- #NIRVANA MTV UNPLUGGED VHS PREMERE INTERNET ARCHIVE PROFESSIONAL#
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#NIRVANA MTV UNPLUGGED VHS PREMERE INTERNET ARCHIVE PROFESSIONAL#
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. 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 just an acoustic concert showcasing some of singer Kurt Cobain's finest downbeat songs and a couple of downbeat covers. 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’s another one of those can’t be found online situations, but the audio should do just fine.In grunge Pearl Jam had 10, the Stone Temple Pilots had Core, Soundgarden had Superunknown and Nirvana had the classic Nevermind. Needless to say, we’d be remiss if we didn’t give it a shoutout. Blige during “Can’t Knock The Hustle” and Pharrell for “I Just Wanna Love You (Give It 2 Me).” Unfortunately, footage seems to have disappeared from the internet, but you can listen to the 13-song set on Spotify.Įric Clapton’s performance, later also released as an album, earned him six Grammy nominations back in ‘92 (he won for Album Of The Year, Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, and Best Rock Song for “Layla”). Jay Z upped the ante on his set, with backup from The Roots and surprise appearances from Mary J. Yes, rappers participated in MTV Unplugged, also. Welch's voice is twenty times more enchanting on stage than it is from behind an album. Have you ever seen Florence and the Machine live? You need to see Florence and the Machine live. This subdued iteration of the piercing breakup ballad still manages to cut deep.įlorence and the Machine, "Never Let Me Go" She does Michael proud with her breathy cover of The Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There.” Speaking of artists whose vocal ability is often shrouded by their antics, Mariah Carey’s ’92 set gives us the singer at her prime. Every now and then, though, she hits us with a stunning, raw performance, which helps to remind us that she’ll always be relevant in the music space. People often forget that underneath all of Miley Cyrus’ quirk is a girl with a damn good voice. Miley Cyrus, "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" It's up for debate whose is better, but we can’t deny the power of that falsetto. Now a love song for the ages, Maxwell first debuted his version of Kate Bush’s “This Woman’s Work” on stage back in ‘97.
Later released as an Unplugged album, it won the singer a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album. Staying true to her roots, she played her entire set in Spanish.
Shakira got on stage with MTV before Laundry Service came out, the album that launched her into U.S. Nirvana’s aching rendition of David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold The World” is perfect evidence of that. We know they can sing their own songs on key and well, but can they sing someone else’s with the same proficiency? The answer is almost always yes. The format of the Unplugged sets lent themselves well to covers, which tended to be the most stand-out songs from an artist’s session. If there's ever any doubt that she has the range, this performance of “I Gotta Find Peace Of Mind” will confirm that and more. Though, at the time, many were upset that she chose to veer from her Miseducation tracks and go down a more political-folk route, today, it holds up as an understated classic. The performance is impossibly vulnerable and showcases Hill’s incredible singing skills, revealing why people still flock to her concerts today, despite her constant tardiness. Lauryn Hill’s MTV Unplugged performance is the (unofficial) second solo album we received from the artist. Lauryn Hill, "I Gotta Find Peace Of Mind" Let’s bring it back to the days when MTV actually lived up to its Music Television title, shall we? Here, then, are our 10 favorite Unplugged performances of the past. While it was announced in April that the show was getting a reboot, almost a year later, we still don’t have any new ones, but we do have some longstanding favorites to reminisce with until that time finally comes. The performances were honest, pure, and live-meaning, there was no room for screw ups.
#NIRVANA MTV UNPLUGGED VHS PREMERE INTERNET ARCHIVE SERIES#
The series started in 1989 and showcased artist’s talent and singing abilities in a stripped-down, unsynthesized format. Before we had NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts or even BBC’s Live Lounge performances, we had MTV Unplugged.