Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night REACTION 

Back in the day, my gf had a crush on Kurt. Lots of people did, he was a good looking dude. A lot of the time, his hair was in his face and she couldn't see his eyes. So when the moment happened at the end of the song when he opened up his eyes wide with that burning intensity, her crush turned into an obsession. She told me that the vhs she recorded the show on had a spot worn on it, due to her constant rewatching of that section. I would recommend the live version of Aneurysm (live at The Paramount) it's one of my favorites.

This is a folk song that they don't know when it was originally written. It's very likely hundreds of years old. And has been sung by blues men, folk singers and then Nirvana.

This is my favourite Nirvana performance EVER! I was so pleased when 'Nirvana Unplugged' was released as an album. This is IMO the best song on there, even though it was a cover - Kurt's voice & charisma took it to a whole new level - the way he gasped & looked up in the last line - haunting, brings me to tears every time.... Kurt was a gentle but troubled soul who hated fame; I was deeply affected by his tragic death, but what a wonderful legacy he left us........I wish he'd got to see his daughter grow up. R.I.P. Kurt Cobain 💔 PS the song is over 100 years old - recorded under different titles including 'In The Pines' and 'Black Girl' - Leadbelly recorded it in the 1940's. I think it will always be Kurt's song now due to this performance🖤

MTV can’t do concerts like this anymore because 90% of top 40 music is auto tuned and the “artists” don’t play instruments or even write their own songs. These concerts were a look inside the genius of the bands who made and appreciated great music and songs.

This whole show was electrifying and iconic. Hard to believe just months after this performance Kurt was gone :( R.I.P. Kurt Superb reaction Lilly Jane!

Kurt and Layne Staley had incredible voices

Man! Something about that last breath he takes before delivering the last couple words is so haunting.

And while you’re dipping into the MTV Unplugged basket, definitely check out some of Alice In Chains performance as well. So good.

Kurt was really coming into his own as an artist I mean the entire unplugged is FANTASTIC such a shame that we lost him I imagine what else he could and would of done!😢😢

Still awesome to see young Dave Grohl (lead singer of Foo Fighters) on the drums. Whole MTV Unplugged performance was legendary.

RIP to Kurt Cobain he was a legend we lost him to soon The part when he takes a breath and opens his eyes wide his eyes are like a portal to his soul I got lost 💜💜💜💜💜

Did you get goosebumps listening to this?! Because I can watch and listen a million times and I get them every time!

After they walked offstage, the producers tried to get them to play one more. Kurt said, “I can’t do better than that.” And he was right.

This song has been giving me goosebumps for close to 30 years now and I'm 39. R.I.P Cobain. ☘️

My favorite live song by Nirvana is”Breed” is from the Paramount. Is all over RU-vid…easy to find. Loud and fast and shows them as they really were in concert

Anything off of that MTV Unplugged album is great. My faves on there aside from this one are, The Man Who Sold the World, Plateau and Lake of Fire.

Been so long since I've heard this one and it brings back some strong feels. Over 20 years ago, in High School, my gf was completely obsessed with Kurt, so for her birthday I performed this for her. Did the melody on my bass guitar, sang (poorly), and did it all nude with only the guitar covering up any potential distractions. She enjoyed it, so much that I barely was given a chance to put down my guitar before she dragged me off. Simpler times.

Ah, the early 90’s. What a great time it was to be young and into music. If only I would have known where music was going, I might have done something to stop it.

Poker faced when he starts to sing BECAUSE the emotions go so deep.

This was their last televised performance as a band. And at the end where he takes a pause and deep breath and stares into the camera, it was almost a goodbye from Kurt. And then to follow that with the belt/yodel he did is just absolutely heartbreaking

as someone who saw MTV from 1984 on...i miss MTV! remote control, headbangers ball, pimp my ride, jackass. They didnt seem like the good old days at the time.

Just an iconic performance Love you Kurt.

This is actually my favorite live performance, but “the man who stole the world“ is so beautiful. Also unplugged. It’s a cover that was done by David Bowie. I was a teenager when videos or everything and unplugged was the bomb. I think we should start a petition to MTV to bring it back! Great reaction❤✌️🔥

Few guys in music changed the course of a sound, Kurt Cobain is one.

the way his voice breaks is so beautiful

MTV started August 1, 1981 died somewhere around 1995 I have not looked at it in over 20 yrs

Last song he ever played in front of cameras. I don't know if "living his best life" is the best way to describe that moment.

“Kurt had a real connection to the song as he was performing it”… Absolutely AGREE. I feel like this was his way of telling his wife Courtney and the world: I know my wife’s being unfaithful and she’s broken my heart. (Kurt’s wife actually didn’t attend this gig, because he had this song in the set list.)

I love love love love seeing reactions to that last vesre! When he belts...its unexpected

This still effects me just as much as it did when it first aired 28 years ago.

today's singers would have 30 dancers on stage.

Thank you for doing this. I miss Kurt and Nirvana a great deal.

I logged in just to compliment you on your legit reaction. Your face is so emotional listening to this song. Also I love your hair it's awesome. Keep up the vids.

More Nirvana! Ty for this reaction. Gone to soon. Rip.

Just to think him playing that guitar would end up making it sell for $6m 27 years later, considering the story he told of being offered Ledbellys for $500.000.

Pines are trees, they're a type of evergreen tree that doesn't have leaves. Instead, they have these green needles, they call them needles. Also known as conifer trees, which is the genome, or species.

MTV started as a 24/hr cable channel where current music videos would be played in 1981... it revolutionized the music industry as the 80's began. Artists had to be visually captivating in that era, as well as make cutting-edge music... a lot of 70's artists didn't have the 'look' and went into decline in the 80's because they didn't fit the MTV format and radio was not as effective at selling records as before. MTV also got into the business of promoting artists live in concert and biographies, and then 'MTV Unplugged' came as an idea that artists should have the opportunity to play their songs acoustically... Rapper L.L. Cool J. was the first rap artist to do that show w/ a live band instead of a DJ. The changes came in the 90's after Nirvana broke big in 1991... the 80's trends came to an abrupt end, and 90's artists were either rap/ hip hop or grunge/ alternative rock... it was the antithesis of the 80's scene, where music was supposed to be authentic. But by 1995, the lack of visual artists had MTV searching for other mediums... 'Beavis and Butthead' was the MTV animated show that created controversy, and that was the start of MTV trickling away from 24/7 music videos and focus on artists, to more entertainment... 'The Real World' was one of the first reality TV shows in the 90's, and that broke big long before 'American Idol' and 'Survivor' became a trend. The quest for ratings by the late 90's began to subvert MTV away from music videos (which was in decline) and put more non-music programming, like reality TV and animated adult cartoons. In the early 2000's, MTV had sporadic success w/ music video shows like 'TRL' (Total request Live) where artists would make appearances... but it was dominated by rap & hip hop artists in the decade, and by 2008, rating were falling. It was tough to make music stars on MTV w/ the internet making access to people so much wider newer artists just did not have the draw of 80's icons like Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince and George Michael. RU-vid had launched and music videos were playable on demand on the net, and MTV was losing that rating war... and shows playing music videos were not drawing viewers any more. So in late 2008, the decision was made to end 'TRL' and once that was over, MTV had moved out of the music video platform and focused on shows that they could sell. That was the end of MTV's music video era. Even the 'side' music channel VH1 had moved away from promoting classic videos and focused on non-music entertainment, like reality TV and talk shows. The music video format was just not sustainable w/ record sales plummeting in the 2000's because of downloading (now streaming) platforms, and the money made in the music industry had dried up.

Hay q agradecer q nos dejo estas reliquias... fue muy corto tu viaje en esta vida kurt...

That intense flash of green eyes at the end … I just want to confess all my sins.

Nirvana Reading festival..... epic!

The room went silent from disbelief ; just staring at Kurt Cobain in amazement

The Pines were the pine and cypress swamps that were the only refuge for slaves that ran because the dogs could not track them in the swamps... this comes from historical data...such a powerful song!!!!!!!

I remember when I saw this performance without knowing anything about Kurt this last song had something, like he was saying goodbye.

When he does the "shiver for me" thing, I can't imagine a dry seat in that audience lol

Same MTV Unplugged, personal favorites go-to are "Jesus Don't Want Me for a Sunbeam" and "Lake of Fire" lyrically and vocally and musically. Speaking of, MTV (Music Television) is nowadays, and has been for a long while now, the History Channel of music. Also, Nirvana song of "Oh Me" 🎤

The Pines is a literal place. The southern U.S. particularly Georgia. Miles and miles and miles of pine trees. So many cryptid stories and ghost stories and actual murders.

This whole show is my favorite. You have to watch the whole thing from start to finish

Pain. Curt was such a great artist. The way he could communicate the pain of dealing with a partner who is not faithful - amazing. RIP

in the pines - pining, when you fret in silence

Great job with your reaction to Were Did You Sleep Last Night live performance from Nirvana . It's still sad this would be one of Kurt Cobain RIP last public appearances and shows l do believe.

Where were you when you heard Kirt Cobain past. 💔 I was 14 years old. Skateboarding through a park that bordered the home I grew up in. I was wearing a Nirvana T-shirt. And i was skating passed a kid a few years younger then me. He said do you like Nirvana. I said. Yes. Im wearing the t-shirt. He said Kurt Cobain was dead. I looked at him as if he was crazy. Remember. This was before Google or the internet. 1994. I couldn't register what was said. I thought he was crazy. I went home and watched the TV for hours before i saw anything about what had happened. It was unbelievable. Nirvana had so much influence over my life at that time. To this day. 30 years later. Im still affected by the loss of this great musician. He was shaping my future. Then he was gone.

I love when he screams

HE IS ON HEROIN THE ENTIRE CONCERT

It's a must to react to Nirvana's classics like About A Girl, Negative Creep, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, Lithium, In Bloom, Dive, Sliver, Aneurysm, Heat-Shaped Box, Numb, Dumb, Pennyroyal Tea, and All Apologies.

From Indonesia Nirvana idolaku sampai saat ini..

Also Nirvana live at Paramount was great show.

The pines is a reference to hell. The song is about a man that was killed and being in hell wondering if his wife is already in another man's bed.

All time finish to song, emotional set, just such a great final show for him. That look he gives with the breath is crazy.

You just need to watch the entire Live & Loud Concert from 1993 in Seattle. Effin amazing performance start to finish. The energy and performances were off the chain.

So crazy you did a reaction video to this. Most people don't know he did this cover. The original was incredible too. I'm curious how you heard about it. Also notice not a single person in the crowd is watching through a cell phone. Back when you lived the moment instead of recording it.

I love watching Dave when he used to play the drums.

Thanks for reaction.. RIP Kurt Cobain 🙏

Thanx from France. To me their best perfomance was recorded (my point of view) on the "LIVE AND LOUD" in Seattle, 1993. Where you'll also find The man who sold the world (David Bowie cover) "plugged version". And Pat Smear (peroxyded blond hair) gives a real help to Kurt for guitar parts. I was 11 when I first discovered Nirvana in 1992 : And for me Kurt is probably the last "rock super star", like Hendrix or Jim Morrison. That was an other world also (I know I talk like a boomer ^^) ! Goodvibes. And afterthat that was a great entry in the music world, also with the beginnigs of hip-hop, trip-hop, techno and drum and bass. And so a great period in music history PS : Finally I have tons of vynils because I became DJ in french freeparties of the late 90's-earlyY2K's ! With the oldschool MIDI home-studio (no PC)... You ll be nostalgic too in 2040 I can tell you that ;-P

Aneurysm-Live at The Paramont-Seattle, 1991. 🤘🖤

Favorite Nirvana live performance is definitely Breed (Live) At The Paramount 1991.

my first lisening Nirvana song Scentless Apprentice my favorite if you here more scream listen this Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice ( MTV Live And Loud, Seattle / 1993 )

No way. This is the most effective vocal performing of ANY song in general.

Always the greatest…I’m crying

What a Rockstar and you're absolutely right about MTV

Watched this in 94 when it aired, it was like a kick in the b*lls when he took his own life. Seeing this hurts so bad knowing that he had a huge future if he could have gotten away from the drugs.

Best MTV unplugged ever!

Love that man. When he died it hurt.

Always get shivers listening to this. One of the best blues covers ever done.

- Breed (Live at The Paramount, 1991) - Tourette's (Live at Reading, 1992) - Lithium (1992 MTV Video Music Awards)

You asked why MTV don't do this anymore, that's because there's very few artists/bands that can play instruments/sing live to that sort of quality anymore

Song is believed to be a shot at Courtney Love. Kurt and her were in the midst of a potential divorce. He specifically did not invite her to this show, while having all of his closest friends sitting in the front seats.

"Lake of fire" and "plateu" from mtv unplugged

This is a perfect moment in time. I wish I could have been there.

If you want to look into someone's soul stop video at 6:24. Kurt started the whole grunge movement. I remembered where I was the first time I heard Nirvana and also when Kurt died. Another one lost way too young.

I love the real bass here

That look right before the last lyrics with the huge breathe in. He knew it was the last thing he would ever sing live.

Nirvana MTV unplugged Was mostly cover songs And it seemed like he was trying to "pass the torch" To a band called The meat puppets

Imagine being among those 1300 people who really experienced this concert, it's like Woodstock, you can probably find 10 if not 100.000 people claiming to be there

You should react to the OG singer Lead Belly... Lead Belly sang it in the 1930"s but he did not write it...the song was from the 1800's... Lead Belly is one of the reasons rock and roll exists!!!!!!!

Love your reacxtions your the best

Haunting when he starts screaming.

First time viewer of your channel here, what a perfect introduction this video has been to your channel. Subbed!

This entire Unplugged performance was incredible. Kurt opening up his voice at the end of this song closed it out with a bang. MTV switched completely to dumb reality shows and Ridiculousness because music doesn't make them money anymore 🤘😢🤘

The pines is a pine forest. If you ever walk into a pine forest the trees block out all the sun in the canopy and there is no life underneath just dead pine needles. “In the pines in the pines where the sun never shines”

I remember staying up with my brother to watch this on mtv. I didn’t know that it would be kurt’s last live performance.

You should listen to the entire unplugged set my god it's just awesome

You should react to NIrvana's "Lithium" live on the 1992 mtv video music awards.. it's the best thing mtv ever aired

He was a mess when this was recorded but still so funny & a genius

lilly munster .....good taste n music and absolutely beautiful :)

Coffins were traditionally made of pine boards nailed together.

I love nirvanas breed on Live at the paramount concert! You should definitely listen to it! So much energy!

My favorite live Nirvana performance is Radio Friendly Unit Shifter from Live and Loud 1993.

When you sleep a night under a pine tree you will shiver the whole night through.

This album and Seether "One Cold Night" are my favorite of the "Unplugged" genre...so damn good!

Where did you sleep last night Cortney? Thats what this song says to me.