The street filled up with emergency vehicles, cops milled around outside and refused to answer questions, and the dead man’s loved ones walked in and and walked out in some hell-trance. I once had a next-door neighbor, a guy I didn’t really know, who killed himself one afternoon while I was home on the other side of his living room wall. It’s not there - or, if it is, there’s usually no reason to think of it as a clue at the time. When someone you know, or someone you admire, takes her own life, there’s always a temptation to rifle through your memories of that person, looking for some clue of what might happen. For all the hype though, this set fails to get close to the plugged-in bite that was part and parcel of their strength and appeal.Funny thing about suicide: It’s not a mystery to be solved. Released after his suicide in 1994, it was inevitable that the album was greeted with the kind of fervour that in days gone by might have been accorded to the relics of a martyred Saint. Had Cobain lived this set would be viewed as a mildly entertaining but probably flawed diversion from the real action. It's interesting that they seem to audibly relax and stretch a little when playing other people's songs-notably on the Meat Puppets' lamentation "Oh Me" and The Vaselines' "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam." As with most of the grunge movement their material is so intrinsically linked to the juice that without it, this stuff has a slightly hollow ring to it. With more cutting-edge than a sawmill working double shifts, Nirvana's clout was always located in their sound as much as the songs themselves, whose essence was utterly defined by their reliance on electricity. Only "Something In The Way" with added cello gravitas seems to be comfortable in its new arrangement. What do we learn from the gentle stroll-through renditions of "Come As You Are" or "About A Girl" that wasn't said more successfully on the originals? The muted expression in these campfire run-throughs, as though the band are sensitive about having their playing exposed to the kind of scrutiny the Unplugged format invites, makes them tentative and tepid compared to their fiery forebears. Neil Young's Unplugged and his version of "Like A Hurricane" immediately springs to mind. When it works best it tells us something new about both the singer and the song. You can also write your own.Īppealing to our sense of romantic nostalgia for a time when music making was about connecting flesh and bone to wood and wire rather than the mains socket, Unplugged has seen many occasions when rock songs stripped of all their sonic frills and amplified heat become reinvented and revelatory. Lake of Fire / Where Did You Sleep Last Night The Man Who Sold the World Where Did You Sleep Last Night?ĪUX: The Six Best Live Albums (number: 3) (order: 3) Grammy Award: Best Alternative Music Album nominees (number: 1996 winner) (order: 6) MTV Unplugged (number: 1994) (order: 13) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 279) (order: 279) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 311) (order: 311) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 313) (order: 313)ĬritiqueBrainz ReviewsThere’s 1 review on CritiqueBrainz. Relationships artist & repertoire support:
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