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[SD-Ness]

Like I stated here, I was aloof during the 90's and am unfamiliar with the period's music.

So I'm bringing up another biggie - Nirvana - enlighten me please.

 

[SlickWilly223]

I'm not big on Nirvana, but I do know that

In Bloom
The Man Who Sold The World
Heart Shaped Box

Are instant classics in my department.

 

[Greenpanda]

"Drain You" wins by a long shot.

 

[BigJonsson]

In bloom
Smells like teen spirit
Come as you are
The man who sold the world
About a girl
Sliver
Drain you
Polly
Heart shaped box
etc...

 

[nitewulf]

ummm, holy shit dude.
just get their albums, they are pretty much all filled with good/great tracks. though personally i havent heard a nirvana track in years.

 

[Substance]

The Man Who Sold The World

 

[Ristamar]

"Drain You" wins by a long shot.

Probably my favorite Nirvana song. The live performance from MTV's Live'n'Loud in particular kicks ass.

Nitewulf is right, though, just get all the albums.

 

[LakeEarth]

Umm... all of them?

 

[Ecrofirt]

IAWLE

 

[Maverick]

Jesus Don't Want Me For a Sunbeam.

 

[AntoneM]

Polly
Rape Me
Negative Creep
About A Girl bolded beacuse you absolutely must
Pennyroyal Tea

 

[BigJonsson]

LITHIUM
How could I forget Lithium
Breed
Dumb

 

[AirBrian]

Every song on this album is great, but...

12. Lake Of Fire
14. Where Did You Sleep Last Night

...are my personal favorites. You must check these out!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003TB9/104-7949924-5738305

 

[CurlySaysX]

Son of a Gun
Aneuresym
Big long now
Verse Chorus Verse
Frances farmer will have her revenge on seatle
Negative Creep
Radio Friendly Unit shifter
Turn Around

 

[Unresponsive Bee Victim]

The live version of about a girl is one of there best, I am also shocked by the lack of Something in the Way, Serve the Servants, and All Apologies. Those were some of the very notable tracks from them.

 

[human5892]

YES.

Everyone should own this album.

 

[Ristamar]

Some other less notable songs Nirvana covered that kick ass:

- D7 (The Wipers)
- Here She Comes Now (Velvet Underground)

 

[Meatpuppet]

Just buy the Box Set. Its due out next week if I recall correctly.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Check out every song from Nevermind and on. And then, listen to the first 2 albums, because they're quite different than their 90s releases (production wise and all).

 

[Ristamar]

I assume you're counting Incesticide as one of those first two albums, even though it was released third. We don't wanna confuse the poor guy.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Haha, alright. Then I'll give him a rundown:

Nevermind
In Utero
MTV Unplugged
Incesticide
Bleach

 

[Killkernal]

I remember seeing Nirvana in Detroit shortly before Nevermind was released. While the crowd got somewhat rowdy during Smells Like Teen Spirit, everyone went absolutely nuts when they played Negative Creep. Two months later Nevermind came out. I bet that never happened again.

I got a contact high just stepping into Saint Andrews that evening.

 

[AlphaSnake]

I'm listening to Nevermind now. Argh...someone tell me I'm not the only one who begins choking back tears when listening to Nirvana? =(

 

[scorcho]

I'm listening to Nevermind now. Argh...someone tell me I'm not the only one who begins choking back tears when listening to Nirvana? =(

you're the only one. as an aside, do you completely wail and lose it when you listen to Unplugged in NY?

 

[AlphaSnake]

you're the only one. as an aside, do you completely wail and lose it when you listen to Unplugged in NY?

...
Yes.
=(

I just get choked up a little...can't help it.

 

[Sullichin]

Yep, just get Unplugged in NY. The other albums are good, but Unplugged acts as sort of a greatest hits and also includes cover songs etc, and all are fantastic.

 

[sonatinas]

nirvana has few songs compared to others so u can just listen to them all in a few hrs ard just decide on your own

 

[Guzim]

Debaser
Monkey Gone to Heaven
Vamos
Velouria
U-Mass



but get Unplugged

 

[scorcho]

Debaser
Monkey Gone to Heaven
Vamos
Velouria
U-Mass



but get Unplugged

pixies lives and dies on Surfa Rosa. everything else IMO is trash

oh, yeah, nirvana. they rock.

 

[Substance]

pixies lives and dies on Surfa Rosa. everything else IMO is trash

Haha, you're wierd.

 

[Flizzzipper]

Haha, alright. Then I'll give him a rundown:

Nevermind
In Utero
MTV Unplugged
Incesticide
Bleach

You forgot From The Muddy Banks of the Wishkah...for shame.

 

[AlphaSnake]

You forgot From The Muddy Banks of the Wishkah...for shame.

Eh. It's nothing special. The production was pretty lame, it sounded a little too "live".

 

[Ristamar]

Wishkah was alright, but he'd be better off snagging a bootleg of either Out Of The Blue, Dressed For Success, or Roma off of ebay. They each cover a different period of their music, and the sound quality on each is top notch.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Forget all that. The boxset is out in a few days! WOO!!

 

[Ristamar]

I know the track list was posted in another thread, but I'll post it here again:

DISC ONE
1. "Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) - Previously unreleased from 1987
2. "Anorexorcist" - Previously unreleased from 1987
3. "White Lace and Strange" (Bond) - Previously unreleased from 1987
4. "Help Me I'm Hungry" - Previously unreleased from 1987
5. "Mrs. Butterworth" - Previously unreleased from 1988
6. "If You Must" - Previously unreleased from 1988
7. "Pen Cap Chew" - Previously unreleased from 1988
8. "Downer" - Previously unreleased from 1988
9. "Floyd the Barber" - Previously unreleased from 1988
10. "Raunchola/Moby Dick (Moby Dick - Bonham, Jones, Page) - Previously unreleased from 1988
11. "Beans" - Previously unreleased (undated)
12. "Don't Want It All" - Previously unreleased (undated)
13. "Clean Up Before She Comes" - Previously unreleased (undated)
14. "Polly" - Previously unreleased from 1988
15. "About a Girl" - Previously unreleased from 1988
16. "Blandest" - Previously unreleased from 1988
17. "Dive" - Previously unreleased from 1988
18. "They Hung Him on a Cross" (Huddie Ledbetter) - Previously unreleased from 1989
19. GREY GOOSE (Huddie Ledbetter) - Previously unreleased from 1989
20. "Ain't It a Shame" (Huddie Ledbetter) - Previously unreleased from 1989
21. "Token Eastern Song" - Previously unreleased from 1989
22. "Even in his Youth" - Previously unreleased from 1989
23. "Polly" - Previously unreleased from 1989

DISC TWO
1. "Opinion" - Previously unreleased from 1990
2. "Lithium" - Previously unreleased from 1990
3. "Been a Son" - Previously unreleased from 1990
4. "Sliver" - Previously unreleased from 1989
5. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" - Previously unreleased from 1989
6. "Pay to Play" - From 1990
7. "Here She Comes Now" (Cale, Morrison, Reed, Tucker) - From 1990
8. "Drain You" – Previously unreleased from 1990
9. "Aneurysm" - From 1990
10. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Previously unreleased from 1991
11. "Breed" - Previously unreleased from 1991
12. "Verse Chorus Verse" - Previously unreleased from 1991
13. "Old Age" - Previously unreleased from 1991
14. "Endless, Nameless" - Previously unreleased from 1991
15. "Dumb" - Previously unreleased from 1991
16. "D-7" (Sage) - Previously unreleased from 1990
17. "Oh the Guilt" - From 1992
18. "Curmudgeon" - From 1992
19. "Return of the Rat" (Sage) - From 1992
20. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" – From 1991

DISC 3
1. "Rape Me" (acoustic) - Previously unreleased from 1992
2. "Rape Me" (electric) - Previously unreleased from 1992
3. "Scentless Apprentice" - Previously unreleased from 1992
4. "Heart Shaped Box" - Previously unreleased from 1993
5. "I Hate Myself and I Want To Die" - From 1993
6. "Milk It" - Previously unreleased from 1993
7. "Moist Vagina" - Previously unreleased from 1993
8. "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip" - From 1993
9. "The Other Improv" - Previously unreleased from 1993
10. "Serve the Servants" - Previously unreleased from 1993
11. "Very Ape" - Previously unreleased from 1993
12. "Pennyroyal Tea" - Previously unreleased from 1993
13. "MARIGOLD" (Grohl) - From 1993
14. "Sappy" (retitled "Verse Chorus Verse" for release) - From 1993
15. "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" (Kelly, McKee) - Previously unreleased from 1994
16. "Do Re Mi" - Previously unreleased from 1994.
17. "You Know You're Right" - Previously unreleased from 1994
18. "All Apologies" - Previously unreleased (undated)


DISC 4 (DVD)
1. "Love Buzz" (Leeuwen)
2. "Scoff"
3. "About a Girl"
4. "Big Long Now"
5. "Immigrant Song" (Page, Plant)
6. "Spank Thru"
7. "Hairspray Queen"
8. "School"
9. "Mr. Moustache"
(Tracks 1-9 all previously unreleased from 1988)

10. "Big Cheese" – Previously unreleased (1989)
11. "In Bloom" - Sub Pop video (1989)
12. "Sappy" - Previously unreleased (1990)
13. "School" - Previously unreleased (1990)
14. "Love Buzz" (Leeuwen) - Previously unreleased (1990)
15. "Pennyroyal Tea" - Previously unreleased (1991)
16. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Previously unreleased (1991)
17. "Territorial Pissings" - Previously unreleased (1991)
16. "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" (Kelly, McKee) - Previously unreleased (1991)
17. "Talk To Me" - Previously unreleased (1992)
18. "Seasons in the Sun (Brel, McKuen) - Previously unreleased (1993)

 

[Mike Works]

It's all about Lithium.

 

[Hitman]

pixies lives and dies on Surfa Rosa. everything else IMO is trash

oh, yeah, nirvana. they rock.

What are you smoking. Doolittle is there best!

 

[xexex]

Nirvana sucks. glad the 90s are over.

 

[Hitman]

Nirvana sucks. glad the 90s are over.

Cause todays rock is oh so awesome? Creed, Puddle of Mudd, nickback.. shoot me now.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Bleach and Incesticide don't have the instant appeal that the rest of their catalogue does, so I can't exactly recommend those as a fan. Here's a few great songs that have either not been mentioned or not mentioned enough:

Serve the Servants
Aneurysm
Sappy

 

[Rorschach]

From the Muddy Banks was great. The CD versions that were released later on sounded a lot better. Listend to Tourette's from that album. It's killer. Also:

Turnaround
Baba O'Riley - this one is very hard to find (especially the clean one). It was a bootlegs compilation released in the mid 90s
New Wave Polly
Beesewax
Aneurysm
Been a Son

Actually, just buy the boxed set and pick up Rear View Mirror (Pearl Jam) and Seattle bootlegs while you're there.

 

[Mama Smurf]

So not impressed that You Know You're Right was only mentioned in a tracklist. I love that song.

Just get this CD if you're new to Nirvana: