Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Live 1991 The Best Version
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2019
- Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Live 1991 on "The Word" 720p HD, taken from the 1999 rebroadcast, Best Of The Word. Recorded by me using a Sony Nicam HiFi VHS VCR at SP onto a new TDK EHG video tape.
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Amazing quality brother.
@@GothBoi Glad you found it and enjoyed it
kurt is from china 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
I salute you sir. Thank you for such a gift and sharing it!!! Philadelphia USA
This song is a gift from God himself. Philadelphia USA
Around this time was probably the peak of Kurts happiness
@Jewish Yoda I thought he was just stoned probably this thougj
I doubt it
Actually when Frances was born, you could tell he loved her more than anything else he created.
dude, it is just heroin...
@Jewish Yoda he never hated courtney??
Wow, you can really tell this was back when he liked preforming this song.
Leet fingies car pancake
lol you're trolling
Literally the first live performance on TV.
He was high.
The lightest car finger purple arch of a mans pencil blood
The fact that he ended the song screaming "Roger Taylor" is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
IVE BEEN WAITUNG TO SEE THIS COMMENT LOL
I heard it, but who is it? 🤔
@@LittleLulubee The drummer for the band queen
@@thetiescos Thanks
@@LittleLulubeethe drummer for Duran Duran is also named Roger Taylor.
0:57 you can see how happy kurt was (in this video) while performing this because you can slightly see him smiling because people were enjoying his music
happy? damn, kurt would be really disappointed in people who comment and say that he was happy in here. if u knew kurt u would know that that smile is the most ironic smile of all the time, its a smile that points out his realization of how his music became mainstream, i mean the lyrics of teen spirit literally talks about in the chorus he mock his fans' attitude. teen spiritt ends up being a bunch of teenage fans that expect to be entertained. kurt feels the pressure of this demand, and he is cynical about the selfish desires that underlie fandom. i bet he hated playing the song once he saw what he became i mean he even skipped the solo lmao
@@oihgrtzjgggjkk6297 Kurt wanted success and yes, he might've hated how famous he got, but this is 1991 and SLTS had just dropped. It's not super outrageous to assume he liked seeing people enjoy his music considering this was Nirvana's breakthrough.
@@oihgrtzjgggjkk6297 and yk kurt? 💀
@@pendantairplane I mean being that famous at that age can overwhelm you, it probably had some contribution to his suicide.
I think that was a fake smile tbh, not saying he wasn't happy at this point in time but he was heavily aware that this was Nirvana's first time performing live on TV and it appears as though the smiling was a part of his 'stage character' he was attempting to sell to the audience.
He actually looked happy for once while performing. I think that’s the most rare thing about this performance
What’s up zuna
@@immodium4586 ayyyeee sup bro 😎 🤙
Hes on pot
Hi.
@@k0slizard389 sup💙🤘
Kurt looks really happy😀
@Jackson Ward ur only saying that cause the person above this comment said the same thing lol
@@babyyoda2190 no
@@babyyoda2190 he is definitely on acid look at them dilated pupils
@@Jakestock30 what the fuck so if he was happy then it was cause of heroin? The fuck is wrong with you
@@toniblox6926 morone lmfao
Still amazes me how they only have 1 guitar, 1 bass, 1 drummer and could compose a song like this.
Not really...
Listen to The Jam... Cream... The Police... Jimi Hendrix Experience...
@@Reelin_In_The_Yearssublime too
it's due to them also having a vocalist
its all you need.
@@Reelin_In_The_Yearsyea but we’re they one of the founding fathers of grunge? No
This is pure 90's juice. Absolutely fantastic!
Couldn't agree more!
people that got to go to a Nirvana concert back in the 90's are so lucky. hope they know how lucky they was back than. R.I.P Kurt
I'm pretty sure we do. Even my dad, who befrudgingly brought, knows how lucky he is.
People back in the 80's were even more lucky to see Nirvana before they got big.
@@th1agu for real
And on Halloween night 1993 in Akron, Ohio I was there. It was a FLAWLESS performance.
@@thawrath9306 im sure it was for sure. i was only 14 at that time.
00:37 Dave hits so hard the left cymbal falls 🤣
LMAO
Hey Karl! How's India treating ya?
He has a habit of this. He performed this song recently in NY and the same thing happened…
He's such a powerful drummer I love him
Aggressive "nahi chayi jee" to the drum indeed hahaha
30th anniversary of his death. We miss you so, Kurt. Loved that you were happy. Wish it stayed that way.
The way that he just started screaming Rodger Taylor at the end is iconic!!!!
Who’s Rodger Taylor?
@@breakbad9753Drummah of Queen.
This is their best live performance and it wasn't in front of 200k people but in a small studio with 20 kids in it.
Glad you enjoyed it so much Pete
Kurt once has said that he had rather to play in a little concert than a big croud
@@ScottishTeeVee hermoso
if you care dont
No way, the entire concert at the Paramount is legendary. This is great but... no
That voice… untouchable! Unforgettable!
its far from untouchable lmao. listen to Jerad Letos Kurt Cobain Tribute, Shawn Morgan from Seethers Nirvana Covers, or Ramiro Saavedras Nirvana Covers. they are all 100% identical to kurt plus there are a lot of identical or strikingly similar nirvana tribute bands and i can sound a lot like kurt myself its honestly super easy.
@@Kinseliplier after listening to those to see if ur right, youre wrong, jared leto sounds like jared leto trying to sound like kurt (he doesn a good job but again, no one can get that touch that kurt had) Shawn Morgan had a country accent (at least it sounded like, maybe he was just trying a seatle accent) and had too clean of a voice to sound like kurt, and the ramiro guy was probably the closest, but again it sounds not identical to kurt at all. Ive heard a lot of tribute bands and again, they just sound like guys trying to sound like kurt.
I’ll disagree, everyone’s opinions vary and every one has their own taste especially when it comes to music but to me in terms of vocal ability he’s at the bottom of the late 80’s/ early 90’s Seattle scene. I’d take Layne Staley, Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Scott Weiland, Mark Lanegan AND THAN Kurt Cobain. Now I will say after listening to Mark Lanegan’s memoir “Sing Backwards And Weep” I do have a slightly different and improved opinion on Kurt as a person but musically I still have NEVER understood what all the fuss was about especially when you look at all those other bands who were so much better both in terms of musical talent as far as playing their instruments and in particular in terms of vocalists! Now I do like several Nirvana songs, but I never put them in the top 3-4 of the Seattle scene. Since reading Mark Lanegan’s book I have tried to avoid using the term “grunge” since apparently that was a term they all HATED PASSIONATELY!! I forgot to mention another band whom I prefer over them….Candlebox!!
@@ProudBostonian 1 have never heard of candlebox but I have heard of every other band you mentioned. 2 Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder both sound a lot like Kurt Cobain and really aren't that different and both of their hands have very similar sound to Nirvana and in the 90s a lot of those Seattle bands sounded the same. So that's not really much of a comparison.
@@Kinseliplier If you think Chris Cornell or Eddie Vedder sound ANYTHING like Kurt Cobain than I can’t do anything to help you! They sound ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE HIM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, or FORM! Not to mention you can’t really compare those bands to anyone else because it would be apples to oranges. You say it’s “not much of a comparison…” am I supposed to compare Cobain to James Hetfield or Myles Kennedy? The Seattle bands and that whole era was a different sound and in fact a different genre all together, comparing them to anyone BUT EACH OTHER would be stupid.
0:55 I can't accept the fact that Kurt Cobain could sing with such a smile...
Rest in peace, Kurt Cobain
this song is mysteriously never gets old, its fresh, lively and dynamic as its in 1991
absolutely
Dave has one cymbal left by the end lol
It falls at 0:38
@@naranja5399 and somewhere between 1:40 and 1:45 the other crash cymbal gets pushed out too far away to reach
Someone has to ask Grohl about this performance now.
This makes me sad he’s genuinely enjoying being a musician. He’s performing like he wanted to since he was a kid and people love his music.
I feel the same (I love Sadie Adler)
yea and people still think he killed himself. in fact, theres a long list of celebrities who died and they pinned it on suicide, destroying their legacy and hiding the truth. so, i'm so sorry you feel so sad. that's just awful that you feel sad. your sadness is just... well, it's the worst thing on earth.
@@ededd3175 do you think Courtney did it?
@Insane50CCM with the Amount he was on he shouldn’t even be able to move
@@burningjdm yeah tbh the heroine dose he was on was an excessive amount incapacitating his body which would not allow him to pull the trigger and it makes me mad to think Courtney did it Kurt was an interesting human.
This is definitely his best performance of this song, his voice on point, it’s really clear as ever
Kurt’s voice still amazes me to this day. Insane how he sounded so good so naturally 🤩
I like how Kurt just wanted to have fun everything he performed. He never went up to impress, he was just being himself. Rest In Peace you legend.
its sad to hear he never actually did for the most part
Люблю❤️
Yeah ! The brilliant boy!
that's how he acted because he felt like he had to
no autotune, just 3 guys havin fun on stage i love it
the real teenager music
Where’s the guitar solo
I’m not really sure why felt the need to mention autotune at all. Although I guess with certain demographics ragging on autotune makes them feel superior or something.
@@megadave1197 they had to cut it out because of time.
@@Leon-Recoils19912 Well they should have made time! It ruins the entire performance
the stage design in this show in my opinion was incredible and you really can tell it by the screen on their back
I believe that's a Greenacres, you can see some green bleed on Kurt's hair
Love this kind of energy where it’s not all about the music because I mean you can hear when they mess up and everything it’s just amazing
the fact that he was born in 1967 dont sit right with me. Way ahead of his time
He’s as old as my mom, that’s wild
As old as my dad
holy- my mom was born 1969.. and she grew up in Russia when it was known as the Soviet Union.. holy shit
it was 1991 he was a product of the times
Why, he was exactly in step with the times, people born in late 60s to mid 70s are Gen X, the grunge generation.
Kurt was a genius musician and lyricist, but more importantly was a really good guy. He had a lot to say and I enjoy deciphering what his lyrics mean. Truly an incredible musician and someone I look up to. RIP Kurt
Thanks for watching and commenting
@@ScottishTeeVee cheers
Can You show me at least one vídeo i can see him doing the guitar solo ? There s none...in SNL he puts the back on the audience
WHY IS THIS AN UNDERRATED COMMENT
He was a suicidal smack head.
2:51 when he says "Here we are now" I always thought he said "we're Nirvana" For five years
Weird al😂
have you ever thought about that we will never be able to see nirvana play live ever again
Dave straight up ripped that cymbal off the stand. Unless someone forgot the wingnut.
Dude, I've watched them since 90's....it's only now that I realize Daves a real fu**in cymbal thrasher to the 10th degree. It's almost like the cymbals killed his family and he will take his sweet revenge on those crashes :)
Someone forgot a wing nut, unless dave can unhinge them with his mind LOL
three cheers for dave’s sweet revenge
@@folieadeux2 :)...made me laugh and smile!!
Im 42 and remember when Everyone was into Rap big time...I saw Nirvana Nevermind on Mtv, I was a fan from there. Ive been playing the drums since than..Got my daughter her 2nd drumkit!! Have a Great f**kin day Babe🙂
@@Stereo3DProductions I think the top of the stand actually broke off - the small part that actually holds the cymbal.
I feel like the audience was paid to be there and 'have fun' Top of the Pops style, but by the end were legitimately going nuts to a style of music they had never heard before - and fucking loved.
Nirvana was basically a punk band and I never understood why so many people thought it was something new maybe in mainstream America. Circle Jerks and Husker Du are just a couple of American punk bands that came before when it wasn't cool to listen to this kind of music
@@JIMIIXTLAN Nirvana basically just repackaged old ideas, but they did it really well. Kurt wanted to introduce people to obscure musicians and solid songwriting just as much as make music himself. 8-D
@@JIMIIXTLAN kurt mixed punk with classic british pop melodies. He also made sure, that the refrain and chorus parts catchy are . It was also a lot of luck and the right time
@@JIMIIXTLAN Because not all of their music was punk, they played alot of grunge, which really wasn't a thing before they were popular.
also, they were able to re-enact a video they had seen a milion times on MTV.
Nirvana still Rocks! Music is timeless ❤️🤘🎤🎸🪕🥁⚡️
he looks so happy whilst performing... it just warms my heart to see that sparkle in his eyes omg
1:21 im pretty sure that dude fell flat on the floor 😂
Lmaoo great eye
jajajaj si lo vi ajja mal
🤣 Wow, didn't noticed it til u mentioned!
Thank you for this I never noticed
1:44 another guy fell on the floor😂
1:02 look at that smile tho
Looks so cynical
@@goldmantis5850 stop
He was smiling because he was high on heroine
*DRUGS*
@@goldmantis5850 the hair in his face kinda makes him look like the joker lol
The word what a show. Always watched it after the pub.
80s and 90s forever
I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy"
-Kurt
“It’s better to be hated for who I am than loved for who I’m not”
- Kurt Cobain
@@randomchannel1997 that's not his quote
@@SPENCERH30 Well 1) that was off the top of my head and 2) anytime I search up Kurt Cobain quotes, that’s in the top 10
I just made you have a full stack of likes
@@Ye-ci2ti Amen
Kurt was sooo handsome 😔
Наверно потому что песня дерьмо, бе)
@@MA-lo4ng v shkole rasskazesh
Absolutely. And brilliant
Along with Jerry Cantrell. Handsome Pisceans.
@@duncan3998 puke and disgust
Saw him in 93. There was a time I could sing both albums verbatim. When prompted I think I'd be Close!
Im speechless that someone could actually fade out this performance
Imagine how bad the stage would have looked irl with the green screen
The car in your profile photo is a mitsubishi lancer evolution?
@@nyiar9599 oh, yeah! Didn't realize i even had a profile picture. I think I set this one back in 2013. Beautiful looking car.
probably not much worse than the edited version tbh, it's awful to look at
probably cool and edgy at the time, being in a neon green room
@@dannyxkai or blue
Audience having a great time. Kids having fun. Kurt seems to be having a good time too. At the time I thought this music was so dark. And it was to a degree but jeez, at least we were connecting with one another. Got to meet the Bleach era line up about 18 months prior. Chad is one of my favorite drummers now and Bleach is in my top 20 easy.
You were lucky to have met them.
omg we weren´t kids
I've never appreciated Dave Grohl's drumming as much as I do now. 🤩
It’s 2023…..the word …..now that’s a throwback! I remember this set live on C4…..classic
so long ago, scary in a strange way
That’s how I feel anytime I watch a really old video
I was 14 when this aired, seems like yesterday.
Yeah, it’s kinda bumming me out 😭
scary because it means you're gonna die soon
@@soapmonkey6357i was -14
3:28 I love how the audience went from slow dancing to jumping in a matter of seconds
looking into Kurt’s eyes as he starts singing feels so genuine. they’re so bright. he definitely was having some fun
Amazing Performance.
Oh my gosh at 4:15 when he sings roger Taylor, y’all I lost it. I keep forgetting that people in the 90’s knew about 70’s or 80’s and it’s just strange hearing him say his name.
But idk if kurt was a fan of him or was mocking him idk the relationship between both people
@@axthrew Kurt loved Queen, so probably he didn't mean nothing bad, he loved their music, this is his words “I used to take a nap in the van and listen to Queen. Over and over again and drain the battery on the van. Then we’d be stuck. That happened a few times. We’d be stuck with a dead battery because I’d listened to Freddie Mercury too much.”
@@axthrew he wrote about freddie mercury on the suicide note . If it really is a suicide note
OMG YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
@@DoganME oh that’s interesting because queen is one of my favorite bands, i listened to them before i started listening to nirvana
No phones! What a time! What a voice! Bravo!
Mobile phones were made in the 70s...
@@loafabread1446 I mean no high mgpxl camera phones)
@@bakiken9009 ah yes,the high mgpxl camera phones
Dude no offense but did you just have a stroke
@@loafabread1446 No, I just wanted to say nowadays at the concerts we used to shoot at the camera instead just enjoing the show and clap our hands)
It was’nt common to run around with mobile phones. I was one year older than Kurt and then it was considered so NOT COOL to have one of the at that time big massive mobile phones with long antennas.
HIS SMILE IS PRECIOUS ❤
That pure voice omg!!! 😍
I have to say that crowd are great! Also how lucky they were!!!
Lucky and oblivious to the fact that they were taking part in something historic
This video is blocked by UA-cam to all viewers in the UK. Download it before UA-cam remove it.
I have more rare master recordings of Nirvana and Foo Fighters on my channel, links at the very end of this video.
Why they block it?
Thx..my lucky i just download it b4 they block it
@@sukasuki12 Great, glad you found and enjoyed this
@@arnoldstallonereeves7469 I do not know maybe for copyright
Since its a UK show I think. Its not block in the US.
Powerful band
What a crowd! 🔥🔥
Dave just destroyed and make the cymbal fall tho!
I remember watching this live at the time. They were absolute nobodies. Within a couple of months they were the biggest band in the world.
That was indeed the best live performance of this gem
That Roger Taylor outro always gets me haha
Kurt had humour
Kurt Cobain was the voice of a generation and his Spirit lives on through his music.
As someone who's been training as a vocalist, fairly relentlessly over the past 15 years, I can tell you that Kurt really was one of a kind, or else, part of a very, very exclusive group. Very unique, very difficult to emulate. Hell of a sound. It's hard to appreciate if you haven't been trying for the past decade and I've got serious oral infrastructure. I can do some Nirvana songs, but not this one, this ballad for the disenfranchised youth, is one that's out of reach to most.
I don’t think anyone in the world can sing this song like Kurt!
@@aishaalrazi3718 i mean everyonr has diffrent voice
Same for Layne Staley.
Heart Shaped Box is even harder to sing. You think it really shouldn't be hard to sing like him, but it is. Makes one learn humility that it's not just simply screaming.
💪🎶🎤👍
Pura adrenalina con las rolas de Kurt
It's cool see whow Kurt feels happy and are smiling :)
0:38 look at daves right cymbal lol
Hahaha i just realised it😂😂
@@amy_958 and still nailed it.
@@cristiansolares2007 yeah bro!
Literally my shampoo bottle when i enter the shower
@@andreicarlig7290 at 1am when everyone’s sleeping
Kurt's having fun!!! I love it!
Woah! No solo!!!! Interesting. Must have been at the request of the tv station to shorten it???
This takes me back to my childhood for a moment, rocking out. Thanks. 😀👍
Great song, great performance.
tbh in all the performances of all 1991 we're able to see how kurt rlly enjoyed to play many songs that 1 or 2 years later he was gonna hate
Why did he end up hating them?
@@jamesrambo7712 well the songs i talk about are mostly the most famous songs of nevermind, he ended up hating them because of how mainstream they became and that they had to play them everynight almost everyday, there was some other reasons but thats the most relevant tho
He’s got a hint of credence Clearwater in his voice where it’s dirty but beautiful and nobody else can replicate.
I have never seen any one mention the hint of CCR, but I can hear what you mean.
For sure. Like the higher the note they sing the dirtier their voice gets but it sounds amazing and I think it is just a dna thing, I don’t think it can be taught. And nobody can replicate them.
@@ScottishTeeVee I just re-read the "Come As You Are" book recently, and it said one of Cobain's first bands included CCR covers that he sang. The "About A Son" movie soundtrack also includes a CCR song - I've not yet watched the movie (will do so at some point), but presumably it references CCR since they are included in the soundtrack.
he also has alot of inspiration from robin zander.
@ John Poffenbarger. That is incredible you say that and I was thinking his singing had a hint of CCR. So he was practicing singing CCR in his youth and transferred to his normal singing.
Ok.. I don't have words to say what great band it was in my life during my worst phase of this life, thx Nirvana🤭❤
This is the most 90s thing I've ever seen I love it.
The most Gen X
Those people are very lucky to see Nirvana live! Awesome
It was late 1991 in a club called "Line Club" in Braunschweig/Germany when i first heard this song. It was unbelievable. Never ever had this feeling before hearing a song for the first time. It directly blew me away. Asking the DJ: who is playing this? I HAVE TO KNOW IT! No one was talking about "Nirvana" at this time. It exploded a few weeks later when "Smells like ...." was spreading like a virus. Shortly after i bought the "Nevermind" Album. This is one of the most heard albums of my collection Still kickin' today when i hear it. Gose bumbs immediately...always thinking back to those days. Great times. So sad Kurt ends his life. So good Dave is still alive and kickin' ! Greetings from germany....
Thanks for taking the time to share your memories of that era.
My dad lived in Braunschweig in his youth. He said the night life there was great! I also visit Braunschweig sometimes, but I now live near Frankfurt. I enjoyed visiting big cities less and less over the years... but Braunschweig is still a beautiful city!
I had a similar experience except I was in Louisiana at my university and I can show you the exact traffic light I was stopped at when this song came on and proceeded to blow my mind. After recently commenting to one of my buddies about how horrible rock had gotten (Warrant's Cherrie Pie was the example I used) and saying something has got to give. And less than two weeks later I'm at that traffic light hoping the DJ would say who the band was that was that had me cranking my car stereo to the max and headbanging in the middle of a little intersection by our campus. And he did name them and I immediately went and bought Bleach and Nevermind. My favorite band ever since. Later I got to see them at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans for the In Utero tour in December of '93. Four months later he was dead. I was stunned.
P.S. I believe the evidence is clear- Kurt didn't end his life, it was ended for him because of a pre-nup, a pending divorce and $50 million motives.
This song is not getting old at all. kick ass
This sounds totally amazing 👍
Hats off, once again, to engineers who know how to mix audio at this level, to create a memory like this.
Have seen so many live performances that could have been as good as this if it weren't for appalling mixes.
Really good mix i agree. Cobain also made an effort to sing and perform the song too.
@@Mysterywhiteboy78Yes. Really well done.
you can see the relief on his face the feeling of relief as "we finally did it, our dreams we've worked for- for years."
Thats a 3 piece band! Wow!!!!! Talent! 68 yr old rocker here lovin it.
AS APRESENTAÇÕES DO NIRVANA SÃO AS MELHORES, QUE BANDA, GENIAL, NIRVANA FOREVER !!!
YESYESYES
Say what?
It was Always GOLD to have this Song Played LIVE!!!!!
this officially buried the 1980’s ..
And yet the background/set looks very 80s
Yeahh .. but i think that’s a farewell to that set/background to welcome the new decade and NIRVANA lead the way :) ✌🏼
Hell no
god, i love kurt sm. rest in peace kurt.
Fantastico wow perfect!!!!! Nunca volveremos a ver algo tan bueno
I loved Nirvana Forever!
1:00 his smile looks so genuine here it makes me wanna cry
He looks so happy
Estuve ese día en el programa!!!tantos recuerdos!!!aguante Nirvana 🍻🍻🍻🎉🎉🎉
Завидую вам,ха
Love how prominent the bass is.
saw this live it was amazing.
he looks so happy while performing this one lol
kurt seems so happy throughout this entire performance, that’s what’s special about this live show
カートコバーンの顔もファッションセンスもしゃがれた独特の声もやっぱり今でも最高！
Love the drummer!
Even in this song and others like it, Kurt's voice is like a drug to me❤❤❤❤❤ I just float away somewhere in my mind....used to fall asleep to Nirvana's MTV Unplugged🎶🎵🎙
lets just imagine kurt stayed this happy never met courtney and lives today in a small house away from the city
yep
Shut up
Next to chomsky and Dave Chappelle
@@Heisenberg882 you good?
@@ashleigh99 he's also basically wishing that his daughter was never born and kurt would definitely smack him for that
Wow! The joy all around by everyone was very apparent in this live performance. Especially Kurt. loved watching this performance.
This is a iconic moment! The freshness of Nirvana. This is what we saw in Portland when they okayed in 1991!
This was a show called 'The Word' here in the UK in the 90's. I watched it every week, top show for both music & humour ❤