Nirvana: MTV Unplugged In New York - CD

MTV Unplugged in New York is an acoustic concert by the grunge band Nirvana. The album won a Grammy Award in 1996 and a video was released in 2007.

Interestingly, the band played only about half of their songs, the rest were cover versions of little-known bands like The Vaselines, Meat Puppets (two members of Meat Puppets joined the concert), David Bowie and Lead Belly.

Probably the biggest hit they played was “Come As You Are“. Kurt had special requirements for the concert, such as black candles. The producer asked him: “You mean like a funeral?“ “, Then he received the answer that yes. Kurt told us a bit about how the song “Dumb“ came about - when they were supposed to play “Polly“ after “Dumb“, he said they wouldn' t play them in a row, because it' s exactly the same song.

The concert also featured a short cover version of Lynyrd Skynyrd' s “Sweet Home Alabama“, but Kurt just mumbled because he didn' t know the words. In addition to this song, the band tended to play songs like “Sliver“, “Scentless Apprentice“, “In Bloom“ or “Negative Creep“ (which members admitted they didn' t even know how to play) and at the end of the concert they also considered D-7.

In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named him the 313rd best album of all time. The same magazine also awarded him 95th place in the list of the best albums of the 1990s.

Playlist

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About A Girl / Come As You Are / Jesus Doesn ' t Want Me For A Sunbeam / The Man Who Sold The World / Pennyroyal Tea / Dumb / Polly / On A Plain / Something In The Way / Plateau / Oh Me / Lake Of Fire / All Apologies / Where Did You Sleep Last Night