Nirvana - Lithium - The best Version HD

[@ScottishTeeVee]

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[@marcinrnowicki8011]

More stuff from MTV Europe, please!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

@@marcinrnowicki8011 There's lots more on this channel from MTV Europe and more is ready to upload

[@joyceh2721]

They look so different here. Got a bit mental at the end. Dude nearly knocked himself out with his guitar!! Was that *Foxy*from Wayne's World.? What was he called in that movie?? Garth???.. 👍✌️❤️

[@piai]

This video needs to be restoration to be HD or 4K

[@Buddhafame]

sir, thank so much for share this gem!

[@jackjolli]

I love the journalistic cut "Well that was Nirvana...." while Kurt takes a bath in the drumset in the background

[@Rellusionist]

and Dave shouting "HI AXL"

[@GodLovesComics]

"I've got two words for you, Pip...Marky Mark!"

[@sturose509]

​@@GodLovesComics I know this is an older post, but I saw you left your comment only 3 days ago. Wheels are spinning, what am I not getting about your "Marky Mark" mention?

[@saintsataniko2116]

@@sturose509 Same guy just on my other account. I know my comment would be rather cryptic if you didn't listen to the final seconds of the video. I tend to think the uploader included it just for a laugh at how cheesy the presenters of these things always are 5:09 Don't worry, definitely not casting aspersions at Nirvana and this incredible performance.

[@saintsataniko2116]

Btw additional irony as I just noticed the time stamp is the same as the numbers in your username ;)

[@marcboutin9555]

Love how he starts with Rape Me when they threatened them with heavy consequences if they did it. He sang it long enough to freak them out but not long enough to be cut off, Genius!!! What great and heavy sound from only three guys! And they sound as good live as on any album… that’s real talent 🤟🤟🤟

[@le_th_]

Yep, that was Cobain. Tell him NOT to do something and ... he shoots you the middle finger...and then smiles.

[@ajevans4802]

He was the king of trolling haha

[@ivaerz4977]

I'm surprised they did that in 90s i mean today with all the woke bs

[@Robcatist]

Kurt just wanted write and play music not be told what to do.

[@henryknox4511]

@@ivaerz4977 Didn't the doors fuck over Ed Sullivan in the 60's in front of the whole world?

[@leokimvideo]

Dave Grohl on drums is Animal in real life

[@gh-vi9tk]

After Keith Moon.

[@nr-dx4zz]

Hes having fun lol

[@MASTERA.A]

맞습니다

[@xboys_archive]

Love seeing your comments. Only reason I watched KZbin in like 2008 when I was a wee lil lad. Real impact on my life

[@tigbeast5257]

​@@gh-vi9tkand Danny Carey

[@knp3335]

I can’t even imagine anything today being that good. So glad I grew up with this.

[@adamj5832]

Except the foos

[@woopimagpie]

Dude that's just lazy, there's LOADS of great bands playing today. Get off your couch, throw away those rose-tinted glasses you're looking at the past in, and go see some gigs FFS. I grew up with this too (I was in my 20s during the 90s) so I'm no youngster. Believe it or not I saw Nirvana play, the one and only time they toured Australia, and rather disappointingly they were TERRIBLE. Kurt was so off his face he spent half the gig lying on his back with inane screeching noises coming from his guitar, and they tried to play too loud and overloaded the PA system TWICE. Dave was a monster on the drums but otherwise it was pretty average. There's heaps of great bands just killing it live today, the music industry has changed so much now that playing gigs is pretty much the only way a band can earn an income so they give it EVERYTHING. That and audio tech has improved so much now that pretty much every band you see sounds fantastic. Stop living in the past and go experience NOW.

[@hgh5762]

@@woopimagpie that’s a stretch.

[@woopimagpie]

@@hgh5762 Most metal bands playing today absolutely SLAUGHTER Nirvana live. I'm guessing the last gig you went to was 30 years ago eh.

[@Chococatania]

I was just thinking the same thing. I feel lucky to have "come of age" during the 90s with this music. It perfectly illustrates that time.

[@SeptemberOftheDead]

The random "I'm a turd" He threw in there kills me.

[@ДиректорИнтернета-ц5з]

"Retarded" That was "I am so retarded, I can't take the sentences"

[@tonychapman6334]

Dave Grohl on drums is a beast. Kurt, Kris and Dave were an outstanding band. RIP Kurt

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Tony

[@howlinandyhound985]

Grohl killed Kurt. hes a beast alright

[@infamoussleepy6388]

@@howlinandyhound985 that is the most obvious bait comment I've ever seen lmao

[@lukeyraptor6738]

gonna get hounded for this but I reckon Travis Barker was the greatest drummer of the 90s

[@jonglenister3268]

@@infamoussleepy6388 about as bait as "rape meeeee"

[@privateer0561]

Those drums owed Dave fifty bucks and refused to pay...

[@MrGroganmeister]

He beat the living piss out of them

[@cryptodeity]

LOL

[@joshroot531]

LMBO

[@toxmanify]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 , 🤘 , 🔥

[@2002LB7Duramax]

lmfao

[@darrenleelayton6052]

How does Nirvana's music just not age at all? Guess that's genius.

[@Koragh_]

It did lol basic riffs..

[@no_nameyouknow]

@@Koragh_ Complexity doesn't equal quality.

[@MrYossarianuk]

Nor do some 60's bands.

[@TheJimbo1791]

@@Koragh_ Breathe.

[@panda4247]

well, neither did Kurt :(

[@Egeris95]

30 years on and they still sound like the future of rock! ❤🔥🙏

[@alcoholic-m5d]

Of course... I am Korean.

[@nathanotheman]

@parkerlibby4068there was no need to mention your dead grandma and you having depression, unnecessary 😭

[@juanguerrero9819]

Dam that's well put

[@rbarnett3200]

I don't think people really understand why Kurt and Nirvana was such an important thing. Kurt represented every kid who was bullied, who was different, who was gay, who didn't want to conform. He wasn't a punk icon, he was all of us who didn't fit in. We didn't want to buy the best sport shoes, we didn't want to be heroes, we didn't want to be thanked for our service we just wanted to be. We just wanted to hang out with our friends, listen to records and play video games without being given endless shit. We were cool just being. Kurt Cobain is my hero for accidentally allowing us to just be who we are. Thank you Kurt.

[@KRAFT344]

Very true!!

[@livvlife]

Yes. As an autistic lesbian I feel seen in nirvanas music

[@Ah__ah__ah__ah.]

Kurts the love @@livvlife

[@livvlife]

@@Ah__ah__ah__ah. ❤️❤️❤️

[@flatearthisahoax4030]

Kurt was an LGBT supporter and a pro-choice advocate. Some of the money he makes goes to organizations that support pro-choice and he was sent death threats by "pro-lifers". Reminds me of what that British comedian said after hearing a man enters an abortion clinic with a gun on his hand "how can you be pro-life and shoot someone?"

[@Kangaroo-Flavored-Shoelaces]

They sent us all home from school the day he died. They could see how tragic and impactful it was on all the students. I’ll always appreciate and remember that.

[@guityler2]

yeah im gonna call cap on that

[@bigdawg6308]

@@guityler2 I second that

[@milkmansada]

@@guityler2 maybe but I don’t think anyone that says cap was there to witness 9/11 and that kind of marked the entire desensitization of the country so when your parents talk about crying when they found out a musician or celebrity died let alone blew their head off so maybe cap but maybe fax

[@jamesmccomb9525]

@@milkmansada I'm going to choose to believe our prior generation weren't a bunch of babies that couldn't handle their favourite celebrity dying.

[@justinkire4658]

@@milkmansada I'm squarely genX and I don't believe for a second that any school sent anyone home when that manic-depressive offed himself. It was not that big of a deal, honestly. All that happened was a bunch of trendy schoolgirls did crap with candles. It was mega-lame. I just laughed.

[@eldiablo3794]

I can't believe Dave's drumsticks didn't explode from him hitting so hard. He was a beast.

[@Ntrinzc]

Maybe he’s Using john bonhams sticks

[@mr.fancypants1524]

Made me think of Animal from The Muppets

[@eldiablo3794]

@@mr.fancypants1524 Dave druuuuuummm... YEA YEA YEA!

[@bryanwinchell8065]

Right, I was thinking I couldn’t believe he didn’t go straight thru the skin.

[@MiguelHernandez-uk8lo]

He used his Sticks upside down, to get a Bigger Sound. Not sure on the Size, possibly 2B.

[@nathanielemerson4204]

I love how the sloppiness of Nirvana was literally part of what made them so good. Kurt messes with the lyrics, the bass cuts out, Krist hits himself on the head with his bass and runs off stage, and Kurt kicks him in the ass... What else? Who cares? It's a great performance anyway.

[@alexevans5043]

That was Nirvana in a nutshell and what made the great

[@SleepyKart]

Well said. If you want to hear how good the band can be, then listen to the album. But if you wanted to see a crazy show with the band's personality at the forefront, live was the way to go

[@RefugeeOfModernity]

kurt didn't kick him

[@alexevans5043]

id add that it's pretty hilarious to see stage diving at a MTV music awards performance too.... can't even imagine that in today's pathetic music world

[@alexevans5043]

@@RefugeeOfModernity yeah he did, it's well known. stop arguing and take the L

[@ollie511]

4:23 The irony of Kurt saying "I killed you" as Krist falls over from getting hit by the bass LOL!

[@axelbartmoss8045]

Saw them for the In Utero Tour, on February 18th 1994, it was the very first show I ever went to, and a gift for my 14th birthday (born in 1980, the 24th of February). Now I'm 43 years old... Damn, I hate to get old. But I am SO glad I could be able to see them live. Less than two months before it became impossible... Thank you Dad, that gift was a total blast! And RIP, both Kurt, and Dad, both gone on April 1994/2021. I hate April month since 1994, even more since 2021.

[@markmnorcal]

The show is with you forever.

[@許琇萍-y3x]

Good Gide!

[@SH-zw2xe]

Bro, we have the exact birth date ^^

[@ryakosmatt7]

What a fantastic story my friend, I'm Brazilian, much younger than you, but I discovered Nirvana when I was at school, and I've been listening to them for 15 years. A timeless sound, I wish I had lived to see them

[@axelbartmoss8045]

@@markmnorcalIt's on YT too! Audio only, unfortunately, but better than nothing! Use Nirvana+Grenoble+1994 keywords to find it. And you'll hear the best dad/son moment I ever lived; the most beautiful day of my life, the best hour and a half from my entire existence. Engraved (almost) forever on the Net. You'll find my comments too, relating the same story as above, with more details if I remember well.

[@mbarilli]

0:13, Kurt starts playing ‘Rape Me’’. Nirvana had originally planned to play this but MTV forbade it and told them they’d be cut if they did - hence the band’s surprise. Apparently they were seconds away from being cut.

[@sexopimbada]

they did a little trolling

[@icecoldleone3988]

@@sexopimbada the whole performance is a troll they weren’t supposed to play lithium either lol

[@InfernAlien]

Kurt Cobain was the '90s version of Jim Morrison. When Jim sang "girl could we get much higher" live on TV it had a very similar reaction.

[@jg469]

Y ahora MTV se ha vuelto una porqueria

[@billysequins]

Chickened out in other words

[@johnbsouth1]

Watched this live. Krist the bass player actually threw his bass guitar in the air and missed catching it and it hit him in the head and literally knocked him down and almost out. He gets up and falls twice. Btw the reason for their performance (ironically playing and tearing the guitar, amplifier cabinets and drums) was they were told they couldn't play “Ra_pe Me”. Kurt was insulted. So he started playing it anyway!! This was controversial at the time. Us kids loved it.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Johnny

[@Rockyinlp]

They were told Rape Me would get them shut down immediately. So just to fuck with the producers they did the opening chords and lyrics. Gotta remember that Rape Me was not released until In Utero over a year later.

[@no_nameyouknow]

@@Rockyinlp Thanks for the backstory guys, I was wondering what was up with that. I thought he might be fucking with the crowd, but that is even better.

[@nickelasso]

And don't forget, too, that as they were walking off stage, Dave gets on the mic and starts yelling "Axl, hi Axl!" (this is while the woman is talking at the end). This was because Axl Rose and Kurt almost got into a fight backstage earlier.

[@johnbsouth1]

@@rockettcustoms6266 obvious auto incorrect function lol ty

[@HaroldGodwinson24]

Thirty years later and this still gives me chills. Nirvana was and still is one of my favorite rock bands. RIP Kurt 🙏🏻

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Harold

[@scootepic1001]

same but i’m not thirty but i wish i was just to at least get a glimpse of one of the best rock bands. R.I.P Kurt 😔

[@UltraZombie]

Haha you got killed by William the conqueror

[@HaroldGodwinson24]

@@UltraZombie He was always and will forever be a usurper bastard. I lost because I did not heed the wisdom from my mother and members of the Witan to wait to raise a fyrd to encircle and defeat the Norman Orcs.

[@kristianvitanyi5992]

Wow, I did not need to be reminded that this is 30 years old. Time flies man. That said I agree with you totaly, I just love their music.

[@Bumbaclartios]

I remember the day Kurt Cobain died, I was still in the womb, but my mom temporarily birthed me so I could watch the news bulletin and grieve with the rest of the world. She put me back in and I was properly born a couple of months later

[@dillbingus9959]

what a saint of woman

[@MrSavagebeast04]

I was in an induced coma, and when Kurt died, they brought me out of it so I could watch the news. 📺 After that, I told them to just let me die, and they said OK. They tricked me and comatosed me again, but 3 months later, when I came out of it, I learned all the doctors and staff had un-alived themselves because of Kurt, and there were no more familiar faces there. 😵🥴

[@lionelnietzsche3917]

"Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back."

[@ccrider8277]

so you're saying you were... in utero

[@tneowapl1-bv6gr]

#OKMILLENNiAL

[@shaggy7927]

I will never forget this band, I love how Kurt changed the lyrics to a couple of lines... and the song still rocked

[@peachman5698]

How 3 guys get such a heavy, thick sound is insane....With his voice they were essentially a 4-piece....Love this...

[@adambane1719]

Great comment !

[@frustmetal]

for me its a lot how grohl played the drums, its like you know a nirvana song just by hearing the drum-part, even if you arent a drummer or musician. you instantly know what song it is. guess thats also why they´re very present in every mix of their songs. that lithium chorus bass/drumplay is incredible dynamic and awesome :D

[@crazysilly2914]

@@frustmetal wut.. wut… wut about Chad channing…? 🥺😭

[@richardjones2811]

Boss DS-1 pedal

[@BZB33]

Grohl's "high" tom is a super deep 14 inches. All equipment is proportioned similarly.

[@edwardmulholland7912]

Apparently MTV nearly shit themselves when the band started “Rape Me” lol. Nice to see this again. Thank you.

[@OldAussieAds]

Channeling the Doors.

[@hipoggersss]

have to agree man xd

[@borrowedbody5409]

I like the idea of a TV channel shitting itself

[@hipoggersss]

@@borrowedbody5409 yep

[@OldAussieAds]

@@borrowedbody5409 Me too. And there's something great about how Nirvana only played a few seconds of the wrong song. It showed they were aware they were messing with the station and that it wasn't just a misunderstanding. I miss this level of subtle trolling.

[@whatwouldhousedo5136]

My favourite thing about Kurt was his chord progressions- so unique and weird; they almost don't make any sense until his vocal melody lays over top.

[@FerchoDelgaRams]

The melody of Lithium is really beautiful and really hard to create whit that progression what a genius Kurt was

[@Halaberdizzle]

"In Bloom" is a perfect example of that. The chord progression in that song is unique. Not to mention that the guitar "solo", while being purposely abstract and probably intended to be noise instead of a solo, works and fits perfectly. He might not have been the ideal guitarist in terms of technicality or tightness, but I still feel like he put a lot of careful thought into the music he wrote.

[@thesecondYouTube]

Nothing 'unique' about Nirvana's sound. It's all basic Washington State music that all the bands were doing 1985 to 1995.

[@whatwouldhousedo5136]

@@thesecondKZbin I did not say anything about the overall sound of the band- I was referring to Kurt's chord progressions.

[@thesecondYouTube]

The chords are the same shit 'Green River' and the other bands was doing back in 1985.

[@СергейКорниенко-т2ы]

После нирваны ничего до сих пор не произошло с музыкой , никто так и не взорвал музыкальный мир как они , втроём вообще как такое возможно не пойму , это было круто , я помню как ждал каждый альбом ампладжет вообще доканал , каждую песню просто в ином цвете представили , иногда неверится , что это они сами сочиняли , как будто какие то композиторы для них ночами не спали , nirvana огонь , эту песню услышал на дискотеке первый раз , пошел денег занимать чтоб еще поставили , просто офигел от гитары .

[@pietjepuk372]

I felt exactly the same.

[@КирилКоротков-д9и]

Это божественное вмешательство.

[@jessew7565]

every heard of a little someone named Taylor Swift? Cmon now

[@yourwhale5910]

​@@jessew7565 ugh, never complain Swift with Nirvana. I respect Taylor for her influence in the modern pop music, but she will never reach the same level as Kurt. It's like too obivious.

[@arequipien]

Dave is a BEAST on drums and Kurt was amazing with his special voice ... those were the times when being a teenager were great every day

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

I loved it. A great time to be young

[@harvesterofsubs5561]

Poor Chris…

[@jaw0608]

This is NUCLEAR. What an amazing, amazing voice and overall sound.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Im glad you found and enjoyed it

[@geoffcoulson5698]

I'm 65 ,been following music since 1962 ( I was 5) this is my all time #1 track of ALL time .

[@pat5882]

Not one of us out there thought for a second that this incredible era of music would ever end. Damn.

[@westonwheeler2311]

It was like a flash of light too, such a short lived era of music that shone the brightest

[@zachemorgan]

to bad rap killed it now we are in one of the worst eras of music and have been since about 2008 or so.

[@CiroqLee]

@@zachemorgan not true at all. You are completely oblivious to how music has always worked. Do you even realize that this is exactly what people said about the grunge era? “GrUnGe kiLLeD rOcK aNd rOlL, *we’re in the worst era of music* ” . “RoCK aNd rOLl kiLLeD JaZz, *we’re in the worst era of music* ” . Do you realize what people said about Jazz? Etc etc… music is constantly changing and evolving and just because you don’t like a particular genre that’s mainstream doesn’t mean that music in general is worse. Nirvana was mainstream and motherfuckers would say the same shit, *”worst era of music”* Sure it has gotten easier for people to make music but that’s how it’s always been with technological developments. Motherfuckers 30 years ago would have their brains explode if they heard what kind of sounds we create today with technology. It’s how it has ALWAYS worked. Fuckin old head is what you are and if you can’t realize that you’re straight up dumb

[@pat5882]

@@zachemorgan not long after KC was gone, Jewel showed up with her apathy music. Downright boring.

[@xviphoenix69]

It's ashame. I blame us 80's babies for being brainwashed by MTV and my generation eating up whatever was cool or what was no longer cool in a span of one decade. Looking back it's hard to believe Nirvana existed in the same decade with Brittany fucking spears????

[@fifi644]

I've always been suprised at a lot of concerts they were so close to the audience. Even people going on stage to crowdsurf and no one batted an eye or were scared. They were right beside Kurt and Krist but never touched them. You'd be terrified now that someone was going to harm you. Scary the way the world is gone.

[@R0tt1ng-away]

True, I was looking at it and I was surprised, no one stopped people from running up, they barely even acknowledged each other

[@csilt]

I remember watching this live. Such an amazing moment and they sound great. Whoever mixed this knew what he was doing. Anyone that watches this and doesn't think Nirvana was a great band either has really bad taste is just a hater.

[@Yktvd]

This song was released on July 13th of 1992 being 11,190 days old and it being 31 years old, it still is one of the greatest songs Nirvana has ever performed.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment D.S. 🙂

[@danilaird]

wow I feel old

[@ridehead8771]

Released in 1991 November I think

[@olldomu5790]

my sixth birthday. i remember my dad waiting for it to be in stock at the record shop

[@michaelb5544]

You may be wrong with the date of release. It was released in 1992 as single, but was already on Nevermind, wich was released in 09/1991.

[@Dustomatic]

As a 17 year old I’m 1991 when I first ran into Nirvana, the thing that struck me the most about their music was how they would mix these melodic verses with powerful choruses. It was like sweet and salty. It was like hot and cold. It was like smooth and crunchy. The contrast made each song so much better.

[@canobenitez]

Ever heard of Pixies?

[@paladinjohn266]

A lot of influences in their music and besides that, they were amazing in what they do... love Nirvana🤘🤘❤

[@Dresdentrumpet]

Ever heard of meat puppets?@@canobenitez

[@lauren_739]

I love this analogy the songs are just like that ❤

[@bodbn]

the loud soft dynamic.

[@watcynx]

What a voice.

[@YourGraceMyLady]

Makes me hate Courtney Love for killing him

[@sadisticseabeastNZ]

@@YourGraceMyLady so true, that bitch gonna get away with it forever unfortunately 😡😪

[@PunkMarioBros]

It’s no wonder why Kurt and Nirvana are remembered by so many people when they have this level of talent, it’s such a shame Kurt passed away so soon as he had so much more to give this world but it makes what we have from him so much more precious in a way that only happens after a person has passed away.

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Dana Carvey?

[@ashscott6068]

@@YourGraceMyLady Don't be dense. If you buy the garbage on Tom Grant's site, there's little hope for you. You'll end up a flat Earther, too.

[@niamh864]

Gosh Kurt sounds so good here! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Especially the "Yeah"s, so powerful! Goosebumps ❤️❤️❤️

[@cgh7337]

Dana Carvey looked so proud of himself after delivering the "Now, for all your lawn care needs, its Nirvana!" a line, that they undoubtedly told him to say.

[@Perciprius_91]

I thought it was “long care needs?”

[@Riffmaster227]

I heard long hair needs

[@ashaler__]

@@Riffmaster227so did i

[@RawPower-69]

Lawn care weeds

[@no_nameyouknow]

Dave Grohl looks so so young. He is going HAM on those drums too. Love it.

[@map3384]

Dana Carvy was damn young back then but so was I.

[@millsy5326]

Looks like that drummer could start a band and play every instrument

[@serpserpserp]

@@millsy5326 release a bands two best albums pretty much recording it himself.

[@le_th_]

His attack was so aggressive, that it would have been easy to mistake him for angry...but then you'd look at his face, and shoulders...and they'd be completely relaxed while beating the crap out of those drums. lol

[@odomodometer]

Dave beating those drums like they owed him money. lol...Remember watching this like it was yesterday. Miss the 90's

[@carlathedestructor2454]

I saw this live on TV! Very memorable.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

It certainly was, the highlight of the evening.

[@FerchoDelgaRams]

You're a f*cking legend

[@danilaird]

Me too. It was awesome to my teenage mind and still is to my 46 year old mind

[@prant8998]

“Live,” on TV? You saw it on TV. I just saw it on KZbin. Great rhythm and payoffs in the song. Kurt, had an awful childhood, it’s no surprise he would take drugs. Sad.

[@donletmedon]

Me too... I live in Indonesia, and I watched this live on my campus TV during recess. what a great experience to witness this rock history. I remember after Kurt slammed in to Dave's drum kit, and then Dave yelled "where's Axl!" repeatedly. made my friend whose a G'n R fanboy pissed himself :D

[@sven_ftw]

Haha, Kurt leading off with Rape Me just to spite corporate, Krist beaning himself with his own bass so bad he falls over, Dave just killing the drumset. You guys were awesome. RIP Kurt - 30 years since we lost you man. Miss you.

[@yaboyreege7158]

Man this will always be my favorite version of Lithium. They sound so raw in this version and I can’t imagine stage diving has ever taken place at a VMA performance before this. Crazy

[@DJsteelbill]

Love how kurt changes the words. Turd. I'm so retarded. Pure genius!

[@Fantasmas333]

He said turd huhuhu

[@TheYMCA1980]

In italy, Roma 1991, when they were touring Europe, final words “a denial” in the song “smells like teen spirit” becomes “a gelato”, a sort of tribute to italian way of life!

[@hankhardigan1104]

@@TheYMCA1980 Jalapeño!

[@StrawberrySunday212]

Dave always gave drumming his all. Same when he was in QOTSA too. Amazing musician.

[@paulbobaggins554]

“I’ve got two words for you Pip …. Marky Mark !” After watching such a great performance, being ambushed by that gem of a segue just cracked me up. My eyes were watering. I love the 90’s

[@εγεω]

it was pure comedy

[@TheJimbo1791]

It was a cracking moment. Actually, I think Mark would also think so nowadays - Mark Wahlberg became a beast of an actor as we know later on.

[@εγεω]

@@TheJimbo1791 Well I would love to see him accidentally and call out to him "Hey Marky Mark". What are the odds that he would chase me down the street?

[@rubbersoul420]

@@TheJimbo1791 haha, uh do we know that? best movie was basketball diaries and he just supporting

[@truenorth1355]

Rest In Peace Kurt! What a performance from one of the best bands ever!

[@nachurecooking]

Not many artists nowadays have songs that can match the quality of Nirvana's songs. They sound great, energetic, serious, relaxing and funny at the same time

[@i_likebeing_home8733]

I really love this version of lithium. It is legit the best version!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed this, thanks for taking the time to comment🙂

[@i_likebeing_home8733]

@@ScottishTeeVee and thank you for uploading! This performance blows me away every time ❤️

[@leerowland9621]

Dave is an absolute monster on those drums. I love it. Outstanding performance from the band. Them were the days!

[@mandy-rosemorgan4102]

The sheer visceral power of Nirvana, wow! Such a loss, so very sad, Kurt really was something special and a true original. In a sea of subsequent imitators, his voice still stands out, just as raw and beautiful as ever, a real force of nature! X

[@cgh7337]

Where's the part where Dave Grohl starts yelling out for Axl Rose?

[@livvlife]

September 9 1992. Exactly a year 32 years ago today as I comment this. Rest in peace Kurt

[@TheAndreux]

Best mtv music awards.. to me...i have it all on video tape.. with adds and all.. its a treasure

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Same here, but it's time to share them, because we are all getting older, good working equipment to play the tapes is getting harder to come by and the tapes do not last forever😔

[@juliodeasis417]

Priceless tape

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Julio

[@neilsouza3994]

the best performance of that night on MTV

[@Professorkenneth]

Dave is awesome on the drums 👍🏻🎸 Nirvana were something magical. I miss the 90s I wish I could have seen them. I did see..after Kurt passed..I got to see Bush, RHCP Velvet Revolver..they were awesome.

[@paultreadway4017]

Oh the 90's....how I miss you. I was 19 when this was recorded and SO full of life!

[@alanmurray5963]

Krist collapsed to his knees in perfect rythnm to the song....what a pro!!!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Alan

[@paryanindoeur]

Classic video. Kurt misses his cues, Krist takes a bass to the noggin, Dave punishes his drums and Kurt destroys amps and guitars... and it's a great performace. Then a very young, pre-acting Mark Wahlberg pops in. What a time it was!!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@starwarssatan5588]

Kurt misses his cues? Wtf are you talking about

[@beautifullywitchyn]

I’ll never get over Dave in the back beating the absolute piss out of his drums lmfao!!!💀💀✋✋

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Yeah, with most bands I'm not watching the drummer, but with Nirvana I always have.

[@Chasing_Solitude]

The end is amazing people flying, bass guitars flying, bassist getting knocked out. Insane

[@dalel9775]

I cant imagine how much that must have hurt catching a bass with your face like that.

[@The6Rude6Dude6]

I love how he psyched MTV out by starting off playing the one song they asked then not to play. They were literally a ticking time bomb in the music industry. It’s something beautiful you rarely ever see these days

[@duke4726]

like what happened with RAtM when they were told to not swear on the BBC radio?

[@RomaSharf]

MTV used to be much better in 90s. RIP Kurt

[@ScottishTeeVee]

MTV has been totally irrelevant to music lovers for years.

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

80's was MTV heyday

[@ScottishTeeVee]

@@sterlingmarshel6299 It certainly was.

[@qwerty42069]

I Cannot Hear This Song Without Singing Along This Song Gives Me Chills Rest In Peace Kurt

[@M7Reaper]

One of the greatest singers of all time! ❤️

[@le_th_]

Such melodies...

[@gingerty9628]

Lol

[@mainmate]

"and now for all your long CARE needs, its Nirvana!" Think you misspoke there Mr MTV haha! This version of Lithium is absolutely amazing! Love his voice here...., at 1:24 its just perfection.

[@xxoxia]

I think he said "lawn care" 😂 And that's Dana Carvey, from Wayne's World 😂😂

[@niclasn2695]

I still remember this as if it was yesterday. I listened to Nirvanas albums over and over, but never saw them except for the album cover and the music videos on MTV. Rumours spread that Nirvana would perform on VMA, since I live in Sweden and it was very late for us on MTV due to the time difference so I programmed the VCR to record it. The day after, this performance blew my mind. I first couldn't recognize Kurt because of his haircut. It might have been their best live performance ever. I watched it at hundreds of times, taking notes of every detail. Legendary is the word, a word that is used a little bit too often these days but this is really legendary, if anything is.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@shorthealthfacts3699]

Curt voice is Brilliant! and Dave drumming is a power behind them!

[@LPJack02]

RIP and long live Kurt Cobain (February 20, 1967 - April 5, 1994), aged 27 You will always be remembered as a legend.

[@CajunAdrienne]

I was an instant fan of alternative music because of this band!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

It's like an awakening, when you discover that all the stuff you heard before was mainstream, brainwashing junk. I had my awakening thanks to punk rock in the late 70s.

[@loboestepario3145]

Stay away...

[@kino266]

this is not alternative, fuck off

[@wanik4]

Alternative is just a relative term. Everything is alternative

[@chitown_mexican442]

My favorite version so far. Thanks KZbin and Uploader

[@ScottishTeeVee]

You are most welcome, I am glad you enjoyed this video🙂

[@Professorkenneth]

Krist's bass is by his feet😅 awesome bass player, brilliant musicians all four of them (pat) I miss the 90s great times for music,films tv shows everything. I know we had bad white going on but we had the music to escape you know 👍🏻🎸 rest easy Kurdt and all the other musicians from then that helped start this amazing music.

[@AngelDarthNet]

0:00 Roger Taylor (drum) & Brian May (guitar) of Queen

[@darthbagre41]

I love this version. A guitar like this was my dream since I saw it at the first time. Ok, it never came true.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

A shame you never got the guitar 😔

[@mainmate]

dont give up on getting your dream guitar!

[@subelotodo999]

Talking so calmly while Kurt is destroying the drums 😂 4:50

[@michaeljenkins8593]

my fav band of all time awesome live as well

[@eddiepullman2745]

I was 15 yrs old when this album dropped. Music was almost finished with the hair bands and nirvana pretty much threw the dirt on the coffin. Although I’ve circled back to appreciate all of the genres, this album was and still is a masterpiece. Gotta say though, 80’s was the absolute best decade to grow up as a kid.

[@diegoinjapan]

The drumming!!!!

[@ollie511]

This simultaneously feels like a long time ago but also not that long ago!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Yes its kinda odd to realise that this is over 32 years ago, but it feels like 20 or much less

[@elninoidris3734]

I love daves drumming in this performance. It makes it all the more special.

[@thegingerpowerranger]

What a fucking sick performance. Sounds exactly like the album.

[@9-12-18]

brian may, roger taylor, kurt cobain, krist novoselic y dave grohl es DEMASIADA PERFECCIÓN EN UN SOLO VIDEO.

[@AxlAveursus]

Нирвана лучшие! Музыка из детства...

[@siniyden]

он тут даж ене старался толком

[@HailPatrick]

Watched this live back in the day! Thanks Kurt for the greT music and long lasting memories

[@LuxuriousLenay]

I love you Kurt rest in peace

[@comentando2437]

Great performance Nirvana, rest in peace, Kurt. 🇧🇷

[@JP-wx6uh]

Remember watching this as it happened. My god was this one of the most explosive out of control and unbelievable performances on a live awards show ever. They were totally high out of their minds and the guitar to the face at the end with the destruction of the drum set was unforgettable. These guys were so talented despite their addictions.

[@alejo7365]

Best Nirvana Live performance pure energy

[@Samsgarden]

The chorus is lyrically outstanding

[@gnomechomsky2524]

It’s a slam on healthcare reform

[@yendorthegrand4078]

Yeah-ah-ay-ah-ay it is.

[@gerryfromthevoid8986]

Homer, Dante, Yeats and Oscar Wilde would be proud

[@michaellawrence5387]

Write something better or stfu

[@FrankFur]

@@yendorthegrand4078 lmao thats what im going to say

[@LeNoLi.]

30+ years later and i'm still waiting for a successor to his melodic genius

[@nirweezer_]

I love that he screws up the lyrics on purpose

[@omardcastrod]

I wish they would have recorded this in studio. I love this Morrissey style version of Kurt’s singing. It’s phenomenal! The reason why he did it is funny, but it turned out absolutely amazing!

[@thecandyman9308]

I still remember that day in April,1994, the kid that failed a grade snickered when the teacher asked, "Who was he?" And this low-Xeniall just went, "He was a hero."

[@ManuelMartinez09]

Saw this live on MTV... it blew my mind

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Manuel

[@jharvable]

i did as well.

[@JodieAdam]

Love how hard Dave is hitting those drums at 1:13

[@SpaceOwl]

Pip: Well that was Nirvana- Kurt in the background: Swan dives into the drumset Dave: HI AXL HI AXL- Krist: Sipping champagne in a closet with Brian May while concussed as hell

[@user-on1qt9mm6h]

Thank you so much for uploading！

[@tcm8119]

Just wow. Great reminder of how powerful a live act they were.

[@avzeolla3960]

There will never be another band like nirvana. Ever.

[@chaosking4047]

There will be!

[@MacSoundSolutions]

I saw this live on MTV and could not believe Krist’s bass antics. Ouch.! So rock n roll! I saw them on their last tour at Roseland NYC with Pat added on guitar. They just crushed it. I was older than most in the pit, and thought these kids are not really appreciating these guys enough. I was in awe at how tight they were and Kurt’s fn powerful vocals. I’m so glad I got to see them live.

[@le_th_]

That's because you were OLDER than most there. Think back and remember what it's like to be early 20s...think back about all that you did NOT know. Think about what you took for granted. You had the benefit of knowing just how off the hook they were, and how different because you had more life experience to draw on. That is how life works, if you live long enough to experience it.

[@MacSoundSolutions]

I was 33 at the time not a geezer yet😉 but thanks for the life coach lecture. I was going to concerts at age 16 and playing in bands from 18 on so even if I was 23 at the time I would have felt the same, being a musician / guitarist and songwriter you have a different perspective than most casual concert goers. The kids were really into the pit and having fun, that was just the scene at shows in those days.

[@goodbyspam]

Usual pattern would be rocker breaks guitar - not vice versa.

[@woopimagpie]

I've seen that happen a few times. The guitarist from Biffy Clyro jumped down off his stack at Soundwave in Sydney a few years back and smacked his head on the tuning pegs and cut his forehead open quite badly but kept playing and telling the medics to get off the stage. Actually I don't think he realised how badly he was bleeding until the blood started covering everything, that was pretty hard core. I also saw the guitarist from Wolf Alice cut his hand and keep playing, at Glastonbury that was, there's footage of it here on KZbin if you search for it. I saw Jon from Shihad jump down from some scaffolding at the side of the stage and land so hard he kneed himself in the nose which started bleeding everywhere. I saw Cam from Bodyjar (a fantastic Australian punk band) jump into the drumkit at the end of a show and have to be carried off, it turned out later he'd broken his leg. I guess it happens more than we think. Some musicians rock hard and give it everything, and sometimes it results in injury. As for being the old guy, ha! Last time Mastodon played in Sydney I decided I was going to give it one last hurrah in the pit and plunged in. Given I'd recently had surgery on both knees and one ankle (sporting accident) and was 52 at the time it was a risky move but I had a great time mixing it with all the young blokes and got suitably battered and bruised. As we were heading out a couple of young dudes said "respect to you man, I hope I'm still moshing when I'm your age", which was nice. I didn't mention that everything was hurting like hell and I could barely walk, but hey, details. I also didn't mention it to my orthopedic surgeon when I saw him a week later..... these days I stand a little further back and just enjoy the show. I also saw Nirvana the one and only time they came to Australia. Unfortunately they sucked. Kurt was so off his face he spent half the gig lying on his back making woeful wailing noises with his guitar, and they tried to play too loud and overloaded the PA system TWICE. It was pretty ordinary. Dave was great but he couldn't do enough to save it on his own. Every band has their off nights I guess.

[@charlessloan1809]

Kurt totally improved these verses, and it was awesome! Then pulled a Ritchie Blackmore circa 1974 California Jam instrument destruction party, Love it!