I really liked it and I think that's my fav Nirvana album but mind you, most of the songs aren't theirs and Leadbelly kicks arse when sings "Where did you sleep last night" compared to Kurt. There's just no comparison!
Pearl Jam's MTV Unplugged is an amazing amazing concert....
However, Nirvana's MTV Unplugged is a piece of legendary music history. They way they arranged their songs and used new instruments to completely transform their sound was incredible. I'm not a big Nirvana supporter at all but even if you hate them, you have to appreciate the Nirvana Unplugged show as one of the greatest music television episodes of all time.
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I can't argue with the relevance of Nirvana Unplugged when it comes to the bigger picture of music.... But they were never the best at what they did then... or even looking back now... I get why they are always revered as pioneers even though they weren't the first "grunge" band but the first to really to force it down your throat... That said... Musically... The Alice in Chains unplugged was light years better than what Nirvana did... I mean it isn't even close... It might not be as "relevant" but it damn sure kicked serious ass...
Nirvana Unplugged was the death of grunge
AIC was the funeral
PJ to me never really did the unplugged thing the best. It didn't really fit their style then, and even now it's not really their strength.
I don't know about PJ not nailing their show. All I know is that their show grabbed me by the cajones big time and by the time I saw Nirvana and Alice I wasn't as impressed but what do you expect on a PJ website.
Greatest mtv unplugged shows:
PJ
Nirvana
Eric clapton
Rod stewart (Had a great setlist, and nice covers)
Neil Young
For the PJ vs Nirvana debate: I picked PJ's because that is the show that I first heard pearl jam and fell in love with their music. Every song was great. As a little kid about 10 or 11, those songs just had me in awe- Especially "Black" and "Alive" can never forget that we belong together tag. Then the surfing the the stool during porch. Just an incredible show. I'm embarressed to admit, that that show introduced me to rocking in the free world- they did a great job with it and still do.
Nirvana- really liked that they branched out, and tried something different. though 6-7 songs are covers, they were done really well. Again, covers are good for exposing people to other artists. I really would have liked them to have played more of their own material. Not necessarily "Smells like teen spirit", but some more bleach and incesticide tunes would have been cool. Still a great show though.
AIC was amazing and their songs worked really well acoustic, sound just as eerie as they do electric.
AIC unplugged is what got me into Alice.....nutshell from that is amazing, and in all honesty i prefer the unplugged version of sludge factory rather then the album.....the ahhhh ahhh ahhh vocals on the album are a little weird compared to the live performance.
Who gives a fuck about that "so and so had the best unplugged"! They were all good!! AIC is my fav! I remember seeing it for the first time and being blown away by Laynes voice. Such power from such a frail man! Kurt sounded amazing too, I always liked his style and will always have love for him. And baby face Ed just melts your heart and fills your ears with awesomeness! When he got up on his chair and started writing pro-choice on his arm was one of the moments that made me fall in love with PJ! Ed's fuck you I'm going to speak my mind whether you, MTV or the president likes it or not was one of the many reasons I fell so head over heels for this band...and it's also why I think their unplugged kicked so much ass!
When he got up on his chair and started writing pro-choice on his arm was one of the moments that made me fall in love with PJ! !
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I am not a huge Nirvana fan but their unplugged performance of Where Did You Sleep Last Night is absolutely incredible. Kurt Cobain left it all on the stage for that performance.
PJ's unplugged performance of Porch isn't bad either.
Yeah, Porch was cool, but the rest of the Unplugged show was much like a regular PJ show, as was noted before in this thread. Never saw AIC's set. Nirvana's set was flat-out legendary, start to finish. Loved that they didn't play "just the hits" A few of them sure, but then some stuff right out of left field.
For acoustic PJ, I'll go with BSB 1992 (Daughter premier/Patriot/Angel), 1994 (Walking the Cow/YL when it was still kinda rare/Let Me Sleep/Wash), and 1996 (Slow Corduroy/No Code goodness/wish they sounded like this all the time). Boston III preset had an awesome song selection, one we'll likely not see again. Probably won't see that again. Benaroya was awesome too. Didn't care much for the Gorge preset though.
pj unplugged u get 4 things..
1 thats there are 5 great musicians and this band has a great future..
2.that ed will be the number 1 frontman for the next decades
3.mike is one of the greatest lead guitar ever
4. rock n roll will never die..
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
pj unplugged u get 4 things..
1 thats there are 5 great musicians and this band has a great future..
2.that ed will be the number 1 frontman for the next decades
3.mike is one of the greatest lead guitar ever
4. rock n roll will never die..
AMEN TO THAT!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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hello people... clapton? he had one of the best unplugged shows ever. nirvana and clapton are the only two that should have "legendary" statuses.
pearl jams would have been better if they had waited a little longer to do it. the show was an acoustic rendition of ten. they didn't even sound that good, either.
hello people... clapton? he had one of the best unplugged shows ever. nirvana and clapton are the only two that should have "legendary" statuses.
pearl jams would have been better if they had waited a little longer to do it. the show was an acoustic rendition of ten. they didn't even sound that good, either.
im sorry but wats clapton?????? i feel so young not noing this!!!!!!!
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“If he doesn’t treat you like a princess, then he doesn’t deserve to be your prince.” — Unknown
“And we’ll move on and go our separate ways. Just know, I’ll miss you everyday, but things just aren’t the same.” — Unknown
hello people... clapton? he had one of the best unplugged shows ever. nirvana and clapton are the only two that should have "legendary" statuses.
pearl jams would have been better if they had waited a little longer to do it. the show was an acoustic rendition of ten. they didn't even sound that good, either.
Clapton and Nirvana are definitely legendary.
I'm pretty sure the Page/Plant reunion was pretty legendary, and a pretty kickass performance.
Not a big fan, but Kiss reunion on Unplugged sans face paint is legendary
Layne Staley lookin like death but singin his heart out, and while it's far from his strongest technical performance, it manages to be maybe the most powerful performance that Unplugged ever witnessed.
I seem to remember a quite a bit of hubbub over Neil Young's and Dylan's Unplugged.
It seems like Mariah Carey or somebody like that had one that was hugely popular.
Heheheheh that's cute! Eric Clapton. You know, "Layla....got me on my kneeees...." He was better in Cream, no offence everyone.I know why Tears in Heaven was written, I think it's very sad but if I have to haer that song one more time..................GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!
hello people... clapton? he had one of the best unplugged shows ever. nirvana and clapton are the only two that should have "legendary" statuses.
pearl jams would have been better if they had waited a little longer to do it. the show was an acoustic rendition of ten. they didn't even sound that good, either.
im sorry but wats clapton?????? i feel so young not noing this!!!!!!!
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Probably will have my arse kicked on here for this but I didn't mind Bjork's Unplugged. It wasn't my favourite but I liked it. She's such a kookie wierdo! I liked the glockenspiel they used, sounded great.
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Nirvana was a departure from what they normally do, while PJ's was just sorta a run through of their normal songs.
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
Probably will have my arse kicked on here for this but I didn't mind Bjork's Unplugged. It wasn't my favourite but I liked it. She's such a kookie wierdo! I liked the glockenspiel they used, sounded great.
Another one that I'd sorta expect an ass kickin for....Korn had a few tunes that sounded pretty cool.
Probably will have my arse kicked on here for this but I didn't mind Bjork's Unplugged. It wasn't my favourite but I liked it. She's such a kookie wierdo! I liked the glockenspiel they used, sounded great.
Another one that I'd sorta expect an ass kickin for....Korn had a few tunes that sounded pretty cool.
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Heheheheh that's cute! Eric Clapton. You know, "Layla....got me on my kneeees...." He was better in Cream, no offence everyone.I know why Tears in Heaven was written, I think it's very sad but if I have to haer that song one more time..................GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!
hello people... clapton? he had one of the best unplugged shows ever. nirvana and clapton are the only two that should have "legendary" statuses.
pearl jams would have been better if they had waited a little longer to do it. the show was an acoustic rendition of ten. they didn't even sound that good, either.
im sorry but wats clapton?????? i feel so young not noing this!!!!!!!
haha i askd my dad and he gave me a buncha cds... did u no tht hendrix suckd at tuning hiz guitar so during a concert clapton waz inda crowd and hendrix had him come up and tune it. although my dad still makes me tune my guitar
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AIC was the funeral
PJ to me never really did the unplugged thing the best. It didn't really fit their style then, and even now it's not really their strength.
I don't know about PJ not nailing their show. All I know is that their show grabbed me by the cajones big time and by the time I saw Nirvana and Alice I wasn't as impressed but what do you expect on a PJ website.
PJ
Nirvana
Eric clapton
Rod stewart (Had a great setlist, and nice covers)
Neil Young
For the PJ vs Nirvana debate: I picked PJ's because that is the show that I first heard pearl jam and fell in love with their music. Every song was great. As a little kid about 10 or 11, those songs just had me in awe- Especially "Black" and "Alive" can never forget that we belong together tag. Then the surfing the the stool during porch. Just an incredible show. I'm embarressed to admit, that that show introduced me to rocking in the free world- they did a great job with it and still do.
Nirvana- really liked that they branched out, and tried something different. though 6-7 songs are covers, they were done really well. Again, covers are good for exposing people to other artists. I really would have liked them to have played more of their own material. Not necessarily "Smells like teen spirit", but some more bleach and incesticide tunes would have been cool. Still a great show though.
AIC was amazing and their songs worked really well acoustic, sound just as eerie as they do electric.
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As much as i love pearl jam, its not even debatable.
Niravana's Unplugged is Legendary History not because of his death but for the way everything was layed out, the candles,the songs,the intensity etc
it was like Kurt singing to himself at his own funeral.
greatest tv show ever = bugs bunny
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“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
I know I'll probably get flammed for this but...
TBH that's one of the things I kind of always disliked about PJ and musicians in genenral...
Ed always tells everyone to open their eyes and make their own opinnions but he has no tolerance for those who don't share his views...
Aren't you just as much a sheep if you follow a musician as blindly as following a party's agenda or politicians?
I'm not looking to start a political debate here by any means...
I have 2 say PJ wld b numba 1
Nirvana numba 2
Hendrix 3
THAN Alice in Chains as 4
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“And we’ll move on and go our separate ways. Just know, I’ll miss you everyday, but things just aren’t the same.” — Unknown
PJ's unplugged performance of Porch isn't bad either.
For acoustic PJ, I'll go with BSB 1992 (Daughter premier/Patriot/Angel), 1994 (Walking the Cow/YL when it was still kinda rare/Let Me Sleep/Wash), and 1996 (Slow Corduroy/No Code goodness/wish they sounded like this all the time). Boston III preset had an awesome song selection, one we'll likely not see again. Probably won't see that again. Benaroya was awesome too. Didn't care much for the Gorge preset though.
1 thats there are 5 great musicians and this band has a great future..
2.that ed will be the number 1 frontman for the next decades
3.mike is one of the greatest lead guitar ever
4. rock n roll will never die..
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
AMEN TO THAT!!!!
“If he doesn’t treat you like a princess, then he doesn’t deserve to be your prince.” — Unknown
“And we’ll move on and go our separate ways. Just know, I’ll miss you everyday, but things just aren’t the same.” — Unknown
:-)
pearl jams would have been better if they had waited a little longer to do it. the show was an acoustic rendition of ten. they didn't even sound that good, either.
im sorry but wats clapton?????? i feel so young not noing this!!!!!!!
“If he doesn’t treat you like a princess, then he doesn’t deserve to be your prince.” — Unknown
“And we’ll move on and go our separate ways. Just know, I’ll miss you everyday, but things just aren’t the same.” — Unknown
Clapton and Nirvana are definitely legendary.
I'm pretty sure the Page/Plant reunion was pretty legendary, and a pretty kickass performance.
Not a big fan, but Kiss reunion on Unplugged sans face paint is legendary
Layne Staley lookin like death but singin his heart out, and while it's far from his strongest technical performance, it manages to be maybe the most powerful performance that Unplugged ever witnessed.
I seem to remember a quite a bit of hubbub over Neil Young's and Dylan's Unplugged.
It seems like Mariah Carey or somebody like that had one that was hugely popular.
1 nirvana
2 neil young
3. AIC
X. Pearl Jam
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Another one that I'd sorta expect an ass kickin for....Korn had a few tunes that sounded pretty cool.
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haha i askd my dad and he gave me a buncha cds... did u no tht hendrix suckd at tuning hiz guitar so during a concert clapton waz inda crowd and hendrix had him come up and tune it. although my dad still makes me tune my guitar
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“And we’ll move on and go our separate ways. Just know, I’ll miss you everyday, but things just aren’t the same.” — Unknown