# Nirvana MTV Unplugged appreciation thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958 "2003-02-14T00:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fishcrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85f322/32.png) [@fishcrawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishcrawford)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/1 "2003-02-14T00:09:34Z")
Best unplugged ever? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/2 "2003-02-14T00:14:49Z")
I can listen to it from beginning to end and that is my benchmark for a great album. I think there are only 5 albums in my entire collection I can do that with(pretty big collection) - and none of them are Unplugged albums, so yes, I’ll have to agree. ---
**Author:** ![fishcrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85f322/32.png) [@fishcrawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishcrawford)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/3 "2003-02-14T00:17:26Z")
True Dan. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon is another one I can listen to beginning to end. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/4 "2003-02-14T00:33:09Z")
Not only _can_ listen to it beginning to end, but _must_ listen to it beginning to end. I only put it on when I know I can listen to the whole thing. There are very few that I feel that way about but **Unplugged** is one. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/5 "2003-02-14T00:58:03Z")
My fave of all the Unpluggeds. I just wish I could’ve been there. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/6 "2003-02-14T02:23:10Z")
A wonderful, soulful perfromance. I was trying to pick a favorite song, but I simply can’t. ---
**Author:** ![fishcrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85f322/32.png) [@fishcrawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishcrawford)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/7 "2003-02-14T02:34:57Z")
They all blend together so well, its like they are one song. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/8 "2003-02-14T03:27:39Z")
Have the CD and the show on tape. Kurt looked so angelic. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![JustPlainBryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JustPlainBryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustPlainBryan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/9 "2003-02-14T04:12:45Z")
I would even go so far as to say that the album should be considered a national musical treasure. It was truly one of the most haunting and beautiful albums ever. As an aside, it really is a musical accomplishment when you can perform before an audience and actually sound better than if you were in a recording studio. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/10 "2003-02-14T04:47:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JustPlainBryan \* > \*\* > As an aside, it really is a musical accomplishment when you can perform before an audience and actually sound better than if you were in a recording studio. \*\* I’ve got Nirvana’s other live CD, which isn’t unplugged, and it too is better than their album stuff IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Fescue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@Hank\_Fescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Fescue)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/11 "2003-02-14T04:52:46Z")
I never even liked Nirvana or Kurt but that was a once in a lifetime performance. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/12 "2003-02-14T05:06:51Z")
I love this performance too. ICobain had one of the most naturally great voices ever-- soulful and brittle at the same time. And of course, he was the best songwriter of the last twenty years. ---
**Author:** ![fishcrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85f322/32.png) [@fishcrawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishcrawford)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/13 "2003-02-14T05:36:51Z")
The best songwriter of the last twenty years; a powerful statement. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Adam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Mr\_Adam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Adam)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/14 "2003-02-22T15:49:17Z")
I LOVE the album, I have many, many albums yet this one is different it’s truly amazing. I also have the Wishkah album but yet despite it being great it is nowhere near as good as the unplugged album. There is no doubt though that Nirvana are most possibly the greatest band of all time (for me anyway) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/15 "2003-02-22T15:53:11Z")
It is my favorite Nirvana album to date (BOX SET COME DAMMIT). I think I lost it though. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-appreciation-thread/154958/16 "2003-02-22T16:12:54Z")
Well, I think it’s good, too, but I have a hard time watching or listening to it anymore, knowing he was probably high on heroin and just a few months from committing suicide. Speaking of “The Day The Music Died”, April 8th, 1994 was the day the music died for me. I haven’t really gotten past that yet.☹