#Nirvana unplugged you tube series

“The title was just ‘E,’ and it just said, ‘Nice guitar,’ and I was like, ‘I think that’s Eric Clapton?’ And yeah, we just got friends from there.”ĭespite his love of Layla, Sheeran says that he decided many years ago that he’d rather be a songwriter than a guitar god, “I sort of made a choice when I was younger,” he confirms. 29:16 29:16 UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK in 4K60 UHD (1993 SONY MUSIC STUDIOS) STONE TEMPLE PILOTS LIVE 3:40 3:40 Mariah Carey - Vision of Love (MTV Unplugged. The day after this went out on TV, Sheeran says that he received a cryptic email. Flanked by Krist Novoselic on bass and Dave Grohl on drums (original drummer Chad Channing left after recording their debut album), Nirvana released three studio albums in their seven years together (1989’s Bleach, 1991’s Nevermind, 1993’s In Utero). Years later, Sheeran bought a replica of the guitar that Clapton used in his Unplugged concert and played it on an episode of British music show Later… with Jools Holland. Nirvanas hits, many of which were penned by Cobain, included Come As You Are, Lithium and the 1991 breakout Smells Like Teen Spirit a track that became anthemic for a generation of alienated.

#Nirvana unplugged you tube series

I think the next day, we did Stone Temple Pilots, series producer Alex Coletti tells. Recorded in New York on November 18, 1993, five months before Kurt Cobain’s death, it was the first of three tapings in three days that week for MTV. “And then I got the Derek and the Dominos album, I got the Eric Clapton greatest hits, I bought Eric Clapton Unplugged and just learned all these songs,” Sheeran remembers. It’s worth remembering and repeating: Unplugged was never meant to be Nirvana’s final statement.

“I was like, ‘Whoa, what the hell is that?’” said Sheeran of hearing Layla for the first time, adding that his dad explained what he was listening to. For the first time, MTV Unplugged features rap acts, with De La Soul, MC Lyte, A Tribe Called Quest and LL Cool J. Elsewhere in the interview, Sheeran reveals that hearing the Unplugged version of Eric Clapton’s Layla was what inspired him to become a musician, and that this ultimately led to forming a friendship with the legendary guitarist.