Smells Like Teen Spirit - Ukulele Style

[northernladz86]

@mwm4president every year, Jools Holland has a show on television 'Hootenany' which is on new year's eve. Look up word (Swedish?) Hootenanay, which is for party, new year's swing etc. This was the 12th annual show Jools Holland presented.

[MwM4president]

12th annual.......? I need to know what its the 12th year of!!!!!

[nirvana1987uk]

singer sounds like kurt when he sang on totp :-D hed love this lol

[Nivaton]

Hello to you to sir

[lollol4835]

thumbs up for headbanging guy on the left :)

[Toasternator1000]

Kurt Cobain will be ROFLing in his grave

[ThirdEyeOpen123]

i love how at the start everyones a bit "eh?" but then by the middle everyones loving it.

[xCurlGrlx]

Badass :D

[WTFisThatRob]

Aww that is badass :L A load of english people in suits playing Nirvana on Ukulele what more could you want :L

[rapesomeface]

singer isnt the best…

[Arabistanier]

fuck, yeah! This rocks!

[maximoiann]

mini nirvana haha

[jojosebo]

:D bass

[sometimesiamstupid]

D: Acoustic bass!! I so want one of those :P Pity the bass-line for Smells Like Teen Spirt sucks :/

[Django5198]

@sometimesiamstupid it's a great bassline. Very simple but powerful

[tjd92295]

Am I the only one who thinks that acoustic bass player is badass? Probably....

[ilovefosters]

Obviously copying Lady Gaga! Fags....

[retardwithglasses]

@ilovefosters what??????? youre kidding???? how in am=ny way are they like lady gaga??? and the vid was posted a year before lady gaga woz famous

[drnapls2]

@retardwithglasses....... 'lady gaga' is famous?

[retardwithglasses]

@drnapls2 what?

[Retrograyed]

@ilovefosters Trooooooooll.

[drnapls2]

@ilovefosters ....no, gaga is copying THEM!

[trintragular10]

I love the way they're greeted with polite applause when Jools introduces them - and then proceed to bring the house down with their performance.

@andykotron - these aren't five minute wonders, they've been around for 25 years delighting audiences all over the world. I know not everyone gets them, but live and let live, I say.

[andykotron]

Losers! Stop making Nirvana covers just to make money and get famous for 1 week, pathetic artists no creativity at all. F+++ off

[Zealnor]

Re oi aggloi den pane ka8olou kala !!!

[MrLazymexican]

gay ass voice

[IMMALONGSLAPYOU]

the first singer reminds me of when kurt tried to impersonate morrissey while singing smells like teen spirit live on top of the pops

[TheValiance]

I found it hard. So hard to find. Oh well, whatever, nevermind...

[BrunoSwavaholi]

@gilsk8r85 lol try tellin that to his face. he's like... 7ft 12.5

[therealcatstudios]

cool i can play it on my uke

[thedoo519]

that  was fucking awesome

[askagaydad]

great!

[portal715]

really cool

[MRGOODKat1000]

i like the the clock?

[hellojef]

I love it and i think Kurt would of loved it because it took the popy part out of the song which kurt hated.

[bigdunk9]

Not to mention Kurt was always open to new musical ideas, I think he would've really liked this.

[grumpmeistergeneral]

I remember seeing this live, it was brilliant then and it still is today.

[Maninspace001]

Hmm Im with Mook unfortunately...I think these guys are great but this is an affront to the meaning of this song.

[Mooktopia]

this is fucking embarrassing...these jobsworth munchkins are the polar opposite of what this song is about

[thelovesickdrifter]

What exactly is the song about? Jobsworth Munchkins would be a great name for a band btw.

[Mooktopia]

i just saw your solo video....*cringe* i can see how you relate...since when do 40 yo's wear skinny jeans and wife-beaters. You look like a stay-at-home dad...

[Mooktopia]

Oh im sorry, is youtube invite only now??? Ill uphold my right to free enquiry. No mention was made about your 'solo' only your incredibly fatuous appearance. Your 'argument' is facile and banal. Which begs the question, am i dealing with a mongoloid? "guitar play-offs", "sucking balls" what are you grooming me now pedo? Are you trying to be 'down with the kids'. Your at least 40 and you talk like a semi-literate 14 y/o. You remind me of David Brent.

[Mooktopia]

"good effort trying to sound intaligent"...you've just proved my point. And if someone over the age of 40 thinks the word fatuous is the hight of intellectualism then what a sad little bitch you must be. "A guitar off" can you hear yourself talking, i couldn't think of anything lamer or dorkier. "Hey guyy dont fuck wif me or illz pull out the 12-string". Your a massive pussyhole, and your constant references to gay-sex, ball fondling and rimming leads me to believe that your also a closet homo.

[stmbt22]

that fuckin clock man blew my fuckin mind. so fuckin sweet. i came

[carolatina]

Great stuff!! Sheer hilarious Britishness! They are wonderful musicians and I can't stop laughing at the singer's voice, the whole orchestra's uber-metal attitude and the long-haired guy!!! Only his head (no attire or ukelele seen) and you'd swear he's a heavy metal guitar player in concert!

Loads of talent, these guys.

[elrichieman]

i find this very annoying..the singer makes me want to shoot him in the leg to make him suffer for a while then the face b/c i cant stand looking at it

[daweedek]

you do not understand the joke!

[Cloud2424]

Whats the joke?

[kushblaster]

I get it. Look at what he does up untill he says nevermind.

[Nirvaaanaa]

wana se them paying the solo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ronthereddragon]

damn there good

[jmshaw357]

love the formal wear--they're excellent musicians

[slayerzzzzzzzz]

lololol..

[monkeyhanger24]

lolating (2 months ago) Show Hide That girl on the end next to the singer really needs to learn to headbang if she's gunna even try.

He will not like that comment

[1971matteo]

the "girl" on the end is a man with long hair...

[monkeyhanger24]

JohnyWindmill (1 month ago) Show Hide but its really good and i think they really take their music serious. they don't seem to be a fun orchestra.

You must be from the USA - of course they are fun, they are great musicians - they just dont wear Micky Mouse ears

[nijwmzen29]

i wonder if kurt would've loved to have them in an acoustic performance. fun performance.

[JohnyWindmill]

i hope its just the bad quality that makes the singer look like adolf....

but its really good and i think they really take their music serious. they don't seem to be a fun orchestra.

[mickeymouseonlsd]

wht about the niggas jerking of during the show? do you call that head banging?

[ihvamullet]

its a dude i think

[deathofamartyr2]

could do without with the singing

but other than that really cool

[N3rdH3rdProductions]

and i love the long haired dude on our right, mooshing and jamming on his mini ukulele

[N3rdH3rdProductions]

u guys do realise these guys dont take themselves serously.. espicially the singing.. its just like a rock cover of it, cept better, cos its all haiwaiin g unit stylez. and kurt wasnt THAT great, but he was good.

[Tuomas1993]

it would be very nice if that guy would shut up...

[antiheedenrules]

i wonder if this was in april 1994

this is probably why he killed him self

a bunch of yuppies singing his words of passion

[cuaji51206]

Nice theory.

[wales2k4eva]

lol look at the dude on the left of the orcastra moshing out, go siiiiik

[comunakayshun]

dats an insult 2 kurt cobain

[tawtu]

no it isent

[flgostproductions]

It's only a cover, dude. It just happens to be by a ukelele orchestra.

[mangahead21]

oh fuck off, the guy was an overated arse.

[comunakayshun]

yes but so r u u ARSE

[mangahead21]

*claps* bravo, the quality of that counter-argument was sublime! Got any more?

[kendrapeav]

Hallo hallo hallo hallo....lol

[Gibberish1983]

its hello hello hello HOW LOW..:)

[outrun79]

yeaaaaaaaa!

[peageweage]

but he has no skill

[51cal]

lol thats how powerful this song is. evoryyone just starts rockin

[1Junkhead1]

haha this is the tripiest thing in the world, even the dude with the clock face adds to it you know. to the dude below, you probably didn't mean anything by it but you're missing the point its a cover, i mean the ukulele's don't exactly sound like kurt's distorted guitar either really ae you know

[peageweage]

i think it was good but that guy sucks at singing, his voice doesnt match Kurt's at all

[vedomedo]

i think it's kind of the point...

[leadcreppelz]

total bekloppt, aber es rockt :D

[NutsMovies]

this is so stupid! but it's awesome!

[Albertotube23]

man this is gooood hahahaha

[Fartmastergb]

i think kurt would have loved it

[jumpbackon]

ere we are now...entertain us.

zounds

[lunasnino]

i saw these guys live at big chill festival there fuking rule great work!

[Zak2208]

tht was ausum :L haha they rule ! missin drums bu still funny as hell ! XD

[ukemoneytree]

Crazy human spirit. Hey, never do anything half-way, right? Scary indeed. I love it!  Thank you!

[howwhenthesungoesdow]

Wouaw exellent I love it

[Gino0]

chords pls sirr?

[hammburch]

Hell Yeah this is great - I guess even Kurt Cobain would have loved it ;-))) !!!

[sjvnvjn]

i luv these guys they rule!!!!!!!!

[foolthefool]

HILARIOUS! 5 stars

[spudgunuk]

I had this recorded before but have since lost the footage; thanks for uploading this - love it. 5 *s.

[p0lkad0ts23]

i bet kurt is looking down (or up) at this and laughing his ass off

[pieface1726]

hahaha, funny as fuck, LOVE IT... it just gets so boring hearing this song on guitar cus its so overplayed, now this! HELL YEAH!

[Yuicy]

I found this more entertaining and more bad ass than the original one.. although if there weren't the original there wouldn't be this awesome cover, so lots of respect to Nirvana and to these guys!

[rubiksguitar]

what would kurt say...

[ga2lic]

awesome?

[LiveOval]

that voice is growing one  me 0_o

[3civette]

Cobain would be proud too! One of the funniest cover I've heard.

[Smurfhat]

Haahaha

[stormtrooper2131]

lol his voice sounds funny to the song

[lespauljunior13]

haha thats kinnda cool

[mihaistefan88]

awesome=))

[darimausi]

great. lol. amazing.^^

[drake1636]

LOL111 oops LOL!!!!!!!!!

[TiEnCrAnE]

And I forget just how I TASTE... (licks finger) OH YEAH! I guess it makes me smile...

[netkrock87]

WTF! xD is that real? looool

[joyrok21]

no singing... please.

[dragonchild25]

i think the dude playing the acoustic bass is cool but this is just waaaaay too cool! i want to see them play come as you are! someone post it!

[indiosdecobre]

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[andrewistheking1993]

llollolo0ololololol

[Dan7227]

haha i went to see them last week, they are great

[SmokedSausage327]

The theme song for Futurama was based on Smells like Teen Spirit.

[evanberg247]

WTF!!!!!!!!

[jaylesner]

The dude can't sing.

but the music is awesome

[jaylesner]

The dude can't sing.

but the music is awesome

[DuBistEinHorst]

lol the guy with the long blonde hair rocks^^

but great work

[victoryskate1]

he thinx hes all hardcore lol

[rick79e]

IS it just me or does the intro sound like the intro for FUTURERAMA ????

[RyanGBates]

hahaha yeah it does a little bit

[nathan6t9r]

lol its does ay

[fledis]

das is sooo geil leute ich hab die im fernsehr gesehn im tipi in münchen das war so geil!!!

[ullametzfish]

i love it!

[madirishman1000]

Don't be worried lol...the way he sings it is probably better than most other singers who try to cover the song, and if I remember rightly, Kurt never sang it like a choirboy ;)

[gdleo]

LOL it's fun

[seanmcl09]

lol this is mint

[martinlikeschips]

quality tune!! shame about the voice, but the comedy factor makes up for it

[archshade]

Why do people have a problem with this. Its a good interpretation of an established song. Its good because it takes a decent song and does something different with it. Its better than the no end of identikit covers that fly round the internet.

Not Nirvanas best but Iconic and it makes sense to do that. Somehow I think rape me wouldn't fit as well.

[watthem1992]

y do Smells Like Teen Spirit they had a lot better stuff then this

[kankia10]

what the fuck,

this is wak

[victoryskate1]

wtf's with the guy with the clock mask on a 2:09

[AnuarFakihFakih]

come on guys its cool there doin the song on ukeleles

[joshyredpepper]

i love nirvana but this is comic lol no one as kurt

[victoryskate1]

please let kurt cobain rest in PEACE! :-(

[HafizPlunac]

This is great !!!

[kiwifrootkai]

It was good .. til he started singing (:

[maneljcc]

agreed

[Shane2352]

that pisses me off!!!!

leave the fucking song alone!!!

you cant sing!!!

fuck you!!!!

[lldillonll]

you're funny

[glynmck]

only the english...

[watthem1992]

oi you twat

[sidkid436]

terrible

[ilah2001]

Pity no one's posted the unplugged performance Nirvana did on this show around '92. It was fucking brillant.

[lldillonll]

i would like to see that...

[BrainGuy63]

Needs more cowbell... not to say it's not f#%&in' brilliant!

[noTfAckiNmE]

SOOO cool.

[camp0r182]

ha! amazing lol!!

[nekedemus]

One more time PLEASE.

[kellya78]

i love you !!!!

[coolcat33333]

poster of this video wins one free internet

[ArabianWoman122105]

this is...new? lol

[o0micmac0o]

broadcast in UK New Year's Eve 2005, I think. Great stuff.

[pwn4life]

ausome

[uggabugga5545]

i swear togod you play one more nirvana i swear what ide do sriously... lol

[KurtCobainLuis]

woooo perfect

[bagetten]

see the man on the left at 1:57 ^^

funny cover

[psychobobek]

it's more like the type o negative cover of "smells like..." the Guy sings it almost the same as in typo

[blackturtleus]

This is definitely a little odd... but quite entertaining!

[marlo916]

my dude with the long blonde hair was rockin it out!! haha.

[Whitestripes33]

If they had a singer that was actually good, this would be impressive.

[metehanyalcin]

perfect and funny

[razza444]

who finks the man sittin next to the singer is wierd? I do!!! lol

[Kruemelmonster5491]

freaks ^^ not bad

[JamesHenebury]

it doesn't even sound good

[KX85dude]

you're right...

[uiopoi66]

knabs

[mommybg]

What's wrong with you people? This isn't a parody, it's a cover! These guys are serious. It takes a huge effort to put together a song like this with so many instruments, to write the pieces, get in sync, etc. The fact that it's a ludicrous rendition just happens to be the result, not the intention.

[o0micmac0o]

you don't think they know how funny they are!? Come on, they're British - they now it's impossible for us to be cool, but we do know we can do funny!

(that doesn't mean to say that they don't take their work seriously - as you say, there's some effort gone into this bizarreness)

Have a look at their other choices - Teenage Kicks, GoodBad&Ugly, WutheringHeights, LouReed, etc - all chosen for incongruity value!