Nirvana Unplugged In New York [1993]

Product Details

Artist : Nirvana
Format : AC-3, Colour, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Live, PAL
Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0602517506305
Label : Universal Music
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : DVD
Region Code : 2
Release Date : 2007-11-19
Running Time : 102minutes
UPC : 602517506305

ASIN : B000WQW988

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Editorial Reviews

DVD Description

Tracklist 1.About A Girl - Unedited MTV Unplugged 2.Come As You Are - Unedited MTV Unplugged 3.Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam - Unedited MTV Unplugged 4.The Man Who Sold The World - Unedited MTV Unplugged 5.Pennyroyal Tea - Unedited MTV Unplugged 6.Dumb - Unedited MTV Unplugged 7.Polly - Unedited MTV Unplugged 8.On A Plain - Unedited MTV Unplugged 9.Something In The Way - Unedited MTV Unplugged 10.Sweet Home Alabama - Unedited MTV Unplugged 11.Plateau - Unedited MTV Unplugged 12.Oh Me - Unedited MTV Unplugged 13.Lake Of Fire - Unedited MTV Unplugged 14.All Apologies - Unedited MTV Unplugged 15.Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Unedited MTV Unplugged 16.About A Girl - Orig. Broadcast MTV Unplugged 17.Come As You Are - Rehearsal MTV Unplugged 18.Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam - Orig. Broadcast MTV Unplugged 19.Dumb - Orig. Broadcast MTV Unplugged 20.The Man Who Sold The World - Orig. Broadcast MTV Unplugged 21.Pennyroyal Tea - Orig. Broadcast MTV Unplugged 22.Polly - Orig. Broadcast MTV Unplugged 23.On A Plain - Orig. Broadcast MTV Unplugged 24.Plateau - Orig. Broadcast MTV Unplugged 25.Lake Of Fire - Orig. Broadcast MTV Unplugged 26.All Apologies - Orig. Broadcast MTV Unplugged 27.Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Orig. Broadcast MTV Unplugged 28.Come As You Are - Rehearsal MTV Unplugged 29.Polly - Rehearsal MTV Unplugged 30.Plateau - Rehearsal MTV Unplugged 31.Pennyroyal Tea - Rehearsal MTV Unplugged 32.The Man Who Sold The World - Rehearsal MTV Unplugged

Synopsis

Iconic grunge band Nirvana give a legendary acoustic performance of their songs, as well as a cover of David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World'. Features 14 songs, including 'Come As You Are', 'All Apologies', and 'Polly'.

Customer Reviews

compulsive listening (2008-05-15)

my first Nirvana album - must be a mid-life crisis. Compelling music, raw but not jarring, I can't stop listening to it. Brilliant

One more DVD for the collection (2008-04-14)

The hate, the love, the music, the 90's,... Kurt Cobain, the legend live on MTV Unplugged! What else could I say about the new Nirvana release. Buy it! For all Nirvana fans this edition is an unexpectedly great product with both the MTV recorded concert and others like the rehearsal of the grunge band. You can choose amongst the concert, rehearsal, each song by itself and enjoy it. I recommend it to everybody.

To awesome Kurt - may he rest in peace (2008-03-15)

Simply one of the best Unplugged composits ever. Moving, raw, poignant, achingly beautiful - sung by a blond archangel with a dark shadow over him ........ I had this on video tape - taped from the television years ago - and had been waiting for this DVD, along with millions of other dedicated Kurt fans! I remember where I was when I heard of his suicide - driving through the centre of a big city! Nirvana fans, old and new - buy this and rejoice! Kurt rocks!

the comfort of feeling sad? (2008-01-01)

What is surprising - especially given the fact that the number of posthumous Nirvana releases now outstrips the records they made whilst together - is that the legendary 1993 MTV Unplugged Set sees its first DVD or VHS release 14 years after the event. Regarded by many as the highpoint of Nirvana's career, and in many ways, a mere taster of where Nirvana were going to go next on their inevitable journey into being older statesmen of rock, it now stands as the only existant recording of the way Nirvana could have been but ultimately never were. Whilst I, personally, would rather they have released a full concert from each one of their respective eras, "MTV Unplugged" is a fitting testimony to the group. Firstly, the music sees the band at their absolute defining moment of artistry - where the heavy guitars and the screaming that was seen as typifying them (and pigeonholding them as onedimensional) were profoundly shoved aside in favour of revealing the very nature of the band underneath the bombast and the sound. Cobain has never seemed so aware, so alive - despite this being just four short months before his demise. In some ways, you could almost predict that he knew that this was a watershed moment for Nirvana, where they stepped out of their cliché and started to be respected for what they knew they were all along. Music : fourteen acoustic performances by the group covering their entire career. Thankfully, the well worn hits such as "Teen Spirit" and "Lithium" are nowhere to be seen, in favour of LP tracks and obscure covers (being recorded for the only time in Nirvana's career). This allows the viewer to see an alternate perspective to the group - that of artists instead of what they were seen as at the time ; fixture of the rock pantheon, the tortured soundtrack to the Pre-Emo masses and the poster boy for neurosis. Cobains death retrospectively gave the group a gravitas that the trends of the time were too shallow to see but was always right under their noses. The performance is superlative in content and style and should you only ever own one Nirvana record then "Unplugged" is the one to choose. The extras - five rehearsal songs and a scant MTV interview feature with people who were there (and not the band, despite what the package tells you) - are short and unexceptional but of some interest. Overall, it's a good package - but not amazing by any standard - and if you own the CD, it should come fairly low on your list of priorities. If you don't have the CD go straight to this DVD instead.

(Officially) on DVD at last... (2007-12-09)

I was beginning to wonder if this was ever going to be released officiallyon DVD, partly because it's been broadcast on MTV dozens of times over the years, and as a result many people have copies of it. Until now I've had a good quality stereo VHS copy which I taped of the TV in 1995 but I'll be getting this DVD for sure. It includes(as does the original CD) 2 songs cut from most TV broadcasts of this show namely Something In the Way and Oh Me as well as lots of extra footage all in 5.1 sound, so quite a nice package. This is in my opinion the best MTV Unplugged set along with Alice In Chains Upnlugged which I (slightly) prefer. It's hard to name individual standout tracks as they all work well together, but the opening About a Girl, Come as you are and the David Bowie cover(one of several covers) are particularly good. Highly recommended, 4.5 from me.

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