Living close to Seattle gave me a lot of grunge rock appreciation, especially Kurt Cobain love, since local radio played Nirvana daily.
The band originated in 1987 out of Aberdeen, Washington, and ended with the death of Cobain in 1994.
The last studio album In Utero was released in 1993 and was said to be the best Nirvana album made.
I've been listening to a lot of the 1993 MTV Unplugged album, which include many of their best tracks, in my opinion.
Strangely enough, two of my favorites, "Lake Of Fire," and "Plateau" are originally written by the Meat Puppets, and they SUCK. I listened to their versions, and I thought it was a joke. Click here and you'll see and hear what I'm talking about.
Although Cobain was a big fan of that band, these songs were only performed by Nirvana once for the live MTV Unplugged Album.
If Cobain were alive he should be thanked for re-making those songs.
They made the Meat Puppets' songs into hits and traditional folk songs into appreciated musical art. Since their debut, Nirvana has sold more than 60 million albums.
The song playing in this video is "Lake Of Fire." I could seriously listen to it over and over; the video is cool too.
On another note, apparently, Cobain's widow Courtney Love said she was asked to be a judge on American Idol. That's funny! Check out this article. Replacing Paula??
Who would be better than Courtney Love to replace Paula Abdul?? Let me know.
7 comments:
I would like to see Paul Walker because he is hot and I just want to look at him.
I would like to see Julia Robert jk jk...I would really like to see Mariah Carey. Woo woo.
Spiderman.
This kid named Russ that I know from way back when...he was a funny kid.
wow, you have some great candidates here, but really...what would American Idol be without the cocky a-hole-ness of Simon, the flirtatious, sensitive, I cry all of the time Paula, and ... well Dawg, I don't even know how to tag Randy, Dawg. It just wouldn't be the same...
Nirvana is definately the founder of the grunge rock genre that evolved in the early 90's. With the exception of those lame boy bands (98 degrees, N Sync ect.), the 90's music was and still is epic.
The unplugged cd is their greatest release, but as Jill indicated the better songs weren't even their own. Nirvana is still a very influencial music band even today. Who knows? Would Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots or Alice in Chains be as popular as they were if it was not for "Smells Like Teen Spirit", which catapulted Nirvana onto the popular culture grid of the 90's.
I love Nirvana! And I totally agree that their acoustical cd being so good. It's one of those cd's that takes you back to the time in your life when it came out (for me anyways - did I just age myself hello??)because the songs were that powerful. Although a lot of things that surround Nirvana were dark - their music inspired many to go to a happy place!
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