![]() In a way, as great as it is, this album makes me angry. The Nirvana songs they did choose, and the covers, went hand in hand and they were performed and executed perfectly despite early initial problems and worries. Even though I would have loved to see more Nirvana interpretations, I wouldn't trade the covers for the world. Though, Smells Like Teen Spirit is not one of them. I adore the Meat Puppets songs, the Bowie cover, the Lead Belly and Vaseline's cover, but there were Nirvana songs I would have loved to have seen interpretations for. I was most certainly wrong to be apprehensive, because MTV Unplugged in New York contains great song choices and a great collection of songs, but I sometimes wish that there was more. A lot of the usual suspects weren't present, and I remember being quite apprehensive but also incredibly excited. The first time I listened to it, I looked at the tracklist and was quite taken aback. I think it's great that they approached it in this way. They didn't want to do what other bands did, get up on stage, and play a usual typical setlist including all their hits. They'd seen other bands attempt this kind of format, and they didn't adapt their sound accordingly, and Nirvana didn't want to do that. But I think he felt if you're going to do something, do it right, and do it your way. His mindset around the time this album was made fascinates me, because not longer after, he killed himself and during the making of it he was suffering from drug withdrawal symptoms and anxiety. The band had their reservations about doing it and it seems as if Kurt Cobain was a nightmare during the entire process. ![]() It was a posthumous release, brought out after the death of front man Kurt Cobain due to the demand and need for new Nirvana material and I always feel so glad that they did it. MTV Unplugged in New York is a perfect release in the Nirvana catalogue because it showed a completely different side to them. ![]() Nothing comes close to the passionate performances on this album. Both the most famous live album ever made, and in my eyes, the best. ![]()
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