Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night | Singer Reacts | 

That final scream comes from a deep place in his soul. Goosebumps everytime i hear it.

As I personally think, this is the best mtv unplugged performance ever. So raw and emotional, fucking masterpiece!

When Kurt says, “fuck you all, this is the last song of the evening” …I’m pretty sure what he means is “this has to be the last song because I’m about to shred my vocal cords, and I’m doing it for you, you’re welcome” Great reaction 👍

This session was the best thing to ever come out of MTV

Who else couldn’t wait to see her reaction when he hit that last part? I knew she was about to be blown away.

The open eyed, almost scared look Kurt gives before he sings that last chord is almost like he knows his life is about at the end. Chilling.

The cello combined with the acoustic bass is pretty powerful.

So Nirvana were always known to be rebellious when doing live performances, so when they did MTV Unplugged they purposely didn't play their big hitters. So they played 8 of their own songs, then 6 covers. So the song you reacted to was by Leadbelly. You should definitely react to some more of their covers which are arguably now more well known through this performance than the originals.

Love Nirvana, always have, but this particular performance was something else in so many ways. It was November 18, 1993 - So less than half a year before we lost the talent that was Kurt.

Such a loss. We are diminished by his absence. Such music. RIP Kurt..

You HAVE to listen to their cover of Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World”, also from this MTV Unplugged show. It’s one of the best covers ever done.

That wide-eyed look at 6:29 has haunted me for years.

He sang this with so much passion that you would think it was his girlfriend betraying him.

It doesn't matter how many times you've heard this, every time gives goosebumps during that outro. RIP KDC

This is why younger people need to hear more of nirvana’s music other than teen Spirit They’re always shocked at Kurt depth

It was a vocal fry in his chest voice which is almost impoasible to do without completely tearing apart your vocal cords. He was one of a kind, literally no other singer can even come close to his sound.

I get chills everytime he opens his eyes on the last part of the song

The interesting conclusion to the Leadbelly guitar story is that the one Curt is playing in this video later sold for something like $6 million. Thank you for a great reaction.

this song always brings a tear to my eye... sometimes, a flood. you seem chill, raych, cheers to you when i crack open my next brew.

I tear up every time i watch this. This was not long before he took his life. Nirvana was a fixation for me in my younger days.

Still gives me goosebumps listening to this

Watch the whole unplugged session, it's still regarded as one of the best unplugged showcase ever recorded.

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 💔

I got this on cd, Christmas of ‘94. I still get the chills every time I listen to where did you sleep last night

It entertains me to no end to watch people younger than me discover the music of my youth

Love to see this! Nirvana’s Unplugged performance is what got me into them when I thought I didn’t like grunge, and I quickly realized that their music is actually pop gold and Kurt is my musical idol. I believe his melodies are unmatched!

"Pennyroyal Tea," from this performance is just Kurt and his guitar It is hauntingly beautiful

This is wrenching when you consider when this was recorded (11/8/93), less than 5 months before he took his life (4/5/94). You have to wonder how much of that anguish was really the song at all, or if it was foretelling. The only thing recorded after this was "You Know You're Right", and a handful of live shows. This was pretty close to the end. But this is probably my favorite Nirvana performance. MOst of their other songs are nostalgic now, but this one is a punch in the gut every time you hear it.

This whole unplugged show was amazing. I’d honestly recommend watching the full show.

My grandma was a big fan of this song when Leadbelly released it, so I was familiar with it when I was a kid back in the ‘80’s. It was awesome to hear Nirvana play it and is my favorite Nirvana performance. It’s so haunting!

This session was the billboard of how great the music of the 90s was.

Some of the best grunge performances of all time - MTV unplugged

The man who sold the world is my favorite song from their unplugged performance. I would give my left big toe to go back and be at that show. 😊

MTV unplugged is one of the best live albums of all time. This performance just shows the capability of Kurt’s raw, bone chilling voice.

MTV unplugged is the one gift MTV left the world. They gave so many iconic bands at the time this outlet, and it let to some of the most iconic live concerts. Thinking of what MTV have become, with all the nonsense they do know. Its important to remember that once upon a time they where the only place that gave a platform for these bands to do this, and for the young listeners to interact with it in that way. And the MTV Unplugged shows are legendary now, all because of what MTV used to be.

This whole performance is amazing. I listen to the album regularly

That eye contact he gives at the end gives me chills everytime

He is screaming "where did you sleep last night," to his wife, Courtney, after she missed his birthday in Rome. Kurt's version of this Leadbelly song is about a man, either, ready to off himself, or be offed after a possible infidelity; and he leaves us with that scream. The scream of the victim becomes the last weapon used...left to taunt forever; it's hauntingly, unforgettable.😢

From the soundtrack of my teen years... I get the chills every single time I hear that last drawn out scream!

Gives me shivers that last chorus when he sings his heart out. Just a sad few months later he takes his own life. You can hear the pain in his voice. Goosebumps.

That drummer is going places!

If ever a standing ovation was due

I wish you played until the end just to see how cool Kurt was signing autographs and shaking the hands of fans. He was for the people. Great reaction to a legendary performance.

I cried like a baby when i first heard this, it still makes me cry like a baby❤️

That entire concert is 11/10

You missed the end where he says goodbye to the fans...where we said goodbye. Its so eerie like every one knew it was the last time. Visceral performance.

that last few primal screams just get's me. The history of it all just makes it hit even harder

One the great live performances of all time and that is not hyperbole.

I was a junior in highschool when he died. Still one of my favorite bands.

To be honest the whole MTV Unplugged Concert with Nirvana was fantastic and if you want to delve into that and either react to or listen for yourself the other songs from that concert you won't regret.

The Man Who Sold The World cover from this is amazing. It's originally a David Bowie song that Kurt made his own.

Simply ICONIC!

"You Know You're Right" shows a lot of the incredible range of Kurt's voice!

5:07 I don't know why I so consistently forget that Dave Grohl was their drummer. It surprises me every time!

Nice Reaction! These MTV Unplugged shows were really popular when they started doing them in the early 90's. You really get to see more of the musicianship of the bands on these. I don't know if you have ever listened to The Foo Fighters or not, but the drummer in this video is Dave Grohl and he went on to form The Foo Fighters after Kurt's death, but he stopped playing the drums and picked up a guitar and is also the singer.

This song is very dark, dealing with a woman’s reaction to her husband’s violent death. Her “going to the pines, where the sun don’t ever shine”, where she’ll “shiver the whole night through” has a heavy undertone of suicidal ideation. Kurt at one point softly whispers “shiver for me", right before the instrumental verse. They recorded this show on November of 93’. Kurt ended his life just 5 months later. Sends a shiver down your spine, doesn’t it?

The whole unplugged albumn was and still is fire.

The unplugged session was an amazing moment in time. So glad it was captured. I would recommend the song About a girl. On the album bleach it sticks out like a beautiful sore thumb. It's as if the beatles somehow possessed Kurt for one song. So good! It's my favorite Nirvana song.

😵The best unplugged concert of all time ever just my personal opinion. Good old days music.😵

That look in his eyes. He knew that was his last performance. He designed the stage. Black candles and orchids, he created his own funeral... Such a powerful performance. Such emotion in this song. I'm a recovering opioid addict, and I watch this whenever I feel my strength waning and he gives me the courage to keep fighting. I'm not ashamed to admit I weep openly every single time... (Also, someone told her that was Dave Grohl, right?)

Everyone's face when he finishes that song...no matter how many times you hear it...Earth Shattering

This entire performance was so memorable i can still remember when this first aired. I was an adolescence, maybe 12 or 13, setting the VCR to record Dawson's Creek while i watched this on a different channel. Easily one of the best moments in television, and rock music as a whole.

Fun story around this performance specifically is that he mentions wanting to buy Leadbellys guitar that was for sale for half a million dollars, but his own guitar, the one he's using in this show, sold for Six Million Dollars only a few years ago at auction!

Late 80s and early 90s produced some of the greatest bands and music! Glad to have been a teenager back then!

MTV Nirvana Unplugged is my favorite album

Every time I watch this, it crushes me… Someone else had given some background on this performance, and said that Courtney Love did NOT attend this gig because of this song that Kurt included in the set list… She did admit, at-some-point after Kurt was gone, that she had indeed been unfaithful. …It’s just so surreal to watch, knowing that this was Kurt’s last live filmed performance.

That stare he does in the end, you can tell he’s gassing out of fame

Nirvana is a legend No Autotunes No fucking gadgets etc. Just pure Voice❤

Glad you left in the talking, it's SO great. It adds so much to the whole thing. What a great personality he had. ❤

The context make it better. Thanks Courtney

It's an old song, it was first recorded in 1920's by an artist named Dock Walsh, and Bill Monroe and Lead Belly cover it in 1940's (I think), and in '93 Nirvana Cover it.. Awesome reaction😊👍👍

This song is also known as "In The Pines". This is a traditional American folk song from the Southern Application Mountains which is believed to the the combination of two other American Folk songs which were written by unknown artist in the 1870's, and were picked up by Bluegrass musicians and Blues artist such as Lead Belly. Always great seeing how this song has endured as a true American classic.

Their song "Come As You Are" is the first song I play on any new sound system I install. It's a masterpiece. Another song off that album that showcases Kurt's fry singing is "Lithium". In all honesty, I spin that vinyl and drop the needle on those songs to bring back all the amazing memories I had while living in the Seattle area. The entire "Nevermind" record is grunge at its finest.

I have never never never seen someone thinging like this. just Amazing!!!!!

I could literally listen to you talking for hours. This reaction was amazing, I get shivers everytime I listen to this version. Subscribed!

"Lake of Fire" from MTV unplugged is worth listening to. "Breed" from Live at the Paramount is one of my favourites, much more in keeping with Nirvana's more 'typical' energy. Great workout track.

God this song gives me serious chills this dude was so talented and amazing

How have you never heard all of nirvanas music. Especially this unplugged set on mtv. The entire unplugged was amazing.

Thank You for the react... It has been in my Staylist for so long. Love your channel.☮☮❤❤

This song affected me so much for years.

Love Dave grohl on the drums and Kurt's passion you feel it in this song. Legends!

The good ol,days back when MTV actually was music television.

This song it has the same feeling as "John lennon song "Mother", they sing in some kind of suffering, and therefore also songs become so penetrated good.

That banter with the band talking about trying to buy Leadbelly’s guitar for $500k is even more incredible when you know that back in 2020 Kurt’s guitar from this show sold at auction for over $6 million.

This track is pure bonkers. It's the last song of the set and Kurt put it ALL out there. This and Pearl Jam's cover of Last Kiss are by far the most emotion rich covers of any song ever. Soul baring vocals.

Defiantly watch the entire set it's fantastic..

“The man who sold the world” from this unplugged set is also phenomenal and is a great demonstration of Kurt’s unique voice

For this MTV Unplugged performance, Kurt chose to do many cover songs he had never performed before. So you won't find this on a Nirvana album. Leadbelly is an old folk/blues artist from the late 19th, early 20th century.

When the first time I heard this song the tears of my eyes suddenly falls down out of nowhere the emotion the way Kurt sing it is very sad and that's why I love this song so much..

Sadness /darkness are many times the other side of glory and fame... I was already a great fan of Nirvana's music and kobain voice in the early 90's ... And benn sad in april 94.

this is the only "nirvana album" that i personally like. it's just as you said... intimate

Rest in peace Kurt. You made an impact.

I miss Nirvana. They were one of a kind. I grew up on their music, and there has never been a band that touched me quite the same.

You have to watch the whole concert it's so great so many old folk songs

The guitar he got up and pump faked a stage smash of sold for $5 million at auction. The full circle hilarity that he opens this song with the talk about the Lead Belly guitar only to see a guitar he played (he didn't own the guitar he played for this song) sold at auction for $5 million... 10x the Lead Belly asking price... is pretty great. What a legend. I wish he did smash the guitar. You know in his head he had been thinking about it for the entire song. Dude was super chill after just signing a couple autos before chatting with his band and standing around in the venue.

Thanks for the wonderful reaction! Please do Lake of Fire from the same set next. I hardly ever see people asking for it, but it’s a really good one.

Didn't see anyone mention in the comments, this is a Led Belly cover, a Folk singer, that's why Kurt has that style singing it.

I really miss this format... The band so close to the audience and the audience sitting there adoringly.

Nirvana never performed acoustically... so them making the 'MTV Unplugged' show in the fall of 1993 was a huge deal. They also rejected the format of "Take 1... perform... break... Take 2... perform..." of filming an 'Unplugged' show... Kurt Cobain insisted that they do it like a full set - all in 1 take w/ an audience. No repeats. Also, they would not perform a 'greatest hits' set (per se)... Nirvana would play obscure songs by Leadbelly, Meat Puppets, The Vaselines, and David Bowie... as well as obscure Nirvana songs like 'About a girl'... 'Pennyroyal tea'... The problems began in rehearsals when Kurt was not happy w/ the sound of the band acoustically... Kurt had a specific sound he was going for and was not getting it. Dave Grohl (drums) was getting frustrated because his beats were too hard... the MTV producers panicked when the show was in danger of being cancelled. So, one of the producers handed Dave Grohl a pair of brushes to produce a soft beat on his drums... Apparently, when Grohl played w/ the brushes, Kurt lit up - that was the sound he wanted, and the whole set was rehearsed quickly... (Their banter seemed lighthearted, but insiders say Nirvana was a tense situation... Dave Grohl said the band was never one to finish a concert and celebrate a great gig together... It was always, "come off stage... dry off and settle down... anybody got a beer?" Refusing to play 'Smells like teen spirit' acoustically, Kurt picked Leadbelly's song "Where did you sleep last night" as the set's closing song... when he let his trademark voice ring out in the venue, the audience erupted w/ cheers as they finished the song and left the stage. The producers backstage heard the audience cheering for more and asked Kurt for an encore... But Kurt quietly replied, "I can't top that one..."

The coolest part about this song is that its not a Nirvana song, its an old blues song. But sooo old that it pre-dates the blues and is actually a folk song of sorts and its original writer/performer is unknown. Like alot of old Blues songs they were passed along among Black slaves and their children in the deep south.