2,077,142 plays (420,296 listeners)
The Man Who Sold The World is a song originally recorded by David Bowie.
A live rendition of the song was recorded by the American grunge band Nirvana in 1993 during their MTV Unplugged appearance. It was released on the band’s MTV Unplugged in New York album the following year. They regularly covered the song during live sets after their memorable acoustic performance up until lead singer Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994.
The song was released as a promo single for the album and received considerable airplay on alternative rock radio stations. It was also thrown into heavy rotation on music video stations such as MTV.
In the wake of this cover, Bowie bemoaned the fact that when he performed the number himself he would encounter “kids that come up afterwards and say, ‘It’s cool you’re doing a Nirvana song.’ And I think, ‘Fuck you, you little tosser!’”
A live rendition of the song was recorded by the American grunge band Nirvana in 1993 during their MTV Unplugged appearance. It was released on the band’s MTV Unplugged in New York album the following year. They regularly covered the song during live sets after their memorable acoustic performance up until lead singer Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994.
The song was released as a promo single for the album and received considerable airplay on alternative rock radio stations. It was also thrown into heavy rotation on music video stations such as MTV.
In the wake of this cover, Bowie bemoaned the fact that when he performed the number himself he would encounter “kids that come up afterwards and say, ‘It’s cool you’re doing a Nirvana song.’ And I think, ‘Fuck you, you little tosser!’”
Video
Added by careper
LIVE
Share Video
See 6 more
Related Tracks
-
All Apologies
Nirvana -
Dumb
Nirvana -
Jeremy
Pearl Jam -
Alive
Pearl Jam -
Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden -
Rooster
Alice in Chains
Albums featuring this track
-
MTV Unplugged In New York
NirvanaBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.49
- 7digital $12.99
- iTunes
- Buy Album
- Amazon $37.98
- eBay Search
-
Nirvana
NirvanaBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Unplugged In New York
NirvanaBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Lost & Found: Classic Covers Volume 3
Various Artists Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shouts
-
bugger316 wrote:
>> misinterpreted the whole mood of the song :\ << There is no such thing as misinterpretation in art. It's mostly open to everyone's individual conscience and experience in life.
-
Pellkoppf wrote:
ღ ♫ღ
-
1soundproject wrote:
If you like them, you should check out the band UNCLOUDED PERCEPTION !...
-
slusarek wrote:
<3 ;D
-
FredLarscurry wrote:
amasing..<3
-
shortwavemusic wrote:
i've always preferred this over the original
-
AndreyPutilov wrote:
sounds beautiful
-
Jaqui83 wrote:
It's not too often that you hear a cover of a song that actually sounds just as good as the original (well in my opinion anyway)... they are both fantastic, but completely different : )
-
feet15 wrote:
misinterpreted the whole mood of the song :\
-
firstmansharp wrote:
My name is...
-
SonnyBurnett88 wrote:
Niezłe te gitarki zamiast chórku gentemena Bowiego który i tak jest lepszy :P
-
Evi_Ewx wrote:
<3
-
Soyerz wrote:
Pretty damn good cover. I am a Bowie fan so his version for me.
-
langerud wrote:
I really like this song
-
zanna618 wrote:
oh bowie...oh nirvana...how I love both of thee...
-
cassoutt123 wrote:
One of the best songs of the 90's, The Bowie version is awesome too obviously
-
Catchy_Kathy wrote:
hm, i find original [by Bowie] much better.
-
rwidiani wrote:
this song is immortal
-
kujawa1954 wrote:
Good singer Kurt liked his rough voice
-
Zuul329 wrote:
Great song, two versions are so different. I prefer Bowie's, but Nirvana carved their own place in Rock history.
Listeners
-
Etel_
Listening now
-
Sekuir
Listening now
-
DerGraf
Listening now
-
Rosana_Eu
Top Listener
-
quasiplanktonn
Top Listener
-
M4rden
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
severot, mpdf and ITSBENSON0 loved Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World. 35 minutes ago
-
Suziko added The Man Who Sold The World to Suziko’s library. 2 hours ago
-
NeXlafe and shinabl loved Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World. 2 hours ago
-
NeXlafe tagged Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World with rock, cover and grunge. 3 hours ago
-
Malovidome added The Man Who Sold The World to Malovidome’s library. yesterday evening
-
Malovidome added The Man Who Sold The World to the playlist NIRVANA)). yesterday evening
-
JasmineJemima and Jedhia loved Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World. yesterday evening
-
FOBCBJ added The Man Who Sold The World to the playlist Simplicity. yesterday evening
-
bensoloconcello added The Man Who Sold The World to the playlist party. yesterday evening
-
claudyn and siwy991 loved Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World. yesterday evening
Related Journals
-
Jugando con la música
by Karlys-Clash |
11 Dec 2009 | Add comment
-
top 50 + questions
by Rizbed |
9 Dec 2009 | Add comment
-
Shuffle game
by Doghound |
27 Oct 2009 | Add comment
