Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumNirvana - MTV Unplugged; In honor of Kurt Cobain's Guitar selling today;
Thanks to Sewa for the OP on the sale of the guitar...
The singer used it to play tunes including "About a Girl" and "All Apologies" at the Nov. 18, 1993, show in New York that came less than five months before Cobain died at age 27.
Grunge became gold Saturday as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana's 1993 MTV Unplugged performance sold for an eye-popping $6 million at auction.
The 1959 Martin D-18E that Cobain played in the band's rare acoustic performance and subsequent live album was sold to Australian Peter Freedman, owner of Røde Microphones, at the Music Icons event run by Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California.
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Sewa
(1,242 posts)Kurt was such a breath of fresh air. Its amazing that man from a tiny town in western WA turned the music world upside down.
Thank you
cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)You inspired me. I had to listen to it all again and post the videos, once I found them all. The recordings were so well done, I had forgotten how good the concert was at the time. I saw it on a TV of that era, so 1993 technology, not very good sound quality. Listening to the videos now was like a new awakening for me. Sure, I had heard select songs from that concert every now and then, but never put it together like this.
So that thanks goes back to you as well, my friend.
Have a great night.
Docreed2003
(16,817 posts)Love Nirvana. Must have watched the Unplugged concert a hundred times in the early nighties! Thanks for this!
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)One of the best versions, and that's saying something considering how many people have done that song. (He's wrong though, Leadbelly didn't write it)
cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)Leadbelly did do a version of it though. I think he really wanted Leadbelly's guitar...
Kurt's version is the best I've ever heard, like you said. He really makes the song his own.
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)Same little bass run-up into the verses and everything.
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)His "gee-tar" crapped out ar 2:12 and he throws it down but carries on perfectly.
cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)He did not miss a thing. The guitar snap/pops at 1:56 and he tries to recover it, but can't get it back.
Very cool...
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)I didn't know her all that well, but we had a bunch of mutual musician and theater friends. Lori was part of this musical ensemble that would play their own scores to silent movies and plays. Blew my mind at the time that someone that played on a mega-platinum album with goddammed Nirvana was just sitting on a couch over there.
cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)I am sure it is a memory you treasure.
Pretty cool that she played with Nirvana, it meant she was really good and known to be good.
Iggo
(47,487 posts)Ever.
Swede
(33,143 posts)Thank you.