They didn’t play bad (well, except for a few points where Kurt Cobain was being Kurt Cobain), but there’s more to a good concert than just playing the songs.
At pretty much any point in the video you can see Kurt standing perfectly still. Krist Novoselic moved around a little but that was about it. No contact with the audience at all. Barely any words were said.
Denmark had just won the European Football Championship shortly before they went on stage and all Kurt said was something like “We heard you won a sports competition. Congratulations I guess” and that’s dull even for a Gen-X’er who doesn’t care a bit about sports.
But you got a chance to form your own opinion about it, even if we don’t agree.
I do like Nirvana, which only embiggens the disappointment. I saw Pearl Jam on the same festival and they were awesome.
Last month I saw Beth Gibbons (Portishead singer), Metallica twice and went to the Copenhell metal festival (saw too many bands there to mention). This morning I bought tickets to The Flaming Lips. Tonight I’ll be seeing Rammstein. Tomorrow a one-day ticket to the Roskilde Festival with the wife, where I’ll be seeing PJ Harvey, Myrkur, probably Jane’s Addiction and then whatever.
I guess that is a pretty good representation of my taste in music and also an explanation of why I’m broke.
Thanks for taking me on a search journey… to appreciate Beth, and Portishead beyond Dummy. Please do recommend any specific highlights. I’ll be going through their (and her) albums now.
She has only released two albums (there could some she collabbed on that I’m not aware of): Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Out of Season and her recent solo album Lives Outgrown.
It’s not as dark as Portishead and the music is more minimalistic, some of it may be closer to acoustic/folk, but she sings beautifully. If you get the chance to see her live, you should go. During the concert they covered a single Portishead song and the tears were literally streaming down my face.
Another tip: If you like Portishead, you should also give the Goldfrapp album Felt Mountain a listen.
GEN X. The best gen.
We were nihilists long before the internet proved us right.
Plus we gave you grunge. You’re welcome.
well nirvana is my favorite band
I saw Nirvana in '92. It was nothing special, sorry.
No need to apologise. You’re allowed to be wrong.
– In case it’s not clear, that’s a joke. I feel like “smart ass” needs a tag like sarcasm has (/s).
It’s not really a controversial opinion that they were often awful live. This particular concert (and their only concert ever in Denmark) can be found on Youtube.
Is this really awful though? Sounds pretty rad to me.
Ok then why post the video?
They didn’t play bad (well, except for a few points where Kurt Cobain was being Kurt Cobain), but there’s more to a good concert than just playing the songs.
At pretty much any point in the video you can see Kurt standing perfectly still. Krist Novoselic moved around a little but that was about it. No contact with the audience at all. Barely any words were said.
Denmark had just won the European Football Championship shortly before they went on stage and all Kurt said was something like “We heard you won a sports competition. Congratulations I guess” and that’s dull even for a Gen-X’er who doesn’t care a bit about sports.
But you got a chance to form your own opinion about it, even if we don’t agree.
what bands do you like then?
I do like Nirvana, which only embiggens the disappointment. I saw Pearl Jam on the same festival and they were awesome.
Last month I saw Beth Gibbons (Portishead singer), Metallica twice and went to the Copenhell metal festival (saw too many bands there to mention). This morning I bought tickets to The Flaming Lips. Tonight I’ll be seeing Rammstein. Tomorrow a one-day ticket to the Roskilde Festival with the wife, where I’ll be seeing PJ Harvey, Myrkur, probably Jane’s Addiction and then whatever.
I guess that is a pretty good representation of my taste in music and also an explanation of why I’m broke.
I appreciate your perfectly cromulent use of the word “embiggens”, here.
Thank you
thats pretty darn cool
Thanks for taking me on a search journey… to appreciate Beth, and Portishead beyond Dummy. Please do recommend any specific highlights. I’ll be going through their (and her) albums now.
She has only released two albums (there could some she collabbed on that I’m not aware of): Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Out of Season and her recent solo album Lives Outgrown.
It’s not as dark as Portishead and the music is more minimalistic, some of it may be closer to acoustic/folk, but she sings beautifully. If you get the chance to see her live, you should go. During the concert they covered a single Portishead song and the tears were literally streaming down my face.
Another tip: If you like Portishead, you should also give the Goldfrapp album Felt Mountain a listen.