Comments on: And here is a former Beatle jamming with most of Nirvana

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:31:00 +0000

I was really hoping we would hear a Nirvana song with McCartney singing

Me too. I'm still pretty bummed they didn't do "Come as you are" or something like that.

By: Damian Barajas

Damian Barajas — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:44:00 +0000

I liked the song, they definitely rocked, but I was really hoping we would hear a Nirvana song with McCartney singing :(
I mean, there isn´t going to be a Nirvana reunion ever, not with Kurt gone. Realistically, Kurt could have done a Nirvana reunion tour without Dave or Krist but not the other way around.

But if there was going to be a Nirvana reunion, a charity concert like this is a good place to do it, because, they are not doing it just to cash in, they’re not going on tour with this.

So if you had to choose, who would you choose instead of McCartney?

I’m sticking with Paul, he rocked!

By: Damian Barajas

Damian Barajas — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:09:00 +0000

Kurt Would have loved this!

By: noah django

noah django — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:30:00 +0000

>It was just as excellent as you’d hope it would be

hey jamie:

don’t speak for me and my hopes, a’ight young’n?

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:06:00 +0000

I’m sure he had a handlebar stashe, then let the rest of his beard grow in, then combed it together.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:55:00 +0000

He’s hipster like that. “Sappy love songs are cliche? Well I’ll just do one ironically just to piss people off”.

By: Stephan

Stephan — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:22:00 +0000

Should have played ‘Territorial Pissings’ instead.

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:12:00 +0000

I’ll admit, I’ve never liked any of McCartney’s solo work. When I heard this was happening, I couldn’t have cared less.

But then that guy showed up, the crazy old Brit with the weird-ass cigarbox dobro. I’d happily jam with that McCartney all day long. Who knew the guy could rock?

(Yeah, I know, you did. But I sure as hell didn’t.)

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:08:00 +0000

Absodamnlutely. That’s the best thing I’ve heard out of any of the four of them since shortly after I was born. I wanna be Dave Grohl, man.

By: kid_a_ok_com...

kid_a_ok_com... — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:49:00 +0000

It’s been hilarious to see how picky Nirvana “purists” have been about this. Cobain was a Beatles fan. Without them (The Beatles), there may not have ever been a Nirvana.

By: Martijn

Martijn — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:39:00 +0000

Dave Grohl is the living god of rock and roll.

By: Martijn

Martijn — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:34:00 +0000

Does he hate normal-looking guitars or something? In the Beatles his bass resembled an oversized violin.

By: Art

Art — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:21:00 +0000

Damn fine! :)

By: Joel Emmett

Joel Emmett — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:11:00 +0000

And the degrees of separation between The Beatles and The Germs reaches zero.

Maybe Darby should have stuck around a while longer.

By: Jonathan Dowland

Jonathan Dowland — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:55:00 +0000

Grohl’s not *that* old.

By: arikol

arikol — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:51:00 +0000

Obviously, the main risk was that the world would implode from the sheer epicness, thus confirming all the 2012 doomsayers..

By: Larry OBrien

Larry OBrien — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:27:00 +0000

This is freaking amazing. That my friends is a Matty Baratto Cigar Box Guitar. You can see pics here:

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/MattyBaratto

Pretty sweet guitar, his grittier vocal sound now that he is older suits the song really well. I love this.

By: L8

L8 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:57:00 +0000

Actually, Paul ended playing “Live and let die” with a shit-ton of fireworks. After that, the last song was “Empire State of Mind” with Alicia Keys. So, yeah, Hey Jude was a nicer kind-of-anarchist idea.

By: nate

nate — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:21:00 +0000

Not too shabby for an old fart. Kinda Helter Skelter-ish, which was a nice flashback to have with my morning coffee.

By: MrJM

MrJM — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:04:00 +0000

Whatever gets Grohl back behind the drum kit where he belongs.

By: Bart

Bart — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:48:00 +0000

Yet, Kurt was a huge Beatles fan, so he might have been conflicted.

By: mindysan33

mindysan33 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:47:00 +0000

I might have to add that to my X-mas list. I don’t know why I don’t have, actually. It’s just such a high point for the unplugged series. That and the Cure one with them playing toy instruments… The 10,000 Maniacs one was good too.

By: vonbobo

vonbobo — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:42:00 +0000

Felt like watching those crappy super bowl half time shows.

By: xzzy

xzzy — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:15:00 +0000

The DVD was released in 2007, so go buy it!

It includes the two songs that didn’t make it into the original MTV broadcast, so it’s a pretty good buy.

By: mindysan33

mindysan33 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:11:00 +0000

Not bad, they are certainly rocking it. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say I had mixed feelings. But it’s for a good cause, so more power to them.

I always love to see Pat Smear out and about. He always seems like he’s so happy to be there. I remember when he first showed up playing with Nirvana… he was obviously ecstatic. And I always preferred Grohl on the drums, personally. I can take or leave Sir Paul.

Also, what is going on with Novoselic’s facial hair. Can anyone tell me that? It confuses me.

Now I want to see Nirvana unplugged in it’s entirety. :-/

By: Bruno Leonardo Neves Machado

Bruno Leonardo Neves Machado — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:59:00 +0000

Dave Grohl and Paul McCartney, least fave Beatle and least fave Nirvana.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:56:00 +0000

Paul is my least favorite Beatle and I was kinda expecting the worst from this, but I was impressed!! I would’ve thought Paul had completely forgotten what Helter Skelter sounded like, but it sounds like he’s still got that attitude in his back pocket. Nice work dudes.

By: David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:45:00 +0000

I think they sound fucking fantastic.

By: Clint Bourgeois

Clint Bourgeois — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:43:00 +0000

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/paul-mccartney-plays-4-string-resonator-cbg-during-nirvana

By: xzzy

xzzy — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:42:00 +0000

I hope Grohl never gets old because the day he’s unable to wail on the drums like they insulted him personally is going to be a really sad day for music.

The other surviving members, eh, could take ‘em or leave ‘em.