" somebody's song after they're gone, etc. For the most part, though, when it's done well, I don't think there's anything wrong with it (unless the person expressly asked them not to before they passed or something).
You asked how, as fans at the time, we reacted to this track. In the case of Nirvana's "You Know You're Right," I was stoked to get another Nirvana song after so many years and I thought the song was really great. It's not some lame B-side they "finished" in order to make some quick cash, it's a legit good song and very much in that Nirvana feel.
Same with the Beatles tracks. They're both great songs and, while idk what John would think about them going back and finishing these unfinished songs of his (dude def had some opinions), I loved both of the songs and was glad they did. Especially "Now And Then," which I thought was such a perfect goodbye to the fans and a perfect capper on the Beatles.
Btw, I know you guys reacted to "Now And Then," but have you reacted to "Free As A Bird" yet? If not, please do. And, if you do, for sure do the music video. It's a collage of moments, images, and references from throughout the Beatles' history and mythology and is stuffed full of easter eggs for Beatles fans. The song is good by itself, but the video takes it to another level if you're a Beatles fan.
Shoot. If it weren't for Nirvana, half the music we have now wouldn't exist.
HE OFFED HIMSELF PLAIN AND SIMPLE! I GET SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE SAYING HE WAS MURDERED! ANYWAYS HE WAS MY IDOL! GREAT SONG TO REACT TO!
"You Know You're Right" is very last song that Nirvana recorded and, as far as I'm concerned, it's second only to their iconic and world-changing "Smells Like Teen Spirit." It's such a quintessential Nirvana song; alternating between clear/soft and heavy/raw/grating and it's great throughout. This is better than most other bands' best songs and for Nirvana - at least as far as I'm concerned - it's 'only' their second best. This song is an absolute classic and rough diamond to behold.
Nirvana unplugged omg
Nirvana changed my life musically in 1997 when I discovered them. I didn't live through any of their album releases while Kurt was alive. When this song came out, I was a Junior in high school, and it was a day I'll never forget.
"Paper Cuts", "Milk It" and "Big Long Now" A few to check out.
My favorite Nirvana song is Sappy (Verse Chorus Verse)
In the 80s, we kept a tamp down on our negative emotions & all of the things that we were going through - actually we grabbed hold of them, tied them up tight, shoved them into a small, very solid metal box & shoved that box BACK into the back corner of our being - so we could get on with life & with working towards a (hopefully MUCH) better future for ourselves.
In the 90s, things started to change. I don't know why exactly but I have theories. In any case, in the 90s, emotions were not as repressed. In the 90s you did end up with grunge, alternative rock & gangster rap. Upset, sadness, anger, destruction & even death threats in music (in the rap) came out. This is just such an example of 90s music for sure.
*Yes, BABY!!* From the pits of his soul indeed.
"things have never been so swell; I have never failed to fail" DANG.
This was pretty near the last track Kurt ever recorded. Heck of a way to leave the stage.
Did I hear Jay ask for new artists?
Quicksilver Messenger Service:: "What About Me?" or "The Truth"
Violent Femmes "Blister in the Sun" or "Kiss Off"
X "Burning House of Love"
There. Start there.
You know your right is such a simple but powerful song, Kurt's vocals still blow me away everytime I hear it!!
I recommend you check out some Nirvana demos from the Wtih Lights Out Box Set!! Some underrated tracks on there
the funny thing is, all that footage of the band destroying the stage wasn't like candid footage of some kind of mental breakdown or anything, that was just something they _did,_ like, as a part of their regular stage routine. they did it because it was a fun expression of their anarchic spirit, the audience loved it, it meant they never had to do encores, and sometimes it forced their producers to replace their broken equipment.
Nirvana was a dangerous rock n' roll in their career... Kurt Cobain was as unpredictable on stage as Jim Morrison of The Doors.
Dave Grohl remarked that Nirvana would trash their gear every night when then decided they wanted to get off the stage 😂 He said they were never a band that felt jubilation after playing a show... it was like coming offstage, drenched in sweat, dry off, put a t-shirt on and then, "Hey, anybody got a beer?"
I recall a live clip where Kurt jumped into the audience w/ his guitar while playing a song... and just as he made it back onstage, a guy in the audience got irate and started hitting him hard and both Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic stopped playing and rushed to stop the guy as security intervened.
The Who was the band that would see Pete Townshend (guitar) and Keith Moon (drums) just got berserk at the end of their set and trash their instruments every night in concert... Sadly, Kurt Cobain was later quoted in his journal, "I hope I die before I become Pete Townshend..."
When the video makers went through the Nirvana archives for footage for this music video in 2002, they claimed that they had trouble finding footage of Kurt Cobain smiling... Those rare moments where he beamed w/ joy were kept in this clip.
Kurt was struggling w/ he+++n addiction to manage his chronic pain... He hoped that when he made it w/ Nirvana, things would get better... But as Dave Grohl remarked, no one in the band was prepared for the changes that were thrust on the band once they became famous... and Kurt took the brunt of the spotlight put upon him. He had money in the bank, a big house, millions of adoring fans, a wife and a daughter... but nothing changed - he was still struggling w/ chronic pain... he was still from a broken family... he was still depressed... and things seemed to be getting worse.
Music was his salvation and gave him a place to belong... but it got to point where music and performing were no longer a source of joy... He remarked in his last note that he couldn't be Freddie Mercury and act like he was having 100% fun onstage when he wasn't.
Kurt was not alone in his sentiments... Layne Staley of Alice in Chains wrote similarly cryptic lyrics for his last songs - 'Get born again'... and 'Died'... before he passed away in 2002 from an OD... Chris Cornell of Soundgarden/ Audioslave had written so many songs that dealt w/ depression and thoughts of ending his life... Chester Bennington of Linkin Park wrote similar lyrics about his personal struggles and pain... Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots had also written cryptic lyrics like the songs - 'Still remains' ... 'Dead & bloated' ... 'Creep'... 'No way out'... He died from an OD in 2015.
And some of the other we never saw coming... Brad Delp, the original lead singer of Boston... Michael Hutchence, lead singer of INXS ... Mike Howe, lead singer of Metal Church... Drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg of Helloween ... No one predicted that they would take their own lives.
Dave's new book is very good.
This was Kurt Cobains swan song. It was the last studio recorded Nirvana song before Kurt died
by the time it was released they had already ruined rock
@@FunSongsUSA True. The damage Kurt Cobain did to rock turned out to be permanent.
I cried the first time I heard this. Haven’t heard it in a long time. Emotions revisited. 🥹
I still get teary almost every time I listen to it.
Pain in Kurt's voice came from his throat he was puking blood after every performance..his voice wasnt gonna last much longer. He wasn't trained to protect it
Wow so awesome to see a channel reacting to this one. It means so much to true nirvana fans. It was the last song ever recorded by them I think
If y’all love Nirvana, do Soundgarden “ugly truth”, “loud love”, “room a 1000 years wide”, “mind riot”, “drawing flies”, “rusty cage”!
Early Chicago - Question 67 and 68. Classic horns that will make Amber's knees weak.
6:20 well said. Ppl that haven’t been born will be coming back to this 20 yrs later
AMBER U LOOK INCREDIBLE
I know you have done a fair bit of Nirvana, but if you are looking for suggestions, why don't you try something off their first album, entitled "Bleach"? They didn't get recognition until their second album, so most people never heard the first one until years later. The only song off it to ever get any radio play was "About a Girl" which they played at MTV Unplugged years later. The MTV version was played on the radio usually rather than the studio version. It is a very good song, although my favorite from the first record is the album-opening and heavier "Blew."
Now if you wouldn't mind, I would like it blew… 🎶
COME AS YOU ARE is a must listen! Amazing video as well.
Someone once said "the best art came from people who struggle and have demons"
It surprises me how they say so many things about how this song makes them feel... but no one says that this song was a cry for help from Kurt, in this song you hear completely without hope towards this life, this song only makes me play his shoulder and tell him that everything will be okay.
If you listen to a song and there's a version of it on the MTV Unplugged Live show, go listen to that version as well. That performance is one of those pivotal permanently imprinted moments for most kids in the 90's.
Please listen to Drain you.
For me, it's their best song.
And if you want a "special experience",
do a reaction to Hairspray Queen. 😄
Makes me so sad....damn he was so good..that era of alt everything really represented everything.....and it still influences bands and artists today ...RIP Kurt
This was a sign that no one picked up on, just the way so many songs but especially "Given Up" were cries for help from Chester Bennington from Linkin' Park. And Chris Cornell was a complete shock. They are all missed very much.
I think -- true to Kurt's songwriting -- "you know you're right" is not literally him saying to someone else "you know you're right." I think it's passive-aggressive and snarky and sarcastic. I think it's a "fuck you" way of saying: "you THINK you know you're right."
Great band.love u Kurt.. 👏 😊❤
Love this song…it has grown to be one of my top Nirvana songs over the years. Loved growing up in the grunge era!
I was born in 1990 so I only discovered all this music around 2002. I didn't think much about music before then, but this stuff blew me away. The whole reason I picked up a guitar.
A fantastic song. Used to play it for hours. But you should really check out their Mtv Unplugged Where did you sleep last night. Its epic and its a must!
Try some Nirvana MTV unplugged songs aswell
Since you mentioned reacting to live vs. studio versions of songs, I'll go ahead and take the opportunity to suggest y'all react to Rammstein performing "Du Hast" live in Paris. Rammstein is a German industrial metal band and "Du Hast" is their biggest song. The studio version is great, but the live version in Paris is CRAZY. Makes for a great reaction too. There's a reason this live version has 68 million views on RUclips.
And, since I know Amber sometimes worries about the pronunciation of band or artist names, I'll save you a google and say that Rammstein is pronounced "ROM-shtine" (I'm sure a German speaker could get you even closer to the correct pronunciation but this is basically it).
The official video for In Bloom is a tribute to the Ed Sullivan Show. You’d enjoy it for sure.
They already reacted to that not very long ago.
@@swfallon I thought they reacted to the Unplugged one. Must have been a different song.
I remember when they released this in99 or was it 2000? Well it was like having him back again! 😢 He died when I was 17 so he was the voice of my generation X ..
His music kept me going ❤
The best Nirvana song is the cover of Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World.
That's not even better than Big Cheese
🖤This song is hard to listen to but it is fascinating at the same time. It is the last song they recorded as a band. This is about the ending of his and Courtney's relationship among other things. This song was only performed live once in October 1993. This song was released long long after Kurt's death. Polly is another of their darkest songs.
It's about him wanting to leave Courtney. Pretty straight forward as far as Nirvana songs.
Chech out pretty much the entire MTV Unplugged
The last song 😢 and it still hurts
You guys do know that the drummer for Nirvana is the lead singer for the Foo Fighters Dave Groul, he’s actually in this video in little snippets.
This songs me sad to think about all of the great Nirvana music that was never created. They definitely hadn't reached their peak when Kurt took his life.
The MTV unplugged performances from Nirvana and Alice In Chains were some of the best musical performances of all time imo.
Cobain's final gift to us. Great song! ♥
hahah "gift" a box of crap
@@FunSongsUSA I agree. That's the kind of "gift" that should be sent back and marked return to sender.
@@FunSongsUSA like you could do anything better you're over here disrespecting a dead person you must be proud.
For the song In Bloom there is a 2nd version that's called The Sub Pop Version that they did before they got super famous back in 1989 with a different drummer Chad Channing. The song is a bit slower than the one you played but it still rocks.
How can you halt the song during one of the climatic moments. Amber looked ticked.
He always does that 🤣
Or talks over a key point of a song, I'm like, "Listen to it"
He used to do it in the middle of guitar solos. I guess enough people complained he stopped. Lmao
When he waved goodbye at the end 🙏🥀
One of Kurt Cobain's biggest influences is John Lennon. However, you would not get this, unless you listen to some cuts from Plastic Ono Band album... such as Mother, Cold Turkey (single from that time period), Working class Hero, I Found Out...
Hard rock song that'll make you bang your head and cry at the same time watching it.
❤❤❤😂1st early red hot chili peppers.go back!!!!!!
Wow, never heard this. So ... good. Music/art/emotion/genius.
"I have never failed to fail"
My favorite... just, myyy favorite...
Nirvana-Sappy. Nirvana Live and Loud is the performance from New Years 1994 a good one to pick from.
As a fan, back in the day, I loved and hated this song when it came out. I felt the record label gave an FU to the fans by not releasing this music soon after Kurt's death. By this time (8 years) the fans saw all the Courtney Love bull crap along with some of the legal crap that went down with the former band members and Courtney. But the song is so epically good, you can't fault the artists; they were always spectacular. 30 years later I appreciate the voice Nirvana gave to many of us. Rest in peace Kurt; you were a voice in the wilderness for a generation of lost children.
You have to check out aneurysm live from the Paramount Theatre it is amazing that three men make this amazing sound
Where did you sleep last night is a must
So much sound and soul from 3 people 😮
check Nirvana's "Aneurysm" live in Seattle at The Paramount in 1991
Last song he ever recorded. Drive by that studio all the time actually recorded there it’s not far from my house in Richmond beach just outside of seattle. Our feat song was tracked their and mixed by Terry Date
Yes to the In Bloom studio version l! It’s so much better 🔥