James Morrison-Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana cover 5.4.09

James covered Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit for the 1st time ever before an audience and it was AWESOME! He wasn't sure if they were going to "murder it"...but they ROCKED!! Great cover James!!

Location: The Blind Pig--Ann Arbor, Michigan

I stopped taping before he segwayed into "Call The Police"

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Music

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• kurt cobain

[JamesMorrisonItalia]

Thanks for putting this video in high quality, it sounds so cool! :-)

[TheLisammmk]

Yea! No problem, I thought it was an awesome cover so I had to share! They did great!

[HardcoreRunescaping]

i usually hate nirvana covers because noone can do the voice and it sounds horrible but this time im all in favour!

this is an awesome cover!

so his voice aint entirely like kurts but it still sounds like a brilliant cover :)

[KristyClear]

actually like the cover but all I could think was "how is he able to speak so FAST at the beginning??" - i barely understood him^^

[thespecter2]

@Jstanzy17 The biggest problem here is the softness of his voice, like most Smells like Teen Spirit covers. They can't nail the chorus at all. It isn't easy, even Cobain had issues nailing the chorus repeatedly at live shows. But at least this guy doesn't do the Jack Johnson route of slap guitar and softy arty-fartsy voice. I give kudos to him because he attempts the scream.

[Jstanzy17]

Pop artists should stay well clear of grunge music. Hate every cover of this song i've ever heard, it's a classic from Nirvana and should stay that way, artists need to leave it the fuck alone!

[1akaKJ]

masive nirvana fan, very hard to compete with king kurt but that was a quality cover!

[L4v14n0]

James Morrison Sucks! Noone covers this songs because it's so hard. Everyone has failed. But this is probably the best cover of this song ever.

[Mylie350]

...wow. i cannot believe the beauty i just heard. wow. thanks so much for posting

[krle89ns]

Anyone wanna hear a creepy thing ??? listen closley to 2:14 the lyric ,it makes me smile, it sounded like kurt sang it :) Good cover anyway.

[coldtink93]

Its like his voice fits everything <3

[LOVExJin]

Love it!

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