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Nirvana: Unplugged In New York DVD
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
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DVD Information
While the album of the same name made its first appearance in 1994, and went on to become Nirvana's second best selling CD of all time, nearly 15 years have passed since that memorable initial broadcast. Now, fans will finally get the chance to see the release of the entire, unedited performance...with neverbefore- seen footage...on DVD...and in Dolby Stereo and 5.1 Surround sound. Mixed in surround sound by legendary surround mixing engineer Elliot Scheiner, this DVD allows fans to experience this performance like never before, completely unedited including the two songs not originally broadcasted ("Something In The Way" and "Oh Me" ), and with the best sound ever available (to anyone not in the studio for the original taping.) For the purists, also included on this DVD is the original 44 min broadcast version of the show, plus never-before-seen REHEARSAL performances. As an extra bonus to the DVD, a 14-minute interview segment called Bare Witness produced by MTV focuses on the recollections of those who experienced this magical moment in music history, those who produced it and interviews with the band from the day of the taping.
It is widely considered by critics to be one of their most memorable live performances.
Six of the fourteen songs are covers, showcasing the band’s diverse tastes in music, featuring covers of songs by The Vaselines, David Bowie and The Meat Puppets, and of Leadbelly's folk standard, "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." The album opened at #1 on the Billboard 200. It was also the first Nirvana album to feature touring guitarist Pat Smear. Of Nirvana's live albums, this is the most successful (selling millions of copies). MTV Unplugged In New York is the most successful post-Cobain Nirvana release, selling 5,000,000 copies in America by 1997.
MTV Unplugged in New York includes two songs which were not aired on the original television broadcast of the concert: "Something in the Way" and "Oh, Me". Both the album and the broadcast omit a short jam of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s "Sweet Home Alabama", and instrumental jams of "Sliver," "Negative Creep", "In Bloom", and "Scentless Apprentice".
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Track listing
1. About a Girl - Video
2. Come as You Are - Video
3. Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam
4. The Man Who Sold the World - Video
5. Pennyroyal Tea
6. Dumb - Video
7. Polly - Video - Lyrics
8. On a Plain
9. Something in the Way - Video - Lyrics
10. Plateau - Video
11. Oh Me
12. Lake of Fire
13. All Apologies - Video
14. Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Video
Editorial Reviews
Includes
"EXTRAS: BARE WITNESS Interviews from the band and the lucky ones who were there. Also included: THE REHEARSALS "
Nirvana MTV Unplugged Videos
Watch Nirvana Polly Live Videonirvana playing polly in live love kurt.......nirvana live kurt cobain polly
Watch Nirvana Something in the way (Mtv Unplugged) Live Videonirvana playing Something in the way (Mtv Unplugged) Live.......
Watch Nirvana - Man Who Sold The World (Mtv Unplugged) Live Videonirvana playing Man Who Sold The World (Mtv Unplugged) Live.......
Watch Nirvana-About a girl-MTV unpluggednirvana playing About a girl(Mtv Unplugged) Live 1993 November.......
Watch Nirvana Unplugged - All Apologies MTV Videonirvana playing All Apologies(Mtv Unplugged) Live 1993 November.......
Watch Nirvana Unplugged - Dumb MTV Videonirvana playing Dumb(Mtv Unplugged) Live 1993 November.......
Watch Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Live - Unpluggednirvana playing Where Did You Sleep Last Night(Mtv Unplugged) Live 1993 November.......
Watch Nirvana - Come As You Are Live MTV Video Unpluggednirvana playing Come As You Are Live (Mtv Unplugged) Live 1993 November.......
Watch Nirvana (Plateau) MTV Unplugged Video with Meat puppetsnirvana playing Plateau Live (Mtv Unplugged) with Meat puppets Live 1993 November.......
Watch Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea (Unplugged In New York)nirvana playing Pennyroyal Tea Live (Mtv Unplugged) by himself Live 1993 November.......
Watch Nirvana - Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam (Unplugged In New York)nirvana playing Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam Live (Mtv Unplugged) Live 1993 November...
Lyrics
Polly Lyrics - www.sing365.com
Something In The Way Lyrics - www.sing365.com
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Book
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York: Transcribed Scores (Paperback)"This exceptional songbook in our Transcribed Scores series features note-for-note transcriptions for every instrument played and lyric sung on the 14 songs from Nirvana's famous MTV appearance. Includes: About a Girl * All Apologies * Come as You Are * Dumb * Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam * Lake of Fire * The Man Who Sold the World * Oh Me * On a Plain * Penny Royal Tea * Plateau * (New Wave) Polly * Something in the Way * Where Did You Sleep Last Night...."
Labels: NIRVANA DVDS
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5 Comments:
WHY SO LONG???
Why did we have to wait so long for what was the best MTV unplugged, that there ever was or will be.
About F*ckin' Time!!!
It is about F*ckin' time they release this legendary concert to dvd, or even to have it officially released period. I Will def. be picking this dvd up on it's release date. I will forever be a fan of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. PS. no more ppl forking out $50 or more for a crappy bootleg, this is OFFICIAL BABY! WHOOHOO! (Below is the offical Press release)
LOS ANGELES, October 23, 2007 - Nearly 14 years to the day of the filming of Nirvana's landmark "MTV Unplugged" performance, that raw, revealing and emotionally gripping acoustic concert previously seen only on television will be available for the first time on DVD. Unplugged In New York (Geffen/MTV Networks/UMe) will be released on November 20, 2007 and will feature the complete, unedited 66-minute concert including "Something In The Way" and "Oh Me" not aired during the original 44-minute broadcast. Unplugged In New York also includes five previously unreleased rehearsal performances and MTV News interviews with the band and audience members.
Filmed November 18, 1993 at Sony Music Studios, the show first aired on MTV on December 14, 1993; just four months before the untimely passing of Kurt Cobain. Unplugged In New York DVD is now presented in both Dolby Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound and includes both the shorter original broadcast version, and Nirvana's entire unedited performance. When released on CD in November 1994, MTV Unplugged In New York debuted #1, won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 1996 and was quickly certified five times platinum.
Favoring a selection of carefully chosen tracks over the band's hits, Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl perform acoustic versions of Nirvana's "About A Girl," "Come As You Are," "Pennyroyal Tea," "Dumb," "Polly," "On A Plain," "Something In The Way" and "All Apologies." Six other songs are covers that mined Nirvana's musical diversity and depth, from David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World" and The Vaselines' version of "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam" to the trad folk "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" associated with Leadbelly and the Meat Puppets' "Plateau," "Oh, Me" and "Lake Of Fire." Meat Puppets singer-guitarist Curt Kirkwood and bassist brother Cris Kirkwood perform with Nirvana on those tracks. Also seen and heard throughout are Nirvana's touring guitarist Pat Smear, an original Germs member and the original and now recurrent guitarist of The Foo Fighters.
The DVD adds the MTV News "Bare Witness" feature of interviews with the band, the MTV production staff, and fans in the audience, plus the rehearsal footage for "Come As You Are," "Polly," "Plateau," "Pennyroyal Tea" and "The Man Who Sold The World."
COMPLETE SHOW (UNEDITED):
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?
MTV NEWS - BARE WITNESS:
Documentary
THE REHEARSALS:
Come As You Are
Polly
Plateau
Pennyroyal Tea
The Man Who Sold The World
The pinnacle MTV Unplugged Performance - FINALLY!
This performance cemented Nirvana's reputation as being more than just a band of the moment, it elevated Kurt Cobain to the pantheon of great musician/songwriters and convinced any naysayers that he truly was THE artist of his generation. Songs from Nevermind and In Utero like "All Apologies" and "Something In The Way," stripped to their skeletal parts, revealed facets previously unnoticed, and a depth the studio versions failed to capture. Nirvana's Unplugged performance became the measuring stick against all other Unplugged performances, and nothing held a candle to it. It has become a moment in time for a generation, and it was no wonder that MTV replayed the performance ad infinitum when Kurt was found dead in his home several months later. It also happens to be the one performance that bears repeat viewing, which owes much to the careful orchestration of the set and song choices by Nirvana. From the start with a "ABOUT A GIRL" a song from the first Nirvana album, which Kurt states 'no one really knows this song,' to the cathartic final performance of "WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT" culminating in a primal scream, which still gives me chills when I see it.
I can't wait to see this again, and again...
All in all, it's all they were
In grunge Pearl Jam had 10, the Stone Temple Pilots had Core, Soundgarden had Superunknown and Nirvana had the classic Nevermind. On 18th November 1993 they recorded an Unplugged video for MTV which became, to my ears anyway, their best - and last – album in 1994.
It was just an acoustic concert showcasing some of singer Kurt Cobain's finest downbeat songs and a couple of downbeat covers. What of course made it so poignant was Cobain's apparent suicide 5 months later at 27 years old – MTV (when it used to play music) reflecting the trauma for a generation of kids ran the video every day for months … years! That generation has moved on and succeeding generations are as little moved by Nirvana as by the Beatles, so fast is fashion. It was a very relaxed professional set and showed an unknown side of the band to the world; highlights include About A Girl, Come As You Are, the sublime On A Plain, and of course the gravely enigmatic All Apologies – which became their unwitting epitaph. I wonder how Smells Like Teen Spirit would've sounded? Drummer Grohl moved on afterwards and surprised us all with the consistent success of the Foo Fighters, while bassist Novoselic went into rather desultory but well meaning politics.
Not everyone's cup of Pennyroyal tea of course, to me this excellent show sums up a musical era and I still watch/listen to it regularly.
The best Unplugged ever!!!!
All I can say is "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!" Thank God this is finally available on DVD. I have been waiting since the first time I saw it on Unplugged. Words can not describe how great this performace is. Everytime I listen to the CD I realize how much we lost when Kurt died.
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