Monday, July 27, 2009

Nirvana's Unplugged set is my favourite recorded musical performance - I like that DVD more than any of their individual albums. Their whole attitude to the thing is what makes it for me - eschewing the big hits and focusing on other lesser album tracks (Pennyroyal Tea is a highlight), inviting relatively unknown band The Meat Puppets to join them on-stage where the expectation would have been to play with another of Seattle's leading lights, and a bunch of fairly random covers.

The set finishes with a cover of Leadbelly's Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, which remains a chilling, intense climax. Watch at 4:40 on the video where Kurt looks like he's about the explode. Sensational.

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