
Beyond inducing a sense of loss for Cobain himself, Unplugged elicits a feeling of musical loss, too: The delicacy and intimacy of these acoustic rearrangements hint at where Nirvana (or at least Cobain, who was said to be frustrated with the limitations of the band) could have gone. On record, the combined effect is ! hypnotic: The slowed-down ”About a Girl,” a yearning garage-band rocker from Bleach, sounds more urgent than the original, and the rendition of Leadbelly’s ”Where Did You Sleep Last Night” is terrifying, especially when Cobain’s voice leaps from a dazed murmur to a phlegmy, mesmerizing screech in the last verse. Cobain’s voice wheezed out as if through a tightly clamped throat, and the arrangements, starting with his own scruffy guitar plunking, were as rough-hewn as country blues. (That, and the resurrection of Eric Clapton and of the live album, will be the show’s lasting contributions.) Yet, if anything, the music Nirvana played that night was nearly as coiled up as their electric numbers.
The band played short jams on many songs, including "Sweet Home Alabama", "Negative Creep", "Sliver", "In Bloom", "Scentless Apprentice", and "Serve The Servants".At its best, the overdone Unplugged format has loosened up some of rock’s most choreographed performers. Curt played guitar, and Cris played bass and sang backup vocals. Rather than simply play acoustic versions of their hits, Nirvana treated MTV’s Unplugged show as an opportunity to turn their own music on its head, to connect it to American roots and European glam. Curt and Cris Kirkwood from the Meat Puppets joined the band onstage for the three Meat Puppets songs ("Plateau," "Oh, Me," and "Lake Of Fire"). For the night show, Kurt performed "Pennyroyal Tea" by himself. The rehearsal was reportedly about three hours long, a large portion of which was spent checking sound and tuning. Has a slightly different stereo audio mix from PRO #1b.
Includes professionally remixed stereo audio by Scott Litt and 5.1-channel audio by Elliot Scheiner, both done in 2007 for this release. Some people consider it to be Kurt Cobain, the tortured genius. Has different camera angles from PRO #1a, PRO #1b, and PRO #2. Opinion on Nirvanas MTV Unplugged performance at Sony Music Studios in New York on November 18, 1993, is divided into two camps. Multi camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitarĮquipment: Soundboard > Unknown Lowest Generation: Official DVD Length / Sound Quality: 66 min / 10 Notes: Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Novoselic on accordian, Grohl on bass. Pennyroyal Tea part of Grohl on guitar and Smear on backing vocals. Featured peformers: Kurt Cobain (guitar, vocals), Krist Novoselic (bass), Dave Grohl (drums, vocals), Pat Smear (guitar), Joel Stillerman (executive producer), Stephen Marcussen (mastering), Scott Litt (producer), Nirvana (producer), Robert. Released 1 November 1994 on DGC (catalog no. Pennyroyal Tea Smear on guitar and backing vocals MTV Unplugged in New York, an Album by Nirvana.