Nirvana: MTV Unplugged In New York - 1993 (Not Rated)

Featuring:

• Kurt Cobain (guitar, vocals)
• Krist Novoselic (bass, accordian on "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam," guitar on "Plateau," "Oh, Me" and "Lake Of Fire")
• Dave Grohl (drums, vocals, bass on "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam")
• Pat Smear (guitar, vocals)
• Lori Goldston (cello on tracks 3, 4, 6-9, 13 and 14)
• Curt Kirkwood (guitar on tracks 10-12)
• Cris Kirkwood (guitar on tracks 10 and 11, bass on track 12 and back-up vocals on tracks 11 and 12)

Year Recorded: 1993
Year Of DVD Release: 2007
Rated: Not Rated
Approx. Running Time: 102 minutes
Format(s): DVD
My Rating: 3 stars (Out of 5)

From Back Cover:

WITNESS NIRVANA'S UNPLUGGED PERFORMANCE IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

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?

EXTRAS:

• Original MTV Version
• MTV News: Bare Witness - interviews from the band and the lucky ones who were there.
• The Rehearsals:
  Come As You Are
  Polly
  Plateau
  Pennyroyal Tea
  The Man Who Sold The World

My Comments:

Although I am no longer the Nirvana fan I once was, I can't deny the quality of this performance (incidentally, when my love of of the band all but died out, I got rid of all things Nirvana - save for my Unplugged In New York cd). Every performance is strong though the portions not shown on the original MTV broadcast reveal that they didn't have much of a plan as far as set list and order were concerned. Worth a watch and probably deserving of a higher rating, but I couldn't bring myself to put a Nirvana DVD in the same category as some of the other concert performances in my collection.

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3 Stars
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