Product Description

Kurt Cobain loved to confound his fans' expectations during his brief stint in the spotlight. So when Nirvana gathered in New York City on November 18 1993 he had another trick up his sleeve--an acoustic performance of the raw ferocious grunge songs that propelled the band to stardom. The results were startling and for many viewers a hidden depth to Cobain's songwriting talents were revealed as gentle renditions of NEVERMIND staples such as "On a Plain" and "Come As You Are" were stripped down and performed for a specially invited audience. Among the many highlights is the performance of "Jesus Don't Want Me For a Sunbeam" which was originally by Scottish indie-pop group (and longstanding favorite of Cobain's) the Vaselines; a stunning opening in the form of the BLEACH-era track "About a Girl"; and a selection of songs originally performed by underground rock act the Meat Puppets. This release includes the entire performance and is supplemented by some rehearsal footage for the sessions and a couple of tracks that weren't originally broadcast by MTV.Format: DVD AUDIO Genre: MUSIC DVD/LIVE PERFORMANCES UPC: 602517506305 Manufacturer No: B0010263-09

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1876 in DVD
• Brand: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DISTRIBUTION
• Released on: 2007-11-20
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC, Surround Sound
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 102 minutes

From the Director
TRACKS: 1. ABOUT A GIRL 2. COME AS YOU ARE 3. JESUS DOESN'T WANT ME FOR A SUNBEAM 4. THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD 5. PENNYROYAL TEA 6. DUMB 7. POLLY 8. ON A PLAIN 9. SOMETHING IN THE WAY* 10. PLATEAU 11. OH, ME* 12. LAKE OF FIRE 13. ALL APOLOGIES 14. WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT?

*NOT ORIGINALLY BROADCAST

About the Actor
EXTRAS: BARE WITNESS Interviews from the band and the lucky ones who were there. Also included: THE REHEARSALS

Customer Reviews

Almost Epic
The show is stunning. Specially if you forgot about it and you haven't watched it years. Some stuff you'll notice and love are: of course the uncut broadcast, there's also differnet camara angles for a lot of shots and views that are new to everybody that is used to MTV original broadcast. The new audio mastering sounds just incredible.
Bonus features include practice sessions for a bunch of songs. All of them are intersting to watch because you can see band members fool around (specially Dave and Pat Smear.)
There is also an interivew bonus section, nothing out of this world.

Since the audio was not edited for this DVD, you can hear Kurt messing up the lyrics of the song Lake of Fire.
I was used to the original broadcast and so, I never got to taste what raw power was behind the show. This was released just in time to make me remeber how much I love this band and how cool is to see any uncut performance, specially if it has this incredible energy and honesty.
All in all, this is must have for any Nirvana fan and a nice gift to the rest of the world.

A Must Have for any Nirvana fan!!!
I saw this original performance on MTV's Unplugged and immediately became a Nirvana fan. A great upclose and personnal accustic musical performance with Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. Truly shows the very gifted talent of Cobain but a sobering reminder of a great loss for music.

Absolutely great!
I knew this would be good but didn't realize that they would be doing cover songs which I thought was nice. I assumed they would just be doing accoustic versions of their songs. Kurt Cobain was too cute for words, you could see that he was a little nervous but what a great show. Well worth the money to own a piece of history.