It’s an artist battling a shredded throat, the crushing weight of industry expectations and her own fragility. “A lesser artist would’ve been shot and thrown out the window.” But 16 years later, things feel a little different, especially since there was no follow-up of any sort. “A lesser artist, it would’ve never been released,” an industry insider said. “I saw it with a roomful of professionals, and someone said, ‘I feel like jumpin’ out a window.’” But with her label desperate for new Lauryn Hill music of any sort, they released it as a double album. “Anyone with ears can hear there are only three chords being played on every song,” an anonymous industry executive told Rolling Stone in 2003. She had a ton of new songs, but was just learning to play guitar and clearly was in no position to be presenting them to the public. It had been three long years since Lauryn Hill released her debut LP The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill when she stepped onto the MTV Unplugged stage. Also, even Bruce Springsteen’s most die-hard fans probably feel that Plugged wasn’t exactly his finest moment. Before commenters go insane, we are excluding performances by the groups like the Eagles and Page & Plant that merely used the Unplugged name, or variations of it, for their concert specials. The new edition of the show kicked off September 2017 with Shawn Mendes to celebrate, here’s a chronological look at the 15 best Unplugged episodes of years past. It gave a new lease on life to veteran artists like Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart and offered newer groups like Pearl Jam and Nirvana a chance to strip their music back down to its essence and offer their fans some fun surprises. For those not around in the Nineties, that’s the show where big musical acts played acoustic renditions of their songs. We thought this weekend would be a perfect time for all those who haven’t seen it, and all those who haven’t watched it a while to view again in its entirety (and on repeat if you like.MTV’s latest reinvention scheme involved getting back to their roots, which means recreating their iconic Times Square studio for a revival of Total Request Live. It also means they’re bringing back Unplugged. I cannot think of Cobain without thinking of Loder and MTV Unplugged. Every time you watched it the legend of Kurt Cobain grew. Every time you watched it you thought you found more clues on why Cobain, who recently had a child with Courtney Love, would kill himself. However, for many kids like me (I was nine at the time) and those who were older the Nirvana MTV Unplugged was our portal to what might have been going on in Cobain’s mind. Cobain was probably turning in his grave the entire time it played. I recall the only thing they interrupted Unplugged for was more updates on Cobain’s suicide and street interviews with fans. MTV immediately aired the Nirvana episode of MTV Unplugged. A source close to the band told MTV News earlier this while that story sounds bad it was better than quote wha was really going on.” The Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday that Nirvana was breaking up and that Cobain was planning on undergoing drug rehabilitation. Cobain who was 27, had been reportedly been missing for 6 days according to his mother. Police found what is said to be a suicide note at the scene but have not divulged it’s contents. He was dead of an apparently self-inflicted shot gun blast to the head. Cobain’s body was found in a house in Seattle on Friday morning. “Kurt Cobain, the leader of one of the world most gifted bands, Nirvana is dead,” Loder Said. 25 years ago this weekend, MTV News’s Kurt Loder interrupted regular programming to inform viewers, like me, that Kurt Cobain was found dead in a Seattle home.
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