R.I.P. to the late great Kurt Cobain, found dead in his Seattle home 15 years ago today.
A link in a chain of bluesmen that includes Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, Howlin' Wolf, James Brown, Lennon, Dylan, Jagger/Richards, Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Beck and Jack White, Kurt shaped the blues to suit his needs and like the aforementioned, captured and personified the spirit of his times.
I was fortunate enough to see Nirvana live at the New York Colliseum in the fall of 1993, a few days before their now-legendary Unplugged performance for MTV. Genius, euphoria and doom weighed heavily in the air. Here are Kurt & Co. in what I think is their finest moment: covering Lead Belly's "In The Pines" renamed as "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" - truly one of the great rock vocal performances of all time.
What a loss. Rest in peace.
here here! That performance is STILL haunting, especially the last bit where he opens his eyes wide, as it to signal that he is looking into the abyss...he knows what's coming.
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Kurt was the last Rock star I ever believed was telling the truth.
I think I was at that NYC show too, the only time I saw them.
ReplyDeleteJesus -- that 10-second section of 3:45 to 3:55 is amazing.
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