Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit Butcher (1080p60)

Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit Butcher

Date: November 27th, 1991
Venue: Top of the Pops
Location: London, England
Other acts: x
Note: Infamous gig for the band butchering the song, different text, Kurt sings really low and the band just joking around, refusing to lip-sync.

Vocals/Guitar: Kurt Cobain
Bass: Krist Novoselic
Drums: Dave Grohl

0:00 Smells Like Teen Spirit

[dabonkus]

He didn't miss a single note on his guitar

[vRaspy]

i like how he starts eating the microphone

[Jessedobson]

To the people who don't know why they did this, basically they were told before the show that the performance had to be lip synced. So after an argument they allowed the live vocals but the music had to be synced, so the band decided because of this they were going to ruin their own performance as a joke against the company so they made themselves look silly as possible and prove that it was synced

[jona]

Krist throwing his bass around like crazy is the best thing I've ever seen

[jbrenner]

2:23 a glimpse of dave's incredible drum skills

[kairokuys]

Krist and Dave losing their minds while Kurt looks stoned is one of the best things I've ever seen.

[brandonblahnik]

i like his cheeky smile in the beginning when it pans out from a close up of the guitar. he knew he was boutta confuse the fuck outta everyone lmao

[biver]

Never tell your boss you hate them
Never tell a police officer to f off
Never tell a punk/grunge band what to do

[ryanedwards]

2:17 hitting the cymbal instead of the snare LMFAO

[amuel]

This is the biggest middle-finger to media forcing bands to play on a backtrack

[Dani.J.]

low key I kinda wanna add this version to my playlist ..It speaks volumes for your talent when you are actively trying to fuck something up and it's actually pretty good.

[tomiroquai]

Kurt's low and clean voice is actually beautiful.

[armadilloanimations]

Kurts strumming technique is so inventive and gives his music a very unique sound. I belive all guitarists should study his impeccable playing style as demonstrated in this video. The only other guitarist I've seen with such skill would be the legendary DJ Kahled

[SkylerOverchuk]

The load up on drugs kill your friends had me dying

[dogsareawesome]

I love the end when fans jump on the stage and everyone just dances with kurt

[subliminal-damage]

The camera work is also hilarious when it cuts to Kurt miming his strings

[kelsyissuperkool]

this guy could make any noise and still be awesome

[catmobile]

The way Kurt was strumming his guitar made this whole performance 10x better.

[matilda_]

This has to be the best live version of smells like teen spirit.

[benjones]

This is why he was best . He was so aware of the stupidity of the whole thing, he even out ironicized morrissey lol