Nirvana - They Hung Him On A Cross

[FlamingTrumpets]

it got to 1:14 before i noticed there were no drums...

[iamthewalrus604]

i should as my church cor to sing this song

[65awesomedude]

if nobody knew, this was recorded in '88 and it was going to be another band (basically kurt and krist were gonna make a second band) and he wanted to try some more experimental and rock type of stuff. and thats why this, grey goose, and token eastern song exist

[chronic4twen]

Fuckin rights!

[NReixaTs]

O.o it's not seems his voice.... mmm....

[TestMeatDollSteak]

The Jury!

[guitarman9428]

i wonder if this has ever been played in a church?

[Nirvanakid776]

aint it a shame to have a drink on a sunday

[TheJames1233]

Kurts probably jammin with Johnny Cash, Ledbelly, Elvis, John lennon, Hendrix, Morrison, Janis...wow what a sight that would be

[BeenBlueSince94]

@TheJames1233 bob marley too

[65awesomedude]

they hung him on a cross, Aint It A Shame

[ZackAllenLadd]

i thought i saw someone say kurt was christian he was actually buddhist....the word nirvana is like the budhist heaven

[DILLONSHWING]

@ZackAllenLadd As a child Kurt went to church with his family and at one point was in the church choir. He claimed to be a born again Christian for a period of time during his childhood. However, your information about him being Buddhist is incorrect. Towards the end of his life he was interested in Buddhism but he never actually claimed to "be" buddhist

[pennyroyaltea89]

one of my favorites from the box set!!!!!

[damienbrennan1]

fair play kurt knew the truth but all you silly weee bastards deny Jesus!

[NirvanaLovable]

this is country?:))

[raceismendnow]

@NirvanaLovable ....no its blues. lol

[ilovemiscosas]

@raceismendnow :D

[sickpoola]

Leadbelly?

[bowenmcconnie]

hi people...please check out my new youtube video, it's been a long time in coming...

[coreymillia420]

She hates nirvana, Yet she keeps coming back to listen to more, more than people who like them...

[MAPolomski]

@justagirl123431

Burn Bitch

[gloomgirl65]

respect? anyone?

[gloomgirl65]

bittersweet and haunting. love. RIP

[llHyRaXll]

jesus died lol

[jessegguitar]

@llHyRaXll suk hitlers dick then

[llHyRaXll]

@jessegguitar jesus is a dead man lolz

[jessegguitar]

@jessegguitar u got hitlers dick deep in your throat.. balls deep// later shitpak

[conraydo]

haha listen to "ain't it a shame" after this :)

[65awesomedude]

@conraydo lolz thats wierd ;P

[negativewierdo]

@conraydo why?

[conraydo]

@negativewierdo well, you'd might notice something :)

[negativewierdo]

@conraydo ARGH! I don't just tell me pretty please :)

[TheEmiiilio]

Se fumó todo para hacer este tema jaja, grande Kurt!

[UniverseApproved]

kurt and jean michel basquiat remind me of each other

[jimsters2]

This actually a cover song. Leadbelly made the original. Kurt said Leadbelly was his favorite performer of all time.

[markmarktarmann]

@jimsters2 good quote. blues was and still is where it all comes from. attention wanna be guitarists singers and songwriters. you can either get it watered down 2nd 3rd 4th hand from all these rock bands, or you can go get a dose of the pure shit from leadbelly and muddy waters. that said, nirvana was the best pop-rock music(for me) from the last 20 years.

[jimsters2]

@markmarktarmann Well I always end up hearing it from bands like Nirvana and then I go and check out the original artists for more.

[SATURDAYateSUNDAY]

Satins ring tone any one?

[gloomgirl65]

@SATURDAYateSUNDAY do fabrics have ringtones?

[SATURDAYateSUNDAY]

@gloomgirl65 OOOOO you got me good sir well played :)

[TheIWSP]

@SATURDAYateSUNDAY spelled satan, and no

[jsprada]

Leadbelly cover!

[kennobody]

We hung Kurt on a cross. He died for our sins.

[bojivemasterman]

a lot of people on here are nirvana ass kissers. I like nirvana a lot but people wouldnt like this if they werent told it was kurt. i still like the song though

[MsAndii92]

@bojivemasterman I like this song because the beat sounds nice. ( = and Kurt's voice is lovely, this song has the perfect combination. If someone else song this, and this person had a lovely voice to I would still like the song. :) But I'm a nirvana fan, and I need to say, Kurt's voice is amazing.

[SATURDAYateSUNDAY]

@bojivemasterman Your right i like this song though even if it is kurt. Personally im into strange tunes like this even if it doesnt hit the ear right for some people buti totally agree with you I know alot of fans who wouldnt like this song if they didnt know it was kurt singing this.

[mynameisandrew962]

People, stop talking about religion. This song is awesome, and thats all that should be said:)

[Liquidskeleton]

yeah, go jesus! he's the bomb!

[heavymetalalldaylong]

I have a theory. Cobain the black Michael Jackson 2Pak and John Lennon live in Dracula's moon base, making awesome music. Elvis don't do shit!!!

[James25H]

so is this song about jesus?

[beatlezrawesome]

@James25H naw duh.

[jsrkill]

Kurt Cobain was killed by the I.L.L.U.M.i.n.a.T.i , because he wrote against them. Look up videos about it, please.

IT HAS TO DO WITH YOUR FUTURE!!!

[ZeldaFoxEars]

@jsrkill Its bullshit.

[RebelThoughts]

Believe it or not Kurt Cobain before he died was said to go into the studio to record an album full of Leadbelly songs like this. I personally think that would have been amazing. Too bad it never turned out that way.

[Outrjs]

I don't understand suicide....

I have felt its power and its desire to end me.....

I am no better than that very power.....

I want all in the Kingdom of Heaven.....

I want Kurt Cobain in Heaven with me.......

[crazysillybaby1]

god lives outside of space and time check out josh allem the science of gods word

[OOJoey]

I love this song i never knew kurt did a christan song until i bought with the lights album, i wan no fuckin way, and aint it a shame song he did is the same as this just faster lol

[lesDKP]

@OOJoey This song is written by Leadbelly. His favourite performer. :)

[OOJoey]

@OOJoey ..... I know who it was by. Im not retarded... Im just kinda shocked he did a cover

[negativewierdo]

@OOJoey doesn't be a fucking douche

[mrgrunge1233]

as a proud athiest i fucking love this song :))

[groovey65]

i find it relativley disgusting that i cannot even find the leadbelly version, people don't pay enough respect to the original artist, I love Nirvana but I've known leadbelly since i was 4 years old I grew up listening to his stuff so to find out nirvana were fans also was pretty cool but the face that some people aren't even aware that this song was originally by LEADBELLY appauls me!

[DukeNukemIsHere3]

@groovey65 They covered 4 songs by leadbelly, Ain't it a shame, Where did you sleep last night, Grey goose and this one. Cobain also said leadbelly was his favorite performer ever. So I'm fairly confident that most real nirvana fans are well aware of leadbelly, and that your worries are unnecessary.

Also, the leadbelly version is here, you just didn't look well enough:

/watch?v=2zf07vyrwV8

[groovey65]

@DukeNukemIsHere3 i actually found it soon after posting the comment but it isn't even on the first page!

[RedceLL1978]

Find the lyrics to "Stay Away" and read the very last line.

[EmphasizeTheDweeb]

in his teen years

[IHaveABiggerCaboose]

This is not a christian song. Kurt Cobain was not a christian. I'm not sure if he even believed in god at all. Just appreciate the music and keep the religious talk for religious videos.

[EmphasizeTheDweeb]

@IHaveABiggerCaboose sorry but like it or not kurt was christian and he was baptized too

[BL007dStone]

Religion+Shit=Relishit xD

[midnightwallflower]

@MrCockSlut Ehh yeah but what place? Nowhere? Anyway he expressed his interest in Buddhism and had a Buddhist ceremony upon death. R.I.P. good song too.

[midnightwallflower]

No Christian would name his band Nirvana, lol.

[MrCockSlut]

@midnightwallflower maybe if u believe all religions are a paths to the same place

[user3182]

@midnightwallflower cobain was christhian for a long time, not sure if i was still when they found nirvana

[ArkusVI]

I'm atheist, and I love this song.

[MrThezho]

@ArkusVI Me too :)

[SmackheadPedo]

Pseudo-original:

watch?v=2zf07vyrwV8

[jamesarongray]

These lyrics are disturbing... god is demented... cool.

[deathfalk]

Ledbelly.



[MegaMoose98]

I sure hope he believed it. I'd like to meet him one day.

[geskaglarus]

i first read: they hug him on a cross'

until i heard 'hung' xD

[Blink41ColdRomance]

@geskaglarus lol it would be really funny if it was hug =)

[murnpicturies]

hmm.. this is strange to listen to this after jesus dont want me for a sunbeam dont you think so?

[nikolokendo]

this song is an agreement to religion?

[BillyNye1982]

EPIC!

[rsohlich1]

Damn I miss Kurt and every type of music he choose to play. He was one of a fucking kind.

[ZigZagOyeah]

Apparently this isn't Nirvana, it's Kurt Cobain, but in a side project with Krist and members of the Screaming Trees called the Jury.

[GetBorn27]

@ZigZagOyeah sounds like just kurt......



[ZigZagOyeah]

@GetBorn27 It's Kurt singing, it's just not Nirvana.

[nlRobertnl]

Nirvana is thankfull to the Jews and Romans:P

Damn doesn't matter what song he made all of them are top quality.

Why do I never see people who play first underground and then rise up in the major public nowadays they (music industry) just choose people to get famous.... Where are those times..

[ryanruls]

I'm going to play this song to a christian person.

[magicmatt96]

fantastic

[SoalaJohn54]

This sounds very Johnny Cash-esque, is this his cover to a song

[theSPECIALbrew74]

@SoalaJohn54 apparently Leadbelly was first known to have done it.

[CobainFan9]

For all you religious fanatic I hate to be rude, but Kurt was an agnostic. Meaning he neither religious, or athiest.

[Punxundead1]

@MW3SUCKSASS GTFO HERE!!!!!! stop bringing corporate greed into my nirvana, BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MINDCONTROLLEDLOVE]

@Punxundead1 what do you think they wrote about asshole? fuck your fake band freindship. get what they were about before you claim your respect for them. peace

[Synchrisity]

haha yes right at mass :D

[zakVSzak]

may he rest in peace , im not christian but if jesus really does exist , kurt cobain should be the first person in heaven

[kibblescrew]

Arguing over religion is pointless, So STOP typing gay nonsense that's only gonna cause more arguments because half you don't have the slightest idea what your talking about. Thank You

[FulMarie]

isnt this voice ... divine? dont want to be blasphemer.. but.. listen to this. *o*

[renzomartinsgu]

In Kurt we trust.

[ZeldaFoxEars]

@renzomartinsgu haha, woah....

[calanero]

this could be played in church... & should be.. Kurt was serious about Jesus at one point in his short life. Believe me, if there's a heaven Kurt's beautiful generous loving soul is in there!!!! Anyone who says otherwise gives a bad name to Christianity. That's my opinion anyway.... & you know what John Lennon *(another rock legend/saint) said "opinions are like assholes everyones got one) peace everyone... & God bless yall

[taffysaur]

@calanero good attitude. =0)

(taht comes from a similarly live-+-let-live atheist)

[markpearlygmail]

@taffysaur spot on if you ask me.^

[thSubliminalCriminal]

would have been super awesome wicked if Johnny Cash covered this before he died. :D

[ZeldaFoxEars]

@thSubliminalCriminal I agree with that statement 

[esepablink182]

He hung his head and died

He hung his head and died

He hung his head and died for me (8) :´)

[TwoPointsUp]

"They bit Him in the side, they bit Him in the side, for meeee..." Dang, Leadbelly had some graphic lyrics! Does anyone know where the punishment of crucifixion originated? It seems to be a suppressed historical fact, for some reason..

[LRuso]

@TwoPointsUp if I am not mistaken, the punishment of crucifixion originated in the Roman Empire. But the structure of the torture machine was not a cross, but a T

the Christians later added the top part to make it look like a cross.

[TwoPointsUp]

@LRuso - Yes, u are correct about the Romans and the T "cross".. But what institution or group or sect in the Roman empire originated it? Dig deeper, be more specific..if u do enough research, you will find out..

Oh, and why would it be important that it be a cross, and not a "T"?? Food for thought :)

cheers, 2P

[alpha2istir]

Fuck Jesus!

[AHPdatsun]

Atheist are hateful people, what in the hell are you talking about. I know some who are the most lovig people and they still have respect for me because I go to church. For God sakes my brother was one.. he didn't stop loving me because I was "christian" and who are we to say that we are "christian" or not. All of us sin just the same. My goodness people, I didn't even have to go down a fourth of the page without getting upset with some of the comments, that aren't all true.

[pigfarts992]

@AHPdatsun I'm an atheist and I'm perfectly loving towards everyone. Just because someone's an atheist doesn't mean they hate everyone. Why the fuck are people having religious arguments on a Nirvana video anyways?

[thSubliminalCriminal]

@pigfarts992

cuz they hung him on a cross they hung him on a cross they hung him on a cross for MEEEEE

lol jp dog, yea atheism is all good it's not my opinion but my opinion is far out compared to an invisible entity above us all watching down from the clouds, my theory........ALIENS

XD

[UndergroundRelapse]

@pigfarts992 I'm a Christian (though I don't like associating with them much), but I mean it is a song about Jesus, so I guess it makes sense. "Thank you, dear God for putting me on this Earth. I feel very privileged in debt for my thirst." - Kurt Cobain

[SuperMegaFl0yd]

@rockwizard101 Except that this is a Lead Belly cover done by Kurt. Kurt claimed Lead Belly as his favorite performer. :P

[pfctjd]

I like Christians, Atheist on the other hand... well after reading the comments section here I think they are full of hate. What a great way to live your life, hating people you have never met. peace be upon you, my friends.

[ccifelli424]

@pfctjd I don't know if it's so much hate, as it is arrogant pride in being different. I've seen hate and this pride in both parties (Christians and Atheists), along with pagans and Muslims. You just need to find a place where one group sees conflict. A great example, go to a pagan video (look up wicca or asatru or magick) and you'll see plenty of hateful messages. But I do agree that the hating needs to stop.

[calvinfan94]

@pfctjd if people like you, who insinuate the behavior of an entire group of people, weren't around, then atheists like myself wouldn't have anyone to hate. well, besides the jews. kidding. google westboro baptist church. there's hate everywhere.

[pfctjd]

@calvinfan94

At least you admit that you have hate in your heart from your atheism. Westboro church are not Christians, if you think these are what us Christians are like then you are misinformed.

[123456789456123a]

I believe in Kurtsus Christ <3

[taylorhawkinsFF]

@123456789456123a Kurtsus Krist* haha

[TinyHungarian]

@123456789456123a That's not even clever.

[DDGreek]

@123456789456123a Who's that?

[calthegod]

what a great song.

[kakdakaktush]

Leadbelly movie impacted me quite a hardous life,

Kurt too impacted me, he is the reason for me to love rock music! (yes it's grunge, but fuck labels, for me rock need to have SCREEEEEAMS, then for me is rock, and history of blues blah blah blah)

THEIR LIFES WAS ROCK!!!

WHAT A GREAT COMBINATION FOR FUCK SAKE!!!

[NiRvAnAmAnIa158]

Okay now i got a nirvana song i can sing in church xD

[crazysillybaby1]

love it

[kaitoisomine]

fuck y'all, shut up about the lord almighty and listen to some good fuckin music!

think about Kurt! would he want y'all to fight bout this?

may he rest in peace

[crimsondevil2245]

@kaitoisomine :/ I don't think Kurt would care and he hated opinions and you just gave yours so did I

[TheKevin94800]

So much goood Nirvana's song was unknow .. :/

[mohjo321]

best voice ever....

[canyour123]

@jordidwdw Johhny cash is still good hes the original "thug"

[RockBottomBastard]

@jordidwdw That's a bold statement my friend. I don't really think you can compare Johnny Cash and Kurt Cobain at all. They're both great in different ways from different genres. If you had any respect, appreciation, or knowledge for either artist you wouldn't say that. Apples and Oranges my friend. You're statement is useless!

[27caslovesmusic27]

I wish this could be played at church :(

[Worfelzarz]

@27caslovesmusic27 Nice originality.

[27caslovesmusic27]

@Worfelzarz what do you mean?

[Worfelzarz]

@27caslovesmusic27 I mean you copied a top rated comment you unoriginal ****.

[27caslovesmusic27]

@Worfelzarz oh really? im sorry i didnt see it.

[pigfarts992]

@27caslovesmusic27 I would totally go if they did.

[CacatDeBatran]

@27caslovesmusic27 I'l just say Kurt Cobain..

[dlite3113]

@27caslovesmusic27 i concur, my friend. however most 'churches' out there now are so damn close minded and oblivious to what they are suppose to be, they will scoff at the idea of playing nirvana. damn self righteous motherfuckers :-/

[beatlezrawesome]

@dlite3113 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JESUS CHRIST PEOPLE WATCH THE LANGUAGE!!!!!

[heavymetalalldaylong]

@beatlezrawesome so? its just Jesus not like he was the president or anything...

[TheHelixSpirit]

People who don't believe in God got it right? Why would they have written about God? Is it because they thought they were Gods? Was it an opening of human awareness that was to make us a higher power? I guess the whole religion thing was scrapped in the end! Look at Revelations in the end times we are blind and the wise ones are killed off! Until the dumb ones cry in agony that there is no God I still laugh! Say two shits of your worthless comments and keep yourself out of it!.Worthless ghosts!

[PizzaBlade17]

@TheHelixSpirit

u my friend are stupid as fuck

[steamroll55555]

RIP KURT AND NIRVANA MISS YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[garebear1015]

Amazing.

[KeThDy]

Kurt was defiantly agnostic, sarcasm, "Get stoned and worship satan" wouldn't hear that from an agnostic, and he actually considered himself a bhuddist in a way, but I think he just kind of followed there philosophy

[kentoro]

@KeThDy correction. hardcore buddhists would tell you that buddhism is not a religion, its merely a teaching from a dude on how ppl should live.

[fascismanarchy]

@KeThDy Being agnostic is really stupid. Agnostic: But you can't DISPROVE the fact that God doesn't exist! Richard Dawkins: But you can't disprove the fact that the flying spaghetti monster doesn;t exist! Score: Atheists 1 everyone else 0

[KeThDy]

@fascismanarchy Haha yeah, I'm an Atheist, and there is not god!

[DBC98989]

@KeThDy you believe what you wanna believe and ill believe what i wanna believe okay? that sound good cause leaving a comment on youtube isnt gonna convert people

[iamnotafanlulz]

@fascismanarchy Probably making a wrong move here....but can you prove that God doesn't exist?

[fascismanarchy]

@iamnotafanlulz No..But then again, you can't prove that the boogieman doesn't exist. Or you can't prove that the flying meatball mutant doesn't exist.

[iamnotafanlulz]

@fascismanarchy No I can't - so that's Atheist 0 Believers 0

[Vegeta4tw]

@iamnotafanlulz well , can you prove God does exist? and forget about the boogeyman..ofc you cant , thats why its called blind faith.

[kakdakaktush]

@Vegeta4tw

Hey, Hi there lads, well I have a good point here (it is not true is just a point, right?) Ok then, there I go:

I have some years researching GOD's existence... I was on a Catholic school, I practice Wicca, I practice to my own way of Budism... I went into many things bros, But I can´t say I found out all 'bout GOD. Then like 5-6 years ago, for my university degree I needed a good thesis then I research about EVOLUTION, I do know "WE ARE PART OF THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION" FACT!...

@Vegeta4tw

And ONE thing is GOD (in ALL those different meanings that culture had provide) and other thing are those 'myths' to from culture like Werewolf, Boogieman and so on and on; Let me prove you Vegeta, PROVE THE NOT EXISTENCE OF GOD!

I know that w