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Nirvana "Unplugged in New York" to get official DVD release

post #1 of 21
10/4/07 at 1:09pm
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Originally Posted by Rolling Stone
Nirvana’s legendary Unplugged In New York performance will be released on DVD November 20th. The concert, which took place November 18th, 1993, was released as an audio recording a year after it was filmed, but this DVD features an unedited sixty-six-minute concert that includes stage banter and two songs not aired on the original MTV Unplugged broadcast. Additional special features include previously unreleased rehearsal and documentary footage.

About damn time.
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post #2 of 21
10/4/07 at 1:21pm
I'm pretty shocked that this hasn't been released yet. Do the MTV Unplugged performances usually go out on DVD?
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post #3 of 21
10/4/07 at 1:30pm
November 20th.

The same day Rock Band is released. Which will allow you to play every song from the Nevermind album.

Coincidence?
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post #4 of 21
10/4/07 at 1:38pm
I watched that performance religiously every single time it aired way back when, and then I wore out my VHS copy recorded from the original broadcast. I haven't seen it in years though. Time to upload the album to my iPod and get myself psyched for that DVD release.
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post #5 of 21
10/4/07 at 3:44pm
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Originally Posted by Ari!
Do the MTV Unplugged performances usually go out on DVD?
Surprisingly few of the good ones.
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post #6 of 21
10/4/07 at 4:05pm
It'll be great to see the Meat Puppets songs.
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post #7 of 21
10/4/07 at 4:23pm
And to see the Meat Puppets play with them. I always loved Nirvana's version of Man Who Sold the World. Something about the feedback from Kurt's mic, and his initial mistake in the solo is kind of endearing for some odd reason. I've always been amazed at how Dave Grohl took his normal assault of the drums and toned it back, without losing any relevance.

As far as other Unplugged appearances go, I wish they would release Live's. I only saw it when it first aired, but I remember it being awesome.
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post #8 of 21
10/4/07 at 4:36pm
"Man Who Sold The World" really is ineffably beautiful. And then there's Kurt's stare at the end of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night", which probably made the poor guy behind Camera 2 wet his pants.
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post #9 of 21
10/4/07 at 4:50pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller

As far as other Unplugged appearances go, I wish they would release Live's. I only saw it when it first aired, but I remember it being awesome.
I remember seeing the STP one when it first aired, and thought it was awesome. In the interest of full disclosure, I was really, really stoned. I'd like to see that on DVD (as well as the REMs and Pearl Jam, of course).
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post #10 of 21
10/4/07 at 6:32pm
Of couse this was a wonderful, classic performance. But wouldn't it have made more sense to release this back in 2004 when the "With The Lights Out" box set came out? It just seems way late at this point.

PS - If you're unschooled in the Meat Puppets department, their 'classic' albums ("II", "Up on the Sun", "Forbidden Places", "Too High to Die") are well worth checking out, in my opinion.
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post #11 of 21
10/4/07 at 6:34pm
The Meat Puppets apparently have a new one. With both brothers. RISE TO YOUR KNEES.
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post #12 of 21
10/4/07 at 6:41pm
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Originally Posted by Alan "Nordling" Cerny
The Meat Puppets apparently have a new one. With both brothers. RISE TO YOUR KNEES.
I've heard some of it and it sounds good, but I've been putting off that purchase. As a longtime fan of the group, I feel like I need to own all of their old stuff before I bother with the new one. I've got four or five of their albums, but I'm still missing several hunks of goodness.
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post #13 of 21
10/5/07 at 12:50pm
ah its about time. this will rock.
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post #14 of 21
10/5/07 at 12:57pm
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Originally Posted by RyanC
Of couse this was a wonderful, classic performance. But wouldn't it have made more sense to release this back in 2004 when the "With The Lights Out" box set came out? It just seems way late at this point.
Way late? The Song Remains The Same is being rereleased. Is that also way late?


I can't believe this thing is almost 15 years old.
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post #15 of 21
10/5/07 at 1:46pm
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Originally Posted by Raspberry Leper
Way late? The Song Remains The Same is being rereleased. Is that also way late?


I can't believe this thing is almost 15 years old.
I guess it's true that spacing out the release of official Nirvana product every couple of years is a good way of keeping the band's name alive. But, although I've always liked their stuff, to call Nirvana massively overrated is an understatement. I understand that they achieved legendary status, but I've never felt they deserve that level of praise. Led Zeppelin, on the other hand, was one of the greatest rock bands ever. I get your point, but the difference for me is that I never tire of new and/or enhanced Zeppelin goodies.
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post #16 of 21
10/5/07 at 5:00pm
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Originally Posted by RyanC
I guess it's true that spacing out the release of official Nirvana product every couple of years is a good way of keeping the band's name alive. But, although I've always liked their stuff, to call Nirvana massively overrated is an understatement. I understand that they achieved legendary status, but I've never felt they deserve that level of praise. Led Zeppelin, on the other hand, was one of the greatest rock bands ever. I get your point, but the difference for me is that I never tire of new and/or enhanced Zeppelin goodies.
I'd go a step further and state that Zeppelin is the greatest rock n' roll band, in terms of pure-bred, meat-and-potatoes RAWK. I find myself listening to The Stones' catalogue more, but that isn't a fair nor accurate comparison when you look at the output in a quality-versus-quantity way (hence, Zeppelin rules all over everyone).
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post #17 of 21
10/5/07 at 6:11pm
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Originally Posted by Ray Abed
I'd go a step further and state that Zeppelin is the greatest rock n' roll band, in terms of pure-bred, meat-and-potatoes RAWK. I find myself listening to The Stones' catalogue more, but that isn't a fair nor accurate comparison when you look at the output in a quality-versus-quantity way (hence, Zeppelin rules all over everyone).
Well, you might recall from past discussions that Zeppelin is my favorite band of all-time, but knowing how highly subjective music is, I left it at "one of the greatest" so as not to not appear too headstrong. Also, I have to admit that, from time to time, The Jimi Hendrix Experience rises to the top of my love pile.

As for The Stones, I go through phases where I'll listen to their classic stuff for a while, but there's always a point where I get burned out on them. I can go months with no desire to hear them at all. But sooner or later, a random urge to revisit them hits me and I take them back off the shelf again. This is how I treat Nirvana's music as well. The difference, though, is that the older I get, the less I find myself listening to Nirvana. And when I do, it's probably going to be "Nevermind" or "Unplugged In New York". I'm not saying that they weren't a great band. It's just that, for better or worse, my taste in music continues to evolve. Also, I've always been a much bigger fan of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.
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post #18 of 21
10/5/07 at 7:02pm
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Originally Posted by RyanC
Well, you might recall from past discussions that Zeppelin is my favorite band of all-time, but knowing how highly subjective music is, I left it at "one of the greatest" so as not to not appear too headstrong. Also, I have to admit that, from time to time, The Jimi Hendrix Experience rises to the top of my love pile.

As for The Stones, I go through phases where I'll listen to their classic stuff for a while, but there's always a point where I get burned out on them. I can go months with no desire to hear them at all. But sooner or later, a random urge to revisit them hits me and I take them back off the shelf again. This is how I treat Nirvana's music as well. The difference, though, is that the older I get, the less I find myself listening to Nirvana. And when I do, it's probably going to be "Nevermind" or "Unplugged In New York". I'm not saying that they weren't a great band. It's just that, for better or worse, my taste in music continues to evolve. Also, I've always been a much bigger fan of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.
Yeah, I know how you feel about Nirvana. I haven't listened to any of their studio albums in ages. The biggest modern bands to influence my taste in music over the last 15 years (Pearl Jam, Radiohead) are still managing to keep me on my musical pulse today. If I were a child of the '60s and early '70s, I have no doubt I would've been a Led Head and Glimmer Twins supporter. To me, those two bands define the core of rock n' roll's attitude and appeal.

I don't think there's any band/artist that I can listen to for prolonged periods of time. My mood shifts so chaotically and my taste in music is so eclectic that I quite easily get burned out on any particular band. For instance, in late '04, right before U2's last disc came out, I digested their entire catalogue ad nauseam, including their iPod collection of outtakes, rarities, and B-sides. Ask me now if I want to listen to U2, and I can safely say I don't have the desire to any time soon.
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post #19 of 21
10/5/07 at 7:28pm
I think Nirvana is not as popular as you would expect (based on how they started out) because of how the music business works today. Radio stations, labels, etc., are always trying to push the next big thing, and because Kurt offed himself, the band can no longer put out new material to stay in the spotlight (like Dave and the Foo Fighters can). They can try to bring back some of the spotlight by releasing stuff like the recent box set or this DVD (or like a lot of the classic rock bands have done recently by re-releasing all their albums remastered), but while this will get some buzz, it will not get them the spins at the radio stations like a new band or new album will.

eta: I still feel Nirvana was a very important band in the history of Rock, and I wish they would get more recognition for this.
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post #20 of 21
10/6/07 at 12:55am
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...eta: I still feel Nirvana was a very important band in the history of Rock, and I wish they would get more recognition for this.
Although they're not my favorite '90s band, I agree that they were very important because they're generally considered the flagship band that brought "grunge" into the mainstream. But does Nirvana get recognized for their influence? In fucking spades, man. In any case, I don't think there has been another distinctively significant and exciting explosion of popular music since the early '90s. And I don't credit the Seattle bands for that alone.
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post #21 of 21
10/6/07 at 7:12am
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Originally Posted by Tieman
eta: I still feel Nirvana was a very important band in the history of Rock, and I wish they would get more recognition for this.
Recognition from whom, exactly? If you're talking about the music press, I'd say they're quite covered in that contingency. NEVERMIND pops up in just about every all-time list, and Nirvana is widely credited as the most important '90s band. If you're referring to the general populace, I think the older generation of music fans (a.k.a. The Gen-Xers, which includes me) appreciates their contributions, at the very least. The current generation of music fans likely can't relate to Nirvana's monumental underpinnings, as you'd have had to been "in the moment" to understand the essence and value of the early '90s alternative scene.
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