Kurt even named his daughter after the women in this band, just goes to show how much this band influenced Kurt. I find it funny how the Scottish seem to be involved in everything!
I hate reading the comments sections in these videos. They remind me of just how fucking annoying I was when I was a spotty little Nirvana fanboy. Thank god I grew out of it. They were good. There is no denying it. But they didn't produce enough to be considered as greats. Sadly. They probably weren't even the best of their generation, and they certainly can't be compared to people like Led Zeppelin, Bowie, Dylan, The Beatles etc. It's not even close.
@TheRiffCalendar So you're saying ABBA is a better band than Nirvana? (here's a hint: record sales mean jackshit when it comes to actual band or album quality.)
@smallandorange If you'd actually listened to the song, you'd have realized that the lyrics and tune to the Vaselines' version are entirely different from the "old Christian song" that you cite (which was more of a children's Sunday school song). It was written as a piss take on the original.
@grainbelt01 Thanks for your feedback. Actually, I am quite familiar with the origins of the song. I am a student of music history as well as a Christian and have heard several performances of it. I am quite aware that the Vaseline’s rendition differs from its original hymn form or the more popular versions sung in “Sunday School”. I was assuming that most people who were watching the video likely followed the Vaseline’s to some extent.
@smallandorange I thought it was so painfully obvious, given song titles such as “Bitch”, and “Sex with an X”, “The Devil's Inside Me”, that intent of what the Vaseline’s were doing with it is so completely different than what Nellie Talbot had in mind when she composed the hymn over 100 years ago, that it didn’t require elaboration. Anyway, maybe I was giving you too much credit -or maybe picking apart people you don’t know online makes you feel good.
@smallandorange I thought it was so painfully obvious, given song titles such as “Bitch”, and “Sex with an X”, “The Devil's Inside Me”, that intent of what the Vaseline’s were doing with it is so completely different than what Nellie Talbot had in mind when she composed the hymn over 100 years ago, that it didn’t require elaboration. Anyway, maybe I was giving you too much credit -or maybe picking apart people you don’t know online makes you feel good.
@smallandorange Err, you said this: "The Vaselines didn't write this. Its an old Christian song." Obviously the Vaselines DID, in fact, write this song, lyrics and music included. The ONLY clear similarity between the Vaselines' song above and the "old Christian song" is the TITLE.
@grainbelt01 Thanks for your feedback. Actually, I am quite familiar with the origins of the song. I am a student of music history as well as a Christian and have heard several performances of it. I am quite aware that the Vaseline’s rendition differs from its original hymn form or the more popular versions sung in “Sunday School”. I was assuming that most people who were watching the video likely followed the Vaseline’s to some extent.
@TheAirsoftNewb...i meant to give you a thumbs up...that was an accident....sorry....the vaselines indeed made this song first,and a beuatiful song it is
yep, Christian song. Well, the woman who wrote the lyrics and the man who wrote the music followed Evangelism. Ev angel ism. Which is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s. This can be broken down even more with different "wings" being formed etc. WOW, how boring and nice of Religion not to be about war! Just so you know people!
"JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS THIS BAND WROTE THE ORIGINAL, NIRVANA COVERED IT UNDER DIFFERENT TITLE. BOTH ARE EQUALLY GOOD SO STOP FIGHTING AND CALLING EACH OTHER NAMES. THANKS. "
Actually it's a mormon children song in the first place.
scottland are the best musicially vaselines, lloyd cole, camera obscura, belle sebastian, franz ferdinand, sons and daughters,the fire engines,orange juice, simple minds,glasvegas and offcourse jesus & the marychains
kurt liked good music, what can you say. as far as kurts voice, i always heard he was always very down on himself on how he sounded and didnt understand why anybody liked his singing... but like someone else said below... it was just so unique at the time and so fit the music... it was the perfect storm.
you all moan about this but if it wasnt for the vaselines singing it then nirvana would never have sung it, they only done it because they were a fan of the legend that is eugene kelly, remember son of a gun and mollys lips they covered these songs didnt they.
If one would listen to the live recording of the Nirvana version of this song, Kurt says something to the sort of: "this next song is by the vasolines, its a rendition of an old christian song, we do it the vasolines way... so the debate can stop, everyone can go to sleep. Props to mojodylan for posting this.
They both sing it well, actually. Good and well are commonly misused in the English language, especially in speech. I do agree that they both play and sing the song very well.
Basic wiking will tell you that there was a christian Hymn called I'll Be a Sunbeam. The Vaselines wrote the song Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam in 1987 satirizing it. In 1992 they redid it as Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam clarifying the nature of the song. Then Nirvana covered the latest version for their Unplugged show.
The Vaselines wrote it borrowing the term "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" from a christian hymn.
Eugene kelley has a good voice but the girls don't at all. And no im not being a sexist macho guy cuz i like alot of female performers, they just aren't good. Eugene rocks though.
According to Wikipedia, the "jesus doesn't (note the n't) want me for a sunbeam" was first recorded by the Vaselines and later by Niravna. Check out the site for more info.
R u shitting me, the girl can't fucking sing. Nirvana's unplugged version kicks much more ass. This is poor singing. But that's just my personal, CORRECT, opinion. lol
That's definetely true. Kurt had a distinct voice though that went pretty perfectly with the music and the era. I just don't feel anything with them singing in this video like I do with Kurt's voice. But you're right, the music itself is what makes grunge grunge.
its an amazing song. personally i prefere nirvanas version. you can say it is all credit shud be theirs. but they werent the ones who made it famous, and Nirvana adapted the song. doesnt matter whos better at playing it. nirvana are famous for it. their version got famous, and honestly even the vaselines would say that nirvana made this song what it is. so quit arguing about who wrote it. half the musicians these days have writers writing their music anyway.
@hydra8 I see that you speak for the Vaeslines . You must be a psychic channeler. If it makes you happier that Nirvana "made it famous," then that's great. The relative fame level of the band is your automatic judgment of quality, rather than "whos [sic] better at playing it." Fame is relative, and it is not permanent. Nirvana has a very dedicated fan base, a couple of songs on the golden oldies grunge play list, but beyond that, nothing.
@phallusbravo wow that was an old comment to reply to, but yeah, no one would know what this song is outside of the vaselines fan base, nirvana did make this song famous. Fame doesnt judge who is better at playing it. but their version of playing got made it famous. i still personally prefer nirvana's version just because thats my preference:)
@phallusbravo wow that was an old comment to reply to, but yeah, no one would know what this song is outside of the vaselines fan base, nirvana did make this song famous. Fame doesnt judge who is better at playing it. but their version of playing made it famous. i still personally prefer nirvana's version just because thats my preference:) you're entitled to yours
c'mon kids... music isn't a competitive sport. credit to the vaselines, this is a powerful song especially for anyone who grew up in an oppressively christian environment (and it aint a version of a christian song, it just borrows a couple of lines from christian songs and twists the meaning) ... nirvana did a great cover of it but the fact that kurt was listening to, and being inspired by, slightly obscure fey scottish indie bands is just part of the reason why nirvana were just so great...
A traditional Christian song wouldn't have the lyrics 'don't expect me to cry, for all the reasons you had to die' in relation to Jesus? I think it's built off of a Christian song though...
ya it is its a hymn named I'll Be A Sunbeam. The Vaselines Parodied It. And Thats Where Kurt Covered Them... Actually Kurt Was A Fan Of Them From What I've Heard
Greenday is just another cliche band who only makes music now to appeal to a fake genre, by that I meen a genre of music that wouldn't exist without commercialism, such as TV making all teenage girls think their punk if they wear black makeup with pink nail polish, so they need a corresponding music, so Greenday came, I meen at one point they may have been good like, in 1990 or so.
they r amazing r u kidding. and how is it rich people music. billie joe (lead singer) dropped outta high chool livd in random basements.. and started playing when he was just 10. they have a ton of talent, and they always sell out. they've been siad to have the greatest concerts becaue of their energy, and they make them a ton of fun. just watch bullet in a bible live tour.... you'll understand then
People don't realize a few things. First of all, Kurt Cobain was famous before he deceased, so don't say that his killing himself made him even more famous. Second of all, it's a fucking song. Don't you guys realize that it's such a wonderful song and you guys are just arguing over something foolish? Also, I think both versions of the song are quite good.
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So much better than Kurt Cobain's. Nirvana would only be on the same level as Pearl Jam if he hadn't shot himself. They were an Ok band, nothing special.
very true, the sad thing is like the meat puppets songs they did on unplugged will be known as nirvana songs to some people just because nirvana are a bigger band..
It was a children's hymn titled "I'll Be A Sunbeam" The vaselines took the first sentence of the hymn "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" The Hymn was composed by Nellie Talbot and sung to music composed in 1900 by Edwin O. Excell. Nirvana along with the Meat Puppets covered the song on MTV unplugged and changed the lyrics to "Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam".
It was a children's hyme titled "I'll Be A Sunbeam". The vaselines took the first sentence of the hyme. "Jsus wants me for a sunbeam." The Hymn was composed in 1900 by Nellie Talbot.
hah now they`re trying to copy the nirvana's unplugged version!! in their own song!! i've herad the original version from the vaselines and I don't really like it.. the nirvana's is better, nut THIS hahahaha its awful!!
why? no im not just preaching because how'd the world come about? lightning strike the earth and that made the world we live in? highly unlikely but okay, then where'd the ground for the lightning to strike come from, and where'd the heat and such for the lightning? I can't guarentee you the rest that I believe but that I can no doubt assure you of. There is a higher being out there.
God may exist in the same way that a teacup that launched itself into orbit on its own may exist. that is, it may exist, but its existence would run contrary to what is commonly upheld as common sence
Kurt even named his daughter after the women in this band, just goes to show how much this band influenced Kurt. I find it funny how the Scottish seem to be involved in everything!
195jordan 3 months ago
I hate reading the comments sections in these videos. They remind me of just how fucking annoying I was when I was a spotty little Nirvana fanboy. Thank god I grew out of it. They were good. There is no denying it. But they didn't produce enough to be considered as greats. Sadly. They probably weren't even the best of their generation, and they certainly can't be compared to people like Led Zeppelin, Bowie, Dylan, The Beatles etc. It's not even close.
23discordians 4 months ago
no shit they helped kurt this is a great version of the oringinal
budwiser690 4 months ago
Doesn't matter that their version is the original it holds nothing against the nirvana version
tosstheturtle 5 months ago
Haha, yeah right, say this is equal to the band who has sold 50,000,000 albums!
TheRiffCalendar 8 months ago
@TheRiffCalendar So you're saying ABBA is a better band than Nirvana? (here's a hint: record sales mean jackshit when it comes to actual band or album quality.)
OpheliaImmortal 6 months ago
@OpheliaImmortal No one is as good as Nirvana.
TheRiffCalendar 6 months ago
The Vaselines didn't write this. Its an old Christian song.
smallandorange 11 months ago
@smallandorange If you'd actually listened to the song, you'd have realized that the lyrics and tune to the Vaselines' version are entirely different from the "old Christian song" that you cite (which was more of a children's Sunday school song). It was written as a piss take on the original.
grainbelt01 10 months ago
@grainbelt01 Thanks for your feedback. Actually, I am quite familiar with the origins of the song. I am a student of music history as well as a Christian and have heard several performances of it. I am quite aware that the Vaseline’s rendition differs from its original hymn form or the more popular versions sung in “Sunday School”. I was assuming that most people who were watching the video likely followed the Vaseline’s to some extent.
smallandorange 10 months ago
@smallandorange I thought it was so painfully obvious, given song titles such as “Bitch”, and “Sex with an X”, “The Devil's Inside Me”, that intent of what the Vaseline’s were doing with it is so completely different than what Nellie Talbot had in mind when she composed the hymn over 100 years ago, that it didn’t require elaboration. Anyway, maybe I was giving you too much credit -or maybe picking apart people you don’t know online makes you feel good.
smallandorange 10 months ago
@smallandorange I thought it was so painfully obvious, given song titles such as “Bitch”, and “Sex with an X”, “The Devil's Inside Me”, that intent of what the Vaseline’s were doing with it is so completely different than what Nellie Talbot had in mind when she composed the hymn over 100 years ago, that it didn’t require elaboration. Anyway, maybe I was giving you too much credit -or maybe picking apart people you don’t know online makes you feel good.
smallandorange 10 months ago
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@smallandorange Err, you said this: "The Vaselines didn't write this. Its an old Christian song." Obviously the Vaselines DID, in fact, write this song, lyrics and music included. The ONLY clear similarity between the Vaselines' song above and the "old Christian song" is the TITLE.
grainbelt01 10 months ago
@grainbelt01 Thanks for your feedback. Actually, I am quite familiar with the origins of the song. I am a student of music history as well as a Christian and have heard several performances of it. I am quite aware that the Vaseline’s rendition differs from its original hymn form or the more popular versions sung in “Sunday School”. I was assuming that most people who were watching the video likely followed the Vaseline’s to some extent.
smallandorange 10 months ago
@smallandorange You're wrong, the Christian song is "I'll be a sunbeam" - the opening line of this is "Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam"
Also with Scotland being the country it is I doubt Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee ever went to "sunday school"
CheRevolution76 8 months ago
The fact that you had to put that the Vaselines wrote this is sad.
Any real Nirvana fan would know that.
Not bad on the uploader, just the idiots who say otherwise.
dontkeepthisname 1 year ago
Nirvana didnt record it with a different title exactly, The Vaselines rerelased the song with that title changed to what we know it as now.
SweetZombiJesus 1 year ago
I think blank about (expletive) blank, but everybody knows that blank's more popular blank is much better than blank, so blank you.
jramseyman 1 year ago
stop cutting me off as I try to get a hard to find song. jeez 5 min plz
princesskellysue 1 year ago
why is every comment about nirvana covering this...why cant people just say beautiful song. No need to point out the irony in this comment
TheNineinchsnails 1 year ago
i like it but i think nirvana's version is slightly better than the original
TheShitCracker 2 years ago
@TheAirsoftNewb...i meant to give you a thumbs up...that was an accident....sorry....the vaselines indeed made this song first,and a beuatiful song it is
reducer77 2 years ago
These guys did a good job with this song.. It's kind of haunting.
And of course Cobain did a good cover too.
aGasmaskProcession 2 years ago 2
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this doesnt even sound like nirvanas song...
varoujanx666 2 years ago
It SOUNDS exactly like Nirvana. Jack Hole.
kisforkelvin 2 years ago
your an idiot. the vaselines made this song. Nirvana just made the cover of it.
TheAirsoftNewb 2 years ago
This song is an original composition ...
pelicanmouse 2 years ago
yep, Christian song. Well, the woman who wrote the lyrics and the man who wrote the music followed Evangelism. Ev angel ism. Which is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s. This can be broken down even more with different "wings" being formed etc. WOW, how boring and nice of Religion not to be about war! Just so you know people!
DarkenedSinner 2 years ago
pretty sure its an old christian song, not mormon, still awesome though
itsjustjackie 2 years ago 2
The Vasalines were one of Kurts biggest influences. He covered three of their songs I know about.
dave1503 2 years ago
"JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS THIS BAND WROTE THE ORIGINAL, NIRVANA COVERED IT UNDER DIFFERENT TITLE. BOTH ARE EQUALLY GOOD SO STOP FIGHTING AND CALLING EACH OTHER NAMES. THANKS. "
Actually it's a mormon children song in the first place.
Quitar15 2 years ago
ReallY?! O_O
That's weird...
lucaslmgv 2 years ago
Yeah! That's right! Mormon's aren't so bad after all. :)
Quitar15 2 years ago
It's actual name is "I'll Be a Sunbeam". This is a parody about it.
Quitar15 2 years ago 3
scottland are the best musicially vaselines, lloyd cole, camera obscura, belle sebastian, franz ferdinand, sons and daughters,the fire engines,orange juice, simple minds,glasvegas and offcourse jesus & the marychains
stereosnuttan 2 years ago
Omg Nirvana rulezzz Chris did it better!!!oneoneone
Rymylys 2 years ago
you mean Kurt he was the lead singer of nirvana!!! O_O?? and for me both of the are as good depending on what music you like!!
Nlrvana99 2 years ago
No shit Sherlock o_O
Rymylys 2 years ago
what!?
Nlrvana99 2 years ago
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Quasi8 2 years ago 7
we are!
Unadapted 2 years ago 4
I have wonderful Satanic radar! The devil actually wrote most of the Vaselines' songs.
I can almost imagine the horns sprouting out of the Hitler-obsessed, dog-walking, trash-talking Scouseophiliacs here.
Cheers!
Quasi8 2 years ago 3
Jesus don't want you for a sunbeam sir!!!
Cheers!
Nlrvana99 2 years ago
This song be the type of Devil-chanty Capt. Cobain would lead the boyz in while erst amid the seal hunting grounds aboard the sloop Nevermind.
When the main sail was close-hauled, Capt. Cobain would come to the forecastle with his tin-whistle and roust us from our sleeps.
It was a sorry thing and madness I ever signed on the sloop Nevermind.
Quasi8 2 years ago
I like the comment it is deep, can I put it on my channel I am asking you because I don't use things from others I don't copy them I mean!?
Nlrvana99 2 years ago
Sure, if you are talking about my Capt. Cobain rant, that's cool.
Quasi8 2 years ago
what does that mean? maybe dumb it down for a dumb person like me :)
JeebusBlarth 2 years ago
guys get the fuck over yourselves,
facts:
it was an old, scottish church song
vaselines did it modern
nirvana covered it.
kk?
dirtynuke 2 years ago 5
haha i love this comment:D props to the down to earth dude/chick who typed it
VondasRipper 2 years ago
its not their song its an old christian song
THEDRIVEN60 2 years ago
WTF ??.. the christian song in which this song is based. has same title and tune but totally diferent lyrics.. .
SERGIT007 2 years ago
The Vaselines are'nt Mormons though you eedjits, their a fine Scottish band and thats an old folk harmony. Get Tae fuck the lota ya!
MikeyBlackheart 2 years ago 2
@MikeyBlackheart geiese yer fuucken jaiket cunt
super7am 1 year ago
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man...this is really bad shit
Tadehash 2 years ago
Mormons have good taste in music I'd say.
contagious131 2 years ago
I thought it was like an old Irish church song...(eh, same thing as the 'old christian song'
nickmudd 2 years ago
i thought this was a "rendition of an old christian song".
tracksuitjim 2 years ago
But we do it the vaselines way
gnarley123321 2 years ago 3
its actually a mormon children's song with the same title as this.. in mormon sunday school the youngest group of kids are called sunbeams i think
shkiddin 2 years ago
dam mormons...
lithium2370 2 years ago 2
kurt liked good music, what can you say. as far as kurts voice, i always heard he was always very down on himself on how he sounded and didnt understand why anybody liked his singing... but like someone else said below... it was just so unique at the time and so fit the music... it was the perfect storm.
pezcore64 2 years ago
But Kurt wasn't a bad singer, and he could scream into your soul!!!
andrew18651 2 years ago 13
/watch?v=Te3sNnBkQ7E&feature=c hannel best cover ever, watch and comment..
ToyzAtWork 3 years ago
you all moan about this but if it wasnt for the vaselines singing it then nirvana would never have sung it, they only done it because they were a fan of the legend that is eugene kelly, remember son of a gun and mollys lips they covered these songs didnt they.
NMillar917 3 years ago
the soong is called "jesus DONT want me for sunbeam", thats what he sing!!!
fullinger89 3 years ago 3
Shitty, where's the beginning of the song?
rudygetsplenty 3 years ago
If one would listen to the live recording of the Nirvana version of this song, Kurt says something to the sort of: "this next song is by the vasolines, its a rendition of an old christian song, we do it the vasolines way... so the debate can stop, everyone can go to sleep. Props to mojodylan for posting this.
yourendwastheroad 3 years ago
they both sing it good!
nirvanacobainnnnnnnn 3 years ago 3
They both sing it well, actually. Good and well are commonly misused in the English language, especially in speech. I do agree that they both play and sing the song very well.
yourendwastheroad 3 years ago
Owned ahaa
duckspawn 3 years ago
Basic wiking will tell you that there was a christian Hymn called I'll Be a Sunbeam. The Vaselines wrote the song Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam in 1987 satirizing it. In 1992 they redid it as Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam clarifying the nature of the song. Then Nirvana covered the latest version for their Unplugged show.
The Vaselines wrote it borrowing the term "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" from a christian hymn.
Vultrus 3 years ago
Eugene kelley has a good voice but the girls don't at all. And no im not being a sexist macho guy cuz i like alot of female performers, they just aren't good. Eugene rocks though.
shane31lv 3 years ago
According to Wikipedia, the "jesus doesn't (note the n't) want me for a sunbeam" was first recorded by the Vaselines and later by Niravna. Check out the site for more info.
barakpick 3 years ago
its a rendition of a cristian classic but the vaselines did it before nirvana
emmett12345678 3 years ago
exactly ^
Verazze 3 years ago
I believe this was originally an old or ancient Christian song.
bluez4soul 3 years ago
mope lol, it's Eugine Kelly (Veseline's vocalist wrote this song)
PsychoMenkz 3 years ago
You know what, I am not really sure. I'm just going to take your word for it.
bluez4soul 3 years ago
its a cristian song
emmett12345678 3 years ago
Hi, I know your comment was a while back now, but my aunt, used to sing a song at sunday school titled "Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam"
so you are correct:-) it is an old song (christian)......
Ghostorchid2 3 years ago
luv the vasalines 2nd fave band right now, vampire weekend is first. (i know there very diffrent.)
coralluvsjoe 3 years ago
R u shitting me, the girl can't fucking sing. Nirvana's unplugged version kicks much more ass. This is poor singing. But that's just my personal, CORRECT, opinion. lol
andrew18651 3 years ago
yeah, bob dylan cant fucking sing either, and he is one of the most influential musicians of all time.
kurt himself wasnt a great singer, but as grunge should have taught you, music isnt all about the vocals.
HighSchoolReality 2 years ago
That's definetely true. Kurt had a distinct voice though that went pretty perfectly with the music and the era. I just don't feel anything with them singing in this video like I do with Kurt's voice. But you're right, the music itself is what makes grunge grunge.
andrew18651 2 years ago 4
I think this version is better than Nirvana's for sure. :] Personally.
I'm in love with Kurt. But I can admit when he's been beat. This band is phenomenal. Probably my favorite band right now.
jesusinbobform 3 years ago
was this the gig in ABC2 in Glasgow a couple of years ago? i was at it, it was class!
kwhitelaw1981 3 years ago
its an amazing song. personally i prefere nirvanas version. you can say it is all credit shud be theirs. but they werent the ones who made it famous, and Nirvana adapted the song. doesnt matter whos better at playing it. nirvana are famous for it. their version got famous, and honestly even the vaselines would say that nirvana made this song what it is. so quit arguing about who wrote it. half the musicians these days have writers writing their music anyway.
hydra8 3 years ago
@hydra8 I see that you speak for the Vaeslines . You must be a psychic channeler. If it makes you happier that Nirvana "made it famous," then that's great. The relative fame level of the band is your automatic judgment of quality, rather than "whos [sic] better at playing it." Fame is relative, and it is not permanent. Nirvana has a very dedicated fan base, a couple of songs on the golden oldies grunge play list, but beyond that, nothing.
phallusbravo 1 year ago
@phallusbravo wow that was an old comment to reply to, but yeah, no one would know what this song is outside of the vaselines fan base, nirvana did make this song famous. Fame doesnt judge who is better at playing it. but their version of playing got made it famous. i still personally prefer nirvana's version just because thats my preference:)
hydra8 1 year ago
@phallusbravo wow that was an old comment to reply to, but yeah, no one would know what this song is outside of the vaselines fan base, nirvana did make this song famous. Fame doesnt judge who is better at playing it. but their version of playing made it famous. i still personally prefer nirvana's version just because thats my preference:) you're entitled to yours
hydra8 1 year ago
beautiful song loved it after kurt covered them at Paramount theatre
jjg333 3 years ago
Don't expect me to cry.
Don't expect me to lie.
Don't expect me to die.
Dudes, some years ago it was cool to be christian, i as a matter of fact christianism is only in the shit because of the curch's institucionalism.
muquinhas 3 years ago
did i forget to say that eugene kelly is a genius?
jonbennie75 3 years ago
c'mon kids... music isn't a competitive sport. credit to the vaselines, this is a powerful song especially for anyone who grew up in an oppressively christian environment (and it aint a version of a christian song, it just borrows a couple of lines from christian songs and twists the meaning) ... nirvana did a great cover of it but the fact that kurt was listening to, and being inspired by, slightly obscure fey scottish indie bands is just part of the reason why nirvana were just so great...
jonbennie75 3 years ago 4
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Hmmmm well not to be insulting or anything but WTF???
I mean O,O
This is scary shit!
"Oh Jesus...." indeed LOL
They don't have any talent O,O and I'm not saying that to be mean!!
But hey NIRVANA are the most sexual sex! R.I.P Kurt Cobain!
MCRPATRIOT 3 years ago
Are you 12?
CaptainMaynard 3 years ago 3
No..are you 4 and tone deaf??
MCRPATRIOT 3 years ago
Actually, from what I heard they didn't write this song, this is a traditional Christian song I believe, but i could be wrong.
m8cct 3 years ago
A traditional Christian song wouldn't have the lyrics 'don't expect me to cry, for all the reasons you had to die' in relation to Jesus? I think it's built off of a Christian song though...
NeoCon2K7 3 years ago
yeah, I know that always did sound funny to me. Maybe the melody was taken, not sure, anyway, thats just what I heard someone say.
m8cct 3 years ago
I think Kurt says it before he played it on unplugged. Perhaps it's just like a parody? who knows lol.
NeoCon2K7 3 years ago
ya it is its a hymn named I'll Be A Sunbeam. The Vaselines Parodied It. And Thats Where Kurt Covered Them... Actually Kurt Was A Fan Of Them From What I've Heard
Juiceman509 3 years ago
He most likely was, if he covered their song
m8cct 3 years ago
Kurt idolized the Vaselines. I mean, he named his daughter after Frances McKee. He loved them.
jesusinbobform 3 years ago 14
@jesusinbobform WHAT ABOUT FRANCES FARMER?
MARTINBENITO 6 months ago
cool....ty kurt
patdeal 3 years ago
what r the chances of people reading up b4 they make bone comments? 0? blah blah carry on knobedds
davidh6578 3 years ago 2
i'm the biggest nirvana fan in the world. haha!
Savorist 3 years ago
The biggest Nirvana fan in the world would not make a comment like that. Who do you think wrote this song?
RehdoggRemixer 3 years ago
it's a joke. chill the fuck out. and besides don't say what others would do ad wouldn't do. that leads to ignorance. thank you mr. Remixer.
Savorist 3 years ago
suena muy ñoña gringa y evangelista
soleilsanscouleur 3 years ago
now i know were belle and sebastian got their ideas from...
jamierourketen 3 years ago
yeah but they sound boring kurt knew how to make a song sound great
intrepidvs 3 years ago
explain how this at all is boring? i hope the Vaselines tour again.
jesterman007 3 years ago
how can people call themselves Nirvana fans and not know that Kurt always covered vaselines songs. That spellbinder 20 guy is a complete moron
kasperdon 3 years ago 7
@kasperdon yeah Molly's Lips was another! Like Kurt said... "they were very punk rock"
UNSUNGBAND 1 year ago
@kasperdon and son of a gun ;)
UNSUNGBAND 1 year ago
wow! this is the original it's so cool
jimm06126 3 years ago
I really like The Vaselines version.
I've joined it with a Delay Lama, and i hope i'm not out of bounds here to plug it!
It's at /watch?v=Z-B8dqXSvkQ
:)
CowardsBendTheKnee 3 years ago
actually thi is the original verion. nirvana did the cover
jil16 3 years ago 2
its their song
fuckfuckfuck1234 3 years ago 3
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Where do these guys get of covering a Nirvana song ?. Go back to Canada! .
Spellbinder20 3 years ago
lmao its their version, and its an old christian song anyway
hectorosbert 3 years ago 2
dude it's a nirvana COVER of the vasolines and you WISH you lived in canada! ;-)
clusterkill 3 years ago 3
slayer?
headbang0r 3 years ago
why slayer?
jackass05031991 3 years ago
Me too! She's pretty! ;p
Sosthene57 4 years ago
I respect this band and I respect Kurt, but this version is yaaaawnnn quite boring. I would rather date the girl in the center. :P
Darkdread12 4 years ago
i concur
brock5000 4 years ago
green day is shit rich people music
SoggyAnimalCrackers 4 years ago 4
there alright
the usuall seel outs tho
maggot9z4x 4 years ago
Greenday is just another cliche band who only makes music now to appeal to a fake genre, by that I meen a genre of music that wouldn't exist without commercialism, such as TV making all teenage girls think their punk if they wear black makeup with pink nail polish, so they need a corresponding music, so Greenday came, I meen at one point they may have been good like, in 1990 or so.
GriffinG0009 3 years ago 3
they r amazing r u kidding. and how is it rich people music. billie joe (lead singer) dropped outta high chool livd in random basements.. and started playing when he was just 10. they have a ton of talent, and they always sell out. they've been siad to have the greatest concerts becaue of their energy, and they make them a ton of fun. just watch bullet in a bible live tour.... you'll understand then
jil16 3 years ago
People don't realize a few things. First of all, Kurt Cobain was famous before he deceased, so don't say that his killing himself made him even more famous. Second of all, it's a fucking song. Don't you guys realize that it's such a wonderful song and you guys are just arguing over something foolish? Also, I think both versions of the song are quite good.
TRCOOLGUY 4 years ago
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So much better than Kurt Cobain's. Nirvana would only be on the same level as Pearl Jam if he hadn't shot himself. They were an Ok band, nothing special.
domhnall124 4 years ago
sir you are shite
Elhock 4 years ago
yeah. i agree...exept for everything you just said
who cares about nirvanas fame. its about the music right ?
o yeah u sold out too, mainstream whore right ?
maggot9z4x 4 years ago
the original version pwns i love what kurt did to the song but damn give props to who actually wrote the fuckin song
shitbricks 4 years ago 6
very true, the sad thing is like the meat puppets songs they did on unplugged will be known as nirvana songs to some people just because nirvana are a bigger band..
stringslayer 4 years ago 2
the original people who wrote the song are probably from the 15th century if you really want to go back but I know what you're saying, hahaha
ZiggyT 4 years ago
kurt made this song his OWN like all the covers he did. so why argue. differant artist differant song.
InBloomCobain 4 years ago
I bet Kurt liked this version better Ya Fucking dicks
jtbln 4 years ago 4
kurt improved this song, improved Bowie´s song...and son on.
pacoalfacar 4 years ago
haha, you're funny...So what next? Green Day's Working class Hero is better then John Lennon's original??
Two different versions, two diff point of views, both as amazing as the other. PERIOD.
melies138 4 years ago
Thank you for making the same point that I wanted to make. I'm too drunk to do it myself.
mrndac 4 years ago
Kurt did all covers he did better then the original
RIP Kurt
Morzan13 4 years ago 3
you so fuckin right!!!!!!!!
sankamis 4 years ago
Mmmmm not agree with that at all. Bowie's "MWSTW" its much better than Kurt's one in the unplugged.
BUT, the live version og " MWSTW" by nirvana, its pretty raw.
pared1986 4 years ago
thats a funny abbreviation:)
GriffinG0009 3 years ago
Bowie slums, even nina simone he slums...
seintzeit 3 years ago
nice cover! only joking
yodasdick 4 years ago
lol..
I like Nirvana's cover better.
freudianslipXlynzi 4 years ago 4
yeah
AnEmOwhoLiStnNIRVANA 4 years ago
the version of song by offaloffice is awesome... (look for the skeleton in the list on the right)
bobhutko 4 years ago
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that version sucked. dont waste your time.
denergy2307 4 years ago
That one is good, but I like Nirvanas cover better, and yes, God exists, meanieface *hiss*
MCRxHelena 4 years ago
LOL was Kurt joking when he said they "are very punk rock" haha was expecting something different from them..
DarkDaysNZ 4 years ago
Punk rock is not just idiots with mohawks playing fast chuck barry chords.
Karmablock 4 years ago 4
dude punk is a matter of attitude,
MrGarage 4 years ago 3
It was a children's hymn titled "I'll Be A Sunbeam" The vaselines took the first sentence of the hymn "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" The Hymn was composed by Nellie Talbot and sung to music composed in 1900 by Edwin O. Excell. Nirvana along with the Meat Puppets covered the song on MTV unplugged and changed the lyrics to "Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam".
tofudujour 4 years ago 3
Spot on except the Vaselines did it first & the song name change was well before Vaselines or Nirvana,
bluesatsunset 4 years ago
Nirvana didn't really change the lyrics, just the title. The original version by the Vaselines starts "Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam"
hoeffel 3 years ago
Wanst it done by some christian band first then The Vaselines did it with the lyrics: Jesus Doesnt want me for a sunbeam?
craig85123 4 years ago
It was a children's hyme titled "I'll Be A Sunbeam". The vaselines took the first sentence of the hyme. "Jsus wants me for a sunbeam." The Hymn was composed in 1900 by Nellie Talbot.
tofudujour 4 years ago
Nirvana's version is way better and rocks more:D
lvivboi 4 years ago
beautiful song
lilita8 4 years ago
This song is called 'Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam'.
Nirvana's version was called 'Jesus Doesn't Want Me For a Sunbeam'.
Love The Vaselines. :c]
StarbellyWhore 4 years ago
hah now they`re trying to copy the nirvana's unplugged version!! in their own song!! i've herad the original version from the vaselines and I don't really like it.. the nirvana's is better, nut THIS hahahaha its awful!!
matiib 4 years ago
their not copying you idiot, it was there song first, they wrote it. so yeah your an idiot
DrFrylock 4 years ago
dude he said it was their song, relax... we learn to stop name calling in what 3rd grade?
Urchinrm85 4 years ago
High School.
bluez4soul 3 years ago 2
I prefer this song sung by Nirvana.
19Caroline90 4 years ago
very good version but nirvana's best with the accordeon
kbk092 4 years ago
love this song , anybody knows have much money make the vaselines with the nirvana cover in the umplugged album
thanks from peru !
nikjagger 4 years ago
lov them
brodydalle93 4 years ago
why? no im not just preaching because how'd the world come about? lightning strike the earth and that made the world we live in? highly unlikely but okay, then where'd the ground for the lightning to strike come from, and where'd the heat and such for the lightning? I can't guarentee you the rest that I believe but that I can no doubt assure you of. There is a higher being out there.
getamp3d 4 years ago
O_o Fug off godboy, your Mormon mission lies elsewhere... anyone watching THIS video doesn't wanna here it! Salt Lake City is thaddaway, man>>>>>>>>
coaxanearwig 4 years ago
God may exist in the same way that a teacup that launched itself into orbit on its own may exist. that is, it may exist, but its existence would run contrary to what is commonly upheld as common sence
gitmeout 4 years ago