Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit (TOTP 1991 - Live Vocal)

[Msparamorerock]

they are completely taking the piss, it's great!

[AliceDelilahDude]

LMFAO! What is that girl doing at 3:29 to 3:34 ? pushing everyone! this 1 of the best peformances of teen spirits I have seen too sarcastic & funny! fuck the BBC telling them to lip sync & pretend to jam! HAHA, & omg that woman at ends face is like :| 0___0

[TNTIV]

He sounds creepy as fuckk. I LOVE IT!

[AliceDelilahDude]

I gotta say this: in this video kurt reminds me of harry enfield's 'Kevin' from the film ' kevin & Perry go wild'.. Hahaah, LOOL his voice & everything is just the same, doesn't anyone else think so? :B

[bioapex]

Kurt's the original troll! 

[AliceDelilahDude]

on a radio they said he mentioned he was marrying coutney and that he said something obscene and they were shocked, what was it.. ? :S

[kazzasnap]

loved them,but this is fucking shit!

[AliceDelilahDude]

@kazzasnap they were being sarcastic thats why .. Lol!

[mirath94]

had to download this version!!!!!

[arcticslugs]

@mirath94 HAHA i did aswell

[TheMatstan]

FUCK YOU BBC!

[arcticslugs]

thia doesnt sound bad hes acually a good singer like this aswell , is it acually him? God i think it is .. there one of a kind haha made me laugh bless

[XxStoneCold316xX]

Hahahaha the fuckin bbc weren't expecting that & Nirvana are best listened to live n loud. Wud av been great to see them trash the bbc set as that wud av been piss funny hahahaha

[7come7back7nelly]

playback?! lol

[Justeatmytoast]

Some people says it's just because Kurt Cobain had destroyed throat.

[orcking69]

@Justeatmytoast not true watch the documentary on his life and this very show he got interviewed for and the reason was he simply hated what he had become... mainstream. one of the best documentry ever.

[TheMatstan]

@Justeatmytoast No, Top of the Pops asked him to pre-record and mime it, and the band openly refused and decided to change some of the lyrics and also sing it differently as a sign of "Fuck you!"

[DesertHelicopter]

Actually pissing myself. This is the best thing I've EVER seen. *Unrolling my Dave Grohl poster* Me gusta.

[killthemallism]

cocaine is a weird drug

[erc111084]

ke pendejos jajaja...

[67tim1888]

he sung it this way cos every TV performance they did they got ask to play teen spirit thats how he is singing like he is taking the piss

[Xprodigiezz]

Love these people :D

[Lucysayshelloo]

Trollvana. Kurdt Trollbain. Krist Trollvoselic. Dave Trohl. xD

[tightpantsad]

it sounds like the michael bolton version

[yeah10000000000000]

@tightpantsad lol

[oHelmslyoRisesAgain]

smells like teen spirit in between diana ross and michael bolton. that is punk rock.

[stuy2376]

This was the beginning of an era.

[njspecz]

"Load up on drugs, kill your friends"

I can't even.

[ipodxdude]

baseheads? east side beat? 2 unlimited? bizarre INC? altern 8? WHAT IS THIS?

[XxxmoziexxX]

Different sound or not, This still sounds good :D

[tanhanstand10]

Kurt Cobain; The Classical Singer.

[TheAngusyoung101]

best troll ever

[babymac9]

Muse And Nirvana are the only 2 bands iv seen mock a television show that wnt let them play live, TWO FUCKING AWESOME BANDS :D

[doktorgriff]

@babymac9 Try The Jesus and Mary Chain for doing that. They got permanently thrown off one. Although they lasted longer than the show did. :)

[babymac9]

@doktorgriff Hahaha just checked it out, awesome

[nigerjon]

@babymac9 mmm The smiths, stone roses, oasis, this bands fuck up top of the pops to

[666crippled666]

such good trolls, my favorite part is the snare roll on the crash cymbal at 2:53

[paranoid711]

"He we are now, in containers."

Lmao.

[kierangrunge]

Me and some mates were in france a few years back... I had the live tonight sold out dvd and my laptop... we must've watched this over 100 times through the week, we just found it absolutely brilliant... especially dave at the point where he's just sort of pointing each hand in the air

[tschjoapp]

and they are seriously clapping to this... oh my...

[stinger2001]

TOTP in the early 90s made all artist sing live actually.

[Thelaughinggoatt]

I know right Kubkins, he was so morrisey when he said "yeaah" really depressed like!

[flipsidedogchop]

Load up on drugs?

Yes, yes he is.....

[mountreaz]

jajajaja NIRVANA FOREVER

[JuanCRangel]

'Load up and drugs and kill your friends

[ThisOneIsSelena]

@ccostello09 haha I know rite!

[ccostello09]

giving the mic a bj?

[4mayZing]

hahha the crowd looks so confused

[pandapinda90]

i love how kurt isnt even playing the guitar through most of it and dave is what looks like playing random ass shit on drums

[BGathercole]

I love how the BBC had to cut it short because Nirvana are TOO FUCKING AWSOME :)

[leoxerways]

3:12 LOOOOOL krist hhahahahah

[XxxmoziexxX]

@leoxerways Dude, look at fucking Dave 3:00 Ahaha I love it <3

[chonkhongduocnick]

its soo fucking cool maaan :D:D:D

fuck off playback!!

[PinkStrawberry6790]

brilliant.

[deutscherjoel]

Punk Ethic - 1, Corporate Whores - 0

[TheGreatPinataChase]

haha i love how he had to tape up the vandalism sticker

[kubkins]

that's a good Morrissey impression

[forbes923]

@kubkins he wanted to look like Heino.

watch?v=2sJxxikKk8Q

[TheNewNewfie]

3:00 Best part.

[bg11215]

Ha yeah I just read in Heavier Than Heaven that they did this and it made the promoters furious.

[TheUltrabar]

EPIC!!!!

[SirSuu69]

Smells like troll spirit, lol :))

[gothpunkrocker11]

Load up on drugs, kill your friends

[b00mhauer]

Actually, taking the piss out of the miming policy of TOTP was nothing new, a lot of the punk bands did that back in the 70s and 80s. The Stranglers, Cockney Rejects etc. even more deliberately.

[VampireLikeYouAndMe]

Kurt's Morrisey imitation is quite sexy. Just saying.

[hahawas]

This fucking hilarious! The live crowd must be thinking"wtf is this?"

[Wolfgangvanhalen1]

''Whatever, never-mime''! It's nothing but a big middle finger to top of the pops. HE DID THE RIGHT THING!

[XSVJak]

This happened 20 years ago today :O

[stephenroach1992]

they did this to protest Totp as they would not let them play live so they made sure they made a spectacle and showed that they were not playing there instruments i mean look what krist was doing with the bass and Grhol was just dancing

[stephenroach1992]

Kurt looks so fucking epic man i love him hes awsome and for some reason this shows was good gave me a laugh lol

[MrPiscal]

I think he was imitating ian curtis

[wookiewhat]

@MrPiscal Nope, it was Morrisey. He said it in an interview afterwards.

[ZeldaDD]

This is great...I respect the hell out of this. :D

[DeadBlackDistortion]

It's my personal belief that he was going against what the song had become...it was lumped in with diana Ross and all those stupid ass poptarts teen spirit dosnt belong in there, it's too GOOD! Nirvana forever and ever R.I.P Kurt -3

[Ramonajunie3]

LOL, he's like Morrissey. .u.

[MissAnorexorcist]

Perform your hit song with odd singing and overtly-fake playing in order to mock the television show that won't let you play it live? That's Nirvana.

[YouthClash]

@MissAnorexorcist why do you talk like a marketing dude

[MissAnorexorcist]

@YouthClash Because it's better than talking like a stereotypical teenager.

[innerauthor]

@MissAnorexorcist hey friend. so HERE'S the video you were telling me about. way to top-comment it too.

[danbeatless]

@MissAnorexorcist AND I LOVE THEM FOR IT!!

[aaron19951995]

is it weird that i love this?

[CoreRecords1]

when i first heard this live performance i beleaved kurt loaded up on drugs before he got to the show i dident know they were makeing fun of the song. its funny that they did this. NIRVANA FOREVER.

[pigeonkicker25]

Load up and drugs? @MrBedingfield... put 2+2 together. Load up on drugs... not and.

[ms95100]

Even Vic Reeves is higher lol

[TheSmje]

they dont care about there punishment :P

[oOSignalzOo]

Smells Like Teen Spirit NOT Smells Like A Teen Spirit

[SuperByronS]

"Load up on Drugs, Kill your friends"

"Shes overjoyed - i dont know what he says"

Love his new lyrics.

[toyworld872]

he's doing this because when they came Kurt asked where is the amplifier for the guitar and they told him there isn't any because it's a playback performance, so he's making fun of it

[RisenXGamer]

@toyworld872 actually, he was just told to mime the song. of course, being Kurt Cobain he decided to show how crap TOTP is by doing this.

[67tim1888]

@toyworld872 TOTAL BULLSHIT

[MediaGhost2001]

i heard he sang like this as a protest, because they wouldnt let him sing rape me. not sure how true that is...but realy, who gives a shit

[metallicguns95]

@MediaGhost2001 It was the VMA awards wouldn't let him sing Rape Me, so he trollingly sang Rape Me at first then switched to Lithium. This is Top of the Pops, a show that had all performers mime their songs. For Nirvana they let Kurt sing to a backing track (obviously Kurt, Dave, and Krist aren't actually playing their instruments haha). But just to basically fuck with the show or whatever they did all this haha.

[BreakingJDF]

@MediaGhost2001 well thats not true because he had to sing the song which was in the charts at the time he just didn't want to mime

[usermysp9]

it sounded just like the original recording. I liked kurts take on the vocals..

[starsweet4]

@usermysp9 that's cuz it WAS the recording. lol

[Tokiiiiiiiiiiiii]

I love this song. Funny enough, I really like his singing as well 1:43

[IamTheWillrus]

lael

[justinefiona94]

So why wasn't Kurt singing properly or playing his guitar like a normal person...??

[Tokiiiiiiiiiiiii]

@justinefiona94. Taking the piss. He was acting like Morrissey from the smiths. 3:31 clearly indicates that Kurt was acting like Morrissey in the song "This charming man" where morrissey was swinging flowers around, whereas in this case Kurt was swinging is guitar around. Kurt is even wearing a similar sweater.

[bnegs521]

@justinefiona94 Just to screw with the Brits. He also was practically eating the mic! LOL That is just like him. And he was also probably high as a kite.

[Tasendia]

Bless them, they are fantastic for doing what they did.

I have not seen this for years, it has been great to see it again.

[lumpyscott1]

they had such balls

[arild97]

lol they are not playing the instruments

[MichaelHansenFUN]

isnt this on the live tonight sold out video?

[k1dkerr1gan]

@MichaelHansenFUN yeah yeah :)

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@k1dkerr1gan this is talked about on wikipedia

i thought he was doing jim morrison

[simomacca12]

love how they cut off the song on the end

[xMrDmgx]

i thought the reason they did this was because they wouldnt let them play their instruments and stuff, they just played the track, and kurt was like screw this, this is fake, i'm gonna let them know its fake lol

[DanYul55]

i love this, absolutely hillarious!

[TheJuanivitale]

That's how this song would sound when sung by Morrisey...

[MrJulianGalt]

fuckin jokes

[eccs021]

kurt, you are a legend.

[MrCcarlinhoss]

shit

[TofikToficTofic]

haha he sings like morrissey

[ahmedtevez]

@ftlptba cuz they charted him as pop :)

[blackmask352]

@ahmedtevez coz they were pissed off cos they had to play playback with no vocal track

[ftlptba]

why he sings it like that?

[Marink96]

@ftlptba Because he's taking the piss

[ftlptba]

@Marink96 ?

[PivotMakeranimations]

@ftlptba because they didnt letted them play the instruments, they had to do playback, he hates playback

[dyonisos777]

I love their second degree..!!!

[ScrewNormality1]

Haha I love how they all just jam at the end...shows you they were more than just a band

[DavidJAB1111]

I love how kurt does'ent move his hand

[MegaFade2black]

i love how krist just bounces about

[Philicious101]

cringey but awesome! TOTP producers deserved that

[bekcs]

Kurt sounds a bit like Morrisey and looks like a barbie doll xD ha. funny how they cut it short...they were not impressed...they couldn't handle it!!

[thehazardoliver]

@Dbou79 from the cobain biography 'heavier than heaven': "Kurt hatched a plan with Novoselic and Grohl to make a mockery of their performance. As the backing track played, Kurt sang the vocals in a slowed-down, almost Vegas-like lounge version; he was attempting, he later claimed, to sound like Morrissey."

[ganzer88]

@thehazardoliver im reading this book at the moment and thats why i searched the video haha thats exactly what happened and the producers were going crazy but nirvana escaped quickly becuase of a show in birmingham they had to play that night.

[werdecurb]

One of my favorite Nirvana moments. Even when they were being stupid and sarcastic they were being just as entertaining when putting on a real electric performing

[buddhasoda]

This is TV gold,I hate corporate music companies like this,TOTP can fuck themselves  for making the musicians mime,this is fucking great <3

[HouseOfPain99]

Great statement against playback in TV.....

[00C0N0R00]

*Smells like teen spirit.

NOT..

Smells like A teen spirit. ¬_¬

[zionravescene]

ROFLMAO

[jansson007]

Ha,Ha,Ha!!! It was Kurt's reaction to having to mime,showing attitude towards the overall company in which they'd found themselves all of a sudden..check out all of the other crap higher up on the chart...and finally response to constantly being nagged about what the f**k their lyrics meant,what was his message and all that PR shit.

[ipiob]

Engraçado ver a banda junto com outros artistas extremamentes pops. hehe

bons tempos

[An0n3mu55]

I am listening to the right band, aren't I?

[TheDJWildBill]

I'm sure I read somewhere he was singing like that to impersonate Morrisey quite a good job if that's the case lol!!

[Dbou79]

@TheDJWildBill It was his Ian Curtis (Joy Division) impression

[beastsunited118]

Load up on drugs and kill your friends haha

[zebraboy777]

strangely beautiful with the ever professional grohl not missing a beat

[brasiliennr1]

@zebraboy777

lol

[alanah2208]

@zebraboy777 he isnt playing...sick to 3:00 and look at the bottom of your screen

[guidococ]

@zebraboy777 playback dumbass

[zebraboy777]

@guidococ 9 thumbs up, you cock splash.

[sbotos]

@zebraboy777 Ummmmm he's actually playing completely random shit.

[zebraboy777]

@sbotos oh yeah!!!!!!!!!! I should've looked a bit harder.

[tassyfella]

It was the bands F*ck you to beening told they had to mime. itsa shame that bands thesedays dont take a stand . half of them cant play live these days though i suppose

[rickyvangooberblat]

when that went off air, they knew they were gonna get booted, least they got booted in style! xD

[VareaIII]

wtf? is this really nirvana?lol I thought this was wierd al. And are they just playin the instrumental in the back? Because nobody is really playing lol

[TwoCows23]

@VareaIII They were told they had to mime their instruments. They didn't want to but they didn't have a choice so this is what they did. The music is just the studio recording.

[musfutmuj]

jajajajaja i love it. Nirvana is the second more influential band of my life.

[wsxedc152]

Genius.

[gerronema]

kurt smells like morrissey

[shikmaru2541]

que carajos.-. xD

[thedans857]

Kurt Cobain is impersonating Morrisey

[Olly117g]

2:03 "i'm a cheeto" jajajajaa XD

[Godsgonk]

eat the mic.

make up new lyrics.

kurt. you were, and are, the boss.

[Olly117g]

Kurt Cobain sings Like Jim MOrrison LOL XD

[nosaj1939]

is this morrisery.lol.brill.

[ateasdale38]

Kurt is sooo high

[BobbyGuitarHynd]

hahahahaha so funny



[knukdezout]

tu vois les daubes qui passaient au meme moment.... moi je dis vive Nirvana!!!!!

[Tech3000i]

kurt, krist and dave giving a big fuck you! to the totp exec's.....love it.

[Vamphaery]

LOL @ the changed lyrics. "Load up on drugs, kill your friends. It's fun to lose, and to defend. She's overjoyed, self-assured, oh no I know a dirty word" and "and for this gift I'm incessed."

[acrawl4]

I love when the kids go on the stage to dance, completes the mockery :D