I found the Nirvana version of "Where did you sleep last night" at a karaoke bar one night. As one of my favorite songs ever done by Nirvana, I had to sing it. Afterwards I had an old woman come up to me and start telling me the history of the song, I had no clue it was song nearly as old as dinosaurs! What a beautiful song.
The Kurt Cobain version I sing at karaoke I am a musician and I can sound like Kurt when I sing so I always get shouted free beers after doing song's like this in a Kurt Cobain vocal
Part V - In the Pines... in 1990 Mark Lanegan and Kurt Cobain enregistered In the Pines, and the last lyrics were "shiver night through".... so, there's a bit of speculation in here. Please confirm the winding sheet album in case of doubt.
Trust me, Kurt was not suffering from withdrawal during this performance. He was hours before the show, but he got what he needed. You can see it in his eyes, dude had more than a decent buzz that night.
The video states he was withdrawing DURING the rehearsals, which is the reason they couldn't rehearse as much as they wanted to. I never stated he was withdrawing during the performance itself. There is literally a line in the video stating that "[w]ithout heroin or a suitable replacement, he wouldn't have been able to get through the performance at all" The question is whether he got heroin or Valium, as some of the people involved with the performance have said. No one is claiming he was sober.
@@chittyluv2651 the video didn't make it clear, it just said he was withdrawing. And yeah that article said MTV sent a runner out for Valium, but Kurt had his own runner bring him "something ".
This is the best song Kurt Cobain has ever done and I’m happy others feel the same. His beautiful guitar that screams anger and sadness and his voice that screams desperation. This song has stuck with me ever since I’ve heard it.
This MTV unplugged was phenomenal,, the Meat Puppets were amazing, and the covers they chooae were implicitly genius. How could anyone not appreciate this performace?, even if one is not into Nirvana. Thanks for reading I am old enough and live in the northwest so I got to see them a few times.
I agree, Unplugged was one of their best performances. Kurt was not sick during the show, can tell by looking at him that he got better before he came out on stage
Absolutely amazing! There was always something spooky about Kurt and Nirvana's music, something haunted. You hit the nail on the head with everything in this video. You deserve more subs and more views.
You have a point with the word “haunted,” not in a overt way like gothic music but in a very real sort of haunted feeling that just sucks you into it; specifically the home demo of “You Know You’re Right” and any version of “Something In the Way”
I’m sorry but he completely missed the “nail on the head” bcuz everyone who followed Nirvana knows he was set up and killed ! Geez, do ur research people and stop spreading this huge lie.
Pines is an old term for coffins, think about that. And to a heroin addict "black girl" would be associated with black, which is a term for heroin. The heroin addicts have all the code words, black, gold, Jesus, cross, death, dirt, gun, fly etc. It's all about heroin, the cover of In Utero is a needle 💉, the lyrics to alot of the songs such as the real In Bloom lyric "Sell TO kids for food", are about Heroin. Man in the Box by AIC is about heroin, Jesus Christ is the junkie, the box, like the one found next to Cobain when he died, is a dope kit, "he who tries will be wasted" means getting high. H songs are freaking everywhere. 'Quicksand Jesus' by Skid Row, and on and on. Don't ever do junk, it's a destroyer of worlds.
I remember the first time I saw nirvana live on a bootleg of the Holland 1991 this was not just music something very unspoken was happening something haunting.
This was the best first upload I’ve seen on TH-cam in years, maybe ever. I love the storytelling format and the creativity to come up with this idea/theory, also I found it because of your TH-cam short preview so just know that it works.
Thank you, that means a lot. I'm also happy to hear that there's people here from the short. I decided to make the short last minute on a whim and had no idea if it was going to draw anyone in
it is criminal that only 200 something people viewed this, it probably is one of the best video essays ive seen in a while. keep up the good work man 👍
I can't believe this video only has about 250 views. This was a great analysis and beautifully edited. It definitely helped me see the song in a different light. Way to go!
Brilliant documentary, i'm struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts right now but this type of videos give me strenght to endure, to overcome this sour ideas in my mind to stay alive and well, thank you for this ❤
There’s a moment at the end of the song when the music stops, he opens his eyes and exhales before finishing…and you really can see the pain he’s in in that split second. He’s emotional, but he’s not enjoying playing. Very sad and powerful. I always get goosebumps. Now i gotta listen to it again. Great video, very thorough. I didn’t know all the backstory of the song. Btw, if you watch the rehearsal, you can see Kurt is very high on Heroin. He’s mostly sobered up by the time the performance started. Not really high, but not in withdrawal either… just normal. Layne from Alice In Chains is so SOOO high during their show… both slowly dying of addiction and high as hell, both of them gave one of the best albums ever. Nirvanas my favorite and unplugged might be my favorite album. Tied with incesticide. Great video
You need to fact check. Nirvana rehearsed on the road while playing shows, there is a version of man who sold the world where kurt plays even better than mtv, that was done live on tour, they knew what they where doing. Kurt was having problems with herion but nothing a couple of vicadin won't curb for an hour to get by. Kurt also didn't arrange the set, a guy who had the vision kept asking kurt and kurt just didn't give a shit and kept saying yeah go for it, the only thing he really arranged was he chose that office chair over everything else that was offered lol
Also, in alot of interviews with people who were close to him then they say he wasn't depressed and was actually happy and optimistic and his daughter changing his outlook on life and making an actual attempt to get sober. People love to romanticize the depressed and troubled artist cliché.
hey man, nirvana historian here. Great video, but just a few little things I noticed. number 1 is that he was no longer suffering heroin withdrawal during performance. The MTV staff went out and scored oxycontin for him, and while they were out getting it, he scored some H himself. So he had plenty of opiates to prevent further withdrawal. But he WAS withdrawing earlier in the day. Also Nirvana's final release was actually, You Know You're Right, which wasn't OFFICIALLY released until 10 years after his passing, though it had been floating around in bootlegs for a while. I also think it's kinda funny how kurt says "lead bellies estate wants to sell me lead bellies guitar for 500 thousand dollars" when the guitar he's holding would later sell for 6 million lol loved the video bro!!
Hey, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! As for the withdrawal part, the video states he was withdrawing during the rehearsals, which is the reason they couldn't rehearse as much as they wanted to. There is a line in the video stating that "[w]ithout heroin or a suitable replacement, he wouldn't have been able to get through the performance at all" The question is whether he got heroin or Valium, as some of the people involved with the performance have said. I definitely should have made that part a lot clearer in the video though
Wow, Dude. This was really good and definitely deserves way more views. I'd like to see more vids like this. It would be interesting to see a video about Alice in Chains doing unplugged and more specifically about the song Nutshell. I think because of where Layne was in life, the song became more haunting. That or a video about Johnny Cash performing at Folsom Prison and explore what it was about Cash that made his performance feel authentic compared to other people who attempted the same thing. Great Video!
So many opinions you stated as facts.... I agree about Courtney, she was the worst thing that could've ever happened to Kurt! But, Nirvana performed several more times after this! Several! I loved Kurts take on this song, I loved how the whole band pulled the performance together. There are facts documented, for real that Kurt and MTV thought that maybe with the drum banging Dave acoustically he might not be able to keep his sound low enough...so 1 of the producers gave Dave a couple sets of specialized drum sticks. It made the difference. Also, it was Kurts idea for those specific flowers and black candles but when the set director asked him what he meant he replied "not sure, just my vision" so she asked him "you mean like a funeral or something" and Kurt smiled and said "yea kinda like that!" This performance that night showed the world who Kurt really was..what Nirvana was capable of. Heart and soul shined through the withdrawals, anxiety and nerves. They~Nirvana made history that night and were finally given the respect they'd always struggled for. Acceptance.. RIP Kurt ✌❤
Its also pretty dubious to put any faith in the homocide conspiracies, as there have been numerous re-investigations by Seattle police, each time coming to the same conclusion, that it was in fact a suicide @@ohwellwhateverr
@@srldwgNo, there was an entire leg of a European tour recorded after this. His final performance was actually in Munich in March 1994, of which there is a fair amount of recorded footage online.
This is not at all the final recorded performance, this was recorded in November 1993 and there are recordings of performances from 1994 even on youtube
Yes, but those are recorded by audience members. This is the last performance that was intended to be recorded rather than being recorded by random people in the crowd.
@@SchizoPantheon nice video, love the work you put into it. but im sure there were later official recordings of performances. like the Tunnel, Rome, italy in 1994. this was not recorded by audience members and was intended to be recorded for TV, and believed to be their last TV appearance.
@@X0XChevyX0X After looking more into it, you're right, there are a few official performance recordings after this, so I was wrong about that aspect of the video. The song analysis and the history of the song still stands though
It's been really interesting to see a comparison of original versions with the Kurt's perspective but the whole "Courtney is a bitch, the guy couldn't have set up his suicide any better" comes off as really exploitative. Great analysis but it struggles to find a single main theme
No one gonna mention how ridiculous it is to call this his 'final performance'? Live and Loud was filmed after this ffs. His last performance was over 3 *months* later.
I’m so thankful that I got to see them play October 18 1993 here in Phoenix, it was awesome and me and my friends snuck in. I was 14 and it’s an awesome memory 👍
Kurt was not in withdrawal that is plain to see and I do not believe that he went out by his own hand and I pray that someday those responsible will come to light. RIP Kurt
I am with you on both. I've gone through heroin withdrawal and you aren't going to look like that, sound like that or even be up there that long without throwing up or soiling your pants. I think Courtney had him killed.
I’ve always thought that the last song they performed had some hints to infidelity on Courtney’s part I just never found a way to form it. You nailed it. Great history checks and bringing it back to the present. Thank you. You did a great job.
I was 17 yrs old watching MTV nirvana unplugged, it was a great performance but the final closing act of song was a masterpiece, that was my favorite of all.
It must be acknowledged and I hate how this guy went ahead and played a sheeple because that’s all it is when people don’t “ go there” as an extremely strong probability
man that was a very very good video. it sucks im the 1st comment. bc you deserved more for that work. I hope the rest of ur content is built as well as this one. Kurt fan or not this was an excellent coverage piece. I think he would liked you for a friend. Props frm New Orleans
Thank you so much for watching the video and for this kind comment. This is my first video on here, so I'm happy to see people like it. I will be making more similar content soon; not necessarily biographical or with a focus on music, but in a similar style. Hope you check out and enjoy those as well :)
Why did this story about 'The longest train i ever saw.' starts with false information? And is obviously a personal opinion on why Kurt covered this song. This makes me angry acctually ... Kurt did not commit suicide, he acctually was murderded !!! His, so called suicide letter, was a farewell to Nirvana. To quit the band, not his life !!! Dave Grohl once said on stage something like ( i can't formally citate it ); "We are legaly not aloud to speak about it, but this bitch better stays away. And in our hearts we all know the truth ... " And then they started playing with an emotion i still can't find a word for. But this reference to Kurt' so called suicide, the whole time is full of crap. Probably written by a 'team Courtney' member. It makes me sick.
A fun, and acctually true, story about the moment Foo Fighters came on stage; There were two 13y old boys standing at the first line. Ready to goooooo ... and i tought to myself; "This is not gonna go well for them the moment they play their first note." So i gathered a few people and made them aware of the two boys. Within 30sec everyone gathered around them and Foo Fighters started to play at that exact moment. They were safe and had their own private dancefloor to go toooooooootally wild ❤ I cried, happy tears and sad tears, during the whole performance with the tought; Never had or will i ever be so close to Nirvana. Because Dave Grohl stood 5m in front of me. ❤
For a while i was never really a fan of live albums/songs (i have no idea why), but this Unplugged album easily became not only one of my favourite live albums, but ALBUMS ever - for the same reasons mentioned in this video; I think the track list is perfectly selected, and the performance is phenomenal.
You did an incredible job with this. This song hit hard already, but now my ears hear it in an even darker way. It’s not often I get goosebumps, but this performance does it every time
This was not his last show dude why put so much into a cool story without looking up the info I watched this live on mtv Nirvana did a full European tour after this show
amazing video and i’m not the type to comment but wow amazing editing job and amazing analysis and i loved every second. thank you. ❤ Rest in Peace, Kurt. your name will never die.
While I like the musical history parts of this video, I do not think the other topics should be sensationalized & glorified in this manner. Kurt suffered tremendously from mental health issues, and the way his death was handled from a PR standpoint (especially by Courtney Love) was very twisted and resulted in a lot of hearsay and people reaching for some sort of deeper meaning. Kurt became this sort of tragic figure and champion of the "suicidal artistic temperament," which further romanticized serious mental health issues (and even caused young fans of Kurt to commit suicide and name him in their notes) rather than help raise awareness about their importance.
I Enjoyed the video and managed to learn something from it but im must say Kurt is in no way suffering from heroin withdrawl, in fact he's high as anyone could be. Neverthless, nice video and it earned my subscription.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. As far as the withdrawal part goes, the video states he was withdrawing during the rehearsals, which is the reason they couldn't rehearse as much as they wanted to. I never stated he was withdrawing during the performance itself. There is a line in the video stating that "[w]ithout heroin or a suitable replacement, he wouldn't have been able to get through the performance at all" The question is whether he got heroin or Valium, as some of the people involved with the performance have said. No one is claiming he was sober. But I definitely could have made that a lot clearer in the video.
The book written , " who killed Kurt Cobain " tells a few little stories , like the toxicology reports etc. More than three times over the lethal dose of heroin whereas he wouldn't have been able to pick up the gun nevermind pull the trigger, and that was no pun intended with nevermind . My idol as a kid and still to this day in my forties.
1) a month before his death "Courtney found Cobain lying on the floor by the bed unconscious and unresponsive, after swallowing an amount of 50 sleeping pills. Kurt was rushed to the hospital" why call an ambulance if you plan to kill him a month later in an elaborate plan involving multiple people? 2) if you've injected him with a lethal dose why shoot him? why make it more complicated. From his journal ".....narcoleptic, neurotic, little pissant who at any minute is going to O.D. jump off a roof wig out blow my head off or all 3 at once" So there we have him talking about O.Ding and blowing his head off at the same time. I would suggest because the Rome suicide attempt failed, he therefore injected himself with heroin then shot himself in the head to make sure. That makes sense, however if you're murdering him you either shoot him in the head or inject him with a lethal dose of heroin, again, you don't go to the trouble to do both - that makes no sense. 3) "wouldn't have been able to pick up the gun nevermind pull the trigger" then you would need two people. One to prop him up after the injection and one to put the barrel in his mouth and fire as he was in the middle of the room and not against a wall, etc. This is a ridiculous scenario. Grant and company will always tell you that he COULDN'T have killed himself but they never lay out how they theorise his murder was practically accomplished.
1:20 “the performance is going to be a disaster”. What?! This show is widely regarded as one of the best acoustic rock performances. I dont know a single nirvana fan who dislikes this.
@@SchizoPantheon “black girl, black girl, don’t you lie to me. Tell me where did you sleep last night? In the pines?” Makes me think she was running away and hiding in the woods.
this video is just wow. I missed this feeling dude, youtube is trash nowdays and seeing something so different is like the old days of youtube, thank you
A band led by Bill Chase, first album, first track was titled Open Up Wide. Bill died in a plane crash. The last track on his last album was titled Close Down Tight.
What a wonderful video! I literally have no enough words to express how amazing this mini documentary is! This needs to be seen by any music lover ever, and i also can't wait to see your next videos. I'm sure other Nirvana songs would be great topics for videos as well! Hope you keep making em. Amazing work really
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm definitely going to keep making videos. They aren't all going to be focused on music, but I already have plans for a few music history themed videos, both for other Nirvana songs and unrelated artists
Very well done dissection of the original song & all it's iterations & cultural relevance. Impressive. Also I had never connected the dots that you have about why that last performance was so crucial even though I've had most of the same information. Much appreciated. I was already a fan of Huddy Ledbetter's music. In the Pines is a chilling song.
So the narrator changed it up from the title of the video. He says "final RECORDED performance". th-cam.com/video/NSp8Zo7eMYc/w-d-xo.html This is the ACTUAL last song Nirvana ever performed, on March 1, 1994, in Munich, Germany.
Not final perormance.and not withdrawing during oerformance,if he was,couldn't play a note. You don't muscle through performance on withdrawl...just not possible,you don't know what withdraw is,or looks like methinks.but this was goodbye. And it felt like it.
Only a couple minutes in and already rife with inaccuracies: wasn't their last recorded performance, even their last recorded acoustic performance, he wasn't in withdrawal during the show, there were rehearsals (& tapes of them)... It wasn't even his best performance of "where did you sleep last night" (for that, listen to the soundboard recording from Le Zenith 2/14/94)
Very nice video.. IMHO Whole unplugged concert is a Kurt's story of his (personal/love) life.. First songs are AboutTheGirl, ComeAsYouAre, About discribing the person and relationship he would like to meet/have.. Then he is introducing himself in songs JesusDWMFaSunbeam.. and The ManWSTWorld.. he's saying he is not the perfect guy.. Dumb .. Polly.. i think he said something mentioning song RapeMe.. as these songs are the same ? OnAPlain, SomethingInTheWay.. something happend, something went wrong.. we know what, don't we? Plateau, OhMe, LakeOfFire.. thinking about death/suicide.. transcendention? AllApologies.. of course , he would like to apologize for what he is going to do.. to say sorry to everyone, everything is his fault.. And last song , perfectly described in video.. The first and the last song is about a girl of his life.. (and death?) .. In C.Castaneda's work ,the Warrior before he dies, dances his last dance in front of the eyes of his Death, and i think this was Kurt's last dance.. he knew and he was preparing his end for a long time.. all the songs on InUtero album are about it.. the last video HeartSBox as well.. the old Jesus on the cross is himself and the embryo giving him a vital energy his daughter.. he was planning all this for a long time and i would kick him in the ass if i am there, to wake him up... Anyway Thanx for this video
Not really even close to being Kurt's final show ffs. Totally ruins this entire video by giving unplugged some meaning and significance that it doesn't have, whilst totally missing the meaning and significance it DOES have.
I saw Nirvana play at the Great Western Forum. Where the kings and lakers and shit played. before the Staples Center. It was awesome. butthole surfers Bobcat Golthwairt and I don't remember the other band But it was badass
HHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH @ "Withdrawing " ...man , seriously ( a very light ) "get the f*** outta here !!! " . Any addict in here who will listen to that "I´ll guarantee you I´ll screw this song up " intro will tell you that is the voice of at least a good half a sixth coursing happily through one´s veins .Dude is loaded .
The rumor has it that Kurt was in bad shape hrs before the show and they sent someone to go find him Valium to get thru the show. They found the Valium but apparently Kurt found a fix and went on to perform one of the greatest shows MTV ever aired. The Dave issues were also true, he was hitting the kit way too hard and Kurt was extremely nervous over the whole thing. He was known to be a perfectionist especially when it came to the vision he had for his music.....I was fortunate enough to see Nirvana in Oct 1993 Aragon Ballroom and yes it was the show he did the rough and only live version of You Know You're Right... Kurt had so much more to give but I believe the people he surrounded himself with were the cause of his death just sucking the life out of him.
Song by Lead Belly VideosLyricsOther recordings My girl, my girl, don't lie to me Tell me, where did you sleep last night (come on and tell me, baby) In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine "I would shiver the whole night through" My girl, my girl, where will you go? I'm going where the cold wind blows (where's that, baby?) In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me Tell me, where did you sleep last night (come on and tell me something 'bout it) In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through (shiver for me now) What happend down there? My husband was a hard working man Killed a mile and a half from here (what happened to him?) His head was found in a driving wheel And his body ever never be found My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night (come on and tell me something 'bout it) In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through. No alteration in the lyrics, like you claim "I will shiver the whole night through" sung by him as well. - It's a cover of a song that Kurt Cobain liked alot. You are over interpreting. And reading way much into things.
Great video absolutely fantastic the only thing is I think a lot of us know by now he was actually murdered and maybe on some subconscious level he knew
Beautiful story, thank you. Have you already been imformed the death date is 5th, it's jsut his body ̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ was found on 8th? Not really important detail though
I found the Nirvana version of "Where did you sleep last night" at a karaoke bar one night. As one of my favorite songs ever done by Nirvana, I had to sing it. Afterwards I had an old woman come up to me and start telling me the history of the song, I had no clue it was song nearly as old as dinosaurs! What a beautiful song.
The Kurt Cobain version I sing at karaoke I am a musician and I can sound like Kurt when I sing so I always get shouted free beers after doing song's like this in a Kurt Cobain vocal
@@upsidedownguitarist6803 damn, wish I coulda got free beers!! The only thing I ever got was admiration and an American Idol champ certificate lol
What the narrator doesn't seem to understand is that "the pines" is an old term for coffins
Part V - In the Pines... in 1990 Mark Lanegan and Kurt Cobain enregistered In the Pines, and the last lyrics were "shiver night through".... so, there's a bit of speculation in here. Please confirm the winding sheet album in case of doubt.
You know, the reason he sighed like that is because someone's pager went off. They used to have the unedited version on youtube
Trust me, Kurt was not suffering from withdrawal during this performance. He was hours before the show, but he got what he needed. You can see it in his eyes, dude had more than a decent buzz that night.
Yeah man, his pupils are pretty pinned. If he was withdrawing as badly as stated there's no way he would have been able to go on stage.
The video states he was withdrawing DURING the rehearsals, which is the reason they couldn't rehearse as much as they wanted to. I never stated he was withdrawing during the performance itself. There is literally a line in the video stating that "[w]ithout heroin or a suitable replacement, he wouldn't have been able to get through the performance at all"
The question is whether he got heroin or Valium, as some of the people involved with the performance have said. No one is claiming he was sober.
@@SchizoPantheonI heard a MTV staff member was tasked with finding him a valium???????
@@chittyluv2651 the video didn't make it clear, it just said he was withdrawing. And yeah that article said MTV sent a runner out for Valium, but Kurt had his own runner bring him "something ".
U can hear it in his voice, he was feeling good for that couple hours😢
This is the best song Kurt Cobain has ever done and I’m happy others feel the same. His beautiful guitar that screams anger and sadness and his voice that screams desperation. This song has stuck with me ever since I’ve heard it.
Not his best song by a long shot
Nobody feels the same
sad face@@ssherrierable
Don't disrespect the dude saying his best song is a cover lol fuck outta here
People hate me when I say I love this song
This MTV unplugged was phenomenal,, the Meat Puppets were amazing, and the covers they chooae were implicitly genius. How could anyone not appreciate this performace?, even if one is not into Nirvana.
Thanks for reading I am old enough and live in the northwest so I got to see them a few times.
I agree, Unplugged was one of their best performances. Kurt was not sick during the show, can tell by looking at him that he got better before he came out on stage
Yeah I'm not sure what he was watching but disastrous was definitely something it was not
Absolutely amazing! There was always something spooky about Kurt and Nirvana's music, something haunted. You hit the nail on the head with everything in this video. You deserve more subs and more views.
You have a point with the word “haunted,” not in a overt way like gothic music but in a very real sort of haunted feeling that just sucks you into it; specifically the home demo of “You Know You’re Right” and any version of “Something In the Way”
I’m sorry but he completely missed the “nail on the head” bcuz everyone who followed Nirvana knows he was set up and killed ! Geez, do ur research people and stop spreading this huge lie.
Pines is an old term for coffins, think about that.
And to a heroin addict "black girl" would be associated with black, which is a term for heroin. The heroin addicts have all the code words, black, gold, Jesus, cross, death, dirt, gun, fly etc. It's all about heroin, the cover of In Utero is a needle 💉, the lyrics to alot of the songs such as the real In Bloom lyric "Sell TO kids for food", are about Heroin. Man in the Box by AIC is about heroin, Jesus Christ is the junkie, the box, like the one found next to Cobain when he died, is a dope kit, "he who tries will be wasted" means getting high. H songs are freaking everywhere. 'Quicksand Jesus' by Skid Row, and on and on.
Don't ever do junk, it's a destroyer of worlds.
I remember the first time I saw nirvana live on a bootleg of the Holland 1991 this was not just music something very unspoken was happening something haunting.
@@arcane6465 I agree 100%
God, does anyone else find this heartbreaking? Great video tho
This was the best first upload I’ve seen on TH-cam in years, maybe ever. I love the storytelling format and the creativity to come up with this idea/theory, also I found it because of your TH-cam short preview so just know that it works.
Thank you, that means a lot. I'm also happy to hear that there's people here from the short. I decided to make the short last minute on a whim and had no idea if it was going to draw anyone in
This video is fraught with inaccuracies, but clearly a heartfelt attempt by a genuine fan to analyze this amazing performance. ✌🏼
Can you share what they are?
Yeah dude can you share some the inaccuracies?
Lmao I’ll never understand people who cry and then give no reason as to why they’re crying.
it is criminal that only 200 something people viewed this, it probably is one of the best video essays ive seen in a while. keep up the good work man 👍
Thank you so much! That means a lot
It is criminal that the narrator thinks kurt killed himself...I always say this in 3's...El Douche, Allen Wrench, Courtney Love.
@@jonnyfavors7585 I know! I cringed at that. Otherwise a brilliant video essay.
Only 200 viewed it but millions claim they where there lol
Love had a hand in Kurt’s death.
I can't believe this video only has about 250 views. This was a great analysis and beautifully edited. It definitely helped me see the song in a different light. Way to go!
Brilliant documentary, i'm struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts right now but this type of videos give me strenght to endure, to overcome this sour ideas in my mind to stay alive and well, thank you for this ❤
Relatable. I hope you hang on and things get better.
H.O.P.E= hold on pain ends 😊
@@mulliganstew72That’s false! It doesn’t always end. We need to stop with toxic positivity.
@@lala4461 but it does.
😢 I'm struggling with suicidal ideation as well
There’s a moment at the end of the song when the music stops, he opens his eyes and exhales before finishing…and you really can see the pain he’s in in that split second. He’s emotional, but he’s not enjoying playing. Very sad and powerful. I always get goosebumps. Now i gotta listen to it again.
Great video, very thorough. I didn’t know all the backstory of the song.
Btw, if you watch the rehearsal, you can see Kurt is very high on Heroin. He’s mostly sobered up by the time the performance started. Not really high, but not in withdrawal either… just normal.
Layne from Alice In Chains is so SOOO high during their show… both slowly dying of addiction and high as hell, both of them gave one of the best albums ever. Nirvanas my favorite and unplugged might be my favorite album. Tied with incesticide.
Great video
You need to fact check. Nirvana rehearsed on the road while playing shows, there is a version of man who sold the world where kurt plays even better than mtv, that was done live on tour, they knew what they where doing. Kurt was having problems with herion but nothing a couple of vicadin won't curb for an hour to get by. Kurt also didn't arrange the set, a guy who had the vision kept asking kurt and kurt just didn't give a shit and kept saying yeah go for it, the only thing he really arranged was he chose that office chair over everything else that was offered lol
and also it wasn't the final Nirvana performance hahaha
They played where did you sleep last night years before that show too
Also, in alot of interviews with people who were close to him then they say he wasn't depressed and was actually happy and optimistic and his daughter changing his outlook on life and making an actual attempt to get sober. People love to romanticize the depressed and troubled artist cliché.
@@brandocalrissian3294 Amen.
Terribly created video, no research at all.
@stevensvideos5918 the band doesn't ever mention it. It wasn't a thing till a decade later
This is the most heart breaking view on this song I've heard. Its even sadder that it totally makes sense. May kurt rest in peace 🕊️❤
What a great job you have done with this video, one of the best i’ve seen on a Kurt’s performance
This deserves millions of views 🤟
Thank you so much, that means a lot!
hey man, nirvana historian here. Great video, but just a few little things I noticed. number 1 is that he was no longer suffering heroin withdrawal during performance. The MTV staff went out and scored oxycontin for him, and while they were out getting it, he scored some H himself. So he had plenty of opiates to prevent further withdrawal. But he WAS withdrawing earlier in the day. Also Nirvana's final release was actually, You Know You're Right, which wasn't OFFICIALLY released until 10 years after his passing, though it had been floating around in bootlegs for a while.
I also think it's kinda funny how kurt says "lead bellies estate wants to sell me lead bellies guitar for 500 thousand dollars" when the guitar he's holding would later sell for 6 million lol
loved the video bro!!
Hey, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
As for the withdrawal part, the video states he was withdrawing during the rehearsals, which is the reason they couldn't rehearse as much as they wanted to. There is a line in the video stating that "[w]ithout heroin or a suitable replacement, he wouldn't have been able to get through the performance at all"
The question is whether he got heroin or Valium, as some of the people involved with the performance have said. I definitely should have made that part a lot clearer in the video though
@@SchizoPantheon you're right man, you did say that. I commented before I realized. lmao. loved the video like your other ones too. keep it up bro
Wow, Dude. This was really good and definitely deserves way more views. I'd like to see more vids like this. It would be interesting to see a video about Alice in Chains doing unplugged and more specifically about the song Nutshell. I think because of where Layne was in life, the song became more haunting. That or a video about Johnny Cash performing at Folsom Prison and explore what it was about Cash that made his performance feel authentic compared to other people who attempted the same thing. Great Video!
So many opinions you stated as facts.... I agree about Courtney, she was the worst thing that could've ever happened to Kurt! But, Nirvana performed several more times after this! Several! I loved Kurts take on this song, I loved how the whole band pulled the performance together.
There are facts documented, for real that Kurt and MTV thought that maybe with the drum banging Dave acoustically he might not be able to keep his sound low enough...so 1 of the producers gave Dave a couple sets of specialized drum sticks. It made the difference.
Also, it was Kurts idea for those specific flowers and black candles but when the set director asked him what he meant he replied "not sure, just my vision" so she asked him "you mean like a funeral or something" and Kurt smiled and said "yea kinda like that!"
This performance that night showed the world who Kurt really was..what Nirvana was capable of. Heart and soul shined through the withdrawals, anxiety and nerves.
They~Nirvana made history that night and were finally given the respect they'd always struggled for.
Acceptance..
RIP Kurt ✌❤
He said last "recorded performance"?
Am I missing something?
He also states that Cobain killed himself. Which is dubious.
Its also pretty dubious to put any faith in the homocide conspiracies, as there have been numerous re-investigations by Seattle police, each time coming to the same conclusion, that it was in fact a suicide @@ohwellwhateverr
@@srldwgNo, there was an entire leg of a European tour recorded after this. His final performance was actually in Munich in March 1994, of which there is a fair amount of recorded footage online.
This is not at all the final recorded performance, this was recorded in November 1993 and there are recordings of performances from 1994 even on youtube
Yes, but those are recorded by audience members. This is the last performance that was intended to be recorded rather than being recorded by random people in the crowd.
@@SchizoPantheon nice video, love the work you put into it. but im sure there were later official recordings of performances. like the Tunnel, Rome, italy in 1994. this was not recorded by audience members and was intended to be recorded for TV, and believed to be their last TV appearance.
@@X0XChevyX0X After looking more into it, you're right, there are a few official performance recordings after this, so I was wrong about that aspect of the video. The song analysis and the history of the song still stands though
@@SchizoPantheon for sure, and great analysis. you did a great job on it. never seen anything like it from that perspective.
@@X0XChevyX0X I'm glad you enjoyed it despite the small error, thanks for checking it out!
It's been really interesting to see a comparison of original versions with the Kurt's perspective but the whole "Courtney is a bitch, the guy couldn't have set up his suicide any better" comes off as really exploitative. Great analysis but it struggles to find a single main theme
Kurt made this song his own. Haunting and beautiful, gives me chills. I miss him so much 😢
He didn’t kill himself 😑
Conspiracy!
Lost me at “kurt cobain’s final recorded performance” 😂 cmon man
No one gonna mention how ridiculous it is to call this his 'final performance'? Live and Loud was filmed after this ffs. His last performance was over 3 *months* later.
Thank you
While true, why are you unnecessarily mad? 🤔
I’m so thankful that I got to see them play October 18 1993 here in Phoenix, it was awesome and me and my friends snuck in. I was 14 and it’s an awesome memory 👍
Kurt Cobain's final performance was in March 1994
Kurt was not in withdrawal that is plain to see and I do not believe that he went out by his own hand and I pray that someday those responsible will come to light.
RIP Kurt
I am with you on both. I've gone through heroin withdrawal and you aren't going to look like that, sound like that or even be up there that long without throwing up or soiling your pants. I think Courtney had him killed.
Consider these significances in light of Courtney having him offed.
My point exactly
This was one if not the best video essay I've seen and perfectly summed up Kurt Cobain's best performance
I’ve always thought that the last song they performed had some hints to infidelity on Courtney’s part I just never found a way to form it. You nailed it. Great history checks and bringing it back to the present. Thank you. You did a great job.
I was 17 yrs old watching MTV nirvana unplugged, it was a great performance but the final closing act of song was a masterpiece, that was my favorite of all.
There is so much evidence that points to somebody. Killing him, not him killing himself.
It must be acknowledged and I hate how this guy went ahead and played a sheeple because that’s all it is when people don’t “ go there” as an extremely strong probability
man that was a very very good video. it sucks im the 1st comment. bc you deserved more for that work. I hope the rest of ur content is built as well as this one. Kurt fan or not this was an excellent coverage piece. I think he would liked you for a friend. Props frm New Orleans
Thank you so much for watching the video and for this kind comment. This is my first video on here, so I'm happy to see people like it. I will be making more similar content soon; not necessarily biographical or with a focus on music, but in a similar style. Hope you check out and enjoy those as well :)
I always knew the depth about the song and performance but seeing someone layout all the pieces like this in a video is something else. Thank you.
Why did this story about 'The longest train i ever saw.' starts with false information? And is obviously a personal opinion on why Kurt covered this song. This makes me angry acctually ... Kurt did not commit suicide, he acctually was murderded !!! His, so called suicide letter, was a farewell to Nirvana. To quit the band, not his life !!! Dave Grohl once said on stage something like ( i can't formally citate it ); "We are legaly not aloud to speak about it, but this bitch better stays away. And in our hearts we all know the truth ... " And then they started playing with an emotion i still can't find a word for. But this reference to Kurt' so called suicide, the whole time is full of crap. Probably written by a 'team Courtney' member. It makes me sick.
A fun, and acctually true, story about the moment Foo Fighters came on stage; There were two 13y old boys standing at the first line. Ready to goooooo ... and i tought to myself; "This is not gonna go well for them the moment they play their first note." So i gathered a few people and made them aware of the two boys. Within 30sec everyone gathered around them and Foo Fighters started to play at that exact moment. They were safe and had their own private dancefloor to go toooooooootally wild ❤ I cried, happy tears and sad tears, during the whole performance with the tought; Never had or will i ever be so close to Nirvana. Because Dave Grohl stood 5m in front of me. ❤
If not physically,than psychologically she has killed him !
Both sadly.
For a while i was never really a fan of live albums/songs (i have no idea why), but this Unplugged album easily became not only one of my favourite live albums, but ALBUMS ever - for the same reasons mentioned in this video; I think the track list is perfectly selected, and the performance is phenomenal.
You did an incredible job with this. This song hit hard already, but now my ears hear it in an even darker way. It’s not often I get goosebumps, but this performance does it every time
Kurt died april 5th, not april 8th.
Only unplugged that matched Nirvana was Alice In Chains
This is truely an amazing mini-doc. You made this perfectly. I hadn't connected the meaning of the song to real life. This is awesome.
Absolutely priceless!!!! Thank you!!
Wow, this Is far beyond amazing, It would be nice to check out Alice In Chains unplugged the same way
That was hands down the best unplugged performance from beginning to end.
And I'll tell you what a 100%. Sound way better than a 50%. She was jealous, he was leaving her for her basses from hole
This was not his last show dude why put so much into a cool story without looking up the info I watched this live on mtv Nirvana did a full European tour after this show
amazing video and i’m not the type to comment but wow amazing editing job and amazing analysis and i loved every second. thank you. ❤ Rest in Peace, Kurt. your name will never die.
this was such a tragic and chilling story and you did a phenomenal job at telling it from the script to the editing of the video
How does this only have 2k views? This is incredibly edited and spoken, so interesting. Thankyou.
Wasn't the last song ever recorded by nirvana "you know you're right"???
Key word: performance
I researched the same things before I stumbled upon your video and thank you
Kurt didn’t kill himself.
This stage in MTV is always the same.This has been the best unplugged forever!!!
Alice in chains was the best in my opinion with this one at second.
While I like the musical history parts of this video, I do not think the other topics should be sensationalized & glorified in this manner. Kurt suffered tremendously from mental health issues, and the way his death was handled from a PR standpoint (especially by Courtney Love) was very twisted and resulted in a lot of hearsay and people reaching for some sort of deeper meaning. Kurt became this sort of tragic figure and champion of the "suicidal artistic temperament," which further romanticized serious mental health issues (and even caused young fans of Kurt to commit suicide and name him in their notes) rather than help raise awareness about their importance.
Where does the info come from that Kurt was in withdrawal in this performance? I find that VERY hard to believe.
WDYSLN was shot at Courtney. Perfectly crafted in heartache and sadness. Thank you KC for sharing your gift with us. You are greatly missed. 💙
It was not their final performance or their final recorded performance.
I Enjoyed the video and managed to learn something from it but im must say Kurt is in no way suffering from heroin withdrawl, in fact he's high as anyone could be. Neverthless, nice video and it earned my subscription.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
As far as the withdrawal part goes, the video states he was withdrawing during the rehearsals, which is the reason they couldn't rehearse as much as they wanted to. I never stated he was withdrawing during the performance itself. There is a line in the video stating that "[w]ithout heroin or a suitable replacement, he wouldn't have been able to get through the performance at all"
The question is whether he got heroin or Valium, as some of the people involved with the performance have said. No one is claiming he was sober. But I definitely could have made that a lot clearer in the video.
Only song known by most of us was bowies at the time.
The book written , " who killed Kurt Cobain " tells a few little stories , like the toxicology reports etc. More than three times over the lethal dose of heroin whereas he wouldn't have been able to pick up the gun nevermind pull the trigger, and that was no pun intended with nevermind . My idol as a kid and still to this day in my forties.
I did a book report on that book in the 8th grade ('01). Since reading it, I've been convinced that Courtney set it up in some way.
1) a month before his death "Courtney found Cobain lying on the floor by the bed unconscious and unresponsive, after swallowing an amount of 50 sleeping pills. Kurt was rushed to the hospital" why call an ambulance if you plan to kill him a month later in an elaborate plan involving multiple people?
2) if you've injected him with a lethal dose why shoot him? why make it more complicated. From his journal ".....narcoleptic, neurotic, little pissant who at any minute is going to O.D. jump off a roof wig out blow my head off or all 3 at once" So there we have him talking about O.Ding and blowing his head off at the same time. I would suggest because the Rome suicide attempt failed, he therefore injected himself with heroin then shot himself in the head to make sure. That makes sense, however if you're murdering him you either shoot him in the head or inject him with a lethal dose of heroin, again, you don't go to the trouble to do both - that makes no sense.
3) "wouldn't have been able to pick up the gun nevermind pull the trigger" then you would need two people. One to prop him up after the injection and one to put the barrel in his mouth and fire as he was in the middle of the room and not against a wall, etc. This is a ridiculous scenario.
Grant and company will always tell you that he COULDN'T have killed himself but they never lay out how they theorise his murder was practically accomplished.
1:20 “the performance is going to be a disaster”. What?! This show is widely regarded as one of the best acoustic rock performances. I dont know a single nirvana fan who dislikes this.
You braindead people need to start watching more than the intro of a video before commenting
I always read it as a slaver whose slave girl escaped.
Interesting take, what makes you interpret it that way?
@@SchizoPantheon “black girl, black girl, don’t you lie to me. Tell me where did you sleep last night? In the pines?” Makes me think she was running away and hiding in the woods.
@@andrewwabik5125 That's interesting, I haven't heard that one before. It makes sense though, I can definitely see it being intentional
Gosh, he used to be so so so handsome, beautiful and TALENTED!!!! 😢 I fell immediately in love with him back then and I still do feel the same.
He was in withdrawal but he scored right before, got a taste , then preformed beautifuly!!
Yeah, as a former heroin addict myself you can clearly see he's not in withdrawal. He would be looking like death if he was.
this video is just wow.
I missed this feeling dude, youtube is trash nowdays and seeing something so different is like the old days of youtube, thank you
Thank you so much, man, that means a lot
A band led by Bill Chase, first album, first track was titled Open Up Wide.
Bill died in a plane crash.
The last track on his last album was titled Close Down Tight.
R.I.P. Kurt Cobain , you are dearly missed ❤✌🏽
What a wonderful video! I literally have no enough words to express how amazing this mini documentary is! This needs to be seen by any music lover ever, and i also can't wait to see your next videos. I'm sure other Nirvana songs would be great topics for videos as well! Hope you keep making em. Amazing work really
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm definitely going to keep making videos. They aren't all going to be focused on music, but I already have plans for a few music history themed videos, both for other Nirvana songs and unrelated artists
Very well done dissection of the original song & all it's iterations & cultural relevance. Impressive.
Also I had never connected the dots that you have about why that last performance was so crucial even though I've had most of the same information.
Much appreciated. I was already a fan of Huddy Ledbetter's music.
In the Pines is a chilling song.
Nirvana's Unplugged episode was exceptional and Kurt was murdered.
Just came from your short. What an awesome video. I love how historical and rich this is. Keep it up!
Thanks for checking it out! I'm glad you enjoyed it
So the narrator changed it up from the title of the video. He says "final RECORDED performance".
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This is the ACTUAL last song Nirvana ever performed, on March 1, 1994, in Munich, Germany.
Not final perormance.and not withdrawing during oerformance,if he was,couldn't play a note. You don't muscle through performance on withdrawl...just not possible,you don't know what withdraw is,or looks like methinks.but this was goodbye. And it felt like it.
Only a couple minutes in and already rife with inaccuracies: wasn't their last recorded performance, even their last recorded acoustic performance, he wasn't in withdrawal during the show, there were rehearsals (& tapes of them)... It wasn't even his best performance of "where did you sleep last night" (for that, listen to the soundboard recording from Le Zenith 2/14/94)
Very nice video..
IMHO
Whole unplugged concert is a Kurt's story of his (personal/love) life..
First songs are AboutTheGirl, ComeAsYouAre,
About discribing the person and relationship he would like to meet/have..
Then he is introducing himself in songs JesusDWMFaSunbeam.. and The ManWSTWorld.. he's saying he is not the perfect guy.. Dumb ..
Polly.. i think he said something mentioning song RapeMe.. as these songs are the same ?
OnAPlain, SomethingInTheWay.. something happend, something went wrong.. we know what, don't we?
Plateau, OhMe, LakeOfFire.. thinking about death/suicide.. transcendention?
AllApologies.. of course , he would like to apologize for what he is going to do.. to say sorry to everyone, everything is his fault..
And last song , perfectly described in video..
The first and the last song is about a girl of his life.. (and death?) ..
In C.Castaneda's work ,the Warrior before he dies, dances his last dance in front of the eyes of his Death, and i think this was Kurt's last dance.. he knew and he was preparing his end for a long time.. all the songs on InUtero album are about it.. the last video HeartSBox as well.. the old Jesus on the cross is himself and the embryo giving him a vital energy his daughter.. he was planning all this for a long time and i would kick him in the ass if i am there, to wake him up...
Anyway
Thanx for this video
Not really even close to being Kurt's final show ffs. Totally ruins this entire video by giving unplugged some meaning and significance that it doesn't have, whilst totally missing the meaning and significance it DOES have.
I saw Nirvana play at the Great Western Forum. Where the kings and lakers and shit played.
before the Staples Center.
It was awesome.
butthole surfers
Bobcat Golthwairt
and I don't remember the other band But it was badass
Ur half right. He was going thru heroin withdrawal until he finally scored right before the show.
great video.
Thank you!
This would work if they didnt play the song for 4/5 years
Never thought of it like this. Woah
HHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH @ "Withdrawing " ...man , seriously ( a very light ) "get the f*** outta here !!! " .
Any addict in here who will listen to that "I´ll guarantee you I´ll screw this song up " intro will tell you that is the voice of at least a good half a sixth coursing happily through one´s veins .Dude is loaded .
The rumor has it that Kurt was in bad shape hrs before the show and they sent someone to go find him Valium to get thru the show. They found the Valium but apparently Kurt found a fix and went on to perform one of the greatest shows MTV ever aired. The Dave issues were also true, he was hitting the kit way too hard and Kurt was extremely nervous over the whole thing. He was known to be a perfectionist especially when it came to the vision he had for his music.....I was fortunate enough to see Nirvana in Oct 1993 Aragon Ballroom and yes it was the show he did the rough and only live version of You Know You're Right... Kurt had so much more to give but I believe the people he surrounded himself with were the cause of his death just sucking the life out of him.
You know if suboxone existed back then we might still have Kurt. Methadone sucks, I dunno what they gave him to help
He wasn’t withdrawling fam... Little bit before he went on he received a heroin and KFC delivery lol
Right after Kurt died, they played live in New York on a loop on MTV for months
Great video!! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done!
this gonna blow up
Not their final show by a few months. It's an amazing show though.
Rome was no suicide attempt and Kurt most certainly was murdered.
Song by Lead Belly
VideosLyricsOther recordings
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me, where did you sleep last night (come on and tell me, baby)
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
"I would shiver the whole night through"
My girl, my girl, where will you go?
I'm going where the cold wind blows (where's that, baby?)
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me
Tell me, where did you sleep last night (come on and tell me something 'bout it)
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through (shiver for me now)
What happend down there?
My husband was a hard working man
Killed a mile and a half from here (what happened to him?)
His head was found in a driving wheel
And his body ever never be found
My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night (come on and tell me something 'bout it)
In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through.
No alteration in the lyrics, like you claim "I will shiver the whole night through" sung by him as well. - It's a cover of a song that Kurt Cobain liked alot. You are over interpreting. And reading way much into things.
i did not know it was so deep and that it went so far back
Great video absolutely fantastic the only thing is I think a lot of us know by now he was actually murdered and maybe on some subconscious level he knew
I love this video so much
Courtney killed him, we all know.
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My roommates and I watched this live. It was incredible and almost everyone i knew bought the CD
It would be interesting to examine Nirvana's last concert in Munich, Germany (March 1, 1994). That included covers of Cars songs.
Beautiful story, thank you. Have you already been imformed the death date is 5th, it's jsut his body ̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ was found on 8th? Not really important detail though
Yeah, I realized after uploading. It didn't seem like an important enough detail to remake and reupload the video over though
fan fiction from someone who doesn’t know a thing.