First Time EVER Hearing Nirvana the man who sold the world (Reaction!!)

[@poloreacts27]

Just want to say thanks for watching my crazy reactions! If you enjoy what I do on this channel consider supporting me. 70% of my videos are not monetized. Between setting up the studio daily, filming, editing, thumbnails, and research which all take away from my family, you guys motivate me to put out content daily. Consider buying me a coffee here www.buymeacoffee.com/poloreacts or my Patreon www.patreon.com/poloreacts PEACE!!

[@dannysowder2303]

Where do bad folks go when they die, they don't go to heaven where the angels fly

[@brightsideeventsandmedia7245]

@@dannysowder2303😂😂😂 my mum used to love that song whilst she was cleaning., dunno why but she always asked for me to put it on.

[@himynameis3664]

I'm a long time late to this. But I'm sorry to tell you that I'm pretty sure you won't find a studio version of this as it's a cover of a David Bowie original. I know I'm prob not the first to let you know this either but still. Great reaction man, love your reaction to the rock scene in the 90s

[@steveparker8065]

Great reaction, please also try 'Where did you sleep last night?' from the same MTV unplugged concert. It's an old song made popular by Leadbelly's 1944 recording. A true classic and Kurt does it full justice with all the pain and sorrow a man can put in his voice. PS The late, great David Bowie wrote 'The man who sold the world' and released it in 1970.

[@cindynagel4953]

For me, Where did you sleep last night is a must see/hear

[@Dakotaandpacha]

This is a David Bowie song. Kurt Cobain did it more than justice here on MTV unplugged. Classic.

[@iceysniper]

For the most part I agree, I think it’s pretty funny that Kurt messes up the lyrics and starts mumbling at a part though 😂

[@benduhova1643]

The whole unplugged series from mtv was fire. Nirvana Pearl Jam Stone temple pilots Alice in chains and others was peak music

[@zacknicley8150]

Ya, some bands were great, but the series as a whole was awful lol.

[@beck620]

Alice In Chains Unplugged is their best. "Brother", "Got Me Wrong", "Down In A Hole" are A+

[@beatnik420thtc8]

Even the Jay Z unplugged with the roots was fire af

[@timmyrushton9203]

+1 on that. Neil Young too. 🙂

[@klue8578]

Nirvana and AIC were gold!

[@seandobson6221]

This is a great cover of David Bowie’s original. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden are the epitome of my high school years. I was and still am a car carrying member of the Grunge Era.

[@morrgan76]

Me too lol

[@margaretmcglynn5077]

Yeah. Song is Bowie. RIP Kurt. Yeah, the pain in the voice, dead on. Do some Bowie if you don't know his stuff. Try "Changes"

[@Ducatirati]

@margaretmcglynn5077 Bowie live , is a double live album , it's excellent, but two tracks, inparticularly Panic in Detroit , and Moonage daydream , have Demon guitar solos , Earl Slick , I think it is , so long ago , but awesome listening

[@GregoryJohnson-l1g]

Wow that's impressive, how do you carry a car?

[@seandobson6221]

@@GregoryJohnson-l1g 😂 dammit autocorrect!

[@eidetecker]

Polo, for the studio version, you'll have to hear David Bowie's version as Nirvana is covering that song. It's great, it's Bowie. The vibe of the song is there, but Nirvana gives it something extra special and poignant. This is Nirvana's prime version of the song. As someone once mused, "David Bowie was so ahead of his time he covered Nirvana's song 23 years before it happened." Great reactions, dude. Peace.

[@andrewhale4727]

Great line about Bowie. Lol

[@andrewhale4727]

Great line about Bowie. Lol

[@susannewitt6112]

Thanks to David. R.I.P. Sir

[@kylemadison1296]

Where did you sleep last night? is an amazing song to review from this same unplugged set. You wont be disappointed.

[@matthewdrake4385]

This was a very unique choice for your first look at Nirvana. Their usual sound was a lot louder than this, though they did have some slower tracks. David Bowie wrote and sang the song first. The unplugged show used to be on mtv in the 90’s and 2000’s before MTV got taken over by reality tv. Many groups and artists would do versions of their hits or some deep cuts or covers, which Nirvana did on their performance. When you check out Nirvana next, check out a studio track like Lithium, Come As You are or In Bloom. That will give you a real taste of their true sound of grunge in the 90’s.

[@babathehutt]

Why did I have to scroll this far down to see someone mention that Bowie wrote this song?

[@drew3138]

As a general introduction to Nirvana, you pretty much have to listen to Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, In Bloom, Lithium, Stay Away, Something In The Way, All Apologies, Rape Me, and Heart-Shaped Box. As someone that grew up with rock, these are definitely some of the songs that built the foundation of my love for rock/metal as a young man. I’m sure many other people are in the same boat. I still love them just as much as I did in the 90s. There’s other great Nirvana songs of course, but all of these songs are absolute gold. Sorry, my list started off with just like 3 songs but there’s too many good ones to limit it to just three haha. Love your channel man!

[@James-lk2sg]

“Where Did You Sleep Last Night” from the same live performance. If you enjoyed this you’ll most likely enjoyed that.

[@Nightbird1914]

The best! I remember watching it when it aired the first time.

[@docbrown9054]

Nirvana is another band to me you can't be afraid of venturing waaay outside their normal radio hits as it is most of the juiciest tracks. They can be be amazingly somber sometimes and other time make the hardest thrash.

[@docbrown9054]

For their other end of the spectrum maybe "Milk it"... kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5DSZ3hpe82tr7c

[@ponfed]

I know about 125 000 people will have told you by now. But this is a cover of an old ass David Bowie song. Bowie himself wasn't fond of the song but he though that the Nirvana cover breathed new life into it. One of my favorites personally. The groove and the mood. Love your channel. Keep on keeping on.

[@jzekas21]

This unplugged concert is amazing definitely laid back from his screaming in other songs. Check out Where did you sleep last night last song he sang at this show.

[@punkroxgirl]

Omg, I never clicked on anything so fast as when I saw you got to Nirvana! 😅🤘

[@chrisjones7352]

In my humble opinion, the best song from this Mtv Unplugged session of Nirvana is "My Girl". The song is their take of an old blues song by Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter called "Where did you sleep last night". Kurt straight up murders the vocals on it. So much pain in his voice.

[@tahoe_1353]

100%

[@Chris_Ireland]

Yesss☝☝

[@-__._._.__-]

Yes

[@carolmckay9067]

YESSS!! Amazing song 😍❤️

[@christopherking4932]

Yes please

[@danebeisheim9793]

You need to watch "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" from this same performance now.

[@aaronstudley1753]

Their live from the reading festival 1992 is so amazing and immense energy!! Lithium is a good one 😊

[@april6058]

Great Reaction!! I love Nirvana’s version of this song. The song was written and performed by David Bowie, who is a legend!! Check out another song from the same show- Where did you Sleep Last Night - awesome performance!!

[@TraditionalHippie]

That’s the anguish of a man who chose drugs over life. RIP

[@anncostello178]

Love “where did you sleep last night”. Possibly my favourite by Nirvana ❤

[@d.b.andrew3663]

"Where did you sleep last night" would probably show the most emotion, both vocally and physically, I think.

[@rebeccarockchik6704]

So many great songs with these guys!

[@persia888]

You will love the David Bowie original. Kurt is brilliant too, but Bowies voice is sublime. Plus he wrote it so he is more connected to it if that makes sense.

[@dapeel61]

If you didn't know, the drummer here (Dave Grohl) is also the drummer for Queens of the Stone Age and singer/guitar for Foo Fighters.

[@relax4377]

Where Did You Sleep Last Night(MTV unplugged) by Nirvana is my personal favorite from the unplugged session

[@wichitadisciple9874]

The MTV Unplugged album is great!! "Something in the Way" and "Where did you Sleep Last Night?" are really good from the live show.

[@brigitte9999]

I live in Seattle you would love that too. The rain makes me happy we get sun too. Today for example.

[@control_issues]

This is a great song. I agree with the sound of his voice being kind of subdued and, perhaps, lamenting. If you want to go the opposite direction of this song with Nirvana... and find that crazy you're looking for... see if you can find a good video of their performance of Territorial Pissings on Saturday Night Live in 1992.

[@bpfromowc]

This was a brilliant Unplugged gig. Sheer brilliance. “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” is another banger from this concert. R.E.M.’s 1991 “Unplugged” is also brilliant. “Perfect Circle” is my favourite. Thanks 🙏🏻

[@eviekelpie1]

"About a girl" from this performance is good too

[@tulshib]

The emotion he has , the word you are looking for, is Meloncholy

[@Vesparado]

Come As You Are, Stay Away, and Lithium. Do those!

[@elinstar6034]

Hey, I love the respect you give to musicians, not wanting to dog someone's art is such a great attitude. Peace. 😊

[@airjer5480]

All-time favorite band/lyricist. Great reaction, Polo! Get into Nirvana and give yourself a gift. I dig your content, keep 'em comin'! Cheers~

[@bigboycombo6342]

You cannot go wrong with any song by Nirvana from this MTV Unplugged Session. If you need to start somewhere then go for "Where did you sleep last night".

[@gregw74]

You really should do some Pearl Jam; Jeremy, Even Flow, and/or Black.. to name a few.

[@heyskipj]

Interesting on your first Nirvana taste is going to be an Unplugged cover track. You picked a pretty good one 🔥. But going forward I wouldn’t expect this vibe.

[@mobeus84]

This is hands-down the best unplugged there ever was and I feel like Kurt knew what he was going to do and he put everything he had into this unlike any other show he's ever done😊

[@savingstumps]

That entire unplugged album is a masterpiece. This isn't how they usually sound though. I would listen to the whole performance straight through.

[@ShaneH5150]

Such a beautiful song. This is a cover of David Bowie's song, if you get the time you should check it out even if it doesn't make it into one of your vids. Both are amazing

[@mflambert]

the song "in bloom" is amazing

[@FrancoUnAmericano]

Word you (might) be looking for is "melancholy" in his voice. :)

[@morganmedrano920]

Unplugged is an MTV series from the 90's. They had artists that were known for being on the louder side with electric instruments and "Unplugged" them. Other acts include;Stone Tempel Pilots, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Korn, Aerosmith, and Kiss. All are amazing.

[@jeffreyglenellen1188]

I absolutely loathe anyone who says Nirvana is overrated. This is music.

[@Ozgur72]

Amen

[@sanigirlmpls3732]

This unplugged in New York does not have a bad song on it. ‘Where did you sleep last night’ is the best though. Love Curt’s voice and emotion.

[@endlessrage4062]

Nice to see you react to Nirvana. Oh, I believe the emotion word you were looking for is angst. 😊

[@GarrettGaudini]

Great reaction,🎉 This is a cover of a david Bowie song…. Not sure if they did a studio version. You asked for something harder? They can accommodate: Lithium, In Bloom, Breed, Heart-shaped box, ….. lighter: About A Girl (unplugged or Bleach studio version) Drain You

[@TheDivayenta]

Smells Like Teen Spirit ( original video) changed rock, music, the world. Grunge brought back melancholic and deep themes- beautifully.

[@ibr-2doe323]

"Man who soled the world", "Come as you are" and "Lithium" have always been my favorite Nirvana songs.

[@redadamearth]

"Man Who Sold the World" is a David Bowie song, just FYI. Nirvana covered it, there.

[@ibr-2doe323]

@@redadamearth yes, he says it's a cover at the beginning of the song on the album. The Bowie version is good and very artistically done but Cobain perfected it.

[@nicolerizzo1314]

More Nirvana and grunge and 90s rock, please! So glad I got to be around when Nirvana first came out and then exploded 💜

[@ferdelance2299]

Check out "Drain You," "Heart Shaped Box, " "Come As You Are," "In Bloom," "You Know You're Right"

[@theseawillkissme]

I know you won’t see this but I just have to comment……Nirvana was my first love. I was obsessed with Kurt! This love of Nirvana lead me to Tool, Deftones, NIN, Skinny Puppy……literally on the path of who I was meant to be. I can’t begin to thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing this! 🖤🖤🖤 Please do more Nirvana, A Perfect Circle and PLEASE check out Deftones! After watching the full video, any Nirvana song will work. This is as a David Bowie cover, but I will say you need to check out the Leadbelly cover from Unplugged. Nirvana is the epitome of grunge! Please listen to anything of any album, they are seriously the GOAT!!

[@INDRIDCOLD83]

Deftones, ahhh the days...

[@chrisjones7352]

DEFTONES!!!!!!!!

[@johnnysepulveda1359]

Deftones!!!!!

[@drew3138]

I’ll add to the pile, DEFTONES!

[@matthew6427]

Agreed! I always loved this record but Incesticide and In Utero were my favorites. Kurt just played "noise" and distortion so well! I think Deftones "Passenger " would be a good jumping in point since it's got Maynard in it but 🤷‍♂️ Everyone is different. I would've never guessed Descending would be Polo's favorite track. It's awesome that it is, just wouldn't have guessed it. Looking forward to whatever he chooses to dig into next.

[@Weaponx3518]

Where did you sleep last night. For the same unplugged. It’s the last song.

[@cbird02]

Good time for another soulful grunge voice from my donation request! Eddie Vedder oozes soulful vibes. Check out Pearl Jam - Black (MTV Unplugged)

[@TentaclebuckeT]

"aneurysm" live at the paramount by Nirvana.

[@dudeguy8686]

A whole bunch of flavors of rock, but things always get real when the acoustic guitars show up. Edit: and never deep dove into Nirvana outside of the radio tunes, but "Come as You Are" and "Heart-Shaped Box" have earned their places in history, for sure

[@nicolerizzo1314]

Oh, and this is a cover, so while it's good, it's not the most indicative of how Nirvana know how to write a song. Maybe some more from this unplugged and Pearl Jam unplugged? Great reaction 💜

[@44coma]

I watched and recorded this live back in the day. Incredible performance and so important in music history

[@Mindbombable]

Just listen to the whole album Nevermind.

[@lindsayharrigan8545]

I got into Nirvana when I was around 13 years old and obsessed over the already dead Kurt Cobain. His presence was just magnetic. Love this reaction. PS your desk… perpetual motion thingy? Is mesmerizing, I feel hypnotized 😂

[@eviekelpie1]

Must do the iconic official video for Smells like teen spirit. One of the best songs to come out of the early 90s! Over a billion views on KZbin

[@illeagle8041]

FYI this is a David Bowie song Nirvana covered.

[@katecravens]

The voice is the 90s grunge angst- the epitome in that time

[@Mindbombable]

The drummer for Nirvana is front the front man for the band Foo Fighters (hugely successful) and did a colab with Jon Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin in the band Them Crooked Vultures.

[@Alcarlson1]

Along with Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age, which is another great band he should check out.

[@feluia]

The original song is from David Bowie at 1970.

[@Levi-ou2zm]

Smells like teen spirit is their most mainstream song but they have a ton of great music. No studio version of this song from nirvana, it’s a cover. Most of their music is loud but it you want the slow jams checkout “come as you are” and “something in the way” which you may have heard in the newer Batman movie.

[@markshaffer6447]

There’s no studio version from Nirvana, this is a live cover of a David Bowie song

[@franb.3100]

Love, love, LOVE Nirvana...came of age with them and all the great artists who were getting big during that time - NIN, Alice in Chains, Tool, the list goes on. This is one of those songs I play and sing along with while I'm cleaning or just hanging by myself on the weekend.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

This song is actually a cover of a David Bowie song. For this Unplugged performance, they chose to do mostly covers, which they didn't have to. Most Nirvana doesn't sound this mellow, but does have that sad or something vibe. The entire performance is worth watching, but I recommend next at least to react to Where Did You Sleep Last Night.

[@danrumble74]

I can't imagine this being my introduction to Nirvana. Best thing to do is listen to the Nevermind album. Start at Lithium (track 2), and play it through 😎👍 Good song though. The entire concert was a cultural even, especially after he died.

[@Zero-Fox-Garage]

I think to get a more complete feel for Nirvana you should check out "Breed" live at the Paramount in '91. That video really captures their sound and energy, the DGAF kinda punk, kinda grunge sound... The Man who sold the world is a cover of a David Bowie song, so you won't hear a studio version of Nirvana doing it. It was done for the MTV unplugged show and that was it. The entire show was amazing, but it really only shows a side of Nirvana rarely seen at that time. Smells like teen spirit was they're break out song that put them solidly on everyones radar. The "Come as you are" was another...hard to go really wrong with whatever you choose to react to.

[@j.t.3798]

Melancholy. I hop you get into Alice and chains, pearl jam, stone temple pilots and Soundgarden! All 🔥🔥 great content brother

[@richardhall800]

Cobain's singing always seems to foreshadow the arc of his life... And I think that melancholy is what we respond to... In this case, personally I don't think this is as strong as the Bowie or even the Lulu versions, but a great tribute to them

[@michaelparks6120]

Such a sad ending for Kurt...he was a sincere artist.

[@Matt2010]

Come as You Are is my fav. Both a version like here and electric. This also is a cover so I don't think they have a studio version.

[@hereticzealot]

NO NO NO NO!!! You just can't start Nirvana this way! From the beginning, please! Or at Least smells like teen spirit! Mad love from Oklahoma!

[@lesliedaubert1411]

This was a cover of David Bowie's song. David loved Nirvanas version. ❤ A moving song from two amazing artists. Both versions are great. David made the song in the 70s I think .

[@3gcraftsman]

This is a cover song from David Bowie.

[@BruceParmele]

More Nirvana!

[@nipreve]

This tune you just reacted to, could have been written by “The Beatles”. One of the greatest bands in the history of music. It is very similar to some songs of them. You should react to them to, Polo.

[@--Spooky--]

Need to do - Lounge Act

[@heatherlynn3438]

Watch this whole concert! MTV Unplugged! This is just 1 song! It’s funny to me that this is your first impression! Love it! You are in for a wonderful surprise!

[@mysticramen1721]

I love Nirvana. Their cover of In the Pines on unplugged is my personal favorite but they had so many good songs, Pennyroyal Tea, Lake of Fire, Smells like Teen Spirit... The list is long. Also I find it funny that you picked a rare song that doesn't include the very unique screaming that only Kurt could do. It's hard to describe the emotion that his voice carried when he would do that but it was powerful and it touched something deep inside your soul. Beautiful and tragic. Edit: I think the title for In the Pines may actually be Where did you Sleep Last Night. Also since you love story telling in songs may I recommend Carolina Drama by the Raconteurs? Good luck figuring out what happened

[@sebastienrobert5148]

Try nirvana Lithium live reading 92 You know your right drain you live Paris 94 Where dis you sleep last night MTV up. Come as you are

[@Ty-d]

Suggestions: Lithium Heart-shape box Where did you sleep last night (from this exact unplugged)

[@timhendricks8913]

There a bunch of really great unplugged performances. Nirvana and Alice in chains kill it.

[@gdngr]

Live is another one.

[@natebristlin]

This song is actually originally a David Bowie song. Nirvana covered it for this performance. I’d highly recommend you checking out this entire albums it’s beautiful. Their studio stuff, gotta start with “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.

[@pabloscobar958]

unplugged is nice, check out alice in chains unplugged!! i'd say my favorite nirvana song is Something in the way but its a lot different than their usual stuff

[@mastermill79]

Nirvana Unplugged was a live concert on MTV. 90s MTV was a trip with the best music, Guns and Roses, Metallica, Nirvana, a slew of trance music like King of my Castle, Insomnia anything by Prodigy really and after hours weird cartoons on top of Beavis and Butthead, like Aeon Flux, The Maxx all from the MTV's Weird collection. All spaced out with artistic random visuals just for shits and giggles that were insanely creative. It was SO good before they ruined it with reality shows and all kinds of crap.

[@justfred6559]

Watch the rest of this unplugged performance. In my opinion the best unplugged ever done by any single band. This whole performance is legendary. Watch Watch Watch the whole thing.

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

This was their last live performance since a few months later tragedy happened with the singer, Kurt Cobain. Edit: The last song of this live performance is Lake Of Fire. Its absolutely awesome. Plus the drummer is Dave Grohl. After Kurt Cobain's death he created the band Foo Fighters. He's lead guitarist and the singer of the band, its an awesome band.

[@lisajayasekera6430]

This is an original David Bowie song they covered

[@Chyrnobyl66]

if you like this vibe, listen to Where Did You Sleep Last Night from the same show. They are both covers btw.

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

Great song - one of their best, in my opinion. As others have pointed out, this is a cover of a Bowie song, but it fits their style perfectly. That whole unplugged album is fire, BTW (which should surprise nobody because virtually everything MTV Unplugged touched turned to gold, like some sort of musical Midas). Check out “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” from that same performance... just be prepared to be blown away. If you want a track that really typifies Nirvana, then my money is on "Come as You Are." P.S. Nirvana is a grunge band, since you asked; Grunge is a type of alt rock that blew up in the early 90s, largely thanks to Nirvana, which is considered one of the big 4 Grunge bands coming out of the Seattle rock scene. The others are Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Sound Garden. These bands are pretty diverse sonically, seeing as Grunge was more of an aesthetic than a particular sound, but they all have something in common: each one was lead by a phenomenally talented lead singer. Four "once in a generation" type voices, all contemporaries - the early 90s was an incredible time for music.

[@kmorse6487]

This is a Nirvana cover of David Bowie's song, " The Man Who Sold The World" they did a fantastic job!

[@tenchu8306]

In bloom

[@calvingreen5202]

Great reaction!! Believe it or not, this actually a David Bowie song, that they covered. Please, please, please....check out In Bloom. I'm not a Nirvana fan, but there are a few songs, this one included, that I do really like. Give it a listen...see what you think.

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

Lot of people don't know that this is actually a cover of David Bowie!

[@darrylhewes2376]

This version of " The man who sold the world" is better than the original by Bowie in my view . Also this is taken from the MTV unplugged series so was never going to be some crazy metal kinda gig.

[@rogeroran2911]

I’m a huge David Bowie fan, but I agree. Nirvana version is better.

[@jasonhalliday7187]

@@rogeroran2911 Yeah, I totally agree.