“The Haunting Power of ‘in the Pines.’” Slate Magazine, 19 Apr. She has nothing but her own thoughts in the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines.ģ60, Studio. She embodies the emotional state of the song- haunting, heavy. Maybe she’s guilty, maybe she’s downtrodden. Maybe she’s down on her luck, and has nowhere else to go. Cheated on her husband, killed someone, and she’s hiding in the pines out of fear. Understanding this girl and the pines she sleeps in is key to understanding the core of the song. Taken from the 25th Anniversary Editions of Ni. Sometimes she’s a lover, sometimes she’s a daughter. REMASTERED IN HDOfficial Music Video for Where Did You Sleep Last Night (MTV Unplugged) performed by Nirvana. The singer almost always addresses a girl who spent the night in the pines. In others a person is killed underneath its wheels. The black, left-handed Fender Stratocaster went. In some versions it’s taking the singer’s lover away from them. CNN An electric guitar smashed up and signed by the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain has sold for almost 10 times its estimated value. However there has been some overlap.Īlmost every version includes a mention of a train or a railroad, often described as being 100 cars long or taking 3 hours to pass through the town. Each rendition highlights different themes and lyrics. In 1970, researcher Judith Mculloh found 160 variations of the song, and countless more have been produced since then. Some early versions reference “Joe Brown’s coal mine,” referring to a Georgia governor from around that time. Any time there were more than three or four songs to be sung, ‘In the Pines’ was one of them.” Its origins are likely with black communities living near the southern Appalachian mountains during the late 1800s. I don’t ever remember not hearing it and not singing it. Dolly Parton herself said of it, “the song has been handed down through many generations of my family. However “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” wasn’t written by Lead Belly. He was imprisoned twice, for murder and attempted murder respectively, before being “discovered” by folk music archivists who released his music, leading to a career of performing and recording in New York City. He grew up in Louisiana and traveled throughout the South, learning songs through oral tradition. Nirvana was officially covering Lead Belly, who’s versions of that song include “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” and “Black Girl (In the Pines).” Lead Belly was a folk and blues musician who lived between the late 1800s and the mid 1900s. Then, for the last word, the music comes back and he powers through.Ī few months later Cobain died and that song, the last recording of him, played on repeat. In the last line of the song the music stops and he sounds emotional, like he’s struggling to get any sound to come out. In November of 1983 Nirvana closed out their MTV Unplugged performance with the song “Where Did You Sleep Last Night.” The lyrics are dark- “his head was found in a driving wheel/but his body was never found” and Cobain’s singing is tender and heavy. Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic wouldn’t play Nirvana songs in public together until the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.By Logan Guthrie-Silbert Lead Belly courtesy of the John Reynolds Collection It was clear that Cobain was in no shape to carry on and the few remaining dates on the tour were cancelled. The song ends with a squelch of feedback and Kurt thanking the audience. It’s painful to hear him struggle to hit the high notes on the “hey wait” part of the chorus and later in the song he gives up and delivers it in a deep voice.

Here’s audio of “Heart-Shaped Box,” the final song of the night and thus the final song Kurt Cobain ever played in public. It was obvious to everyone in the crowd that Cobain was experiencing severe vocal issues.Ĭameras were rolling for local television on the first few songs, but no video has surfaced from the rest of the night. The band opened with a sarcastic version of “My Best Friend’s Girl” by the Cars and had to start “Come as You Are” over again when the power went out. Have you ever wondered about how would it be like Kurt Cobain singing together with David BowieIt would be like this Share your commentsThanks for watch. Most bands would treat them like rock shows play their hits like it was Madison Square Garden except with acoustic guitars Kurt Cobain and his team also. It was far from an ideal venue for a rock show and the acoustics were terrible, though Cobain didn’t realize this until the performance began since he skipped out on the soundcheck. Nirvana’s last concert ever took place on March 1st, 1994 in Munich, Germany, at Terminal Einz, an airplane hanger that fit 3,050 people. 'Sound of Freedom' Fans Shrug Off Arrest of Donor for Child Kidnapping

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