Radio Friendly Unit Shifter is one of my favorite songs on the album. But I love every song on it. Kinda annoying that several of these people acted like it was a throw-away. Same with Tourettes. They'd had it for a year, it definitely wasn't filler. Nevermind was the anomaly. Bleach and In Utero are better portraits of the band at the times they were recorded. I love all 3 but In Utero is the one that gets me
I'm not a huge fan of "In Utero," but "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" might be my favorite song on the album. It's not like it's Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" or something. It's catchy. Damn catchy. I don't know what that reviewer is talking about.
@@chrisdelisle3954 I can definitely see why someone would not love In Utero. It's a pretty rough listen at times, both sonically and lyrically. I can objectively see that Nevermind is the masterpiece. My favorite albums are usually that perfect blend of raw performance and good recording. The White Stripes' White Blood Cells and The Beatles' Let It Be. But I totally see where you're coming from. Thanks for the input!
Clever comment kris on the "what do you think of Hysteria?" Knowing the comment compares to the over produced album from Def Leppard, which is something the band didn't want after the over produced success of Nevermind.
“Kurt never predicted he was going to be a rockstar” Kurt literally wrote in his journal: “I’m going to become a rockstar, then go out in a blaze of glory”
Exactly. This guy doesn’t seem to know Kurt at all. Also states that Kurt read lots of books on musicians, when Kurt has been interviewed saying he was never interested in reading them.
I am a huge Nirvana Fan since the age of 7, unfortunately this was in 94' so it was also the first time I became aware of death, it broke my little heart. Today, 28 years later I am still a huge Fan and spent years figuring out the music and the man himself. In Utero is THE Nirvana album in my opinion. Cover, songs, mood, artwork and of course the music has stand the test of time the most. One the best albums ever recorded.
I remember my first cd was nevermind when my parents told me the singer blew his own head off with a shotgun I was too young to even understand why or what that even meant.
yeah, i was 10 and had been into them for a bit. still remember seeing it on mtv and i thought it had to be a fucked up joke. i had all their albums, absolutely loved nirvana, and hole. drew a heart with hole in it on the heel of my beloved airwalks. and had a whole sheet of plywood in my yard that had my name for president spray painted on it in 96, and it was covered with the different smiley face logos, and nirvana on top. i think i had the antichrist superstar logo on it and some other stuff. it all had a huge influence on my life. bleach and in utero are kinda my favorites. other than unplugged maybe. also a big bowie fan. i remember when my dad got unplugged and just blasting it on his badass stereo. also employed the first time we watched tombstone, with the surround sound and the accoustics of that house. they'd got divorced in like 92, 93. and he moved into the house next to our house he'd built when i was like 2. but it had wood floors, and kinda sparse and open. the accoustics were just awesome for that kinda stuff. i still remember that, looking at the album cover and listening to it. and subsequently annexed it into my collection.lol also remember when wishkah came out, i have that image of just staring at the cover out in my yard, maybe even as i was making my sign. i think i did that right before the election that year and that and antichrist had just come out. we'd had to move. cause my mom and dad fought over our old house we'd grown up in and my dad ended up buying my mom's half and he moved back in. so, we moved to my step dad's house. it was a really turbulent time in my life, and even though kurt was gone i still had their music. i'd already been into manson for a while, but really got more into heavier and darker stuff. cause that's how i felt, i was extremely angry and depressed. and i don't know where i'd be if it hadn't been for all the music. and then layne's death, another huge blow. i'd also always been really into aic, tool and everything. just a really awesome time to be alive, but i have a lot of painful memories attatched with it as my family was torn apart and we eventually lost the home i grew up in altogether when my dad sold it and moved in with his wife, who he'd cheated on my mom with while she painted her house that he'd built, he was a framer and contractor then. along with him nearly killing himself. severe but "functioning" alcoholic, he fell asleep one night on the way home from the bar. and he had a big one ton box truck with all his tools, thousands of pounds of tools in the bed, hit a 4 foot wide oak tree and all that weight just crushed the cab. my grandpa couldn't even get his arm to where he was. being drunk was the only thing that saved him, since he went limp and got thrown into the floor. it looked like a crumpled beer can, and the bed barely had a mark. my friend's dad bought it and put it on his plumbing truck. but my mom woke me up at like 3 or 4 in the morning and we had to go to nashville where they'd life flighted him. he was gurgling blood bubbles, and his nose was literally hanging by a thread, looked like one vein was the only thing holding it on, literally no longer on his face, just dangling to the side. the juxtaposition of the time being so much fun, and also absolutely horrible. well, didn't intend on writing a novel... just put an end to it here.
It's my favorite Nirvana album. Heart Shaped Box, Serve the Servants, Francis Farmer, All Apologies, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, all awesome including ones I've failed mention.
What about Milk It? It’s possibly their best song and Kurt’s most vitriolic vocal performance (along with Scentless Apprentice). Plus his laugh in it just makes it so raw - In Utero has grown to become my one of my favourite records. It’s only taken me 33 years.
I remember when I bought that record in 93 and my parents were reading through the lyrics to decide whether or not I was allowed to keep it. Hearing my mom read the lyrics to Milk It in a very confused and concerned tone of voice was hilarious. Lol
Definitely one of my favorites from in-u .. that live version of Tourette’s on muddy banks is amazing and that probably another one of my faves on in-u
As a drummer myself, I feel like the overall tone and sound of Dave's drumming on in utero is way better than on nevermind. Even the way his snare was mic'd you can hear his flam hits so clearly and crisp on in utero. If you listen closely to the Foo Fighters 1st album, it's almost as if Dave used the same recording technique on that album too because the drum tones sound exactly the same as in utero. Dave is one of my favorite drummers. I appreciate nirvana and foo fighters from a musicianship standpoint because I literally taught myself how to drum playing along to Nevermind, in utero, muddy banks of the wishkah, and FF self titled album. If it wasn't for those albums I don't think I would've ever been inspired to teach myself how to play drums. Thanks Kurt Cobain, too. Because I read in one of his interviews that he too played drums and the way he learned was literally by copying the drummer who sat in 1st chair when he was in marching band lol.
he has the same man mixing the sounds in both nirvana and foo fighters and still has the dude by his side to this day so that’s why the recording style would sound the same
@@poppyzor5289 well Steve Albini mic'd, engineered and mixed In Utero, except for the few tracks Scott Litt remixed. Neither of those guys have ever been involved in a Foo Fighters record in any way and nobody has been involved with the Foos in any of those capacities for their entire run. Almost every Foos album has different people engineering, mixing and producing. Butch Vig produced Nevermind and Wasting Light and only those 2. There's about 20 years in between where he had no involvement in Dave's sound
I always loved the sarcasm of the song, underneath the intro I feel it's a damned slick song. Then again I have always fallen in love with the buried tracks. Lounge Act was my favorite from Nevermind. I think as an album In Utero has aged gracefully. I think this is the artistic masterpiece, whereas Nevermind was the commercial masterpiece. I think they're both phenomenal. It's hard to believe it's been almost 30 years.
@@sandelic1 what really blew my mind 🤯 was the fact a year ago Kurt could have lived his entire life over since he died. Now he’s been dead a year longer than he was ever alive. I was 14 when he died. My favorite band of all time. Sucks we couldn’t get more but am glad we got what we did. 🤘
You are correct about Lounge Act, and about the albums as masterpieces, RFUS is my favorite on this one, but any song on here I wouldn't question if they were someone else's favorites.
Kurt was a total genius to me (and I think to other people too)... I really like a wide variety of music and artists, and though I connect deeply with a lot of music out there, none can compare with what Nirvana means to me, and I wish this feeling for everyone.
not only kurt but dave, and krist is very intelligent, highly under-rated as a bassist. i sincerely wish he'd run for president, someone like him is exactly what we need. however, i doubt his political aspirations are anywhere near that level.
You people that were 10 in 93 to 95 were not in the grunge scene as it blossomed, stop commenting like you were and go listen to your chevelle and papa roach Seattle wannabe music
@@shermanhammock9914 thanks 4 letting us knows you’re brain dead! Ok give me a moment and I’ll tell people that they can’t listen to Nirvana if they weren’t in Seattle in 1990! 😡😡😡
As Kurt said "The suits hated it", but it has received many accolades since release. Geffen was expecting Nevermind II, but they should have known where they were going when Albini was picked to produce. Most Nevermind tracks were written months/years before the Butch Vig sessions, as was All Apologies, Dumb, Rape Me. Some of In Utero was written at the Hollywood Hills house, lots of vids on the place in YT.
In utero is nirvana summed up in a nutshell for me. I respect that album so much. and i love how Kurt just opens up his pain and makes a massive glump of loud noise, Which sounds like real music to my. i wish this music could come back
This was the first album from nirvana that I heard, I remember listening to it on my Paper round every morning for about 2 years on my walkman 🤣🤣🤣🤣 this album means so much to me Edit - after watching this I went out and bought this on vinyl on the same day…!!!! And I still think side B is my favorite side..!!!!
He had the rare opportunity to go out on top and that's what he chose. I remember In Utero coming out with the expectations of Nevermind and people were shocked it wasn't a commercial record but looking back it's a better record I think.
That's not what happened at all, Kurt had so many great albums left in him he didn't "go out on top" he got addicted to heroin , killed himself and abandoned his daughter.
@@theneveristsofficial1732 actually his wife had him killed There's so many facts support this and if you are a Nirvana fan, if you claim to be in Nirvana fan, you should know this.
Whenever I think of Nirvana, Dave Grohl’s drumming is very important to me. I self taught myself drums by listening to Nevermind and In Utero. He taught me to be loud, have energy and definitely don’t take it too seriously.
In Utero is my favourite album, it oozes feeling, and man that voice, incredible. It would be really cool to hear Nevermind recorded the same way with Albini.
“The best” of anything is relative to the person who is saying that it is the best. I am so tired of people on UA-cam commenting about what they think is “the best “ or worst song of a band, as though it makes a difference.
Incestiside was highly underrated. Aero Zeppelin, Mexican Seafood, Hairspray Queen, etc.. They didn't even mention it came out in between Nevermind and In Utero.
Incesticide wasn't a studio album, as it was just songs full of B-sides and covers so real need to mention it as it didn't impact the band at all in a way Nevermind and In Utero did. But sure did have some amazing songs.
it's 2023 and that album still holds that spot. just the artistry and the quality of nirvana's body of work, nothing has been done like that since and its crazy! I don't believe anyone can ever top that! I mean how could it be done? it was the end all in every way. a big and final exclamation point, figuratively and literally. we were so lucky to live in that time.
Everybody remembers where they were during traumatic events. I was on vacation and walking through a Ron Jon’s surf shop in Cocoa Beach Florida where I heard on the overhead radio system that he had died that morning. I could not believe it and thought he was pulling a prank because it’s Kurt after all. I don’t remember much of anything else about that trip except I saw the Space Shuttle launch a couple days later. But it’s weird how you remember some things.
Weird! I was just in that same I presume god damn surf shop this past Sunday. I guess it’s whatever but still weird to now come across this random comment about a very specific place and a very specific store. F’N strange.
I found out on channel one during homeroom. Funny though I wasn't into to rock in middle school. I'm really a hip-hop head but I got into rock later in life when rap starting getting boring and predictable. Even though I wasn't a fan I still remember the sadness of everyone who was... I knew he was special before I ever dove into their discography and story. I wish I had actually listen to them in real time when I had the chance.
I remember the first time I put on In Utereo - The first lyric you hear is " Teenage angst has paid off well but now I'm bored and old. " I thought it was the most brilliant lyric ever in a followup to a huge album like Nevermind.
The acoustic demo for StServeants on the WTLO boxset is what made me fall absolutely in love with that song!!! That and Do re mi hit me on while new levels with the band at that time in my life! So young n clueless!!! I'm still a massive idiot but yea! I've F'd up enough times to learn now I hope!!!
In Utero is their masterpiece, so much better than Nevermind. "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" is probably my favorite Nirvana song, but the whole album is full of absolute bangers. Not a single bad track on there (although the low points are definitely "Frances Farmer" and "tourette's").
all nirvanas music is absolute on another level up there with the greats and always will be. like many other great bands their songs, albums never gets old.
Very Ape, Milk It and Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol as the massive fuck you over/out on the non-US LP bonus are just phenomenal. Not that this documentary does them any credit.
Scentless apprentice, milk it, and radio friendly unit shifter are masterpieces to me and this is coming from one picky bastard when it comes to music 😁
Radio Friendly Unit Shifer blew my 12 year old mind out of reality the first time I heard it. And it still does 30 years later. Its a call to arms, its a massive expression of emotion, yet it captured EXACTLY how I felt back then, and in some ways I still feel.
I always loved Kurt and Krist's relationship. Two best friends. I think when Kurt got back into drugs that was when they separated. That wasn't Krist's scene.
The masses reacted to Nirvana the same way they had Metallica a few years before. Until they put out a "unit friendly shifter"😅 single on Mtv & radio those in the Rock community who enjoyed Thrash/Hardcore/Punk were ostracized! My older sister who turned me on to Black Sabbath & took me to my first rock show at 10 yro, Alice Cooper in 1981, was still asking me how I could listen to "that crap" called Metallica literally days before "One" hit Mtv & radio like "Teen Spirit" would. Then she freaked & loved it & said she had to get this "new" band's album & concert tickets, so I went with her to see them for the 3rd time shaking my fukn head!😅 That's not really a criticism, just letting y'all know how it went down & how it worked. There were plenty better bands that had paved the way & everyone knew it. Is why Kurt supposedly felt guilty, & of course why many called him a sell-out. But I remember when "Teen Spirit" hit. It was Fall of '91. I thought it was better than most music they were playing, but by no means thought it would change Rock forever. So when "Nevermind" went #1 I went straight to record store & bought "Bleach". If a band's any good I want to start from the beginning. Still think "No Recess" may have to be my all-time fave?😅 Anyway, I thought they were good but wasn't a big fan. I appreciate them more daily. Main reason I popped in here is to tell my lil "Where were you when?" story hardcore Nirvana fans may appreciate? On April 8, 1994 my band & a couple others were on break from tour & decided to head down to Atlanta to see Frank Black and the Ramones. We kept hearing non-stop Nirvana blocks on radio between flipping tapes & wondered why? Then we got the news about finding Cobain. That night the usually quiet Joey Ramone dedicated "Pet Sematary" to Kurt. Don't remember what Black said. Not a big Pixies fan either, like Kurt was. I also happened to be at first Foo Fighter stadium gig & very first Nirvana "reunion", as can be seen Bumbershoot '97. It was also last gig for Pat before he left the first time. Also, & didnt find out till next morning, a few hours earlier during Sonic Youth's set Princess Di died in a car crash. Oh yeah! AND Is where Grohl introduces Taylor Hawkins to Seattle!😅 Auspicious Day, Good Times, friends! If a Foo fan, the ground footage without encore/reunion is an excellent good sounding vid, after about 3, 4 songs of us getting rowdy. I was on 5 yard-line. Missed the bus home & slept behind the Space Museum.😅 Grainy footage on reunion didn't do it justice. Was a surprise & Grohl started singing, along with crowd, "Purple Rain" before kicking out the Jam. It wasn't really planned. A few months later I happened to catch Foos on their Color & Shape tour once again in Nashville & after show, sitting in parking lot drinking beer, Grohl came out to his bus all by himself. A small crowd gathered round & he said, give me a minute & I'll be right out, & came out & talked to EVERYBODY!!! We even talked about Bumbershoot over a brew. Coolest mofo you could ever meet! All that said, no matter how bad things may seem or be, friends, never forget: THESE ARE STILL "THE DAYS"!!! Love & Party accordingly! 🤘🌎❤️
Led Zeppelin had the light and dark dynamic in a lot of their songs as well. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, is a perfect example of a light verse to dark chorus
Wow! This was great! I’m not sure if I’m feeling inspired or just want to wallow in my own darkness. There’s something about that album that did both to me. They did the most punk rock of all punk rock things!! And the album is there for all of us to keep coming back to and getting that big f you!!! F..yeah!!! Totally a fist to the face! So dark!! So disturbing!!! So needed at that time! At this time!! Had to edit my language!?! My post was almost censored!!! Wow!! Im on a list I guess?!
I remember hearing negative creep in 1991 on triple jjj hour of power - metal radio show, it was like punk, when teen spirit came out it took a bit to connect them to negative, bought in utero on release day, to be honest Nirvana destroyed rock music - like basically by the time in utero came out glam/hair/electro died - like legit died, kinda like how Pantera essentially killed Thrash metal, the times were changing, a new fresh breath was needed to continue evolution - it's inevitable, for me personally I think the greatest song Nirvana made is "even in his youth" it's just so basic and musically pure, a (90's) modern day punk song.
Indeed - Nirvana is my absolute favourite band since I first heard them in '91. Grunge nods at English punk rock, though, like the Sex Pistols. And you can't ignore the sly wink between Never Mind (the Bollocks) and Nevermind.
Ive seen a few documentries on this channel now and alot of the journalists just want to slag off these ‘classic albums’ to seem different and alternative but they just say alot of this incredible album is filler and the other band this channel wanted to slag off was oasis’ wtsmg which was by far the most culturally relevant album of the 90’s in the UK and nirvana were definitley the most impactful in the US and that doenst happen if the music isnt great, journalists are very snobby and patronizing for people who have never made anything decent in their lives
Love the In Utero. Don’t need to compare it to the rest of their catalog. The bands sounds changed because they kept growing and as a fan I wouldn’t want the same album twice
Same for the stone roses there second first album was amazing and when they released second coming I absolutely loved it. Although it got slated at the time by the stupid music critics and posing idiots who couldn't handle the band had written a more hardrock album. The Roses b-sides are equally as good, the turns into stone record is my favourite. I didn't appreciate in in utero the first time I played it. I admit it, I listened again a few months later and it made perfect sense and now is one of my favourite records. It's better than nevermind although never mind has many grant songs, the radio friendly ones were over played and have lost there magic
I remember in 1989 I was 14 and I hung out with some girl who listened to Depeche mode and so 21 yr old guy moved on the bottom apt. Somehow I wound up hanging out with him and he let me listen to Pixies Doo Little. I mostly listened to metallica, iron madien but I always had a open mind I guess but that opened up a new world for me especially when I got surfer rosa. That guy came from California and he was just too cool thanks Rob. Funny though, when nirvana started to get big and that whole scene was coming up I almost got into a fight because I told these new woke people (ya I like Poison). I thought they were suppose to except everyone as they were. That's when I knew I was not the poser. 😆
@@LSD123. It really doesn't ever get old- me either lol 😆 But seriously the songs that I love on it now are different than the songs I loved on it when I was a teenager.
even the brilliant Nevermind to listen to now sounds dated but In Utero does'nt, one of those few albums that never will, hats off to Steve Albini, he bottled there magic on this one.
I don't really see how Nevermind sounds dated. Maybe it's because I'm younger so I wasn't around when it was first released, but it sounds quite fresh to me. It's Bleach the one that sounds dated but that's because of the more lo-fi production on it.
Why are you, musicians, always accused of selling out when you finally get published for a large audience? I never see this happen with book authors like Steven King. A patent-holder for a new device has to sell out for royalties to a large manufacturer. He kinda hopes that happens so that he can exploit his new invention. Painters hope to get discovered so that they don't have to live in cold, consumptive basement dwellings with all their miasmas. So they sellout to a popular art dealer. The whole idea feels so silly. Cela me fait rire.
U lose your real fans the bigger you get and it’s no longer about the music, it’s about ticket sales and it becomes a business. take in bloom by nirvana “he’s the one who likes all our pretty songs but he knows not what it means”. Suddenly all the people who never believed in you and hated you are singing along to your music. Book authors can’t have their books ‘overplayed” on the radios, in the shops, in nightclubs etc so u can’t compare them. songs like smells like teen spirit, wonderwall, sweet child of mine are all overplayed to the point u can’t listen to them anymore. they attract a new fan base that are merely “trend followers”, the real fans stop coming to shows and thereby officially u become a sell out
The problem is that once you sign that contract and are beholden to the record company, you have to make a lot of compromises in order to get your album recorded, released, and promoted. Geffen Records has no interest in the creation of beautiful art; no major studio does. They're businesses, and their primary function is to make money. So when you blow everyone away with Nevermind which wasn't expected to sell even a couple hundred thousand copies, then naturally, the record company is going to demand that the band continue to make them more money by doing what the record company believes will sell the most; by this time, you've probably spent a ton of money, and telling the record company to go F themselves at the expense of having access to the best studios, producers, mixing/mastering engineers, and promotion is very difficult to come to terms with. You might even end up getting sued and having to pay back millions of dollars to the record company, so in essence, you're a slave. It's exploitation, and always has been. This had been well known for decades by the time the 90's came around, so the accusation of being a sell out is not wholly unjustified.
YES. it's a fake explanation. they are wrong about it. and it isn't selling out. only those who become a slave to it are sold out . Nirvana made it big because that was thier destiny and because of thier specialness. it was thier ability, talent, gifts, and being themselves instead of being enslaved. they even negotiated a super deal for bigger payout than usual. so they had power. not slavery following dictates of a boss like sellouts do. But authenticity. They were successful BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVED THEM AND THIER MUSIC.
@@lucasoheyze4597 this is the spelling police 👮♂️. What does matter is your spelling of the word “favorite”. I’m gonna need to see some identification….
These commentators ABSOLUTELY are WAY OFF the mark. Trying to get into the mind of Kurt as though they understand Kurt's mind. I find them quite arrogant in their assessment of Kurt's death, as a suicide because no one knows & most suspect it wasn't so. Music gives one a reason to live, especially if you're the one making it. I should know:a fucked up life gives ALOT to write about. Happy moments are very few & far between. But i'd rather write about them than kill myself.
In Utero is definitely the album Kurt had always wanted to make, and he did just that before his passing. Raw, unapologetic, abrasive, moody, and just downright real. I will always prefer this album over the way too polished Nevermind.
The Melvins formed in Montesano, not Aberdeen. It's like saying a Warrington band is from Liverpool. They did not 'convince' Sub Pop to release an album. The entire purpose of a signing with a label is to cut an ablum, otherwise the label makes no money. That is why it is in the contract. Kurt talked about being a rock star since he was about 7 years old. His childhood was full of singing along to Beatles records and playing guitar. His first joined a band in junior high school. His primary idols were Lennon and McCartney, arguably two of the biggest rock stars in history. The 'reluctance' trope is just the media's interpretation of his humility regarding his art and accomplishments. Nevermind was not unintentionally polished- the band practiced for 10 hours a day for 6 months in preparation for the recording. It was never intended as a raw-sounding punk effort. As they had no idea how well it would sell, they can not be accused of 'selling out' with Nevermind- nobody pressured them into laying down the tracks they did, the way they did. Technically, 'In Utero' was the sell-out album. They brought in Scott Litt post-production to remix the singles to make them more appealing for radio.
It's not really even arguable. Lennon and McCartney are the biggest rock stars in history. No artist has ever made it to the heights of fame that The Beatles reached, and Lennon/McCartney were the guys who created the songs that got them there.
Just glad to have gone thru high school with nevermind and in utero as soundtracks, as I graduated in 94 turned into a painful end of nirvana,wild decade those 90s were
Funnily, I remember this coming out, buying the cassette when I could, but never warming to it. Around the same time I found my brother's tape of The Smiths' Rank and I've never listened to it since. Hearing them all again with 25 years distance........dunno.
It seems to be younger fans that really love this album, like myself. I'm a first year millennial lol, but I've noticed most Gen X'ers don't care for In Utero.
@@randomcharacter6501 I was born in 79’…. Anybody that doesn’t like in utero you need to cut ties with them immediately. I don’t want them hurting you… they are not to be trusted at all costs.
I was all in with never mind, and I was all-in with In utero. I watched the MTV premiere video of teen Spirit and was hooked. I had a friend in California who worked for a trans World skater magazine and he had gotten a demo copy of nevermind before it hit the radio or anyone knew about it. We had a long conversation about how big this is going to be, and how this was the quintessential grunge alternative rock CD. One regret was I was in San Francisco on New Year's Eve one year like 93 and they were playing a gig over in Oakland with mud honey, I think The melvins and maybe flipper tickets were available but we decided not to go I wish we would have because he died not that long after
I remember seeing them in the early nineties reading festival amazing times and probably the last most epic band that never sold out Reminded of the manic street preachers Holy Bible another equally important band of the amazing nineties
Wow, this is one of the best made, most interesting & simply informative (factual)videos ive seen about Cobain & Nirvanas profound impact upon us. Thank you! Very refreshing it has helped me understand WHY Kurt Cobain has had the lasting (& growing) impact upon us, in this time & place. What a fabolous critique, thank you for helping me to appreciate this album not just for the great music (i discovered nirvana for myself just a few years back, a music lover in my mid 50s), but also for the incredible gift of creativity we have here, more akin to an anti hero & cultural treasure in the waning days of america the great, no less; the significance of meaning is very deep & will only deepen over time. Perhaps Cobain is like the Hemingway of Rock music. I found it refreshing that much of the gossip was not a focus, or even mentioned. My only suggestion, is i wish people would stop saying he committed suicide, because i dont believe he did, & it serves to perpetuate that narrative, which has saturated our socitety. Some of the interviewees assumed he took his own life. We are all more of FAKE NEWS & FALSE AGENDAS by now though arent we; hopeful. I refuse to acknowledge his suicide, simply because the facts show the nature of his death is NOT KNOWN.
rape me was performed live as early as 1991. it is said to have been written prior to the release of nevermind. i don't think it was a response to fame or experiences of popularity or record indusutry dealings becuase it was likely written prior to those experiences.
Nearly half the album was somewhat written by the time Nevermind was recorded. Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (as the instrumental Nine Month Media Blackout), and All Apologies were written in 1990. Rape Me was 1991 except for the bridge, and the outtake Sappy was 1987! Oh yeah and Grohl's Marigold was 1990 I think.
yes and other songs were performed that were never recorded or released. and one for sure was kept by a studio and then plagiarized by a famous band, as if it was thiers. i recall hearing nirvana ( then fecal matter) like 1987 pla y it and it was thier own song. Kurt's own song about a special person. has to do with- cherries- hint hint.
Heart Shaped Box is actually about a literal heart shaped box that Courtney gifted Kurt with some gifts inside it. As usual it has a double meaning, A "Box"of a woman is slang for her vagina.. Most of this song is about Courtney. As Kurt said in interviews, Kurt would write a few sincere sentences then something silly or sarcastic.The song was actually a Valentines gift to Courtney. They laughed about it being sweet then hilarious in Kurt's unique style. It is a brilliant song, I still love it all these years later!❤🎸
6:23 that is just a simple reason of why i adore Chad channing to me he will always be the ultimate Nirvana drummer and the part that it saddest me to see gone from the band, just glad he took his well deserved highlight on this video also MELVINS of course
Kurt was one of the best agents that ever came out of Langley. Kurt himself backed by our media factions proved to hold more influence than any 10 agents before him.
What his mission? To sell more plaid shirts and second hand ripped jeans? Maybe it was disrupt the evil barber shops but does that mean hair metal failed before him?
Jesus - even in conservative villages in south coast England in 1985 lots of us were listening to American ‘alternative’ bands like SonicYouth , Big Stick , Pixies thanks to Fanzines or BBC R1 evening programmes .. Hair Metal popularity was limited to Bon Jovi - ,Motley Crew & Twisted Sister had cult following probably due to their supporting the big metal acts like Scorpions on tours but they got bugger all radio play because Britain had done with GlamRock by 1975 and G&R weren’t heard of till late 87 by most when Appetite was first released. Carcass & Napalm Death etc deservedly got the attention rather than Glam or Hair metal. That’s my memory of rock music in England in mid late 80s Thankyou ❤️
Mine too and well put. I was listening to sonic youth and pixies in the late eighties along with groups like Violent Femmes. Never really knew about the US hair metal bands and Guns and Roses were way more commercial and only really got attention in the UK with appetite for destruction.
When most of my fellow students barked along with Rape Me, drunk and oh so unaware of what the song meant, back in March of 94, after finishing our written exams, I felt alienated even more as I had the last two years at school before, and all that circled through my mind in that awkward moment, was "I wish I was like you, easily amused, find my nest of salt, everything's my fault...". And then - one month later ... Fortunately, things got a lot better since then, not necessarily concerning a lot of people's general beliefs and actions, but, hey, all apologies...
Crazy to think that Dave Grohl is on In Utero. Dude would NEVER make anything like this with the Foo Fighters. If it's not over produced and safe for mass consumption it's not Foo Fighters.
@@lucasoheyze4597 He wrote the drum beat, not the music, but I'm mostly speaking about the production. For all his shitting on newer bands for using computers, which I found to be really mean spirited, he sure does want everything overproduced into hell.
@@lucasoheyze4597 I'll have to check it out. I know there was an interview with MTV from the time where Kurt said he brought him the drum beat and Kurt thought it was 'kind of boneheaded' but saw what he could do with it. Maybe I'm misremembering. Dave wrote a great song called God's Look Down when he was with Scream that I still like.
@@TopherBlairMusic I was watching an interview with Steve Albini that mentioned it yesterday, it said he showed Kurt how the rhythm riff goes on guitar, they were calling it "The Name Game" at that point because it's based on an old TV show that used that rhythm in its theme tune (I'm British so I never saw it 😆).
I just don't see _Nevermind_ as a 'Pop' album. It's not Hardcore or anything like that, but it's not Pop. It transformed the musical landscape, not appealed or sold out to it. We music fans went to _them,_ not the other way around.
I love band docs that actually use the muzik from the artist. And the awesome British muzik critics in this video. I ENJOYED IT AND I WILL PROBABLY WATCH IT 110 TIMES 😁
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter is one of my favorite songs on the album. But I love every song on it. Kinda annoying that several of these people acted like it was a throw-away. Same with Tourettes. They'd had it for a year, it definitely wasn't filler. Nevermind was the anomaly. Bleach and In Utero are better portraits of the band at the times they were recorded. I love all 3 but In Utero is the one that gets me
I'm not a huge fan of "In Utero," but "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" might be my favorite song on the album. It's not like it's Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" or something. It's catchy. Damn catchy. I don't know what that reviewer is talking about.
That is definitely my favorite song. Ever.
@@chrisdelisle3954 I can definitely see why someone would not love In Utero. It's a pretty rough listen at times, both sonically and lyrically. I can objectively see that Nevermind is the masterpiece. My favorite albums are usually that perfect blend of raw performance and good recording. The White Stripes' White Blood Cells and The Beatles' Let It Be. But I totally see where you're coming from. Thanks for the input!
Clever comment kris on the "what do you think of Hysteria?" Knowing the comment compares to the over produced album from Def Leppard, which is something the band didn't want after the over produced success of Nevermind.
Most music journalists are idiots.
“Kurt never predicted he was going to be a rockstar”
Kurt literally wrote in his journal:
“I’m going to become a rockstar, then go out in a blaze of glory”
Exactly. This guy doesn’t seem to know Kurt at all. Also states that Kurt read lots of books on musicians, when Kurt has been interviewed saying he was never interested in reading them.
he chased a major label deal, he was entirely unsatisfied being an indy artist on an indy label
Just like every other kid that wants to be a rockstar. Not really special.
I think he was more saying he never outwardly said that. because going around saying that would make him a poser. so he never said it out loud
@@Leonnicko Kurt also lied a lot. So who knows the truth.
I am a huge Nirvana Fan since the age of 7, unfortunately this was in 94' so it was also the first time I became aware of death, it broke my little heart. Today, 28 years later I am still a huge Fan and spent years figuring out the music and the man himself. In Utero is THE Nirvana album in my opinion. Cover, songs, mood, artwork and of course the music has stand the test of time the most. One the best albums ever recorded.
Wtf did you know of the zeitgeist of that time? 7 year old nirvana fan. Omfg
I remember my first cd was nevermind when my parents told me the singer blew his own head off with a shotgun I was too young to even understand why or what that even meant.
I agree on in utero being their album ❤️
yeah, i was 10 and had been into them for a bit. still remember seeing it on mtv and i thought it had to be a fucked up joke. i had all their albums, absolutely loved nirvana, and hole. drew a heart with hole in it on the heel of my beloved airwalks. and had a whole sheet of plywood in my yard that had my name for president spray painted on it in 96, and it was covered with the different smiley face logos, and nirvana on top. i think i had the antichrist superstar logo on it and some other stuff. it all had a huge influence on my life. bleach and in utero are kinda my favorites. other than unplugged maybe. also a big bowie fan. i remember when my dad got unplugged and just blasting it on his badass stereo. also employed the first time we watched tombstone, with the surround sound and the accoustics of that house. they'd got divorced in like 92, 93. and he moved into the house next to our house he'd built when i was like 2. but it had wood floors, and kinda sparse and open. the accoustics were just awesome for that kinda stuff. i still remember that, looking at the album cover and listening to it. and subsequently annexed it into my collection.lol also remember when wishkah came out, i have that image of just staring at the cover out in my yard, maybe even as i was making my sign. i think i did that right before the election that year and that and antichrist had just come out. we'd had to move. cause my mom and dad fought over our old house we'd grown up in and my dad ended up buying my mom's half and he moved back in. so, we moved to my step dad's house. it was a really turbulent time in my life, and even though kurt was gone i still had their music. i'd already been into manson for a while, but really got more into heavier and darker stuff. cause that's how i felt, i was extremely angry and depressed. and i don't know where i'd be if it hadn't been for all the music. and then layne's death, another huge blow. i'd also always been really into aic, tool and everything. just a really awesome time to be alive, but i have a lot of painful memories attatched with it as my family was torn apart and we eventually lost the home i grew up in altogether when my dad sold it and moved in with his wife, who he'd cheated on my mom with while she painted her house that he'd built, he was a framer and contractor then. along with him nearly killing himself. severe but "functioning" alcoholic, he fell asleep one night on the way home from the bar. and he had a big one ton box truck with all his tools, thousands of pounds of tools in the bed, hit a 4 foot wide oak tree and all that weight just crushed the cab. my grandpa couldn't even get his arm to where he was. being drunk was the only thing that saved him, since he went limp and got thrown into the floor. it looked like a crumpled beer can, and the bed barely had a mark. my friend's dad bought it and put it on his plumbing truck. but my mom woke me up at like 3 or 4 in the morning and we had to go to nashville where they'd life flighted him. he was gurgling blood bubbles, and his nose was literally hanging by a thread, looked like one vein was the only thing holding it on, literally no longer on his face, just dangling to the side. the juxtaposition of the time being so much fun, and also absolutely horrible. well, didn't intend on writing a novel... just put an end to it here.
I was fortunate to see Nirvana twice and meet Pat, Kris, and Dave separately. It was a magical time.
For All Apologies alone I'm glad this album exists... absolutely love that song!
That and dumb are absolute masterpieces
It's my favorite Nirvana album. Heart Shaped Box, Serve the Servants, Francis Farmer, All Apologies, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, all awesome including ones I've failed mention.
@@MsRadar23 nirvana is my favorite band of all time but if I had one song I’d have to give up it probably be “dumb”.
@@MsRadar23 Dumb is so overlooked. That middle section is amazing.
What about Milk It? It’s possibly their best song and Kurt’s most vitriolic vocal performance (along with Scentless Apprentice). Plus his laugh in it just makes it so raw - In Utero has grown to become my one of my favourite records. It’s only taken me 33 years.
I'm a massive fan pf Milk It yet I couldn't tell you why. However its overlooked by almost every Nirvana fan.
@@richardgoss4777 not by real fans, these commenters went home and put on their final countdown album
I love that song too. My band is in the studio in a month and it's exactly 30 years to the week that we're in there.
I remember when I bought that record in 93 and my parents were reading through the lyrics to decide whether or not I was allowed to keep it. Hearing my mom read the lyrics to Milk It in a very confused and concerned tone of voice was hilarious. Lol
Definitely one of my favorites from in-u .. that live version of Tourette’s on muddy banks is amazing and that probably another one of my faves on in-u
As a drummer myself, I feel like the overall tone and sound of Dave's drumming on in utero is way better than on nevermind. Even the way his snare was mic'd you can hear his flam hits so clearly and crisp on in utero. If you listen closely to the Foo Fighters 1st album, it's almost as if Dave used the same recording technique on that album too because the drum tones sound exactly the same as in utero. Dave is one of my favorite drummers. I appreciate nirvana and foo fighters from a musicianship standpoint because I literally taught myself how to drum playing along to Nevermind, in utero, muddy banks of the wishkah, and FF self titled album. If it wasn't for those albums I don't think I would've ever been inspired to teach myself how to play drums. Thanks Kurt Cobain, too. Because I read in one of his interviews that he too played drums and the way he learned was literally by copying the drummer who sat in 1st chair when he was in marching band lol.
he has the same man mixing the sounds in both nirvana and foo fighters and still has the dude by his side to this day so that’s why the recording style would sound the same
@@poppyzor5289 do you know the sound engineers name?
@@eldiablo3794 pretty sure it’s Steve albini
@@ch1li597 Steve Albini was not involved with the foo fighter's self titled album...
@@poppyzor5289 well Steve Albini mic'd, engineered and mixed In Utero, except for the few tracks Scott Litt remixed. Neither of those guys have ever been involved in a Foo Fighters record in any way and nobody has been involved with the Foos in any of those capacities for their entire run. Almost every Foos album has different people engineering, mixing and producing. Butch Vig produced Nevermind and Wasting Light and only those 2. There's about 20 years in between where he had no involvement in Dave's sound
The album is a masterpiece from start to finish. Every song is a banger (harsh at times but brilliant)
The harshness is the best parts
I love harsh...
@@LSD123. did we just become best friends 🤣🤷♂️🤝
This is still their best record. Inspiring and original. I am much older now than I was then (obviously) and it still works for me
That‘a debateable
@@NBAHOTTAKEZit’s not lol every song on this album is masterfully constructed
Still my favorite nirvana album and one of my fav albums to this day. Had the raw power of bleach and the catchiness of never mind in one
I always loved the sarcasm of the song, underneath the intro I feel it's a damned slick song. Then again I have always fallen in love with the buried tracks. Lounge Act was my favorite from Nevermind. I think as an album In Utero has aged gracefully. I think this is the artistic masterpiece, whereas Nevermind was the commercial masterpiece. I think they're both phenomenal. It's hard to believe it's been almost 30 years.
30 years last year for Nevermind.
It seems unreal.
Lounge act is my all time favorite. That scream at the end 😱.
@@sandelic1 what really blew my mind 🤯 was the fact a year ago Kurt could have lived his entire life over since he died. Now he’s been dead a year longer than he was ever alive. I was 14 when he died. My favorite band of all time. Sucks we couldn’t get more but am glad we got what we did. 🤘
You are correct about Lounge Act, and about the albums as masterpieces, RFUS is my favorite on this one, but any song on here I wouldn't question if they were someone else's favorites.
There isn't enough love for lounge act. It's easily my favorite nirvana song
Kurt was a total genius to me (and I think to other people too)... I really like a wide variety of music and artists, and though I connect deeply with a lot of music out there, none can compare with what Nirvana means to me, and I wish this feeling for everyone.
💯
I had that feeling since I was 11 and saw smell like teen spirit for the first time. I fell in love with music from that day forward
not only kurt but dave, and krist is very intelligent, highly under-rated as a bassist. i sincerely wish he'd run for president, someone like him is exactly what we need. however, i doubt his political aspirations are anywhere near that level.
You people that were 10 in 93 to 95 were not in the grunge scene as it blossomed, stop commenting like you were and go listen to your chevelle and papa roach Seattle wannabe music
@@shermanhammock9914 thanks 4 letting us knows you’re brain dead! Ok give me a moment and I’ll tell people that they can’t listen to Nirvana if they weren’t in Seattle in 1990! 😡😡😡
As Kurt said "The suits hated it", but it has received many accolades since release. Geffen was expecting Nevermind II, but they should have known where they were going when Albini was picked to produce. Most Nevermind tracks were written months/years before the Butch Vig sessions, as was All Apologies, Dumb, Rape Me. Some of In Utero was written at the Hollywood Hills house, lots of vids on the place in YT.
In utero is nirvana summed up in a nutshell for me. I respect that album so much.
and i love how Kurt just opens up his pain and makes a massive glump of loud noise, Which sounds like real music to my. i wish this music could come back
Violent Soho, Dinosaur Pile-Up and Pigs are great bands today that play in the style of 90s grunge.
This was the first album from nirvana that I heard, I remember listening to it on my Paper round every morning for about 2 years on my walkman 🤣🤣🤣🤣 this album means so much to me
Edit - after watching this I went out and bought this on vinyl on the same day…!!!! And I still think side B is my favorite side..!!!!
I also loved my walkman way easier than modern stuff gagets
He had the rare opportunity to go out on top and that's what he chose. I remember In Utero coming out with the expectations of Nevermind and people were shocked it wasn't a commercial record but looking back it's a better record I think.
That's not what happened at all, Kurt had so many great albums left in him he didn't "go out on top" he got addicted to heroin , killed himself and abandoned his daughter.
@@theneveristsofficial1732 actually his wife had him killed
There's so many facts support this and if you are a Nirvana fan, if you claim to be in Nirvana fan, you should know this.
@@unmaskscience111 that's total bullshit and there's no evidence to support it
Whenever I think of Nirvana, Dave Grohl’s drumming is very important to me. I self taught myself drums by listening to Nevermind and In Utero. He taught me to be loud, have energy and definitely don’t take it too seriously.
In Utero is my favourite album, it oozes feeling, and man that voice, incredible.
It would be really cool to hear Nevermind recorded the same way with Albini.
Their best album. PERIOD.
one of the best albums ever. scentless apprentice, rfus, milk it, and very ape are my fav songs on it.
Milk It, the best song on the album and its not even mentioned here.
Doll
Steeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkk
agreed. top 5 nirvana
Yeah
I really liked Very Ape a lot as well
“The best” of anything is relative to the person who is saying that it is the best. I am so tired of people on UA-cam commenting about what they think is “the best “ or worst song of a band, as though it makes a difference.
Incestiside was highly underrated. Aero Zeppelin, Mexican Seafood, Hairspray Queen, etc.. They didn't even mention it came out in between Nevermind and In Utero.
Even tho its a cover turnaround is soo cool . I love big long now
Mad album, I like taking LSD and listening to that album, the album is pretty psychedelic.
Incesticide wasn't a studio album, as it was just songs full of B-sides and covers so real need to mention it as it didn't impact the band at all in a way Nevermind and In Utero did. But sure did have some amazing songs.
Agree
Incesticide is a compilation & sliver b sides
it's 2023 and that album still holds that spot. just the artistry and the quality of nirvana's body of work, nothing has been done like that since and its crazy! I don't believe anyone can ever top that! I mean how could it be done? it was the end all in every way. a big and final exclamation point, figuratively and literally. we were so lucky to live in that time.
Everybody remembers where they were during traumatic events. I was on vacation and walking through a Ron Jon’s surf shop in Cocoa Beach Florida where I heard on the overhead radio system that he had died that morning. I could not believe it and thought he was pulling a prank because it’s Kurt after all. I don’t remember much of anything else about that trip except I saw the Space Shuttle launch a couple days later.
But it’s weird how you remember some things.
Weird! I was just in that same I presume god damn surf shop this past Sunday. I guess it’s whatever but still weird to now come across this random comment about a very specific place and a very specific store. F’N strange.
@@mr.onethirtyeight5088 That’s how life works sometimes. We’re all connected. 🤷🏻♂️
I found out on channel one during homeroom. Funny though I wasn't into to rock in middle school. I'm really a hip-hop head but I got into rock later in life when rap starting getting boring and predictable. Even though I wasn't a fan I still remember the sadness of everyone who was... I knew he was special before I ever dove into their discography and story. I wish I had actually listen to them in real time when I had the chance.
@@randomcharacter6501i was at holidays on the beach and heard it on radio as well. Wow . Pain
I remember the first time I put on In Utereo - The first lyric you hear is " Teenage angst has paid off well but now I'm bored and old. " I thought it was the most brilliant lyric ever in a followup to a huge album like Nevermind.
Good lyric and coupled with a good opening chord.
The acoustic demo for StServeants on the WTLO boxset is what made me fall absolutely in love with that song!!!
That and Do re mi hit me on while new levels with the band at that time in my life!
So young n clueless!!!
I'm still a massive idiot but yea! I've F'd up enough times to learn now I hope!!!
In Utero is their masterpiece, so much better than Nevermind. "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" is probably my favorite Nirvana song, but the whole album is full of absolute bangers. Not a single bad track on there (although the low points are definitely "Frances Farmer" and "tourette's").
Frances Farmer is a good track! Agree on Tourette's though.
They are two completely different albums. To say one is better than the other is just dumb….
Really ? I think Frances Farmer is a highlight.
Kurt's guitar work on In Utero is brilliant.
all nirvanas music is absolute on another level up there with the greats and always will be.
like many other great bands their songs, albums never gets old.
Very Ape, Milk It and Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol as the massive fuck you over/out on the non-US LP bonus are just phenomenal. Not that this documentary does them any credit.
If you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first. Excellent line great song
My favorite drumming on the album is from Milk it and Very Ape
Nobody ever talks about how RFUS has a killer chorus that only happens once and even then cuts itself short, a genius move in itself
You mean the bridge? The chorus happens several times.
The best hook of that song is indeed the bridge, but the chorus is the "what is wrong with me?" part
Rfus is my absolute favorite. The ending has one of the sickest closings to a song I've ever heard. Pure chaos. I love how Grohl just goes off
Yeah the chorus is what is wrong with me. The bridge is hate your enemies, save your friends, find your place, speak the truth.
@@krisfrederick5001 Man, I love that bridge. Best part of the song.
Scentless apprentice, milk it, and radio friendly unit shifter are masterpieces to me and this is coming from one picky bastard when it comes to music 😁
Yes.
I found Nirvana when teen spirit came out, been a picky bastard ever since...
In Utero is one of the greatest albums of all time. Masterpiece of Alternative Rock (whatever that is).
Radio Friendly Unit Shifer blew my 12 year old mind out of reality the first time I heard it. And it still does 30 years later. Its a call to arms, its a massive expression of emotion, yet it captured EXACTLY how I felt back then, and in some ways I still feel.
I always loved Kurt and Krist's relationship. Two best friends. I think when Kurt got back into drugs that was when they separated. That wasn't Krist's scene.
I grabbed krists black bass head when he was playing over top of me after Kurt died and almost yanked him off the stage. I let go at the last second 😂
Bleach was the first album I bought on CD. I was 10. Been a massive fan ever since. I was 14 when he died. I felt a real loss.
Courtney killed them. Did you know that? I just found that out and I was same age as you when he died
But why did she do that ? for what reason ? only the divorce and money`?? @@unmaskscience111
The masses reacted to Nirvana the same way they had Metallica a few years before. Until they put out a "unit friendly shifter"😅 single on Mtv & radio those in the Rock community who enjoyed Thrash/Hardcore/Punk were ostracized! My older sister who turned me on to Black Sabbath & took me to my first rock show at 10 yro, Alice Cooper in 1981, was still asking me how I could listen to "that crap" called Metallica literally days before "One" hit Mtv & radio like "Teen Spirit" would. Then she freaked & loved it & said she had to get this "new" band's album & concert tickets, so I went with her to see them for the 3rd time shaking my fukn head!😅 That's not really a criticism, just letting y'all know how it went down & how it worked. There were plenty better bands that had paved the way & everyone knew it. Is why Kurt supposedly felt guilty, & of course why many called him a sell-out. But I remember when "Teen Spirit" hit. It was Fall of '91. I thought it was better than most music they were playing, but by no means thought it would change Rock forever. So when "Nevermind" went #1 I went straight to record store & bought "Bleach". If a band's any good I want to start from the beginning. Still think "No Recess" may have to be my all-time fave?😅 Anyway, I thought they were good but wasn't a big fan. I appreciate them more daily. Main reason I popped in here is to tell my lil "Where were you when?" story hardcore Nirvana fans may appreciate? On April 8, 1994 my band & a couple others were on break from tour & decided to head down to Atlanta to see Frank Black and the Ramones. We kept hearing non-stop Nirvana blocks on radio between flipping tapes & wondered why? Then we got the news about finding Cobain. That night the usually quiet Joey Ramone dedicated "Pet Sematary" to Kurt. Don't remember what Black said. Not a big Pixies fan either, like Kurt was. I also happened to be at first Foo Fighter stadium gig & very first Nirvana "reunion", as can be seen Bumbershoot '97. It was also last gig for Pat before he left the first time. Also, & didnt find out till next morning, a few hours earlier during Sonic Youth's set Princess Di died in a car crash. Oh yeah! AND Is where Grohl introduces Taylor Hawkins to Seattle!😅 Auspicious Day, Good Times, friends! If a Foo fan, the ground footage without encore/reunion is an excellent good sounding vid, after about 3, 4 songs of us getting rowdy. I was on 5 yard-line. Missed the bus home & slept behind the Space Museum.😅 Grainy footage on reunion didn't do it justice. Was a surprise & Grohl started singing, along with crowd, "Purple Rain" before kicking out the Jam. It wasn't really planned. A few months later I happened to catch Foos on their Color & Shape tour once again in Nashville & after show, sitting in parking lot drinking beer, Grohl came out to his bus all by himself. A small crowd gathered round & he said, give me a minute & I'll be right out, & came out & talked to EVERYBODY!!! We even talked about Bumbershoot over a brew. Coolest mofo you could ever meet!
All that said, no matter how bad things may seem or be, friends, never forget: THESE ARE STILL "THE DAYS"!!!
Love & Party accordingly!
🤘🌎❤️
Led Zeppelin had the light and dark dynamic in a lot of their songs as well. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, is a perfect example of a light verse to dark chorus
Man! This was extremely thorough and incredibly well done! Great job - thanks.
I bought a copy on 'clear' vinyl when it was released, never listened to it, and swapped it for a secondhand YMO album in the 00's.
Hmm. YMO? I can't even guess who that is haha! 😆
@@8bitakvids You kidding? Yellow Magic Orchestra.
Wow! This was great! I’m not sure if I’m feeling inspired or just want to wallow in my own darkness. There’s something about that album that did both to me. They did the most punk rock of all punk rock things!! And the album is there for all of us to keep coming back to and getting that big f you!!! F..yeah!!! Totally a fist to the face! So dark!! So disturbing!!! So needed at that time! At this time!! Had to edit my language!?! My post was almost censored!!! Wow!! Im on a list I guess?!
Fuck their list. Fuck shit up 🤘☢️
Their interviews always seemed like they would have 1 person talk and the others would just be in another realm
I remember hearing negative creep in 1991 on triple jjj hour of power - metal radio show, it was like punk, when teen spirit came out it took a bit to connect them to negative, bought in utero on release day, to be honest Nirvana destroyed rock music - like basically by the time in utero came out glam/hair/electro died - like legit died, kinda like how Pantera essentially killed Thrash metal, the times were changing, a new fresh breath was needed to continue evolution - it's inevitable, for me personally I think the greatest song Nirvana made is "even in his youth" it's just so basic and musically pure, a (90's) modern day punk song.
Ha my first nirvana record I bought when I was 11 was the smells like teen spirit single that had “even in his youth” on it. Great song
This warms my heart our British friends express such love and appreciation of a uniquely American music scene. Thank You mates.
Indeed - Nirvana is my absolute favourite band since I first heard them in '91. Grunge nods at English punk rock, though, like the Sex Pistols. And you can't ignore the sly wink between Never Mind (the Bollocks) and Nevermind.
Kurt could be an honorary Brit.
Ive seen a few documentries on this channel now and alot of the journalists just want to slag off these ‘classic albums’ to seem different and alternative but they just say alot of this incredible album is filler and the other band this channel wanted to slag off was oasis’ wtsmg which was by far the most culturally relevant album of the 90’s in the UK and nirvana were definitley the most impactful in the US and that doenst happen if the music isnt great, journalists are very snobby and patronizing for people who have never made anything decent in their lives
Oasis has nothing on nirvana …… NOTHING
@@bidensniffedmetoo1005 im not comparing them in anyway at all, how can you misunderstand something so bad
Love the In Utero. Don’t need to compare it to the rest of their catalog. The bands sounds changed because they kept growing and as a fan I wouldn’t want the same album twice
Same for the stone roses there second first album was amazing and when they released second coming I absolutely loved it. Although it got slated at the time by the stupid music critics and posing idiots who couldn't handle the band had written a more hardrock album. The Roses b-sides are equally as good, the turns into stone record is my favourite. I didn't appreciate in in utero the first time I played it. I admit it, I listened again a few months later and it made perfect sense and now is one of my favourite records. It's better than nevermind although never mind has many grant songs, the radio friendly ones were over played and have lost there magic
I remember in 1989 I was 14 and I hung out with some girl who listened to Depeche mode and so 21 yr old guy moved on the bottom apt. Somehow I wound up hanging out with him and he let me listen to Pixies Doo Little. I mostly listened to metallica, iron madien but I always had a open mind I guess but that opened up a new world for me especially when I got surfer rosa. That guy came from California and he was just too cool thanks Rob. Funny though, when nirvana started to get big and that whole scene was coming up I almost got into a fight because I told these new woke people (ya I like Poison). I thought they were suppose to except everyone as they were. That's when I knew I was not the poser. 😆
I discovered this album last year but it’s had such an impact on me since. I can’t get enough of it.
Lucky. Wish I could rediscover nirvana for the first time all over again
Been listening to that album since it was released... It's still as great as it was back then, never gets old.
@@LSD123. It really doesn't ever get old- me either lol 😆
But seriously the songs that I love on it now are different than the songs I loved on it when I was a teenager.
Congratulations ❤️ it's timeless as far as I'm concerned
even the brilliant Nevermind to listen to now sounds dated but In Utero does'nt, one of those few albums that never will, hats off to Steve Albini, he bottled there magic on this one.
No it doesn't. Utter BS
I don't really see how Nevermind sounds dated. Maybe it's because I'm younger so I wasn't around when it was first released, but it sounds quite fresh to me. It's Bleach the one that sounds dated but that's because of the more lo-fi production on it.
Dated my ass. Wake up or I’ll slap you like will smith 👋
47:56 In “montage of heck” they show Kurt as a kid with a toy guitar…he was indeed left handed…
Why are you, musicians, always accused of selling out when you finally get published for a large audience? I never see this happen with book authors like Steven King. A patent-holder for a new device has to sell out for royalties to a large manufacturer. He kinda hopes that happens so that he can exploit his new invention. Painters hope to get discovered so that they don't have to live in cold, consumptive basement dwellings with all their miasmas. So they sellout to a popular art dealer. The whole idea feels so silly. Cela me fait rire.
U lose your real fans the bigger you get and it’s no longer about the music, it’s about ticket sales and it becomes a business. take in bloom by nirvana “he’s the one who likes all our pretty songs but he knows not what it means”. Suddenly all the people who never believed in you and hated you are singing along to your music. Book authors can’t have their books ‘overplayed” on the radios, in the shops, in nightclubs etc so u can’t compare them. songs like smells like teen spirit, wonderwall, sweet child of mine are all overplayed to the point u can’t listen to them anymore. they attract a new fan base that are merely “trend followers”, the real fans stop coming to shows and thereby officially u become a sell out
well , good question
Tu ris, niaiseux es tu ?
The problem is that once you sign that contract and are beholden to the record company, you have to make a lot of compromises in order to get your album recorded, released, and promoted. Geffen Records has no interest in the creation of beautiful art; no major studio does. They're businesses, and their primary function is to make money. So when you blow everyone away with Nevermind which wasn't expected to sell even a couple hundred thousand copies, then naturally, the record company is going to demand that the band continue to make them more money by doing what the record company believes will sell the most; by this time, you've probably spent a ton of money, and telling the record company to go F themselves at the expense of having access to the best studios, producers, mixing/mastering engineers, and promotion is very difficult to come to terms with. You might even end up getting sued and having to pay back millions of dollars to the record company, so in essence, you're a slave. It's exploitation, and always has been. This had been well known for decades by the time the 90's came around, so the accusation of being a sell out is not wholly unjustified.
YES. it's a fake explanation. they are wrong about it. and it isn't selling out. only those who become a slave to it are sold out . Nirvana made it big because that was thier destiny and because of thier specialness. it was thier ability, talent, gifts, and being themselves instead of being enslaved. they even negotiated a super deal for bigger payout than usual. so they had power. not slavery following dictates of a boss like sellouts do. But authenticity. They were successful BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVED THEM AND THIER MUSIC.
I really liked In Utero but Incesticide was my favorite album.
incesticide wasnt a proper album it was a compilation featuring b side takes and covers
Doesn't matter, that's the guy's favourite album
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That album was the reason I learned to play guitar. Some very fun and simple songs to play.
@@lucasoheyze4597 this is the spelling police 👮♂️. What does matter is your spelling of the word “favorite”. I’m gonna need to see some identification….
@@bidensniffedmetoo1005 I confess, I'm British 🕵️
Looking back, I listen to In Utero a lot more than I did Nevermind
These commentators ABSOLUTELY are WAY OFF the mark. Trying to get into the mind of Kurt as though they understand Kurt's mind.
I find them quite arrogant in their assessment of Kurt's death, as a suicide because no one knows & most suspect it wasn't so. Music gives one a reason to live, especially if you're the one making it.
I should know:a fucked up life gives ALOT to write about. Happy moments are very few & far between. But i'd rather write about them than kill myself.
“Most suspect it wasn’t so” ohhhh brother
@@telemachia it’s true. Give soaked in bleach a watch. If it doesn’t make you think you are hopeless
@@bidensniffedmetoo1005 I've seen it, and I've read the articles, and they all appeal to completely mediocre thinkers and highly susceptible people.
Most who ? Obsessed stans who cant let go ?
Kurt killed himself
In Utero is definitely the album Kurt had always wanted to make, and he did just that before his passing. Raw, unapologetic, abrasive, moody, and just downright real. I will always prefer this album over the way too polished Nevermind.
This band literally changed the way I see the world; the world just looked different after I got addicted listening.
NIRVANA É GENIAL, KURT COBAIN É UM GÊNIO DA MUSICA !!!
The Melvins formed in Montesano, not Aberdeen. It's like saying a Warrington band is from Liverpool.
They did not 'convince' Sub Pop to release an album. The entire purpose of a signing with a label is to cut an ablum, otherwise the label makes no money. That is why it is in the contract.
Kurt talked about being a rock star since he was about 7 years old. His childhood was full of singing along to Beatles records and playing guitar. His first joined a band in junior high school. His primary idols were Lennon and McCartney, arguably two of the biggest rock stars in history. The 'reluctance' trope is just the media's interpretation of his humility regarding his art and accomplishments.
Nevermind was not unintentionally polished- the band practiced for 10 hours a day for 6 months in preparation for the recording. It was never intended as a raw-sounding punk effort. As they had no idea how well it would sell, they can not be accused of 'selling out' with Nevermind- nobody pressured them into laying down the tracks they did, the way they did.
Technically, 'In Utero' was the sell-out album. They brought in Scott Litt post-production to remix the singles to make them more appealing for radio.
It's not really even arguable. Lennon and McCartney are the biggest rock stars in history. No artist has ever made it to the heights of fame that The Beatles reached, and Lennon/McCartney were the guys who created the songs that got them there.
Just glad to have gone thru high school with nevermind and in utero as soundtracks, as I graduated in 94 turned into a painful end of nirvana,wild decade those 90s were
Not a great documentary tbh. They were way off with some of their comments. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter is one of my favourite songs!!
As a 14 yr old when In Utero dropped I def wasn't thinking of the production. It was just a other batch of great tunes from a great band!!
Funnily, I remember this coming out, buying the cassette when I could, but never warming to it. Around the same time I found my brother's tape of The Smiths' Rank and I've never listened to it since. Hearing them all again with 25 years distance........dunno.
It seems to be younger fans that really love this album, like myself. I'm a first year millennial lol, but I've noticed most Gen X'ers don't care for In Utero.
Yeah I was born in 97 love them
@@randomcharacter6501 I was born in 79’…. Anybody that doesn’t like in utero you need to cut ties with them immediately. I don’t want them hurting you… they are not to be trusted at all costs.
I was all in with never mind, and I was all-in with In utero. I watched the MTV premiere video of teen Spirit and was hooked. I had a friend in California who worked for a trans World skater magazine and he had gotten a demo copy of nevermind before it hit the radio or anyone knew about it. We had a long conversation about how big this is going to be, and how this was the quintessential grunge alternative rock CD. One regret was I was in San Francisco on New Year's Eve one year like 93 and they were playing a gig over in Oakland with mud honey, I think The melvins and maybe flipper tickets were available but we decided not to go I wish we would have because he died not that long after
Thank god these obviously intelligent Brits explained and clarified all this for us. Now we all know.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This channel deserves a million subs
I remember seeing them in the early nineties reading festival amazing times and probably the last most epic band that never sold out
Reminded of the manic street preachers Holy Bible another equally important band of the amazing nineties
I grew up listening to this in MN, having no idea it was recorded in Cannon Falls.
Wow, this is one of the best made, most interesting & simply informative (factual)videos ive seen about Cobain & Nirvanas profound impact upon us. Thank you! Very refreshing it has helped me understand WHY Kurt Cobain has had the lasting (& growing) impact upon us, in this time & place. What a fabolous critique, thank you for helping me to appreciate this album not just for the great music (i discovered nirvana for myself just a few years back, a music lover in my mid 50s), but also for the incredible gift of creativity we have here, more akin to an anti hero & cultural treasure in the waning days of america the great, no less; the significance of meaning is very deep & will only deepen over time. Perhaps Cobain is like the Hemingway of Rock music. I found it refreshing that much of the gossip was not a focus, or even mentioned. My only suggestion, is i wish people would stop saying he committed suicide, because i dont believe he did, & it serves to perpetuate that narrative, which has saturated our socitety. Some of the interviewees assumed he took his own life. We are all more of FAKE NEWS & FALSE AGENDAS by now though arent we; hopeful. I refuse to acknowledge his suicide, simply because the facts show the nature of his death is NOT KNOWN.
RIP Kurdt. In Utero is one of my favorite albums, there's nothing like it. Definitely stands the test of time.
Chad channing a cool dude if you've ever met him. Down to earth fella with talented drumming
rape me was performed live as early as 1991. it is said to have been written prior to the release of nevermind. i don't think it was a response to fame or experiences of popularity or record indusutry dealings becuase it was likely written prior to those experiences.
Yeah wtf is this “documentary” talking about? You can fucking google each and every song!
Nearly half the album was somewhat written by the time Nevermind was recorded. Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (as the instrumental Nine Month Media Blackout), and All Apologies were written in 1990. Rape Me was 1991 except for the bridge, and the outtake Sappy was 1987!
Oh yeah and Grohl's Marigold was 1990 I think.
yes and other songs were performed that were never recorded or released. and one for sure was kept by a studio and then plagiarized by a famous band, as if it was thiers. i recall hearing nirvana ( then fecal matter) like 1987 pla y it and it was thier own song. Kurt's own song about a special person. has to do with- cherries- hint hint.
Heart Shaped Box is actually about a literal heart shaped box that Courtney gifted Kurt with some gifts inside it. As usual it has a double meaning, A "Box"of a woman is slang for her vagina.. Most of this song is about Courtney. As Kurt said in interviews, Kurt would write a few sincere sentences then something silly or sarcastic.The song was actually a Valentines gift to Courtney. They laughed about it being sweet then hilarious in Kurt's unique style. It is a brilliant song, I still love it all these years later!❤🎸
6:23 that is just a simple reason of why i adore Chad channing
to me he will always be the ultimate Nirvana drummer and the part that it saddest me to see gone from the band, just glad he took his well deserved highlight on this video
also MELVINS of course
Kurt was one of the best agents that ever came out of Langley. Kurt himself backed by our media factions proved to hold more influence than any 10 agents before him.
Whatever that means? Can you repeat thar in Morse code, please)
The missing persons report that was filed on April 4 1994 does has have the "Military Experience" box ticked.
What his mission? To sell more plaid shirts and second hand ripped jeans? Maybe it was disrupt the evil barber shops but does that mean hair metal failed before him?
@@SlinkiestTortoise23 ..to demoralize and destroy as much of his generation as possible.
@@Biblicalgiants And how was he supposed to that?
Happy 30th Anniversary In Utero!!! 🎉 Another classic by Nirvana!
imagine looking over in your passenger seat and seeing Kurt looking at you ! after he passed ! my best LSD trip by far
That would be cool, but it could turn into a bad trip due to extreme eerieness. 😱
That’s pretty fuckin crazy. 🤪
I can't believe "Milk It" and "Very Ape" were skipped! Two of the best songs
My favorite on the album right now. I totally agree
Prodigy sampled Very Ape amazingly and did that song a ton of justice.
Nirvana never would have happened without the Pixies. Like most bands of that era.
Jesus - even in conservative villages in south coast England in 1985 lots of us were listening to American ‘alternative’ bands like SonicYouth , Big Stick , Pixies thanks to Fanzines or BBC R1 evening programmes .. Hair Metal popularity was limited to Bon Jovi - ,Motley Crew & Twisted Sister had cult following probably due to their supporting the big metal acts like Scorpions on tours but they got bugger all radio play because Britain had done with GlamRock by 1975 and G&R weren’t heard of till late 87 by most when Appetite was first released. Carcass & Napalm Death etc deservedly got the attention rather than Glam or Hair metal. That’s my memory of rock music in England in mid late 80s Thankyou ❤️
Mine too and well put. I was listening to sonic youth and pixies in the late eighties along with groups like Violent Femmes. Never really knew about the US hair metal bands and Guns and Roses were way more commercial and only really got attention in the UK with appetite for destruction.
RFUS is I think my favorite Nirvana song. It sums up their whole career and in some ways the doom of our generation.
Lounge act…. That scream 😱
Subscribed within minutes, love a channel like this
30 years later still one of the greatest albums of all time
When most of my fellow students barked along with Rape Me, drunk and oh so unaware of what the song meant, back in March of 94, after finishing our written exams, I felt alienated even more as I had the last two years at school before, and all that circled through my mind in that awkward moment, was "I wish I was like you, easily amused, find my nest of salt, everything's my fault...". And then - one month later ... Fortunately, things got a lot better since then, not necessarily concerning a lot of people's general beliefs and actions, but, hey, all apologies...
bleach is my absolute fave! but this is a great album, makes you wonder what their next album would of been like.. had kurdt stuck around. rip ~
I agree the first half of Bleach is flawless. The second gets a little repetitive, though. Still a great album in any case.
Crazy to think that Dave Grohl is on In Utero. Dude would NEVER make anything like this with the Foo Fighters. If it's not over produced and safe for mass consumption it's not Foo Fighters.
Yet Dave was the one who wrote the music for Scentless Apprentice
@@lucasoheyze4597 He wrote the drum beat, not the music, but I'm mostly speaking about the production. For all his shitting on newer bands for using computers, which I found to be really mean spirited, he sure does want everything overproduced into hell.
@@TopherBlairMusic No, he wrote the guitar riff as well.
@@lucasoheyze4597 I'll have to check it out. I know there was an interview with MTV from the time where Kurt said he brought him the drum beat and Kurt thought it was 'kind of boneheaded' but saw what he could do with it. Maybe I'm misremembering. Dave wrote a great song called God's Look Down when he was with Scream that I still like.
@@TopherBlairMusic I was watching an interview with Steve Albini that mentioned it yesterday, it said he showed Kurt how the rhythm riff goes on guitar, they were calling it "The Name Game" at that point because it's based on an old TV show that used that rhythm in its theme tune (I'm British so I never saw it 😆).
Serve the Servants is my fav Nirvana song
what is the riff playing in the background
Gotta love the calssics
Got to love those "sounds very slightly like a Nirvana song" jams
Remember picking up In utero from a used record shop in royal oak in 96-98
By far, best band´s album, period.
This is a really good documentary. Thanks.
I saw Alice in Chains open for Van Halen. And I saw the start of grunge...I was telling my friends I liked the open ing band better
I saw them post layne and they are a amazing live. Didn’t realize how badass the drummer was till live
What is the song/riff that plays at 16:41, I can’t find it anywhere
that melvins salad of a thousand delights concert hits so fucking hard
Lol that thumbnail typo
My favourite Nirvana album
I just don't see _Nevermind_ as a 'Pop' album. It's not Hardcore or anything like that, but it's not Pop. It transformed the musical landscape, not appealed or sold out to it. We music fans went to _them,_ not the other way around.
Oh boy , I can't wait till someone actually . Listens to , Tom freaking Grant....;€
I love band docs that actually use the muzik from the artist. And the awesome British muzik critics in this video. I ENJOYED IT AND I WILL PROBABLY WATCH IT 110 TIMES 😁
What song is that at 1:49?
That song they played first live in the beginning sounded really close to what Foofighter sounds like