Monday, April 4, 2011

Where Did You Sleep Last Night?



This is my favorite live performance ever recorded. Now that I'm approaching 30 I can't see Kurt's suicide as anything other than an overgrown teenager's act of self-dramatization, but still. This was the last song he played on Unplugged, which was the last show he did before killing himself a few days later. He requested funeral flowers and candles on the stage. After he finished playing, he was asked if he wanted to do another take and declined. Imagine singing a song knowing it was the last thing you would ever perform. You would want to make it good. And he did.

1 comment:

  1. heroin addiction, illness, and depression. failed interventions. failed detox and rehab. not exactly an act.

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