Weird Al - Smells Like Nirvana (Live @ The Orpheum Theater,

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  • Опубліковано 16 жов 2011
  • Weird Al performs his parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at the Orpheum Theater in Boston, Ma. Recorded live on October 15th, 2011.
    Read about the Show Here: blog.joerenken.com/2011/10/17/...
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  • @RednaZela
    @RednaZela 7 років тому +320

    He's "playing" left handed. Nice touch.

    • @blew_1343
      @blew_1343 3 роки тому +6

      im left handed really and i have a left handed fender telacaster

    • @tim-obeartheclawmachineguy9616
      @tim-obeartheclawmachineguy9616 3 роки тому +1

      He’s talented eh

    • @Kinseliplier
      @Kinseliplier 2 роки тому +1

      i don't think it really matters weather your left or right handed. im right handed but i can play this song just as good.

    • @idrankdetergent
      @idrankdetergent Рік тому

      I'm left handed but don't even play left handed guitar lmao I just learnt right handed cause it was what my right handed older brother hax

    • @user-ev3lh1uy1m
      @user-ev3lh1uy1m Рік тому +3

      Kurt played left handed that’s why it’s a nice touch

  • @IkeSan
    @IkeSan 2 роки тому +121

    The closest thing to a Nirvana concert in the 21st century.

    • @vigilante8374
      @vigilante8374 11 місяців тому +5

      Local H does a pretty great Nirvana show occasionally, says in character the whole time. I remember the first Nirvana show they did in the late 90s he kept purposefully knocking over the mic stand and then instead of picking it up he just finishes the song on the floor.

  • @johnnypolo1983
    @johnnypolo1983 3 роки тому +195

    The ridiculous choreography of the cheerleaders makes this even more awesome than it already it is.

    • @0x777
      @0x777 Рік тому +4

      But say what you want, the girls have skill and talent!

  • @LeeTong69
    @LeeTong69 7 років тому +247

    i love how he doesnt even plug in the guitar, weird.....

    • @a-ddaigrepont3375
      @a-ddaigrepont3375 4 роки тому +7

      James Williamson what ye is this ?

    • @rsmith02
      @rsmith02 3 роки тому +10

      His band has a different guitarist... he's just mimicking Cobain

    • @ojongontrol6650
      @ojongontrol6650 3 роки тому +1

      @@rsmith02 yea

    • @bubba6675
      @bubba6675 2 роки тому

      @Ryder why

  • @ihate2danimationprofiles895
    @ihate2danimationprofiles895 7 років тому +146

    he who is tired of weird al is tired of life

  • @timey_103
    @timey_103 2 роки тому +134

    “And I forgot the next verse”
    (complete silence)
    “Oh well, never mind.”
    Weird Al is a genius

  • @RichieDb2
    @RichieDb2 3 роки тому +175

    Weird Al is one of the most important figures in music history.

  • @bookworm272
    @bookworm272 3 роки тому +55

    His technique is flawless

    • @smarkmalark
      @smarkmalark 2 роки тому

      So smooth. Almost as if he wasn’t playing at all during some parts

  • @jbrdbr111
    @jbrdbr111 6 років тому +83

    Cheerleader nearly did the split on his face when he was laying down at the end lol xD

  • @donnix1192
    @donnix1192 Рік тому +26

    Fun fact: Krist Novoselic, Nirvana’s incredible bass player, is also an accordion player like Al.

  • @bigbro-rn9mi
    @bigbro-rn9mi 2 роки тому +40

    I love that when he forgot the last verse he finished it with the actual lyrics

    • @0x777
      @0x777 Рік тому +8

      That's the joke. Usually the fans sing the lyrics here flawlessly, must have been one of the first concerts where he played this one.

  • @spacewolf9596
    @spacewolf9596 3 роки тому +48

    I can imagine this being a live Nirvana concert if they were still around

  • @vestonbruno2795
    @vestonbruno2795 4 роки тому +93

    I believe Al completely forgot his third verse! Could you believe that?

    • @truesoulghost2777
      @truesoulghost2777 3 роки тому +29

      No...it was a rip on Kurt being so trashed that he would forget his lines.

    • @tankunicorn134
      @tankunicorn134 3 роки тому +7

      @@truesoulghost2777 if only someone made a joke about it 🤔

    • @Lord_Numpty
      @Lord_Numpty Рік тому +4

      This is the man who memorised how to sing the last part of Amish Paradise backwards, so… probably!

  • @gzuz4148
    @gzuz4148 4 місяці тому +3

    Love how the bass player even lowered his bass way bellow his waist like Krist

  • @Madadader
    @Madadader 2 роки тому +19

    Imagine Nirvana covering Weird Al's parody of Nirvana. Almost wish you could see it.

  • @dogsareawesome9197
    @dogsareawesome9197 2 роки тому +8

    *takes the whole stand with the mic during the last verse*

  • @jasonsmith8300
    @jasonsmith8300 Рік тому +8

    1:51 my favorite line from any weird al song

  • @carnabarana2620
    @carnabarana2620 4 роки тому +18

    I love how everyone are worming around and a big fat crowed fighting you have to look at the background

  • @warchild4974
    @warchild4974 3 роки тому +37

    Kurt is a funny dude if you think about it. As Weird Al never does a parody unless the artist gives him permission, so I can imagine how that went when Weird Al went to ask Kurt. Haha Kurt probably thought the idea was brilliant and just funny, as well it's Weird Al parodying one of your songs lol

    • @rsmith02
      @rsmith02 3 роки тому +5

      You don't have to guess, he spoke about it in interviews as being when he knew Nirvana made it.

    • @warchild4974
      @warchild4974 3 роки тому +4

      @@rsmith02 Yeah the internet led me to that answer just a bit after I made this comment. Kurt just asked Weird Al, "Will it be about food!" when he called him to ask.

    • @nonameman7114
      @nonameman7114 3 роки тому +4

      I love how Kurt must’ve been a fan of Al because he knew enough that Al’s songs at the time were about food.

    • @Kinseliplier
      @Kinseliplier 2 роки тому +2

      @@nonameman7114 Just Eat iiiiit Eat iiiit it dosen't matter if its boiled or fryed just Eat iiiit!!

    • @Kinseliplier
      @Kinseliplier 11 місяців тому

      @@Martys-4x4 that's the same thing. No on cares.

  • @declawedIRL
    @declawedIRL 7 років тому +123

    Kurt cobain lives on.

  • @carpdogg08
    @carpdogg08 2 роки тому +7

    The gargle solo tho

  • @phoenixman8569
    @phoenixman8569 2 роки тому +15

    he'll probably be 90 years old still performing, doing parodies of artists of the time that as of now have not yet been born!!!!!

  • @Joninexamgraduate
    @Joninexamgraduate 10 років тому +35

    Darkfawfulx He literally forgot the verse. XD

  • @DevilishKira
    @DevilishKira 11 років тому +45

    it was all sad and boring until he filled his mouth with water.. then i started singing and banging my head. That's probably due to the reaction of the audience.

    • @lorimyers4783
      @lorimyers4783 3 роки тому +2

      And the sadness at the beginning was likely due to the fact it is a depressing Nirvana song.

    • @bl5533
      @bl5533 3 роки тому

      @@lorimyers4783 glad people are still coming back to this song lol

    • @lorimyers4783
      @lorimyers4783 3 роки тому +5

      @@bl5533 and I think we’re all glad Kurt Cobain paused for a beat after Al asked him if he could do the song about how the lyrics were hard to understand and then said “yeah I think that’ll be funny”. If I read right, the song revived his career.

    • @smarkmalark
      @smarkmalark 2 роки тому +1

      @@lorimyers4783 Really? Teen Spirit was definitely one of their lightest and least depressing songs

    • @Kinseliplier
      @Kinseliplier 2 роки тому +1

      @@smarkmalark no it wasn't it was very hard and very depressing at least from kurts point of view from his vocal style and what he says in the song. the whole song is literally about kurt cobain being a tortured angry soul in desperate search of happyness that he cannot find.

  • @annacarr2567
    @annacarr2567 9 років тому +112

    man nirvana is getting gimmicky with thier concerts with those cheerleaders, at least cobain is a little more understandable now, novoselic hair is looking a little ratty though, pat smear pulled the whole song through though when cobain decided to stop playing like right at the beggining, lol like wtf, your the lead, play the guitar, grohls drumming has seemed to gotton worse, and who the heck was that guy on the keyboard

  • @stoyankastaneva4182
    @stoyankastaneva4182 4 роки тому +10

    I thought there were a lot of people in the background that were going through each other and climbing on each other..

  • @a-ddaigrepont3375
    @a-ddaigrepont3375 4 роки тому +11

    cheerleaders in this song rule

  • @tamerlanenj
    @tamerlanenj 2 роки тому +8

    this is honestly just a rockin version of Teen Spirit. I like Al's tempo.

  • @m4a8n9
    @m4a8n9 11 років тому +6

    From Argentina! Great Video!
    Weird Al Genius!

  • @ludovica36
    @ludovica36 12 років тому +3

    Hey Hello again.. Nice to see you got some footage! :)

  • @brianlowe2161
    @brianlowe2161 7 років тому +9

    BRAIN FREEZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @thematnetwork7404
    @thematnetwork7404 3 роки тому +11

    What is this song all about
    Can’t figure any lyrics out
    How do the words to this go
    I wish you’d tell me I don’t know
    Don’t know don’t know don’t know oh no
    Don’t know don’t know don’t know oh no
    Don’t know don’t know don’t know oh no
    And i mumbling
    And I’m screaming
    And I don’t know know what I’m singing
    Crank the volume
    Ears are bleeding
    We’re so loud and
    Incoherent
    Boy this outa
    Bug your parents
    Yea
    It’s unintelligible
    I just can’t get it through my skull
    It hard to bargle nozzle zous
    With all these marbles in my mouth
    Don’t know don’t know don’t know oh no
    Don’t know don’t know don’t know oh no
    Don’t know don’t know don’t know oh no
    And we don’t sound like Madonna
    Here we are now
    We’re nirvana
    Sing distinctly
    We don’t wanna
    Buy our album
    We’re nirvana
    A garage band from Seattle
    Well it shure beats raisin cattle
    Yea
    And I forgot the next verse
    (Oh well I guess it pays to rehearse
    The lyric sheets so hard to find
    What are the words)
    Oh nevermid
    Don’t know don’t know don’t know oh no
    Don’t know don’t know don’t know oh no
    Don’t know don’t know don’t know oh no
    And I’m yellin
    And we’re playin
    And I don’t know what I’m saying
    What’s the message I’m conveying
    Can you tell me what I’m saying
    So if you’ve got
    Some idea didn’t think so so I’ll see ya
    Sianara
    Aryara
    Adi aura
    Nota Yata
    Yanayaay

  • @theshockerpit7274
    @theshockerpit7274 3 роки тому +17

    Bet you The ghost of Kurt Cobain is just sitting there and it’s just laughing

    • @peterdavies2960
      @peterdavies2960 3 роки тому +1

      There’s no such things as ghosts...

    • @theshockerpit7274
      @theshockerpit7274 3 роки тому +7

      Wait so you mean the Ghostbusters just use special effects instead of hiring actual ghost

    • @nervous_young_inhuman7042
      @nervous_young_inhuman7042 3 роки тому +2

      @@peterdavies2960 that's not proven So there could be your just narrow minded

    • @AmazingJuniorBros
      @AmazingJuniorBros 2 роки тому

      @@peterdavies2960 You’d be surprised

  • @Darkfawfulx
    @Darkfawfulx 11 років тому +30

    was that forgetting intentional?

  • @eap4048
    @eap4048 2 роки тому +2

    Honestly got flashbacks of Kurt when Al had his back to the crowd.

  • @ellosurs3334
    @ellosurs3334 Місяць тому

    Its the fact the song slowly speeds up

  • @Ricziden
    @Ricziden 11 років тому +2

    yes

  • @ChrisCa1601
    @ChrisCa1601 10 років тому +3

    Yep

  • @seangoeswwe5067
    @seangoeswwe5067 2 роки тому +3

    He needs to do come as you are

  • @tachalorah
    @tachalorah 2 роки тому +3

    2:50 was he just too focusing on his audience singing or he "actually" didn't track the rhythm?

  • @crimson1718
    @crimson1718 8 років тому +37

    guitar is not plugged xD

    • @trev827
      @trev827 7 років тому +14

      I feel fantastic its obvious hes not playing xD hes just acting being backed up by an actual band

    • @burntcocaine5794
      @burntcocaine5794 3 роки тому +1

      @@trev827 we know

    • @dogsareawesome9197
      @dogsareawesome9197 Рік тому

      @@burntcocaine5794 theres kurt cobain then theres burnt cocain

  • @erniliu9579
    @erniliu9579 10 місяців тому +1

    this guy makes songs better

  • @a-ddaigrepont3375
    @a-ddaigrepont3375 4 роки тому +5

    the girls in this did better than al did JS

  • @roxy8888
    @roxy8888 2 роки тому +1

    What handed he is?

  • @Kinseliplier
    @Kinseliplier 2 роки тому +1

    its funny how hes clearly holding his guitar backwards and he also clearly didn't plug it in lol

    • @fishyboi98
      @fishyboi98 Рік тому

      Kurt actually played left-handed, so it's a nod to that.

    • @Kinseliplier
      @Kinseliplier Рік тому

      @@fishyboi98 but it's also to show that he's clearly not actually playing the guitar and he's clearly just faking the guitar.

    • @Veganerd_
      @Veganerd_ 6 місяців тому

      @@Kinseliplier Yeah, he was performing it the same way he did the music video, which is pretty cool.

    • @Kinseliplier
      @Kinseliplier 6 місяців тому

      @@Veganerd_ I like the Part in the Music Video where He Bends the Neck of the Guitar Really Far Backwards with Ease showing that it's Clearly made of a Soft Rubber or Foam and it's Not a Real Guitar too Lol

  • @jeffersonaraujoelcristiano
    @jeffersonaraujoelcristiano 2 роки тому +1

    This man is crazy.

  • @awkwardboy
    @awkwardboy Місяць тому

    I've wondered this since seeing Al perform live in 2013: do those two cheerleaders travel with the band? Or do they hire separate dancers in each city? It seems so odd to have backup dancers for only one song.

  • @fluffyjudebear9404
    @fluffyjudebear9404 4 роки тому +2

    I am left handed so id play but guitar right sided up

  • @edgarherrera5085
    @edgarherrera5085 11 місяців тому

    The cheerleaders are 🔥

  • @karayv
    @karayv 12 років тому +5

    Nice vid! )
    And I like the girls )

    • @kinghobothe4th837
      @kinghobothe4th837 5 років тому +1

      karayv congratulations your a pervert

    • @_klel
      @_klel 4 роки тому

      @@kinghobothe4th837 you face are pervert

    • @judg3m3ntal
      @judg3m3ntal 2 роки тому

      @@nervous_young_inhuman7042 Grammarly ad?

  • @christianjackson9360
    @christianjackson9360 8 місяців тому

    "Life smells what is DOGSHIT,"
    now that's what it needs to be heard!!

    • @UncleFexxer
      @UncleFexxer 4 місяці тому

      What is your problem? You seem very angry and unhappy.

  • @Kinseliplier
    @Kinseliplier 2 роки тому

    why is he leaning back so far while screaming? he looks like hes about to break his back lol.

  • @Minidvbandit
    @Minidvbandit 5 років тому +9

    okay i love the song but am i the only one confused as to why his strat has a tele neck fhdsgfeghws

    • @mapavlikify
      @mapavlikify Рік тому +1

      It is a play on the fact that Kurt created a guitar by mashing two fender guitars together... A jaguar and a mustang... but do you get the joke?

  • @Blokewood3
    @Blokewood3 10 місяців тому +1

    If he didn't have marbles in his mouth it would be so much easier to bargle nawdle zouss.

  • @marcstov
    @marcstov 8 місяців тому

    is he playing?

  • @paramount243
    @paramount243 Рік тому

    lol hahahah

  • @Medrosed39
    @Medrosed39 4 місяці тому

    oh fuck

  • @a-ddaigrepont3375
    @a-ddaigrepont3375 4 роки тому +5

    What yr is this ?

  • @ZombieCrazy100
    @ZombieCrazy100 11 років тому +2

    yeah i guess

  • @brendan909
    @brendan909 2 роки тому

    "i forgot the next verse................................................................................nevermind'

  • @romansilvas3945
    @romansilvas3945 4 роки тому +7

    A true Rock star "besides Kurt Cobain"

  • @freel1pe128
    @freel1pe128 8 років тому +4

    que porra é essa

    • @soueupj6152
      @soueupj6152 7 років тому +1

      Aleatorius Weird Al esse cara é brabo pesquisa dps

  • @binghamguevara6814
    @binghamguevara6814 3 роки тому +2

    Weird
    Al

  • @sup542
    @sup542 2 роки тому +1

    Better than Nirvana

  • @Kinseliplier
    @Kinseliplier Рік тому

    This has to have Killed Als Voice. How can you scream like that and Not Hurt your Voice. it definitely Destroys my Voice everytime I do the Screaming Part from this Song.

    • @tamerlanenj
      @tamerlanenj 9 місяців тому

      Al got voice training specifically for that

    • @Kinseliplier
      @Kinseliplier 9 місяців тому

      @@tamerlanenj Really?

    • @Kinseliplier
      @Kinseliplier 9 місяців тому

      @@tamerlanenj Really?

    • @tamerlanenj
      @tamerlanenj 9 місяців тому

      @@Kinseliplier he studied with Judy Tenuta how to do a raspy grunge voice without shredding his vocal cords

    • @Kinseliplier
      @Kinseliplier 9 місяців тому

      @@tamerlanenj I still have trouble with that when I do Teen Spirit Covers irl. I can sound Loud and Raspy and Powerful And similar to Kurt Cobain but I usually Always Scream as Hard as I Can and Put Everything I have into it until I Blow out my Voice at the End in order to get that sound and I almost Always end up Destroying my Voice for a few days.

  • @_mariofourcade_1261
    @_mariofourcade_1261 8 років тому +7

    thats playback

    • @dillonohlemiller9027
      @dillonohlemiller9027 4 роки тому

      _MarioFourcade _ *live

    • @alexsentertainmentplace809
      @alexsentertainmentplace809 3 роки тому +3

      You probably think that be he’s not actually playing the guitar the vocals are recorded live and the guitar is just a reference to the music video along with the rest of his outfit

  • @alpscarlett8897
    @alpscarlett8897 11 місяців тому

    Hope kurt was alive when he made this

    • @Veganerd_
      @Veganerd_ 6 місяців тому +2

      He was, and he and the band loved it. Kurt also said in an interview that when Weird Al asked to parody the song, he knew that Nirvana had made it big.

  • @RepaidGold58
    @RepaidGold58 Рік тому +1

    Can you please tell me why the guitar he’s supposed to be using is a 69 lake placid blue mustang, however he’s using a Stratocaster with a telecaster head stock (yeah, I know. I’m a nerd. No need to tell me)

  • @stephaniethesing5359
    @stephaniethesing5359 3 роки тому

    He's exhausting..

  • @OrdinarySimonTheJoe
    @OrdinarySimonTheJoe 3 роки тому

    Who thinks hurt would have been mad seeing/hearing this song

    • @sophiathefurbst
      @sophiathefurbst 2 роки тому +12

      If you meant Kurt, he actually really liked it. He liked the music video Al made better than the original, and said he felt like he had finally made it once Weird Al covered him. The song was released before UA-cam, when Cobain was still alive.

    • @AmazingJuniorBros
      @AmazingJuniorBros Рік тому +2

      He’s the one who gave permission and asked if it was gonna be about food, Weird Al told him it was gonna be about how no one understands his lyrics and Kurt thought it was funny, just look it up like the previous commenter said theres a whole interview on it

  • @user-qy9nr4ue6g
    @user-qy9nr4ue6g 9 місяців тому

    а в чем шутка? какое-то тупое кривляние

    • @BlueMarioGangsta
      @BlueMarioGangsta 2 місяці тому +1

      Карьера Странного Эла Янковича в том что он пародирует песни заменяя в них слова
      Тот же Beat It Майкла Джексона он спародировал заменив слова в нем на слова связанные с едой (также назвав пародию Eat It)
      Около 1990го года, нирвана начинала становиться популярной (сейчас smells like teen spirit одна из самых известных рок песен в мире), Янкович спросил у Курта через людей можно ли ему сделать пародию (так как прикол Эла в том что он пародирует чужие песни, если есть разрешение) и курт ему разрешил, и да, эта пародия можно сказать является высмеиванием и кревлянием, но не в плохом виде, он взял тех же актеров что из видео нирваны для оригинального мюзик видео (того же уборщика, чирлидеров, тд.), и когда пародия вышла, курт похвалил ала назвав его гением музыковой индустрии, и для него иметь пародию его песни от Эла было поощрением.

    • @user-qy9nr4ue6g
      @user-qy9nr4ue6g 2 місяці тому

      @@BlueMarioGangsta спасибо за ответ!) видимо мне знаний английского не хватило чтоб выкупить в чем там прикол

  • @MisterCrow9
    @MisterCrow9 3 роки тому

    Did weird al ever parody tool? If not I suggest prison sex.

  • @AL-jq2bi
    @AL-jq2bi 5 років тому

    He looks so fucking depressed

  • @CoinCaseCarny
    @CoinCaseCarny 4 місяці тому

    Not his best work

    • @MobyDew
      @MobyDew  4 місяці тому

      Thank you for this comment on a 12 year old video.

  • @duncanrobinson1
    @duncanrobinson1 3 роки тому

    Honestly, live shows suck

  • @skaterhk213
    @skaterhk213 3 роки тому +1

    This is just distasteful