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re: My vote for best unplugged set is Alice In Chains
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:34 am to brgfather129
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:34 am to brgfather129
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Step away from the keyboard.
Well, if you understand the Nirvana performance; what went into it, the set that included few hits, and the fact that it was recorded in one single take, you cannot deny it's pure genius.
Nirvana took huge risks in a medium where most play it pretty safe. AIC - or anyone else, for that matter - didn't choose unknowns to cover, and they certainly didn't make those unknowns popular. Cobain had the set decorated like a funeral, and then he put on the show of his life, mostly all on his terms.
Had MTV gotten their way, the Nirvana show would have been just like the others -- full of hits that sound forced acoustically. You would not have had the three obscure Meat Puppets songs and you wouldn't have had them close with Where Did You Sleep Last Night, which is the single best unplugged track in history.
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Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:38 am to The Third Leg
I personally think Something In The Way is the best. Followed by PJ -Black , then AIC- Over Now.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 12:20 pm to The Third Leg
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Well, if you understand the Nirvana performance; what went into it, the set that included few hits, and the fact that it was recorded in one single take, you cannot deny it's pure genius
Well, I never argued against any of that. I mean, how could I when you put it so eloquently with the "end thread", "it isn't even close" post you put out there.
Nirvana isn't a wrong answer, neither is Alice in Chains. I couldn't care less if Cobain stuck it to MTV with his set list, nor that they decorated their stage as a funeral of all things. It's not like AiCs Unplugged album didn't have plenty surrounding its production and the whole thing from start-to-finish demonstrates how brilliant their catalog is...it certainly wasn't "forced acoustically". If there ever was a band who could seamlessly transition to an acoustic show, it was AiC.
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night, which is the single best unplugged track in history
Great song, it isn't hands-down better than Got Me Wrong. Layla is on the short-list too.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 12:35 pm to The Third Leg
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night, which is the single best unplugged track in history.
While great, I've always gone back and forth on it and Jesus Don't Want Me For a Sunbeam as the best song from Nirvana's set. But really there's not a weak song on that entire album. And I agree their set is what MTV had in mind when they started the Unplugged series.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:38 pm to The Third Leg
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you wouldn't have had them close with Where Did You Sleep Last Night, which is the single best unplugged track in history.
Dude, your use of hyperbole is the worst thing I've read on this board.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:40 pm to The Third Leg
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night, which is the single best unplugged track in history.
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