The With the Lights Out box-set indicated that a surprising number of the late era Nirvana songs started off as acoustic tracks, so did Sappy, while other songs had been attempted in acoustic format at one point or another (see LiveNirvana’s guide to Rehearsals to see the band trying to work out songs acoustically in July 1993.) With that in mind it wasn’t that the Nirvana catalogue couldn’t be adapted…It was that they weren’t willing to take the time required to do so. Six of fourteen songs performed were covers, there’s no reason at all why the band couldn’t have worked over their extensive catalogue and brought a few more originals to the blend. ![]() ![]() I don’t wish to be a killjoy but all the talk of how the band ‘wanted to do something different’, or how ‘most Nirvana songs don’t really sound good acoustically’ feels a little like press statements to put a positive gloss on what occurred. The quality of what took place on stage is undeniable and I have no wish to deny it, I love the performance same as anyone else. It also led to the CD release which is the Nirvana album that anyone who doesn’t really like rock music has in their collection. The latter show is, of course, a triumph - it’s funny, beautifully performed, featuring some of the vocal performances for which Cobain will always be known. Earlier today we focused on the subject of Nirvana cover songs and pointed out that in 1993 there were two performances strongly dependent on cover songs Sao Paolo and then MTV Unplugged in New York.
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