Red Mosquito

If anybody cares, I'm writing a blog series about Nirvana's 1994 European tour: http://mattisnotfrench.net/

As the tour goes along it will be interesting for me to listen to these shows with fresh ears and see if my memory of being an obsessive 20 year-old Nirvana collector holds up, or if this tour becomes a drag that will eventually bore the living shit out of me. So far so good, but I'm only one show in.

makeshift wrote:Krist & Dave bring the thunder on this album.

Yes, yes they do!

matt reeder wrote:If anybody cares, I'm writing a blog series about Nirvana's 1994 European tour: http://mattisnotfrench.net/

As the tour goes along it will be interesting for me to listen to these shows with fresh ears and see if my memory of being an obsessive 20 year-old Nirvana collector holds up, or if this tour becomes a drag that will eventually bore the living shit out of me. So far so good, but I'm only one show in.

That tv version of Drain You is awesome

DeLima wrote:

matt reeder wrote:If anybody cares, I'm writing a blog series about Nirvana's 1994 European tour: http://mattisnotfrench.net/

As the tour goes along it will be interesting for me to listen to these shows with fresh ears and see if my memory of being an obsessive 20 year-old Nirvana collector holds up, or if this tour becomes a drag that will eventually bore the living shit out of me. So far so good, but I'm only one show in.

That tv version of Drain You is awesome

That's my second-favorite version of "Drain You" ever. Number one comes later in the tour and is one of very few highlights from an otherwise craptacular show.

I look forward to these write-ups, and a possible one-disc compilation of highlights from the 94 tour including your favorite Drain You, the version of WDYSLN you got me to check out, and others.

matt reeder wrote:If anybody cares, I'm writing a blog series about Nirvana's 1994 European tour: http://mattisnotfrench.net/

As the tour goes along it will be interesting for me to listen to these shows with fresh ears and see if my memory of being an obsessive 20 year-old Nirvana collector holds up, or if this tour becomes a drag that will eventually bore the living shit out of me. So far so good, but I'm only one show in.

This looks cool. I'll have to get stuck in when I get a chance this weekend

Kevin Davis wrote:

matt reeder wrote:Raspy as hell, untrained and amazingly expressive.

This is also a pretty apt description of his songwriting and his relationship with music theory. He is a classic case of instinct preceding skill--he didn't necessarily have any formal training on how chords were supposed to go together, but he knew how songs were supposed to sound, so he was able to create and entire book of widely accessible songs using nothing but his own (very academically unsound) musical language. A class act.

This (both posts) is what made Kurt great and you combine that with Dave on drums (who's had an amazing career) and Krist's hooky base style and you get an amazing band. That's why I always find it ridiculous when people try and say X band was just as good, they just didn't make it. Bullshit, Nirvana was just way better.

Here's today's post about the 2/08/1994 Madrid show: http://mattisnotfrench.net/february-08-1994/

I'll give you a preview: the show sucks.

This is good stuff, Matt.

Here's today's post about 2/09/94 Barcelona, just 90 minutes before it's February 10 here in the Pacific Northwest: http://mattisnotfrench.net/february-09- ... facsimile/

I'll hopefully have tomorrow's post up a lot sooner. Best of all - there are backstage videos of a very stoned Krist hanging out with the Buzzcocks.

It is my understanding that Evan Dando is one of people Courtney was cheating with while Kurt was in Europe. That might have something to do with the references to him. Or not.

Or the crank calls.

I have to assume that bedding Courtney Love was a lot of people's "hitting bottom" moment, and was promptly followed by the pursuit of some sort of professional help.

Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:It is my understanding that Evan Dando is one of people Courtney was cheating with while Kurt was in Europe. That might have something to do with the references to him. Or not.

I thought so too but Evan Dando claims he never slept with Courtney at all. She was almost certainly sleeping with Billy Corgan, though. Jesus Christ, those two deserve each other.

matt reeder wrote:She was almost certainly sleeping with Billy Corgan

Close your eyes

Picture it

Here's the latest installment in my blog series, this time about the show in Toulouse, France on February 10, 1994. I got this one in just before my midnight deadline: http://mattisnotfrench.net/february-10- ... backstage/

Here you'll hear blistering performances of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Scentless Apprentice" and watch a video of Krist hanging out backstage with the Buzzcocks.

Here's today's installment, about the 2/12/1994 show in Toulon, France: http://mattisnotfrench.net/february-12- ... f-tension/

In this exceedingly long post I talk about Kurt's Jackie O sunglasses, link to the last interview Kurt ever gave and go on an extended rant about how playing the same setlist every night makes performing seem like a job.

matt reeder wrote:Here's today's installment, about the 2/12/1994 show in Toulon, France: http://mattisnotfrench.net/february-12- ... f-tension/

In this exceedingly long post I talk about Kurt's Jackie O sunglasses, link to the last interview Kurt ever gave and go on an extended rant about how playing the same setlist every night makes performing seem like a job.

Some bands, The Who and Led Zeppelin come to mind played the same setlist pretty much every night on tour but always seemed to be passionate about it. They achieved it by vastly different means. Led Zeppelin by exploring within the songs and The WHo by being consumate actors and having the ability to replicate the emotions found within each song.

I think rock music unfairly gets stigmatized for being able to replicate emotions nightly. When it's done well it is overpowering. The Who hitting on all cylinders was a thing to behold.

matt reeder wrote:Here's today's installment, about the 2/12/1994 show in Toulon, France: http://mattisnotfrench.net/february-12- ... f-tension/

In this exceedingly long post I talk about Kurt's Jackie O sunglasses, link to the last interview Kurt ever gave and go on an extended rant about how playing the same setlist every night makes performing seem like a job.

really enjoying these matt

me too, great stuff dude. thanks.