Nirvana - 23/01/88 - 04 Paper Cuts

[juanleiden]

this song is so grunge, so raw. this is the spirit of rock n roll that's being losed

[NirvanaNerd364]

This would make a preppy kidgo and murder some one hahah

[WETOFREAK]

Paper cuts is my favorite song of ever, Kurt said in this song: Nirvanaaaa Nirvanaaaa, I love this

[TheBluntedKid]

Wow this is a great live early version. Luv Paper Cuts. Thanks for posting!

[miguelisdistructive]

Hello everyone we're living in the disco era so dont worry great music will come back to mainstream. CHEERS TO THAT!!!!!!!!

[relsismada]

I really look at nirvana as one of my biggest influences, I wouldn't want to repeat Nirvana though, or try to bring grunge back. I mean, the music today is shit because of the money involved, but eventually (at least I hope) people will get sick of it, if not we are doomed forever. We should write songs about femine, boyish hair cuts and fucking facebook trolls...

[VelvetRevolverMother]

great song. 

[StonerDeluxe420]

fucking fave nirvana song

like an orgasum in my ears

[UnwashedMusician]

Listen to that Proco Rat sound!

[theavengeofme]

BLEACH!

[smallclone]

this by far the most awesome thing ive see today.

[Max0Inq]

No metal riff can beat chorus in this song. Whole song is amazing - example you don't have to shred like Loomis (no offence) to cause jawdrop.

[russelgman]

PS: Everyone here needs to listen to a band called 'Violent SoHo'.  If you like nirvana, you'll like them, i'm sure! They're like modern day Grunge!

[moonijuana0]

yeah i know, people will take any excuse to fight over the internet. mostly because it's anonymous, and in real life they don't stand up for themselves. lol oh soo clever calling you a "tool" for talking about tool! haha man people need to just take into consideration what you meant, not what you said.

[russelgman]

thanks man. i'm glad someone else gets it.

i think at the time, i had just heard the song 'the pot'. it has a catchy/heavy chorus, and a quiet verse with very prominent bass.

So maybe that's why i thought 'grunge'. I dunno. the point is...yea. i'm not a fan of the youtube comments section, it tends to be abused.

[moonijuana0]

yeah the verse chorus verse, loud/quiet dynamic is similar. it was used before nirvana, but nirvana really made it popular..actually thanks to the pixies we have that formula in nirvana. tool does have formula's like that, but it also steers away from it in other songs. a prime example is Third Eye for the quite/loud. and yes, they tend to be extremely abusive.

[fuckamericanidiot]

@russelgman i don't want to hear another nirvana, i like to branch out

[moonijuana0]

this song is about a family in aberdeen where the parents locked the kids in a room, left newspapers for them to shit and piss on, and rarely fed them. the police finally got involved, kurt read it in the newspaper, and decided to write a song about. read the lyrics and it'll make sense.

[sshroom]

This is the only semi-complete version of this song I have ever seen. If you ever doubt that Kurt was really a genius, just ask yourself: Who else could write this song?

[stuffenandrew]

this song has soo much power

i want to punch a window when i hear it

Nirvana is the best

[deussolinvictus]

"Bleach" was an awesome album.

[pivovinorakija]

powerfull depressing song...my favorit

[kalaslsl]

Nicely performed, can't expect less from this guys

[nofuntasy]

paper cuts is the better song of nirvana..its for only poeple that only listen and knew , nevermind and only listen smell like teen spirit.

bleach is pure sound punk rock underground

[MexicanSeadude]

the screaming in this song is amazing

never sounded the same with the other drummers really (including dave, the one or two versions ive heard with him arent that good, better than chads though, his arent all that special tbh)

[cxporra]

I love this song

[Darren0931]

this is a really good performance of this song

[RandyRhoadsFannr1]

how does they make that noise at the first seconds of the song ?

[AcousticNoise]

Well, basically, Kurt turns his guitar and amp (gain and master volume) all the way up and stands really close to the amp, thus producing the screeching feedback noise.

[PieceofMindmusic]

and scratching his pick across the strings.

[AcousticNoise]

yes, that too.

[ollecarlsson]

oh really? cant you explain even more detailed how to feedback a guitar???

[AcousticNoise]

Hey, buddy, I don't need your sarcasm. The guy asked a question, so I simply answered him the way any REAL SEASONED guitarist would answer.

[NirvanaZeppelin80]

I Hate Myself And Want To Die.

[deanisfgh]

he presses the pedal to make the chirpy sound

[ohmystephen117]

how does kurt make those high pitched chirp sounds during the verses? i mean like that chirping metallic guitar sound

[Eragon00125]

its a flanger pedal

[camjones12345]

bleach is my favourite album. RIP

[lstntotool]

beyond legends

[spoukas]

i hate the fact that nirvana became so commercialized and people grow up to think of curt as a god, an idol, a hero or something equally annoying

i've always saw him as one of us, a friend

And all the kids nowadays that wear nirvna shirts and stickers

Are they really in to nirvana and grunge or do they just follow a popular fucking cool image

I'd say run them the experiment of bleach and you'll find out :P

[Darkdread12]

But even if these kids have only known -say- in utero, it's ok. Even if you don't like it, In utero is still Nirvana. Managers and producers "touched" the music, yes, even Kurt admitted they had sold out, but their music is still good. To me, Very Ape and Downer are equally good. Period.

Nirvana 4 ever.

[russelgman]

i agree. i see these kids wearing shirts with kurt on the front and nirvana printed in huge letters, and yet they still listen to this pop punk crap like fall out boy and panic at the disco. you just want to ask them, hey, do you even know what that shirt you're wearing represents? its a new era, a change in music as we know it, a movement that changed an entire generation. but they'd probably just say 'well i heard the lead singer blew his brains out, thats pretty wicked.' pathetic.

[spoukas]

yeah it was something new. Cant really define it..What you can define tho is the punk roots among others, and the ideology that came with it. But all i see in the video comments everywhere are people who would kill to have kurt's autograph..lol

[russelgman]

yup. sad. one day in the foyer at my school i was sitting around playing what i think was heart shaped box on acoustic, you know...just relaxing. this kid came and said hey what is that? i said its heart shaped box by nirvana. the kid goes oh that bands gay as hell, dude you know the lead singer blew his brains out right? i said ya no shit. get outta here...

[Silencemos]

Mate go back to that kid and fucking curb stomp him, the fucking faggot

[spoukas]

man Paper Cuts and Downer..the whole fucking record really , haha

i used to retun from school only to scream my lungs out after these

its isnt nevermind and it isnt in utero its incesticide and bleach that i love

really listening to it again brings chills to my spine

[francesdfarmer]

yeah man i agree todays bands fuckin talentless when grunge returns i'l be fuckin ready

[dedonno]

YUH

[russelgman]

i hear ya.  music repeats itself. right now 80's hair bands seem to be re-incarnating in emo/ pop-punk, and swing is coming back through bands like the white stripes...meanwhile bands like tool fight to keep grunge modern. lets just give it time, im sure grunge will start making a comeback.

[bleurgh]

Tool? What the fuck don't ever mention them next to Nirvana.

[russelgman]

what? are you saying that tool is better or worse than nirvana? an arguement would be nice please! and in comparison, no, nirvana is easily better, but tool is fuckin amazing too.

[JaytheGreek]

Stop comparing bands.

Tool isn't grunge. In fact, you define a tool perfectly. You need to kill yourself.

[bleurgh]

I was saying that in the way that I prefer Nirvana btw.

[russelgman]

you need to calm the hell down and not make threats like that.

[JaytheGreek]

Nobody threatened anybody.

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[Vanadeo]

You made a good point tho grunge will creep back sometime.

[moonijuana0]

tool isn't grunge, but i understand what you mean. the few good bands are completely overshadowed by other mainstream radio friendly bands. and it's because the media latches on to a certain genre, i.e. new wave, hair metal, grunge, nu metal, and now emo/pop punk.

[russelgman]

Well, i posted that comment say...about 2 years ago. I definitely have a better definition of genres now. Tool is Prog Metal if anything.

I just can't believe how many people rose up and got pissed when i compared the two. Wow. And called me a 'tool' for doing so.

[DedeAsPsichas]

One of the best songs of ever...so grunge...todays music is a fucking peace of shit

[penergetic]

dito

grunge for ever

[Stalfos212]

thank you so much for posting this most of my favorite nirvana songs are their early and rare songs.

[pelelico]

yer welcome mate, thanks to you for comment

[garydus]

thanks for posting man, bleach owns

[nirvana2483]

spacca il culo!

[butterfall]

this song is one of my favorites (when grading depressive songs) its nice preformed but they look like shit

[ssccxx]

thank you for posting this!! i love this song

[pelelico]

thanks to you for comment, watch the entire show, is great (not too much quality but its NIRVANA)