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  • fantastic

    

  • I was there.

  • @Tomitrouble pshh yea right, and I'm a human.

  • @IvyNirvana

    16 years old at the time and I still live in Reading. I also got sold a backstage pass by the drummer in a band at the time called Midway Still. £5. Never geen back since as will just be a let down.

  • if it wernt for Nirvana yu wuld'nt have half of todays music

    if is was'nt for Maiden yu wuld'nt have Nirvana

    if it was'nt for Sabbath yu wuld'nt have Maiden

    if it was'nt for The Beatles yu wuld'nt have music :)

  • @Gaziell ... if you wanna do that, you could go back to Beethoven, Sebastian Bach, etc. And waaaaaaay before that, Gregorian chant.

  • They showed this whole performance as a film at Reading this year! (yesterday) it was AMAZING!!

  • @OhSoEllaa would love to have seen that, the first year i went was 95, knowing i'd never get to see them live :(

  • @tw34k3d awhh... it really was amazing! people were really getting into it :D

  • Kurt hated this song, coz it was too popular... weird..... and he sabotaged a lot of live performance...:D::D:D but "nevermind" this is one of the perfect song of all time!!! I.M.K.C!!! anyway Kurt rocks with Jesus now....!:D

  • Here we go again 240p...

  • Thumbs up if you think Ride and Teenage Fanclub were better at Reading!!

  • @hellraiser917 who the fuck are they? Nirvana=Genius,x generation icon, rock band etc

  • @TheNightOwl1981 your so called x generation was 40-50 years old when nirvana was popular.They listened some other bands.

  • for all of you tools bitching about the performance, know that kurt hated playing this song and often sabotaged it or just skipped it altogether

  • Kurt ! I miss You.

  • probs the best show ever

  • Love Nirvana on cd. But this is horrible.

  • @blasty5150 you're not a true grunge fan

  • @trossbossmusic but what´s grunge?? I just hear fucking noise!! @blasty5150 It´s true it´s horrible!!

  • @blasty5150 fuck you ¬¬, talking like that it's blasphemy!

  • lol..he messed up the note and tried to cover it up

  • BEST SOLO EVER!

  • I think I had a seizure!

  • He just wanted to prove a point because this is a poser fan song and he hated how it made them famous. It's awsome when he would start it live sometimes N' just go to the next song. It's a good song but they have such better songs.

  • They play more then a feelin b4 this xD love this !!!!

  • Truly amazing, these guys were so heavy!

  • he is high so he cant play the 2 notes he is ment to play before the verse :L

  • Best version in my opinion,despite the "solo".he was just havn fun

  • 0:25 wtf?

  • @gardnas1 he only wanted fun

  • How fucking low does Krist want his bass? Hahaha

    No one ever gives him credit for being an amazing bass player. LOVE NIRVANA <3

  • david grohl just tearing it up, as you do ;)

    kurt LEGEND

  • best solo ever

  • i dislike this song because its overrated and overplayed. other nirvana songs are way better.

  • @clydefrog217 Then why did you look the song up? Just to intentionally trash talk it? You're lame.

  • @theblackwell100 clicked it on a side thing cos ide never seen it live, was just wondering if anyone else shared the same opinion. i wasnt trash talking it.

  • @clydefrog217 What the hell is wrong with you dude?

  • After watching Miley Cyrus's cover i think this on repeat for a hour should do :/

  • @SAREmcr I've seen the miley cyrus's cover, and I wanted to die when I listened to her voice...

  • i dislike this song because it contributed to the death of a legend and so it makes me sad :(

  • the best song to best of the best rockeiro  fgrunge of world nirvana very good very good

  • i dont get why some of his best performances were in england

  • @ironmetallivana

    because people are a lot more appreciative about their music on these shores.....apart from metal fans in south america i reckon british music fans give that little something extra to bands to continously bring out ace performances....

  • @AustrianZeppelin i am english btw :L

  • @ironmetallivana because Enlgand appreciates good music as we have created most of it, we also have the biggest festival's. Answer your question?

  • its not a bad performance, its grunge man, its supoosed to sound like shit, hes not trying to be steve fucking vai up there, hes trying to rock the fuck out

  • @1vertigodown lmao, hes a better guitarist than steve vai ever fucking will be. If you disagree with this statement, go to hell, you are musically retarded.

  • @shamwoww Damn right. Kurt cobain's guitar style of playing was somewhat comparible to jimi hendrix exept that Kurt used alot more distortion and Jimi used the blues throughout all his work

  • @1vertigodown I wouldn't say "It's supposed to sound like shit," just "It's supposed to sound gritty." 

  • @1vertigodown And thats the fucking point what a lot of people dont get...!!!!!

    

  • @Nicklive2 you forgot Freddie Mercury and John Bonham mate:P

  • @TartuRockFanNr1 Haha you're right!

  • why did you not play the whole fucking song?

  • Go Nirvana!

  • There is a little bit of "Dancing Tony" in every gaddamn body!!!

  • @zephranna01 lol ok

  • @zephranna01 no, what exactly is he doing wrong? He's just dancing, I don't know what you have against him so much.

    And kurt was on the one that killed kurt.

  • @zephranna01 he was a friend of kurt cobain you fool

  • why did he decide to improvise?

  • @grannybenson

    Kurt hated the popularity of 'smells like teen spirit' and was resentful that everyone wanted to hear it all the time. Watch other live performances of this song and he always plays parts wrong or off intentionally.

  • that guy who is dancing is chris robinson from the black crows

  • someone needs to shoot that dancing fucker ..

  • @zephranna01 ... mate, it was 19 years ago, who is gonna give a fuck if he is dancing on stage at a festival that occured last millenium ! nirvana still blew the venue up even if there was some mad cunt dancing with them !

  • dude, its punk, "dont need talent just need attitude"

  • why is mike fucking huckabee one of the related videos?

  • GOD DAMNIT ITS 2011 CLONE KURT COBAIN ALREADY

  • what the hell is up with 0:24 - 0:30? trying to play imrpov out of key? damn nirvana sucks.

  • @PurpleHat1991 Kurt siempre improvisaba, y quedan mejor asi. Tu apestas fuck you .l.

  • @PurpleHat1991

    who gives a shit if its out of key,

    the attitude is fuck everything il do what i want.

  • @andyg3 right. but then its not even music anymore. its just attitude. thats the problem with this kind of music. they are just plain bad at playing music.

  • @PurpleHat1991

    but if they were shit,

    they wouldnt be as big as they were.

    music is attitude, emotion and all that.

    the whole change in music way back in the 50's 60's was youth rebeling against their parents way of life. it was attitude!

  • @andyg3 if they were shit they wouldnt be big? thats not true at all. just look at soulja boy? he is so talentless. yet he is big. same with this. kurt kabang was a terrible guitarist and singer. but still kids thought nirvana rocked. thats just the way things are

  • @PurpleHat1991

    I suppose i agree there, jay ZED, kanye, 50 cent etc etc are all talentless, all it is is people talking fairly quickly about shagging and all the music done on a synth, and is its not that its taking an existing good song and rapping over it. more like crapping all over it.

    and they are big, but the fans are blind. but i will still argue that nirvana is good. they wrote songs from scratch, created them, and played them.

    the voice is unique, and suits nirvana....

  • @PurpleHat1991

    .... who cares if he cant apparently play guitar. T-rexs lead could only play 3 chords on the guitar when he wrote children of the revolution. yet its a very well kown song, and i say most people probably like it.

    i still say nirvanas attitude is 'fuk it'. let loose. this is how i do things.

    thats rock n roll.

    and if your critisezed for being your self through music, then thats just bad dude.

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  • @andyg3 yes nirvanas attitude if fuck it let loose. and hes not being himself through music. hes just being himself. i wouldnt be talking bad about him so much if he was actually good at playing music. he is actually a disgrace to real rock and roll musicians and guitarists everywhere.

  • @PurpleHat1991 Kurt Cobain, a disgrace to "real" Rock and Roll musicians?

    BAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

    Oh, wait, you're serious.

    Let me laugh even harder.

  • @PurpleHat1991 fuck you. if you don't like the music, which a whole lot of people do, don't come on the video and criticize it, asshole.

  • @thatwasbuttery171717 you cannot argue how bad this performance is. it becomes very obvious when mr. kurt kabang decides he wants to improvise out of tune at the beginning.

  • Happy Birthday KC

  • @krorphish Its was just a saying of how I wished he was still here. I don't even believe in god. which is made evident in that comment. So lighten up take the stick out your ass, and stop being a kill joy. We all know kurt took his life because he didnt want to be here. We say these things not in seriousness but only to show how we think the music of today could never match what once was.

  • The only way I would believe in God is if he took away Bieber, Gaga, Kesha, Jonahs Bros, Miley Cyrus and her Dad, and Lil wayne and bought back Kurt Cobain. Otherwise, No.

  • @Misfitspunk1023 think about it. it was kurt who took his life, not God. he didn't want to be alive. whats the point?

  • bieber pressed dislike...!

  • yeahh take justin and jonas and give us kurt back

  • I don't belive in God but I'm praying everyday: God,please take justin bieber and miley cyrus and give us Kurt back ! ! !

  • who the fuck pressed unlike i am gonna kill him !!!

  • i remember, i was there. it absolutely hammered it down with rain, mud everywhere, teenage fanclub, nick cave and L7 preceded them, and Bjorn again were on first, funnily enough.

  • Thumbs up for Tony The Interpretive Dancer!

    R.I.P Kurt Cobain !

  • ahaa nirvana upbeat!?! are you joking..... lithium, heart shaped box, in bloom... very upbeat? or not... kurt had a very messed up youth and this continued into his adult life and this comes through in many of his lyrics

  • ya gotta love it when his leads just don't make sense and ya know he's doing it on purpose cause he's punk rock!!!

  • ouw

  • thumb up for grunge rock!!!!

  • That song is pretty good and everyone knows that but I think Nirvana sucks as a band that is suppose to give you energy and entertain you. I mean look at them on stage:/

  • @drwal90 I don't know about u but watching Grohl hit the drums gives me energy enough :) But yeah i know what u mean but they fucked up smells like teen spirit allot live just cause it was so overhyped at the time. It would suck if u would go and see a show as a fan and they played the song all wrong.

  • @Wheelz12 are you kidding man?? This is the best live show ever by any band. The Smells like Teen Spirit is sick at reading. I like it better anyways, and its so boring and untalented to play all your songs the same way. It's fun to change it up sometimes and hey, it could be better so they gave it a shot and look how this live performance turned out.

  • @drwal90 Grunge isn't supposed to be upbeat and energetic, so I don't think that means they "suck as a band." Bouncing around and acting like a jack off on stage is more of a punk rock thing.

  • This performance feels tragic, yet also makes me laugh. Kurt wouldn't perform this f***ing song any other way, since he was so tired of hearing it on the radio and performing it in front of so many people. Why not just perform it sloppily, for a refreshing change of pace? That's why this song shows the "jokester" side of Cobain, a side that seems to have been buried along with him in the mourning of his death.

  • i want whatever the dancing guy is on

  • @TheLindseybaldwin thats kurt cobain

  • @TheLindseybaldwin nvm ma bad

  • @TheLindseybaldwin he on a nirvana love buzz : )

  • @TheLindseybaldwin

    right on!

  • OMG SOME PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS AND DONT KNOW THEIR MUSIC HISTORY! How can you not know this! KURT played that solo wrong ON PURPOSE! there was an interview with him weeks after this and obviously the question was brought up - 'KURT WHAT HAPPEND WITH THE SOLO'? it was because so many people out there was bumming his songs so horridly that everyone new his solos perfectly. it was played wrong so he could mock people.

  • i was there....right in front, all muddy!!!

  • The only thing better than this performance was just how utteerly fucked 'Dancing Tony' was...... he must have gotten hold of some of Berkshires finest that day. God belss them all!

  • This was actually pretty good so you need to get off of crack.

  • @BigEasy2979 Because he played like he always played? Just because he didn't tune his guitar, because that's what he does? I fucking hope you die, man. You try playing guitar live in front of thousands of people, and you'll know how much pressure he was under.

  • i would give sooooooooooooooooooo much to have been born in 1970

  • brings back memories of the best festival ever... Except the year before when Nirvana were at the bottom of the bill (that was great too)... Good times

  • I just love that thought " A Punk With A Cardigan " RIP KURT

  • God, why do the good ones die so young? We miss you Kurt, we have so much respect and love for you and your presence and the legacy you created. We hope you're in a better place... But fuck, me miss your music! Your scream and your fuck-the-world attitude... RIP Kurt Cobain. All you fuckers who are laying shit on this legendary man should just shut the hell up. Cobain's fucking miles above you all. This man bought about my generation, so fuck you all.

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  • Who is the random guy dancing on stage?

  • @grungexchic The guy dancing was Antony Hodgkinson, aka 'Dancing Tony'. He was the drummer for British rock band Bivouac in 1992 (both bands were signed to Geffen). Hodgkinson had known Kurt Cobain and Co. for several years - picking them up from the airport when they came to England, hanging out with them at shows they played. He ended up dancing with the band in about nine shows, including Reading Festival gigs in ’91 and ’92.

    Funny, I always thought it was some random who climbed on stage.

  • Who is the guy dancing like a maniac on stage? :|

  • @grungexchic someone who knows what the fuck is up. he is one lucky asshole for getting to flip out beside cobain

  • the best fucking part is the solo

  • One of my friends said that he was on LSD during this.. is that true?

  • At 0:28 Kris hears Kurt's guitar playing and is like, Ohhh, fuck yes.

  • Remind me again who the frick is that guy dancing around the stage?

  • for all you Nay sayer's out there. Nirvana = Punk rock = Freedom. they are free to sound like shit. doesnt mean they dont have badass attitudes and are genuine. they dont sound like shit anyway.

  • @stiffed111 stiffed in the Ass, perhaps.... Douchebag

  • @stiffed111 fuck you man. i bet hes 10,000000000000x more better on a guitar than u or me will ever be

  • Learn how to play guitar Kurt! All you people that say this version of the song is good and they played it bad for laughs need a dose of reality. You don't play the song wrong in front of 20,000 people who payed good money. Musicians with common sense will understand that, and understand that he played it wrong because he was incredibly high. The solo sounds horrible!! It isn't even a solo, it's just random note picking!

  • @hbkmf You sir are a cunt. He was a fucking legend. Go rot in hell :) x

  • @iMusicISME I don't care if he was a legend. You can't deny that this was a crappy performance because he was so high. I play guitar, and playing better than that performance I can do in my sleep. Stop putting this guy on a level that he isn't. And that's real mature by the way, anyone who presents factual information to you that you don't agree with, you tell them to rot in hell. First learn how to play guitar, understand how hard it is, third see how insulting it is that he played like that.

  • @hbkmf i actually think the solo was really awesome.

    long live GRUNGE!

  • @iMusicISME i agree

  • @hbkmf If you take a listen to some of their influences it all starts to make sense, particularly the solos by Greg Ginn from Black Flag, and the overall sound of Flipper (I bet this is the first time you ever hear about those bands).

    Really, people go on all these rants about Cobain's playing like he was the only person who would ever do this type of things, when he was actually simply using common elements of the music he had been listening to since the early '80s.

  • @hbkmf you are fucking plastic.

    

  • @hbkmf You fucking dickweed cuntfag cumdumpster fuckwagon! GO DIE!

  • Kurt hated how overplayed his own song was so he played a shitty version of it on purpose. Watch some of the other songs he played during this same show and you'll see they don't suck live, and if all you care about in music is technical skill, then you might as well hate rock n' roll altogether because it started as a rebellion against that kind of mindset.

  • @caffeininja thankyou! someone who also knows the real reason of his perfromance!!!

  • Whats Anthony Kiedis doing dancing on the stage :)

  • stop over analyzing everyone lol nirvana and kurt and them were famous for purposely playing their songs wrong at shows for laughs, its called humor

  • NO! ... HE PLAYED SHIT BECAUSE HE WAS ON HERION ....

  • dave grohl was awesome in the intro

  • i think he's just reeeeeaaaly high

  • who is that guy jumping around on the stage??

  • Kurt was influinced on punk so if your complaining on his guitar work you should stop listening because its not about how good you play its about good songs and nothing more but i bet most of you guys don't like punk witch would make you silly for the fact there wouldn't be any indie bands or grunge without punk

  • @jcdcrclckc one thing to say led zeppelin

  • why is that person dancing on stage and who is (s)he?

  • nirvana even better live n they r the best fukin band

  • This version of the song is great, I have no idea how you idiots think that this is bad!

  • long live kurt...hell never really b dead!!!1 of the most influential and experemental rockstars who ever lived

  • kurt never wanted the fame he just wanted the play the music and enjoy it. he didnt want to be mainstream. thats what the point of grunge is anyway. its a deconstruction of the popular shit and making it your own

  • cant believe this was 18 years ago!!

  • I remembered a Simsons comment:

    "Now I hate my creation, I know how does God feels"

    The same thing with Kurt

  • Yeaaah, he plays horrible...

    Kurt's wrote it,

    Kurt's can destroy it...

  • The guy jumping around is Anthony from british "grunge" band Bivouac, who were fucking awesome and well worth checking out in their own right, they supported Nirvana pre-nevermind and Anthony danced onstage with the band (and later foo fighters) as much as he could when the band were in the country. Seriously listen to Good Day Song, Monkey Sanctuary, class band...

  • who's the guy jumping arounf d i wonder

  • Im pretty sure he burps into the mic... KURT FUCKING COBAIN!

  • i love this jumping guy.

  • Kurt has indeed captured the exact "spirit" that he wants to communicate in this song. He has done it through the perfect synch of voice, lyrics, attitude and deliberate grunge musicianship. All of this is a conscious fusion of elements that make this true art.

  • kurt cobain we miss you

  • @LeeSmellyFingers, Kurt did hate the commercial success, Remember Nirvana was the biggest band in the world, and They were under a contract. They had to play major festivals but Kurt declined many of them. He really couldn't take the fame, which is why I believe he isn't here with us today..He showed us that money and success isn't the answer. A shower once a week, old Levi's, and an oversized sweater would do him just fine. How many famous people can you say that about?

  • 1:25 did he say am a peado?

  • @LouisTyrer18 no he is saying my libido

  • kurt cobain our best nirvana guitarist.

    he is different before this concert in the concert he is normal.