Nirvana - In Bloom Live Last American Show 1994

Nirvana performing In Bloom live at the Seattle Center on January 8th 1994, it was their last American show.

Like many Nirvana songs, "In Bloom" shifts back and forth between quiet verses and loud choruses. Cobain uses a Mesa Boogie guitar amplifier for the verses, and during the chorus he switches to a Fender Bassman amp (suggested by Vig) for a heavier, double-tracked fuzztone sound.[7] The rhythm section of Novoselic and Grohl kept its parts simple; Grohl stated it was "an unspoken rule" to avoid unnecessary drum fills, while Novoselic said he felt his role was about "serving the song".[5] During the choruses, vocalist Cobain and drummer Grohl harmonize while singing "He's the one/Who likes all our pretty songs/And he likes to sing along/And he likes to shoot his gun/But he knows not what it means". The song's intro reappears at the end of each chorus.

Cobain's lyrics address the people outside of the underground music scene that began showing up at Nirvana shows after the release of the group's debut album Bleach. Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad wrote, "But remarkably, [the song's lyrics] translated even better to the mass popularity the band enjoyed." Regarding the song's chorus, Azerrad commented, "The brilliant irony is that the tune is so catchy that millions of people actually do sing along to it."

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[LilHermanIsBack]

1:17 kurts playing right handed!?

[FuzztoneProductions]

@LilHermanIsBack I just noticed that, he might have been playing right handed or the image could have been flipped (in reverse), i've seen it happen before but usually a right handed player looks like he's playing left-handed.

[FuzztoneProductions]

Hope everyone enjoys!

[ki11a42069]

nirvana is my fav band

[woutkonings]

@FuzztoneProductions But there's text in the image

[GuitarPlayer1395]

@FuzztoneProductions nah kurt is lefty 

[bumpistNO1]

2:24 is kurt's family?

[IDanClarkI]

@FuzztoneProductions

its flipped, the decal on the headstock is backwards.

[FuzztoneProductions]

@hydrocodone1 hmm, i play left handed and write left but do a lot of stuff right handed. weird i guess, least me n kurt both play guitar left handed!

LOL props on your username.

[hydrocodone1]

@vikingberserker1 Kurt was right handed but he taught himself to play left handed. If you watch any videos of Kurt doing normal everyday things it is obvious that he's right handed. At the end of Unplugged when he is signing autographs he signs with his right hand. Peace

[TestMeatDollSteak]

I've read different accounts of what or who the lyrics in the chorus are referencing. Azerrad interpreted it as being about the fans who liked Nirvana's music, but just didn't get the message, and Cross said it ostensibly references Dylan Carlson, Kurt's friend, who liked shooting guns and liked Kurt's catchy songs, "but he knows not what it means." I like both interpretations, personally.

[Fifty50Dollars]

Left hander

[Mike55Miller]

sad this was nirvana's last American show...

[vikingberserker1]

@FuzztoneProductions totally right handed player :-)