Nirvana "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" Best of Reactions Compilation Leadbelly Cover

[@jesuschavez3987]

Ladies and Gentlemen That is Nirvana Unplugged after all the years passed and it still hits you deep

[@jessicat3762]

Nearly every unplugged episode hits me to my core... because the music of my/our generation was more raw and profoundly real than the world has seen and will probably ever see again.

[@jesuschavez3987]

​@@jessicat3762indeed the 90s for music was original and it was felt through our soul

[@carborundorum]

How many decades and this album still makes me cry. Just looking at the CD or the stage gives me a big uh oh feeling. His death destroyed 7th grade me.

[@rickyrayrosenberg420]

Watching this when it came out was great - I would never have imagined people 40 years later would be moved by this.

[@rickyrayrosenberg420]

@@jessicat3762 Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam always digs into me

[@NickJohnCoop]

The little pause Kurt does at the end is one of the most heartbreaking moments in music.

[@odinnsson9181]

It's at that moment you could see it and feel it, he was leaving and knew it

[@BeardGuy-vz8tn]

I've often thought the same over the years, every time I watch this performance. That last note he screams out, combined with that deep breath, eyes wide open, thousand yard stare... He SAW something. 100%.

[@370JDUB]

@@odinnsson9181 😂😂

[@TheCBOShow]

Agreed, when he has to take a breath cause he's almost out of gas and he knows he ain't stopping anywhere to gas up...breaks my heart.

[@nelsonlual4315]

@@odinnsson9181 If you told him that he’d probably just laugh and say he was taking a breath of air

[@bifftannen2503]

All these years and that pause he does still gives me chills. Literally my favorite moment in music history.

[@rubbersole79]

Almost like he was performing at his own funeral.

[@kevintunaley5079]

That was more Layne Staley on the AiC unplugged. both amazing show's that I was lucky enough to witness when MTV actually had music on the channel !

[@maxseth1]

No Quarter Zeppelin live is my fav music moment

[@bleeb2024]

The way his eyes flick open for that second too.. DAMN

[@roems6396]

@@kevintunaley5079 Me too. As soon as I saw this performance I went out and bought the cd. Still listen to it to this day.

[@Will-fk2dk]

Watched this Live... I was in college, and just remember everyone talking about it for the rest of the week. This is a Legend performing at the height of his popularity, energy, and Nirvana just grabbed this moment in time and made it completely theirs. RIP Kurt

[@kernicterus1233]

Me too, it changed MTV and ‘unplugging’ forever.

[@mathias2410]

Check!

[@erinna_the_white_rose]

U so lucky ! Amazing .

[@KristinKanan]

I did too. I miss them so much.

[@joannemcdermott2321]

Me too. I remember watching their performance live on MTV. Absolutely iconic 🎸🙌🔥

[@charlese1077]

The song, the setting, the performance, the pain.....it seems like a funeral. Little did we know at the time it basically was.

[@katarzynab946]

Same as with AIC MTV Unplugged.

[@jasonrehder8542]

He wanted it that way. Why he chose the star Lily's.

[@garciagamesepicos4226]

Eu na época adolescente, vi isso e achei muito triste, e agora entendo o porque daquilo tudo, triste realidade

[@gladesucks7907]

This will forever be the greatest live performance of all time. Good god the sheer emotion and passion through his voice is unreal

[@ajbailey01]

Some say Kurt left his soul on stage that night. Epic performance and great video.

[@SviraSvi]

And sadly, the building where their performance took place has been demolished 😢

[@garciagamesepicos4226]

Sim meu Amigo, ele sabia que o fim estava próximo, ele não morreu, foi morto, triste realidade

[@ventule]

The exhale/inhale face on Kurt @4:53 has and will always bring me close to tears. Being so close to his death, that face is almost like a last gasp or just a final push. I don't know how to explain it. its haunting.

[@paramount243]

:(

[@DudeTheTA]

@@xxaphius Would this have been his very last song performance?

[@peebissmelly]

@@DudeTheTA their last show was march 1st '94 in munich.

[@wingcommander2165]

i was in tears during this

[@grassrootsflshp]

If you had a wife like Courtney, you would prolly have that "exhale/inhale face" too...

[@ksapp2622]

Jesus 30 years later and still his voice gives me goose bumps and tear up

[@nolanhart2597]

Stage set like a funeral. Big white lily flowers(Kurt's request) chandelier and tons of candles. The setting with this song ending the nite.i just dont know it gets any more real than that. Chilling and beautiful at the same time

[@Lorijenken]

this song hits me so hard. I relate to it so much. Kurt was on whole different level. nirvana is for life.

[@thefiend138]

Remember to give Lead belly some love for this amazing track. Kurt definitely brought it center stage with this amazing cover.

[@JosephScott-ct9sw]

Lead Belly's versions are great. He didn't write it, it's a folk song that goes back to the 1800s.

[@sting6ph]

This song introduced me to that amazing genre of music...all heartbreaking but beautiful breaking blues riff

[@JosephScott-ct9sw]

@@sting6ph This isn't a blues

[@sting6ph]

@@JosephScott-ct9sw the original leadbelly is blues

[@JosephScott-ct9sw]

@@sting6ph Nope

[@charlohartline3255]

I'm 47 and this still rips my heart out everytime I hear it😭❤

[@leoBrodhead]

Same

[@girs666]

Same age(1975) saw it on MTV live, like nirvâna but Just ok at the Time but this performance is the best mtv unolugged and one of the very best live show i ever seen and litteraly be knocked out After Actually they finish the show with this song Always have the CD from 90’

[@k_spats]

I'm 54 - same.

[@TheAgsantarosa]

48, sigue doliendo...

[@aimadmss2515]

47 from morocco , nirvana fan from early 90s

[@shotaholic1]

“man, this songs messed up.” lol heartbreak makes some very powerful music. oh the memories…I’ve always LOVED this rendition. great choice, Derek. this set is still the best unplugged session ever recorded, imho.

[@ERawk64]

There’s a reason that this was the last song they did on Unplugged. It was perfect, and no encore song could ever compare or even add to the show. It was perfect.

[@georgdrache7858]

Nirvana unplugged... legendary show and epic album. Masterpiece!!!

[@Anna_Stetik]

I lived in Seattle when grunge took over, and absolutely loved Kurt Cobain. It feels like several lifetimes ago, yet these younger people are just now discovering it. It's the weirdest feeling to see them enjoy what was a big part of our lives back then, especially in Seattle. As for the pain, Kurt was constantly in pain. Not just emotionally, but also physically.

[@jregulatori4672]

Me too. Was in JR High in North Seattle when Kurt died. So many of us were depressed at school after hearing the news. Like one of our hero's died. Still miss a lot of the old venues, Velvet Elvis, DV8, Off Ramp/El Corazon, Ballard Firehouse, etc... Still live here but miss those times. They were special.

[@FacheChanteDeux]

Agree. The 90's were a literally different planet. I really miss that place.

[@ashleydixon4613]

I watched it in my college dorm room in Arkansas. I certainly remember his death. Didn’t he supposedly have horrible stomach issues that caused him a lot of pain? I also recall hearing he was in withdrawals at this set, and someone had to give him a Xanax or other benzo just so he could perform.

[@Bastet__0]

When Kurt passed, a whole generation died a little. RIP 😢

[@maxtrein532]

That's absolutely true.

[@ChadtheHammer]

I'm 11 years younger than him, but comes from the same generation. Only celebrity that kinda hit me when they died. I was 16 years old.

[@SteveRooster-km5rg]

What age are you?

[@Bastet__0]

@@SteveRooster-km5rg 51

[@brianladyman6426]

Yes we did

[@markpolice3585]

Some people think react videos are stupid but i love watching someone hear a song i love for the first time.

[@FergusScotchman]

I love this song. It has very few lyrics, yet it paints such a vivid image that keeps changing and getting more malevolent as it progresses. And that last verse with Kurt's voice... I don't even know how to describe it.

[@Meow-oo7yk]

It’s like a dying animal holding onto life, it shows the beauty in life and eventual, inevitable death. You can just feel the raw passion in his voice

[@mykl0001]

I loved watching the reactions! The more pain you have gone thru personally the more you feel Kurt’s pain! This was less than one year from his end! He bared his teeth and his soul for all the world to see! That is brave stuff! Absolutely heart wrenching, and depending on how I’m feeling can still makes me shiver even though I’m 48 and have listened to him since the start! All those reactions show me EVERYONE feels pain! Thanks to all in this video!🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@joelkrause388]

WOW Derek! Great choice! I completely forgot about this song and how powerful it is / was on 'Unplugged'. R.I.P tortured soul Kurt. I still can't believe he's been gone nearly 30 years.

[@cassandracyr]

Great compilation Derek... Kurt has a way of bringing you in when he is in pain...and this shows in this rendition of Leadbelly's song...I will never forget the first time I watched this on MTV, I was in tears.... that last gasp, gets me everytime... what many do not know is that Kurt was in wihdrawal throughout the entire taping, pain? yes pain? angst? yes angst? raw? yes very raw... this was his swansong... and I felt every single gasp, breath, note and silence between the notes... Both him and Layne Staley's lives were lost on my birthday, and every birthday I play this song, and Nutshell by AIC...for I will always hold them both in my heart....My they both REST IN PEACE

[@davidphillips9726]

If this performance of this song doesn't make you cry, you're not human

[@danlayne9436]

Best transition ever. Alex Hefner's reaction was the best. (Just put down the headphones and walk away) A lot of people talk about the pause, but for me, the note on "shiver" just before kills me dead.

[@ThomSonnyYeah]

One of the most important performances by anyone ever

[@MrTedMcForehead]

no musical performance is important.

[@deadman4167]

​@@MrTedMcForeheadnot too bright are you

[@rubbersole79]

Safe to say, Kurt takes most of us on the same journey here. One of the rare humans able to scream in perfect pitch.

[@Rosie-ij3on]

Every cover song they ever performed was so well executed, they really knew how to put their own mark on things 💕

[@mengus2001]

I remember right before this debuted, everyone was like, "how the hell is a punk band gonna do an Unplugged set?" Me and all of my friends watched in my last college apartment, and were just dumbfounded. Two weeks later, he was dead

[@tranurse]

Exactly. I was just a year out of college and was going to work night shift at the hospital when it came on the radio that he was gone….. I was just numb

[@lucasclavijo803]

Nirvana, Alice In Chains and Pearl Jam, three grunge bands, performed their unplugged set

[@whatshappening3327]

I remember being a kid watching this on mtv..such a memorable moment that sticks in your mind forever! The entire nirvana unplugged is Kurt showing the world his soul before he left the world

[@redandpurple317]

7:55 that's actually very true. I remember exactly the setting when I first listened to this specific version of this song. It was 6 am and i hadn't slept a wink all night, so I decided to pull up the playlist of this particular concert and try to fall asleep to that. Despite liking quite a few nirvana songs, for some reason I had never listened to or watched this concert prior. Kurt belting out the chorus at the end put me in a state that I can only describe as a sleep-deprived trance. All the stress I had accumulated that night went away. I'll never forget that.

[@josephdooo3139]

The whole unplugged was just building n building to such an unforgettable performance!! From start to finish you could feel every single emotion that each song he sang!! Still one of the greatest performances of all time

[@channel5o7]

I was already a die hard Nirvana fan when I first saw this eagerly anticipated performance live, and was STILL blown away, I felt everything that everyone in this video felt. That yowl at the end shook my soul to its core, and still does to this day.

[@amypecore2718]

I've been listening to this song since it debuted and I still get goosebumps.

[@frekitheravenous516]

He took this Leadbelly song to the next f**kin level !

[@tracithomas6543]

This, along with AIC’s Unplugged performance of Down in a Hole absolutely break my heart. Watching both of those back in the ‘90’s filled us with a sick dread as we realised both Kurt and Layne were not long for this world….

[@sophiecat14]

Speaking of , it’d be nice to see AIC on the channel.

[@eldoc2020]

This is why I like reaction vids. You take something I didn't pay attention to back in the day n bring out the best. Thanks to all the wonderful talent n commentators. You guys make this music world stay fresh. Keep up the individual good work and the collective excellent compilation. ✌️😁

[@K-aR-Oh]

This song is enough emotional as it is and seeing those reactions really brought the tears to my eyes, I love his/their art so much.

[@nakashalynn4482]

This whole album is next level. The set is just incredible. Ive probably listened to it more then any other album!

[@ziamarie]

I love this song and Kurt's voice sooo much...this entire Unplugged concert is absolutely legendary.

[@UnicornOfDepression]

I'm so glad I was able to see Nirvana live in concert. It was my first ever concert too! 1993 in Del Mar, CA. Nostalgia Train incoming. This Unplugged episode showed just how talented Kurt was. He put his pain into the songs he sang, and it was fucking beautiful.

[@musebymelissa8583]

Derek, you consistently crush it with these comp vids. Awesome song choice. RIP Kurt - gone too soon but you left us with so much 💗

[@peakyblinder777]

We was part of this generation who experienced and lived through Grunge music and the Grunge movement . We gave our heart and soul to make this music . Its real and from the heart full on emotion. That is what Grunge is . REAL ! 💯🔥❤🎵

[@animaleyesone]

I think hearing this back when it originally released is when as a teenager I realized that the true power of music was making me feel something true, even if it was sad and painful. Kurt singing this cover was the first to deeply stir my soul and he has never left me. Seeing these folks reflected my own reaction. The only difference was I listened to it on a CD loop for several hours

[@nickmadigan2824]

Thanks, Derek! I always tear up when I watch your videos. All of the raw and honest emotion from the reactors gets me every time. Keep making these videos!

[@chopperdeath]

This is emotion released to the public. Yodel-scream-hush pain is just amazing.

[@chopperdeath]

I remember watching this on MTV in "94 with my girlfriend on her couch. If we could only freeze time on these great moments. Can I say we were both better and worse in '94? Yes and no. But it would be fun to have a time machine for a week to play around.

[@Uli_Krosse]

Oh yes. Brilliant choice! Thank you for this one - I know it is a lot of work and for us it is ALWAYS worth the wait.

[@Wtfbimbamboom]

Whether you liked or not Nirvana before that, the Unplugged album made everybody agree that they were a legendary band. Love the edits you're doing, so fucking good.

[@randisl.h.9713]

I remember watching this unplugged when it first came out on MTV lol. Never gets old

[@abelstrd]

So beautiful so sad, my favorite song cover by Nirvana. Awesome compilation.

[@JoeBonez]

I know I’m a broken record at this point, but your videos are the best edited compilations on the ‘tube. Also, that fry / scream / stare at 4:50 or so is devastating

[@IamGenoBlack]

You know having lived through that time….having them blow my mind, then watching this when it premiered, and as the pretty chick said “remembering where I was”, it’s been hard to watch any of the MTV Unplugged show after the fact and after what happened shortly after. Kurt’s death hit a lot of us hard. I’ve avoided it for years but DB, as always, you made it shine in a touching tribute. Great editing, great song choice going less mainstream, and just an awesome job as always.

[@seanwordone]

Kurt had a way of making you feel his emotions and then he takes you for a ride.

[@liloyo1055]

I'm still crying when I hear it. More than 30 years ago when I was fourteen. RIP❤Kurt

[@sonnytims4237]

The world lost one of the greatest soon after this. We will always miss you Kurt. No other voice like yours

[@TheOpy83]

I love each and everyone's reaction to this song. And thank you all for choosing to react to this song. I used to have cassette tapes of Nirvana in highschool and would listen to them over and over. And I loved this song.

[@fifieuskadi]

The look in his eyes at 04:53 is breathtaking and so moving.

[@TheBokra425]

This is hands down my favorite recording ever and I love watching other people experience it. Thank you for making this compilation.

[@markhagerman1837]

Nice job on this. I watched this on MTV nearly 30 years and then and now, this performance is absolutely chilling.

[@jeremiahparsons5748]

I was glad to grow up when all this music you guys are experinceing right now i herd when it first came out

[@jackiecote203]

Doesn't matter how much time passes or how often I hear this, still hits me like the first time. Emotion floods my body, chills up and down my spine, my arms, everywhere all at once. There's no stopping it. In those moments, it's as if Kurt's spirit is channeling my body. It's so powerful! No other vocalist has moved me in quite the same way. It's beyond hearing the voice, the words, the melody and somehow, you have become one with him, feeling his soul. DAMNN, hits so hard!

[@genevieveking8819]

I will always remember when I heard he was gone 😢😢😢. Luckily I was in NYC with friends who really got it and we comforted each other, cried, talked, and went to a museum. And of course listened to some music.

[@mattfleming2287]

One of the greatest covers of all time. Real blues.

[@ronnierockit4468]

I love these compilations, and bravo for editing them together so masterfully.

[@africareact]

Kurt will forever be remembered, very talented. May he RIP🙏

[@Wallym0h]

this compilation was legendary BUT THEN you did the rewind yesss

[@ksapp2622]

How many people believe he knew this was going to be one of his last real shows and he absolutely left it all on the table at the end you can feel the soul/pain in his singing

[@robbdgordon]

Nirvana unplugged is hands down their best album.

[@clamsthecat]

I agree, and yet there's clearly a plug on that guitar!

[@jrhayes6901]

Insecticide dawg

[@joshuabrugman7288]

MTV's Nirvana Unplugged is in the top 5 complete albums of all time. I will fight you about that :)

[@brandonshaw2120]

'I would SHIVERRAAAARRRGGHHH....(take a breath)....the whole...night throughhhhh....' He was at his worst on H at this time. The whole performance affects you very deeply if your've been or are in that hell. Gets me every time time. I KNOW that scream.

[@bigdaddypiggy]

I was born in 1971 & for as far back as I can remember I’ve always been a music lover….thruout the years all sorts of other interests have come & gone but music has always remained important & vital at times,I was 20 when Nirvana was 1st getting big & I loved it,all of it :Soundgarden,Pearl Jam,Screaming Trees,Alice in Chains,Helmet,Primus,Butthole Surfers,Ministry,Chili Peppers,Faith No More,etc The 1 thing I vividly remember thinking about Nirvana in spring of 94 is just how fast they came,brought shit around to the way it should be & then left,that was it ,what started in late 91-early 92 was burning out & burning out fast by 94…..after the release of “Superunknown” it had no place left to go…..It makes me really happy to see the younger generations are not only digging the music but they “get it” gives me hope 🖤🥶now stop trying to be rappers & pick up a instrument already 😉

[@tranurse]

Exactly. I was born in 71 also, and all of a sudden there was different stuff in the mainstream besides pop music. Then it was gone…. The late 90’s Lilith Fair stuff was kinda a last gasp. People just don’t realize the impact these guys had on

[@twissky8796]

Really makes ya wonder how the actual audience reacted , having such an impact for everyone I’ve seen react to this performance still to this day, it must’ve been more than just chilling in person..

[@drubizzy]

They wanted an encore but Kurt wouldn't go back out after that song, saying he couldn't top it.

[@madkow77]

This song gives me shivers every time I hear it.

[@FacheChanteDeux]

Alive or dead, Kurt can mesmerize anyone. So glad I got to see him live. Rip.❤

[@brianpatton3765]

Nirvana changed everything. We went from glam rock to flannel shirts over night. The script got flipped in a big way. These dudes ushered in a new era of rock music, 10/10 would recommend.

[@coacharming]

Derek Brooks, thank you for compiling these. That was amazing.

[@ericwilliams2546]

I love Nirvana so much, probably one of the greatest bands of all time, but I love that their influences include Leadbelly. You can tell when musicians are in love with music and how they seek out all those little nooks and crannies of musical goodness. I think Leadbelly would be absolutely in love with this version if he had heard it.

[@CroMagJohnson]

this is probably going to piss a lot of people off, but nirvana's unplugged set is so good because half of it was cover songs and not nirvana originals.

[@charlespardo6867]

Awesome song very chilling, very painful and yet powerful in the last lyrics always brings a tear to the heart

[@tombullard6167]

First CD i owned as a teen in 90s & this song and the pain in Kurts voice always gives me CHILLS & GOOSEBUMPS

[@jankyvideosquad]

Dude your videos really do get you to hear a song you've been hearing all the time your whole life like it's the first time.

[@dt90891]

The impact this has on me still rocks my core of my being. Rip Kurt. ❤

[@rodrigodelaiglesia3240]

Dereck....you made this and release this on Kurt's birthday (around) been looking at it the whole day...make me cry....thanks and my respect for your lovely and altruistic work.

[@mattsmith8944]

Glad these babies dug this. After y'all get into the Lead Belly primer, check out some of the bluegrass, like Louvin Brothers or Bill Monroe. Good modern interpretation by Fantastic Negrito too. (All these as "In the Pines")

[@belalugosi2448]

I love to see young people feel the same way we felt when all these songs came out. Greetings from Athens, Greece

[@jujuhound220]

So glad I was in my early 20s when this was on unplugged

[@watsonvillian]

As a teenager I remember going to my grandmothers to watch this. I didn't know when I listened to this song I would be witnessing greatness...and all these years later this song still haunts me. That look he gives taking that final breath on that final line...was like a good bye to us.

[@rhettwomack430]

There will never be another Kurt Cobain. RIP Kurt

[@99Boozer]

LIVE music and Voices... most bands can't do that today.

[@ChiChi-go1zf]

That instant "he is left handed" cracked me the fuck up!!!!!! 🤣

[@michiellemalon1250]

Every time I hear this song chills ! He was a special kind of human being we were lucky to be able to experience him for the short time we did ❤

[@michiellemalon1250]

That we were ❤️

[@ProcyonChild]

Kurt was a one of a kind human being, such a beautiful and tortured soul, an artist in every sense of the word

[@patrickredman4020]

Kurt had laser vision. When he pauses for a breath, he looks through your soul! I watched it on t.v. when it was on MTV! It still gives me chills almost 40 years later.

[@darleneatkinson3906]

Derek Brooks, wow, I never heard this song, it was so deep and emotional and a person could feel his pain. I only heard few songs by Nirvana, he pass away to soon. Great voice his life was to short. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@Anthony-uf3oz]

Darlene,this is not a song by Leadbelly,but rather a traditional one. Watch the video of Leadbelly singing it....awesome !

[@StayMadLmfao]

I remember playing all these Nirvana Unplugged songs for a girl I used to love more than myself. Nirvana is her favorite band and why I even started to learn guitar to try and impress her,still never stopped her from hurting me time and time again

[@lakelawyer]

Always has been and always will be a complete masterpiece of a performance and song

[@brizzle2026]

It just proves again what a fantastic songwriter he was... ❤️

[@jamstream]

Believe or not this song is a cover.

[@andrewvanorden2336]

You're absolutely right! Lead Belly was a great song writer. I have this funny feeling you were talking about Kurt though... weird.

[@frostymugger95]

@@andrewvanorden2336 leadbelly didn't write it either. It's a very old (1800s old) folk/blues song.

[@yeahbee8237]

​@@frostymugger95it is sorta like Hurt with J Cash. It is his song now

[@kevinstull8552]

With this song and performance closing out the Unplugged session, I don't think there was any other song that could have been sung and performed any better and more powerful than this one right here.

[@rodrigoreveco1056]

Cómo alguien puede trasmitir tanto.un talento unico

[@juniorcarraro]

Kurt canta com tanta dor, que é impossível não se emocionar....Brazill