NIRVANA - Live at the Paramount

Nirvana – Live at the Paramount (2011)

The legendary, long-lost concert was played at the Paramount Theater in Seattle on Halloween night in 1991. Opening their set with the Vaseline’s “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam,” the sheer explosive power of the band’s live set roars back to life. Before the first verse is through a roadie rushes from the wings to rescue a crash cymbal that drummer Dave Grohl has nearly blasted right off of his platform. Kurt Cobain steps away from the mic to take a solo that echoes grunge godfather Neil Young’s feedback forays while also sounding like a death knell to the 80's hair metal that Cobain’s punk-pop onslaught finally crushed. The visuals and sound here are both outstanding, collecting performances of nearly 19 songs that find the band at the dawn of super stardom…
… – their breakthrough album Nevermind had been certified gold only days before the concert. “Jesus’” is followed by “Aneurysm” – the b-side to the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” single. However, the show first finds it’s wings with the opening notes of “Drain You”. Grohl drives the surging popster forward with a rifle-shot snare and the blurry blending of his back-up singing. One is reminded that Grohl’s gifts were the missing link that took Nirvana from being a Sub Pop flavor-of-the-month to becoming the biggest band in the world. Twenty years on, Cobain’s songs are still provocative and raw. A creepy quiet reading of “Polly” brings the song’s American psychosis into vivid, visceral relief with excruciating restraint. The bomb blast beginnings of “Breed,” follow. Olympia-based musician Nikki McClure dances on the edge of the stage in the awkward-cool manner of the time – her white t-shirt emblazoned with the word “BOY.” An audience member races past Cobain from behind to dive from the stage.
Tracklist:
1. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam [03:59]
2. Aneurysm [04:48]
3. Drain You [03:47]
4. School [03:13]
5. Floyd The Barber [03:06]
6. Smells Like Teen Spirit [04:45]
7. About A Girl [03:13]
8. Polly [02:51]
9. Breed [03:31]
10. Sliver [02:20]
11. Love Buzz [03:34]
12. Lithium [04:38]
13. Been A Son [02:16]
14. Negative Creep [02:43]
15. On A Plain [02:58]
16. Blew [05:55]
17. Rape Me [02:59]
18. Territorial Pissings [02:24]
19. Endless, Nameless [08:16]
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