Nicole Atkins "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" live at SXSW

Because it's a folk song & you can do WHATEVER THE FUCK you want with it !

I can't stop listening to and loving Nicole Atkin's rendition of this song. And I love her powerful, Robert-Plant-esque ending. Amazing, Amazing, Amazing.

This song is a folk song, sung by many different singers, modified into a few variations and renditions. The tempo, the style, lyrics, even the title, have always been, and are, up for dramatic interpretation. You don't have to like it. But, respect the fact that Nicole has her own version of this song ~ she is after all, an artist. While her name will likely never be instantly synonymous with this song (as Kurt's was), she has, in her way, made it her own. Well Done, Nicole.

There really aren't any set lyrics for this song. A lot of different artists have covered it, going all the way back to the 1800s and there are different ways to sing the lyrics in most.

There are a lot of different versions of this song (also three different titles). It was written in the 1800s by an unknown artist and covered mostly by old time bluegrass/folk artists in the early/mid 1900s. Most notably, in my opinion, is The Louvin Brothers - In The Pines (they also have different lyrics).

It's a song to be covered and played with the emotion the artist has.

Nicole Atkins did a good job.

its done by leadbelly originally

This song was written in the 1870s (according to my Louvin Brothers DVD; a group that covered it also in the 1950s).

This song was not written by Leadbelly and he sure didn't cover it first. Nirvana popularized the song and also popularized the fact that they heard it by Leadbelly. They did not say he wrote it, just that they covered his version. Who knows, maybe they thought he wrote it, but I'm 100% sure it was written by someone in the late 1800s.

Loretta Lynn signs it best in her movie - coal miners daughter. But your right

I know that pissed me off when I heard it!

Well, it's interesting you're such an advocate for "Curt" when you can't even spell his f*cking name right.