Nirvana - Been A Son

[audiopackrat]

The riff is a direct rip off of Zebra's "Don't Walk Away" (1983). watch?v=s-9_VtPlbEs

[Gerkinstock]

Sounds kinda like "Love Her All I Can."



[coursestudent]

I just read that this song is actually about Kurt himself. It's Kurt saying that his father wishes that his son (Kurt) would've been a more masculine son.

[username321989]

The implicitly political stance of Nirvana... love it.

[jobless205]

Incesticide blows nevermind away. sorry.

[bloodtearsej]

where is The "LEGEND" Button?

[Greggkrieger1994]

Very first picture is like sick as fuck its like a sign haha

[ubicaubicaubica]

MaRRy Me! :)

[simoblood111]

Lesbian Anthem.

[coursestudent]

@simoblood111 this song actually always has made me think of my lesbian sister. when she was born my mother's friend held her and said, "I think this is your son."

[NirvanaCMS]

Najlepsza Nirvana ku*wa jak zawsze!

[j4unumber1]

Love the pictures of Kurt @:31 @:51 @:57 and @1:36

Thanks so much for posting them.

[nirvanafrik]

@j4unumber1 Join nirvanafrik @ Facebook, I add loads of photos.

[Bobbythehammer]

I like this version!! shweet.

[Npeo]

I like hearing this version, without the bass solo, and sped up, then listening to the other version :D

[bolebruchs]

Dude, did you speed this song up? wtf

[nirvanafrik]

@bolebruchs Oh, the usual comment. NO I DIDN'T. there are 2 versions of this song. kapish?

[sickpoola]

@nirvanafrik this one is better.....

[idiot139]

one of few Nirvana songs that are kinda happy.

:)

[nirvanafrik]

@idiot139 Listen to enough With The Lights Out box set songs. You will find way more happy songs than you think. The last video i uploaded (White Lace and Strange) is a cover, but sure is a happy song (the original sounds totally different).

[idiot139]

@nirvanafrik pease could you be more specific, give me some happy songs by nirvana please.

[nirvanafrik]

@idiot139 Start with the one i gave you, White Lace and Strange. Another song that is rhythmically "happy" is Even In His Youth, but the lyrics quite negative. There's Aint it A Shame, a Ledbetter cover; Opinion, of course; Old Age, one great song; Seasons in The sun, the hippy-est song on earth;

[johnathankumberland]

@idiot139 Mollys Lips Is a cover by Nirvana But Its Deffninantly a Happy Song

[toronciucloredana]

@idiot139 nice username ;)

[Muhajai]

@idiot139 hah.. why don't you take another listen to the lyrics there, idiot.

she should have stayed away from friends

she should have had more time to spend

she should have died when she was born

she should have worn the crown of thorns

she should have been a son

he's talking about a daughter.

[idiot139]

@Muhajai yes he is talking about A daughter of SOMEONE not Francis.

and it is happy.

[FreaxEntertainment]

Kurt Cobain was one sexy mother fucker. (:

[greadion4]

Man I am finding these less popular Nirvana songs better than the more popular ones.

[R3allyBored]

@greadion4

Then just keep listening to the incesticide album haha.

[Onreal2135]

@greadion4 lol thats why Nirvana world famous, historical, unique band, because when you listen all most popular Nirvana songs, you think its all, and you forget about other songs.But then, someday you start to find again and again old and not popular songs, and soon you`ll recognize, its just miracle.1st you will find one song, then one more until you listen all song,rare.I cant say for and nirvana songs : its really crap.No lol, i just cant, because i really like everythink Kurt did in music.

[spaceorbison]

@greadion4 that was the magic of discovering nirvana, you just dug deeper and deeper and it got better and better

[terminal162]

sometimes i just get so tired of trolls and educated people answering' em

[highflier069]

do u think kurts jamming with jimmy?

[nirvanafrik]

@highflier069 don't forget fucking Jim Morrison.

[highflier069]

@nirvanafrik but jim morrison didnt play the guitar dude!

[nirvanafrik]

@highflier069 So, they can still fucking jam!

[highflier069]

@nirvanafrik kinda be weird having mellow jim morrison with raging kurt...be more better jamming with jimmy!

[nirvanafrik]

@highflier069 LOL, mellow Jim. DUDE YOU GOT NO IDEA.

[highflier069]

@nirvanafrik actullay i do have an idea the only thing kurt wuld b doin jim morrison is sitting in the corner tripping out on wutever they culd get there hands on but hands down wuld b jammin with mr .hendrix no dout!

[nirvanafrik]

@highflier069 Pretty much fixated on hendrix, huh? I don't think that kurt would choose drinking everything possible and shitting LSD.

[highflier069]

@nirvanafrik whoa whoa whoa...we are getting way off topic i was juss saying kurt an jimie wuld be jammin together for they are both guitar players an morrison was not ...perhaps morrison wuld be singing some kick assed tripped out tunes while the 2 jammed together on there guitars..there now maybe ull get wut i was saying when i implied they wuld be jamming together

[nirvanafrik]

@highflier069 I know we are off topic, and what's the problem with this? All in all, i don't believe in heaven, so.. It's just a fun thought. Just imagine if there was a real Club 27 "up there".

[MsLithium21]

@nirvanafrik Well maybe there is! Just as no one knows for sure yes, no one knows for sure no...

[MagdalenaPanic]

As a transkid, this song was my fucking life wrapped up in music.

[GEETER2008]

kurt redid a bunch of his songs even renamed them on other albums but true fact record company name you know your right cause in concert kurt called it autopilot just saying and nirvanafrik i seen a comment on another video i have to agree with and that is you do have the best sounding videos of nirvana everything ive seen so far is clear and i dont have to crank my speakers all the way up just to hear them

[Studas2006]

is it supposed to be this speed?

[nirvanafrik]

@Studas2006 Read only 2 comments below. 

[Studas2006]

@nirvanafrik sorry dude

[rsrecordbreaker]

I think blew EP is better but that's just my opinion.

[Anitrop]

I have this song on that nirvana CD with the black background and just "NIRVANA" written in silver on the front. Anyway, it sounds noticeably different,like its somewhat slower (my version, that is) and the solo and ending don't sound the same either. Neither are live versions. Any explanation?

[nirvanafrik]

@Anitrop It's originally from Incestiside. What you have is some kind of EP version. Another recording.

[nirvanafrik]

@Anitrop To be exact, the Blew EP.

[92robbieb]

@Anitrop one is the blew ep version dont know which though

[greeneagles15]

ok havent logged in to this acount in forever but when heard douche backs were on here no one is to fight on any youtube page with kurt cobain on it cause he is grunge god

[dannenykvist]

kyss min röv?

[aaaaaallpppp]

@dannenykvist Vad menar du??

[dannenykvist]

@aaaaaallpppp låter som dom säger kyss min röv om man tänker på det, men jag vill inte förstöra låten för dig...

[Kristina1396]

@owne7d

hahahahahha.... lets not. :DD

[NoiseNymph]

@owne7d Grunge isn't dead. There are a lot of grunge bands i know here in england. And there are a good amount in the US as well. The Melvins being one of them. Soundgarden as well. They were rated the 6th or 5th best grunge band i think. And theyre still going. Theres a lot of grunge bands still out there.

[Jabbles2738]

@owne7d lets not

[jjamo5]

ATS!

[777jackpot1]

lol cobain sounds foreign in this.

[mickyhunt]

holly shit my girlfriend looks a lot like Kurt Kobain!!1

[nirvanafrik]

@mickyhunt you made me laugh, troll.

[Monkeyboy92037]

@nirvanafrik sup kimmo?

[nirvanafrik]

@Monkeyboy92037 what?

[AwesomeSauceLimited]

@nirvanafrik he wasnt trolling! your a real douche you know that, EVERY video theres a idiot comment from you there against people not provoking anything >=0

[nirvanafrik]

@AwesomeSauceLimited I'm sorry. I'll try to be a better person. Will you forgive me?

-_-

[Kristina1396]

@nirvanafrik .. maybe he was referring to his girlfriend looking manly? heh heh heh

[ortonfan166]

@mickyhunt

Be thankful she doesn't look like Courtney Love! XD

[hlyra75]

@mickyhunt kurt was a cutie.

[jjamo5]

@mickyhunt rasssss lol cool man

[SableLeviathan]

@mickyhunt Congradulations, your girlfriend looks like a man.

[XxRissaRiotxX]

I fucking loveee Kurt Kobain<3

[DenizcanB13]

nice I love nirvana

[guitarsticker1]

1:35 aaah

[guitarguy780]

Fuck.

[Hardtack444]

sounds faster

[Zaul000]

This song is like "india" of "los brujos" but really i don't know wich was first

[pierrefromger]

This version is like hearin it live on a Gig, Kicks Ass! Nice Fast Version, Jeah !!!

=))

[l49pizzasondewal]

ahh why are all these comments so stupid???

this version is really fast o.O

[GalGx007]

this should be on nevermind

[davegrohl96]

loveee

[blakeandcrap]

Bleach, incesticide, In Utero > Nevermind

[MrDeaders]

@blakeandcrap damn straight

[MyDirtyDoll]

1:15 yeah. Live at Reading :)

[gandalf802]

RIP, you magnificent motherfucker.

[ScarlettStar92]

@gandalf802 lol im trying to figure this comment out...

[TheDPmix]

@gandalf802 Lol

[GraveyardGrrl]

@gandalf802 : '(

[radtv101]

the first pic u showed i have hangin 5' tall above my computer

[imyoungandimhopless]

who could care if it was made faster it is a amazing song

[Toolisuber]

some people rlly like to sing

[RIPDIME12804]

this sounds as if someone made the song run faster..hmm.

[l49pizzasondewal]

i agree

[OogaBooga52]

with less distortion

[wyteboybb]

this version is much better cus it has dave grohl on drums and not that other guy.

[corpsemunger]

@wyteboybb chad canning

[Hellagoodedie]

/dan peters/dale crover

[ezvillain]

Ill ass song...reminds me of losin my virginity to this chick..... man I feel OLD! =/

[nirvanafrik]

that's not a song for having sex. dude.. wtf?

[ezvillain]

I bet i been listenin to Nirvana longer than YOU....and it wasn't MY fault the chick had the whole Incecstide Album playing while it happened now IS it? No SHIT it's not an album for FUKING...I was merely stating my personal experience is all. Douchebag.

[nirvanafrik]

1.you bet you listen to nirvana longer than me. what connection does this fact has, to my comment?

2.why douchebag? i just asked you a simple question which you actually answered, but you didn't had to be a fucking idiot about it.

[go30tigers7]

He probably got touchy because that's all it took for him to pop, 1:56

[PackAFatBowl]

@ezvillain yeah man, chill your beans, nirvanafrik does a good job. peace.

[musicguy2134]

@ezvillain dude the guy your arguing whith has the power to block you from seeing nirvanas best songs that he put up and your being an idiot and talking about sex in public is what idiots do so shut the fuck up

[nirvanafrik]

@musicguy2134 no dude, you can watch video of those who blocked you (i mean, what youtube will say, "you can't watch this video because it's uploader block you" ?

nah) but i sure do blocked him. now he can't keep showing off as a jerk. i do this for their dignity and my peace of mind.

[musicguy2134]

@nirvanafrik okay thats coool but I acully have been blocked for trolling

[nirvanafrik]

@musicguy2134 people can block you for saying "fuck" on their commenting page, and that's ok. most of the time, i block trolls too.

[sabbinac]

@nirvanafrik yeah trolls are dirty!

[sabbinac]

@musicguy2134 trolling for cocksuckers? fag

[TheBlackOctane]

my friend told me that its about his lesbian sister?? lol

[LemurDeCatta]

I think it is about his dad... But I think you're right too..

[TheBlackOctane]

yeah, my friend (LUKE) and I are like Grunge styled skaters, we're both pretty obsessed with Nirvana, and i thought it was once about Frances his daughter, but he told me it was about his Lesbo sister, and it did kinda make sence cause he loved his daughter and wouldnt of said she should of died when she was born lol

[LemurDeCatta]

I believe the whole incetsicide album was songs about his dad... I read that biography Heavier Then Heaven, I don't remember it all clearly.

[TheBlackOctane]

interesting, ill have to read the book that was written about Kurt

[LemurDeCatta]

It's a real good book.

[TheBlackOctane]

yeah it does seem to be, what is it actually about, is it like lots of interviews? or his life story??

[LemurDeCatta]

Both.

[chemhelplz32]

maybe they had sex while it was playing

[rusurazvan]

woah....to much share dude XD

[1krasio1]

@ezvillain 24 hours away from your virginity doesn't make you old...or for sure you don't act like grown being (I assume this fact as positive thing) So instead of posting comments about your hilarious sex experience in public , meanwhile arguing with a guy who have posted so much nirvana videos , you can enjoy the music and think whatever you want without sharing it 8)

Anilingus!

[Dopemgs]

@1krasio1 ok

[SmellsLikeFun810]

no one wears eye liner better than kurt

[ps3quinn]

I know right!

[edupowermetal83]

LOS BRUJOS  INDIA !!!!!!! PLAGIO

[michaelbook18]

I've known parents who treat their daughters like they should have been born sons. It is really sad. I'm assuming that's who Cobain and Novoselic were talking about when they wrote this.

[blackflag277]

u know krist and dave were in the band too !

[nirvanafrik]

who knows?

[thedude652]

I know!

KRIST IS MAH HERO!!!

[kasplant123]

the solo is so fucking awesome

[pebblytoo]

people who think music needs meaning aren't that smart (no offense) because most of the greatest songs don't have meanings even nirvana's music

[aRubberSoul]

Most good songs do have meaning. Either in the form of good lyrics, or the song just means something. Lots of Nirvana songs had at least some meaning, whether it was line-to-line or the lyrics as a whole were about some subject. It's just much more obscure than most other good lyrics.

[GodofDrums2000]

You must not be very intellectuall pebblytoo, because any good song has meaning, and i can say 85% of hits have meaning, and thats a fact.

[jimalex16]

Not one of their best, but it would've been neat if they pulled it off better.

[sammyjeffhardyfan]

um what is this song about becouse wen i heard it the only thing that came on my head was wen hes doughter got born and wisshed she was a boy :P

[pandora6606]

@sammyjeffhardyfan it's about his sister and that his father want her to be a boy,this song already existed when Frances Cobain was born.

[BladeGuitarGirl]

no offence to you who made this video but i think you shud have used sum pics of krist and dave. nirvanas not nirvana without them

[nirvanafrik]

thanks for sharing an opinion that i heard atleast 100 times in the last 2 years.

[MrCheater0]

tabster28 is right music today has no passion no meaning, i sometimes feel that even i can become a best selling musician in this day and age becuz of the stupidity they have in music today. it seems to easy and music shuldnt be easy.

[MotherEarth1000]

A huge Nirvana fan during the early nineties here. I remember the day he died! Nirvana mania tons of magazines came out, I must have seen nearly all Nirvana pics. My cousin had a ticket to see them on the 'Inutero' tour in England late April / May time. Wasn't to be it was '94

[MotherEarth1000]

Just seen a few pics I've not seen before aswell

[zooeymast]

ooh wow, id be crying. i was born after he died. i always wished i could have seen Nirvana in cincert, they're my favourite bad. i hate that he died ;(

[MotherEarth1000]

I was pretty obsessed with Nirvana, if any of my friends got into Nirvana's music after Kurt's death they weren't true fans, LOL. I really took it all to heart back then!

[JerseyMcgee81]

this version is better then the NIRVANA album version

[XL45TCH4NC3X]

kurt was a lyrical genius he is a legend nirvana doesnt rock they grunge !!!!!!!! lol j.k. nirvana rox 2 r.i.p. kurt cobain

[maninthebox92]

Kurt in a [grunge is dead] shirt.. foreshadowing er, i mean ironic

[chemhelplz32]

She should of... been a son. She Should of.. been. She should of stayed away from friends. She should have had more time to spend. She should of died when she was born. She should of worn the crown of thorns. She should of... been a son.

[6paul666]

whaterver you say ...

[blynych22]

it sucks because now courtney is dating billy corgan

[elotequeen]

They used to date in the 90's. Not anymore.

[cnacios]

1 really? 2 who the fuck is that

[nirvanafan080]

ya i hate courtney so fucking much word can not explain but ya lol nice vid

[TMWSTW2220232]

if kurt was alive he would have stopped cortney from feeding her too much lol

[vitorcarnio]

mto loka essa musica nunca tinha ouvido

[Charlie7400]

yay!! the original version!!!

[rosescentedshit]

he should of.........been to rehab!!!

kidding i know courtney killed him!

[BJAproductions]

No, courtney saved his life a few times though.

[stuartcoyne85]

true true..the guy quite clearly wanted to die....real shame.

[BJAproductions]

Even a song was I hate myself and want to die.

[thumtacks]

No, that whore killed him.

[mydarkwonderland]

i agree i fucking hate courtney love

[SJOERDONLINE]

the Blew EP version is much better

[rapeandpilage138]

man we need to strap a stick of dynomite to the back of mainstreem! BOOM!

[tropcis]

debio ser niño¡

[summitkid1]

If you read Heavier than Heaven, it pretty clearly states that Kurt's dad wanted his sister to be a son

[Nuwave2]

OK, remember me (well my last comment is near by).

Lets have an argument to destroy our self esteem.

Kurt Cobain was an liar, and he and Courtney had so much in common (but wasn't isn't a liar).

He would of told Courtney he was gay and his desperation for a child. So with her empathy, she helped him out.

[L33CH3RS]

What?!

[KimYungSoo]

You know Kurdt fucked chicks on every... fucking... tour...

He cheated on Courtney so many times as she cheated on him...

They had a great relationship :D

[postedupondaconna]

i get this song its about the pressures on girls in our modern society...well actually all in history....i watched this problem first hand with my sister...girls have a big role in the world and they're a lot of times written of as, objects, or as just house wives, or that they shouldn't have an opinion. and the pop image of THE GIRL cookie cuts them into these boarders...can i get a THHUMBS UP?? but yea i can relate 2 what he felt with his sisssy

[ScrewLimbBizkit]

I always though Kurt was acting like a valleygirl in this track until I checked the lyrics. I always thought it was:

"She should have, um, been a son!"

It Doesn't matter. Kurt's a lyrical genius.

[Nuwave2]

Kurt was gay but had badly wanted a child and give it the childhood he never had so he had a child with his best friend Courtney Love.

If anyone ever found out they would think he was weird so he said he was bisexual.

[rapeandpilage138]

kurt was not gay............... would have been but was not gay

[ScrewLimbBizkit]

That's a very creative story. You have an excellent talent for writing fiction. Bravo my friend. Bravo..

[crissicronic]

Your a fucking moron.

Kurt said "he was gay in spirit" but not gay.

And if he would have been he'd be bi, just to piss the homophobes off.

He was not gay, and he did not have a baby with his bestfriend. He had a baby with courtney love because he was in love with her. Think before you say something about an epic man.

Rip kurt.

[L33CH3RS]

Kurts sheer respect from women and gay peoples alike, to some people like yourself, would have come across as a gay man. No-one truly knows, but I would of thought, being the man that he was, he would of come out with it.

Kurt's not the sort of dude that would 'hide in the closet'. He spoke his mind to the generation.

RIP Kurt!

[NirvanaFan122488]

No stupid,he once said "I am not gay,but I wish I was just to piss off homophobes".

He was pro-gay,but he himself,was straight.